Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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  1. mugen_is_here
    May 20, 2023
    1
    This game offers a gameplay experience that shows promise, but is unfortunately plagued by numerous bugs and glitches. Despite this, players may still find moments of fun and enjoyment within the game's flawed mechanics.

    However, the lack of customizable settings can be frustrating, especially for those who prefer to disable friendly fire or adjust sound volumes. Additionally, the    This game offers a gameplay experience that shows promise, but is unfortunately plagued by numerous bugs and glitches. Despite this, players may still find moments of fun and enjoyment within the game's flawed mechanics.

    However, the lack of customizable settings can be frustrating, especially for those who prefer to disable friendly fire or adjust sound volumes. Additionally, the excessively loud gun fire can become grating and detract from the overall experience.

    The technical issues within the game are also a major drawback. I kept encountering bugs such as getting stuck in odd places and mission triggers failing to activate at certain checkpoints. One particularly egregious bug involves being trapped in a lift due to malfunctioning doors, forcing players to restart the mission entirely.

    Furthermore, the difficulty spike is jarringly high and not in keeping with the CoD series. Players will need to fend off an entire army, and the map and enemy placement appears haphazard and nonsensical. You may find yourself navigating through a broken building to reach a tunnel, only to emerge in the middle of a warzone and eventually jump off a cliff to parachute to an extraction point.

    Friendly units constantly getting in the way is another annoyance. This, combined with far-flung checkpoints, forces players to restart from an earlier point whenever a teammate inadvertently blocks their line of fire and dies. Ultimately, this game offers a subpar experience that falls short of its potential due to technical issues and poorly executed gameplay design.    … Expand
  2. Suprizer
    Apr 22, 2023
    4
    I liked the way story ended and the beginning mission still slaps to today its great fun to play killing russians in submarine is embeded in my mind forever but first and last missions are just the two good missions.
  3. mustado
    Oct 21, 2022
    0
    não vale a pena jogar. É só mais um cod, entad doad daodew fffad fafdf nfff
  4. kozachenko
    Sep 30, 2022
    0
    this is an absolute rubbish console port for the pc. unfair multiplayer with no ranked dedis, bad graphics, no special pc abilities... infinity ward reprinted mw2 with a 3 on the end and activision is digging people's pockets for money. at least the singleplayer's not bad. campaign is crazy as always and spec ops is fun with friends
  5. Lhank
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    that ending of the game is the one of the best games ever created. People must not rate the games over multiplayer problems. That is not concercing most of us.
  6. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    4
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  7. justletmewrite
    May 29, 2021
    0
    They're selling us the same shooter but with different maps. However, they contrived to make it worse than the previous game.

    Important information: Succinctly, the original devs were fired which 1) showed the corporation from a very bad side, they literally robbed the developers 2) led to the poorly developed game. The graphics. It just looks worse, because of the colour correction.    They're selling us the same shooter but with different maps. However, they contrived to make it worse than the previous game.

    Important information: Succinctly, the original devs were fired which 1) showed the corporation from a very bad side, they literally robbed the developers 2) led to the poorly developed game.

    The graphics. It just looks worse, because of the colour correction. It's not about the colours themselves, but how the developers presented it. Green, grey, marsh - ideally suited to the setting of the game, these are "military" colours, generally speaking. But here, as they say, there is only one step from love to hate. The "military colours" have become the colours of vomit. As for the image quality, it is not better here either. Blurry textures are everywhere. If I didn't know, I would have thought that this game was released at the same time with Modern Warfare 1 and long before the Modern Warfare 2.

    The plot. With the change in the development method, they also changed the original plot, which was many times more interesting than what we've got in the end. Yes, the story is not that bad. However, at that time it was shocking — the worst plot of all CoDs that existed in 2011.

    The level design is also very bad. Here Treyarch's hand is felt very well: huge corridors and a bunch of enemies that need to be killed. It's hard to explain, but Treyarch lazily creates levels, it's a fact. They stray too far from realism, making the levels arcade-like. Levels are just levels, corridors. Infinity Ward, while creating levels, create a story, you can just walk around the level and delve into the atmosphere (Battle of Washington and EMP). I could still find fault with many things in the plot, but perhaps I'll finish here.

