Act I

S.S.D.D

This is a tutorial level; you will never actually face any enemy fire.  Grab a gun and follow the instructions that are given to you.  Fire at a target from the hip, then using auto aim and finally knock’em down with some grenades.

Intel: Across from the pit entrance near sandbags

When entering the pit, select the weapon of your choice (two handguns will probably be quickest).  There are a total of 24 targets and 11 civilians.  Depending on your speed, the game will suggest the level at which you should begin the campaign.  Fairly basic stuff but you could spend some time here honing your skills.

Team Player

You spawn under fire so head to cover to the right or behind some sandbags.  Eliminate some enemies across the way by using the grenade launcher on your rifle.  You will then be told to stop enemies at the far end of the bridge so that the bridge can swing down.  Use the grenade feature again.

Go up the nearby stairs and enter the humvee.  Watch a building to your right blow up.  Then drive through the town and do not fire upon anyone until instructed.  Then you’ll start letting loose on a bunch of tangos on top of a building.  Then its just pure mayhem, just make sure to shoot the truck that blocks you.  Don’t worry when you get hit by the RPG, it’s part of the game.

Get up and into the building to your right.  Eliminate the straggler that comes down the stairs.  Throw a frag up the stairs, and you and your allies eliminate the tangos.  Drop the group of enemies in front of the school before entering it.

Basically just use cover while shooting waves of enemies making sure to watch out for side rooms.  Keep moving forward until you start to get outside.

Intel (2): First Intel is in a classroom just as you leave on the wall, the other Intel is right in front of you as you leave the school.

Get ready for more enemies outside just keep cover and pop them.  Move on down and at the end make sure to watch out for the alley on your left as there is a tango waiting for you.  Then meet up with Shepherd.

Cliffhanger

Follow Soap, you won’t fall unless you’re moving a ridiculous amount.  When using your ice picks, the key is to make sure not to let go of one pick before the next is in the ice.  Make sure to move quickly as the ice breaks.

Jump across gap, you will fall as this is part of the game.  Make sure to hold on with your ice pick or you will fall off eventually.  Climb up as previously instructed.

You pull out your gun and then whip out the heartbeat sensor.  As you and Soap start your approach, you will meet a pair of tangos twice.  On Soap’s command, eliminate the one on the left both times.

Intel: As you split up and have got rid of all tangos, there is a tower with a ladder on your right side and the Intel should be there.

You are now on your own.  Head right and clear out any unsuspecting enemies.  Soap may even take out a few if they are in your sight.  Once you get to the designated building, knife the guy who is just sitting on his ass in a chair.

You can now start heading in a south-westerly direction along a ridgeline, pay attention to your heartbeat sensor as there is one tango on this ridge/pathway.  Then you’ll be crossing an open area, and Soap tells you to stop but just sprint across and plant the charge.  Then follow this wall to the right for some time until you get past a nearby fighter jet.  Turn right and head towards the marked destination; be careful as there are two pairs of enemies.  You can eliminate them or sneak by.  Meet Soap at the marked destination at the rear part of the building

Intel: Before going into the building with Soap, there is another building around this area where you can knife a window and grab the Intel.

Go upstairs and grab the ACS.  Soap gets compromised so you go to plan B.  Make sure to hit the detonator before the guard counts to zero.  Then try and clear off as many tangos as you can.  Run downstairs and follow Soap.  Use the cement blocks as a shield, killing any tangos and make sure to cover for Soap.  Sprint to the marker and slide down the hill.  Quickly look up and try tosnipe all the guards at the top of the hill you just slid down.  Snowmobiles will come down, make sure to take out at least one and then you hop on and you and Soap begin an epic chase.

Intel: Once you realize your marker distance changes after riding  for a while, keep your eyes out for a shack.  Nearby, the Intel is between two trees, just ride over it.  This is one of the harder Intels to get grab.

Basically just follow the main path and don’t hit any trees on this route.  Fire your weapon so that you eliminate some snowmobiles that can get in your way.  You will go down a wide open hill and then hit a massive jump where you will then ride into your allies.

