Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

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3.6

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  1. zBode_
    Jan 29, 2020
    2
    In general, it’s **** Single player was good, but too short. Multiplayer is the same **** as usual. I really don’t understand why you would keep playing the same thing over and over..
  2. RubixQubix
    Jan 30, 2020
    2
    All the fake ass "critics" and "journalists" that think this garbage is a good game are either sell outs or don't know anything about games and are full of **** So lets dive right in.

    Story: Shallow garbage. They basically copy paste the Russian man bad campaign from COD4 and add all these diversity characters which ruin the immersion completely. The writing is shallow and boring. Its    All the fake ass "critics" and "journalists" that think this garbage is a good game are either sell outs or don't know anything about games and are full of **** So lets dive right in.

    Story: Shallow garbage. They basically copy paste the Russian man bad campaign from COD4 and add all these diversity characters which ruin the immersion completely. The writing is shallow and boring. Its all predicable and a 3A pro studio could not come up with characters that people would actually care about. After a few missions
    I couldn't bear this disaster any longer.

    Multiplayer: The initial honeymoon is good when you jump into the meta weapons like the m4 and mp5 and rape lobbies.The gunplay feels right, but there is such an obvious meta. Guns have no balance and lethals that support camping like the Claymore and the Mine have been buffed so that casual noob can safely pitch his tent in the corner to cockblock your nuke. But after that honeymoon ends you realize you arent even playing COD anymore. First off, the map design is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. People need to lose their jobs over this. They ruined the pace of TDM completely, primote camping with favorable mechanics. Most games end by a time limit and not by score??? Why, you may think - and its because people hide and camp. Either you are spawn camping or are gettign spawn camped because you win games and start getting thrown into noob lobbies that are losing 20 - 80 so that you can somehow clutch?
    Skill Based Match Making is atrocious because you're forced to sweat every game if you want to win. Even with this I maintain a 2.0 - 4.0+ KD most games, but 70% of the lobby is usually low lvl and have neg kd's, have no map awareness, and it always ends up you having to carry them. **** gets boring.
    I will say out of the 200 hours I put into this flaming pile of ****(I have began to question why I even let myself live) - there were a few games where the teams were evenly matched; like 5 games.

    Game Mechanics and Bugs.
    COD has had over a decade to learn how to implement vehicles and they are still lacking and 2 dimensional. Although not hugely buggy thanks to patches, there are still bugs that ruin the experience. Are you a chad that like to parkour everywhere? Dont crouch slide into your carepackage cause that'll kill you. Lots of dying behind cover after you slide into it because the SBMM built a lobby where you're the only one with double digit ping. Its a chorus of small **** that ticks you off and ruins the experience. Its obvious the game was rushed as just another soulless product for the corporate interests.

    Microtransactions and Cost:
    Thank god I didnt waste 90$ on this shallow wannabe COD imposter. Even on sale for 50$ I feel ripped off. Microtransactions are fully cosmetic so its not a big deal who wants to waste money on pixels.

    Verdict: My honeymoon ended and I've been so frustrated with how shallow and lazy this game is,that I actually made an account on metacritic just so share how **** bad this game is. The original dev team that made COD great actually moved onto Respawn Entertainment so whatever talentless hacks that slave away under the chains of activision make this deserve sweet release.
    COD is now like FIFA, copy pasted corporate trash that a bunch of normies and casuals will buy up for 90+$. Its really sad. They started to pander this game to make it "easier" for casual and new players but it ultimatly destroyed the COD we all know and love( R.I.P. ).

    Never trust Activision and EA to do anything right.
    Save your money and go buy insurgency or Squad where you'll have real fun and your money won't be going into some corporate conmans 401k, but instead will be helping indie devs follow their passion building games with ACTUAL soul.

