User blog comment:DeTurbanator/Did "No Russian" work?/@comment-1916935-20150601161716

I'd say No Russian was pretty effective from a storytelling perspective. You hear abou all these horrible things Makarov does, and then the only time you see him in game it's during a terrorist attack. It's part of what made Makarov an intimidating villain in MW2. Not to mention that he kills you and reveals he knew the player was a spy the entire time, which makes him seem like a cunning and ruthless villain.