In the 2nd game you even capture a mid-level terrorist who looks identical to and wears the exact same uniform as Abu Bahaa, emphasizing that he was just a middleman in a much larger plot. Greater-Scope Villain: Abu Bahaa and Pablo, the villains of the 1st and 2nd games, turn out to be lieutenants in a global terror network led by General Popovich, the Big Bad of the 3rd game.The first couple of chapters are unlocked fairly easily, but to unlock the 3rd chapter onwards you have to perform extremely grindy tasks that take several days, or unlock the chapters with real money. Forced Level-Grinding: The 5th game uses this heavily due to its free-to-play sales model.Evil All Along: For most of the 4th game Saunders comes across as a fairly reasonable Punch-Clock Villain in over his head, but in The Stinger he reveals he was the mastermind behind everything all along.Doesn't stop him from using Page's antics as a distraction so he can carry out his own nefarious plans. Even Evil Has Standards: Saunders is a ruthless Corrupt Corporate Executive, but in the 4th game even he thinks Page is nuts.Saunders for his part has no problem threatening Phoenix's own 10 year old daughter in the 5th game. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Page mentions that Saunders has a 10 year old daughter, and threatens to bring a blowtorch to her birthday party if Saunders gets lippy with him.Elite Mooks: In the 5th game, the Gilman troopers guarding Gilman HQ in the final mission wear futuristic armor and have about twice the durability of previous regular enemies.This pattern ends with the 5th and final game, as Saunders dies without anyone left to succeed him, and the game ends with a generic "a new mission awaits" instead of a cliffhanger radio transmission from the new villain. Dragon Ascendant: The games from 2 to 5 end with the Big Bad being killed and the secondary villain stepping up to become the Big Bad of the next game.Demoted to Extra: Warrens is reduced to a non-physical speaking cameo in Modern Combat 4 compared to his much bigger role in Modern Combat 1 and 2.Cutscene Boss: All of the main villains are disposed of in cutscenes, often involving quick-time events, much like Call of Duty.As a side note: Compared to previous installments, Modern Combat 03 seems to be much less restrictive when it comes to profanity in general. Cluster F-Bomb: Most of the dialogues in mission 5 of Modern Combat 3 can be summed up as this, which is understandable considering the fact that in the mission, Phantom Unit, along with the rescued members of Razor Squad, are being pursued by various KPR AT Vs, APCs and even an attack helicopter.The game went free-to-play as of the fifth installment, and the amount of microtransactions in game massively increased. Bribing Your Way to Victory: Since the third game (which were paid-for) the game allows players to buy ammo and health boosts with real money.Blood Knight: In the 4th game, Saunders notes of his boss Page that he doesn't kill to win wars, he fights wars so he can kill.They are outgunned and do get killed without your help, but they still put up quite a fight. Badass Bystander: In the first main chapter of the 5th game, the doctors at the hospital apparently had a supply of assault rifles in case of societal emergencies and do a decent job at fighting off the Yakuza thugs that are storming the place to steal drugs.Phoenix, a minor NPC who only appears in the mission “Aftermath” in Modern Combat 4, is a protagonist in the Modern Combat 5.This happens to almost every secondary villain from 2 to 5, who is inevitably promoted to main antagonist in the sequels should they survive the events of the previous installments.In the first game you play as Warren, in the second game you play as Anderson, Newman, and Warren, in the third game you play as Walker, in the fourth game you play as Blake, and in the fifth game you play as Phoenix. And Now for Someone Completely Different: Each game has a different main character.Allegedly Free Game: To be expected of Gameloft.A.K.A.-47: All weapons are given fictitious names.
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