    The only thing worth thanking them for is Special Operations and Survival. Interesting missions you can play with a friend. They have become much longer to play. Also the devs added something like a plot in them, instead of the 100% arcadeness that was in MW2 — not necessarily a positive thing, I, personally, don't care. As for the survival, well, basically the name of the mod.    … Expand
  8. ASHU2406
    Apr 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have been following call of duty since a long time , Modern Warfare 3 was also full of action and fire fights and cod’s multi-player has always been best at graphics and combats .It has been made on an older engine but sure has great graphics and fighting scenes has been crammed together .The important thing that i noted here was it still runs on 60 frames per second , whereas nowadays game have been moving to 90 frames per second which is huge difference.
    It is a bit different from elite though where elite has all the stats and maps loadout given separately but here it's not available , would be very happy if developers add that functionality as well .You can exactly check where you were killed in the map and who actually killed you , it also contains info of spawns points as well as pictures of maps to choose from , this is what i love about cod because it gives you all the options to plan and create a strategy to attack.
    Campaign in call of duty hits a lot of highs and lows as its predecessors we still have a lot of annoying multiple re spawning multiple ghosts closets for enemies and sometimes enemies seems to completely disregard to run past your allies and shoot you , so finally i would say call of duty modern warfare 3 contains a lot of levels and tons of content but it sadly has that unforgettable story as a lot of people are dying unnecessarily inside the game .    … Expand
  9. bucefalo33
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    My rating:
    Sound 6/10
    Graphic* 5/10
    Gameplay 5/10
    Replay value 2/10
    Story 3/10

    Total 4/10**

    * Graphic rating has to be contextualized for the year of the release.
    ** Total is a weighted average rounded up where the weight for every element is:
    Sound 1
    Graphic 2
    Gameplay 3
    Replay Value 1
    Story 3
  10. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    Вы ведь тоже не понимаете, о чем вообще эта игра? Все еще старый движок, убогая графика и дурацкий тир.
  11. donaramu
    Sep 19, 2019
    4
    Worst cod ever, Even MW2 which was a good game other then no dedi is better then this crap..This is just a cheap copy of MW2 they rushed out.. it seems like only the hardcore fanboys like it and even then they talk themselves into it by saying how they just had to get use to it. It really makes me sick seeing CoD coming from a great fast pace shooter this a cheap no good rip off of crap..
  12. nurii29
    Jul 27, 2019
    0
    that was just boring and too easy it didnt execite even little bit i just deleted after 40 minutes
  13. KingJailson
    Dec 14, 2018
    3
    Meu cod favorito, mas infelizmente na versão de pc o jogo foi dominado pelos hackers, abusadores do mw3sa e campers de akimbo, o que destruiu a diversão do jogo, triste
  14. Gelaos
    Sep 19, 2018
    4
    I played MW3 only to finish the story of MW trilogy. If you played MW or MW2, then MW3 won't offer ANYTHING new for you. Finished the singleplayer in 5 hours and uninstalled it immediately after last story cutscene ended. CoD is dead series for me from now on.
  15. VampireIdle
    Jan 14, 2018
    4
    Since this Game has 3 Sections, my review also will be divided by 3.

    Singleplayer: The Singleplayer Campaign was in my experience a nice addition to the second Modern Warfare and I did enjoy it alot. It took me 10 Hours to complete it on Normal Mode, which is about the Average amount of time for a Triple A Singleplayer Game. Co-op: I'm not quite sure if Modern Warfare 2 had a Co-op    Since this Game has 3 Sections, my review also will be divided by 3.

    Singleplayer:
    The Singleplayer Campaign was in my experience a nice addition to the second Modern Warfare and I did enjoy it alot. It took me 10 Hours to complete it on Normal Mode, which is about the Average amount of time for a Triple A Singleplayer Game.

    Co-op:
    I'm not quite sure if Modern Warfare 2 had a Co-op Mode but this one is alot of fun that means, if its working. You can play Survival with a friend together, defending waves of enemies coming in & with each Wave survived you become a more powerful weapon, however the enemies will also be more powerful.

    Whilst this Mode is alot of fun it also is very broken as it comes out of sinc within the first 5 Minutes making this Mode almost unplayable.

    Multiplayer:
    As I Already said, this was one of my first Call of Dutys to get into the Series and also the Reason to get a Steam Account. Before I bought Modern Warfare 2 (2 Weeks before this MW3 got released) I had not heard of Steam before.

    The Multiplayer was at the time for me alot of fun especially with friends, I have spent over 1000 hours of Multiplayer Game time together and did enjoy my time.

