Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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  1. weedlord
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    This game is awful. When it crashes or you change your display settings, it gets referred to as Modern Warfare 2 by the game. This is what it is. Terrible DLC for MW2 using terrible reused assets and terrible uncontrollable cutscenes. This game is like 4 hours long at the most and at the end, you wonder where the rest is. Save your money and just get Battlefield 3. Better single player,This game is awful. When it crashes or you change your display settings, it gets referred to as Modern Warfare 2 by the game. This is what it is. Terrible DLC for MW2 using terrible reused assets and terrible uncontrollable cutscenes. This game is like 4 hours long at the most and at the end, you wonder where the rest is. Save your money and just get Battlefield 3. Better single player, better multi player, better game.… Expand
  2. BiggieJohn
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Sequels are suppose to be innovative, look at assassins creed 1 to 2 or dare I say it battlefield Vietnam to battlefield 2 on pc.

    both those games jumped astronomically in upgrades and changes for the better.

    MW3 is the MW2 repackaged with new maps and new campaign. If you like spending your money on something you already own then by all means go ahead.
  3. Flameblad3
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    My friend gave me his copy to play because he 'hated it so much'. After playing it for a few hours, I saw why. The online multiplayer has terrible lag despite many requests from the community over the years for dedicated servers. The game rewards the player with the best Internet connection instead of the one who plays the best. The game is exactly the same as its predecessors, albeit withMy friend gave me his copy to play because he 'hated it so much'. After playing it for a few hours, I saw why. The online multiplayer has terrible lag despite many requests from the community over the years for dedicated servers. The game rewards the player with the best Internet connection instead of the one who plays the best. The game is exactly the same as its predecessors, albeit with a lick of paint. The campaign is boring and uninspiring. An annually released series that is truly being milked to death for every cent it's worth.… Expand
  4. Lambylamb
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    a full price DLC for MW2, which was already the worst game in the series? no thanks. honestly, go back and play any other CoD game and you will have the exact same experience. the campaign AI is beyond terrible, running straight at you and standing in place in the open. the online is good, but its MW2. The engine is ugly and dated, this game is the epitome of lazy developing and cashing ina full price DLC for MW2, which was already the worst game in the series? no thanks. honestly, go back and play any other CoD game and you will have the exact same experience. the campaign AI is beyond terrible, running straight at you and standing in place in the open. the online is good, but its MW2. The engine is ugly and dated, this game is the epitome of lazy developing and cashing in on a puzzlingly popular series. the mcdonalds of gaming, id much prefer the scotch steak which is BF2, or the caviar which is arkham city.… Expand
  5. domblaze
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    And to correct this entire forum of positive reviews, you are the trolls. You can tell yourself it's a great game, but it does not change the fact you know that it's just a lot of recycled gameplay, maps, and the same exact formula for leveling as MW2. I know it's hard to accept that you've wasted your money on this garbage again this year, I feel the same way. But alas, you are stillAnd to correct this entire forum of positive reviews, you are the trolls. You can tell yourself it's a great game, but it does not change the fact you know that it's just a lot of recycled gameplay, maps, and the same exact formula for leveling as MW2. I know it's hard to accept that you've wasted your money on this garbage again this year, I feel the same way. But alas, you are still trolls in denial.… Expand
  6. xyzYAZEEDxyz
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    same game every year... come on where the hell did you people spend your money ? have you ever try to improve your f@@king engine ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  7. xheartatactx
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    this was a serious disappointment. after all this time they've managed to re-hash and re-work the same tired engine and graphics and and actually make it WORSE! the multiplayer graphics are slow and dumpy and cartoonish compared to previous cod titles of both studios. even black ops was less cartoonish than this, and that was bad. the multiplayer firing sounds like a drumstick hitting athis was a serious disappointment. after all this time they've managed to re-hash and re-work the same tired engine and graphics and and actually make it WORSE! the multiplayer graphics are slow and dumpy and cartoonish compared to previous cod titles of both studios. even black ops was less cartoonish than this, and that was bad. the multiplayer firing sounds like a drumstick hitting a cardboard box... even through my home theatre setting. also the running sounds? laughable. they don't even change according to ground surface, and If they do, it's real subtle. now graphics could take a back seat if the gameplay was solid, but it's not. even that is worse than ever. hit detection is at an all time low. it's the classic case of pumping a whole clip into someone's back as they look out a window, only for them to turn around while you reload, aim, and fire a 3 round burst to kill you. the maps are so small that sniper rifles are rendered useless. there's so much clutter that you can barely pick out the enemy because all the colors blend together. my tv is brand new, my home theater is brand new, I have a great connection, and I've been playin this title for the last 6 years. im no noob. im also not 12 tears old, so stop selling me crap. its insulting. this is the worst cod I've ever played. stop cocentrating on squeezing 60fps into a tires ass game and build a new engine. take a page from battlefield for christs sake.… Expand
  8. zonedogg
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    They have finally catered to all the add 9 year olds out there, the maps are tiny and cluttered and the net code i atrocious. If you beta tested your product you would have none of these problems, right to the trade in pile you go. Sniping has been relegated to an afterthought at best with no vantage points and no real high ground worth talking about, their talk of multiple levels wasThey have finally catered to all the add 9 year olds out there, the maps are tiny and cluttered and the net code i atrocious. If you beta tested your product you would have none of these problems, right to the trade in pile you go. Sniping has been relegated to an afterthought at best with no vantage points and no real high ground worth talking about, their talk of multiple levels was hype as there are no towers or anything to climb up its all justa jumbled assault rifle or smg mess… Expand
  9. Runfocovah
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    Dissaponted... I had been playing this since MW, yeah it was cool back then but **** got to repetitive, they dont improve nothing at all, same graphics, sound and lame short campaign... Now all the fanboy say: if you are looking for a campaing then mw3 isnt your game its all about mp... BS!! Even GOW has shown imrpovements over the years not to mention bf3..
  10. SirSalley23
    Nov 20, 2011
    0
    More or less MW3 was just about exactly what I expected; The exact same multiplayer I've been forcefed since MW2 with the no technical improvements, more useless perks, and more unbalanced killstreaks, and the blandest offering of guns yet. So they just can't seem to one-up themselves since COD4 sure the multiplayer formula works, its addictive, and fun until you start getting s****ed on,More or less MW3 was just about exactly what I expected; The exact same multiplayer I've been forcefed since MW2 with the no technical improvements, more useless perks, and more unbalanced killstreaks, and the blandest offering of guns yet. So they just can't seem to one-up themselves since COD4 sure the multiplayer formula works, its addictive, and fun until you start getting s****ed on, but it would be nice to see some major improvements other than the ridiculous killstreaks and just making old pro-perks an entirely new perk now, some, if any groundbreaking originality would be nice two sequels later (from IW). The maps are finally back to how they used to be no more of the huge sightlines and too many spots to go prone in so its not a heaven for skill-less, hardscoping, thermal-loving snipers (not that I'm a pro sniper) good old close encounters and still plenty of open space to run around in is the foundation for good maps in my opinion. I would say these are the best launch maps seen in any cod game (treyarch or IW) since cod4, and just about all the game modes are playable on every map, something I haven't seen for a while in the cod series.

    As for the campaign its nice to finally see the conclusion to the MW "story" if you can even call it that but this was absolutely, by far the worst campaign I have ever played in the cod series and ive played all cod's since cod2 all the way through MW3. The campaign missions are all so repetetive; follow the squad leader through this linear war-torn street while the enemies just run out to their slaughter from the left side to the right one by one and go to the same spots they ran to the last 15 times you played this mission. The whole war-torn street thing gets kind of old by the 4th mission thats not task force 141 (they're missions actually are okay but still much of the same, 3 guys killing 1,000,000 stupid mofos that get in their way and no matter how surrounded they get they always make it out just about unscathed.

