Ininfity Ward gjorde det fra første stund klart at de vil presse noen grenser når det kommer til historiemodusen i Call of Duty: Modern Warfare med å blant annet gjøre det vanskelig å se forskjell på fiender og sivile. Utviklerne spøkte virkelig ikke.
For nå har det amerikanske sensurorganet satt sin dom over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, og beskrivelsen får det til å virke som om spillet mest sannsynlig får en aldersgrense på 18+ her til lands. Les bare dette:
"This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the roles of special forces soldiers and freedom fighters as they battle terrorists. Players can engage in a variety of combat missions, such as saving hostages, escaping/infiltrating war zones, and assaulting enemy compounds. Characters use machine guns, shotguns, sniper rifles, and explosives to kill enemies in frenetic combat. In some situations, players must quickly determine which characters are terrorists and which are just innocent bystanders. Combat is highlighted by realistic gunfire, screams of pain, and large blood-splatter effects. A sniper rifle causes increased damage (e.g., decapitation, dismemberment). Some sequences prompt players to make choices that influence enemy behavior: using a pistol to threaten a suspect's family during an interrogation; timing actions to prevent terrorists from shooting hostages (failure scenarios may occur). One sequence depicts players' character interrogated/tortured via waterboarding; if players select certain dialogue options, then a bound prisoner is seen executed. Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: a hostage killed by an explosive vest; civilians (including children) killed by a gas attack. Some scenes depict terrorists threatening and, in rare instances, attacking or shooting young characters (e.g., a boy held hostage; young siblings attacked in their home—players can control their ability to fight back). The game includes multiplayer badges that depict illustrations of marijuana leaves and smoking; other illustrations depict close-up angles of partially exposed cleavage and buttocks. The words "f**k" and "sh*t" appear in the dialogue."
Muligheten til å skyte hodet av fiender, se unge personer bli drept, å faktisk bevitne en torturscene og at en person blir sprengt av en bombevest. Utviklerne har tydeligvis ikke tenkt å sensurere like mye som de gjorde i originalen, så det skal bli interessant å se hva folk føler om dette i oktober.