No Russian

Maybe the most insane mission in MW2! You don’t actually have to shoot any victims, but depending on your morals and values, you can make that decision on your own.  If you do fire, make sure not to hit any of the 4 terrorists

Eventually you will be notified that the SWAT team is coming.  Get to the runway and head to the right.  Eliminate any individual tangos while using pillars and boxes as a shield.  My best advice is to utilize your grenade launcher and frags to get rid of the riot shields.  Make sure to use them wisely though, as running out of them can make this level troublesome.

Follow Markarov, and you will be in for a surprise.

Note: You can skip this mission at any time and go to the next mission.

Takedown

Duck in the truck or else someone will come out of the vehicle you’re following and kill you.  Then follow your allies as you sprint after your target.  It’s up to you to shoot him, BUT DON’T HIT HIM IN THE UPPER BODY.  Snipe him in the legs or the mission is over.

Then follow your comrades and eliminate the first wave of people from behind a car.  Move to the right, but move slowly as people pop up from windows, rooftops and everywhere else.  When you see the designated alley sprint to it and don’t waste your time getting shot by dozens of tangos.

Intel: This Intel is at the end of the favela area in a building with a bridge on top. This building is green.

Be cautious of dogs.  In general it should be the first thing you take out as it’s difficult to get the dog off of you once it attacks.  There will be a building ahead of you with plenty of enemies, try to take them out from outside the building as going in can prove quite difficult.  Now you start moving upwards.  Once again enemies are on rooftops, windows and on the ground so be very vigilant.  Anytime you move up a ladder it would be wise to toss a frag or grenade beforehand because people will be waiting.

Intel: First ladder you climb up the Intel should be right inside the room as you enter.

Intel: In a brick building behind a dresser.

As you continue moving upwards eventually Rojas gets taken down by Soap.

Intel: Near the end of the level, keep an eye out for a burning car, this will help identify a building across the way.  Go downstairs and there should be Intel by a bed.

Act II

Wolverines!

Get out of the hummer run to the right, eliminate a few enemies and then throw some smoke and quickly make your way to the alley.  Eliminate the enemies and make your way through the alley. I suggest grabbing all the Intel at one time now.

Intel: Clear out enemies in the nearby gas station, Intel is in there.

Intel: Might as well head to the bank, there are enemies in here as well, clear a few out and grab the Intel.  Get out quickly as people will keep returning.

Intel: Find the taco store and there should be Intel in there too.

Intel: Now go near burger town and there is Intel in a dumpster nearby.

Now back to business, go to Nate’s and get up to the roof.  Grab the sentry gun and face it southwest.  It will take out some enemies coming across the road.  Take them out too but watch out for the tangos that climb up the ladder.  Then you have to switch the sentry gun across the building and do the exact same thing.

Now go over to the diner across the way.  Make sure not to just sprint right across or else the enemy’s patrolling vehicles will finish you off pretty quickly.  When you get inside the building be prepared for people charging at you.  Eliminate everyone and grab the predator drone.  Use this to get rid of the armored truck.

Go back to burger town, and clear out the building using grenades.  Get to the top again and help your comrades move to their proper destinations.  Eventually your predator doesn’t work and you need to get a stinger near Nates to take out the two helis.

Now move your way to the south, keeping an eye out for enemies.  I would sprint as fast as you can and only stop for people directly in your way.  You will arrive at your convoy.  ROYALE WITH CHEESE!

The Hornet’s Nest

Start by moving up the path with your allies, picking off people in front of you and on top of the building.  It would be smart to change your pistol with something that fires at a longer range.  Eventually technicals come out, so make sure to take out the guy firing in the back of the truck and then take out the driver.  Head down a narrow pathway.

Intel: Before heading down the pathway there should be a building with a kitchen the Intel is in the kitchen.

You should now enter an open grassy area and just start taking guys out.  Don’t let them get too close and overtake your position or it could get ugly quickly.

Intel: Just before heading up the stairs you should, you will see a small shack-like-building near some chain link fence.  The Intel is inside.

