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  1. Feb 13, 2017
    6
    Pros
    -Glitch Spots
    -3 Scorestreaks -Original Guns Cons -Crypto Keys -Red Name Displays -Limited attachments This is my review over Modern Warfare Remastered. This game may not be my favorite but it definitely isn’t the worst game I’ve ever played in my lifetime. It definitely has some flaws and some things that it made a lot better than the last game. I will be telling you
    Pros
    -Glitch Spots
    -3 Scorestreaks
    -Original Guns

    Cons
    -Crypto Keys
    -Red Name Displays
    -Limited attachments

    This is my review over Modern Warfare Remastered. This game may not be my favorite but it definitely isn’t the worst game I’ve ever played in my lifetime. It definitely has some flaws and some things that it made a lot better than the last game. I will be telling you about the things that I thought the developers did better and some things I think they could’ve done better on or added into the game.

    Some of the things that I think they did good on were keeping in the glitch spots. You may have no idea what a glitch spot is, well a glitch spot is a place that you shouldn’t be able to go to in the original game. They have many glitch spots on many different maps, which I think is a cool feature that they have kept into the game. They kept in the feature of only 3 score streaks which I think is a lot better because you don’t have to wonder what killed you or how do they know exactly where you are. Another thing that they have kept into the game is the original guns and weapons that they had in the first game.

    They have still kept in the supply drop factor which I think ruins the entire game in the sense that you can either buy crypto keys or you can grind in the game to get the keys which you can later, use for getting different items. Another thing that I think is a really bad feature is the red name display and how you can’t turn it off. It makes it really unfair to play hide and seek. The other things is that there are limited attachments for the guns and it makes the game really limited.
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  2. Sep 5, 2017
    6
    its not bad but its my least played call of duty game of all time with 7 hours played dont blame me for disrepecting cod 4 in everyway i dont think its the worst cod game in my opinion its also not the best in my opinion but its just the create a class system now i get its not the worst it is in my opinion its extremly simple so simple in fact that its complexe
  3. Apr 8, 2020
    6
    My complaints about the remaster: - An unfinished ragdoll physics, when you shoot at corpses, the corpses do not react in any way, there are no physical movements and their collisions are absent; - The lack of legs and shadow of the protagonist in the gameplay; - The same animations of the death of enemies; - When the character passes through the vegetation or stands on it, theMy complaints about the remaster: - An unfinished ragdoll physics, when you shoot at corpses, the corpses do not react in any way, there are no physical movements and their collisions are absent; - The lack of legs and shadow of the protagonist in the gameplay; - The same animations of the death of enemies; - When the character passes through the vegetation or stands on it, the vegetation does not react in any way to the character; - The same animations of running with weapons, reloading. Expand
  4. Aug 12, 2020
    6
    El juego es un remaster asique no pondre sus claras fallas por el paso del tiempo.

    -Campaña: La campaña es buena pero el único motivo por el que me la pasé fué para ver como termina, no atrapa lo suficiente como para tener ganas de saber como termina, sus personajes no tienen carisma, mas allá de Price a quien ya lo conocía, después los demás me parecen papel los cuales me importa
    El juego es un remaster asique no pondre sus claras fallas por el paso del tiempo.

    -Campaña: La campaña es buena pero el único motivo por el que me la pasé fué para ver como termina, no atrapa lo suficiente como para tener ganas de saber como termina, sus personajes no tienen carisma, mas allá de Price a quien ya lo conocía, después los demás me parecen papel los cuales me importa bastante poco si mueren o no.

    -Multijugador: Pese al paso de los años supieron mantenerlo interesante, al menos al principio, ya que por ser un remaster y tener sus años ya hay muchas cosas que están "mal", pero lo único que criticaré es los mapas, el 90% se hacen aburridos y ni te enteras de donde te matan, salvo eso después las armas, modos de juego y demás están muy bien.

    -Apartado Técnico: Como siempre dije y diré, en el tema sonoro Cod no tiene nada que enviadiarle a demás juegos de otras compañias, incluso en este juego se escuchan bastante bien aunque algo más planos que los demás(pero supondré que es por ser un remaster, si eso tiene algo de sentido). Los nuevos gráficos se notan y bastante, escenas como la bomba nuclear se ven muy bien y se siente bien volver a jugar este Call of Duty en nueva generación pero para probarlo y poco más.
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  5. Nov 21, 2020
    6
    At launch the game was a 9/10, then the Christmas patch rolled around soo many bs DLC got introduced, ruined the experience.
  6. May 13, 2023
    6
    ........................................................................mid
  7. Apr 2, 2017
    5
    I was ready to give this game a 10, but recent developments prevented me from doing so.

