Crysis 2 writer calls Modern Warfare 2 an “immense disappointment”, praises Uncharted 2

Modern Warfare 2 was without a doubt a huge hit, but that doesn’t mean everybody loved it. Take Crysis 2 writer Richard Morgan, for example. He thought the game was “disappointing”. Another of last year’s giants, the PS3-exclusiveUncharted 2, however, did earn a lot of praise from him.

Modern Warfare 2 was without a doubt a huge hit, but that doesn’t mean everybody loved it. Take Crysis 2 writer Richard Morgan, for example. He thought the game was “disappointing”. Another of last year’s giants, the PS3-exclusive Uncharted 2, however, did earn a lot of praise from him.

“I thought Modern Warfare 2 was an immense disappointment,” Morgan told CVG. “It was a massive stepdown from CoD4. What I thought when I played it was, ‘Jesus guys, what have you been doing? You’ve not ramped anything up. The story is worse and the game doesn’t really hang together, it’s just a bunch of mission levels.”

Morgan further explained his distaste for Modern Warfare 2‘s story by saying that it basically did all the things that bad storytelling does. “It made no sense. It was totally implausible. It doesn’t resolve… I just think they were way too impressed with themselves and that’s always a danger. It’s just unfortunate.”

The bestselling sci-fi author loved Naughty Dog’s work on Uncharted 2, however. “Conversely, with Uncharted 2, those guys went back and looked at the first game. Everything that didn’t work very well, they fixed or ramped up or did something with.

“They really took it to a new place and you can honestly say to people if you played the first game, the second one is the same but better. Modern Warfare 2 is the same but… way worse. And it cost more money.”

Via [CVG]