Move through the road, keeping cover and being prepared for enemies up on 2^nd floors trying to fire at you.  Once all enemies are clear and you have crossed the “bridge” you can find the Intel.

Intel: This Intel is found on the 2^nd floor of a building near a blue car.

Now make your way through the market and prepare for some up close combat.  Eliminate everyone in each area of it could severely compromise your positioning.  Eventually you will see Nikolai’s chopper fly by.  Head to the next open area with soccer goals and eliminate the small group of tangos.

Intel: Should be in a window just behind the far goal posts.

You will then get onto some rooftops and try to jump into the chopper but, much like the scene in the Cliffhanger mission, you won’t make it.  You re-orient yourself and make it to the rooftops.  Basically the checkpoints change and tell you where to go.  Just try and sprint as much as you can and make sure to time and aim your jump properly.

Exodus

This level starts out with you by Honey Badger, a vehicle with a powerful machine gun.  You can direct it to fire in any direction by using a laser beam to identify enemy targets.  First, aim the truck to fire out a yellow house, and Honey Badger will do some work for you.  Head over to that house and get the truck to fire on a house across the street.

Basically you move up the street and any large group of enemies, choppers, or tangos with RPGs you should take out or get Honey Badger to take out.  It would be smart to get Honey Badger to attack the small security office near the apartments because there are a lot of enemy soldiers in there.

Intel: Once clearing out that office, Intel is located in this small building.

As you move your way down the street eventually you will see a sentry gun so use your laser beam to aim at it from a distance.  Now keep moving upwards and you will see a security station with tons of tangos.  Try taking the building out from some distance while hiding in grassy areas.  Now get Honey Badger to attack the building attached to the archway.

Intel: In a small building on right side of this archway there should be Intel.

Now move across the bridge and find cover.  Lots of enemies here so aim your laser to get some added assistance.  Just be calm and take your time on these houses.

Intel: 2^nd house on the right, once it is clear you can go to top floor and grab the Intel on a chair.

Move out of the house, and enter the next house on the right.  It is easier to just head through the garage as there is less enemy fire.  Now you just have to make sure to use your laser beam to get rid of the heavy duty anti-aircraft guns.  Allies will handle these once you have identified them.  Cross another bridge and get through the crashed airplane.  Make it into the designated house.  Be cautious there are still tangos lurking around.  Get into the panic room pick up the brief.

The Only Easy Day… Was Yesterday

Once you get to the destination via the sudo-submarines, carefully swim up to the guards and melee them.  Climb up the ladder and when you run into the next set of unsuspecting guards make sure to use your suppressed weapon so you don’t attract any attention.  Now go breach the door.  Act quickly taking out all 4 enemies, and make sure not to shoot any hostages (hostages are often on their knees).

Intel: As you go upstairs, look left before going outside and you should find the Intel on a shelf.

Now breach the next door, basically using the strategy above: aim high. Plant the explosives and move up some stairway to stay hidden.  Detonate on command.  Eliminate any tangos that have also responded to the explosion.  Follow Soap into a room.

Intel: In this room, there should be Intel on some shelving again.

Head up a stair case, and take cover as there’s a bunch of guys waiting for you.  Find the stinger to take down the enemy chopper. Be aware of the enemy coming in from your right side.

Intel: Before following Soap, keep an eye out for a yellow staircase, below it is the last Intel for this mission.

Follow Soap up some stairs again and now you have to deal with a lot of smoke, so grab a gun with a thermal scope.  It should be lying around or you may still have the one you started with.  Stay covered, and pop out to shoot people and hide again.  No one will get you from behind.  Pay special attention to the enemies to your right as they seem to have a better firing angle.  Then, slowly move up and follow Soap.  Be careful of people trying to melee you in close quarters.

Soap will lead you to a door and this is your final breach.  This is the most difficult breach as there are bombs inside, so don’t hit them!  Switch to your other weapon beforehand to properly distinguish hostages and enemies. There are 4 tangos in this building.  Once you’re done, head up to the chopper.

The Gulag

As you fly in to the prison, try and snipe as many tangos as you can on the tower as they have RPG.  I’m not sure how many you have to get but enough so your aircraft doesn’t crash.

