Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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  1. Dayummy
    Nov 26, 2011
    2
    This game has been known for its Sales and the best online warfare known to date.Im here to tell you this game was a big disappointment in the series the only reason I give this a 2 is for its great campaign but, what everyone is aiming for is the multiplayer most people will try to defend MW 2.5 but, you know this is extremely disappointing. Not to mention its horrible graphics it lookThis game has been known for its Sales and the best online warfare known to date.Im here to tell you this game was a big disappointment in the series the only reason I give this a 2 is for its great campaign but, what everyone is aiming for is the multiplayer most people will try to defend MW 2.5 but, you know this is extremely disappointing. Not to mention its horrible graphics it look like MW2 Again im not raging on it but still. Everything in this game has not changed since MW2. The terrible spawn points and graphics make this game a really bad buy this year. Go with Battle Field 3 you won`t be dissappointed.… Expand
  2. Tristik
    Nov 27, 2011
    2
    Although I have tried CoD games in the past, this was the first one I was looking forward to playing. Since I didn't play MW2, my low rating isn't based on other players' complaints about rehashed content. My complaint is that the game is simply frustratingly unplayable in Multiplayer.

    There seems to be no real reason why what happens on my screen, and what I see in people's kill cams    Although I have tried CoD games in the past, this was the first one I was looking forward to playing. Since I didn't play MW2, my low rating isn't based on other players' complaints about rehashed content. My complaint is that the game is simply frustratingly unplayable in Multiplayer.

    There seems to be no real reason why what happens on my screen, and what I see in people's kill cams are so different. Many times, I will spot a soldier first, put over half of my clip into him, then he will turn around and kill me. Then, when I watch his kill cam, it shows him firing on my before I have even turned to aim at him.

    That is horribly unacceptable in a game that's been using the same engine for awhile now. This game should be water tight, but it is not. It is frustrating and I'm enraged that I wasted 60 USD on this.    … Expand
  3. RapidFireReview
    Nov 28, 2011
    2
    Very very disappointed. I expected Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games to innovate on what was once one of the greatest franchises of all time. Instead they decided to churn out the same junk from last year and the year before. I'm just in shock they would let this franchise die such a horrible death. The weapon sound effects are the same, rank up sounds same, kill streak menus the sameVery very disappointed. I expected Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games to innovate on what was once one of the greatest franchises of all time. Instead they decided to churn out the same junk from last year and the year before. I'm just in shock they would let this franchise die such a horrible death. The weapon sound effects are the same, rank up sounds same, kill streak menus the same and the main menu is also exactly the same as Modern Warfare 2. Graphics have barley had a tune up. Thing don't look better just more glossy. As if everything in the world of Call of Duty is colored with Candy paint. The Campaign was a let down as well, I expected an epic climax to the story instead i got lead down a straight path to at the end, push keys it told me to, and with such dated graphics it just looks so cheesy. Theres no variety to multiplayer either. Basically its every man for himself. Everyone run around like chickens with their heads cut off. In my opinion this game also takes no skill to play. The weapons significantly lack recoil making it very, very easy to aim and by aim i mean spray rounds everywhere because you wont be bumped off target. Not worth 60 dollars, hell not worth 20 dollars. I'm no fanboy, just a very disappointed gamer.… Expand
  4. wareagle9697
    Nov 29, 2011
    2
    People are comparing MW3 to MW2, and they are wrong. It is actually closer to Black Ops, but with modern weapons and kill streaks. The story mode has stunning graphics and was awesome, yet short. The whole issue lies in the multi-player aspect. Which is, let's face it, the reason why most people play the Modern Warfare series. The maps were made to help eliminate "camping". Which itPeople are comparing MW3 to MW2, and they are wrong. It is actually closer to Black Ops, but with modern weapons and kill streaks. The story mode has stunning graphics and was awesome, yet short. The whole issue lies in the multi-player aspect. Which is, let's face it, the reason why most people play the Modern Warfare series. The maps were made to help eliminate "camping". Which it actually didn't. It made it SO much worse.
    I stopped playing Black Ops for same three reasons I have dissappointingly found now in MW3: One, the graphics were subpar to Modern Warfare 2. I realize the setting was of course during the "Cold War"- Vietnam Era. But when you've playing MW 2, Black Ops is really second rate. Two, the non-stop camping. The maps created an environment completely tailor made for people to hide behind barrels and crates, hide in corners, lay on the ground down hallways; things that are truly irritating to people who can actually shoot. Two- thirds of every kill cam I observe is someone hiding behind something, already aiming down sight, and waiting for someone to run by unsuspectedly. Things of this nature rarely occured in MW2 because the maps were wider open, and with less obstacles to hide behind, making the game much more enjoyable for EVERYONE. The maps on MW3 completely represent the same exact problem in Black Ops. So whomever designed these maps with LESS camping in mind, COMPLETELY dropped the ball and obviously doesn't play the game enough to know what "camping" is. And third, the internal problems that are NEVER really addressed; hacking and glitching. I have spawned in front of 3 of the opposing team. I have had 3 of the opposing team spawn in front of me. WTH?! I have knifed someone who has disppeared, and actually knifed me from behind. ??? I have emptied a magazine into someone and not get a hit marker, but knifed them after the fact and kill them. WOW. And now, there are already people with " L2+R2+L2+R2" clan tags, already modding the game? WOW. Really? So overall, the series is no longer fun for me. I waited a year to play a newer version of Black Ops, when I could have purchased Battlefield 3 and tried EA's series out. I do not see Infinity Ward's work in MW3 at all. It looks as if Activision just purchased their logo to put on the game. I will defintely not anticipate any other installment of thr COD series, and be VERY cautious of my next purchase. I read that COD game designers are concerned at their poor reviews and are blaming competitors dilluting the actual opinion. Here is a message for Activision: I am not working for your competitior. Your game is almost unplayable in multi-player (ask anyone about the campfest you've created) and glitches mercilessly. Listen to your fans and stop making excuses on your poor ratings. Your game blows.    … Expand
  5. BrokenArM
    Nov 29, 2011
    2
    what do you say when you notice the two games compare MW3 and BF3 has Bf3 the front nose and looks better from the man at the engine it is only updated graphics and MW3 is not new sorry my english is not so good
  6. Faysa1
    Nov 29, 2011
    2
    This game rewards bad connection and bad players, what a fail.

    You got a bad internet speed? mw3 sorts that out by punishing those with great internet speed. Lag compensation taken to new level by IW. You don't know how to play the game? That's ok because in mw3 it does not matter because you can spam uav, stealth bombers, advanced uav due to support package where it does not matter if    This game rewards bad connection and bad players, what a fail.

    You got a bad internet speed? mw3 sorts that out by punishing those with great internet speed. Lag compensation taken to new level by IW. You don't know how to play the game? That's ok because in mw3 it does not matter because you can spam uav, stealth bombers, advanced uav due to support package where it does not matter if you die or not. Not only that we will fill every map with buildings and hiding places to make assault package almost useless. Hackers, glitchers and people that don't play the objective games are all welcome to the Modern Warfail 2.5 where the 0.5 really makes sure you hate it even more then before.    … Expand
  7. nomorelive
    Dec 5, 2011
    2
    First off: to be fair, the game standing alone is undeserving of a two out of 10 review. The graphics and frame rate and story I imagine are worth at least a five or six out of 10.

    The reason why the users (including myself) are giving the game such a low score is because this game is just another ploy at cashing in on the CoD franchise. There is so little innovation in the game that you    First off: to be fair, the game standing alone is undeserving of a two out of 10 review. The graphics and frame rate and story I imagine are worth at least a five or six out of 10.

    The reason why the users (including myself) are giving the game such a low score is because this game is just another ploy at cashing in on the CoD franchise. There is so little innovation in the game that you would have to be a fool to think otherwise.

    I should have simply kept Modern Warfare 2 (I would have if the game wouldn't have been so broken and made me so angry that I decided to trade it in [did I tell you yet that all of the same problems from Mw2 are in MW3???]. I could have had the SAME EXACT experience with it or Black Ops without spending another 60 dollars (not counting the elite pack, and the new DLC which is sure to follow...and weren't they talking about charging players a monthly fee? lol yeah good luck with that now infinity ward).

    This game (along with a few other recent games released for the 360) has actually done me a favor: other than losing the initial money paid for buying these re-hashed cash cows, these games have convinced me that buying these games at full price is the easiest way for me to waste my money in these current tough times. I'm NEVER buying a game at initial release ever again. I should have already learned my lesson from some of the other big name games released lately that re-hashed the same product with a new name and new plastic enveloping the case.

    Peer-to-peer connection is absolutely revolting, particularly in a First-Person-Shooter (FPS) leaving someone with a disadvantage in 99% of the games in which I play. FPS were never designed to be played with such considerable amounts of lag. Someone will kill you, and while in your character's eyes you emptied 10 rounds into the enemy, in their eyes you didn't even fire a shot....

    ..simply unacceptable.

