Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** And if ''Loose Ends'' didn't drive the point home how willing Shepherd is to sacrifice his men, {{spoiler|in the attack on his base, he gives the order to have his base bombed, killing any of his men inside...just to get at two, count 'em, ''two'' men after him}}.

*** In fairness, {{spoiler|by then the base had been effectively cleared out anyway by the only two men aware of his treachery; with the possible exception of a particular guard, all of the Shadow Company troopers encountered indoors by Soap and Price were definitely killed; four of them had been preparing a detonation charge when their room was breached, possibly causing the process to start way earlier than planned. When it turns out that Price and Soap got out in time, Shepherd then orders a "fire mission" less than a hundred meters from ''himself''. However, the smoke and dust clears to reveal multiple Shadow Company troopers, slumped against the terrain or crawling about in a daze, at the mercy of the unharmed Price and Soap}}...

* [[More Popular Spinoff]]: ''Call Of Duty'' is a pretty well-known franchise, but ''Modern Warfare'' has a massive impact upon pop culture and is one of the most successful series in the history of video games. Indeed, a vast majority of ''Modern Warfare'' players have never played the first three ''Call of Duty'' games.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]:

** ''Modern Warfare 1'' The player controls two characters, a British SAS operator and an American Marine. During the Marine's segments, he and his commanding officers are established as sympathetic and heroic characters, even going so far as to risk their lives to stop and rescue a downed - and similarly sympathetic - helicopter pilot in a city where a nuclear warhead has just been discovered. {{spoiler|The Dragon ends up detonating the warhead before either character can escape, killing everyone and allowing the player to experience the Marine's slow, agonizing death from radiation poisoning in first person. At the end of the game, after escaping the Russian missile base and evading the Ultranationalist pursuers, the bridge gets blown up, and you get to watch as Griggs gets ventilated while trying to help you to your feet and Zakhaev executes Gaz. The wounded Captain Price slides you his sidearm, which you use to kill Zakhaev. When the cavalry arrives, you then get to watch as a medic tries to resuscitate Captain Price while you're loaded onto the helicopter. [[Mac Tavish]] (the "you" in this POV) does survive for the sequel. And so does Price.}}

** ''Modern Warfare 2'' was even worse. If the death of {{spoiler|Private Allen}} wasn't bad enough, the scene where {{spoiler|Roach and Ghost are shot by Shepherd and set on fire (In Roach's case, WHILE STILL ALIVE) is like being kicked in the balls.}}

Shepherd: {{spoiler|"Good. That's one less loose end." (Gunshot. Gunshot.)}} }}

*** Even worse is Ghost's anguished scream right before {{spoiler|Shepherd}} shoots him.