Upon landing, snipe the guys up top and a few in the windows.  Your choppers will help you out too.  Eventually you will move forward, into a courtyard. Get rid of your sniper when you can as you won’t need it anymore.

Intel: Before going into the prison there is a stairway to your right. Go up them and grab that Intel!

Move into the prison and start lighting up guys as you make your way towards the control centre.

Intel: In this control room

Now you start making your way through the outer ring as the doors are getting unlocked.  Just stay crouched and the guys will just pop up near the entrance.  When you get down to the armory you can pick whatever weapon you want but make sure to get a riot shield.  It will be needed for oncoming fire and later on as well.  After you withstand heavy fire, you move back to the ring.

Intel: First cell to your right.

Move down to where you have to use night vision.  You will get flash banged by the first group of guys.  It’s best to throw a frag after you kill them because you might kill a few of the tangos in the 2^nd group.  After that, take off your night vision.  Now breach into the next room and kill the guys on the ground and the snipers up top.  Once you move into the next room get ready to use your grenade launcher and some grenades if you have them.  If not, just use your riot shield to bash guys while you stay tight to the walls and let your friends do the work.  Quickly make a break for the hole in the end and jump into the sewers.

Get to the end and break the wall.  Don’t shoot the prisoner inside.

Intel: In this room that you just breached. On a desk with some cabinets.

Now you gotta make your way out before the building blows.  You will run around like a chicken with your head cut off until some debris falls on you. The scene will play out… and luckily they save you.  Now just sprint out of there and make sure to hook up to the rope in time.

Of Their Own Accord

Follow Foley through the trenches and make into the Department of commerce. Be careful as one guy is behind a desk with an RPG.  Many enemies in this building, so move slowly.

Intel: In the elevator with a body holding it open, there should be intel.

Now you’re moving outside into a courtyard.  You will be instructed to move towards the opposite building.  Keep cover and take out as many people as you can before moving in.  Just be calm and collected, and stay well protected as you take out tangos moving up the stairs.  Be careful of people popping out of doors.

Intel: In a closet where a guy will pop out of and attack you.

Basically you are just clearing rooms and trying to make it to the top floor.  When you get to the top you will see a semi enclosed area with a few guys waiting for you.  Take them out.  Grab the sniper and start taking out guys on the ground who are trying to attack your tanks.  Watch out though, because people are coming up the stairs and will enter this little sniping area.  Use a close range weapon and grenades to make your life easier.  Then pick up a Javelin and shoot down helicopters and tanks, you will see a red box when you have locked onto these targets.

Now you’ve got to sprint to get picked up by a friendly helicopter.  Basically you should just be sprinting as much as you can.  A few guys will pop out of doorways, but besides them just get to your location on the roof.  Hop in the helicopter and just shoot down as many tangos on the ground as you can.  Eventually you plane will get shot down.  You wake up and are handed a gun.  Try and shoot a few guys but you’re gonna black out anyways.  Mission over.

Act III

Contingency

So you’re moving through the woods in a very stealthy manner.  Best advice is to stay right, keep covered and use the prone position when needed.  Start moving upwards and don’t attack the first guard. Stay hidden from the patrolling vehicle.  You will see three guys patrolling taking them out, you need to do this is as quickly as possible so they don’t sound any alarms.

Intel: To the left of these now dead enemies should be a box and a parachute.  You will find the Intel by these objects.

Now get back to the right side and move forward in the trees and bushes in the crouch position.  You will meet another group.  Take out the two guys without the dog and Price takes out the dog and the final tango.  You will then get to a sort of open area.  There is a large group of tangos and dogs, I just let them pass by and then you will see another group of 2.  I let them pass by too.  Then quickly move to the right above a hill.  Note: You can kill the first group of patrols or just wait for all the groups.

Move with Price and try and use the predator drone, but it gets shot down.  Now you’re in full combat.  Try to take as many guys out as you can. When you feel the path is clear move up and over the ridge.