    The first sign was how this game was tied to Infinite Warfare. But around Christmas last year, my brother found the Legacy Edition for $60. Not a bad deal. I mean, you get two full games for $60. First, the good, and that's the campaign. They made the best campaign of the series even better. It's
    I was ready to give this game a 10, but recent developments prevented me from doing so.

    The first sign was how this game was tied to Infinite Warfare. But around Christmas last year, my brother found the Legacy Edition for $60. Not a bad deal. I mean, you get two full games for $60.

    First, the good, and that's the campaign. They made the best campaign of the series even better. It's like you can really improve on perfection. It's like a time machine back to 2007. Beating this on Veteran made it even better. But that's really where the good ends.

    Multiplayer is where it's all messed up. Think you'll relive the same nostalgia but in next-gen? Think again. Activision thought it was a good idea to bring the stuff in current CODs like lag and bad hit detection back here. And you what else they brought here too? Supply drops! First, they said it's just cosmetic. Then, they introduced guns that weren't in the original game...as supply drop exclusives. That's right, MWR has become pay-to-win.

    The final straw? RESELLING the Variety Map pack. For $15 (the original was $10). After that, I quit. Do you know of any REMASTERED game that does this? The Last of Us doesn't. Batman: Return to Arkham doesn't. "But you get some supply drops! That's why it cost more!" you whine. Yeah, supply drops that WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL. Sigh, the extent COD fanboys defend this.

