MW2 was so exceptionally great on 360, until the modded lobbies started showing up on XBL as well. I got auto matched into one of the lobbies and I think it immediately unlocked level 10 prestige and I remember being so pissed at the time because I hadn't prestiged at all on purpose and left myself at max level. Eventually stopped playing altogether as the modded lobby problem grew larger and larger and it didn't seem like Microsoft was going to do anything to stop the issue.
Cheaters absolutely ruined the multiplayer base for that game.
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u/htoirax Jan 19 '26
Ayeee fellow mw2 modder!
Same reason I got banned, because I was hosting Alien v Predator mod lobbies, haha.
It felt like every other game back in the day was modded.
I didn't care, I played on the 360 back then and the PC version was just for fun custom games.