Well the day has finally come for Modern Warfare 2! Time to get the energy drinks and the snacks by your side and play until your fingers hurt, eyes get strained and your brain gets fried with all the new info to absorb and never ending gameplay.

Since playing it all night last night and reading the specifications on modernwarfare247.com, the maps are very different than Call of Duty 4. Afghan, Derail, Estate, Favela, Highrise, Invasion, Karachi, Quarry, Rundown, Rust, Scrapyard, Skidrow, Sub Base, Terminal, Underpass and Wasteland. What I have noticed on all these maps are that majority of them are all sniper based maps, which means get very comfortable with the sniper rifles. Especially compared to Call of Duty 4, where you can use a m4 to snipe across the map easily but for MW2 it’s not as easy.

Now for the perks you can use in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer mode. A lot of the perks can be upgraded to PRO, so not only can you upgrade your weapons but you can also upgrade your perks. For instance, say you are using marathon, every time you run a certain distance you unlock the challenge to upgrade your marathon perk to pro(or extreme conditioning, if you do not have Modern Warfare 2). So when you do unlock it to pro you are able to sprint endlessly.

Here are the rest of the perks on MW2…

Sleight of Hand:  Faster Reloading
PRO: Faster Aim-Down-Sight

Scavenger:  Full resupply from dead bodies
PRO: Extra Mags

Bling:  2 primary weapon attachments.
PRO: 2 Secondary weapon attachments

One Man Army:  Swap classes while alive
PRO: Swap classes faster

Stopping Power: Increased Bullet Damage
PRO: Increased Bullet Damage to Vehicles (Killstreaks)

Lightweight:  Move Faster
PRO: Faster knife speed

Hardline:  Killstreaks require 1 less kill
PRO: Deathstreaks require 1 less death

Cold-Blooded:  Undetectable by UAV, air support, sentries and thermal
PRO: No red name or crosshair when targeted

Danger Close:  Increases explosive weapons damage.
PRO: Extra air support damage

Commando:  Increased Melee Distance
PRO: No Falling Damage

SitRep:  Detects enemy explosives and tactical insertions.
PRO: Make enemy footsteps louder

Ninja:  Invisible to heartbeat sensors.
PRO: Move Silently

Steady Aim:  Increased hip-fire accuracy
PRO: Hold your breath longer

Scrambler:  Scrambles (jams) the enemy radar in a small radius
PRO: Delays the explosion of enemy claymores

Now as most of us know about Call of Duty 4, they only had 3 different killstreaks, a UAV, Airstrike and Helicopter but as you will see in the new Modern Warfare 2 there is a whole different world of options to choose from…

UAV - at a 3 killstreak you can Show enemies on the minimap
Deploys a UAV to scan the map and reveal enemy locations. enemies with coldblooded perk will not be revealed

Care Package - at a 4 killstreak you are able to airdrop a random killstreak or ammp Deploys by throwing a red smoke grenade. The care package can be picked up by anyone once it hits the ground, including the enemy team.

Counter-UAV – at a 4 killstreak you can call Temporarily disables enemy radar
Blocks an enemy UAV

Sentry Gun –at a 5 killstreak you can Airdrop a placeable sentry gun
The Sentry Gun automatically fires at enemies in its line of sight, but it can be destroyed by enemy fire.

Predator Missile – at a 5 killstreak you can Remote control missile
Fires a controllable missile via laptop at a designated target area, can be boosted by holding RT. However, the user is defenseless while controlling the missile.

Precision Air Strike – at a 6 killstreak you can call in a directional airstrike
Initiates an airstrike on a targeted area the user can now control the direction the airstrike comes from.

Harrier Strike – at a 7 killstreak you can call in a Harrier StrikeDeploys a helicopter to attack enemy players
Emergency Airdrop - Call in an emergency airdrop

Pave Low - at a 9 killstreak you can call in a Heavy armored assault helicopter
Deploys a more heavily armored attack helicopter.

Stealth Bomber - at a 9 killstreak you can call in a stealth bomber

Chopper Gunner - at 11 killstreak you can be the gunner of a chopper

AC-130 - at 11 killstreak you can be the gunner of an AC-130
Deploys an chopper via laptop that the player controls. However, the user is defenseless while commanding the chopper.

EMP - at a 15 killstreak call in a Electromagnetic pulse bomb

Tactical Nuke - At 25 killstreak you can deploy a tactical nuke, which it pretty much means, You win…

So with all the goodies of the new games coming out, be sure to brush your teeth once in a while and shower too because as a dedicated gamer like myself, I know time flies when you are having fun…