Developer Infinity Ward has revealed a campaign-based co-op mode for Modern Warfare 2 was originally planned, but was later dropped once discovering that it "ruined the experience" after extensive playtesting. That scrapped mode was later reborn as Spec Ops, a mission based co-op component comprised of levels that IW felt were more tailored towards cooperative rather than solo play.
Speaking to VG247, Infinity Ward community manager Rob Bowling explains:[blockquote2]We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story.
But it really broke the cinematic experience, took the immersion out of it, out of the story and the pacing and everything we’d spent so long crafting. It just ruined the experience we were aiming for, so we took it out, kept the single-player for that one player intact and polished it.[/blockquote2]Bowling further mentioned that some of the experiences in Spec Ops mode have been taken straight out of single player, but polished for co-op play. Sounds like we'll be getting the best of both worlds.
Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled to hit November 10.