    There is simply too little innovation in the game to warrant it being a new release. This may have been a financial success for the creators but I can assure you that they will not be as lucky next time (probably a year from now hah) around. I don't know what all of these reviews will do for the popularity of the franchise, but I can promise you that players will not be quite as apt to rush out and buy the next piece of half-developed product. I know that I won't.    … Expand
  8. Nate6505
    Dec 9, 2011
    2
    Being a huge Call of Duty fan since the start I preorded this game immediately upon hearing its release. The first weeks of game play was fun and entertaining my only complaint being the small maps and cover-points everywhere which did not change how I felt about it. Noticing i was consistently running 3 bars in every lobby I made the decision to upgrade my internet to further enjoy myBeing a huge Call of Duty fan since the start I preorded this game immediately upon hearing its release. The first weeks of game play was fun and entertaining my only complaint being the small maps and cover-points everywhere which did not change how I felt about it. Noticing i was consistently running 3 bars in every lobby I made the decision to upgrade my internet to further enjoy my gaming experience...big mistake. I don't fully understand the lag compensation deal but I consider myself a above-average player and find myself losing run and gun confrontations by milliseconds to most players forcing me to camp. Kill-streaks are damn near impossible under these conditions and getting rocked in most lobbies barely breaking even kinda sucks, I recently bought Battlefield 3 and have experienced no issues connection wise (vehicles suck but a point needs to be made). If they don't release an update fixing this lag comp bull soon I'm not sure if I will bother playing it again after investing in most of their releases, buying elite, all previous map packs, and upgrading my internet.… Expand
  9. Rennn
    Jun 25, 2013
    2
    Meh...

    This was nearly identical to MW2. Literally, I think they copied some of each level layout. Not only that, but the game is an awful port. We're locked at a console FOV, with poor optimization on high-end hardware. There are no dedicated servers, cheaters and lag abounds, and if my sticky reticule pops to one more enemy automatically I think I'm going to ceremoniously burn this    Meh...

    This was nearly identical to MW2. Literally, I think they copied some of each level layout.

    Not only that, but the game is an awful port. We're locked at a console FOV, with poor optimization on high-end hardware. There are no dedicated servers, cheaters and lag abounds, and if my sticky reticule pops to one more enemy automatically I think I'm going to ceremoniously burn this game. There is no reason on the PC to make the game aim for the player.

    Multiplayer has literally not advanced at all. Graphics are poor, the engine is out of date. There's nothing but lag, cheaters, and kids whining and screaming over their microphones every time they die. There are no new modes, and no unique guns. You get to choose between slightly different re-skins of the same gun, pretty much, because they're all equally bland and stiff to use.

    There are no advanced physics to enhance dynamic gameplay, still no vehicles, and the killstreaks are more cheap than fun at this point. Who likes to join a match where half your team is just getting insta-killed by a helicopter above the map? Roll the dice. You might not randomly die, between the latency, the aim assist, and the 20 foot knives.

    That's pretty much all this game is. Random death. Grenade spam, camping, quickscope abuse, and lag all contribute to one pathetic package of random death.

    It gets 2 instead of 0 because it's a functional game, and not a pile of slag that nukes your HDD.    … Expand
  10. caboose237
    Dec 20, 2011
    2
    terrible, just terrible, the campaign was the only moderately fun part. the multiplayer system rewards campers and hackers and such, if your tactical you get shat on. and then there's the 8 year olds in lobbies who try to troll you and intimidate you and the hardcore cod gamers who take it far to seriously in game chat. and the never ending messages of "hosting free sniper lobbies" I DONTterrible, just terrible, the campaign was the only moderately fun part. the multiplayer system rewards campers and hackers and such, if your tactical you get shat on. and then there's the 8 year olds in lobbies who try to troll you and intimidate you and the hardcore cod gamers who take it far to seriously in game chat. and the never ending messages of "hosting free sniper lobbies" I DONT CARE". I'l take battlefield3 and skyrim, and be on my my.… Expand
  11. ScribJellyDonut
    Dec 22, 2011
    2
    To be honest I feel pretty bad giving this game such a low score. If you were to come into the game from a completely neutral standpoint, having never played any COD game before, you'd likely think I was crazy. The game is at least solid, and has no major gamebreaking glitches. For most of us here however, that's just not the case. I started my COD experience on MW2, and it didn't takeTo be honest I feel pretty bad giving this game such a low score. If you were to come into the game from a completely neutral standpoint, having never played any COD game before, you'd likely think I was crazy. The game is at least solid, and has no major gamebreaking glitches. For most of us here however, that's just not the case. I started my COD experience on MW2, and it didn't take me long to figure out that OMA Tubing was the way to go. The game was severely broke due to this, yet nothing was ever done to fix it. A simple patch could have been released that would have fixed this in a variety of different ways, but never did. It infuriated me that they pushed DLC but never took just a little time and fixed the gameplay itself - I guess there was no money in that since people were taking in the DLC hook, line, and sinker. To me it's comparable to putting rims on a car that won't start. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. When Black Ops came out I let my friend buy it to see what it was like. Although the tubes were not infinite, the maps were still small and corridor based. They left in last stand, and the p2p latency issues persisted - including the dashboarding. If you're not aware, on the Xbox 360 if the host hits the guide button and then hits Y to go to the dashboard, it will drop the game and not migrate host. Spawning was still terrible, too, with people spawning behind you or vice versa. I had my share of unfair spawns on the enemy and I just cringed as I knifed them in the back after spawning less than 5 - 10 feet behind them, knowing that the same would later happen to me. Anyhow, this is a review of MW3 and it is pretty much the same as MW2. If you ask someone who plays MW2 and MW3 they may say the difference is night and day, and I'm sure it can be since comparisons are always relative of the scope. If you open up the comparison to include all games, the two are nearly identical. Sure there are no infinite tubes and the killstreaks are different, but what else? The core gameplay is completely unchanged, to include the horrible spawning from MW2 and Black Ops. And unfortunately the maps are actually getting smaller. Sniping was never great in MW2 except for possibly quickscoping, which is just a childish concept anyhow. Now that the maps keep getting smaller it is getting ever more useless.

    I have not played the campaign. I did play the MW2 campaign and from what I've read the MW3 campaign is pretty much the same. If you thought the MW2 campaign was good, then... you should probably do a swan dive onto cement. It was so bad it nearly made my brain explode just playing through it - and that's just the silly over-dramatic cutscenes. The gameplay is quite honestly the most childish, unbelievable, super-charged piece of trash I've ever played. I don't know how much experience any of the kids that play it have had with the military, but as a veteran I am appalled. Some of the missions from MW2 would have you running and gunning as one man killing nearly a hundred other soldiers. All with completely scripted events and no real need for tactics. Pathetic. If you want to play a FPS that has a good single player campaign on the Xbox 360, then play Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. It's $20 on games on demand, and worth every penny. Do not confuse it with Operation Flashpoint: Red River, which is in fact a fresh steaming turd.