    All in all if your looking for the same good ol' time we've been forcefed for the 5th time now since cod4 then go ahead and buy it I don't blame you I borrowed it from a friend for about a week and now im convinced i actually want to buy it just because I actually enjoy the multiplayer for the first time since cod4. But by no means is this game worthy of even being whispered in the GOTY race it just doesn't change enough, even though it is nice to actually see some of the rampant hacking that quickly overtook and destroyed mw2 gone, the game just doesn't offer a deffinitively new experience like cod4 did back in '07. And just because I would personally like to see some dramatic change or at the very least some new groundbreaking aspect that reinvents the series and the genre it helped bolster instead of riding the same wave of success, and also I want to send a message to the developers and producers that somethings gotta give and we deserve some change for the good eventually after pouring out $60 every year for basically a title update to cod4 the game to me really deserves a 6.5/10 but for the sake of attempting to send a message I'm giving it a 0 on here.    … Expand
  11. nagato78
    Nov 20, 2011
    0
    After much thought i decided to join the mass protest taking place over this game. I dont own bf3, or hate cod, im actually quite the cod fan. Mw2 is one of my all-time favorite games, i must have played that for the better part of a year and a half. From a fun perspective this game honestly isnt that bad,but since it plays almost exactly the same as mw2 thats not a surprise orAfter much thought i decided to join the mass protest taking place over this game. I dont own bf3, or hate cod, im actually quite the cod fan. Mw2 is one of my all-time favorite games, i must have played that for the better part of a year and a half. From a fun perspective this game honestly isnt that bad,but since it plays almost exactly the same as mw2 thats not a surprise or anything. To put it as bluntly as i can: they cannot release a game that offers minor changes to perks, killstreaks and maps and simply slap a 3 on the box. This is mw2 with minor changes, yet for some bizarre reason costs as much as a "new" game. I do not give this game a zero to be an **** i do it for the series own good. This series MUST adapt to survive. It is no longer acceptable to release half baked rehashed games over and over again. Get your house in order activision, or eventually the money faucet that is your annual november cod release is in jeopardy.… Expand
  12. Uronacid
    Nov 21, 2011
    0
    This game is garbage cut, copy and paste waste from the Activision money machine. I want my money back. I can't believe I have to pay a monthly fee for something I've had since Halo 2 for free.
  13. Getlow024
    Nov 21, 2011
    0
    Just another $60 map pack here. Might be worth picking up if your a sheep and pay for the exact same thing year after year. There is no other series out there that people put up with total laziness from the developers why do it for COD remember what they did to tony hawk.
  14. Feldman9000
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    No vehicles. Dated Graphics. Confirmed rehashed building and textures. COD $60 Map Pack 2011. 13 year olds everywhere, raise your mountain dew and toast yourselves as the reason the gaming industry is a joke and for raping your mothers paycheck.
  15. Tipjar
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    To sum up the potential of a very long review, when I saw my friend playing it before I had a chance to try it out I thought it was MW2. Doesn't help that the PC setting recommendation popup tells you you are playing MW2.
  16. Zoan626
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    I can't believe I bought COD: MW 2.5. The campaign is so insanely short and many of the future DLC they're charging for are ALREADY ON THE DISK. You end up paying 60% for half a game and access to buying overpriced DLC absolutely horrendous. The did NOTHING to change the game it's exactly the same as MW2 so it's odd they put THREE in the title and didn't just have it be yet anotherI can't believe I bought COD: MW 2.5. The campaign is so insanely short and many of the future DLC they're charging for are ALREADY ON THE DISK. You end up paying 60% for half a game and access to buying overpriced DLC absolutely horrendous. The did NOTHING to change the game it's exactly the same as MW2 so it's odd they put THREE in the title and didn't just have it be yet another expansion to MW2. The game is absolutely not worth it in the slightest. I'm very tired of these tactical FPS shooters that get released every other month it seems. They all play exactly the same and continue to remove any kind of user based skill or interaction at all in the games and simply reward you for walking around and pressing buttons wildly. As an avid gamer I can't really say anything positive at all about this game or current state of this genre and it is especially disturbing that so many mainstream reviewers ignore all these points.… Expand
  17. PoWn3d_0704
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Basically, welcome to Modern Warfare 2.1, cause you know there will be 10 more just like it in the coming years.

    I gave it another shot, and I'm done paying 60 dollars for an expansion pack.

    I will buy the next CoD that does something different... i.e. destruction, or something else.
  18. RockandGrohl
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Absolute trash.

    I literally can't believe the sheep idealogic of gamers these days. I can NOT believe that people are so willing to pay money hand over fist for the same game every year. E-V-E-R-Y Y-E-A-R! Let's start off with the obvious. This game costs £10 more than the RRP of games in the UK (£40) why? Because they can. This game forced Microsoft to bump    Absolute trash.

    I literally can't believe the sheep idealogic of gamers these days. I can NOT believe that people are so willing to pay money hand over fist for the same game every year. E-V-E-R-Y Y-E-A-R!

    Let's start off with the obvious. This game costs £10 more than the RRP of games in the UK (£40) why? Because they can.

    This game forced Microsoft to bump the price of Xbox Live (terrible service anyway, it should be free) and then Activision takes all that extra money. Why? Because they can.

    This game will have at least 4 batches of Multiplayer DLC which cost a quarter of the games price each time, so now Activision have you strung so hard you pay for the game TWICE for content that any half-competent modding team could churn out in a fortnight - from a bedroom.

    In addition to all those extra charges, they've decided to release Call of Duty Elite. And because their fan base are such epic retards, they'll see 'Elite' and go "Hey! I want to be elite!" and buy it, all it is is a stat-tracking system and it gives you a reduction on the DLC cost and probably some extra **** in game. **** doo. That's absolutely no reason to charge £35 / $50 other than to gip off the fans which they are absolutely excellent at.


    Now lets look at the game. For a start, it's had way less than 2 years development time. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE for a game that makes waves as big as COD makes. Do some math, IF the game sells 30,000,000 copies, and of the $70 that the game costs, $25 of that goes to the developers, then they are making $750,000,000 bi-yearly on the game, not forgetting that the COD-train keeps rolling each year picking up more idiots as it goes, so each year it seems to make more money.

    So 750 Million dollars straight to developers, and they do nothing with it. Proof? Look at the **** assets in the game. More than half of them are ripped straight from COD4 / MW2 / Black Ops. This is atrocious video game design, developers should be striving to re-make assets, make them better, not just re-texture (or in most cases, straight export - import) and call it a day.


    So they have all these assets, all the work they need to do is - Work out the basic plot and conclusion (which is completely lacklustre)

    Create a 4-5 hour long campaign, that requires map making, but half your assets are already here so basically it's like creating a map in the CryEngine 2 Sandbox creator - piece of absolute piss. Shouldn't take long.

    Record the voice acting


    They DON'T really need to code anything new, seeing as it's just new maps, skins and dialogues.

    That's campaign out the way, for Multiplayer, just make some new maps, doesn't take long, add some new weapons / attachments in, again, doesn't take long, and then job done.



    How they can justify that this game is worth the price is utterly baffling. Just, completely and utterly baffling. Considering they knocked it out so quickly, Activision are onto a winner here. And I can assure you they are laughing all the way to the bank with this. "I can't believe these idiots are buying the same **** year after year!"


    Look out for the next COD game in 2012, made by Treyarch. I guarantee you, I would willingly bet my life and my families lives that it will be Black Ops 1.5 - Just new ham-handled 4 hour story, more maps and a small assortment of new weapons.



    Do yourselves a favour and buy Battlefield 3. Really, BF 2 came out in 2005 and this is just a tremendous leap for gaming, and DICE truly deserve the praise.


    What the **** is going on with reviewers? They're handing out above 9 scores like it's Candy on Halloween. One reviewer is quoted as saying "The Spec-Ops mode is worth the price of admission alone"

    let's break that down, the few hour co-op mode is worth the $70 it costs for the game.

    Somebody forbid that site from reviewing games ever again as it's clear they don't have the first clue what they're talking about.


    Get BF3. Get a game that took longer than a year to develop. Get a game where the developers don't take years to fix bugs that then appear in the following games (Care package glitch, anyone?) Get a game with some heart in it.    … Expand
  19. Flashmoregash
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Previous MW2 map packs were around £7 i paid £30 for this.

