Mind The Gap shifted the scene to London, where an SAS team was acting on reports of illicit contraband being moved through loading docks. (You can see parts of it here.) Under cover of night, the black-clad squad moved through an abandoned warehouse, stealthily taking out enemies on the way towards the mission objective.
That objective, a truck supposedly bearing explosives, stands in a parking lot swarming with enemy troops, and another battle followed where soldiers on the ground had support from a hovering helicopter above. The contraband gets loaded onto a commandeered train and you’ll have to give chase through into the underground rail system, driving a truck over train tracks.
Gunfire crosses the subterranean tunnels and the shooting continues even as you pop out into stations crowded with civilians, Finally, the enemy train derails and crashes spectacularly, taking out several support columns and exploding violently miles beneath the surface. In both levels, the action rivaled anything a big-budget Hollywood production could deliver.
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Activision also used E3 to unveil Modern Warfare 3‘s “Spec Ops” mode, but that portion of the game is co-operative, not competitive. MW3‘s Spec Ops will feature an all-new Survival mode, where two players will make a stand against increasingly difficult, advancing waves of enemies like Gears of War‘s Horde Mode. As anticipated as this new Spec Ops mode is, most players still show up for the competitive multiplayer modes. Activision wasn’t talking about those at E3, so there may yet be more changes on that front in MW3.
Meanwhile, EA showed a new Battlefield 3 multiplayer level called “Operation Metro,” which started in an open-air outdoor battle in Paris, before moving underground into a train station. Despite the difference in level design and architecture, the play transitioned smoothly to tighter quarters.
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