    So after having played MW3 it didn't take me long to realize what they are doing is actually just trying to cycle out a game every year like sports games. I suppose they realized what a cash grab those were and that there was an audience dumb enough to buy those games that could also be exploited for FPS games. Just save your money if you aren't interested in annual installments of the same rehashed game. In the case that you do want annual installments of the same old stuff, then I'm assuming you fall into the 25% of Americans that are retarded. In which case I doubt you made it past the first few sentences without stuttering, and certainly haven't read this far, which makes the point moot.    … Expand
  12. thecouchs
    Dec 22, 2011
    2
    It's not that it's too much of the same thing. I would have been fine with that if it wasn't for all the little changes that make varied styles of gameplay in this version of MW downright unenjoyable. I've read complaints comparing MW3 to an overpriced expansion pack; those comments may well be deserved. But my biggest beef about this game is that the little perks that made varied stylesIt's not that it's too much of the same thing. I would have been fine with that if it wasn't for all the little changes that make varied styles of gameplay in this version of MW downright unenjoyable. I've read complaints comparing MW3 to an overpriced expansion pack; those comments may well be deserved. But my biggest beef about this game is that the little perks that made varied styles of play work in MW2 have changed or are gone completely (too many to name here). Further, with the style of maps created for MW3 and with the aforementioned changes in perks, the game is now a "gift" to campers and snipers (what I always thought was a lazy and boring style of play). I was a 3 or 4 to 1 K/D player in the previous versions but if I'm going to even come close to 2 to 1 in MW3, I have to camp or snipe. That goes for EVERY map, not just two or three. I'm glad I didn't sell back my copy of MW2. I may just go back to playing it until the next big thing comes along.… Expand
  13. YodasCane
    Dec 30, 2011
    2
    My meager comment will likely change nothing but Call of Duty needs to realize that a formula which worked years ago should undergo change after multiple installments. Modern Warfare 3 almost feels like DLC for the sequel, not a new game. Combine that with adding nothing to the MW games' villain, Makarov, and a multiplayer which has changed in only slight ways and you have every reason toMy meager comment will likely change nothing but Call of Duty needs to realize that a formula which worked years ago should undergo change after multiple installments. Modern Warfare 3 almost feels like DLC for the sequel, not a new game. Combine that with adding nothing to the MW games' villain, Makarov, and a multiplayer which has changed in only slight ways and you have every reason to save your money and keep Modern Warfare 2, or as it is known more popularly as, Call of Duty 4: Chapter 2.… Expand
  14. Zxp
    Dec 30, 2011
    2
    The reason I am giving this game such a low score is the fact that it deserves such a low score,with it's repetitive online play and tedious singleplayer,It almost seems like an exact copy of Modern Warfare 2 but with new maps and a worse campaign than it's predecessor.
  15. FlagCaptured
    Jan 17, 2012
    2
    This could have been a very good game, with Modern Warfare 2 being a flawed but good game. The campaign is great, survival and Spec ops is again good, but can get boring after a while. My real problem is with the component that the game is essentially designed for - Multiplayer. There are so many issues that I won't be able to cover them all, even with a 5000 character limit, but I've hadThis could have been a very good game, with Modern Warfare 2 being a flawed but good game. The campaign is great, survival and Spec ops is again good, but can get boring after a while. My real problem is with the component that the game is essentially designed for - Multiplayer. There are so many issues that I won't be able to cover them all, even with a 5000 character limit, but I've had people spawn in front/behind me, spawnkilled an infinite number of times and had major issues with lag and hit detection. It's a real shame, since this could be a really good game but I'd instead recommend sticking to Modern Warfare 2 until the next game comes out, providing it isn't another copy/paste title like this is. And to be fair, I don't mind about it being more of the same, it's a formula that works to some extent, but they've got it all wrong in terms of weapon balance, map design... The list goes on. I don't think a single score would be entirely representative, so I'd give Spec-Ops mode a 7.5, Campaign an 8.5 and Multiplayer a 2. Providing it stays as it is and Infinity Ward refuse to patch it, as they've done with MW2...
    This is an updated review, and I have lowered the score to compensate for the distinct lack of promise for any fixes. It's like they just can't be bothered to fix online multiplayer at all, and people have noted that a great internet speed makes the game run much better. When I play a game online, I'd rather it be a test of skill rather than who can buy the fastest internet, but maybe that's just me.    … Expand
  16. Nero97
    Jan 9, 2012
    2
    I was never a big fan of FPS games, but i know which of them are good and which are bad. and this "game", is baaaaaaaaad. It's not just bad, it's terrible.
  17. Tyr0n313
    Jan 14, 2012
    2
    I am writing this review on the multiplayer, not the campaign. Honestly, the campaign is a campaign, I dont think it needs a rating since ofcourse it's a wild ride, crazy scenes, and explosive events. But the multiplayer? I am a devotee of this game and MW2 and MW1. I love hardcore team deathmatch to get the realism of one shot one kill, or 2 shots and a kill. Loading up a person withI am writing this review on the multiplayer, not the campaign. Honestly, the campaign is a campaign, I dont think it needs a rating since ofcourse it's a wild ride, crazy scenes, and explosive events. But the multiplayer? I am a devotee of this game and MW2 and MW1. I love hardcore team deathmatch to get the realism of one shot one kill, or 2 shots and a kill. Loading up a person with bullets and they dont die is just not fun or realistic to me. So what about this hardcore mode and why did i rate it so bad? Compared to MW2, this one is just terrible. I'll start with the maps. EVERY ONE of the maps are close quarters, small, and clustered. Some can be a little larger, but with all the trash in them, they become close quarters. As a huge fan of sniping and allowing more distance, I am extremely disappointed. I dont mind a few close quarter maps, but on MW3, they are ALL close quarters. There is maybe one map that you can snipe on effectively. My fav map from the last game was Wasteland. I am so disappointed that they forgot all about the sniping in this game and settled only for close quarters. So there is strike number 1.
    So what else? How about the spawning. In the last game, it was possible to understand the maps, understand the general area a team was spawning so you could form a plan or hold down/attach one side of the map. The spawning is so general and random in this, you can think you have a corder of the map locked down, then they will spawn someone right behind you. Or they will spawn you right next to a group of enemies. I think this is a great way of spawning for Free For All, but NOT team based games. I cant count the amount of times that I got killed from behind in an area of the map where there is no way someone could have got behind me. They were spawned there. very very irritating. I really enjoyed being able to formulate a strategy in the last game, but it is impossible in this one with the random spawning and the clustered maps. I URGE THE DEVELOPERS to take a look at the stats. Compare the average person's life on this game to the last game. I bet it is drastically less because of the map size and close quarters spawning. It is just not fun. Again.... it would be perfect for free for all, but NOT FOR TEAM DEATHMATCH. So that is strike 2.
    And finally... while the other game had this issue too, im seeing it more in this one. Bullet lag. Several times a match I will die when i get into the clutch with someone else, even point blank. Clearly my weapon fires, I can see the my muzzle blast and hear my gun fire, yet im the only one to die. and it's point blank so theres no way to possibly miss. It just doesn't make sense to me how something like that can still be an issue. The only thing i can think of is they still have that bullet lag issue, where to me it appears that I shot either first or at the same time, but to the other guy, he shot first, or to the system he show and may have already killed me, but to me, I am still alive and can shoot, but my kill doesnt count. only my death. So that is strike 3. I sincerely regret purchasing Elite Premium. Their service has failed in so many ways already, from it's launch to it's lack of fulfilling promises. I can overlook the bullet lag as i did with the last one, but the random spawning and lack of variety in maps just kills me. I will try out BF3 (again, ive been a devoted MW fan), If BF3 appears to be better in these areas as I've read, I'll be a lifetime fan of them from then on. For shame on MW3, InfinityWard, Sledgehammer, and all the like. You lost a fan because you were narrow minded and all about the short game (pun intended). Next time try for some map variety and intelligent spawns that allow for gameplay strategies to occur. I used to be a big Ghost Recon fan, but thought after how good MWF has been doing, i dont see why I'd go back... but thanks to MW3. I eagerly await trying BF3 and Ghost Recon (when it comes out) for the variety that i love. So long MW3, you crapped on your fans for a narrow minded result . "You'll love our game, as long as you love what we love" sounds like "you buy a car in any color you want, as long as you want black". Lack of choice is a killer.    … Expand
  18. 1AddictedPlayer
    Feb 5, 2012
    2
    I have had enough of CoD fanboys and Battlefield fanboys.
    I am not a CoD fanboy, nor a Battlefield fanboy, I am a regular human being reviewing this video game.
    Let us begin with what is new. There are a few new things but not many, like the new mode Spec Ops. Spec Ops is some what entertaining, but it will not be the mode you play the most and will probably only play it once or twice and    I have had enough of CoD fanboys and Battlefield fanboys.
    I am not a CoD fanboy, nor a Battlefield fanboy, I am a regular human being reviewing this video game.
    Let us begin with what is new.
    There are a few new things but not many, like the new mode Spec Ops.
    Spec Ops is some what entertaining, but it will not be the mode you play the most and will probably only play it once or twice and get tired of it.
    New single player, but most people buying first person shooters aren't looking for single player, and mainly looking for multiplayer to play with your friends.
    What isn't new? Well, I have seen a lot of similar guns in the past Call of Duty.
    The maps are very similar, and for some reason every time I get in one, I feel like I have played it numerous times before on a previous CoD.
    The graphics are obviously not new, which this may be good in your case if you have a bad graphics card and can not handle games like Skyrim. In my case, it is bad.
    The sounds of the guns are not that great, sounds in general isn't that great.

    Back to what is new subject, I doubt they put $60 worth of effort into a new single player (which not many people care about), a new game mode which could be coded easily, and a few new guns.
    My advise is just wait until Modern Warfare 3 goes to a lower price.

    They robbed me from my money, but I will make sure not to buy another one.

    The only reason this CoD community has continued on, is from all the middle school kids having their friends play it, so they want to play it and believe it is a good game worth getting.