    Same rubbish, no scopes, lag switches, and 12year olds calling everyone a ****

    Back to Black Ops and BF3 for me!
  20. McdonaldsBigMac
    Nov 8, 2011
    2
    Someone told me that mw3 is different because they removed all the bs from it's successor, I responded by telling them that they should of done that two years ago. I'm not buying the next cod unless they come up with something revolutionary, which I doubt will happen. Nuff said
  21. StevenLizzi_10
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Ive said it and always said it! Im a game Developer well in school or it, nvr minded COD fun game, i was on the top 100 Leaderboards for Black Ops with a KDR of 3.78 (YES I RAPED INSANELY HARD) i had my fun with this game.... but ever since ive been in school for gaming, ive realized nothing but bad about this game!!!! All they care about now is the money and to produce as much profit asIve said it and always said it! Im a game Developer well in school or it, nvr minded COD fun game, i was on the top 100 Leaderboards for Black Ops with a KDR of 3.78 (YES I RAPED INSANELY HARD) i had my fun with this game.... but ever since ive been in school for gaming, ive realized nothing but bad about this game!!!! All they care about now is the money and to produce as much profit as possible!!!!! In my eyes they are the most laziest game dev. known to man!!!!!!!!!! but the SMARTEST buisness men in the gaming industry!!!!!!!! This game was initially made for non gamer to become an FPS gamer , that is why its so EASY and Noob-Friendly!! This is why BAttlefield should be played by the Elite of COD!! If your good at battlefield theen you are a skilled FPSER!!!! But do not be Overwhelmed if you have a KDR higher then 2.0 in Cod !! Since COD4 the only major gameplay difference ive seen was the diving system that is all!!!, this is the first cod i did not buy in the last 4 games!!! im sorry inifinty ward but this is the beginning of the end of this game! no matter how many sales! because only the wise realize whats the better game… Expand
  22. ShadyOne13
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Seriously how did a expansion pack for MW2 get a freaking 90? Took me all of an hour to figure out I wasted 60 bucks. Come with something new or don't come at all...this game shoulda been DLC for black ops.
  23. ChugChief
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    This is basically Modern Warfare 2 Version 2.0 . My expectations of the COD series have been steadily declining with the past installments. What really lacks in the COD series is the innovation and originality of Call of Duty 4. Activision really needs to revisit their strategy for making there games because the "add a short new single player and new multi player maps" isn't enough for aThis is basically Modern Warfare 2 Version 2.0 . My expectations of the COD series have been steadily declining with the past installments. What really lacks in the COD series is the innovation and originality of Call of Duty 4. Activision really needs to revisit their strategy for making there games because the "add a short new single player and new multi player maps" isn't enough for a 2011 $60 game. In my opinion they are taking the Michael Bay route of making games, where the graphics and special effects are a mile wide but the story and game play are only an inch deep.… Expand
  24. owner1333
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    COD MW3 is an amazing DLC for mw2 except that they overpriced it by like 45 dollars and your stats don't e ven carry over. In this dlc it resets everything and espects you to do it all over. All I can say is that this is the same exact game as mw2. I was looking forward to this game but it was a huge let down!!!
  25. thisismyopinion
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Modern Warfare 3 is a reskin of MW2 which rehashes the same gameplay yet again with the bare minimum of innovation the developer can get away with, though really should be 'developers' as three developers, the dreggs of Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software, were needed to knock out this sequel in their less than 18 month development period.

    The campaign took me 4 hours and    Modern Warfare 3 is a reskin of MW2 which rehashes the same gameplay yet again with the bare minimum of innovation the developer can get away with, though really should be 'developers' as three developers, the dreggs of Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software, were needed to knock out this sequel in their less than 18 month development period.

    The campaign took me 4 hours and 40 minutes on Regular difficulty, I took my time loking for hidden intel of which I collected 22 of the 46 pieces, it's the shortest Call of Duty campaign yet and the shortest FPS campaign I've certainly ever played. It's full of impressive set pieces with buildings falling down around the player's linear path, but these superficial big budget set pieces barely hide to anyone with experience with MW or MW2 that so much content from them is recycled with just a few minor edits made to the textures to fool the player into thinking what they're seeing is new (case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5dsOn06w1s - an entire building from CoD4), this goes for character models, animations, weapons, vehicles, gameplay sequences (for example the boat secion in MW2), a huge amount of content is reused and the game seems to be built around what they could recycle more than what they could create from scratch. The lack of originality or even intention to be original is present throughout the entire game. The story itself is actually quite enjoyable and feels as much a sequel to CoD4 and MW2, making it tie together nicely as a trilogy, though some sections make it feel more like a fanfic than a true sequel (considering that most of the people who worked on MW2 left and had nothing to do with MW3), the last mission was more of a QTE filled joke than a satisfying conclusion. I wonder how different it would've turned out had 40 of the key staff from IW, the original and only true CoD developer, due to Activision's disgusting treatment of the series, the staff and their creation. I won't even go to the clunkily added controversial scene involving the death of a random child that felt tacked on or the fact that everyone the player kills in the campaign is either African or Russian.

    Spec Ops is a mixed bag, the missions are a mix of fun and terrible, and the Veteran difficulty is like that of the campaign, a very lazily added hard difficulty where the player dies to psychic enemies in around 3 bullets, usually within a second of peeking out from cover (and by peeking I mean moving, as there is still no lean function). The survival mode however is a lot of fun, it works well as two player co-op and a lot of the tedium from the other survival mode in the series, Zombies, is removed by taking out the luck factor with the amount of ammo the player can get and which weapons they acquire. There's a lot of fun to be had here with a friend and it runs smoothly online, the same can't be said for the multiplayer though.

    In the previous Call of Duty, Black Ops, quickscoping was removed on the basis it's a cheap exploit of the game's aim assist, and that was a good call, though it annoyed many kids who like to do it in MW2. They brought this back in MW3 to please those kids and without regard for the quality of their game's online, this sums up their approach to the multiplayer. As a reskin of MW2 it of course plays quite similarly, they've made attempts to better balance the game with how effective the knife, grenade launchers and killstreak rewards are (which amongst quickscoping ranked as the biggest complaints of MW2's multiplayer) and the new point streak system is a nice addition, but all of the technical problems with this peer hosted, laggy mess with poor hit detection and terrible matchmaking still remain, taking a lot of the fun out of playing it, along of course with the huge focus on player's stats (made worse by in-depth stat tracking) that has most players approaching the game in as cheap a way as possible to camp themselves to a high kill/death ratio. The new game modes aren't actually to original either, some of them may as well credit other older and more recent games considering they're so close to them in design. The map design itself is a campfest, designed by Raven Software as after the majority of IW including all its creative and technical talent it took the few left at IW and other Activision developer Slegehammer Games to design the bulk of the game and they needed help fitting map design into their tight schedule, as of course a Call of Duty has to be out every single Novemeber in order to monopolise on the Christmas sales.

    Lazily made rehash that might as well urinate on the grave of the original Infinity Ward, Activision's approach to this franchise is a good representation of everything that's wrong with the game industry right now.