    Want to play COD 4 so bad? Either: buy a used PS3 and COD4 (which costs the same as getting the full experience on MWR), or just get the PC version. Don't buy MWR, even if it goes standalone. If you do, just play the campaign, the only good thing that's there.
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  8. Oct 2, 2017
    5
    A remastered version of a classic, Modern Warfare Remastered shows it's age. Knowing this, Activision used this game as a cash grab, with overpriced micro-transactions and content locked behind a paywall.
  9. Nov 6, 2016
    5
    So much hype.
    I tryed to get in it
    But game is just too old and unbalanced.
    Aim is strange too.
    i dont understand you people.
    And voice acting is locked to your console language. Witch is ruin impression for many people.
  10. Dec 18, 2016
    5
    Extremely disappointed. When I first got this game I played the crap out of it. It was fun and felt just like the original CoD 4. It isn't without issues though. The hit detection is horrendous, like most CoD games, and it was extremely annoying when you shoot and totally hit somebody but it doesn't register. The game also did feel lacking, especially because it was missing 6 of theExtremely disappointed. When I first got this game I played the crap out of it. It was fun and felt just like the original CoD 4. It isn't without issues though. The hit detection is horrendous, like most CoD games, and it was extremely annoying when you shoot and totally hit somebody but it doesn't register. The game also did feel lacking, especially because it was missing 6 of the original maps. And even CoD 4 itself has issues. There are some things in the game that are clearly overpowered or need tweaking, like Juggernaut, nade spam, last stand, and the m16. I know its a remaster and Raven didn't want to change it too much from the original, but I would still like some of those changes. I overall still enjoyed the game though...
    ...Until Activision had to screw it up. In the recent patch that added the 6 new maps they also added supply drops. It pisses me off that before fixing the hit detection or glitches they add in supply drops. Greedy bastards. Its not even a remaster anymore. "cosmetic only" yeah right. Isn't that what Treyarch said? They're adding supply drops and new weapons to the game so why not make balance changes. Its already been altered to the point where it isn't CoD 4 anymore. And I wouldn't even mind them putting in new weapons (even though it would ruin the "remastered" part of the title) if they weren't in supply drops. But knowing that I'm not gonna be able to use the new weapons unless I spend a crap tone of money and get lucky really pisses me off. And this isn't even its own game; Its an add-on to Infinite Warfare. WTF! Don't try to make me pay for micro-transactions and dlc for a REMASTER of an old game that is a simple bonus you get for buying the legacy edition of IW. You can't even buy it on its own. I knew activision would find some way to screw it up. Sucks this had to happen.
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  11. Jan 21, 2019
    5
    Turned one of the few decent call of duty's into another money grubbing game while still making people pay for stuff they got originally
  12. Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cod mw r
  13. Jan 11, 2017
    4
    They put Modern Warfare in a blender, shat out this game, and called it "remastered." NO IT ISN'T! The issue is I'd expect them to make Modern Warfare better. It's just Modern Warfare HD Edition. I loved the Modern Warfare franchise. Was it as bad as a 5 is? No! But guess what? 100 **** dollars for this and Infinite Warfare is **** I wanted to try this, and see if IW is good. I don't evenThey put Modern Warfare in a blender, shat out this game, and called it "remastered." NO IT ISN'T! The issue is I'd expect them to make Modern Warfare better. It's just Modern Warfare HD Edition. I loved the Modern Warfare franchise. Was it as bad as a 5 is? No! But guess what? 100 **** dollars for this and Infinite Warfare is **** I wanted to try this, and see if IW is good. I don't even think that IW is that good, but this isn't anything but fancy Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This is the same as my XB1 Review, but it scores lower for one reason; it's awkward to control on a Dualshock. Expand
  14. Apr 27, 2017
    4
    this game was great on release ,but when they put supply drops and say that there will not be any weapons than they put melee weapons and say that they don't change the game , than they put guns that are stronger than any other gun in the original game they are just lying to our faces , and why the hell cant i buy the game alone why should i buy another game to play this game ,and youthis game was great on release ,but when they put supply drops and say that there will not be any weapons than they put melee weapons and say that they don't change the game , than they put guns that are stronger than any other gun in the original game they are just lying to our faces , and why the hell cant i buy the game alone why should i buy another game to play this game ,and you know whats funny buying dlc for a remastered game , why the hell do i need to pay 15$ for a dlc that is 10 years old that's stupid . Expand
  15. Nov 8, 2016
    3
    Unfortunately COD4 remastered does not warrant the 65.00 you have to pay to get the game. If it was say 10.00 -15.00 it would be worth it. Also playing COD 4 again just doesn't excite any longer. I reached prestige 10 back in the day and enjoyed the game but really cant be bothered again. I know the maps and guns and perks inside out and honestly felt bored going back to it. I feel itsUnfortunately COD4 remastered does not warrant the 65.00 you have to pay to get the game. If it was say 10.00 -15.00 it would be worth it. Also playing COD 4 again just doesn't excite any longer. I reached prestige 10 back in the day and enjoyed the game but really cant be bothered again. I know the maps and guns and perks inside out and honestly felt bored going back to it. I feel its best left as a great memory rather than playing it again. Also I personally thought MW2 was the superior game and would have preferred they had remastered that instead.

    The other issue I find is that I'd forgotten over the years the major frustrations with COD 4, such as sniping. In MW2 you really could rush yet in COD 4 each game is slowed down by the constant snipers one shotting you from across the map, so games feel quite and slow. Also my favorite mode in COD history was Demolition which didn't come out until MW2. Cod 4 also lacks any fun kill-streaks, you have 3 streaks and that's it. At the time this was genius but doesn't cut it anymore. I also feel their is lag there which didn't affect the original as badly.

    I also find the maps a little off in COD 4. There are some great ones like Crash and Vacant but maps like shipment are an awful mess and Bog is dull and badly designed.