    Final point; If you are 15+ I would suggest you go get another first person shooter because you will not enjoy the community in CoD games, constant kids yelling and screaming, not a good community.
    If you are a 8-14 age, I suggest you should get this because you would probably enjoy it.    … Expand
  19. nukehugger
    Jan 15, 2012
    2
    I bought this game after being promised something new. It should be called Modern Whatever you A**holes will buy it. I played the campaign fun and basically the same, what did you expect. Survival is a boring ripoff of zombies with guns basically. Spec ops is less fun, easier, and shorter than in mw2. Multiplayer has lost all fun and probably deteriorated in innovation from mw2. The worstI bought this game after being promised something new. It should be called Modern Whatever you A**holes will buy it. I played the campaign fun and basically the same, what did you expect. Survival is a boring ripoff of zombies with guns basically. Spec ops is less fun, easier, and shorter than in mw2. Multiplayer has lost all fun and probably deteriorated in innovation from mw2. The worst thing is little kids playing it. It's a f***ing m game. When I buy it I expect a little kid here and there cause he has way too under bearing parents, but when I play every player except like 2 of them are like 5 years old. If you want a good shooter get bf3 not this regurgitated piece of crap that there gonna throw in our faces next year.… Expand
  20. EatTehBullet7
    Jan 19, 2012
    2
    Single player was short spec-ops is forgettable and this is the worst multiplayer in Cod histroy.It is the same game play when you kill someone the same +100 comes up on your screen and it looks the same for most cod's. the graphics are terrible looking the guns sound so bad. Robert Bowling lied about last stand and final stand is still in the game. Even Black ops is better than this.It isSingle player was short spec-ops is forgettable and this is the worst multiplayer in Cod histroy.It is the same game play when you kill someone the same +100 comes up on your screen and it looks the same for most cod's. the graphics are terrible looking the guns sound so bad. Robert Bowling lied about last stand and final stand is still in the game. Even Black ops is better than this.It is not worth the cost. I would recomend Other shooter games like Battlefield, Halo, Resistance, Killzone, Crysis and others. Oh and btw the voice actor for gaz ghost and wallcroft is overused, 3 times in a row...… Expand
  21. bubblyhobo15
    Jan 31, 2012
    2
    It seems that somehow, I am suckered into buying cod4 multiple times. This game being the most disappointing. 2011 being a HUGE year for gaming, with games like Portal 2, BF3, Gears 3, and even Dead Space 2( i have played and beaten all of these). Call of Duty just doesn't live up-to expectations. It was advertised as a whole new experience, I Call BS on that. The multiplayer is anIt seems that somehow, I am suckered into buying cod4 multiple times. This game being the most disappointing. 2011 being a HUGE year for gaming, with games like Portal 2, BF3, Gears 3, and even Dead Space 2( i have played and beaten all of these). Call of Duty just doesn't live up-to expectations. It was advertised as a whole new experience, I Call BS on that. The multiplayer is an identical playstyle to older titles, even with the "Improvements" made to it. Graphically it is the equivalent to some of the first round Xbox 360 titles. Nothing is stunning about the campaign, the explosions are cool, but i dont feel connected like i did in MW2. Spec Ops is gimmicky. Making me wish i hadn't sold Black Ops, so i could play the zombie mode. This game came out about 4 years to late in the market, as the technologies are outdated, and overused... with new games with brand new engines specifically made for each game coming out like BF3 and Skyrim, and Portal 2 launching on a over 6 year old Source engine, but still looking and playing like a brand new, out of the box designed game. Thier is no excuse for the level of laziness, especially with millions of dollars in profit being made off of launch day and pre-orders.… Expand
  22. KEV8400
    Feb 5, 2012
    2
    I know the developers think spoilt gamers just complain as they expect innovation every time, and that as soon as they change it the gamers complain it has changed, that may well be the case, but true innovation in design is about identifying what works, and then improving it for the end user, not removing it or changing it to something unrecognisable. The developers of this game do notI know the developers think spoilt gamers just complain as they expect innovation every time, and that as soon as they change it the gamers complain it has changed, that may well be the case, but true innovation in design is about identifying what works, and then improving it for the end user, not removing it or changing it to something unrecognisable. The developers of this game do not listen to its' end users concerns adequately and each time a new installment comes out, millions buy it in the hope of improvement, and instead they get MW3. Developers you think there is no pleasing us, but should you be trying to do exactly that, when its us handing over our hard earned cash to buy what you make. its a two way process. maybe you would get less bad reviews and complaints if you did listen to what we have to say. at £90 sterling and a que in the rain at midnight on the night of release for the hardened edition. it was a waste of time and money. all i can say is im looking forward to treyarchs next installment. Modern warfare is dead and buried… Expand
  23. Sidders
    Feb 7, 2012
    2
    Same game, different year. There is nothing in this game that you haven't seen in the previous ones. The story is ok, all 5 hours of it!! and the online actually got me addicted for about 3 days, these are the only reasons its getting a 2/10 from me.
  24. ColinHostile
    Feb 14, 2012
    2
    Im a big fan of the COD franchise, Multiplayer and a Micheal Bay campaign make for an exciteing game, but after I heard half of Infinity Ward left Activision awhile back I knew this game was going to suffer.. Activision as greedy as they are pushed this game out as much as they could to make another billion and that really sucks because theres no inovation in this series anymore it is nowIm a big fan of the COD franchise, Multiplayer and a Micheal Bay campaign make for an exciteing game, but after I heard half of Infinity Ward left Activision awhile back I knew this game was going to suffer.. Activision as greedy as they are pushed this game out as much as they could to make another billion and that really sucks because theres no inovation in this series anymore it is now the guitar hero of shooters modern warfare 2.5 for 63 dollars plus DLC packs is just a waste of money... 4 hours of single player and a multiplayer that has gone stale ...and its already been confirmed a new cod game will be coming out late 2012 big shocker and another to follow... but there's still hope for us FPS fans Battlefield 3 is out and a 4th for the next gen to come!!… Expand
  25. I_am_a_balloon
    Feb 20, 2012
    2
    An Honest Review from a Typical Gamer:
    I have played COD since the VERY FIRST game. MW3, visually, is the game. But now multi player is getting all too familiar, and its losing the fun factor it had in the previous games. Infinity Ward once again chooses to help "noobs" by extremely strong kill streaks. Black Ops and COD 4 were one of the few games that made the player use their guns. MW3    An Honest Review from a Typical Gamer:
    I have played COD since the VERY FIRST game. MW3, visually, is the game. But now multi player is getting all too familiar, and its losing the fun factor it had in the previous games. Infinity Ward once again chooses to help "noobs" by extremely strong kill streaks. Black Ops and COD 4 were one of the few games that made the player use their guns. MW3 lets the killstreaks do all the work, no effort needed. Needless to say, it is not even interesting anymore. Kill Confirmed, many people just play to kill and dont collect the dog tags, once again forgetting about teamwork.

    I HAVE GIVEN 2 points out of 10, just for survival. Although it is NOWHERE as close as zombies, its different and interesting. Story, I was excited, but it just didnt work out as planned. I still dont understand the story.    … Expand
  26. pcgamereviewer
    Aug 4, 2012
    2
    I only bought this game for the PC but had the privlege of playing this game on both console versions (xbox 360 and ps3). In short both games look like crap, inexcusable as the ps3 should generally have better graphics and the xbox looks exactly the same - this is kinda good. It works as a game but again, like the ps3 game design barely functions and unstable and very laggy and messyI only bought this game for the PC but had the privlege of playing this game on both console versions (xbox 360 and ps3). In short both games look like crap, inexcusable as the ps3 should generally have better graphics and the xbox looks exactly the same - this is kinda good. It works as a game but again, like the ps3 game design barely functions and unstable and very laggy and messy multiplayer. To make sure my relative's version that I borrowed wasn't simply a bad copy/version I hired it as well and there were game crashes present, hackers which I didn't expect to be fixed over the half a year period I didn't have the game since I last borrowed it and over-expensive map packs. I can understand paying on the xbox version but PC it should've at least been free after all the trouble we had - never the less the dlc is actually good on consoles but little-no content for a lot of money which is a negative. The xbox version also crashes more frequent than the ps3 - which is to be expected as the console is using outdated hardware compared to both/simultaneously ps3 and pc. Since the ps3 and xbox versions function the same I'll give the same, generous rating. 2/10. Mass Effect 3 changed their game and listened to fans, why can't MW 3 - and they're wondering why their getting low ratings and want people to boost their game back up - we're being honest, I am at least. You can't call all of us neg. reviewers trolls though and even if we all are a low score is something to be concerned about in the least and maybe action to fix/remedy the situation should be considered.