    JM    … Expand
  26. Toccoa
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    I am hesitant to give this game a 1 even. The reason being is that the multiplayer is entirely too comparable to Black Ops. The mechanics of the game (fluidity of movement, speed of movement and animations, fire rate of weapons) is very similar to Black Ops, when the game should have been more similar to MW3! Another complaint I have is terrible respawn locations and the poorly designedI am hesitant to give this game a 1 even. The reason being is that the multiplayer is entirely too comparable to Black Ops. The mechanics of the game (fluidity of movement, speed of movement and animations, fire rate of weapons) is very similar to Black Ops, when the game should have been more similar to MW3! Another complaint I have is terrible respawn locations and the poorly designed maps. I read that Sledgehammer wanted to limit camping and promote quick action after respawning, however, the design of the game now hinders teamwork. And don't even think about sniping, there's almost no incentive to attempt stealth or cooperation.… Expand
  27. openingact
    Nov 9, 2011
    2
    Have played the COD series since way back in the day when Medal of Honor was the game to play. Review on Online Gameplay: The game play of MW3 is sad. The idea to eliminate sniping has been replaced with an atmosphere of camping. While camping in previous games typically allowed a gamer to get low deaths and moderate amount of kills, while those running could rack up high kills withHave played the COD series since way back in the day when Medal of Honor was the game to play. Review on Online Gameplay: The game play of MW3 is sad. The idea to eliminate sniping has been replaced with an atmosphere of camping. While camping in previous games typically allowed a gamer to get low deaths and moderate amount of kills, while those running could rack up high kills with moderate deaths. Those running in most of these maps end up with only moderate high kills and moderate to high deaths while campers have high kills and low deaths. Guns barely kick and are pretty unreaslistic. While never a fan of newb tubes, the idea that someone can get hit by 2 and not die is ridiculous. I'm going to give it a few days, but I've literally had to force myself to "like" this game, but it's not happening. Graphics are good though.… Expand
  28. Leros
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Same game as every year, the graphics still look as they did in cod 2, the gameplay did not change at all. It's absolutely overpriced, the campaign is too short, there is nothing new in multiplayer.
    Basically it's an overpriced mappack using the name of a great gaming series to milk it to death.
    The story is cheesy and creating explosions in a scripted game is not enough effort to actually    Same game as every year, the graphics still look as they did in cod 2, the gameplay did not change at all. It's absolutely overpriced, the campaign is too short, there is nothing new in multiplayer.
    Basically it's an overpriced mappack using the name of a great gaming series to milk it to death.
    The story is cheesy and creating explosions in a scripted game is not enough effort to actually rate the game based on that.    … Expand
  29. theguyismeandy
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Activision is getting what they deserve, this is what happens when all you care about is money. I've played cod 4 and mw2. They were pretty good but after releasing a game every year they went downhill for me. I haven't payed them a buck since.
  30. bork750
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Another year, another call of duty. COD4 was such a great game and yet I find myself feeling that the franchise completely became stale after that. Since it made so much money, Activision had to have it come out every year as usual. Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero are both dead because they made so much money the first or second time around and just became so stale they lost sales. This probablyAnother year, another call of duty. COD4 was such a great game and yet I find myself feeling that the franchise completely became stale after that. Since it made so much money, Activision had to have it come out every year as usual. Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero are both dead because they made so much money the first or second time around and just became so stale they lost sales. This probably wont happen with MW3 but it really should. Everything from building models to textures, weapons and even sounds have been recycled for the latest entry of COD which as an aspiring game designer very much depresses me. Developing games needs to be efficient but this is downright lazy, but since the developers have their balls in vice by Activision they dont really have a choice. I even remember seeing an article about sledgehammer saying "MW3 is not just a cut and paste game" well if you have to say that, it probably is. There are even youtube videos proving this point. Another questionable statement I remember hearing was "We're hear to develop games, not engines" in response to the announcement of DICE's all new Frostbite 2 engine, which is much better looking and brings destruction to the table instead of just being able to shoot through walls. Look at the first MW compared to MW3, not much of a difference in graphics, gameplay or the audience that plays it (foul mouth teenagers and even younger children). If you look at BF2 compared to BF3 there is a complete over haul of the graphics, gameplay and now an even bigger audience. I dont wish to be seen as a fanboy for BF3, but rather I am just stating facts of what I have witnessed and played as well as what I have learned from going to school for Game Design. Despite all these flaws and shortcuts, MW3 will sell millions of copies and no doubt there will be another COD next year. Hopefully the general public will start to see how stale this series has become over the years, but there's no guarantee. Activision will continue to push out COD every year until it stops making money plain and simple. And it is a shame that the founders of Infinity Ward were "escorted from the premises" after a legal dispute between them and Activision. Ironically enough, they joined EA and formed Respawn Entertainment, and I for one can't wait to see what they will come up with next. MW3 brings nothing truly new to the FPS genre and therefore deserves a low score. Either wait a few years and truly develop something new for COD, or create a new franchise! This is becoming an annoying routine to see the general gaming public play out every year...… Expand
  31. Karan
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Once again after one more year another Call of Duty is here.First, I am going to talk about Campaign. Story is good and has some memorable moments.Gameplay - Gameplay is all the same as other call of duty games running at 60-fps, smooth. Graphics - I was really disappointed to see how terrible modern warfare 3 looks. I mean Black ops has better graphics than this one.Ofcourse they are moreOnce again after one more year another Call of Duty is here.First, I am going to talk about Campaign. Story is good and has some memorable moments.Gameplay - Gameplay is all the same as other call of duty games running at 60-fps, smooth. Graphics - I was really disappointed to see how terrible modern warfare 3 looks. I mean Black ops has better graphics than this one.Ofcourse they are more polished and shiny but they look like as if you are playing a game from 2008 or something.Sound - I played this game on dolby digital headsets.It is aweful. Guns dont sound real and when there is an awesome moment about to happen the sounds quality really dulls it down for me. Multiplayer - Some people dont even get into campaign and get straight to multiplayer. Multiplayer sure is smooth and refined but it is just not fun. I'm not a noob, I have been playing call of duty for a long time now.But the multiplayer is just like modern warfare 2. Sure it has some new killstreaks, but they feel just like old ones. We want new gameplay, new engine, something innovative.It is just not there in modern warfare 3.I am most likely to return this game and get skyrim maybe or go back to Battlefield 3 and Black ops! GIVE US A NEW GAME ACTIVISION.… Expand
  32. RuthlessKorrupt
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    From someone who use to be a huge COD fan for a long time, I gotta say I'm disappointed. Playing this game nice if you enjoyed the other COD games, but I feel 100% ripped. It is essentially MW 1.3 rather then a trilogy . Sure it's new maps, new perks and what not. But it literally feels like a copy and paste experience.

    I'll probably end up trading this in for something else, maybe BF3 or Skyrim.
  33. redrunner89
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    You can't get away with forcing people to pay 60 bucks for a five hour campaign, and the same multiplayer experience that has been shipped out with this series for the last four years. Just play BLOPS or MW2, they are the exact same game as MW3 just with a different coat of paint.
  34. supascheff
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Single player is decent. Multiplayer is a wreck. Small environments, old graphics engine, this game could have been an xbox live arcade download. The weapons have no individual characteristics, no realism at all if they were trying, just a cheap game with no soul.
  35. COD4
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    How 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.
  36. Riot1913
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    Great story but a rehashed system. It's more like MW2.5. Really disappointing after all of its hype. I think the competitor had more realism this season. Hopefully by next year there will be a better engine.
  37. Cal
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    I actually registered to tell you how bad this game is.

    Spagget is absolutely right, it is a sad thing that there are games out there that have had everything poured into them. Battlefield 3 had a new engine made for it so it could look as good as it does, Skyrim has been made from scratch and has taken years to create, a whole world crafted for our enjoyment. Rage excelled graphically    I actually registered to tell you how bad this game is.

    Spagget is absolutely right, it is a sad thing that there are games out there that have had everything poured into them. Battlefield 3 had a new engine made for it so it could look as good as it does, Skyrim has been made from scratch and has taken years to create, a whole world crafted for our enjoyment. Rage excelled graphically and had incredible AI. Games such as Just Cause 2 gave us freedom to roam and destroy. Now tell me one thing this terrible excuse of a game has done since the last installment, in fact, make that the first installment. There are the new maps, a scattering of new guns and modes. It is clear to me why it takes only a year to make this game, because it is just the same game as the previous installment, but in a shiny new box with a fancy new midnight launch. It is about time gamers used their brains and spent their money where it is actually deserved, not on some cheap remake. Reward innovation and keep the developers who care in business. Not those who add an elite club and charge you as much for the game costs to join it.    … Expand
  38. MrMoo
    Nov 10, 2011
    2
    In my mind, CoD 4 was the peak of the series. It had an engaging single player campaign, and fantastic multiplayer. All the CoD iterations since then seem to have just been minor, incremental upgrades, the sort of thing I would normally expect to see in a large patch or expansion pack. The campaigns have gone steadily downhill, and at this point, it feels like even the developersIn my mind, CoD 4 was the peak of the series. It had an engaging single player campaign, and fantastic multiplayer. All the CoD iterations since then seem to have just been minor, incremental upgrades, the sort of thing I would normally expect to see in a large patch or expansion pack. The campaigns have gone steadily downhill, and at this point, it feels like even the developers themselves didn't want to include it. They just felt obligated to tack on something on top of their overused multiplayer formula. I remember when CoD was the soldiers story, where it was deeply emotional and involving, and MW3 tries desperately to evoke some of those feelings that it's earlier predecessors brought on, but it falls flat. You can't have a chain of giant explosions, waves of infinitely-spawning enemies being ground up like a woodchipper, hundreds of people dying all around you, and then suddenly expect you to care when one person in particular is killed, only to immediately jump back to screeching guitars and more explosions.

    The multiplayer audience is still, as always, not the kind of crowd I would ever want to spend time playing games with. Children, and adults that behave like children, fill the online servers, screaming profanities in my ears. The killstreaks are far from balanced, and it's easy for a single player (who likely hasn't put the controller down since the game came out) to completely dominate the game, racking up dozens of kills while other players can do nothing but spawn and die repeatedly and wait for the game to be over. Sure, you get lots of numbers popping up every time you do anything, and some people find that satisfying. But you know another game that did that? Bulletstorm. And that game was garbage. It was specifically designed to be over-the-top and ridiculous, and MW3 is rapidly approaching that point as well. The difference is, they're not doing it on purpose to be ironic.