    2/10. The only reason it isnt 0 is because the graphics are fancy.    … Expand
  3. DontBuyIt
    Feb 3, 2020
    2
    Riddled with DLC errors meaning you’re unable to play multiplayer. Activision have decided to ignore solving the issue and have gone silent meaning buying CoD feels like a complete scam.
  4. PeanutMaster
    Apr 9, 2020
    2
    Great graphics, cool gameplay, but stupid campaign about evil russians. Campaign story feels like propaganda. In game Russians kill innocent people, poison cities with gas and do another bad things. But developers know that Russia does a lot of good things to other countries? Probably no
  5. MWsucksNUTS
    Feb 18, 2020
    2
    The matchmaking sucks. The game forces you to join games that are halfway done. This game is for campers cause they get rewarded for having no skill. The gun damage in this game is so unbalanced. Also this game allows shotguns to hit cross map shots. Worst cod i ever played. I want all my money back
  6. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    2
    I played MW/MW2/MW3 back then and those were one of THE BEST GAMES OF MY TEENAGE YEARS. But this is **** You are literally running around with noisy clown shoes and screaming at the enemy, whenever you encounter one. Who thought this was a good idea?
    At least they patched it after 2 months of crap gameplay.
  7. Celimabi
    Mar 10, 2020
    2
    Tdm and domination games are all about hiding. The second worst Call of Duty game for me.
  8. Armagedd
    Mar 10, 2020
    2
    Warzone is lagging s***t . Nice Activision. CoD mw is nice game ,but battleroyale is bulls***t.
  9. Unicorpse
    Mar 27, 2020
    2
    Вы сделали отличную игру с отвратительной идеологией. Отличная графика, отличный интересный геймплей (в онлайн режиме), прекрасная физика оружия и отвратительное отношение к русской культуре. Допустим драки в ГУЛАГЕ еще норм, это была другая страна, не Россия, но мемориал памяти погибшим на Великой Отечественной Войне, на котором написаны имена каких-то иностранцев - это уже перебор.Вы сделали отличную игру с отвратительной идеологией. Отличная графика, отличный интересный геймплей (в онлайн режиме), прекрасная физика оружия и отвратительное отношение к русской культуре. Допустим драки в ГУЛАГЕ еще норм, это была другая страна, не Россия, но мемориал памяти погибшим на Великой Отечественной Войне, на котором написаны имена каких-то иностранцев - это уже перебор. Участие наших предков в войне с нацизмом важный этап истории, к которому многие россияне относятся с большим почтением, это точно не стоило трогать. Ну и сюжетный режим, в котором главные герои, нарушающие женевскую конвенцию, преподносятся как герои, а русским предписываются преступления, совершенные США. Я бы с удовольствием поддержал ваш проект деньгами, потому что он сделан реально качественно, но делать я этого не буду, чтобы не спонсировать необоснованное и глупое развитие пропаганды против российских народов.… Expand
  10. ZiRxRageALoT
    Apr 26, 2020
    2
    Infinity Ward's and Activision's vision of defensive, wanna be tactical gameplay in Cod with the leaning mechanic that was already annoying in Cod ghosts destroys the arcade run and gun cod experience. Headglitches, safe spaces, doors, corners and recharging claymores are only some of the annoying mechanics in this game. And on top of that the sbmm ruins the already limited fun forInfinity Ward's and Activision's vision of defensive, wanna be tactical gameplay in Cod with the leaning mechanic that was already annoying in Cod ghosts destroys the arcade run and gun cod experience. Headglitches, safe spaces, doors, corners and recharging claymores are only some of the annoying mechanics in this game. And on top of that the sbmm ruins the already limited fun for old-school cod players or any casual player that just wants to run and gun like in the old days. On a certain skill lvl, every round plays exactly the same. Nobody moving, everybody camping. Especially in free for fall, most of the games end with the timelemit, the final score at the end being 10-15 out of 30 needed kills for victory (after 10mins)..
    No real perk or weapon variety, overloaded and badly designed maps that only benefit a slow and defensive play style as well as hackers occurring every 3-4 rounds in certain game modes only 6 months after release.
    In total even though the devs and publishers wanted to attract battlefield or rainbow six players, this game designed by the new IW mostly feels like an even worse Update of Cod Ghosts with Captain Price of Modern warfare of the original IW on the cover.
    Overall a total disappointment, only positives imo are graphics and sound (when it's not bugging)    … Expand
  11. Yavor98
    Apr 27, 2020
    2
    Worst cod till now for me.Really bad balance not a single moment of fun online. Spawns are ridiculous. Too expensive for what it is especially when warzone is free. Campaign is completely bugged.
  12. Shaw2266
    Oct 27, 2020
    2
    Unfortunately this is the best call of duty game I’ve played in a very long time, but the absolute embarrassment of space it takes on my console is so frustrating as it has made it unplayable. It’s well over 200GB now? It’s frustrating because I wish I could play it, but the fact I would either need to buy more memory or just play nothing else is unacceptable to me. In the future I will beUnfortunately this is the best call of duty game I’ve played in a very long time, but the absolute embarrassment of space it takes on my console is so frustrating as it has made it unplayable. It’s well over 200GB now? It’s frustrating because I wish I could play it, but the fact I would either need to buy more memory or just play nothing else is unacceptable to me. In the future I will be very cautious when buying a call of duty game. If I can only fit it and one game on my console, then it isn’t worth it. I only played pvp, so i can't comment on the campaign.… Expand
  13. Superslider
    May 10, 2020
    2
    The worst COD I have ever played.

