I said I would never play this game again… 

I don't think I'm alone on this, but watching your MW2019 videos are what hooked me onto your channel initially, I would love to see more if you can!

Biggest issue with this game was that it felt like it took 10 steps back from MW2019..

you’re insane.

getting a headshot in MW2: 💵💵💰💰💰💸💸💸‼️‼️

A video with the whole gang back in MW2019 would be cool

Honestly MW2 gunplay mixed with MW3 movement and quality of life changes to recoil/visual recoil would have made MW2 a worthy successor to MW2019. Hell even the MW3 perks and killstreak buffs would make MW2 such a fun game. The only reason i'm saying MW2 would work better with these changes is that MW3 feels different, in terms of animations, style and mechanics. It doesn't feel the same, as opposed to if Infinity Ward had made it this way. Anyways, love the gameplay Ryan!

I think a slower, more tactical COD actually could have worked but they didn't do it right. They didn't really think through how they wanted the game to be played and just took standard COD combat and nerfed the movement mechanics instead of adding in reasons to play more tactically. They have all these movement mechanics like hanging on walls, sliding and diving but made them nearly useless in the actual gameplay. They want people to play tactically but jumping is the most effective way to challenge corners. If they really wanted people to play tactically they could have added lean or made recoil harder to control. If they want people to play tactically they should give players tools for doing so instead of just nerfing all the tools they had for playing aggressively.

I might be in the minority, but I actually like the slower gameplay of MWII. It forces you to play smarter, not harder. You have to slow down, listen and communicate to get wins. Even if your the last man standing you can still clutch up games if you just walk around the map. Walking is more effective than sprinting in MWII. If you like braindead zoom zoom pew pew then MWII is not for you. Which is unfortunate because the majority would just rather always play in a small box map. (shipment) For this reason I skipped MWIII, that game is just a slurry catering to the bad habits of the player base. But I guess that makes it "fun".

I really wish the MW2 guns were more viable in MW3

I really like that sweet spot of 200-250 ms ttk for 4 shot rifles. Would love if they made a game with 120-130hp were they wouldn't be afraid to tweak firerate aswell as dmg on weapons

I really don’t think MWIII is objectively better than this. It really comes down to the type of shooter you enjoy.

crazy how many comments are saying this game wasn’t that bad. the community HATED this game with a passion. The perk system, the footsteps, the kill streaks, the INSANE muzzle flash/smoke, the maps (don’t get me started on border crossing)… all of it made the game SO aggravating to play. and don’t forget riot shield shotgun players… damn i don’t miss this game at all lol

I actually went back on this a few nights ago and messed around on the 3rd Person Moshpit playlist and there is actually still a community of people (clans and such) that solely play that playlist. Even saw some low level players that seem to have just got the game and for some reason playing it now instead of just getting MWIII. Was surprising to see.

Faster TTK is so much better I agree!

the chapters in your video is a really nice touch

mw2 still brings good memories

Lol nice surprise gameplay bro

Love your gameplay bro, regardless of what you play. Your voice and fully automatic gunfire is something that soothes me while I drive at work. 😅 thank you for what you do man!

Ahh yes back at MW2

i always enjoy the throw backs. keep em coming

I never thought I’d miss seeing you play this game

we love any handler content

Enjoyed this game way more than MWIII. Glad I didn't jump on the hate train

Main thing is miss from MW2 are how slugs worked on shotguns, they were so fun to use, they made them practically worthless in MW3

Nice he dropped again🗣️🔊

Handler 🐐

I think i am the only one on this. MW2 was better than MW3.

I didn't care for this game, but I will say the maps you played here, and all the ones included in ranked were really fun. I liked the color variations and the layouts. Hearing your loud-ass footsteps constantly and seeing the visual recoil is giving me ptsd though lol.

I liked Embassy and El Asilo, I thought they were good maps. I wish they’d add them back to MW3.