    Mass Effect 3 changed their game and listened to fans, why can't MW 3 - and they're wondering why their getting low ratings and want people to boost their game back up - we're being honest, I am at least. You can't call all of us neg. reviewers trolls though and even if we all are a low score is something to be concerned about in the least and maybe action to fix/remedy the situation should be considered.    … Expand
  27. Ideclarewar901
    Mar 7, 2012
    2
    Before starting, i put a comment on the PC platform, now i do on the Xbox360 also. Because i played both.. I am also NOT a fanboy, and i will make a constructive review, or hum shall i say, make the best i can. The game has been a huge let down for me. I played the first COD EVER (PC game originally) and the game was wonderful... After the WWII series, there came MW1, fantastic! Was aBefore starting, i put a comment on the PC platform, now i do on the Xbox360 also. Because i played both.. I am also NOT a fanboy, and i will make a constructive review, or hum shall i say, make the best i can. The game has been a huge let down for me. I played the first COD EVER (PC game originally) and the game was wonderful... After the WWII series, there came MW1, fantastic! Was a great game. Then came the crappy games, MW2, total let down. Now MW3, what to say, well! Repetitive Multiplayer gameplay, the game styles are the SAME, graphics are 3-4 years old (OUTDATED), maps are crappy, i could do better on the Black Ops map Editor and then import it to XBOX360. This game is not the Call of Duty series i remember.It is now a money trap for kids. It is a money machine. All they want is easily earned money. Map Packs they are making you pay for 15$ is not even worth a 3$. The time it takes to create them is about 2 days. They really steal people. Infinity Ward saddens me, since MW2. Not a joke! Black Ops was crappy, and was still better than MW3? You're kidding me? This game is not a 2011 game. It is a 2009 quality game. Please, do not buy. Get Battlefield 3, which is QUALITY level game. Also there is Medal of Honor, which is very good for the Campaign. Like i said, i am not a fanboy, Battlefield 3 was the first Battlefield i EVER played.. And i think i will stick to this franchise, next release. XBOX360, PC or not. Seriously... AVOID buying. Tip from a very old gamer (since about 1995) ... Thanks.… Expand
  28. potatoes351
    Nov 14, 2012
    2
    The Call of Duty franchise has become a monstrosity in gaming culture. Its dependence on old gameplay techniques first used in Call of Duty 4 are wearing thin, resulting in a year by year re-release with a different name stapled to the front of it. WWIII has begun, Makarov is watching his plan unfold in front of him as countries fall to the might of the ultranationalists. The now disavowedThe Call of Duty franchise has become a monstrosity in gaming culture. Its dependence on old gameplay techniques first used in Call of Duty 4 are wearing thin, resulting in a year by year re-release with a different name stapled to the front of it. WWIII has begun, Makarov is watching his plan unfold in front of him as countries fall to the might of the ultranationalists. The now disavowed S.A.S team TF141 containing a dying Soap, Cpt Price and Nikolai must attack the ultranationalists at tier core so the world can see another day. The game continues to use the same gameplay techniques from 2007's Call of Duty 4 which have long become stale and overused, the franchise has no right to remain in action after such an appalling attempt at making a game. Maybe its time Call of Duty should bite the bullet and let a more deserving title take centre stage.… Expand
  29. HorrorCoffee
    Apr 7, 2012
    2
    This game is horrible I think the multiplayer sucks just like the single player. Only thing I did like was survival mode it becomes boring about in one hour. I think its just like Modern Warfare 2 there is no difference except the weapons.
  30. BZ13
    May 11, 2012
    2
    this game is too bad and im not someone who is giving a bad rating, because im a fanboy of another game or something like that. the multiplayer has bad lagg-issues, even people with good connection are suffering under the bad hit detection that is caused by the lagg. many things in the multiplayer are very unbalanced. for an example: everyone has the ability to be completely stealth, thatthis game is too bad and im not someone who is giving a bad rating, because im a fanboy of another game or something like that. the multiplayer has bad lagg-issues, even people with good connection are suffering under the bad hit detection that is caused by the lagg. many things in the multiplayer are very unbalanced. for an example: everyone has the ability to be completely stealth, that causes a lot of unseen campers (often even the half of the other team). there isnt many innovation, too. some new type of killstreaks and weird weapons, lagging theatre-mode and the prestige shop. most of the maps are very small and labyrinthine, that is kind of annoying. the story mode was cool, therefor it gets at least 2 points out of 10.… Expand
  31. normyp
    Jun 10, 2012
    2
    One of the most overrated games of all time. I bought it expecting good things because my friend kept banging on about it. I was shocked when I realised how noob friendly the game was. Every time I got on a decent killstreak I would get shot in the back. Multiplayer ultimately sucks balls now.
  32. Y3TI
    Jun 24, 2012
    2
    When this game was first announced I was very, very excited. I thought Modern Warfare 3 the "most anticipated game in history" would be all it was hyped up to be. I think it was the same for many other people too. However, as I and many other people came to find out , It wasn't. Modern Warfare 3 turned out to be a huge disappointment to the fans of previous call of duty games. As far as IWhen this game was first announced I was very, very excited. I thought Modern Warfare 3 the "most anticipated game in history" would be all it was hyped up to be. I think it was the same for many other people too. However, as I and many other people came to find out , It wasn't. Modern Warfare 3 turned out to be a huge disappointment to the fans of previous call of duty games. As far as I can see, all of the "new" additions they added to the multiplayer were just things stolen from other games, especially the game "Homefront", such as the point streak system and many of the new kill streaks(ballistics vests, recon drones, assault drones, reaper drones, etc.). Once you get passed these additions, you can see that Modern Warfare 3 is really just the evil twin of the previous Modern Warfare game. It is call of duty at the core, but it is clear that Infinity Ward/Activision isn't trying to make the games for the fans, but only for the money. So after everything that I said I think this game gets the rating that it deserves and I hope that many people can agree with me that Modern Warfare 3 was a disappointment to say the least.… Expand
  33. Veggieback
    Jun 28, 2012
    2
    Modern Warfare 3... Where do I start? Well, first off, the campaign was great. Though it was pretty short, It provided closure to the story as well as having a great ride. Spec Ops/Survival is pretty decent to. Mindless Back to Back action with one of your friends can result in hilarity. That is where the realm of decency ends. Then we come to the dreaded multiplayer. It feels extremelyModern Warfare 3... Where do I start? Well, first off, the campaign was great. Though it was pretty short, It provided closure to the story as well as having a great ride. Spec Ops/Survival is pretty decent to. Mindless Back to Back action with one of your friends can result in hilarity. That is where the realm of decency ends. Then we come to the dreaded multiplayer. It feels extremely rushed (Expected, for a game that took 3 MONTHS to make) and leaves you questioning why you bought the game in the first place. Everybody uses the same four or five weapons, which even the user is forced to do, because they are intensely outclassed by everyone else. This game's multiplayer is also heavily based on connection. If a player cannot afford decent Internet, they might as well not play the game at all, due to bad servers. This game's community is horrible. A "normal" person might say that Modern Warfare 3's community is showered with lunatics and children. People start bickering about how "cool" or "Swaggilcious" (I can't believe I said it either) their clan is. I was forced to play a a gametype "Search And Destroy" with my friends, and everyone with a microphone was talking trash. I couldn't help but laugh at everyone. When I killed someone, they would accuse me of "hacking" and using an aimbot. I know what trolling is when I see or hear it, and I could tell the people in the lobby were being serious. Back to the topic of MW3's community, they will try their best to hurt your feelings, and they generally focus their hatred on people who aren't doing anything. This leaves the victims of the "trash-talking" confused. Overall, The campaign and the Spec Ops were good, but the multiplayer, the obvious main sellpoint of this game, was so bad, this game went down from an eight to a two.… Expand
  34. TheMoonWolf
    Jul 23, 2012
    2
    The 'Batman and Robin' of COD - a real franchise killer. I wont be buying another one.
    I paid £80 for this game to get the Elite version, I will never forgive myself.
  35. MRmehman
    Jul 30, 2012
    2
    I didn't play more than 6 hours of Modern warfare 3, yet that was still plenty to complete the campaign on a normal difficulty and do some split screen death matches with my friends. The campaign consisted on little more then duck behind a large slap of something heavy, pop up and shoot everything, walk forward to the next place. throw in some bad AI on both sides, the usual over usedI didn't play more than 6 hours of Modern warfare 3, yet that was still plenty to complete the campaign on a normal difficulty and do some split screen death matches with my friends. The campaign consisted on little more then duck behind a large slap of something heavy, pop up and shoot everything, walk forward to the next place. throw in some bad AI on both sides, the usual over used slow-mo and that's the entire campaign of MW3 in a nutshell. The one thing that I can say was fun about the game was the multi player, it was better then the piss poor multi-player in black ops but still laked any variety other then the riot shield . In conclusion, MW3 offers nothing new, its just MW2 with a shiny new number and nothing more. Dont buy it… Expand
  36. Micho
    Aug 12, 2012
    2
    This game is a joke. It feels, looks, and plays like a MW2 clone. I'm glad i didn't buy it myself but borrowed it from a friend, to try it out. I did finish the campaign, (which was the only thing i found enjoyable) even though it was kind of short. You would say they would've been able to put more work into the campaign since they obviously didn't put any of the work into the multiplayer,This game is a joke. It feels, looks, and plays like a MW2 clone. I'm glad i didn't buy it myself but borrowed it from a friend, to try it out. I did finish the campaign, (which was the only thing i found enjoyable) even though it was kind of short. You would say they would've been able to put more work into the campaign since they obviously didn't put any of the work into the multiplayer, it's like they just did a quick copy/paste. Anyhow, the multiplayer feels broken. Everyone is using the same freaking weapons, running around with akimbo FGM9's, MP7's, or any assault rifle. And what's up with the same old stuff you used in CoD4? I still see the same wooden crates, car's, and other stuff. And that's not all of it. All the voices, noises, and sounds are also just copied from previous games. And survival mode? A terrible attempt at creating something as enjoyable as Zombies.… Expand
  37. Roflninja1000
    Aug 18, 2012
    2
    This game was a disgrace, the number of chances i give IW and treyarch everyday is **** annoying. I cant bear the fact that no matter how loud us Veteran CoD fans (We played the ones before CoD MW2) scream and chant IW ignores it and looks at its bigger base, the little annoying kids. Here is my first problem with it. This games multiplayer is the same as always, but that is it, nothingThis game was a disgrace, the number of chances i give IW and treyarch everyday is **** annoying. I cant bear the fact that no matter how loud us Veteran CoD fans (We played the ones before CoD MW2) scream and chant IW ignores it and looks at its bigger base, the little annoying kids. Here is my first problem with it. This games multiplayer is the same as always, but that is it, nothing new! Just a few guns and maps with more overpowered mechanics. It is also full of the same models and textures, and same Callsigns and emblems. Singleplayer i guess is the only reason this has a 2. Okay call me a sap but i always enjoyed CoDs SP because they seem to make decent enough stories and such to kill time. I did like the ending i thought it was a great way to break the ICE for our CERTAIN hero. Now i haven't tried spec ops for it was as boring as zombies. But let me just say this as simple as i can. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY! RENT THE GAME IF YOU JUST WANT STORY!… Expand
