The launch trailer for Modern Warfare 2 proves Activision wants to use the few days before the game releases to drive excitement up to cardiac arrest levels. For anyone who has managed to avoid everything else designed to mine excitement for the game, consider this video an executive summary. Included are plenty of accolades early press reviews have heaped on the title.

Occasionally a trailer can have such an impact that it forces introspection, raising deep questions. What makes world destruction scenarios such compelling entertainment fare of late? Is there such a thing as too much realism in a war game

Will the retail lag ever go away so big titles don t have to ship in the middle of the week

 

Watch, and ponder, at GameTrailers.