- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
- Also On: PC, Xbox 360
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5387 Ratings
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Positive: 1,362 out of 5387
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Mixed: 595 out of 5387
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Negative: 3,430 out of 5387
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Nov 9, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 9, 2011Re-Hashed and regurgetated mw2
Ran through the story line in 1 hr and 25 minutes.
Online already hacked, full of cheaters.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011this game is the EXACT same as mw2 and there are even recycled buildings. no effort has been put into this game at all its just a cut and paste version of mw2 they keep pumping out games every year and dont even bother to make it good because people will buy it anyways
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Nov 10, 2011Worst Call of Duty to date. Same exact game if compared to Modern Warfare 2. This could have been DLC for MW2. It's really sad how a developer can call this a new game just to make money off people.
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Nov 10, 2011payed 60 dollars for a copy and paste game with a new addition to spec ops mode called "survival".... not worth the money. IGN gives it a 9 when it doesn't deserve a 5 score.
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Nov 10, 2011Disappointing end to the series.
Campaign is not worthy of the Modern Warfare series, Modern Warfare 2 and COD4 had much better campaigns.
Maybe next time, Activision. -
Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Cant believe I spent 60$ for a MW2 map pack. By far the worst game of the 2011 line up. I advise you to stay away from this game. Do yourself a favor and buy BF3, Skyrim or Uncharted 3. Those are games that developers actually took their time on unlike this rerun. Makes you think what did they really work on in the last 2 years because I see nothing new besides a new lame game mode.
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Nov 10, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011I cannot believe the hype for a game that is basically the same thing over and over again. Sorry but I played this game 3 years ago, nothing new. Graphics are dated, I have seen better, sounds are just pathetic and don't get me started on the horrible campaing mode. Save your cash if you already have Cod 4, you will not miss out on anything.
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Nov 10, 2011don't buy this game trust me and if u don't then u will pay 60$ for nothing just like i did.this game is garbage.there are better game available there go pick them and for mp battlefield 3 is the best game i ever played.cod 4 was amazing it changed fps genre but after that what they just did was just copy and paste the same game every year.activevision **** up everything u suckkkkk.
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Nov 10, 2011Its the same game nothing new MW2=MW3
activiation stop thinking about money we went to see something diffrent from COD4 !!
COD 4 = COD 5 = COD 6 ....... I hope this rate make you think about the players -
Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011I cannot believe the hype for a game that is basically the same thing over and over again. Sorry but I played this game 3 years ago, nothing new. Graphics are dated, I have seen better, sounds are just pathetic and don't get me started on the horrible campaign mode. Save your cash if you already have Cod 4, you will not miss out on anything.
same old game...... have fun cods -
Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Over expensive map pack, very poor, do NOT buy, seriously disappointing. I would go as far as to say that this is the release that finally kills off the CoD series!
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Nov 10, 2011wouuld of gave this game a perfect 10 if activision paid me like they did to the major critics
game sucks im not even sure why they call it mw3 its a mw2.1 a big ass map pack and the balance sucks -
Nov 10, 2011i brought this game and broke it .. didnt even return it .. infinity ward LISTEN fix your game . im tired of playing the same game every year ... you guys are stupid to think that this game is better than battlefield 3 .. you guys should go out of business
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011This game was a huge let down after all the hype. This game is Modern Warfare 2 with different colored menus and barely anything new worth caring about.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011An overpriced content pack masquerading as a full fledged release. The dev teams involved although did do their best to deliver a functional game with new content despite the massive IW split, outside of this commendable merit this game warrants none.
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Nov 10, 2011The game is buggy, and boring. And paying greater than full game price for a map-pack of MW1 is a scam. I feel scammed for buying it. The graphics were good.... if this was 2003. The sounds were sub-par, the game play is the same, with no variaton...... It's basically COD Modern mappack 3.
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Nov 10, 2011This is exactly the same if not worse then the original MW. Zero to little innovation and creativeness has gone into this rehashed version of MW 1.1. Glad I rented and didn't fork out the £45 quid for this abomination of gaming. Avoid like the plague.
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Nov 10, 2011I cannot believe the hype for a game that is basically the same thing over and over again. Sorry but I played this game 3 years ago, nothing new. Graphics are dated, I have seen better, sounds are just pathetic and don't get me started on the horrible campaing mode. Save your cash if you already have Cod 4, you will not miss out on anything.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011The epitome of everything wrong with gaming today, the king of the nickle and dime philosophy returns to gouge the uninformed public for another year.
