Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Mobilized

"One of the most impressive first-person shooters you will play on your Nintendo DS this year.  Eduardo Zacarias, GameZone.com
"...Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Mobilizedis undoubtedly an excellent approach to the first-person genre in a portable console.  VandalOnline.com
"Call of Duty Modern Warfare Mobilized is an excellent value for the DS gamer.  Arend Har, GameChronicles.com

IGN.com 9 of 10
Call of Duty started its life on the PC, but over the past few years it has expanded to take over just about every gaming platform in the known universe. The Nintendo DS hasn't escaped this behemoth with its third handheld version of the mega-franchise in as many years hitting store shelves. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized continues the progression of refinement the franchise has seen on DS, successfully delivering the Call of Duty experience on the small dual-screen...There's a heck of a lot of content to go around in Mobilized. There was no skimping on making a lengthy game, you can go back and replay any again once you've passed them once, and there's even an extra challenge mode to eat up more of your time. I do wish that a little more time was taken to make every level memorable, even if it came at the expense of axing a few levels. Mobilized does a good job of mixing up the action, but it also falls back on old tricks a little too often...If you played and enjoyed last year's Call of Duty: World at War on DS, then you can expect to like Moblized. It brings the war to modern times once more while sticking to the same winning formula. Shooting, manning stationary guns, and getting behind the wheels of some heavy machinery are all part of the classic Call of Duty package and the DS crowd isn't missing out on the fun. The controls won't be ideal for everyone, so give Mobilized a try on a friend's system before you take the plunge if you can. The same goes for the look. Even so, this is one fully featured package and a technically impressive game that successfully takes Call of Duty to the handheld while bringing its own unique presentation to the table. - Erik Brudvig

Zentendo.com 8 of 10
Activision has now gone 3 years in a row with releasing a handheld version of one of its console Call of Duty titles, this year bringing forth a DS iteration of Modern Warfare 2. Similarly, the guys and gals over at N-Space (developers of Geist) are the ones behind the game, as they were during the original Modern Warfare's and World at War's respective releases. Naturally, these portable titles do not get anywhere near as much recognition as the grand, big-budget console games, but that's never been because of poor quality. Quite the contrary- they are actually solid additions to the DS's library, and this year's Modern Warfare: Mobilized, is no different...A major reason for this is because N-Space does not try to simply port the console game onto the DS and call it a day. Rather, they develop these handheld FPS from the ground-up, and create their own game that only shares the same name with what you find on the 360, PS3 or Wii. What you get then is a genuine product that's just trying to do its own thing with what the DS offers, instead of trying to duplicate what the home console versions do and just slapping it on a smaller screen...Of course the greatest reason why these games work on the DS in the first place is because of the touch screen, which becomes your source of input for everything but walking and firing. For those that have never played an FPS on the DS, be warned- there is a tremendous learning curve. There's no doubt that it takes some time to get used to, and even then, you'll often get hand cramps if you play for too long. Nonetheless, the aiming is more than satisfactory and the action rarely becomes too chaotic that its deficiencies hamper your progress. If anything, the real problem comes from tapping on the screen to reload, switch weapons, aim down the barrel of your sight etc. It never breaks the game or anything, but it's just not a very fluent system for an FPS to have to take your stylus off your aim and perform another action. This is obviously due to the restrictions of the handheld, which simply does not offer the ideal control scheme for a genre as complex as the FPS...Maybe the FPS genre isn't ideal for the DS, but N-Space continues to defy the odds and actually make these Call of Duty titles work on the handheld. If you can enjoy a fun, arcade shooter for your DS, Modern Warfare: Mobilized is a fine choice. - Jeff Pawlak