Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

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  1. DudeManGuy
    Oct 29, 2019
    4
    A camper's dream; no reason for the W key on the keyboard. I have removed mine. I sit and wait for you to walk by. I kill three of you. UAV. I see more of you coming. I move slightly in the same room I will occupy for the remainder of the match. You return. You die. Airstrike. I almost die calling it in. No matter. Back to the corner. I kiss my shotgun. We are lovers. I shoot a man. AndA camper's dream; no reason for the W key on the keyboard. I have removed mine. I sit and wait for you to walk by. I kill three of you. UAV. I see more of you coming. I move slightly in the same room I will occupy for the remainder of the match. You return. You die. Airstrike. I almost die calling it in. No matter. Back to the corner. I kiss my shotgun. We are lovers. I shoot a man. And another and another. I am the corner king. I call in my helo. I shoot the men from the sky. I long for my corner, for my shotgun, my lover. Soon, I shall return.… Expand
  2. Acaerus
    Oct 26, 2019
    4
    Multiplayer is great i think. There are some problems with network code, cheaters and balance but nothing critical.
    Singleplayer storyline is absolute garbage. The level of braindead propoganda is idiotic even by today`s standarts.
  3. pasteeater
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    The campaign is pretty good, and in many ways feels like actual modern combat. No hit-markers, realistic recoil and ballistics, etc. The movement seems very sluggish and weighted at all times; sometimes it feels realistic, other times it feels like you're being unnecessarily constrained. There are no markers over enemies etc. which means that you need to pay attention to what you'reThe campaign is pretty good, and in many ways feels like actual modern combat. No hit-markers, realistic recoil and ballistics, etc. The movement seems very sluggish and weighted at all times; sometimes it feels realistic, other times it feels like you're being unnecessarily constrained. There are no markers over enemies etc. which means that you need to pay attention to what you're doing. Good so far.

    But as usual, the COD franchise is stuck in the past with its "on rails" storytelling and gameplay, some of which can be at times fairly good. There are a few missions that really shine, and make you feel like you're really in a modern combat situation. However, the Hometown mission is one of the worst pieces of gaming I've ever played. If I had the choice between having to play that mission again, and never playing another game, it would be the end of my gaming career. It's indescribably awful, from the ridiculously unreal movement, to the set-piece style action, it's a failure on nearly every level. Points for the story, which did give me pause to consider the plight of those concerned. There are much better ways to get that point across though, and being taken out of the body of a modern day soldier and thrown into the perspective of a seven year old girl is not only incredibly frustrating, but also insulting. I don't need forced perspective to bottle-feed me morality, thanks. More importantly, I absolutely despise the "you can do it any way you want, as long as it's in this exact way" kind of gaming. Why not give players tools, and let them figure out how best to solve a specific problem? It makes for much more dynamic gameplay, which in turn almost necessarily means more fun. Dying endlessly until you figure out the ONE WAY the developers want you to complete an objective (while being given nearly no clues as to how it must specifically be done) makes for a terrible game. There are flashes of brilliance, but overall the campaign feels like you're a dog, and you're futilely straining your neck as someone tries to rub your nose in ****.    … Expand
  4. wigclyne
    Oct 29, 2019
    4
    After skipping BO4 and considering giving the game I have played since the very first COD the flick I came back to give the series one last chance. Dont want to give anything away on the campaign other than I really enjoyed the 50% play through Ive reached so far but so so far so good. Campaign gets 8/10.
    Its the online where trouble starts to show. Missing modes. New meh ones. Maps that    After skipping BO4 and considering giving the game I have played since the very first COD the flick I came back to give the series one last chance. Dont want to give anything away on the campaign other than I really enjoyed the 50% play through Ive reached so far but so so far so good. Campaign gets 8/10.
    Its the online where trouble starts to show. Missing modes. New meh ones. Maps that promote camping. Not being able to vote out these annoying maps. Even with free content to come I dont think Ill will be still playing to avail of it. Very dissapointing. Online gets a 3/10.    … Expand
  5. mikepatyaev
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    the Russian army is not terrorists . the worst part in terms of the plot with "gray morality" for the rest is another game from the assembly line
  6. Caerleon
    Oct 27, 2019
    4
    I'll try to be objective. Let's start with a single game. Activision promised that there will be no bad or good. Only the real" gray " morality. In the English version of the game, the Russian army is accused of war crimes and genocide of civilians. The plot is so cranberry and cartoonish that I remembered old action movies from the 90s.

    Multiplayer is great. Finally they made adequate    I'll try to be objective. Let's start with a single game. Activision promised that there will be no bad or good. Only the real" gray " morality. In the English version of the game, the Russian army is accused of war crimes and genocide of civilians. The plot is so cranberry and cartoonish that I remembered old action movies from the 90s.

