Mission Completed

Just completed this game. I’m almost inclined to call it an interactive movie. It’s an epic, so cinematic, in-your-face, feel-like-you’re-there experience that surpasses my other first-person shooter endeavors.

I’m going to move on to Special Ops next and hope to quickly get on to Multiplayer. I only got one Achievement after this last mission, “Endgame”:

• For The Record

In the future, I will go through the campaign missions in Hardened and then Veteran difficulty levels. I will also attempt to get all Intel items.

My Campaign Play Time as of now is 07:23:27. Funny, though, my Campaign completion is a little above 50%. Could this be due to the Bonus Mission? It shouldn’t be 50% worth?!?!

Almost There!

Had my third MW2 Campaign session last night but afterwards my wife and I went to see the movie “New Moon” at 12:30 A.M. and got home around 3:30 so I didn’t have time to post this then.

I made it as far as “Just Like Old Times”, which is the mission before last. So I’m almost there! Below are the Achievements I got during this session:

• Unnecessary Roughness
• Soap On A Rope
• Desperate Times
• Whiskey Hotel
• The Pawn
• Out Of The Frying Pan

Second Session

Just finished my second round of Modern Warfare 2; it just keeps getting better. It’s like every mission is epic. Some stand out a lot more than others but all are amazing.

My current mission is “The Gulag” in Act II and I’ve gotten the following achievements:

• Ten Plus Foot Mobiles
• Royale With Cheese
• Knock Knock

Not as many as my first session but it’s okay. I’ll get the rest…or at least try to, lol.

First Session, Done!

Just finished my first MW2 session and my first impression is…WOW! INTENSE! AMAZING! EXCITING!

It seems rather easy on Regular (which is what I’m playing — won’t bother with Recruit) but I did die quite a bit. I attempted using the default stick layout controls but I couldn’t stick to it and changed it to my “Southpaw” mid-way. Made it through the famous “No Russian” mission, I will reserve judgement.

I saved it just at the beginning of Act II, “Wolverines!”. So far I’ve gotten the following Achievements (I assume most people will get the same??):

• Back In The Saddle
• Three-some
• Danger Close
• No Rest For The Wary
• Two Birds One Stone
• Cold Shoulders
• Tag ‘Em & Bag ‘Em

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s session.

My Humble Setup

Not much, but it works!

Terrible lighting, though. It’s a 19″ Dell monitor hooked up to the Xbox via VGA cable, a pair of Yamaha PC speakers w/subwoofer (oh, yea), and a system/video selector. What really makes the sound possible though is an oooold Kworld USB video capture device (at the bottom).

I Got It!

Finally! After the deadly wait, I have my copy of MW2 in my hands. Also got the Xbox Wireless N Network Adapter.

I was sooo confused last night because the delivery status in Amazon.com said “Delivered” on 11/17 @ 8:11 PM. It was 1:30 AM, so you can imagine my frustration. It turned out just to be the way the delivery service they used (A1 International) updated their system and actually go it delivered at 9:30 this morning.

I’m good to go now!

Amazing Knife Throw

Browsing through Modern Warfare 2 videos on YouTube, I ran across this one. Yes, it was luck, but still AMAZING!! And, need I mention, awesome to look at. You gotta see this!

The Order is In

So on my way to work today I checked my iPhone for email, lo and behold, a merchant at Amazon had verified my trade-ins and I was given the gift card credit of $108. Not bad, huh?

Naturally, as soon as I got into the office I pretended to be working while I secretly had a web browser tab opened to Amazon.com. Muahahaha! I verified that I indeed had a $108 gift card to spend and I went hunting for the goods. Found Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 among the other versions (didn’t know there were 3). There’s Standard (all I need), Prestige, and Hardened. I think one of the latter two come with some art book or something completely unnecessary to enjoy the game. Added to shopping cart.

I also needed a wireless network adapter for the Xbox 360 so I can get on XBL but I don’t want to run a cable all the way to my room. At first, I was going to settle for the original adapter which works on A/B/G WiFi networks. The other option was the newer adapter that works for the same A/B/G but also the current N networks, which my current Netgear router doesn’t support. It was only $20 more and I thought sometime in the future I will be upgrading to a Wireless N router and I could take advantage of the speed increase. All my computers at home come with a WiFi 802.11N card already, so I would be set.

Tried to resist but didn’t win. I got one-day shipping on both items so I should get my grubby hands on them tomorrow; soon as I get home from work. The real problem…nothing’s going to get done for a while; sigh, that’s a SERIOUS problem.

[UPDATE]
Amazon has shipped my copy and the wireless adapter. w00t!

Waiting for it!

Right now, this online notebook is empty due to the fact that I simply don’t have the game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360, yet.

I will be buying the game by trading in some old games & DVD movies I don’t care for anymore via my Amazon.com’s Trade-in account.

I’ve already shipped the items, among which were my two favorite RPGs — Final Fantasy VII & XII, and I’m just waiting for the status to change from the annoying “Not yet received”.

If Amazon accepts the condition in which they’re in (which is pretty good) it will snag me $108 gift card (store credit). Gonna be getting me a much needed Xbox Wireless Network Adapter, as well.

For now, all I can do is wait IMPATIENTLY while my friends and family level up and leave me way behind.