    Not that it will matter, since tens of millions of you will go out and buy it anyway, but if you have any sense at all, I strongly suggest you avoid this title. Go pick up a copy of CoD 4 on steam, hop on a good server, and have fun, without all the irritation.    … Expand
  39. bmilson74
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    Online is where it fails this time around, maps all seem like the previous map. They don't seem to have variety and reuse elements from previous games. Single player seems to be the easiest one yet. The game seems to be geared towards keeping the casual player playing this buying all of the DLC. Made only for money. Now where do I review Elite?
  40. coldcrysis
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    Not as bad as the yearly updates of the Madden franchise, but bad nonetheless. This is basically MW2 but with its gameplay refined. The campaign is roughly 6 hours with mind-numbing action that will make Bad Boys II look dull. The online experience is the same as every year with a bunch a kids running around shooting each other. New year, same COD.
  41. newatlanta19006
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    I unfortunately have to agree with the hater crowd today. I just finished the campaign and played a good bit of multiplayer and I had to check the disc to make sure it wasn't MW2. Hell, they might as well have just reset my MW2 multiplayer level and send me to MW2 and I wouldn't have known the difference. I don't blame the developers though, Activision nearly dissolved Infinity Ward whenI unfortunately have to agree with the hater crowd today. I just finished the campaign and played a good bit of multiplayer and I had to check the disc to make sure it wasn't MW2. Hell, they might as well have just reset my MW2 multiplayer level and send me to MW2 and I wouldn't have known the difference. I don't blame the developers though, Activision nearly dissolved Infinity Ward when the guys wanted to do something different. Big publishers are to blame for this overpriced re-release.… Expand
  42. shydigga
    Nov 20, 2011
    0
    i will give zeroes to both modern warfare and battlefield 3 because its the same exact games they've been pushing down your throat for 6 years. Devs, go be original
  43. SOKfrenzy
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    absolute garbage. it is just a reskined modern warfare 2. if you buy this game and like it you are bad. Go PLAYabsolute garbage. it is just a reskined modern warfare 2. if you buy this game and like it you are bad. Go PLAY HALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  44. Necrotaur
    Nov 9, 2011
    3
    If you've played any previous Call of Duty, you've played MW3. There are so many rehashed missions that you can no longer believe they're self-aware parodies. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that over half the campaign is some form of on-rails shooter, following behind a guy and doing exactly what he does (Soap Says... go to the prone!), or a slow-mo shootout after breaching a door.If you've played any previous Call of Duty, you've played MW3. There are so many rehashed missions that you can no longer believe they're self-aware parodies. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that over half the campaign is some form of on-rails shooter, following behind a guy and doing exactly what he does (Soap Says... go to the prone!), or a slow-mo shootout after breaching a door. The online portion is about what you'd expect, fairly decent with a few added features, but nothing particularly groundbreaking. Overall it feels like a reskin of Black Ops.… Expand
  45. cod4isthebest
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    black ops was much better. mw2 and 3 are a disgrace to cod 4. they took the best cod and just ruined it's name. yeah, people will play it, but it won't be remembered. the reviews were probably paid for coz it is just complete bull once you play this game for more than 1 hour.
  46. aWOLtrooper
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    Hands down the best COD remake YET! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare HD HD is so good, because instead of going outside the box and making a new game, they REMADE the same game! Who could ask for anything more?! The way they reuse buildings and character textures is almost STUNNING! And the extra maps they added?? Brilliant. I just wish they would add more stereotypical plot settings! I LOVEHands down the best COD remake YET! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare HD HD is so good, because instead of going outside the box and making a new game, they REMADE the same game! Who could ask for anything more?! The way they reuse buildings and character textures is almost STUNNING! And the extra maps they added?? Brilliant. I just wish they would add more stereotypical plot settings! I LOVE when I have to replay the same game over and over again, because it NEVER gets stale, or boring. I must say... the whole, "Evil russian" bit is hilarious, and so innovative. I'd recommend this game to anyone who loves repetitive, dull games, or being yelled at y 8-year-old british children.

    If you feel your family jewels are a bit too small, THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU! Show everyone how huge your boomstick is by shooting children and grown men alike in the face in a virtual world where, "everything's made up, and the points don't matter."    … Expand
  47. Curnee
    Nov 8, 2011
    3
    I used to love the Call of Duty franchise, it gave you freedom, and had one of the most responsive series of gameplay mechanics out there. Now it is just a re-skined repeat of the same broken multiplayer. Nothing more than clunky, blinding fire to the back drop of never ending invisible walls.
  48. a9footD0NG
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    i can't help but laugh at all the poor folks that fell for it....once again. i sure hope you all have learned your lesson THIS time around. vote with your wallets people, activision doesn't respond to negative reviews after the fact.
  49. hrsr
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Excellent if you want an map pack for MW2 @ 60 bucks...right what??? if you played one you played them all repetitive action shoot shoot kill kill run run...no brains really no difference also outdated graphics dated engine...looks 98% ,like mw2. No anticheat features crappy graphics same multiplayer gameplay same old same old its done cod mw had its day now its time to move on. 1.5/10
  50. ShadowFlare
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    I liked the first Modern-Warfare. MW2 used the same formula and started to the get boring. But MW3 is the game that Call of Duty series is so overrated, it's 60 bucks MW2 DLC, a copy paste of the same game over and over again. The multi-player is unbalanced and frustating, the single is short (again).
    I played Battlefield 3 beta and I liked, it's a fun game. But I really don't like FPS,    I liked the first Modern-Warfare. MW2 used the same formula and started to the get boring. But MW3 is the game that Call of Duty series is so overrated, it's 60 bucks MW2 DLC, a copy paste of the same game over and over again. The multi-player is unbalanced and frustating, the single is short (again).
    I played Battlefield 3 beta and I liked, it's a fun game. But I really don't like FPS, CoD MW3 is the same game you ever played in 2007.    … Expand
  51. Nectar
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    What did you guys expect? Way to pay 60-70$ and get excited for some new maps. This is why I enjoy battlefield 3 now. Seems a bit odd that all the critics are giving it such high ratings, very probable they are all getting paid a good amount under the table.
  52. raexe
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    The same recycled trash. Don't even bother buying this game. Same sound effects, same visuals, same models, even the guns are the same. You might wanna play MW2 since its EXACTLY the same game for only $30.
  53. deadpool4343
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Not much different from the last modern warfare. Campaign is just pointless filler. Nothing innovative or new in this game. This is supposedly the end of a trilogy, but i doubt this will be the last modern warfare.
  54. burnupthetrack
    Nov 8, 2011
    2
    MW 3 follows along the same path that the Modern Warfare series has been following the last several years. Lack of innovation in game play, graphics hardly improve over MW 2 (which are pretty poor now), and an extremely abbreviated / convoluted campaign (as usual), leaves me with the feeling that it's time to stop supporting this franchise. Call of duty has been repackaged so many timesMW 3 follows along the same path that the Modern Warfare series has been following the last several years. Lack of innovation in game play, graphics hardly improve over MW 2 (which are pretty poor now), and an extremely abbreviated / convoluted campaign (as usual), leaves me with the feeling that it's time to stop supporting this franchise. Call of duty has been repackaged so many times that it entirely feels stale this time around.… Expand
  55. Defyler
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Pretty disappointed that MW 3 isn't simply considered an expansion of MW 2. There is very little fresh content with MW 3. I would strongly argue that the maps I've tried so far this morning have been the worst of the Call of Duty series yet. CoD is still gimmicky as ever.
  56. jack23
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    well what can i say , they added a couple of things and resold me mw2 after 2 years i thought they could atleast add real recoil and bullet physics.
    maps are tiny while mp seems to follow the same thing -run -gun-kill -run -gun - die , then repeat.
    this is a war game ? but i still cannot use tanks and so on. i loved mw2 but this just feels like they put no effort in at all its as bad as    well what can i say , they added a couple of things and resold me mw2 after 2 years i thought they could atleast add real recoil and bullet physics.
    maps are tiny while mp seems to follow the same thing -run -gun-kill -run -gun - die , then repeat.
    this is a war game ? but i still cannot use tanks and so on.
    i loved mw2 but this just feels like they put no effort in at all its as bad as EA adding 3 things to fifa year in year out and reselling it.    … Expand
  57. c001boy
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Have been playing MW3 online for a few hours now and it surprised me that a game I wasn't looking forward to, at all, still was able to... disappoint me. Have seen many of the maps and I haven't felt a presence of a classic map. Running makes you wiggle like a drunk duck, reloading is much quicker than switching weapons. The thing cod "had going for it" was fast fluent game play huh?… Expand
  58. Trawlen
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Why does it feel like 2002 again. I bought this game with the last $60 of my welfare money, got home, only to find that i had in fact gotten Modern Warfare 2.

    Well, maybe not, but it sure as hell felt the exact same. With the only addition being a badly scripted campaign full of neckbears that jump out at me from NOWHERE. It's time to give up the game market Activision, go back to doing    Why does it feel like 2002 again. I bought this game with the last $60 of my welfare money, got home, only to find that i had in fact gotten Modern Warfare 2.

    Well, maybe not, but it sure as hell felt the exact same. With the only addition being a badly scripted campaign full of neckbears that jump out at me from NOWHERE.

    It's time to give up the game market Activision, go back to doing what you do best, blowing.

