The characters are easy 1 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s wide strengths. The crippled features crisp dependable acting that brings its formed to life, on with immoderate uncanny-valley-shattering ocular fidelity with fantabulous facial animation. It profoundly elevates the presumption of these characters and the story. But portion you mightiness deliberation the skull-adorned Ghost is getting each the attention, 1 of the game’s caller antagonists, Valeria, is being rightly celebrated.
A small implicit halfway done Modern Warfare II’s campaign, Valeria is introduced arsenic the “personal sicaria” to the then-absent cartel brag “El Sin Nombre.” As the player, you conscionable her successful an interrogation country wherever you’re warned not to prevarication astir thing to her (seriously, don’t). And she rapidly reveals wherefore earlier pressing you connected questions concerning events from a fewer missions earlier. With nary apprehensions astir showing who’s boss, Valeria physically threatens 1 of her ain men earlier drafting her limb and turning her attraction to you and the different interrogatee with a playful “niños!”
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There’s nary question astir it. Valeria steals each country she’s portion of successful Modern Warfare II. Portrayed by Maria Elisa Camargo, Valeria’s beingness is simply a communicative gravity well, and she tin wound done you with razor crisp lines of bilingual dialogue. And she’s got a large backstory arsenic well. A erstwhile Mexican worker and erstwhile comrade of protagonist Alejandro, the chemistry betwixt these 2 is connected point.
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As should beryllium nary surprise, Valeria is getting emotion each implicit societal media. Camargo herself tweeted a behind-the-scenes changeable from the mo-cap with a acknowledgment to the assemblage for the love.
And the love is palpable. Folks are declaring themselves official Valeria stans, portion others demand developer Infinity Ward make her a playable operator in the game’s multiplayer. Videos showing disconnected her champion scenes are pouring retired connected Twitter and TikTok alike.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II whitethorn have a painfully dilatory start, but the game’s 2nd fractional surely has its memorable moments. A bully information of that is owed to Valeria who decidedly needs to beryllium a bigger portion of this bid moving forward.
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