    Campaign is pathetically short, dull and filled with eye-rolling unrealistic PC nonsense and bizarre historical revisionism. Even ignoring the tired old “Russians are all totally evil bad guys” thing it’s just disappointing. Contrast this with the classic COD4 and its reasonably nuanced interesting story and good multiplayer - how far the series has    The worst COD I have ever played.

    Campaign is pathetically short, dull and filled with eye-rolling unrealistic PC nonsense and bizarre historical revisionism.

    Even ignoring the tired old “Russians are all totally evil bad guys” thing it’s just disappointing.

    Contrast this with the classic COD4 and its reasonably nuanced interesting story and good multiplayer - how far the series has fallen.

    Online is the usual messy serving of pay or grind to win and numerous buy prompts. Co op quickly gets boring.

    Save your money for something more worthy.    … Expand
  14. jamie1448
    Aug 16, 2020
    2
    The campaign is good but the multiplayer is appauling, The developers would rather put more purchasable stuff into the game to make a quick buck than rather make the core elements of online better. you're better off waiting for the new cod game than buy this joke of a game.
  15. Aaronj01
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Genuinely not that bad a game but the camo challenges for multiplayer are ridiculously stupid, like why should you have the level an AR Upto lv69 just to unlock every camo challenger, have to get 800 kills, 100 longshots, 100 mounted kills, 50 kills shortly after reload, 150 headshots, 35 x 3 killstreak, 75 hip fire kills and that’s not even the lot, like the longshots and mounted take the absolute p**s. Infinity ward make brilliant games but you can learn a thing or two from treyarch on camos… Expand
  16. ianlunaccsu
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    250gb on my hardrive for nothing but a forgettable campaign, lousy spec ops and a multi-player that is good only half of the time? No thanks. Spawns are AWFUL, stock maps suck. Come on!
  17. SnowStormFR
    Jul 13, 2020
    2
    good campaign, but a multiplayer completely spoiled by cheat and camp, Activision does nothing to fix the situation and even continues to add maps made 100% to favor the camp.
  18. Xeculiar
    Dec 1, 2021
    2
    i liked this game for a while now i cant even play the multiplayer without so many issues first of all the spawns are so goddamn bad you cant even go 2 seconds without spawning right in front of the enemy team 6 year olds camp every single damn corner and they Even encourage camping it's just retarded and i get forced to buy the sh*t bundles in the store i don't care about i don't want toi liked this game for a while now i cant even play the multiplayer without so many issues first of all the spawns are so goddamn bad you cant even go 2 seconds without spawning right in front of the enemy team 6 year olds camp every single damn corner and they Even encourage camping it's just retarded and i get forced to buy the sh*t bundles in the store i don't care about i don't want to spend money on a game where another game very similar releases next year i don't care about the battle pass and this game is filled with hackers every lobby i join boom a skid with aimbot and wallhacks the campaign was meh it was just boring typical russian bad guys typical american goddess saviors who can't do anything wrong who can't even hurt an ant and the spec ops is god awful have fun dying to 16000 enemies and you can't do anything about it how about facing off against 16 juggernauts who have so much health they can survive 6 nuclear bombs and trying to unlock the new guns without buying a 16 dollar bundle yeah good luck trying to get 15 melee kills with a lmg melee kills with A LMG who tf thought that was a good idea this game does have amazing gunplay guns feel different from previous cod's and i still think this game has better gunplay then cold war even then the weapons are still horribly unbalanced like overpowered assault rifle that dominated every server for a whole month look in the kill feed only gun you would see was the m4 that's it nothing else i really wont care if they stop updating this trash that's called a game id rather play ghosts then this.… Expand
  19. Paulkdragon2
    Aug 9, 2020
    2
    The campaign in this game is fantastic I love the characters and the story that is game provides there are some missions that annoy me but that's about it