    P.S i had to wait in a line longer than the dole queue i had subsequently stood in the same day to get this game, and it took me 1 hour to get my copy because they only had one worker on the till and she had the flu.    … Expand
  59. KxEg965
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    An absolute mess of a game. A complete reslin of mw2 with a bunch of terrible designed, new gamemodes. A cheap, pathetic singleplayer with unnecessary explosions and action and a stupid spec ops mode that could never replace zombies.
    The worst COD by an absolute mile, by far one of the worst games Ive played this year, TERRIBLE!
  60. xxoopwndooxx
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Same old crap, different year. Nothing has changed. The tryhard Machinima wannabes will have a ball with this mess as quickscoping is back. Oh, the joy. Do not believe the hype.
  61. Mw3isterrible
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    terrible game, reused Graphics and buildings from MW2, boring game-play, stupid cutscences, enjoyable to play as a whole, they need to stop making CoD games, PLEASE
  62. mattbiscan
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Its Modern Warfare 2 with new box art. I guess Activision assumed they could make money buy repackaging the same game. And Hell, they were right! for a company like naughty dog, this would be $10 DLC. theres no where near enough improvement to warrant spending $60. I borrowed this game from a friend thank i God i didnt waste my money.
  63. masonreznof
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    If you've played the other cod games you will see there is nothing new here. The *new features* are just taken from treyarch or bungie. Not to mention, they added DEATHSTREAKS to give noobs the ability to own you for no reason.
  64. xSociety
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Wow, this game is the same thing, over and over again. MP offers zero competition. 10 year old kids might enjoy this game, but other than that? Steer clear.
  65. MadDogHoek23
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    I work at a retail store and sell games, and before MW3 came out everybody would ask me if I played it yet and my response was always" Yup, I played it last year, the year before that and the year before that." Now that it's out and I've played it, I stand by my comment.
  66. scholesy
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    This game is so bland and unimaginative it actually made me sign up here to write this review. I feel cheated that the developers can justify this being called a new game, when the graphics and gameplay (both single and multiplayer) are identical to Modern Warfare 2. I really feel this is not worth the £40 I paid, and I strongly suggest you consider buying this game, theThis game is so bland and unimaginative it actually made me sign up here to write this review. I feel cheated that the developers can justify this being called a new game, when the graphics and gameplay (both single and multiplayer) are identical to Modern Warfare 2. I really feel this is not worth the £40 I paid, and I strongly suggest you consider buying this game, the critics and reviewers should be ashamed of themselves for giving it such high scores in general when it quite obviously offers nothing new outside of the slightly different campaign and map packs!… Expand
  67. xadmin
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    Same old game. Should charge $10 as an update, not $60. Kinda crappy that a company would do this and charge you full price for an expansion pack. Where's the new part?
  68. CrazyIvan93
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    You are basically paying $60 for a MW 2 expansion. Dont believe me??? EVEN THE MENUS ARE THE SAME!!!! Seriously if you buy this game you are just supporting the problem. Its only a matter of time before Call of Duty is run into the ground like Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero, and quite frankly, i think that time is coming very very soon. R.I.P. Call of Duty. Modern Warfare was very innovative,You are basically paying $60 for a MW 2 expansion. Dont believe me??? EVEN THE MENUS ARE THE SAME!!!! Seriously if you buy this game you are just supporting the problem. Its only a matter of time before Call of Duty is run into the ground like Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero, and quite frankly, i think that time is coming very very soon. R.I.P. Call of Duty. Modern Warfare was very innovative, but now we've been served the same goddamn pizza for 4 years in a row.... DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!! JUST PLAY MW 2!! THe story is super short and anti-climactic, just youtube it and save $60!!!… Expand
  69. jimmiescoffee
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' showcases the same old engine. dated game play. the game will become a DLC money pit. if you blame EA for yearly madden games, then you must not give this a pass.
  70. MarineGeek
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    MW3? Really? They should have just released this as a $30 map pack for MW2 and took an extra couple of years to create a new engine and make the much needed changes that need to happen to get this game back on track. I am very, very disappointed. It is just more of the same and the same is getting very boring. You have made your bagillions of dollars with this formula. It is time toMW3? Really? They should have just released this as a $30 map pack for MW2 and took an extra couple of years to create a new engine and make the much needed changes that need to happen to get this game back on track. I am very, very disappointed. It is just more of the same and the same is getting very boring. You have made your bagillions of dollars with this formula. It is time to stop milking it and use the talent that you have there at Infinity Ward and start getting creative. Battlefield 3 is where it is at. That is innovation. That is changing the formula. I will finish the campaign and then the game is getting sold for store credit. What a shame.… Expand
  71. hard8times
    Nov 9, 2011
    0
    this game is terrible thank god we have a developer like Dice who will continue to push the envelope and bring something new to the table. we all have played this game 2yrs.ago this is mw2 dlc edition do yourself a favor get battlefield 3
  72. lllFredolll
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    a big **** of the world !!


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  73. Naka
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    It's a 60 dollar skin of MW2, what more is there to say? There's no innovation here. With all the money they have been raking in, they're doing nothing but releasing map packs while other developers are creating whole new games.
  74. vasyndrom
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    As many stated before me ... MW3 is almost like MW2 which is almost like MW aka cod 4 when it comes to Multiplayer, with new skins,maps, perks, to be honest nothing has changed since 2007 when this franchise was shining. Now it's only slowly dying in eyes of gamers (not in reviewers eyes lol :D they seem to love the same s*****every year). If you are looking for a fresh experience thenAs many stated before me ... MW3 is almost like MW2 which is almost like MW aka cod 4 when it comes to Multiplayer, with new skins,maps, perks, to be honest nothing has changed since 2007 when this franchise was shining. Now it's only slowly dying in eyes of gamers (not in reviewers eyes lol :D they seem to love the same s*****every year). If you are looking for a fresh experience then look somewhere else.… Expand
  75. TrollFace_McGee
    Nov 15, 2011
    0
    Actually **** This game is so bad, and so copy and pasted, that even a fan of the series like myself has to agree that this is AWFUL.

    The game deserves a -10, for horrible story and campaign, 4 year old graphics, the same engine, the same multiplayer and ridiculously bad lag. THE DEVELOPERS ARE SO ASHAMED, that they need to BEG their followers on twitter to rate this game as good...    Actually **** This game is so bad, and so copy and pasted, that even a fan of the series like myself has to agree that this is AWFUL.

    The game deserves a -10, for horrible story and campaign, 4 year old graphics, the same engine, the same multiplayer and ridiculously bad lag.

    THE DEVELOPERS ARE SO ASHAMED, that they need to BEG their followers on twitter to rate this game as good... pathetic.

    Overall a 0/10    … Expand
  76. bxrHalogod
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    Alright, so I'm gonna be honest with you. I honestly think that the reviews have been bought by Activation. If you look at wiki they even have the page blocked. I guess they don't want fan reviews being posted under the "reception" category. Let's start with why I think this game deserves the rating I gave it. I'm gonna go by gameplay since that's the main thing and story is not asAlright, so I'm gonna be honest with you. I honestly think that the reviews have been bought by Activation. If you look at wiki they even have the page blocked. I guess they don't want fan reviews being posted under the "reception" category. Let's start with why I think this game deserves the rating I gave it. I'm gonna go by gameplay since that's the main thing and story is not as important to me. This is not a new game. The skins and most of the guns are the same from MW2. They have a new leveling system for guns which takes a real long time. Once again, there is pretty much no point to prestige. If anything your at a worse disadvantage under this system. Also, there are a lot of little glitches which definitely should be patched. I'm talking about how you run, the hitmarkers, and switching weapons. I think that you appear on the map if you get hit by flash. It's just stupid stuff that doesn't do anything but make the game worse. I just don't understand why it was like that in the first place. If they test the game they should see that it's dumb. Also, cod elite is just a rip of bungie.net. To me, I've grown tired of competitive gaming. Halo 3 and Halo 2 took some skill so I understood it, but Reach and Cod is just a different game. Now, stats are going to take even more priority over teamwork. All the good things that black ops did like Combat Training, Wager Matches, Zombies, PURE playlists. They got nothing to compare on here. Spec Ops was suppose to be a calling card to this game, but it just falls flat. It has too much randomness involved imo to match zombies. Although, zombies have lost some of their challenge too since gravy train was invented. Anyways, I just think if your a cod fan you should stick to black ops. Or any other new game you want (BF3, Skyrim, Uncharted 3, ect). Call of duty is dead guys. Sorry, but it's the truth. IW has proven to me that there is no creative effort left in this project. RIP COD… Expand
  77. hardykyle
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    The 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.
  78. SirLagalot
    Nov 10, 2011
    2
    This game was a real disappointment, and I wasn't expecting much since the CoD series is severely becoming tired. It all starts with the menu interface. Did we go back in time where every option was 20 levels deep and we only had an A&B button on a controller? Also the game mechanics, weapon feel, and map design appear not well play tested at all. Sure a couple of the game types, KillThis game was a real disappointment, and I wasn't expecting much since the CoD series is severely becoming tired. It all starts with the menu interface. Did we go back in time where every option was 20 levels deep and we only had an A&B button on a controller? Also the game mechanics, weapon feel, and map design appear not well play tested at all. Sure a couple of the game types, Kill Confirmed in particular, are a nice addition, but definitely not worth the $60+. Not to mention the $15 a pop for each 3-map pack that comes out. All I can hope is that this is a sign to Activision that they lost their gravy train of talent that is Infinity Ward when they lost Jay West, Vincent Zampella, and the rest of their loyal developers. Maybe, just maybe, they will hear the gamers' outcry from this flop and actually put some effort into the next game. Or perhaps they could just go the way they have with this series and reap in the profits by exploiting the lemmings, like myself, who will keep buying anything with the CoD name on it because they had an amazing time with one or more of the past games and are looking for that original high again. Is there a methadone for CoD?… Expand
  79. smartassx
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    utter trash