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Nov 10, 2011EXTREMLY dissapointed, wasted a lot of money, when its pretty much the same as all the other cods, no changes what so ever, they need to up their game
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Nov 10, 2011This game is exact the same thing than MW2, except the name...
The campaign lasts only 3 hours and you will never play it again.
Save your money for Rage or Skyrim. -
Nov 10, 20111) I don't recommend playing the single-player campaign. You're better-off watching it on youtube!!
2) Multi-player maps suck.
3) I don't believe I paid $49 for ELITE membership. I would like a refund.
4) Get Treyarch back cause Black Ops is bloody awesome!! -
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011If you have Modern Warfare 2 or Black Ops you don't need to buy this game, choose Battlefield 3 instead. Repetitive gameplay, old graphic engine, only a couple of new features but that isn't nearly enough to buy it.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011How are people still playing this horrible, horrible series. Same old pile of crap they release year in and out. And now they want to rip you off for another $60 for their elitefail service. Vote with your wallet; crush the turd that is the call of duty series.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Bought this game, took it home, and played it. Then I realized the game I was playing was one that I already owned. I had owned several copies of this game. Why did I even go out and buy it? I thought it was new game, but I already have three of them.
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Nov 10, 2011Just buy the original, same game, different maps. I cannot believe that this game will be a success, it does not deserve even a fraction of the success it recieves.
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Nov 10, 2011MW3 developers now begging fanboys to rate this game good on this site?!? pathetic! This game is just Modern Warfare 2.2. There is no innovation, just rehashed, rushed, and reused graphics, code, levels, and players. COD fans, I feel sorry for you
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011complete garbage, same as mw2... and again the ps3 version receives a very inferior port, where they put the millions of $ they profit every year?
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Nov 10, 2011As expected this is just a copy from the last game with no real improvements to the Multiplayer. Singleplayer has some new stuff but if that were the game alone no one would buy it anyway. Seriously, let's get behind the FPS craze please.
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Nov 10, 2011What a load of rubbish! I cannot believe the hype for a game that is basically the same thing over and over again. Sorry but I played this game 3 years ago, nothing new. Graphics are dated, I have seen better, sounds are just pathetic and don't get me started on the horrible campaing mode. Save your cash if you already have Cod 4, you will not miss out on anything.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011This sucks so hard, basically MW2 with a few mappacks.. Seriously? -.- I thought at some point, the devs would realise they can't just keep shoving the same game to consumers.
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Nov 15, 2011It's very sad, that people give a developer credit for lazy work. Half of the sounds, equipment, perks, guns, and only one new attachment are in the game. 80% of the killstreaks are the same. And you always the get the felling "I have done this before". Survival is sorry attempted at zombies and fails flat. The same COD formula is use.
that the same I think, is a MW 2.5 -
Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 10, 2011poor nothing has changed... well done activition for rehashing a game on a year by year basis...
shame COD will go down the route of Guitar hero due to Activitions money visions :-/
on a plus note you can finish the trilogy story of Soap and his crew -
Nov 10, 2011The garbage you've paying $60 every year is back and now it want to take another $50 for a service called Elite, what a rip off! MW3 is slapped together campaign, and a rehash of online feature. Stay away form games like this and get a quality game like Skyrim.
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Nov 10, 2011Signed up just to show angry I am with this game. What the f&%% have they done to COD, absolutely embrassing! You know when the dev of COD is telling people to help the ratings they have screwed up big time.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Dated graphics, awful sound and the game in general feels like something from 2007. Small linear maps, online is a worthless. Charging 60$ for the exact same game they released a year ago and the year before and the year before. How long do you think this will keep going? COD is DEAD.
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Nov 10, 2011Never once have I felt so betrayed by a game developer. That they honestly want to treat their customers like this. They didn't even try to lube it up. It was just rough from the beginning. No foreplay, just plain shiat, from start to end. Wauw.
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Nov 10, 2011Another MW game, and this time, they didn't bother to hide the fact that they were reusing textures and building from the fourth installment, or that they hardly changed anything about the overall gameplay. In fact, they seemed to have taken a step back from their newer game, Black Ops, opting for a tired out MW2 system. Brainless fun, a junk food of a game. Save your 60$.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011exactly the same game as modern warfare2, same graphics, the same error messages ;o feels more like a dlc then a brand new game. call of duty died after cod4
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Seriously?? SERIOUSLY?? THE SAME GAME?? **** this **** I've already played this kinds of game before, I'm not playing a COD game until they offer some NEW mechanics...
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Nov 10, 2011MW3 is boring, I am sooo glad I paid $60 for MW2.5. The campaign is horribly boring, I quit half way through because I have better games to play. This season has too many good games to waste your time on this one.
