Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game guide

Act I: Takedown

Capture Roja's Right-Hand Man Alive

Enjoy the car ride--it won't last long. When the car parks, get ready to crouch by the seat (by tapping the "crouch" button) as soon as the gunmen open fire, otherwise you'll find your brain smeared all over the seat. After getting out of the car, follow your squadmate around the corner, after the perpetrator!

Follow him right around a second corner, then into an alley on the left--after the second turn, you'll spot him just ahead! Quickly take aim and shoot his lower-body to injure, but not kill him.

Fight to the Top of the Favela and Capture Rojas

With the right-hand man captured, follow your squad up the stairs to a broken fence overlooking some civilians below.

Now here's the thing: in just a few moments, a ton of armed baddies are about to storm the area, but if you get moving fast, you can actually run through most of this first section before they get into position! As soon as you drop through the fence into the field, hightail it into a passage on the right, in the southwest corner. Once there, keep following the right wall, running the entire way--it will eventually lead to a staircase with a fenced-in field on the right. Just before it though, you'll likely run into a group of three enemies, also running to get into position--take them down before continuing.

Intel (1/4)
The first piece of intel can be found during the first village section, inside a house with barbed-wire windows. Here's how to find it: Work your way through town, up to the staircase leading to the fence where the dog attempts to attack. From that fence, turn around and follow the right wall. Continue through the first open building on the right--upon exiting, enter the first entrancway on the left ahead, just past the motorcycle. You'll find your Intel inside.

After climbing the stairs, a dog will try and get at you from the other side of the fence on the right--shoot him head before he comes at you from another direction.Now take cover behind the dumpster on the left, just ahead, and take aim at the baddies on the rooftops ahead.

Once clear, get ready to shoot a dog from the left as you move ahead, then go left around the house and up a staircase. As soon as you step on the stairs, aim for an enemy in a window ahead, then take cover by the left corner to target the enemies just around it.

When clear, dart into the house ahead, on the left and aim out the window directly opposite the entrance to kill the enemies farther up (including an annoying sniper on a balcony). If you need cover, either go prone or duck left, outside of the window's view.

After clearing the area ahead from the house, venture back in the alley and hug the left wall as you push forward slowly to target a few more baddies ahead, such as on the staircase. Once they're down, look up at the wooden footbridge overhead, and try to take down the trio of enemies that cross over as soon as you step far enough forward.

Push forward, ready to target an enemy who'll surprise you through the green window just ahead (right of the stairs). After killing him, follow the house around the corner to a ladder. Don't climb it--instead use that corner for cover as you target the enemies around it, which in turn will cause a few more to appear on the rooftop to your left--back up to deal with them. Also be wary of any opponents on the roof, to which the ladder leads--take them down when they peek over to target you.

Intel (2/4)
When you encounter this house with the ladder (just before a hill), climb it to a room containing the intel.

Intel (3/4)
After climbing the hill by the house with the ladder, enter the brick building on the left to find the intel on a small table in the back room.

After clearing the area past the ladder, climb that hill to a low wall on the right you can duck behind. From here, take aim at the red barrel ahead to clear out most of the enemies, then pick off the stragglers. Now continue up the street a ways to the next wall, on the right--take cover there too to cap a few more enemies still inside the nearby buildings.

When done, push forward up the street, and around the corner to a staircase leading inside a building. We recommend ducking inside the building for cover, and peer through that same entranceway at the rooftop enemies surrounding you. Edge your way around the back side, to a ladder you can climb up the wall.

As soon as you climb the ladder, take down any nearby foes, then dart up to the wall on the right. Although another enemy will pop out of the window there when you get close, just step to the side to avoid its fire, allowing you to take him down as soon as he stops firing. Once he's down, peer around that same corner and target the enemies up ahead.

When clear, continue along to a hill on the right, leading to a staircase. Pause at the top of the stairs to target the visible enemies ahead, both on the ground and rooftops. It's then best to hurry up and duck into the building on the left, killing the guard there, then target any remaining enemies through the doorway.

Intel (4/4)

You'll come across a burning car near the end of the level. Enter the building on the right and head down the stairs within to find the final piece of intel.

Once you've cleaned up, venture down an alley on the left, just ahead, and watch (but don't shoot!) as Favela falls right into your squad's hands--how nice of him!

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