It's pretty, but at the end of the day, it's just a first-person shooter. The game mechanics are identical to every first-person-shooter since Wolfenstein-3D. If you enjoy that type of game, you'll love MW2. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but I'm playing through the single-player mission and finding it more enjoyable than most. The plot is interesting (if convoluted), and the whole "cinematic" aspect is better produced and less hokey than most similar games.