4:30 21 savage's voice lines 😂😂😂

21:34 i started holding my breath till round ended jeeez who let this man coooook. 💪🏼

Man was committed to making sure the guy saw him shooting his body😂🤝

handler at 10am? perfect way to start my morning

The fast time to kill also makes it more fair for MKB players. In MW3 theres a lot more time for controller players aim assist to "catch" and once it does it's over for the MKB player because they still have to mange their aim and is more likely to miss shots. Maybe you don't think so because your tracking is insane but it's that way for me.

Some MW2 is always a good break from MW3. It's nice to get a kill without using an entire magazine.

I had fun with MW2, maybe not as much as I had with MW2019, there were definitely a ton of questionable choices they made, but it didn’t make it unfun. Perks system was an interesting shakeup, but uh, please don’t bring that back for the next game. Gunsmith was too overcomplicated, should simplify the choices next time. Dead silence didn’t deserve the sound nerf, it was perfectly fine in MW2019.

i feel like mw3 still got a faster ttk than mw2, feel like every time i even TRY to turn a corner in mw3 I'm just cooked in 2 bullets.

only handler could make a mw2 video semi enjoyable

Like fiz4520 said, I was enthralled by your MW2019 gameplay. Seeing some in 2024 would definitely be entertaining even if it’s full of cheaters❤❤❤

the fact i can watch handler play any game is always a blessing fr

Madlad. Im in. Wheres your HORANGI COLLISION 🗿

this games movement is more in line with the movement of the classic cods, i enjoyed this game personally

hey bro just talking about content and stuff like its more enjoyable when you're just showing what you're doing whether that's going from mw 2 to mw 3 then tomorrow playing xdefiant like its more fun when it's fun for you like a variety is really cool so just do what you want and I know everyone will watch brudduh much love and I hope you're in a surplus of 🐈

I never bought mwiii, so i still play this one. It really couldve been so much better if footstep volume was lowered and half the maps didnt suck. I dont mind the perk system as much as others

18:16 I literally reacted the same way lmao

For as much dislike there was and is for MWII, there certainly was a butt load of content made about it. I liked it for what it was. Every COD has had good and bad things.

I know people hated this game; rightfully so, but I grinded Orion for this, and honestly it was the first CoD I forced myself to really learn and improve on. It helped SBMM was toned down as well.

I do like this game. The gunsmith actually encourages some build diversity, it had the most balanced pistols and dmz is so fun. You also have to remember that this is what 2019 was sort of mwant to be

I liked the movement more in this one.

Fast TTK for me is why I play Hardcore SnD. Picadilly is one of the best search maps in this game. Literal trash for every respawn game mode, but for Search, it's amazing. Also the grenade routes on this game were the best (or maybe I just played too much CoD when this game was out.)

Gotta love that having eyes means you have wall cheats. lol

Oh I miss the Triple Kill sound effect of this game.... was like.... TRYARERH

Nutty nades today

I’ve been binge watching mw2019 content from the boys - we gotta revisit

Everyone says they love old school COD until IW hits them with a game that plays like that. This game was a few tweaks away from being truly great. So much better fundamentally than MW3 and its sniper meta trash.

Yes man. Lower TTK is so much bettr

Honestly I like mw2 more than I like mw3. If I could grind out mw3 battle pass progress in mw2 I'd do it in a heartbeat. Since the game is less sweaty for me, has less cheaters since my ranked games seem to be filled with them, and is more playable since mw3 has been unplayable for me due to constant packet burst and latency issues that hasn't gone away since season 2. I can't even play zombies without the game crashing just about every game and me losing everything.

If this games footstep audio was 50% lower, I would have played it more often. I forgot how satisfying it is to dome someone. Not having a significant headshot multiplier in MW3 is weird Id be happy to see more MW2!

I haven't been able to play MWIII/MWII for almost a week on account of thrashing too many lobbies and getting shadowbanned, but I'd sooner go through MW 2019 than MWII. But hey, if you're a glutton for punishment and not shadobanned, MWII is an option. :b Thanks for the content anyways, Handler!