    So if you really want to play COD 4 get it in a steam sale, if you've already played, like Goldeneye it's best left as a ,memory rather than spoiling the nostalgia you had.
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  16. Dec 14, 2016
    3
    I think call of duty 4 remastered is amazing. They improved it very well with better graphics and added special features such as you can inspect the guns whilst playing. This is great as it makes it realistic. It has a good feel of experience whilst playing. The maps is extremely detailed as you can see every detail, to the objects like the cars and buildings to small things such as leavesI think call of duty 4 remastered is amazing. They improved it very well with better graphics and added special features such as you can inspect the guns whilst playing. This is great as it makes it realistic. It has a good feel of experience whilst playing. The maps is extremely detailed as you can see every detail, to the objects like the cars and buildings to small things such as leaves falling of the tress. They just don’t have multiplier online they also have campaign with real life missions. The campaign is perfect with missions that are very detailed and complex with makes it different to other games. On the multiplayer you can play different types of game modes such as team deathmatch, domination, search and destroy. This gives the players a chance to choose which game mode they prefer, there’s over 10 to choose from. Also they have added cage match which is new, this is when you can play 1v1 with someone online. This game mode is great when you’re feeling to take someone on so see who’s better. They are also realising new maps to add to their old ones which I definitely think would be good. Overall I think they have improved the game a lot which was there top priority. The experience of the game play has change which is brilliant, I think its one of the best call of duty games they have realised in a while. Expand
  17. May 29, 2017
    3
    We have an old CoD that brings nothing to "Call of Duty"... something more than save a bad year with Infinite Warfare.Remasterization... that really is a Remake and It has numerous errors. There is fun but the multiplayer is very dirty and is full of campers
  18. Mar 6, 2019
    3
    So basically they took a great game, a fps classic, and turned into complete **** Yeah, the graphics are certainly improved, but the multiplayer is super unbalanced and you'll die faster than you can understand what the **** just killed you. Still can't play campaign in veteran, as the developers still think having auto-aiming brainless AI makes for a good challenge. On the other hand, anySo basically they took a great game, a fps classic, and turned into complete **** Yeah, the graphics are certainly improved, but the multiplayer is super unbalanced and you'll die faster than you can understand what the **** just killed you. Still can't play campaign in veteran, as the developers still think having auto-aiming brainless AI makes for a good challenge. On the other hand, any other difficulty in the game makes it extremely easy, which is also not ideal. So most of the problems that they should have ****ing fixed (considering this is a remaster) are still there. But hey, they still managed to shove ****ing loot boxes in the ****ing multiplayer and that's what matters right? Expand
  19. Apr 16, 2017
    2
    editing my original review of 5 and downgrading this to 2. The online is unplayable, every game you join you just die instatnly, take two step and your shot respawn in the same place and get shot. Its not just frustrating its a clearly broken game. I have contacted live support 7 times each of which time they tell me they will fix the problem and then deny I have ever contacted them beforeediting my original review of 5 and downgrading this to 2. The online is unplayable, every game you join you just die instatnly, take two step and your shot respawn in the same place and get shot. Its not just frustrating its a clearly broken game. I have contacted live support 7 times each of which time they tell me they will fix the problem and then deny I have ever contacted them before this. Today for example I played about 7 games having to leave all of them with my score at 0-8 or 1-10 as you just can move or even fire a gun half the time.
    Dont waste your money if you plan to play online its broken
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  20. Mar 11, 2019
    2
    Bad plot, Russians, as always, bad
    normal graphics, crappy online
    great soundtrack.
  21. May 29, 2017
    1
    Game held hostage to Infinite warfare's many special editions - check. Added microtransactions - check. Resold old maps AGAIN at higher price, instead of including them free - check. Those scammers at Activision managed to make one of the crappiest remasters in history of remasters. You might not have a problem with the above awful practices, But it aint the good ones that kill games.
  22. May 12, 2019
    1
    It's just awful, if it wasn't for PlayStation Plus I would not even play this again. I'm playing on regular and it's grenades everywhere which make it very, very bad. And when I get shoot the aim skyrocket to the moon so I can't shoot back which makes me die. And I'm dying a lot, and I could be because I haven't played a Call of Duty game since the awful Call of Duty Advanced WarfareIt's just awful, if it wasn't for PlayStation Plus I would not even play this again. I'm playing on regular and it's grenades everywhere which make it very, very bad. And when I get shoot the aim skyrocket to the moon so I can't shoot back which makes me die. And I'm dying a lot, and I could be because I haven't played a Call of Duty game since the awful Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (Which was my last Call of Duty game). Expand
  23. Feb 3, 2017
    1
    Where do I begin? This has to be the worst online COD I've played due to a number of very frustrating points. The first is with the Spawning grounds which the servers seem to drop you in the very middle of Airstrike territory or right next to an enemy ,the second is with the Jugger nog perk which seems to now need an entire clip of ammunition before your enemy will die. The third is withWhere do I begin? This has to be the worst online COD I've played due to a number of very frustrating points. The first is with the Spawning grounds which the servers seem to drop you in the very middle of Airstrike territory or right next to an enemy ,the second is with the Jugger nog perk which seems to now need an entire clip of ammunition before your enemy will die. The third is with the server reaction/connection speeds in that I have checked my connection speed and have an incredibly fast upload/download connection but yet when I have the clear drop on an enemy ,having shot them 4/5 times they only have to shoot me once and I'm dead and then the replay shows the opposite!! The next problem is with you being given a loss stat when you want to avoid certain levels but get allocated a level (Bog,Countdown and Shipment spring to mind) and then cannot get out of without adding a loss. A nice touch would have been to separate certain level... to which I mean Bog,Countdown and Overgrown are clearly Sniper levels and no fun to a general soldier/player .Then we have Shipment which is just an exercise in frustration in that you spawn...you get shot...you spawn again you get blown up by a grenade....you spawn once more to get caught in the middle of an airstrike......Grrrrr!! All this serves to muck up (you can replace muck with your own choice of word) your K/d ratio and win/loss ratio. Come on Activision this is the 21st century and this should have been Game of the Year,instead it's a pile of dross. Over rated and over priced and I for one shall be turning my attention to Battlefield in hope of something more worthy of my hard earned cash.Hang your heads! Expand
  24. Nov 10, 2016
    0
    They took an amazing game and, instead of improving it, made it absolute trash with the horrible net connection that today's CoD's all "enjoy." I have a "decent" connection on Infinite Warfare (which is probably the worst CoD game to date including AW), but the connection on CoD MWR is the worst I've ever seen. With 90/10 d/u, and as low as 35 ping up to 2000 miles away (an amazingThey took an amazing game and, instead of improving it, made it absolute trash with the horrible net connection that today's CoD's all "enjoy." I have a "decent" connection on Infinite Warfare (which is probably the worst CoD game to date including AW), but the connection on CoD MWR is the worst I've ever seen. With 90/10 d/u, and as low as 35 ping up to 2000 miles away (an amazing interent), I'm behind a good two to three seconds. It's laughable. I see someone, shoot and insta-die. On their kill cam, they've seen me for three seconds (yes, that long) and have all day to shoot me, then don't register being hit.