  38. Venny_
    Sep 23, 2012
    2
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is possibly one of the worst games on the planet. It has the same engine as Call of Duty 4, which was released 5 years ago, it looks and feels exactly like its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the campaign is too short, being four hours long, they nerfed the grenade launchers to feel like Nerf guns, the maps aren't sniper-friendly, and the gunsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is possibly one of the worst games on the planet. It has the same engine as Call of Duty 4, which was released 5 years ago, it looks and feels exactly like its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the campaign is too short, being four hours long, they nerfed the grenade launchers to feel like Nerf guns, the maps aren't sniper-friendly, and the guns are either overpowered or underpowered. The only things "new" about this game compared to Modern Warfare 2 is the Campaign, Survival Mode, failed nerf of grenade launchers, Strike Packages, and Point Streaks. Modern Warfare 3 has failed to improve upon MW2.… Expand
  39. Abr0ham
    Nov 14, 2012
    2
    If I continually brought the same essay to school, my teacher would fail me. When Call of Duty releases the same game every year it is rewarded with 9/10 reviews and record sales numbers. If I changed the font it wouldn't make a difference, so I can't see why fans and reviewers are time and again fooled by new gun skins and tweaked gameplay mechanics.
  40. Youngmoney9745
    Mar 5, 2013
    2
    I've only played like 4 Call of Duty games and this one is just far by the worst one. All the campaign levels and multiplayer maps have the same blend of color and background usage of either sand, snow or swamp, a unoriginal feeling. The story wasn't as exciting and really felt boring after the first two levels of the game, which were pretty much the only good ones. Spec ops is reallyI've only played like 4 Call of Duty games and this one is just far by the worst one. All the campaign levels and multiplayer maps have the same blend of color and background usage of either sand, snow or swamp, a unoriginal feeling. The story wasn't as exciting and really felt boring after the first two levels of the game, which were pretty much the only good ones. Spec ops is really nothing special compared to the storyline, just extra missions to make you have different perspectives on the game. I had fun playing online with my friends and all but something about this game doesn't feel right compared to all the others.… Expand
  41. DonGirses
    Mar 29, 2013
    2
    Really Infinity Ward? You'd think that after Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops 2, things were changing on the Call of Duty franchise, so many things were being added and improved, it was going good, but this has to be the absolute laziest, if not worst, Call of Duty game in history. The game engine was -Literally- recycled from Modern Warfare 2 and 0% improved what-so-ever, the campaign, asReally Infinity Ward? You'd think that after Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops 2, things were changing on the Call of Duty franchise, so many things were being added and improved, it was going good, but this has to be the absolute laziest, if not worst, Call of Duty game in history. The game engine was -Literally- recycled from Modern Warfare 2 and 0% improved what-so-ever, the campaign, as ever, is the most standard and generic you can get apart from the Price missions. Russians invading America. Jeez, originality is something it is missing in every part. How about multiplayer? Imagine taking the MP from MW2, add a few useless additional game modes, and there you go. Summed up. Weapons are as overpowered and unbalanced as always and I think I've said enough. I'm trying to think of any redeeming factors about this that distinguish it from MW2, but I can't get any from the top of my head, not any significant ones. Also: There's a weapon which kills with a SINGLE BULLET. NOT KIDDING.… Expand
  42. zachpesto
    Aug 7, 2013
    2
    This sucked. Can't even compare to Cod 4 or MW2. Multiplayer sucked, campaign alright, and words can't describe how terrible survival was. Survival was an attempt to replace zombies but it absolutely sucked. Stick to Treyarch, Infinity Ward sucks now.
  43. DeadDonkey
    Sep 15, 2013
    2
    I sure hope activision make an actually new game sometime, the old formula from 2007 is dull. I can't believe they can make so much money re-releasing the same with the same assets, textures, and gameplay year after year. I can forgive sports games but this is a joke.
  44. ZAVGreviews
    Oct 11, 2013
    2
    I love how people will talk about how bad the new Pokemon or GTA game is because of how it's "too similar to other games in the series" but Call of Duty always seems to get a free pass. But I'm not here to talk about how critics seem to kiss this particular franchises butt just because it's another Call of Duty game, I'm here to explain why this is just a bad game in general. What do mostI love how people will talk about how bad the new Pokemon or GTA game is because of how it's "too similar to other games in the series" but Call of Duty always seems to get a free pass. But I'm not here to talk about how critics seem to kiss this particular franchises butt just because it's another Call of Duty game, I'm here to explain why this is just a bad game in general. What do most players of Call of Duty games do? They go straight to the multiplayer of course. However this games multiplayer is terrible, all the maps are boring and poorly designed and the colors used in the maps are dull. Guns are distributed where a high level CoD MW3 player will destroy another player with a lower level because the gun the high level player has is overpowered to the point of being unfair. Should i also mention that the servers in this game are less than fantastic leading to unfair deaths do to lag, and no i'm not a 4 year old complaining that he died cause his internet sucks I'm sincerely stating that MW3's servers are unreliable. The game adds in this survivor mode to try and replace the zombies mode in Call of Duty Black Ops, and while its an o.k game mode it doesn't come close to being as fun as the Black Ops zombies mode. The only redeemable thing about MW3 is the campaign. It's nothing to write home about but it is decent and well-done enough and completes the Modern Warfare story line in a satisfying fashion. I get it o.k? Call of Duty games are supposed to be similar to each other, that's just the way the series works. It supposed to be a game that gets upgraded graphics, new guns, and a couple new kill streaks so you and you're friends can enjoy some multiplayer. However MW3 is simply not fun, its muddy graphics and unfair gun layout make this game, for lack of a better word, bad. Get you're CoD on with some Black Ops, modern warfare 2, hey even world at war works! But stay far away from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3.… Expand
  45. ThePotnoodleBoy
    Jun 21, 2014
    2
    Okay... after completing Modern Warfare 2, I was eager to find out what would happen next in this franchise. But when i played the game, i felt rather offended, especially the train derailment scene in London. The combat has not changed for the past three installments, the AI is semi decent, the weapons look nice but the gameplay is way too repetitive and relies heavily on explosions andOkay... after completing Modern Warfare 2, I was eager to find out what would happen next in this franchise. But when i played the game, i felt rather offended, especially the train derailment scene in London. The combat has not changed for the past three installments, the AI is semi decent, the weapons look nice but the gameplay is way too repetitive and relies heavily on explosions and the collapse of landmarks as the secondary source of action. The story is bland and tasteless and every mission is just "get here and kill these people" with no real objective. This were they needed to stop... 2/10.… Expand
  46. LuanGamer
    Jul 1, 2015
    2
    O Design da Infinity ward deve ter falado com a equipe - " Vamos progamar um lixo " , ai assim que surgiu o MW3 , Modern W 1 & 2 , são bons mais isso não deu vei
  47. Barnes1987
    Mar 8, 2017
    2
    The game that ruined Call of Duty. Probably the worst one they ever did. This is the game where hit detection went out the window and every game since has been similar. Avoid at all costs. Wouldn't even take it for free.
  48. Nebraska619
    Mar 1, 2021
    2
    As many of others have pointed out this game is just a glorified map pack of the previous title. The campaign was ok and the ending was cool ig but it really didn't stand out enough to be considered good. Just ok. Also they did it again with a boring 1 dimensional character but this time its frost. Just like with the other 2 games the American had a fun mission with a good looking area andAs many of others have pointed out this game is just a glorified map pack of the previous title. The campaign was ok and the ending was cool ig but it really didn't stand out enough to be considered good. Just ok. Also they did it again with a boring 1 dimensional character but this time its frost. Just like with the other 2 games the American had a fun mission with a good looking area and map but with no personality to the point where it's physically agitating. I do not like this game and i regret replaying it. 1 star.… Expand
  49. NetWalker
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    Same game as previous. Activision once again cheats with players and this 4 year-old engine with 0 physics. Nothing new. The MP part is the same as MW2. Only fanboys will like.
  50. SuddenJonatan
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    After all the feedback from the community.....still no Dinosaurs. We asked for Dinosaurs. We want Dinosaurs. We SHALL have Dinosaurs! Reddit commands it.
  51. wookiee_dave
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    I've played this game for most of today, and it is the best COD yet. So why the score of 1 I hear you ask? It's because it is the same game as MW2, and if I had paid £30 for it I would be extremely annoyed. Effectively, you buy a game that you invest time playing with your friends, and then the next year, you have to pay for it all over again if you want carry on playingI've played this game for most of today, and it is the best COD yet. So why the score of 1 I hear you ask? It's because it is the same game as MW2, and if I had paid £30 for it I would be extremely annoyed. Effectively, you buy a game that you invest time playing with your friends, and then the next year, you have to pay for it all over again if you want carry on playing it (because all the other mugs will have moved onto it). EA, milking money form a once innovative and fun franchise. BUY IT IF YOUR ARE RICH OR STUPID!!… Expand
  52. JamesSteal
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    But oh my god people, You were all saying this was going to be the greatest game ever. Battlefield 3 has nothing on your great innovative Modern Warfare games. Why so serious? We told you it was going to be a rehash but none of you really listened did you? You went out and bought it because it's the cool thing to do, All of your friends have the game. At least you made Activi$ion happy byBut oh my god people, You were all saying this was going to be the greatest game ever. Battlefield 3 has nothing on your great innovative Modern Warfare games. Why so serious? We told you it was going to be a rehash but none of you really listened did you? You went out and bought it because it's the cool thing to do, All of your friends have the game. At least you made Activi$ion happy by giving them $60 for a MW2 DLC. In return, Activi$ion used your money to pay off the critics to give it good reviews influencing more purchases. Oh yeah, Call of Duty is soooo much better than Battlefield 3 LOL.… Expand
  53. Shadowalker1191
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    Just the same as MW1 and MW2, just another city. Same multiplayer, spawn campers, boosters, yelling in the mic, crying, jack holes. Once sledgehammer can produce a "GOOD" game things might change. Untill then just another activision rewash.
  54. urmumisanrpm
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    The 2nd expansion pack to MW2 has arrived. More of the same- yawn. I'm not quite sure whether they are too scared of innovating and scaring off the occassional tatoo toting bogans who are cod fanboys, whether the release cycle is burning them, or they have just run out of steam. Either way this is dodgy.
  55. ghola
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    Same old **** The new game modes don't Live up to The Hype. And: SOME SETTINGS AND BUILDINGS WERE COPIED STRAIGHT FROM COD 4. Unfrocking believable... COD elite is broken, simply does not work yet.
  56. mudflaps
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Can I say why I am giving this game a low score?