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Nov 10, 2011The single player is the same old linear action movie wannabe ripoff that it always has been. Multiplayer has been changed up slightly but for the worse. Elite is a total ripoff. If you want a better Multiplayer experience go play battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011I'm so disappointed for this game, I believed they made a significant evolution in the game but they practically showed as a DLC, we purchased a game not a DLC! I just purchased & sold this game in 1 day, I'm very disappointed. I'm being serious... I'm sorry but this game is a garbage, lazy developers won't succeed to resurrect this game. Thanks.
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Nov 10, 2011Sooooo disappointed in this. Been a massive fan of COD since COD4 but unfortunately they just keep releasing the same game year on year. Dont buy this game get Battlefield 3 it is a million times better the game MW3 is. Everyone shop being a mug and keep buying the same game!!!!!!
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Nov 10, 2011Critics say one thing. People who paid 60$ for the game say otherwise... Trust me. This is not worth your time. Skyrim and Assassins creed are coming out soon so get those
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Modern Warfare 3? A new videogame? I was thinking that was a DLC of 70$. You will feel like you've stepped back in time 6-7 years. The graphics are brown and grey and decay-esque, the gun sounds are horrible.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Once again a bad rehash by Nintendo, which doesn't bring anything new to the table. It's just the same old game copypasted with a new name to get money from the youngsters who can't see this. Good job, Miyamoto!
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Nov 10, 2011I'm glad I did not buy the game! I had a chance to borrow it so I did not throw my money on another failed game! I took the previous game series in which I could not play because of all the problems with their servers so I decided to stop playing in the series!! Time they learned to appreciate the gamers and invest in our games! Sorry for the English
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Nov 10, 2011This is what Modern Warfare 2 SHOULD have been, coming from CoD4. It's an expansion, nothing more. Warning to all the potential consumers: Do not purchase this, you will be sorely disappointed. In fact, I'm going to return this game to get CoD4 and play on the servers for that.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011just so bored of this game now, the single player mode is a bad joke and online is just boring and populated by imbeciles, probably the worst game i ever played as it is exactly the same as the last one and the one before YAWN HOW BORING IS THIS I am trading it is for SKYRIM tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 10, 2011Mw3 is basically a map pack, all in all it uses an outdated engine, with very minor tweaks to make it seam that there is a difference between it and that of MW2, but as matter of fact, there really isn't much of a difference, the multiplayer is the same as any other COD title, shares the same formula of: 1- Kill, 2- get kill streak, 3- use killstreak to kill more people, 4- repeat.
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Nov 10, 2011I can guess what are the next titles of COD... Black Ops 2, Then MW4, and just use this formula its pretty easy (name+number+1) on all titles that's the only difference on this COD games... Last Number... Same Engine, with some tweaks so it doesn't look pretty obvious is the same sh*t over and over...
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Nov 10, 2011This game is a big joke like black ops , there is no improvement at all and the graphics are scary looks like the game is in 540p ,and 30 dlc comming soon Oh my god, yeah well i'm gonna stay on Battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011Kotick strikes again, this once great franchise has been beaten into the ground and then kicked aroudn multiple times for good measure. If you have the attention span and intellect of a 2 year old, this game's for you. If you want a real shooter, check out Battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Take the last trash game, put MW3 on the box, add water reflections and 2 new crappy modes, charge top dollar and you have MW3! ;) DO NOT WASTE YOUR PARENTS MONEY ON THIS GARBAGE, do yourself a favor and get BF3
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011Wow what a disappointment, two years in development and that's what we get. I'm sorry to say the almighty dollar has taken over. Activisions greed for money killed the cod series. And now how can Activision get more money faster than shipping sub par games, let's introduce cod elite and take another half a billion dollars from gamers for something that has no use.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011MW 2.5 static cenarios, dated engine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wake up, this game is cool only for Kids !
Battlefield 3 for life.... -
Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011DONT BUY IT WORST COD EDITION EVER BIG TIME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o oo o o o o o p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awards & Rankings
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Feb 10, 2012There's a tangible insistence from gamers that this series needs to evolve, but it seems unwarranted when it still leads the FPS class. The engine's definitely in need of an overhaul, but when it comes to thumping set-pieces and addictive multiplayer design, Modern Warfare 3 is still in a league of its own.
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Feb 1, 2012By sticking to the series' strengths, Modern Warfare 3 delivers some of the best competitive, cooperate, and single-player shooting in the business.
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Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)Jan 4, 2012As a complete package, Modern Warfare 3 takes the cake. [Jan 2012, p.67]