    I can't describe how truly awful they made this game.
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  25. Nov 5, 2016
    0
    really bad. i completed this game years ago yet its being released again now. dont waste money on this ancient game with clunky sprites or theyll keep churning them out. what next? centipede remastered!
  26. Mar 9, 2019
    0
    The fact that there's a menu icon to buy Infinite Warfare on the actual main menu underneath the options says all one needs to know about this game, even besides the fact that it was held hostage by that game to start out.

    It certainly doesn't help that COD4 wasn't even that good when it came out, being one of the most overrated games ever, and Activision doesn't even try to hide the
    The fact that there's a menu icon to buy Infinite Warfare on the actual main menu underneath the options says all one needs to know about this game, even besides the fact that it was held hostage by that game to start out.

    It certainly doesn't help that COD4 wasn't even that good when it came out, being one of the most overrated games ever, and Activision doesn't even try to hide the fact that they only put this out as a lazy cash grab and forced all of the horrible business practices that infect the entire industry today into it, thereby retroactively destroying all the good PR this game got.

    Don't buy anything with Activision's name anywhere near it.
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  27. Jan 19, 2017
    0
    That stypid creation makes me cry.It is awful!I can't play in this **** because of laggs,every **** game i get killed from 1 bullet,every **** game my knife didnt working
  28. Sep 16, 2019
    0
    how do you remaster a game but add lootboxes and micro transactions... what a scumbag move
  29. Dec 2, 2019
    0
    please keep microtransactions out of retail priced games, game made grindy as **** to make you spend money
  30. Jan 2, 2021
    0
    THEY MADE MULTİPLAYER PAY 2 WIN DONT BUY THIS GAME ITS NOT LIKE PS3 OR 360 VERSION
Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. 90
    Fans of Call of Duty shouldn't have had to wait this long for the definitive edition of a classic.
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 27, 2016
    90
    An essential purchase. [Christmas 2016, p.79]
  3. Dec 25, 2016
    85
    Even after nine years and the countless sequels that have come after it, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered shows how good the original game was. The campaign is short but so packed with memorable moments that few would mind some of the residual issues. If you can deal with the addition of cosmetics to appease players who have only come to the series recently, you'll be happy with how the original tenets of the multiplayer portion, from movement to gun balance and map layout, have remained unchanged. It really is too bad that this game won't be divorced from more expensive versions of Infinite Warfare for the foreseeable future, but if you're already committed to spend the extra money, you won't be disappointed.