    First the graphics are from COD4 MW1. So what we have is no innovasion on that side. 2nd The story is dull, I have now stopped playing it and it will be returned to the video sstore from where i rented it. 3rd I feel robbed for spending 1 euro for the 1 day rental. 4th If you have played any MW game you have played this. 5th This    Can I say why I am giving this game a low score?

    First the graphics are from COD4 MW1. So what we have is no innovasion on that side. 2nd The story is dull, I have now stopped playing it and it will be returned to the video sstore from where i rented it.
    3rd I feel robbed for spending 1 euro for the 1 day rental.
    4th If you have played any MW game you have played this.
    5th This game costs 60 euro....
    I cannot comment on mp as I could not be bothered trying it as I assume it is the same as previous games.

    I really enjoyed cod 4 mw1 and I cant remember the amount of times I reset my rank. It was fun then but now it is old and I really cannot see the point in playing the same game and paying 1 euro or 60 euro for it.    … Expand
  57. ClashCityRocker
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Inferior to the PS3 version, but both versions are not worth it. Really old and been there, done that.. If you have played MW2, don't bother with this, buy Uncharted 3 or something worthwhile instead., don't waste your money on this game, it's simply not worth it.
  58. grumpy31
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Well I saw gameplay of the online and genuinely thought it was Modern Warfare 2 on Overgrown. The menus, textures, architecture point pop-ups and HUD are exactly the same as Modern Warfare 2. The guns, perks, kill streaks and sounds have been shaken up slightly in an attempt to keep it fresh.
    The campaign looks to be sleep inducing, there seems to be no events made to be touching or make    Well I saw gameplay of the online and genuinely thought it was Modern Warfare 2 on Overgrown. The menus, textures, architecture point pop-ups and HUD are exactly the same as Modern Warfare 2. The guns, perks, kill streaks and sounds have been shaken up slightly in an attempt to keep it fresh.
    The campaign looks to be sleep inducing, there seems to be no events made to be touching or make you think deeper. Ask anyone who has played a previous installment, they will agree it's basically MW2 DLC put onto a disc.

    Yes it will keep you entertained for some hours but try to put off buying this stale milk left for dead series, maybe steal a copy.    … Expand
  59. PleiadesPower
    Nov 15, 2011
    1
    Wow, deja vu all over again. Can we get a story that doesn't involve Russians for a change? And how about getting rid of game breaking killstreak rewards and multiplayer that amounts to little more than laser tag? This is war, hanging out in a building until someone finishes emptying their clip at you so you can shoot back is boring. If someone is hiding in a building, you should be ableWow, deja vu all over again. Can we get a story that doesn't involve Russians for a change? And how about getting rid of game breaking killstreak rewards and multiplayer that amounts to little more than laser tag? This is war, hanging out in a building until someone finishes emptying their clip at you so you can shoot back is boring. If someone is hiding in a building, you should be able to blow the wall down with a rocket or tank round, or oh wait, you already can, and it's called BATTLEFIELD. I don't know why I bothered with this game, I barely played Black Ops. No more peer pressure, my true love is and always has been Battlefield. THOSE guys know war games. They do their homework on weapon sounds and handling. When you play that game, hearing the symphony of realtime gunfire and explosions is like being smack in the middle of Black Hawk Down. But you know what, let COD exist if only to keep the kiddies and noobs out of my Battlefield so us big boys can have our fun too. If I want an arcade shooter experience, I'll stick by the pioneer, HALO. Otherwise, when I want to play a real war game, BF3 is where it's at. Let's face it, Activision is going to bleed COD dry just like they did Guitar Hero. The franchise will die of overexposure, which is a shame, because a long time ago, it was a decent game, that is, until DICE let me blow down walls in an M1 Abrams tank!… Expand
  60. Gaston
    Jan 16, 2012
    1
    Which Modern Warfare was this, again? The more changes, the more stays the same. My review takes into account the value of the game for its price tag - if you have any of its predecessors, save yourself the money and play their prestige mode.
  61. Lucas823
    Nov 12, 2011
    1
    Critics will rave about the game like they do every year. Gamers will buy it and rave about the game like they do every year. Bobby Kotick laugh while stroking his cat in front of a fireplace like he does every year. Infinity Ward will get back to brainstorming up a storyline that is even more nonsensical than the last one and copying and pasting code from COD4. But how long must thisCritics will rave about the game like they do every year. Gamers will buy it and rave about the game like they do every year. Bobby Kotick laugh while stroking his cat in front of a fireplace like he does every year. Infinity Ward will get back to brainstorming up a storyline that is even more nonsensical than the last one and copying and pasting code from COD4. But how long must this go on? If someone critizises the game for being the same old thing, fanboys will shout about how the game is perfect and how it doesnt need to be changed, but honestly, if the game is perfect already, why even bother making a new one? I feel dirty for wasting my money on this franchise again.… Expand
  62. 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.
  63. Just1nsane
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    I will not be a hater I will agree the campaign needs a touch but cmon people.I think black ops was the best in the COD series but this didnt deserve a 3.2
  64. Golem25
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    Activision has once again failed to make their latest COD title stand out. Because, frankly, this is the umpteenth time COD 4 has been repackaged, with little to no innovation. The same broken Multiplayer, the same try-hard 4 hour long story, and soon the same overpriced map packs. It is truly a disgrace, the way Activision keeps confirming their greediness, and lack of interest for theirActivision has once again failed to make their latest COD title stand out. Because, frankly, this is the umpteenth time COD 4 has been repackaged, with little to no innovation. The same broken Multiplayer, the same try-hard 4 hour long story, and soon the same overpriced map packs. It is truly a disgrace, the way Activision keeps confirming their greediness, and lack of interest for their customers. This hasn`t bitten them yet, seeing as a lot of COD-players are very, very young. Too young to stand up and say "I will no longer let myself be milked dry like a cow. I will no longer let this company ruin gaming by repackaging the same game over and over again, therefore being a bad example for the rest". And even when the fans are a bit older, they still have ridiculously low standards, considering they like replaying the same broken game, over and over, paying 60 Dollars every year.

    Because of this greediness and laziness, COD MW3 deserves a 0, but I`ll give Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games 1 point for the effort.    … Expand
  65. kktrian
    Mar 26, 2012
    1
    People **** about this being more or less the same title. In all honesty I would been satisfied if this game was half as good as its predecessors....but its not. It's awful, especially the multiplayer. The maps simply not fun. They make camping and shadow sitting almost a necessity. Players can head glitch in almost every location. Likewise, the maps are visually distracting and preventPeople **** about this being more or less the same title. In all honesty I would been satisfied if this game was half as good as its predecessors....but its not. It's awful, especially the multiplayer. The maps simply not fun. They make camping and shadow sitting almost a necessity. Players can head glitch in almost every location. Likewise, the maps are visually distracting and prevent any kind of comfortable, eventual familiarity. The combat engine is also dull and inconsistent. This game, and series are officially dead to me… Expand
  66. iJesseee
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Ever since MW2, the call of duty series has gone completely downhill. This terrible game is no exception. Although I've only played about 6 hours online, so far the game is a lot worse than Black Ops, and I doubt it will improve much even with a plethora of TU's.
  67. WildfireV2
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    So, the long anticipated MW3 is here and just as expected, its garbage. I`ll start out by stating the obvious, this game WILL sell heavily, and undoubtedly outsell Battlefield 3, But its down to a few reasons, the level of marketing this series goes to, to ensure its the most anticipated game of the year is unparalleled. The demographic of the game is probably 70% under 18s.. which isSo, the long anticipated MW3 is here and just as expected, its garbage. I`ll start out by stating the obvious, this game WILL sell heavily, and undoubtedly outsell Battlefield 3, But its down to a few reasons, the level of marketing this series goes to, to ensure its the most anticipated game of the year is unparalleled. The demographic of the game is probably 70% under 18s.. which is honestly amazing seen as the game is rated 18, but it also means that the majority of the Call of Duty followers are easily impressionable, and gullible children, therefore they just follow the trend.

    Branding will only take them so far, and this year its evident that Battlefield has raised the bar and surpassed the entire CoD series with astonishing gameplay, fantastic lag free online, unrivalled diversity and brilliant graphics. Seriously where is the appeal of MW3?