Running an o.p shotgun and saying the enemy team sucks is hilarious

faster TTK is better imo too cause in MW3 1 shot weapons definitely can ruin the fun

This is the better version, no dead silence in perks

Mw2 plays decently well. Mw3 def has the much needed qol changes but damn the sbmm is just too cranked to enjoy a long play sesh.

I’m glad I never bough this game and watching the videos still mid but your game play always on top

Handler what’s the M4 load out pls 🙏

everything about this game was weird. Except Knockout. That mode was absurdly fun for no reason. They never brought it back.

the #1 thing i miss from MW2 is definitely the TTK. 150HP just makes snipers, knives and shotguns annoying to deal with. one can argue about balance one way or another (if theyre an idiot) but regardless of if its balanced, its just not Fun. the second thing would probably be the ironsights :P

What a mad lad

I wish this game had MW2019s movement. If so this would be far and away the best COD of all time.

this game had the most hype in cod history 😂😂😂

The one thing I will say about this game is that it was easier for me to play on mouse and keyboard, because the crazy fast TTK meant if I was more accurate I could usually beat controller players, even with the aim assist advantage. On MW3 it feels like even if I hit 6 shots with an SMG, a controller player with an AR can kill me in a fraction of the time at identical range even if he misses his first two shots. That combined with the SBMM means I legit have more fun playing Xdefiant on controller than playing MW3 on mouse and keyboard.

1:53 WTF BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Faster time to kill? Hardcore, everything is a oneshot. And ngl, it’s actually fun but also very chaotic in small maps.

Hit sound is better i think

Crouch walking the game

We gonna get some more finals content?

Orion is the worst mastery camo iv ever seen 😂😂

Mw3s ttk feels so weird like its too slow and too fast at the same time. I think its mostly the weird headshot multipliers that some guns like the mcw have where one headshot gives you tons of value but hitting 2-4 doesn't do anything

Wish mw3 had a faster ttk

I hated this game with a passion but always enjoyed when Handler would play it tho, made it look fun

Just seeing the UI and it already looks so much more barebones / lackluster. I still wish COD would be more focused on gunplay / gunskill again instead of movement. The problem in MWII was it punished general mechanics in terms of speed like ADS, strafe speeds and sprint to fire times. We don't need hyper fast movement with bunny hops and slide canceling. We just need smooth and fast gunplay. The MWII maps weren't bad at all either, sadly IW basically abandoned it lol and didn't give a shit about any of our feedback like Dead Silence or even minor community concerns. They literally did not care lol. I really liked and still like MWIII. Just wish it had a slightly faster TTK and the aesthetics/presentation of MW19.

Handler you should make another Third Person video. Idk if MWIII has it or not.❤❤

Ngl the problems with this game is what made it fun for me.

Wait, how are you lvl 919? Isn’t the lvl cap on the current season 850? Imma confoozed

I do miss the time to kill of this game...

I also thought the gun play was more balanced. The maps were great too.

Is there no hardcore mode anymore?

Totally forgot this game had chargeing perks💀

MW2019 video soon?😮‍💨

I just stopped playing CoD at MW2(2)

You know this game was cheeks when I quite literally forgot it existed

You should return to Ironsight! The new update is up!

as a sniper enjoyer I still liked mw2, the worst thing in my opinion tho was the perks system, I didn't like how you had to wait to get every perk

I agree the faster ttk on kbm feels way better. I think that's why Multi-player is better on kbm.

I like the hs sound in mw2 but not a big fan of fast ttk I think 150hp is sweet spot

what the hell is on handlers back at 2:35 ? 😂

Hi Ryan! How bored u need to be to play this game again 😂

I mean i can watch you play pretty much anything

Increase the ttk and keep the snipers the same if not better. People already say sniping is ovverpowered

MW2 me is just a normal basic first person shooter, nothing crazy, all boots on ground & fun. Don’t know why so many people hated it, I see nothing wrong with it.