    However for nowerdays standards the Multiplayer is not good anymore for the following Reasons:
    -No Dedicated Servers
    -No FOV Slider
    -No Anti Cheat (yes VAC is enabled but I dont think anybody gets banned anymore)
    -Mainly Hackers online
    -Hacked Lobbies (they can't get you banned)

    I surley did get my money out of the Game but I still do not recommend it as of nowerdays standards.

    I only recommend this Game for people that want to play the Singleplayer Campaign and see what happens after Modern Warfare 2. But do yourself a favour and buy it from a Keywebsite for 4€ Because even on Sale this Game is to expensive for what it gives you.

    If you are looking for a good Call of Duty on PC I do recommend you to get Black Ops 2 as it was the last good Call of Duty that still is to this day banning cheaters and having dedicated servers + a build in fov slider.    … Expand
  16. Broyax
    Apr 17, 2017
    4
    Toujours la même recette depuis le premier Call Of Duty il y a une dizaine d'années (!) et la série est au bout du rouleau. De la surenchère permanente, de la caricature, du grotesque... cette campagne est certes "spectaculaire" mais sans le côté technique éblouissant d'un Uncharted 3 par exemple. On s'y surprend à y jouer tout de même sans faire trop attention, à l'insu de son ignoranceToujours la même recette depuis le premier Call Of Duty il y a une dizaine d'années (!) et la série est au bout du rouleau. De la surenchère permanente, de la caricature, du grotesque... cette campagne est certes "spectaculaire" mais sans le côté technique éblouissant d'un Uncharted 3 par exemple. On s'y surprend à y jouer tout de même sans faire trop attention, à l'insu de son ignorance sans doute. On ne peut pas dire non plus qu'on s'y ennuie totalement. Mais on ne s'y amuse pas non plus. Surtout sur ce pathétique final en QTE...

    Il reste le multi qui lui est varié dans ses modes de jeu et toujours aussi solide, il est clair qu'il a définitivement mis les Counter-Strike au placard. Parfois drôle, injuste, énervant, bourré de kévins et de tricheurs mais c'est le lot de ce genre de jeu multi-joueurs, on n'y peut rien ! Les cartes sont bien conçues, y a eu du travail là dedans quand même.

    Juste un mot pour finir sur la partie audio plutôt décevante (hors VF toujours excellente) et le manque de sensation des armes, très en deçà d'un Crysis 2 ou Rainbow Six Vegas : ils auraient pu faire un effort entre deux explosions et trois ponts qui s'effondrent !    … Expand
  17. Garbo86
    Dec 4, 2015
    2
    Multiplayer is far worse than MW2; the best gun at short, medium and long range is the MP7, which you get at level 74 out of 80. This means that the vets all have a much better gun than the new players, which decreases the quality of the multiplayer experience. Also, no gun should be best at all ranges; each gun should be a tool that works best in particular situations- MW2 did a greatMultiplayer is far worse than MW2; the best gun at short, medium and long range is the MP7, which you get at level 74 out of 80. This means that the vets all have a much better gun than the new players, which decreases the quality of the multiplayer experience. Also, no gun should be best at all ranges; each gun should be a tool that works best in particular situations- MW2 did a great job of this. All the maps are a chore to play; the only fun one is Terminal from MW2. Essentially, they made it so that there is almost no space on the map where you can't be outflanked; ie there is no such thing as a sniper's nest in MW3. While I can understand that the purpose of this was probably to prevent multiplayer gameplay from becoming too repetitive, what happened is that they accidentally stripped all the fun out of the maps. Also, multiplayer is insanely repetitive anyways because of the aforementioned issue with the MP7. And, surprise surprise, not even a token effort has been made to prevent cheating. Thanks, Activision.

    I tried the single player campaign but it was too much of a slog so I just put it down.

