>>85690521Not being commentary on the "horrors of war" while also being direct and glowing endorsements for the military and armed forces. The games were played with a completely straight face being developed during the height of the Iraq War when American exceptionalism and nationalism was at an all-time high.
As far as multiplayer is concerned, the combat was highly unbalanced with there being guns and kits that ranged from broken balance-wise to straight up game-breakingly broken. They didn't try to be CS clones and owned up to the fact that they were arcade shooters. MW3 and BO2 were the start of what felt like trying to make the game competitive, but they both still had some cheesy options that kept the spirit of the older era alive.
