About Modern Warfare 2
The original Modern Warfare 2 combines a cinematic military campaign with competitive multiplayer and the separate Special Ops cooperative mode. Its firefights ask you to switch between aiming, moving into cover and choosing equipment for the encounter ahead. In multiplayer, weapon classes, secondary weapons, perks and killstreak choices let you build a role rather than simply use the same tool for every situation.
Special Ops focuses on short challenges with objectives or time targets, while competitive matches place more emphasis on routes, positioning and loadout choices. Those distinctions are useful when deciding which kind of Modern Warfare experience you want. Begin with a straightforward weapon setup, learn the objective of the selected mode and improve your decisions around cover before experimenting with elaborate equipment combinations.
How to play
- Use cover, aim and weapon selection in military-style firefights.
- In the original game, customize classes with weapons, equipment and perks.
- The original Special Ops mode offers cooperative objective and time-trial missions.
Beginner tips
- Keep a simple loadout until you can control its recoil comfortably.
- Reload behind cover and check the next approach before moving.
- Read the selected mode’s objective instead of assuming every match rewards only kills.
Play in your browser
The linked OVZ browser project is independent of the 2009 commercial release. This introduction describes the original game; the browser launcher determines which maps and modes it offers.
See the project’s current availability before starting.
Need a hand getting started? See game files and demos or the loading guide.