    Overall a cash grab, not worth your time.    … Expand
  18. Barabronson
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    very ****.no sushet gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvnnnnnnnooooooooooott
  19. duartecarneiro
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    it´s very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryit´s very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad… Expand
  20. LazyDevelopers
    Aug 21, 2015
    1
    Campaign is okay. If I was basing my review on the campaign alone, maybe I'd give a 5/10. it was okay, but not as good as the previous two Modern Warfares. Now for the thing that everyone gets this game for - the multiplayer:

    1. Matchmaking: It's garbage. Rookie players gets matched versus veteran players. Game MVPs are all on one team, while all of those who went negative are on the    Campaign is okay. If I was basing my review on the campaign alone, maybe I'd give a 5/10. it was okay, but not as good as the previous two Modern Warfares. Now for the thing that everyone gets this game for - the multiplayer:

    1. Matchmaking: It's garbage. Rookie players gets matched versus veteran players. Game MVPs are all on one team, while all of those who went negative are on the other. You quit or get kicked from a game, and the matchmaking puts you right back in the same freaking game. It's embarrassing. Oh yeah, also this game puts you into losing games where they LITERALLY JUST ENDED. Not even an exaggeration. You enter a game and the other team had already scored the last kill or are about to. No option to disable this either. And yes, it adds to your losses. Fair, right? You played for ZERO and it counts as a loss for you.

    2. Balance: What balance? Go akimbo SMGs or auto-shotguns and you're set. Very little incentive to use more obscure weapons like 3-burst assault rifles or pistols. Just choose the fastest firing gun, spray and pray, profit.

    3. Hit detection: It's a freaking joke. The game signals (via audio cues) that you shoot a guy 5 times. Or he's completely covered your reticle, you unload an entire magazine into him, yet the killcam shows that zero of those hits made contact. Or the killcam DOES show like 3 bullets hit, yet he's still alive. What the hell is that crap? I swear if even half of the shots registered, my K/D would not be negative right now. Yeah, also, apparently my enemies can shoot through solid texture to get the last bullet in. Not only can they shoot around corners, but apparently only one bullet needs to graze you in order to kill you. Sure,it shows on the killcam it shows he landed like 4 shots, but on YOUR cam, the one that actually matters, you get hit once and die. It's like you just drop dead just because.

    I can understand firing from the hip will be inaccurate. But who in hell programs it so that pointing a sniper rifle right at an enemy and firing at him at POINT BLANK RANGE will miss? What, does the bullet make a 45 degree left turn or something?

    4. Spawn kills: They happen. Not always, but often enough. It's a very frequent occurrence that you spawn RIGHT NEXT to an enemy. Not only that, you can spawn right into the sights of an enemy weapon. I'm not talking about using tactical insertions where you choose where to spawn. I mean "random" spawns where I guess the computer determines where you spawn before you even die. At least in Halo Reach, you spawn guaranteed in a location farthest away from enemies. Nope. Infinity Ward doesn't even do that right. Just spawn randomly and to hell with strategic location. Right in the enemies' sights? Don't care.

    5. Map design: I do not have the DLC maps, so this is only for the default maps. Half are okay, but the other half are just garbage urban maps. The most annoying thing is that there is so much s*** around to impede your movement. There's a can on the ground? You either have to jump over it or walk around it. Can't walk OVER it. Nope. That's just too obvious. Or the developers just randomly tossed crates, debris, and other garbage just to make movement a chore. It's also a common occurrence that you get stuck on a protrusion on a wall. You'd expect that you can just hug the wall nice and easily. But, nope, there's a door frame hanging out from it? You're getting stuck unless you walk away from it. Like really? 5% of your width gets blocked by a small protrusion so your entire body gets hampered? Is it a damn joke?

    6.. Functionality: This is the one thing that you absolutely need to get right when making any game - making sure the game works as intended. That, and being able to play the game (the only thing saving my review from being a zero). There is a "perk" that supposedly makes you invisible to enemy air strikes, drones, etc. Why is it that when I use it, I still see myself as a highlighted target on the enemy POV? Your game must work, IW! YOUR GAME. MUST. WORK!

