Multiplayer is equal parts fun and aggravating, I find. I’d rather not rage so I put it down semi-permanently, although Tails has told me of several hilarious troll builds I wouldn’t mind trying.

As for the ‘No Russian’ stage, it was admittedly a bit over the top, but when viewed in the context of the overall story I felt it worked and was needed to get the full effect of the story. Sure, they could have done it in a cutscene or found another catalyst for the events that followed, but I thought doing it the way they did was pretty ingenious (especially the way it ended).

I still haven’t had a chance to check out multiplayer or Spec Ops, but I already know which one I’ll be spending more time with. I wasn’t that big a fan of the multiplayer in the first game, so I doubt they changed enough to make me all of sudden love it. But I love co-op in most games, so adding it to a game already as great as this can only lead to awesome things.