Co-op campaign dropped from Modern Warfare 2

PC News | Developer believes that it "ruined the experience."

In a recent interview with VG247.com, Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling briefly commented on the existence of a co-operative campaign mode in the original build of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 which allowed two players to play through the single-player campaign of the title together.

Bowling revealed that the co-op mode was scrapped in favour of Spec Ops mode – a mode dedicated to mission-based co-op play which gamers can tackle either online or locally in split-screen - as it “ruined the experience” that Infinity Ward was aiming for.

“We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story. But it really broke the cinematic experience, took the immersion out of it, out of the story and the pacing and everything we’d spent so long crafting. It just ruined the experience we were aiming for, so we took it out, kept the single-player for that one player intact and polished it," stated Bowling.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set for release on 10 November for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with PC gamers waiting a until 24 November to get their hands on the game.

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13 Comments

trader

2 years ago

Omg what so we can't play co op anymore?
This is bs I was looking forward to playing the storyline with mates

A13x

2 years ago

You can, it's not the single player campaign, it's the separate spec ops mode though.

Which looks pretty awesome, I'll be hitting it with Denny

drinniol

2 years ago

Uhh, this is pretty old news, trader. A co-op campaign was never announced, nor did exist in CoD4, and seeing how much IW hate Treyarch's good ideas...

I mean, they're not going to have the option for local-only multiplayer. That was the single best thing about World at War online! I could put up with MP40 spam everywhere, because I wasn't stuck in a room full of people from Yankeetown.

canetoad

2 years ago

trader wrote

Omg what so we can't play co op anymore?
This is bs I was looking forward to playing the storyline with mates

Co-op was never announced to be a part of the game and was confirmed to be out (and explained as to why) at least a couple of months ago. The title could be misleading if you take it as that suddenly they've dropped it from the game but if you read the article that's not the case. Pretty sure VG247 is reporting pretty old news here/recycling questions that have already been answered.

By the way Activision/IW never actually confirmed the 2 week PC delay but for some reason everyone took it on board as truth after one site reported it... apparently it is still on track for the 10th.

Edit: Beeeaaaten.

G3ck0

2 years ago

How many players is spec ops? And I hope it is split screen online, that would be awesomeness.

Eyce

2 years ago

drinniol wrote

Treyarch's good ideas

Well that's a fantastic oxymoron.

killer1500

2 years ago

Err this is really old old news. It was reported that CODMW2 wasnt going to have co-op like a year ago, and that there was going to be a separate mode of missions.

Passa

2 years ago

drinniol wrote

I mean, they're not going to have the option for local-only multiplayer.

Hang on, what? I'm assuming local multiplayer = 4 player splitscreen on console.

I was going to buy a copy of MW2 on 360 one day down the track just for that.

Jarrod

2 years ago

I thought this has been known since the game was formally announced :/

M@TT_K

2 years ago

Passa wrote

drinniol wrote

I mean, they're not going to have the option for local-only multiplayer.

Hang on, what? I'm assuming local multiplayer = 4 player splitscreen on console.

I was going to buy a copy of MW2 on 360 one day down the track just for that.

I think that local multiplayer is playing with people from your region, like AUS only. "I could put up with MP40 spam everywhere, because I wasn't stuck in a room full of people from Yankeetown."

PS3 never had that option, damned 360 players. Eh, I'd just host a game anyway, or more often than not join an AUS game.

franko

2 years ago

No split screen co-op means you can shove it up your kyber. Bowling, you're and idiot. So no purchase from me.

G3ck0

2 years ago

franko wrote

No split screen co-op means you can shove it up your kyber. Bowling, you're and idiot. So no purchase from me.

It has split screen spec ops, which looks awesome.