ok guys, after 9 hours and 4 cups of coffee last night, i conclude that modern warfare 2 is a great game.
the online play is what got me. me and my buddy stole our kids xbox and played together from 8pm till 5am and i still have the urge to go and play some more.
the online play has your "classes" which are your weapon setups. they have all the military hardware you can imagine. and you customize your setup to your play style. my friend is an ex MC scout sniper and instantly got hooked on the sniping aspect of it.
he had his class kitted out with a chytech sniper rifle with a suppressor, and 4-9x scope, with a desert eagle, claymores and ghuillie suit.
i made a class with a M4, Eotech, and suppressor. with a m9, semtex, smoke etc.
damn we kicked some 14 year old ass last night, i came up at the end of it all with 387 online kills and 284 deaths.
the thing we both enjoyed though was the "special ops mode" where the two of you defend a position against waves of enemy's
me and him both serving, we got a pretty good kick out of the whole game and were amazed at how realistic it was.
to sum up, if you want to waste hours of your day, have fun with friends and beat down on them pesky kids, play this game

jake
PS be prepared to take some mouth from cocky teenagers when you kick their ass and they find out your an adult
