Dogs and martyrdom confirmed
This post will get people mad and happy at the same time... New info shared by PC ZONE (British magazine).
 First of all, we have not read the official Modern Warfare 2 article ourselves so we'll consider it fake until confirmed otherwise! Trigger_hpy on the official Infinity Ward forums did a pretty lengthy post with some new information on Modern Warfare 2. We'll make sure to update this post when we've got scans or we have more credible information on this subject.
REQUEST: If anyone would like to scan the article for us, you can contact us here » These are quotes taken from the PC ZONE magazine, thanks trigger_hpy for putting it online (you may burn in hell if it's fake, haha) and Brian and Lucas for the heads up! Multiplayer
We’re obviously building on the success we had with the last game”, claims Infinity Ward studio head Vincent Zampella, “there’s a lot of new stuff”. As for exactly what, he won’t be drawn on. It’s promised that the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer wont simply be a set of new maps, but those excited at having snowmobiles in deathmatches should calm down – that’s not happening.
The only other shard of information I could get from Zampella was that the grenade martyrdom achievement you can unlock in COD4, that I hate so dearly, isn’t leaving. “But that’s great! I loved that...” counters Zampella when I moan at him. It’s definitely in then. In short, no snowmobiles in multiplayer and the martyrdom perk has pretty much been confirmed. Robert Bowling talked about it earlier on the E3 when he told IGN they've been working on the "noobish" martyrdom perk.
Singleplayer
"Bring a passport" Elsewhere on planet Modern Warfare 2 I’m shown a snowy Russian pine forest with distant cable cars crossing the valley and beautifully rendered churned up mud on the roads. Here, I’m told, enemy APC's will storm over a nearby ridge and slide down the icy incline – firing as they slip and forcing you into the woods with shell-rocked snow falling from the trees around you. Beyond this, a snowdrift-packed village emerges beyond the misty forest, and beyond that again a full-on military installation – complete with tanks, submarines and various combat paraphernalia. This combined with the forays into Afghanistan, proves the Modern Warfare 2 will be a truly globe-trotting action adventure.
This sounds insane, I like it! AI tripping and firing of some rounds when they slip, they should learn to keep the safety on! A few other things mentioned in the article: The guy in charge of the designing the character’s heads previously did Final Fantasy character models. Watch out for tint on sunglasses, or the flashes of light reflecting off goggles.
Grenades will now have proper physics attached to them, and will now do exciting things like roll down stairs.
Will there be dogs? “Absolutely. We’re gonna kill some motherfucking dogs!” says Robert Bowling.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare had dogs in the singleplayer, remember? Nothing has been confirmed for multiplayer!
The most impressive piece of destruction shown off by Infinity Ward was a humble petrol pump.
When ignited the petrol nozzle starts flying around in loops, propelled by the flames being thrown out its end, and promises to set fire to anyone who comes into contact with its unholy fire-fight. There are sections with laser-guided auto turrets that you can carry around, much in the fashion of Half-Life 2 and Portal. Their barrels make hissing noise when they cool down.
…I watch the Infinity Ward two some (Robert Bowling a=and Vincent Zampella) play a co-op mission in Modern Warfare 2’s Special Ops mode. As Robert places an explosive charge on a dank wall, and they both charge, co-op style, through the flying rubble, accompanied by a beautiful slow-motion Russian soldier cartwheeling away…
Then they talk about the Modern Warfare 2 Afghanistan mission for a bit: Whereas Call of Duty 4 was coy about the fictitious Middle Eastern country its soldiers ran around in, Modern Warfare 2 makes no bones about the fact that some of it is set in Afghanistan. It’s a beautiful level too, at first a barren wasteland - then a forward-facing rappel down a cliff with an utterly beautiful blue river snaking through the valley below. Beyond this is a network of caves (reminiscent of Iron Man) await alongside evildoers to rout.
“We always try to be respectful with the things going on, and it’s not a conscious decision to go to some place more realistic – it fits the story” says studio head Zampella. “With Afghanistan, it’s a vast area, and there’s any number of things going on. There are forces there doing operations, but they’re not as well known, or publicized. So the fiction is more believable.”
Rumor or not?
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