When I sat down in a room full of proper games journalists like Brian Crecente, Adam Sessler andNick Chestertowatch someModern Warfare 2gameplay, I was quite excited. Not just because I was getting to see a very exciting FPS, and not just because there was loads and killing, and death turns me on. No, I was mostly excited for the fact that not a single enemy threw a grenade!
Grenade spam is one of the biggest bugbears I have with the series. It seems Infinity Ward has eschewed the respawning enemies, which was incredibly annoying, so does that mean they have reduced the grenade spam as well? I couldn’t help asking once the demo was complete.
“The grenades are randomly thrown,” explained the team, after laughing. “Sometimes they’ve thrown them in the demo. It all depends on difficulty level, though. Higher difficulties will have higher amounts of grenades.”
I think what that basically means is that Veteran Difficulty will once again be little more than a grenade dodging simulator, as enemies hurl infinite supplies of the little exploding assholes on your position. This is sure to thrill a great many people. This is sure to terrify a great many more. At least I thought to ask.
