Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2has just been released, but information tidbits about the missions and characters to grace the latest installment of theModern Warfareseries generated a healthy amount of fan interaction prior to launch. Things are looking promising forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2so far, although there is always room for improvement. The game introduces some interesting characters to the franchise while keeping most fan favorites, and a number of its missions including “Ghost Team” and “Recon by Fire” appear to pay homage to a few seen in older entries.
Ghost Team, set in modern-day Las Almas, Mexico, is the penultimate mission in the single-player campaign forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Players follow Soap, Gaz, and the rest of the JTF - Ghost Team as they chase Graves in a bid to help the Vaqueros regain control of their headquarters. The JTF - Ghost Team is essentially a reboot of theGhosts faction seen inCall of Duty: Ghostsfrom 2013, andModern Warfare 2does justice to their iconic skull masks that have become a symbol of the franchise.Spoilers forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2ahead.
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What Call of Duty: Ghosts Brought to the Tabl
Call of Duty: Ghostswas set in Santa Monica and San Diego, a much-needed change from the mainstream Russian or Middle Eastern cities found in the rest of theModern Warfaretitles. Santa Monica was under siege, with San Diego already a wasteland; a shadow of its former glory.
Players were treated to a variety of adrenaline-rushing scenes, from rappelling down skyscrapers to flying helicopters and even experiencing live combat in space. However, even this innovation was not immune to problems plaguing theCall of Dutyfranchise, such as the lack of proper plot progression during frontline battles. Despite the new perspectiveCall of Duty: Ghostsbrought to fans, it is considered one of the worst games in the series as a result.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s Ghost Team Rundown
Players startModern Warfare 2’s Ghost Team mission in the tunnels leading to a facility where the team’s target, Graves, is based.Several booby traps lie scatteredaround the tunnel, so players have to exercise caution, using a smoke bomb to find these traps and deactivate them via big red squares on the walls before continuing on their journey. For much of the initial part of the mission, players will repeat this process while occasionally killing off some guards, until they reach a ladder taking them back to ground level.
Once back on ground level, players have tohijack an Apache Helicopter. They will need to get rid of the Shadows assigned to guard the vehicle, and once the helicopter has been hijacked, players will assume control of Ghost’s team to mark objects for the helicopter to destroy. Next, the mission heads toward the Tower, with enemies stationed in a nearby building. Instead of going Rambo and taking on these soldiers one by one, players can use a Spotter to blow up some tanker trucks, killing multiple enemies at once.
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Players usethe Spotter to get into the main housingafter crashing an antenna into it, and it gets used again to blow up a tank blocking the headquarters. The next phase of the mission has the objective of rescuing Valeria, which begins by taking the Ghost Team on sneaking mission into a hangar, hiding behind military tanks and trucks while moving.
The final stage of the mission leads players on a race against time to get to Graves through intense firefights that clear the floors of the headquarters. Graves is waiting for players in a tank in the training area, and they will have to find C4 charges to blow it up while watching for any sneak attacks by Shadows. The Ghost Team mission ends with the detonation of the C4 charges,killing Graves in the process.
Ghost Team Has Some Similarities of Call of Duty: Ghosts
The fast pace of firefights and heart-pounding stealth sections are common themes shared by “Ghost Team” andCall of Duty: Ghosts, and on top of that both the game and this mission share an element of betrayal. In thefirst mission ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Graves helps Laswell, Ghost, and Shepherd eliminate General Ghorbrani, even becoming a playable character for a short while. This shows that Graves is on the side of TF141 before things go awry, and he betrays them in “Alone” before attempting to kill Soap during “Ghost Team.”
Call of Duty: Ghostshad Commander Rorke as the main antagonist, although he was formerly a member of the Ghosts. He gets brainwashed upon being captured and winds up killing Elias - the leader of the Ghosts. SinceGhostsdidn’t have a strong showing at the time, “Ghost Team” didn’t pull too much, but the nod to this olderCall of Dutytitle is clear. The mission presents a fun option for fans to explore life as one of the Special Forces, equipped with the latest technological advancements and mission enhancements, so hopefully future entries take similar cues.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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