Now you’re near the submarine, so get the enemy truck with the predator.  My advice is to just hide out and use the predator when it’s ready to go.  Move upwards with the group into building 33.

Intel: Once in this building, the Intel is near the back door.

Intel: Before trying to complete the rest of the mission, get out of the building and head towards the helipad.  Take out any nearby hostiles and run up the stairway where the Intel is.

Now it’s probably best to get on top of building 33 to support Price.  Use your predator until it is disengaged, and then use the nearby weapons.  Try and cover him as long as you can until the mission ends

Second Sun

Ok so you start back at the scene in the helicopter that was just shot down; shoot as many guys as you can before you run out of ammo. Then you switch to the astronaut scene and watch a massive explosion. Pretty cool.

Alright back to “real” life.  You are pulled out from the chopper.  Follow Foley down the street and then into the building. Make sure to grab some ammo. Note: anything with a red dot won’t work because of EMP.

You are then told that you need to make it to the Whiskey Hotel. You make your way into a new building and can stock up on ammo again. You partner will open a door and it’s infested with tangos so just be calm and get rid of them.  Do the same in the next office.

Go outside and you will see three idiots trying to open an APC so make quick work of them.  Then there’s a bit of a mix up whether a guy coming up to you is friendly or a foe.  Make no mistake, he is hostile, so get ready to spray’em with pain.  As you make your way to your final destination, watch out for enemies behind a bus.  Get into the bunker and the mission is complete.

Whiskey Hotel

Follow your way through the bunker tunnel until you get outside.  Make sure you try and pick up a new gun.  When you get outside it is a disaster zone, so get covered quickly.  Just try and use the helicopter and vehicles as cover and get to your designated spot ASAP. I suggest not really firing at anything, just get as close as you can before using your ammo.

Just try and blast the guys out from the shrubs and get into the Oval office.

Intel: After Dunn opens a door head in and down near a hallway the Intel is on a couch.

Just follow your guys, moving through the building while taking down the enemy.  All of a sudden you find out that you have 2 minutes to call off the airstrike at the White House.  Foley is with you and he busts opens another door.  Just starting blasting guys because you’re working on a tight schedule this time (hint: grenades are your best friend here).  When you can, make your way up the stairs.

Intel: Right when you get upstairs, the Intel is in your first room to the right.

Get to the top of the building and get those flares going.

Loose Ends

Follow your team down the path until you meet the landmines, so make sure you are lying on the ground quickly or else it’s lights out.  Now it’s a smoke show.  So keep your wits about you and be ready for guys trying to melee you.  After blasting some guys start following the pathway until one of your comrades annihilates one of two jeeps.  Once they’re done, move towards the house.

Intel: You gotta grab this Intel before entering the house.  Go to the boathouse and the Intel is on one of the outside walls.

Get back to the house and breach one of the doors.  Now its time to clear out the main floor, watch out for guys popping out of nowhere.  Go upstairs and deal with the tangos there and breach the proper door.  Wipe those guys out, get a look at the blow up doll in the bathtub.

Intel: It’s in the room that you breached upstairs.

This just leaves the basement to clear out.  Breach two different doors that lead you to killing a pair of hostiles for each respective door.

Intel: The Intel is in the armory room that you breached downstairs.

After suiting up with some new weaponry (shotgun would be smart), try and plant some claymores near the entrance ways.  Go to the main floor and start loading the files from the computer.  Now you have to defend the house.  Basically you want to head to the back of the house where you have a good view of the main entrance and the back entrance.  After a while your claymores won’t help you.  Just keep lighting guys up as they enter each door.  Make sure to keep switching from door to door or you will get melee’d, or they will blow up the computer.

Download complete, grab it and now it’s time to book. Take out anyone directly in your pathway, but try to keep moving at all times.  Sprinting is your best case here because there are so many snipers waiting for you to stop and become a sitting duck.  Get to your “friends” and await your “reward.”

The Enemy Of My Enemy

Intel: Right when you start the level go to the airplane beside you and the Intel should be in the cockpit.