    Have been playing MW3 online for a few hours now and it surprised me that a game I wasn't looking forward to, at all, still was able to... disappoint me. Have seen many of the maps and I haven't felt a presence of a c
  80. Jaredizle
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    I am not going to say much, because whatever i say i will just be accused of being a bf3 fanboy.. I have all the COD games, and i even still have my MW2 LE xbox console that i use to this day. MW3 was the only time i didn't pre-order. A buddy of mine actually did and we played it a couple of times. Nothing really stood out as being new, or refreashing. MW2 was a huge step over MW. ThisI am not going to say much, because whatever i say i will just be accused of being a bf3 fanboy.. I have all the COD games, and i even still have my MW2 LE xbox console that i use to this day. MW3 was the only time i didn't pre-order. A buddy of mine actually did and we played it a couple of times. Nothing really stood out as being new, or refreashing. MW2 was a huge step over MW. This game truely feels like a giant map pack with a cheap story line thrown in just to call it a game. ALL this to get that christmas paycheck.. You won't find me on MW3 or even any of the past COD games. I have found my new home on Gears of war. I am tired of the money grubbing devs such as IW and EA.. The game will eventually suffer at the greedy hands of the developers. COD is a great game along with other FPS games... It's just sad to see this game being so focused on making money vs making the game actually good.… Expand
  81. Jesse80milligan
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    No zombies ... The only thing that was better then battlefield you took away
    This game is a joke . The multiplayer maps are to maze like I played it for 1 hour before I put bf3 back in .
  82. ZeV
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    This game is simply a shame and looks like an old game with a poor engine... Some of the buildings in MW3 are taken from MW1 !!! A SHAME !!! I played mw four years ago, and it's still the same boring game with no evolution !
  83. gab1653
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    Thought I would give the game a fair chance so I decided to buy it and I didnt have any expectations. The odd thing is that the game even failed to entertain me and that's without talking about all the 12 years old boys I keep hearing on the game...
  84. ChaosRemnant
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    After the supreme disappointment that was Modern Warfare 2, developer Infinity War decided to release the latest in the long line of map packs in the Call of Duty franchise. Actually, pardon me, this isn't a map pack. Oh no, this is "much more than that." This game features an incredibly lengthy single player mode that can be beaten in a little over 5 hours! Wow! The game also has theAfter the supreme disappointment that was Modern Warfare 2, developer Infinity War decided to release the latest in the long line of map packs in the Call of Duty franchise. Actually, pardon me, this isn't a map pack. Oh no, this is "much more than that." This game features an incredibly lengthy single player mode that can be beaten in a little over 5 hours! Wow! The game also has the returning Spec Ops mode that is no where near as addicting as Black Ops Zombie mode, and, let's not forget, the multiplayer mode.

    Did you enjoy the perks, level-up system, and guns of the previous Call of Duty games? Well, they're back, and just the same as ever. No innovation has been brought to the plate this time, and Infinity Ward has opted to go with the good 'ol "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach. The maps are all incredibly small, some of which are comparable in size to a backyard. The maps encourage camping and lack the epic scope that other FPS multiplayer maps offer.

    But you know what? Infinity Ward should be commended for creating the CoD Elite system, where you can keep track of your various stats from previous matches you partook in. This is CLEARLY an innovative system that not many FPS' offer nowadays (*cough* Halo and Battlefield *cough*). Not only that, but you can also choose to give Infinity Ward your credit card information so you can get each map pack released within the next 12 months! This is obviously a sweet deal, since each map pack will cost $15 anyways if purchased separately. And each map pack will contain 4-5 shallow maps that don't encourage any new tactics different from the maps that come included with the game.

    So all this for only #60? Why, it's a steal! It's not like I've already played this SAME EXACT GAME twice before already! Infinity Ward obviously spent the past two years crafting the best multiplayer FPS available. It's not innovative, it's repetitive, it doesn't reward clever tactics, and it offers an extremely shallow single player mode. BUT! It has multiplayer, complete with lag, hit-detection issues, and overpowered guns! What more could a pre-pubescent 13 year old boy ask for this Christmas?    … Expand
  85. Banano
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    I am really dissapointer with this game. No only single player, but multiplayer, graphics, sound and even maps? EVERYTHING is reused from past games, plus a very expensive suscription? I can only tell you: THIS IS THE FARMVILLE OF FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS. Period.
  86. codfan
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    A VERY expensive DLC... but who am I kidding. COD pioneered expensive map paks. Activision knows how to milk. They have made it an art, and in the video game industry they are A number 1.
  87. chitownron
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    Pretty sad that they barely tried to improve this gaming experience from the previous Modern Warfare. It's basically MW2 with a 65$ map pack addition with some new guns. It's also pretty sad that people at Sledgehammer is asking players to come onto this site to vote higher. Haha.
  88. Thumpz99
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    Why drop $60 on a game which had hacks and aimbots on the first day and which the developer does nothing to fix? Go to Youtube and lookup "First Ever MW3 Aimbot". Also lookup the number of bots/hacks/cheats for Call of Duty 2 you will see plenty of them that are still active and that the developer has done nothing about. That speaks volumes about this company and its' priorities. It isWhy drop $60 on a game which had hacks and aimbots on the first day and which the developer does nothing to fix? Go to Youtube and lookup "First Ever MW3 Aimbot". Also lookup the number of bots/hacks/cheats for Call of Duty 2 you will see plenty of them that are still active and that the developer has done nothing about. That speaks volumes about this company and its' priorities. It is also sad that they are going to charge you an extra charge for their Elite service when the rankings are already skewed due to aimbots. If I am going to spend $60 on this game I want support that will fix these issues and punish those that it finds cheating. They really dropped the ball on this franchise with this rushed, buggy, hacked piece of junk.… Expand
  89. auburnschwartz
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    I would give it a 0 but it is at least a playable game not by much but it is playable. Same game on the same outdated engine. I wish I had saved my $100 I payed for the hardened edition and bought anything but this game. I refuse to buy another Modern Snorefare game until they update their engine. Even then I may never buy another CoD game again let alone another Infinity ward orI would give it a 0 but it is at least a playable game not by much but it is playable. Same game on the same outdated engine. I wish I had saved my $100 I payed for the hardened edition and bought anything but this game. I refuse to buy another Modern Snorefare game until they update their engine. Even then I may never buy another CoD game again let alone another Infinity ward or Activision game. You can only screw over your fans so many times. The fact that the developers are begging people for good scores shows how piss poor of a game it is. These are not "suspiciously low" as you would lead people to believe Mr. Schofield they are accurate and honest. People are voicing their frustration about being screwed over continually by the same people. You ruined a great franchise and quite possibly ruined the first person military genre. This is by far the worst game I have played this year and I played Call of Juarez: The Cartel. EAD Cod EAD!!!… Expand
  90. ssnova
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    **** Battlefield is better. Campaign is forced and ugly. Multiplayer is the same **** and quikscoping is tooooo easy. Back to battlefield 3. :D
  91. liljoker30
    Nov 11, 2011
    4
    I'm just disappointed at this point. I don't hate it but it's clear this franchise is suffering from Maddenitis. Releasing a new game every year just doesn't work. I was ok with Mw2 but the improvements overall just aren't happening. I feel they just changed a couple things on MP but other than that its the same game. I'm bummed that the SP is so short and the story just didn't finishI'm just disappointed at this point. I don't hate it but it's clear this franchise is suffering from Maddenitis. Releasing a new game every year just doesn't work. I was ok with Mw2 but the improvements overall just aren't happening. I feel they just changed a couple things on MP but other than that its the same game. I'm bummed that the SP is so short and the story just didn't finish strong. The MP is just a tweaked MW2 without the nuke. I don't think people would hate this game if it was the first in the series like COD4 it would be getting better scores. I think being the 3rd of this group it feels recycled. I understand that you don't wanna mess with a good thing. At some point you gotta push the series forward again. It makes me even more worried what could happen next year with Treyarch. I hope they are working on a new engine or something for the future or the game is gonna start to suffer even more.… Expand
  92. oJolteon
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    How long can we keep doing this. CoD4: Modern Warfare, possibly my favourite game ever, and definitely my most played, deserved every credit it got and a sequel was obviously going to create some hype. But how much longer can these poor excuses for sequels keep getting over-hyped and over-rated ? Again this year MW3 broke every record that Black Ops broke last year and MW2 set the yearHow long can we keep doing this. CoD4: Modern Warfare, possibly my favourite game ever, and definitely my most played, deserved every credit it got and a sequel was obviously going to create some hype. But how much longer can these poor excuses for sequels keep getting over-hyped and over-rated ? Again this year MW3 broke every record that Black Ops broke last year and MW2 set the year before that. Too much money flowing in the wrong directions keeps delivering us (the gaming community, normal people paying good money) ridiculously poor rubbish.
    And the worst part is is our fault. We're still buying the crap and funding these "sequels".
    Still ill be copy and pasting this same review next year i would have thought!    … Expand
  93. Yup
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    I actually don't give a **** about this game. I only rated it a zero because the Modern Warefare 3 devs are begging their 12 year-old fan base to rate their game higher so the devs of MW3 can feel like people actually like them. Here's a link to the article about it: http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/modern-warfare-3-devs-want-your-help-to-boost-their-low-metacritic-user-score/

