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Review information Time played: 10 hours Platform: PlayStation 5 Among the multiplayer FPS mainstays – your Battlefields, your Overwatches, your Destinys – Call of Duty has long been the misanthrope’s choice. A team game in which you can turn off your mic and forget any coordination beyond that of your own hands and eyes; a way of connecting with the world while firmly ensuring your personal space with a sighted shotgun or silenced assault rifle. It’s a characteristic that has been the series’ greatest strength and most frustrating limitation – and Modern Warfare 2 exemplifies both. On the one hand, quickplay is always there for you: a reliably rewarding way to while away a spare half hour, without wasting precious minutes in matchmaking or corralling friends for a squad. On the other, the lack of commitment COD asks from its players puts a hard limit on the ambition and complexity of its design. As a result, nothing feels quite novel enough – and you could easily mistake a n...