If you've ever considered yourself to be one of the great innovators of gameplay in first-person shooters, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" appears to have integrated a status system meant to reward you. Whether your strategy involves only killing your enemies with one specific weapon or sticking to getting your kills through a personally crafted routine, the team at Infinity Ward has implemented a new way to turn your eccentricities into badges of honor.
"Another new thing that we added was the call sign," said Infinity Ward's lead multiplayer designer Todd Alderman Tuesday night. "You might have seen this in some of the videos that we’ve released. The call sign is another way to show off how cool you are, make yourself famous."
During his feature presentation at Infinity Ward's grand unveiling for "Modern Warfare 2" multiplayer features, Alderman went over what call signs will mean, and how players will be able to obtain them.
"You have an emblem, which is the symbol that you unlock, and you have a title, which is an image with some words," he explained. "The way you play is the more things you do, the more things you’re going to unlock for that thing."
The call signs will come from an evolving set of hundreds of distinctions that Infinity Ward plans on updating as its community engages "Modern Warfare 2" multiplayer gameplay. For more info, stay tuned for details directly from Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling on how call signs work into the bigger picture.
What type of call sign do you think you should earn for your style of gameplay? What do you think of Infinity Ward's new ideas for "Modern Warfare 2" thus far? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
When you do something cool in-game, these call signs pop up for everyone in the game.