2009 video game
This article is about the Nintendo DS version of Modern Warfare 2. For
the console versions of the game, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2009 video
game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized is a 2009 first-person shooter game in the
Call of Duty franchise, developed specifically for the Nintendo DS. The game takes
place in the same setting as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and features many elements
of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights, and vehicular
missions.[1] It was released by Activision alongside the console versions of the game
on November 10, 2009.
Gameplay [ edit ]
Screenshot
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare:
Mobilized features the same first-person shooter gameplay found in its predecessors,
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World at War. Mobilized includes new
weapons and vehicles, new mini-games such as hacking computer terminals, and taking
control of UAV spy drones and an AC-130 gunship.[citation needed]
Mobilized also
features a six-person online multiplayer mode including new game modes like Sabotage,
where players fight to bring a bomb to opposing bases, a survival mode in which players
must fend off waves of enemies at once, and an arcade mode, where players must complete
the single-player campaign in a set time limit for points and unlockable
achievements.[2]
Mobilized has a new interface, improved controls and mobility. The AI
was also improved, enemies take cover, they can charge with shotguns, pull back when
the player enters the room, throw grenades, etc.[3]
Plot [ edit ]
Mobilized does not
follow the same storyline as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Like the previous Nintendo
DS Call of Duty games, the storyline serves as a "companion narrative" to the console
and PC versions.
The game is set in an alternate reality, five years after Call of Duty
4: Modern Warfare. Ruler Prince Farhad has left the country due to the
Ultranationalists. In the middle of this, he decides to purchase a nuclear device to
use against them. The Gopher Squad of the SAS and the Warthog Squad of the U.S. Marine
Corps quickly work together to prevent the construction and activation of the nuclear
device. The nuke is discovered to be supplied by Colonel Ayala, who Sgt. O' Neil and
Gopher Squad are ordered to capture. They enter his compound, only to discover that he
was killed. Info is extracted from his computer which leads the SAS to a weapons
factory in the north. The factory is then infiltrated and explosive charges are planted
on the factory's supports. Gopher Squad escapes the factory, only to discover the nuke
has been transported away.[4]
The squad then advances to a cliff overlooking the route
of the nuke's transport vehicle, and destroys the tanks protecting it with a FGM-148
Javelin. The team leaves the area by boat, leaving the nuke to be recovered by a
clean-up crew, though it was picked up by Ayala's Insurgents. Then Zach Parker and
Warthog Squad are alerted that the nuke has been sighted north of their location. A UAV
Recon Drone is sent to survey all possible areas where the nuke could be hidden. The
possible locations are lowered to three different areas, which are investigated using a
HAZ Mat robot. The nuke is thought to be at the final location, but it is only large
amounts of radiation left behind. Warthog Squad leaves the area in a Humvee found in
the third location, heading towards a shipyard, rumored to be the location of the nuke.
The team raids the shipyard, checking multiple warehouses, only to find that the nuke
is going to be transported away. Warthog Squad fails to recover the nuke, leaving its
destination unknown. The SAS receive info that there is an informant named Al-Baq, who
knows where the nuke is. The USMC send a squad of tanks to escort Gopher Squad to
Al-Baq's location.[4]
When the tanks are heavily damaged, Gopher Squad leaves on foot,
to Al-Baq's location. They fight their way to an enemy supply area, where they rest
there, and continue to his location. When Al-Baq is secured, he reveals the location of
the nuke, an oil rig off the coast of an unnamed city. The USMC send in a helicopter to
transport Warthog Squad to the city, where they will fight their way to the shore to
acquire a boat, as approach by air is too dangerous. Warthog arrives at the oil rig,
where they fight their way to the top, only to see a helicopter departing with the
nuke. The helicopter is then tracked to a Russian power plant, where an AC-130 gunship
protects the advancing Gopher Squad from above. Gopher Squad fights their way to the
inside of the power plant, only to find that the nuke is armed. However, Sgt. O'Neil
manages to deactivate the nuke, protecting all of Russia. Prince Farhad escapes the
power plant, prompting a questionable invasion of Farhad's country.[4]
Reception [ edit
]
The game has received generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of
73/100 from Metacritic.[5] Gamer.nl awarded the game with a 7/10, stating that
"Mobilized is a fairly enjoyable go at the genre on the handheld that impresses
technically."[12]
