Infinity Ward’s reboot of theCall of Duty: Modern Warfareseries has seen several notable characters return in 2022’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, though some players a lamenting the absence of Gary “Roach” Sanderson. TheTask Force 141operator serves as one of the four playable characters from 2009’sModern Warfare 2, with the 2022 entry instead introducing a swath of new characters to join Capt. Price’s fight. The lament for Roach’s absence appears to even stretch to some other character from the original 2009 game, including a key character who unknowingly plays a key role in Makarov’s plans.
As mentioned above, Roach was a member of Task Force 141 and was one of the four main playable characters alongside John ‘Soap’ MacTavish, James Ramirez, and Joseph Allen. Roach serves as the player character for most of the TF141-focused missions in 2009’sModern Warfare 2, regularly running headfirst into combat alongside Soap, Ghost, and Price. He ultimately meets his end, along with Ghost, atthe hands of General Shepherd, who looked to cover up his role in igniting World War 3 and cement his status as a war hero.
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His absence in 2022’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2was noticed immediately by several players who were keen to share their thoughts on his exclusion. Reddit user Unihornmermad is one such player, who channeled their thoughts on Roach’s absence in the form of a meme taken fromSpongebob Squarepants. It is a humorous take on Roach being excluded from the reboot series thus far, but it is one felt by several other users seen in the comments section.
Modern Warfare 2 Players Miss Another Character
Unihornmermad’s thoughts on Roach stretch beyond the TF141 operator with many other users, as well, who shared similar thoughts about Joseph Allen in the post’s comments. Players could argue this isn’t surprising given Allen’s importance to the 2009 game, despite only being a playable character for the first two missions. One of these missions isthe infamous “No Russian” mission, which was teased at the end of 2022’sModern Warfare 2, opening the door for Allen’s possible inclusion down the road.
Players can argue the tease at the end of the 2022 game’s campaign, along with how Infinity Ward handled the post-launch content for 2019’sModern Warfare, opened the door for some of these characters to find their way into the reboot series.Imran Zakhaev, Victor Zakhaev, and Khaled Al-Asad, all of whom are major antagonists in the originalModern Warfare, were only present inWarzoneand Spec Ops while only being mentioned in the main campaign from 2019’sModern Warfare. It is possible Infinity Ward could take this same route with characters like Roach and Allen, though only time will tell if the studio goes this route or waits until a third possible title.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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