Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review

So if your new to this type of game (which one should I get Battlefield or COD? I played a little of BA on the Xbox as well as some of the old COD. Hard to decide.

if you're not being sarcastic, i would say it depends on if you play online solo or with your friends more. BF really needs working teams to reach its potential; playing solo isn't quite so fun. CoD accomodates solo players a little better imo. truthfully though, if you can, you should just get both:)

I will get both, just thinking of at the moment, but your explanation really helps me. My Brother has Battlefield and I enjoyed that, definately a team player more than a solo guy, but I think I may get BF later this month, so if I was to go it alone I can without feeling like I am abandoning my teammates.

I seem to remember something about you saying Reach took around 8 hours to complete, and well I was done with it a little over four hours after the midnight launch. Is MW3 the type of game that encourages fast play in the single player? Because if it's similarly shorter for me like Reach was I might wait until after Skyrim and AC:R. (I'm sure the game is great, but I'm finished at Uni now and I want to find longer single player games to entertain myself).

A 9/10 for a six hour campaign. I'm sorry, but the campaign is more of the same as the last two games. Yes, explosive, action oriented but that's where it stops. I'm not sure why the Campaign gets praise for being more of the same. Same for MP, why should it be praised for being more of the same? Your post regarding BlackOPs, you mentioned clichéd set pieces, yet Modern Warfare 3 is completely full of them in the campaign, the maps are the same boring crap as well. It's more interesting BF3 gets slammed for doing a Linear Campaign, but oh god! IF it's modern warfare we can't possibly hate on it for that. Both games campaign absolutely sucks horrible, linearity, hand holding, Michael Bay explosions everywhere.. these are not things to praise for either of the games. Yet, alas, MW3 gets away with it. The MP is just more garbage handholding, instead of trying to make better players, trying something different, it fails in all those aspects. Any other game would be slammed for using the same formula but not Modern Warfare. I don't usually call biased, but seeing these ridiculous reviews that give it high ratings, while other games that attempt to do similar get low ratings. Modern Warfare 3 should be a 5/10 at most. It doesn't do anything new, it doesn't bring any new graphics, mechanics, or anything. No new plot. So why, oh why, is it praised for this? Can't bother to give a high profile game a proper review? Modern Warfare series is the reason most FPS suck to this day in age, yet it's given the Seal of Approval. It should be penalized for this crap, not praised.

Well said that man. It does seem that certain game franchise's are allowed to get away with a lack of originality once they have won over our hearts and minds. I was always a fan of the original two CoD's, but the switch to modern warfare was a real turn off for me. I knew they'd have to invent a war of their own, which would lead to ridiculous set pieces around the World, and sure enough IW have done just that. The idea of Russia invading America is laughable to say the least, and although games are meant to be a form of escapism, when you are setting them in present day, you still need to "ground" them with believable scenarios. A real shame.

I enjoyed it, it was a decent game. I thought the first two were better and at only 4 hours, 43 minutes, it left me a little unsatisfied. I can't play online and I have more of an interest in the story anyway so it felt very anti-climactic. The battle in New York was underwhelming at best. Maybe games are shifting their focus to online play. Maybe I expect too much. I just wish I had felt like I'd made more of an accomplishment when the credits roll.

one thing that bums me out: after watching some livestreams of this game i noticed the in-game stat counter in a game of domination still only listed pts/kills/assts/deaths, a la MW2. omitting black ops' addition of game mode-specific stats (like points/flags captured, defends, etc) seems to undermine IW's pledge to encourage more teamwork this time around(teamwork? in CoD? lol! yeah dude, whatever...). why list only the k/d stats in objective games? that said, i'll be playing this soon, and extensively. also, what do you guys say we help make GR's comments on this game the most civil on the internets? i know we can do it...BELIEVE!

So what you're saying is It's better than Halo Reach? #troll

Over a year later and I still laughed at this, thank you for that.

"Saying goodbye to Price and Soap." please tell me you haven't just spoiled the story for me, gamesradar

No, it's just the last in the trilogy.

I think it's more of a "final game" goodbye, than a "everyone is dead" goodbye.

For all the fanboys and girls, here's a "pick your own comment" for MW3: A: SUCK IT BATTLEFIELD! 9 OUT OF TEN STOMPS ALL OVER YOUR 8 AND FROSTSH*TE ENGINE! COD RULES!!! B: *sigh* All the sheep will buy this in droves again. I'll stick to Battlefield and its far more realistic multiplayer. There's room for both in the world but personally I prefer MW3 from what I played last night. The campaign had me hooked and the couple of TDMs I played were (while more of the same) pretty well balanced and the Support streaks really made me feel like I was making more of an impact for my team whereas personally I felt BF3 is a bit unforgiving for noobs like me. But really it's like comparing Laser Quest to Paintballing or Draughts to Chess. Sure the graphics are starting to age now but it still feels fast and responsive and despite being essentially a corridor shooter, not being penalised (read: instant death) for playing how I want to play it feels great. And to end on a slightly troll note, the midnight launch was lots of fun. Completely packed store with a good atmosphere and even the staff looked like they were enjoying being a part of it. The Battlefield launch however consisted of 12 or so people looking rather grim because the queue was taking about 15 minutes to go down and nobody talking about how excited they were to play it.

Excellent comment! Actually made me laugh out loud!

Uncharted multiplayer ftw. Yes the people are bullet sponges a bit too much but its just so fun! And thats the key.

WOOT!! Uncharted FTW!!! this whole COD vs Battlefield for king of multiplayer is stupid when in my opinion, acting like a monkey > jets. It should be more than a two way battle for best multiplayer and it has just clicked that my comment is rather stupid for a COD review but hey I'm a fanboy, what can I say?

"gone are dual-wielded shotguns" Awww, oh well, I wasnt pro with those anyway. Great review, I cant wait to get it today ^_^ COD is also one of those "More of the same is a GOOD thing", im definitly gonna be having more fun! That is, until i gotta buy more games this month in which i have to balance :P

This review feels empty some how.... I can't quite put my finger on it. Not enough meat? Feels rushed? I don't know. Maybe I was expecting more than 2 pages. Regardless, I already knew MW3 was going to be more of the same and expected a high review. (I was rooting for BF3 in this FPS war but, oh well...) My money is still on SKYRIM though. YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA

i'll stick to battlefield 3...