    In my    I actually don't give a **** about this game. I only rated it a zero because the Modern Warefare 3 devs are begging their 12 year-old fan base to rate their game higher so the devs of MW3 can feel like people actually like them. Here's a link to the article about it: http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/modern-warfare-3-devs-want-your-help-to-boost-their-low-metacritic-user-score/

    In my opinion, that's pretty **** pathetic doing this. Just cause a lot of people do not like your game for many extremely valid reasons doesn't mean you should **** about it. Look, if they really wanna make this happen, y doesn't Infinity Ward &/or Activision do what they do to the brain dead critics as they do to the brain dead fans of the series and pay them under the table so they can get a good enough review so dumb-asses who look at critic scores will actually buy the game.    … Expand
  94. JerrySkywalker
    Nov 11, 2011
    4
    Hmmmmm idk where to start. I agree w everything djhazardous said. These online levels are horrendous. When West and Zampella the people who created Infinity Ward and most of the important lead figures especially the ones who handles multiplayer left I should have known something was up. This was my forewarning. I should have heeded the advice and listened to my intuition and not get theHmmmmm idk where to start. I agree w everything djhazardous said. These online levels are horrendous. When West and Zampella the people who created Infinity Ward and most of the important lead figures especially the ones who handles multiplayer left I should have known something was up. This was my forewarning. I should have heeded the advice and listened to my intuition and not get the game new but BF3 beta sucked and cmon its COD. And no I am not a fan boy or a hardcore fan either. I have played all the cod's and I have played them all online Mw2 and Black ops being the most played online. My suggestion would be to just get it used. If u dont have money right now or r freaking out dont sweat it. It's not that great of a game i'll be playing this game mostly for the campaign and ma b some new spec ops missions. In my opinion Mw2 was way better. That game for me gets a 9.5- 10 while this one gets a 6. I can honestly say tho that I wish I didnt get this game new. I also think sledge hammer studios ruined this title. It is similar to the way StarWars kotor 2, Devil may cry 2 and Socom Confrontation was butchered. As I previously stated do yourself a favor and get this used if u can. If not just buy Modern Warfare 2 for half the price. Add me on live I'll b online playing BO's and Mw2 as soon as I beat this campaign =].… Expand
  95. MrM4A1
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    I've been playing this game - Campaign, Spec Ops and MP - since it released, and after thinking long and hard on it, all I can say is . . . meh. I just can't escape the feeling that this is really more of a DLC pack than it is a three-quel. In terms of the Campaign, the best way to put it would be that the long and the short of it is that it is too short. I finished it the same day II've been playing this game - Campaign, Spec Ops and MP - since it released, and after thinking long and hard on it, all I can say is . . . meh. I just can't escape the feeling that this is really more of a DLC pack than it is a three-quel. In terms of the Campaign, the best way to put it would be that the long and the short of it is that it is too short. I finished it the same day I bought the game. While I realize that the trend - ill-advised, in my opinion - is to sacrifice single-player for the multi-player component, a single-player campaign that short is an insult. Especially when the playability value of the multi-player part of the game will be severly undercut by those individuals who find ways to cheat (and just to note, it took less than six hours for people to start hacking the MP). As far as the multi-player goes, it would seem that the devs chose to keep all the worst aspects of the past iterations (Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2) while doing nothing to improve the experience. Spawn kills? Check. Modders? Check. Knives with thirty-foot blades that can stab you from across the room? Check. Ridiculously underpowered weapons? You get the idea. Look, I have some familiarity with many of the weapons in the game, and I understand that an endless succession of one- or two-shot kills is less than enjoyable . . . but on the other hand, it also doesn't take almost an entire magazine from an M4 to kill someone. Nor do trained soldiers, especially soldiers who are supposed to be elite, let the muzzles of their weapons wander around like drunken sailors on shore leave when they're aiming or firing. Also, despite all the handy tips, the game does nothing to encourage teamwork, even in an MP mode like "Kill Confirmed" where the whole point is that the road to success lies in teamwork. Finally, and again despite the helpful tips, the game continues to lack any kind of cover or concealment mechanic. Just a tip to the devs, concealment is where the enemy can't see you, but can still shoot you (in older days that was called "reconnaissance by fire") and cover is where the enemy can neither see you nor shoot you - and there are actually very few weapons capable of putting rounds through masonry or reinforced concrete walls, and pistols most certainly can't. At best, Modern Warfare 3 is an okay shooter, especially if you think real warfare consists of running around like a maniac. The sad thing is, it could have been a great shooter if the devs had concentrated on making a good game rather than on regurgitating the mistakes of the last two MW installments.… Expand
  96. MrFudge
    Nov 15, 2011
    0
    This is a game for magpies. You get a shiny every few seconds for everything you do. Even for when your doing badly. Yes, you get rewarded for doing badly! Graphics are exactly the same as MW 2. Even the story is boring and less interesting then MW 2. If you aren't sure about buying this game or not. Don't, pick up Battlefield or at least warfare 2. It far excels this.
  97. PyroCritic
    Nov 15, 2011
    0
    Same graphics, same weapons, same **** sound engine. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY, IF YOU HAVE MW2 YOU'VE GOT THIS GAME. Infinity ward should not try to fool the players and actually WORK on a game.
  98. Mr_Crowly01
    Nov 15, 2011
    0
    $60 for recycled content, the same small maps and a 10 year old graphics engine. $50 more for a leaderboard service that's given to gamers for free with other games. Sounds like a scam to me.
  99. doochey
    Nov 15, 2011
    1
    If you play any Call of Duty, you've played MW3. Don't believe the marketing hype, this is the same product rebundled let it die and show investors we're not interested in being sold the same product year after year, the cash cow needs to starve.
  100. vesperiaLSU
    Nov 15, 2011
    3
    The single player campaign didn't really live up to the expectation given what MW2 has already accomplished. The World War 3 concept and some of the big moments may keep you excited for the first 2 or 3 hours, but the rest parts of the campaign mostly felt repetitive and lackluster. The story wasn't well told, and I didn't bother to finish the campaign even though seeing the ending of theThe single player campaign didn't really live up to the expectation given what MW2 has already accomplished. The World War 3 concept and some of the big moments may keep you excited for the first 2 or 3 hours, but the rest parts of the campaign mostly felt repetitive and lackluster. The story wasn't well told, and I didn't bother to finish the campaign even though seeing the ending of the story is a big incentive of me playing this game. Multiplayer neither surprised me nor made any major mistake, but the obvious deficiency in graphics and sounds did make this series look old, especially while BF3 is doing a great job stunning your eyes.… Expand
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#13 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#13 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2011

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 81
  3. Negative: 0 out of 81
  1. Gamer Limit
    Jan 11, 2012
    85
    Ultimately, Modern Warfare 3 feels similar to it's brethren, but that doesn't mean it isn't a great game. The single player element is still exciting, and multiplayer has more options than ever – if you're a fan of Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3 is a no brainer.
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  2. Game Over Online
    Dec 28, 2011
    84
    Modern Warfare 3, while still an excellent thrill ride in its own right, feels far too similar to MW2 or even Black Ops for my taste.
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  3. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    Dec 12, 2011
    88
    I never expected Modern Warfare 3 to go toe-to-toe with EA's juggernaut this year, but it came out of the gates with a tour de force campaign and co-op mode. It loses points with a perhaps too-familiar multiplayer that caters to the juvenile on Xbox Live; though don't be mistaken, Modern Warfare 3 is one hell of a shooter and a highlight for a series that just won't die – no matter how much we wish it bloody would, at times.
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