    Multiplayer is great. Finally they made adequate shooting. Now the weapon has a recoil and it is not perceived as a toy that shoots lasers. Excellent customization of weapons that can be customized to your style of play. In my opinion, the game does not have an imbalance of weapons. Intuitive maps with good level design. And finally Activision realized that we are tired of the setting of the future.    … Expand
  7. aydinj
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    Best Call Of Duty ever. Specially graphic and physics are incredible. Story is very good. On-line the same as before which is a good point. Also the sound effect and engine is very good.
  8. WeskerPL
    Oct 30, 2019
    4
    Very short game, 4 hours, no custom weapon, no collectibles. Very Price Game and short
  9. Lilkingnoar
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Damn brother. Played every CoD from CoD1 and this is the worst multiplayer to ever be in CoD.
  10. Felesh-Warrior
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cod this year is cod every year but modern. Somehow to the gaming community that means cod is good again. No......no not really. I've seen this game being praised for being original. What culture called this game "risky" despite the general community of call of duty going on and on about wanting another modern call of duty title for years now. The campaign feels like the developers asked themselves what's the most controversial thing we can think of that distracts people from our mediocre writing and actual **** story. The answer? Killing children! And other innocent people. The year is 2019. That sort of **** is practically tame in terms of how those subjects are portrayed in film and other media.

    Then we get to the multiplayer. Every time I put one of these cod game on it comes up with 78 developers, representing the teams that worked on the game. Hard to tell when the multiplayer maps are designed so **** poorly. The average bedroom, at least from personal experience will have one window. Apparently I'm a silly stupid butch because in cod, the average bedroom will have 7 windows, so good luck trying to figure out which window you should actually look through for 2 seconds before you get killed by a camper you cant see because once again, with the 7 window bedrooms and 500 window buildings , you never have a single clue where to go and who to shoot. Also the camping is a major issue. Good luck trying to be good on this game without camping. The spawning system is trash and the majority of the maps feel designed around sitting and doing nothing for an entire match. Also the first greande type in this game is a claymore so the majority of matches boil down to dont even scratch your balls because chances are some idiot with one finger has placed a claymore down at some random place and with all the skill in the world sat and did nothing and got a free kill because using claymores requires so much skill. I haven't played spec ops because **** activision. I have a playstation but if xbox users cant play it because of Sony's and activisions greed then I'm not gonna check it out. It's supposed to be garbage anyway and nothing like spec ops from ww2 making the mode even more pointless. Overall I dont get why people are acting like this one cod which doesnt push any boundaries and do anything original, somehow makes up for the last 7 years or so of false promises, mediocre finished products and a general lack of caring. It's just what cod has been for years now. Another typical cod.    … Expand
  11. Galazar
    Oct 26, 2019
    4
    Very short campaign (5 hours), no collectibles or anything just straight up one playthrough.

    The game is extremely anti-russian and extremely pro-america. It's really off-putting, I'll be sending it back for a refund.
  12. ValBal
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I enjoyed certain missions and a more stealthy approach to gameplay, especially "clean house" stage. Story is complete rubbish. It is a hypocrisy on the largest scale to make such a deranged narrative. I've never witnessed someone tell a complete fantasy like that with such conviction. Activision should be held accountable for such a delusional fairytale of a SP campaign.
  13. PricesMoustache
    Nov 27, 2019
    4
    Skill based matchmaking in general multiplayer lobbies. This is a big F U to all players who have invested in this game for 12 years. Have a ranked mode for sbmm.
    Elephant footsteps, a gazillion doors that wreck any flow, vertical insanity, head-glitches everywhere, claymores also. This game could have been up there with MW2 if they had good map design and logical perks ( Dead silence!).    Skill based matchmaking in general multiplayer lobbies. This is a big F U to all players who have invested in this game for 12 years. Have a ranked mode for sbmm.
    Elephant footsteps, a gazillion doors that wreck any flow, vertical insanity, head-glitches everywhere, claymores also. This game could have been up there with MW2 if they had good map design and logical perks ( Dead silence!). This isn't hard to do but the devs are trying way to hard to impress and they fail big time. All we need is 3 lane maps - with flow, balanced and a little verticality (A little)