    The multiplayer on the other hand is a disappointment... The maps in this game have "safe places" for new players to hide in to learn the mechanics of the game and this will encourage them to find and get a kill as the developers    The campaign in this game is fantastic I love the characters and the story that is game provides there are some missions that annoy me but that's about it

    The multiplayer on the other hand is a disappointment...

    The maps in this game have "safe places" for new players to hide in to learn the mechanics of the game and this will encourage them to find and get a kill as the developers put it

    When in reality what it really does it encourages players to camp which is not a good thing because of this using "Safe spaces" it causes a lot a frustrating and irritating situations..

    * like Players hiding in a corners and certain areas of the map
    * sticking a Claymore or a Bouncing Betty behind a door

    The gameplay mechanics don't exactly help..

    * Dead Silence is no longer a perk which means you can't sneak around the map as effectively considering that it's now a "field upgrade" on a time limit

    *there is No Perk,Killstreak or field upgrade which gives you extra health considering this game gives you a field upgrade for "extra damage"

    But I do like the "gun smith" feature having the ability to change weapon attachments around to create a variety of setups for your weapon is kind of addicting once you unlock the parts for it

    I just wish everything else was fixed up

    And now ever since "Warzone" has dropped I wouldn't recommend buying this game considering "Warzone" is free

    But if you really want a game where you can camp sit in a corner for enemies to come to you I would wait for a discount around say $30 at best

    Unless the developers do something to make multiplayer great again and I'm not talking about new maps,weapons and modes

    If they can make warzone as amazing then they can definitely do something to improve the multiplayer

    But for now I would avoid this game    … Expand
  20. Ya_boi
    Aug 14, 2020
    2
    Absolutely disgraceful