    Personal gripe: My favourite gun is the Type 95 (in real life known in the West as the QBZ-95). It is reduced to a 3-burst rifle. Using a 3-burst rifle is suicide in this game. Why did they do this? Because it's a Chinese rifle, so they must make it as s*****y as possible?
    This is, what, like the 8th game in the series? How do you make a barely functional game after so many years of experience? How dare you continue to exist as a company and how dare the community continue to support this crummy developer even to today. My only consolation is people are getting tired of the FPS scene and their newest games are only getting average reviews, at least critic-wise    … Expand
  21. darkbi
    Jul 25, 2015
    0
    Bad bad bad. no one want to play a game full of KIDs (7-15 years old). It was fun at first then hack come along but the worst is KIDS they are everywhere ruined the whole gaming community :(
  22. G4MeSta3000
    Jul 20, 2014
    0
    OMG soo f*cking bad only ghosts can be worse than this sh*t really it has console FOV 65 which is unplayable on PC the maps suck there are cheaters everywhere, op guns and so on...
  23. Echo92
    May 31, 2014
    2
    I would describe modern warfare 3 as a quite good game. Unfortunately it has been heavily neglected by the people behind it. Game mechanics are pretty good and most of the maps are of a decent quality.
    The game is however overrun by cheaters. Because of this MW3 has one of the most hostile gaming environments i've ever experienced. Every single time you go on a killstreak, people will    I would describe modern warfare 3 as a quite good game. Unfortunately it has been heavily neglected by the people behind it. Game mechanics are pretty good and most of the maps are of a decent quality.
    The game is however overrun by cheaters. Because of this MW3 has one of the most hostile gaming environments i've ever experienced. Every single time you go on a killstreak, people will look at you with suspicion and call you names. You can hardly blame them, since there's practically an obvious wall hacker or aimbot user in every single map.    … Expand
  24. alexmak
    Apr 25, 2014
    1
    The copy paste mentality of the developers is unforgivable. They have made too many games with the same engine and no innovation to call themselves game developers. They just take the same **** and put a new picture on it.
  25. MonteCarloLS910
    Jan 22, 2014
    1
    Hackers, lag, and lag compensation ruined this game!!! The multiplayer is broken, and this is coming from a guy who is an experienced COD player. I played all COD up to MW3, and stopped buying this crappy series after this POS game. Until they fix their game, Activision will not get any more of my hard earned money!
  26. user2357
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    Worst and most overrated game ever. It is so $$$$ing bad. I luckily was able to get a refund. The experts here should go themselves in the $$$hole. I never played a worse game.
  27. Mason101
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    This game has trickshooters, across the map knife throwers and more noob tubers than chinese guys, as if this game wasn't bad enough alone, literaly the worst CoD out there(worst even than BO2) and now you even have INVISIBLE GUYS, like wtf as if this game needed any more ruining.
  28. Meaff
    Nov 12, 2013
    1
    This is the first time I regret of money been wasted on a videogame. MW3 turned me into CoD hater, from CoD series fan. And here's what we have: very "interesting" storytelling more extra bullsht from cpt.Price), super "new" series of gameplay, totally NOT similar to previous part of this franchise, "beautiful" graphics, that would make you want to fetch up after few hours. So, basically,This is the first time I regret of money been wasted on a videogame. MW3 turned me into CoD hater, from CoD series fan. And here's what we have: very "interesting" storytelling more extra bullsht from cpt.Price), super "new" series of gameplay, totally NOT similar to previous part of this franchise, "beautiful" graphics, that would make you want to fetch up after few hours. So, basically, worst FPS of 2011.… Expand
  29. turbozeus
    Oct 24, 2013
    1
    I like though Chickens and rice but i like m2 beeter
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  30. Find_n_Frag
    Oct 14, 2013
    2
    Technically, graphics and netcode sucks, that's it. The sound looked good to me.
    Single player's gameplay and plot is mediocre, i'd say it doesn't worth to play it.
    Multiplayer: the death of competition. Also, don't understand why the game doesn't support servers! To prevent it from becoming better? The co-op, if it would have dedicated server, would had the possibility to be good. But    Technically, graphics and netcode sucks, that's it. The sound looked good to me.
    Single player's gameplay and plot is mediocre, i'd say it doesn't worth to play it.
    Multiplayer: the death of competition. Also, don't understand why the game doesn't support servers! To prevent it from becoming better? The co-op, if it would have dedicated server, would had the possibility to be good. But often the lag ruins it (I ping 90-110 with other games, with this more than 160)    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#59 Best PC Game of 2011
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
27
#27 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Computer Games Online RO
    Apr 10, 2012
    82
    Thus, I can't recommend buying this unless you (still) like the fast pace, the customizable weaponry and the short matches, of about 10 minutes each. With the very important mention that, essentially, nothing has changed.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 20, 2012
    80
    Stunning campaign with epic moments makes this third installment of Modern Warfare a great show with the best approach to players. No need to mention an excellent multiplayer. [Dec 2011]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Jan 9, 2012
    50
    If you own any previous COD, there's little reason to buy MW3. [Jan 2012, p.50]
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