    Single player - the usual linear play but is reasonable if you can get past the lazy writing and crowbarred plot
    Overall a missed opportunity to go back to the great COD days - Infinity Ward dropped the ball. Shame.    … Expand
  14. mikeycannon
    Oct 29, 2019
    4
    A poor game with cringy moments and dialogue. The only reason I'm giving it a 4 is because of Captain Price and his voice actor.
  15. trunks_parallel
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    I'm giving this game a 4/10 and that's me being extremely generous. Blame Truth on Youtube has basically covered it all about this game. This is the worst call of duty game of all time for the hardcore COD fans. The game has been targeted and made for new players by the adding of extremely badly designed maps (but good for new players). The SBMM is too strong which again, helps the newI'm giving this game a 4/10 and that's me being extremely generous. Blame Truth on Youtube has basically covered it all about this game. This is the worst call of duty game of all time for the hardcore COD fans. The game has been targeted and made for new players by the adding of extremely badly designed maps (but good for new players). The SBMM is too strong which again, helps the new players. If you are a hardcore COD fan, do not buy this game. If you are a new player, this is the game for you. And on top of this activision does not release MW2 remastered multiplayer because they want to reach 30 million units sold for this game, yet the greedy **** add maps from the OG MW trilogy into MW 2019 to increase their sales like what the **** The reason i'm giving the game a 4 instead of a 0 is because of 5 things :
    1) The amazing campaign, which is the 5th best in my opinion (after the original Modern warfare trilogy and the COD Black Ops (2010) )
    2) The graphics are amazing. We've been lied to that it's a new engine though. It's the same old engine, heavily modified. Credit to Blame truth on youtube for covering this in a video.
    3) Gun sounds are pretty good.
    4) The animation director did a great job. Hats off to Mark Grigsby on another great job on what he does best.
    5) Joel Emslie did a great job with the art direction of the game.    … Expand
  16. Netrunner54
    Oct 30, 2019
    4
    Typical Call of Duty, stupid and boring shooter, awful AI, bad and generic single campaign, ballistics stolen from "Escape from Tarkov", and another goddamn boss helicopter. Complete waste of money, if you can't live without CoD multiplayer, which hasn't changed much either
  17. Kalashnikovich
    Oct 27, 2019
    4
    Ok overall the core multiplayer gameplay is good and I enjoy it so i give that aspect an 8/10!

    Otherwise..... you can tell this game was made by leftist sjws democrat/Hillary voters lmao .. First off look at every chain of command in the game - white man - man of color, white man - woman -woman of color.. and when the women and women of color enter its always some dramatic like, "step    Ok overall the core multiplayer gameplay is good and I enjoy it so i give that aspect an 8/10!

    Otherwise..... you can tell this game was made by leftist sjws democrat/Hillary voters lmao .. First off look at every chain of command in the game - white man - man of color, white man - woman -woman of color.. and when the women and women of color enter its always some dramatic like, "step aside i am in charge here! and everyone is like ooh yees she is in charge!".. you would think strong and independent wamen of color run all the successful military operations on earth, kicking ass, commanding everything and "girls we run this ****!"

    and theres all this like "Russians are misogynist" little quips in the game like some Russian soldier is like "haha i would never be killed by a woman":... and then he gets killed by a "strong and independent wamen of color"..

    oh yea and Russians are bad guys and terrorists and are destroying Syria and Americans need to come invade and save the day LMAO..

