TelHybrid said:
I say yes definitely.
Let's be honest, before CoD4 not many people thought overly highly of the CoD series. Yeah sure there was a few fans, but it didn't really get the fanbase that it has now until CoD4, purely because CoD4 tried something different to the rest of the series which was to sidestep from the whole (let's face it... generic) World War II setting, which won the adulation of many gamers.
Nobody had high expectations of Call of Duty 4, but after CoD4 the series has a fanbase that expects high standards.
Em your dead wrong there CoD had a fairly big and decent fan base before Call Of Duty 4 with CoD2 being the second most played game on xfire(second to WoW) with CoD2 remaining in third place with CoD4 in second place.
OT:Yes I expect CoD:MW2 will stick to standards I expect from Infinty Ward.
Saying something like MW2 will be like CoD 4.5 is like saying Crash Bandicoot 2 was Crash Bandicoot 1.5 because they are hardly going to change the core aspects of a franchise and besides what could they change it to.
The only people who's expectations it won't live up to are people who think the game will bring about the second coming of Jesus.
Hopefully though they make it more of PC shooter than a console one and less of maps like Creek and Killhouse.