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Similar to previous installments within the Call of Duty series, in Modern Warfare 2 the player assumes the role of various characters during the single-player campaign, changing perspectives throughout the progression of the story, playing as “Soap”, Roach, etc.
Each mission features a series or objectives that are displayed on the HUD, which marks the direction and distance towards and from such objectives. Damage to the player is shown by blood shown on the screen. the player's health eventually regenerates after time passes. Tasks vary in their requirements, having the player arrive at a particular checkpoint, eliminate enemies in a specified location, stand his/her ground to defend an objective, or plant explosive charges on an enemy installation. The player is accompanied by friendly troops who cannot be issued orders or harm you but you can have friendly fire and restart the mission.
The game utilizes the in-house IW 4.0 game engine, which is claimed to be a generation beyond the capabilities of the engine used in Call of Duty 4. Although proprietary, it is based on an unspecified id Tech engine, and can accommodate larger worlds, enhanced graphic detail, and more efficient rendering.
Infinity Ward has addressed the issue of enemies that continually respawn at different points of a level. The developer demonstrated that the game engine uses a “dynamic AI,” which has replaced the infinite respawn system and allows enemies to act more independently. These “smarter” enemies are designed to actively seek out and drive the player forward through a level, and can break away from set behaviors such as following a designated route in order to attack. The player cannot depend on enemies to be found in the same locations as a previous play-through because enemies will behave differently each time a level is played.
The last time we ran Modern Warfare 2 in Crossfire we experienced a lot of performance issues, but clearly over the months ATI have this rectified. Outstanding results, once again.