    Not to mention you cant see your deaths or K/D in mid game scoreboard in TDM or captures in domination mid game in Domination, so everyone gets a participation trophy and nobody gets their feelings hurt, and to prevent "competitive toxic masculinity chat and cyberbullying" LMAO    … Expand
  18. IlyaScreenplay
    Oct 27, 2019
    4
    Not bad graphics and gameplay itself, but DICE does it better (which is not surprising). The plot is one of the dumbest in the series. It's full of cliches about EVILSUKARUSSIANS and good brave American guys, just like stupid 80s agenda movies. No "gray morality". If you want an objective view of war, play Metal Gear Solid 4. Nothing else to say.
  19. DrPingas
    Dec 31, 2019
    4
    Too many campers. I would be complaining about it normally, but it’s get worse as the life of the game goes on. Every match somebody’s sitting. Some of the maps need to have certain areas closed off because it becomes a camper fest. Other than that complaint about multiplayer, I will say the campaign is fun.
  20. Oppie
    Oct 30, 2019
    4
    Looked promising, but as is already typical from CoD / Activision products: Bugs, crashes, steep requirements, poor communication, patches, pre-loads, load times and of course, the over price.
    How can you drop the ball on your own flagship product… again?
  21. Bro2
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    Not nearly as good as advertised. Super hyped for this game but so far it's flopped. Sure they'll fix some things but rn it's not worth playing.
  22. JDubsWhite
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    I was excited for this release but the gameplay is 100% punishing people who don't camp. But I can get the drop on someone. Nail three bullets into their face and I get turned on and Instantly and one shot. I have lost almost every 1:1 that I go against and I'm not sure why. Map design just kind of is window shooting with a low visibility
  23. Max_Justice
    Nov 7, 2019
    4
    Every time I'm not playing this game, I'm thinking how much I want to play CoD, but then I boot up the game and remember that this isn't CoD. It's some garbage version of Battlefield because the only playable game mode is Ground war and that still sucks. The game designers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. They've literally saidEvery time I'm not playing this game, I'm thinking how much I want to play CoD, but then I boot up the game and remember that this isn't CoD. It's some garbage version of Battlefield because the only playable game mode is Ground war and that still sucks. The game designers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. They've literally said that they are trying to make the game more fun for bad players. What does that mean? it means that shotguns are sniper rifles, every building has 10 windows and only one staircase, and if you're not in a building (or on top of one), you're instantly dead. It also means that claymores have such a huge range that the best strategy is to put them in a corner, preferably right in front of you as you hold your shotgun out and wait for someone too run by. People say you should just adapt, but that's not fun. Why would I want to play that way?… Expand
  24. Avelier
    Oct 28, 2019
    4
    Games like this continue to perpetuate the idea that the US military is the world police and that their actions are "righteous" and "justified", there is no room for any kind of moral introspection into what the continuous war machine of the United States has done for decades across the world to not only distabalize different countries but then to only generate propaganda that keeps theirGames like this continue to perpetuate the idea that the US military is the world police and that their actions are "righteous" and "justified", there is no room for any kind of moral introspection into what the continuous war machine of the United States has done for decades across the world to not only distabalize different countries but then to only generate propaganda that keeps their citizenry in an alternate reality where they are the "good guys".… Expand
  25. Dipdatdoenut
    Oct 28, 2019
    4
    It is the worst Call of Duty ever in my opinion... To be honest, it shouldnt even be considered a Call of Duty game. The maps are horrible and the gameplay is sluggish with the advantage going to the player who sits still in a corner and camps. The aggressive play that made COD so great is now pentalized. If i did not love the series, i would of rated this game lower. On the plus side theIt is the worst Call of Duty ever in my opinion... To be honest, it shouldnt even be considered a Call of Duty game. The maps are horrible and the gameplay is sluggish with the advantage going to the player who sits still in a corner and camps. The aggressive play that made COD so great is now pentalized. If i did not love the series, i would of rated this game lower. On the plus side the graphics and sound are good, but that should be expected out of a triple AAA company who has had 10+ years to polish a series. A gaint step in the wrong direction; a total disconnect with it's fanbase.… Expand
  26. Gangstaman
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    Okay, I played this game!!, good graphics,great gameplay,realistic movements,.....but 60 dollar is really expensive for this game! Wait for Christmas price will be around 30 - 40 dollar! Don’t waste your money n I think you should wait for Death stranding!!! 60 dollar is 60 dollar DONT WASTE IT! ( based on alpha edition)
  27. FragSinus
    Oct 26, 2019
    4
    Do you remember how the developers promised us a revolutionary plot with gray morality where there will be no evil Russians and good Americans, well, they lied. Russians here are worse than nazis, no kidding, this game is just one piece of propaganda with nice gunplay.
  28. PixelGamer115
    Oct 24, 2020
    4
    - Campaign: 1/10
    - Spec-Ops & Survival: 3/10
    - Multiplayer: 7/10
    - Warzone: -/10 (No BRs for me)
  29. David5884
    Oct 29, 2019
    4
    Игра вообще-то нормальная, но эта русофобия уже раздражает.
  30. Oni_
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    Spawn killing, same guns but not equally match against opponents (for example the shotgun), many areas where you can't see your opponent's head or body but they have a clear view of destroying you and moving your character feels very uncomfortable
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 78 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 67 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 78
  3. Negative: 0 out of 78
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    Everything is upside down. Call of Duty has a better solo campaign than multiplayer after many years. We will remember a perfectly scripted war with a dense atmosphere, but we’ll forget about the unbalanced online multiplayer. [Issue#298]
  2. Carole Quintaine
    Jan 29, 2020
    90
    After a multiplayer-centric episode, the COD fans will be delight with the return of a nervous and strong solo campaign. Modern Warfare is back with old-fashioned gameplay that is more grounded and efficient. The generous amount of content adds some depth to one of the best chapters of the saga to date. Magic!
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  3. ZTGD
    Jan 7, 2020
    75
    Overall Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a good title that is marred by the expectations that the Modern Warfare name brings with it. The campaign has some really stellar gameplay moments that are brought down by the mediocre plot. Multiplayer was fun but felt a bit like the competition’s output (despite there being no Battlefield release this year) which may be a turn off for some. I don’t think Modern Warfare 2019 has done anything to make me rethink waiting for substantial price drops to play Call of Duty campaigns, because clearly multiplayer is still Activision’s main focus and that’s just not where I get my kicks.
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