Modern Warfare 2's Special Forces Mode Rivals the Campaign in Length

Jim "txshurricane" McLaughlin July 16th, 2009 at 12:08 PM

According to Infinity Ward, the two-player co-op Special Forces mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will last as long as the single-player campaign, which has been described as approximately six hours long. Special Forces will feature some unique on-rails segments and locales in addition to the classic run 'n' gun formula of the Call of Duty series.

Stephen Totilo attended a preview event recently, and was able to view a lengthy demo and participate in a Q&A session which shed a tiny bit of light on the hotly anticipated title's co-op. Infinity Ward is promising some really interesting scenarios, including a fight in the water (remember the trailer?), a snowmobile race, and surviving a 2-vs-50 bumrush.

Even more tantalizing [than the campaign] was talk of the mysterious Special Ops mode, a batch of co-op missions that will last as long as the game's single-player campaign. Bowling said that the developers didn't think co-op gameplay would work throughout the game's campaign, so they chose to pull sections out, remix them and make some new missions, all tailored for co-op, and dub it Special Ops. Examples Bowling provided were a snowmobile race, a water-based fight alongside Navy SEALS, or a fight against a rush of 50 enemies.

Infinity Ward isn't showing Special Ops yet, but they do sound close to revealing more about that and the series' returning competitive multiplayer.

If what the dev team is saying is true, then it's possible that we may be getting some really good snippets of early campaign concepts lumped into a mode that's optimized for co-op. It still burns me up that Special Forces is limited to two players, but I have a feeling that I will still be playing quite a bit. Quite a bit.

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12 Total Reader Comments

smurphster at 07:30 AM on 7.16.2009

at the very least, they could have given us 4-vs-50

i can't wait until CoD games get the picture and give us at least 4 player quality campaign plus a zombie/horde mode... i love playing with my wife but if i'm going to play co-op, i want to play with other people too.

this is better news (i wouldn't call it "good" but its better than it was), but MW2 is still on my bargain bin list

Silverblur2 at 07:50 AM on 7.16.2009

it sure helps make ya feel better about pre ordering it for co-op reasons

HobocidalManiac at 07:50 AM on 7.16.2009

Only 2 player co-op and if the game is anything like CoD4, a sub par competitive mode? I'm definitely giving this game a pass.

bigDinyomouth at 08:33 AM on 7.16.2009

well this game is now back on my must buy list.

Lun4tic at 11:30 AM on 7.16.2009

Still no local co-op? Pass.

Doctor Finger at 11:37 AM on 7.16.2009

"a sub par competitive mode?" in CoD4? Dude, CoD4 is one of the finest and most entertaining competitive MP games I've ever played.

Zonf86 at 11:53 AM on 7.16.2009

Gotta agree Im afraid.

smurphster at 11:56 AM on 7.16.2009

it was fun but i can't agree with either of you. certainly wasn't sub-par but i wouldn't call it one of the finest or most entertaining.

txshurricane at 01:09 PM on 7.16.2009

Just curious -- even though versus games are "taboo" -- what IS your favorite versus game?

smurphster at 03:56 PM on 7.16.2009

hmm.. don't know if i can pick just one and we don't really play a whole lot of versus anymore. we still play halo 3 a lot but wouldn't call it my favorite. i've had much more fun playing action quake waaaay back when. i also enjoyed CS in the earlier days. UT games are always fun at LANs but i always sucked it up online. tribes 2 was fantastic. i guess out of recent games i'd say halo 3. CoD4 was fun but i got frustrated with it because i always got matched up against much higher ranks. if i had more time to get into it i'd probably like it quite a bit more. plus its not split screen and as you know my wife usually plays with me so i don't have much time for it. i've always liked more realistic games but my wife doesn't care for those as much. what can i say... i take what i can get

samoza at 12:12 AM on 7.17.2009

I'm heartened to see that the co-op mode is around 6 hours, but I am still not drawn to the game. With the rumoured increased RRP I think I am going to boycott the game on priciple until it falls in price. If Left 4 Dead 2 came out more expensive ...

HobocidalManiac at 04:48 AM on 7.17.2009

Yes I guess it isn't subp-GRENADE!
Um, as I was sayin-GRENADE!
DARN IT WHY AREN'T YOU USING YOUR GU-GRENADE!
There are more grenades being throw than bullets fired. I won't buy MW2 until they find a fix for grenades. They need to be weaker or not thrown as far or SOMETHING.
My favorite versus game is Battlefield 2. The finest FPS on the market.