What is important to note in this level is that there are two groups of enemies which are fighting each other.  This doesn’t mean they are going to be friendly!  If they see you, they will fire on you.  That being said, the fact that they are killing each other can work to your advantage.  So only kill people that are in your way.

Move your way along the fence to position yourself properly.  Keep out of sight of any moving vehicles and snipe anyone from a distance as you move forward.  Every once in while you come across a group 2 or 3 enemies.

Ok so you go through an empty container, and are is another area full of the two groups battling.  Once, again, use the same strategy.  Stay along the fence, snipe unsuspecting enemies, use cover well when any situation gets tough.  When you get to the end of this area you will head through a crashed plane.

Surprise, surprise, you have a good view of another giant field of junk and two groups fighting to the death.  Great time to sit and camp on this top ridge.  Just watch people duke it out and snipe a few guys while you’re at it.  When you’ve had enough of this, slide down.  Move along the left side again, to eliminate the chance of having enemies flanking both sides.  As you move on the left side there is an airplane marked “C-130” so go in and use it for cover.

Intel: Not only can you use this plane as cover, but you can also grab the Intel inside of it.

Keep moving forward toward the marker.  Keep your eyes out for the armored vehicle, so stay covered.  Basically once you feel you are close enough to Price and his ride, just book it and get in.

Ok so now is one of those scenes when you’re in a moving vehicle and you are told to shoot people.  So do as you’re told and blast anything and everything that crosses your path.  Near the end of this “cruise” you will notice you have to take over the wheel.  This is actually pretty sketchy so just be prepared that you need to drive up into a moving plane.

Just Like Old Times

You and Price against the world.  You will see two guards and a dog so take the guards out with one shot and then get rid of the dog.  Slide down, and there will be more unsuspecting guards.  Move down the cliff and get ready to melee the guards below.

Get into the cave with tons of patrols.  Let the first patrol pass by and then one will just sit there and basically wait for you to knife him.

Intel: Quickly go to your right and you’ll find the Intel on a crate. Now get back to Price.

Now Price takes out a few guys and make sure you get the one guy you’re responsible for.  Ok now move into the steamy room.  Don’t be afraid to use frags and grenades once you are no longer in stealth mode.  Move left and be aware of anything on your right.  Guys should have lasers on their guns so they stick out like a sore thumb.

Intel:  Look for a small area to your left just before you leave the cave.  There will be Intel on a random desk.

Grab a riot shield and get out on to the catwalk.  You lead the way and Price basically takes out the guys ahead of you.  If they get too close (as a few have riot shields) don’t be afraid to bash a guy with your riot shield just like you would with a knife.

Now get into the cave and make sure to switch your riot shield with some type of a thermal weapon.  Price stays right in the middle of the action but you should move along the right side and there is a little covered section.

Intel: There will be Intel in this little alcove.

So just use your thermal sight to take out guys from here.  Also, use grenades as there are few right shield guys here too.  This fight takes a while so be patient but efficient.  After that mayhem, head to the door that you have to breach.  There should be a bunch of ammo and weapon so switch up if you want.  There are four guys inside, and the guy on the right is in melee mode so be quick with him or you’ll get knifed.

Intel: Price starts fiddling with a computer; the Intel is on a desk to the left side of Price.

After grabbing the Intel, go deal with the computer control to open up the door.  Now you’re in your last big fight of this mission.  Move to the right, grab a rocket launcher.  Look for a cave where the enemies will come out from.  If you can use your rocket launcher properly you can take out most of the group in one shot. Once all is clear, enter that tunnel.

Endgame

Intel: As you head down the stairs, the laptop is sitting on crate for you before you hop onto the boat.

Then get on the boat and follow the traitor Shepherd.  Basically the key is to just go full throttle and only fire if something is directly in front of you.  You will get hit a few times but just try and concentrate on the path ahead.  Fall down the waterfall.

Wake up and you are very disoriented, knife an enemy and then find Shepherd.  Give your best attempt at getting him… but it won’t work.

A whole bunch of scenes will occur here and some dramatic fights.  Long story short, make sure to grab that knife out of your chest and do what feels natural with it.  Good job.

Now when does MW3 come out?