    First of all, the total amount coming in at around $100 for a game are you serious, then you have to download 160 something gigabytes of data THEN have to install another 60 gigabytes to even play, where did that 160 gigabytes go that took 10 hours?, ridiculous on size and price
  21. Torch294
    Sep 9, 2020
    2
    Worst multiplayer experience ever on a call of duty game. Way too campy and slow feels more like battlefield, terrible maps, and they take away the mini map, dead silence, like what!? I’ve played every cod except Cod1, cod2, and infinite warfare and I can easily say this is my least favorite multiplayer of all time. I’d say 90% of my time spent on cod games is multiplayer so it willWorst multiplayer experience ever on a call of duty game. Way too campy and slow feels more like battlefield, terrible maps, and they take away the mini map, dead silence, like what!? I’ve played every cod except Cod1, cod2, and infinite warfare and I can easily say this is my least favorite multiplayer of all time. I’d say 90% of my time spent on cod games is multiplayer so it will take most of the weight of this review. Id give it a 1 but the campaign was good so ill bump it up to a 2. Such a missed opportunity because the gunplay feels good but thats really the only thing that feels good.… Expand
  22. NielCilliers
    Sep 27, 2020
    2
    Game is made for console as they get all the advantages from assist aim to stun flashbangs doing more harm to pc players like being stunned or flashed longer and the affects on pc players are much more stronger than when a console player is hit with them, i also think that console players do more damage with weapon's that pc players this game leans way to much to consoles making it an unfair game
  23. GuitarboxerHugo
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    POS game and developers, nuff said
    Gonna repeat for 75 character quota. POS game and developers, nuff said
  24. Jcruster
    Jun 5, 2021
    2
    LOL, 203GB used to exchange a game that is lack of getting a game runs smooth.(intel i5-8300H and GTX1060 6G) The matching system is bad, I always match up to someone who is much more better than me(Yes Im a newbie). The campaign is good but it wont cover up how they failed in multiplayer.
  25. TonyBoyBR
    Jul 23, 2022
    2
    Ultimamente esta difícil ver algo bom no mundo do entretenimento, tudo tem que haver a tal da lacração, me colocaram três mulheres nos cargos mais elevados do comando das forças (a general negra, a loira líder da CIA e a Farah líder da resistência) e ainda por cima novamente os russos são os vilões, que falta de criatividade, este game não chega nem perto do Modern Warfare de 2007.Ultimamente esta difícil ver algo bom no mundo do entretenimento, tudo tem que haver a tal da lacração, me colocaram três mulheres nos cargos mais elevados do comando das forças (a general negra, a loira líder da CIA e a Farah líder da resistência) e ainda por cima novamente os russos são os vilões, que falta de criatividade, este game não chega nem perto do Modern Warfare de 2007. Juntaram três estúdios e não conseguiram fazer o que Jason West fez sozinho com sua equipe.… Expand
  26. Orezzo
    Sep 4, 2023
    2
    I've only played the campaign and it's got the most unoriginal boring plot ever with i think the worst most forgettable soundtrack and the missions alternate from meh to awful. also the voice acting kinda sucks
  27. pooya_oa
    Jul 25, 2022
    2
    The game is so terrible that you can almost call it a scam.

    - It forces you to download 150 Gig after you install the game just to play the campaign. - The game menu is stupid. The default is multiplayer and you really search beforehand about "how can I find single-player mode"? after you find it then it navigates you to a new menu that is very hard to find the "resume story" option    The game is so terrible that you can almost call it a scam.

    - It forces you to download 150 Gig after you install the game just to play the campaign.
    - The game menu is stupid. The default is multiplayer and you really search beforehand about "how can I find single-player mode"? after you find it then it navigates you to a new menu that is very hard to find the "resume story" option (after you played for the first time)
    - The story is short. This is the part I call "SCAM", They just put a crappy-childish story to just sell the game to people who like single-player mode.
    - Stupid-pointless flashbacks.
    - Over-used night-vision mode.

    So in the end, you get yourself a short crappy story that has no clue. Just for the sake of selling the game to people like me who like single-player story mode.    … Expand
  28. Psy_pmP
    Nov 4, 2019
    1
    I hate the Putin regime. I hate Prigogine with his mercenaries. I hate brainwashed Russians. But even more I hate propaganda. Such an undisguised, lying propoganda as in this game. I hate duplicitous bastards who say that all this is a coincidence, not Russophobia. You incite hatred not only to Russians, but to yourself.
  29. Zeij
    Oct 27, 2019
    1
    When I pre-ordered Ghosts in 2013, it was a very big disappointment. I played it for no more than 10 hours. When Infinite Warfare came out in 2016, I was happy that I did not buy it, as it was another passing project. And now three years later, this game comes out which is so praised paid-criticism. Terrible level design in multiplayer, crazy story and plastic sounds, all this put an endWhen I pre-ordered Ghosts in 2013, it was a very big disappointment. I played it for no more than 10 hours. When Infinite Warfare came out in 2016, I was happy that I did not buy it, as it was another passing project. And now three years later, this game comes out which is so praised paid-criticism. Terrible level design in multiplayer, crazy story and plastic sounds, all this put an end to the games from the Studio Infinity Ward. If they have not been able to release anything good in six years, then there is no point in waiting for new games from them.
    Treyarch 4ever!    … Expand
  30. chesco
    Nov 4, 2019
    1
    Shame. Worst political propagandist campaign ever made, considering any movie or book from ‘cold war’ period. Even german nazis never looked so bad...
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#52 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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Metascore
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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