    I know the reviewers will give MW3 a high score because theyre biased as **** and paid massively to do so, User scores have spoke, MW3 is the biggest fail of the year, its roughly the same game that was released 2 years ago with subtle changes trying to mask the underlying disappointment. Anyway game where somebody can jump off a building, do about 20 spins, and no scope somebody without dying is lets face it, a joke. You know what would happen if somebody tried that on battlefield? Theyd just get run over in a tank and laughed at. Seriously Activision, its time to wake up, come see the real world and leave the kids behind.    … Expand
  68. wafelkill
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Modern Warfare 3 was only made to MAKE MONEY!!!
    Are they serious?!?!BlackOps made 2.500.000.000$!!
    Where this money go? To develop new amazing engine? No... To improve anything in gameplay? No... So where ours money go? To **** EA corporation! For what BlackUps made this game should be FOR FREE!!My heart is bleeding when i see what happen to ours hobby;( Sad that now everybody wont to    Modern Warfare 3 was only made to MAKE MONEY!!!
    Are they serious?!?!BlackOps made 2.500.000.000$!!
    Where this money go?
    To develop new amazing engine?
    No...
    To improve anything in gameplay?
    No...
    So where ours money go?
    To **** EA corporation!
    For what BlackUps made this game should be FOR FREE!!My heart is bleeding when i see what happen to ours hobby;(
    Sad that now everybody wont to make money...not games:[    … Expand
  69. Mercarcher
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Normally Map packs for MW2 cost $15, this one costs 4x that amount and has a bug where your profile will be reset when you buy it.

    My advice, wait till its in the $5 bargain bin.
  70. DrMordin
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    I had no expectations for this game and yet I still find myself hating it. The campaign is terrible, it's just a series of explosions w/ no narrative comprehension, the maps are the worst the series has seen yet and the multiplayer is still the same camp fest that MW2 and BO were, the only thing different about it is that kill streaks are now in categories, but it doesn't matter becauseI had no expectations for this game and yet I still find myself hating it. The campaign is terrible, it's just a series of explosions w/ no narrative comprehension, the maps are the worst the series has seen yet and the multiplayer is still the same camp fest that MW2 and BO were, the only thing different about it is that kill streaks are now in categories, but it doesn't matter because all the same kill streaks are there, all you have to do is get your 7 kills and let the attack helicopter get you another 20. Survival mode is the only "new" thing in this game but anyone should be able to tell that it's just a cheap combination of horde from GoW and zombies plus is doesn't even have matchmaking so it's pretty useless. The thing that pisses me off the most about this game is that the devs made no attempt to make any thing different, it feels, plays, looks and sounds exactly like the past 2 MW games even the menus look exactly like the MW2 menus. The last time this series had any innovation was in 2007, it's been running off the same engine and gameplay ideas ever since but yet for some reason the critics still go and give it 9s and even worse the same people go out and help it break sales records (at what point do you people realize you just paid $60 for the same game you bought 5 years ago?). To call this game MW2.5 is generous it is MW1 w/ a different cover, a 3 in the title, a couple of re-skinned guns and some new modes that don't even have matchmaking. I'm glad I had the sense to only rent it, too bad the same couldn't be said for the 9 million people who blindly handed their money over to the devs on day one, you people just bought Call of Duty Modern Warfare...AGAIN.… Expand
  71. Switch296
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    This game is more of the same. Like way more of the same, it has pasted buildings from Modern Warfare 1 and has exactly the same graphics engine at modern warfare 2, with very similar multiplayer maps and gameplay.

    It brings nothing new to the series and honestly it just feels so cheaply done, it doesn't feel like a real Call of Duty game, just a hollowed out clone, it doesn't have that    This game is more of the same. Like way more of the same, it has pasted buildings from Modern Warfare 1 and has exactly the same graphics engine at modern warfare 2, with very similar multiplayer maps and gameplay.

    It brings nothing new to the series and honestly it just feels so cheaply done, it doesn't feel like a real Call of Duty game, just a hollowed out clone, it doesn't have that Call of Duty feel.

    I am very disappointed and hope they turn it around for the next game.    … Expand
  72. GidBix
    Nov 18, 2011
    1
    How do you spell Dialed In? = Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Save yourself some money and just keep playing Black Ops. It feels (and looks) exactly the same!
  73. Humboldt1337
    Nov 20, 2011
    1
    Have you played COD before? Yes? Then you have played this version of COD before also. Utter cr@p. This is just Activision mugging retards for their money, every year. I'm sure this game will make loads of money, and decent development studios will continue to suffer because people are not playing their games. If you are 12 and have no brain, then by all means play this abortion.Have you played COD before? Yes? Then you have played this version of COD before also. Utter cr@p. This is just Activision mugging retards for their money, every year. I'm sure this game will make loads of money, and decent development studios will continue to suffer because people are not playing their games. If you are 12 and have no brain, then by all means play this abortion. Otherwise, go play Battlefield 3.… Expand
  74. Accuracy
    Nov 14, 2011
    1
    This game is a joke seriously, it's giving the video game industry a stereotype that this is all gamers play. This game is overshadowing better titles that actually feature innovation, and creativity. This game is the same repackaged **** over and over again. This isn't a game, it's DLC.
  75. Krokan
    Nov 13, 2011
    1
    The same graphics, the same sounds,the same old gameplay, worst of all weapons have no character at all. I played MW1 after this game and believe me the first game feels better. Dont listen to the critics, they are obviously hungry for Activision's advertisement money. Stay away from this game unless you havent played MW1 and 2 before. I still cant believe the praise this junk is gettingThe same graphics, the same sounds,the same old gameplay, worst of all weapons have no character at all. I played MW1 after this game and believe me the first game feels better. Dont listen to the critics, they are obviously hungry for Activision's advertisement money. Stay away from this game unless you havent played MW1 and 2 before. I still cant believe the praise this junk is getting from critics.… Expand
  76. LordOFlibertY
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Ill cut this short. I bought, I played, I returned.
    This game is an utter rubbish and fails to deliver any sought of hype. MW2 supposedly the biggest selling entertainment in the world has spent all their profit on stupid advertisement. There is nothing new and TWO COMPANIES DEVELOPED IT! Maybe if this was a $30-40 expansion for mw2, i wouldnt mind but come on, u must be joking
  77. Minderrx
    Dec 23, 2011
    1
    same as mw2
  78. Melancholy
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    More proof the "pro" critics are being bought for favorable reviews. I tried getting into this one. I really did. But it boils down to being the same game as the last three before it. The maps aren't noteworthy at all, and the single player campaign is cheesier than ever and feels forced, and is finished in about 3-4 hours. It's another Halo 3 where it's all hype and no substance, backedMore proof the "pro" critics are being bought for favorable reviews. I tried getting into this one. I really did. But it boils down to being the same game as the last three before it. The maps aren't noteworthy at all, and the single player campaign is cheesier than ever and feels forced, and is finished in about 3-4 hours. It's another Halo 3 where it's all hype and no substance, backed by a rabid following of kids and teenagers who somehow find enjoyment in copy-paste installments.

    For claiming to be the most anticipated new title for 2011, all it feels like, and essentially is, is a $60 expansion for MW2. Save your money.    … Expand
  79. Commandrand
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Call of Duty's next screwed up. The series sank in **** and noobs player. Multiplayer is disgusting. Graphics got sucked. I think i rather play Battlefield 3 getting **** in my toilet than play that with my girlfriend doing blowjob.
  80. tritrium
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    Before i start, i havent even finished the game yet.
    i cannot be anything else then sarcastic about this game:
    Wait.. was that a building from the CoD4 Pipeline map? Wait.. were that cod4 sounds? I remember this place.... This place remembers me of something I think the biggest issue here is the fact that the franchise aged over its fanbase. All the 14/15 year olds who are now grown    Before i start, i havent even finished the game yet.
    i cannot be anything else then sarcastic about this game:
    Wait.. was that a building from the CoD4 Pipeline map?
    Wait.. were that cod4 sounds?
    I remember this place.... This place remembers me of something
    I think the biggest issue here is the fact that the franchise aged over its fanbase.
    All the 14/15 year olds who are now grown to 19/20 year olds have in these 5 years realized how this game/franchise or however u wanna call it is getting run into the ground by releasing a, boring repetitive, copy/paste game every year.    … Expand
  81. shez
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Boring and outdated in every single aspect, from the sound design, to the graphics and even the ingame menus, this game can't even dare exist agaist the other triple A competitors. You know what i'm talking about...It's more like...THE competitor.
  82. DeLeon
    Nov 18, 2011
    1
    A mediocre expansion pack being sold as a new game.....its the same game as MW2 and the campain is only 5 hours long......do not belive gaming sites FPS are overated rigth now
  83. Rice303
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    This game is MW2 with a faster framerate that can not be praised because with the amount of lag on multiplayer it is shadowed. Why is the game bad Well for starters Why I am not a battlefield fanboy after playing BF3 I felt that this game Is a dull piece of crap re-imagining of MW2 therfore should not be a stand alone game and is probably the worst in the series Sorry IW, activision andThis game is MW2 with a faster framerate that can not be praised because with the amount of lag on multiplayer it is shadowed. Why is the game bad Well for starters Why I am not a battlefield fanboy after playing BF3 I felt that this game Is a dull piece of crap re-imagining of MW2 therfore should not be a stand alone game and is probably the worst in the series Sorry IW, activision and slegdehammer but you let the fans down and created pure hatred.… Expand
  84. SmileyFrank
    Dec 12, 2011
    1
    Wow. This is the exact same game as mw 1 and 2.
    The only new thing is survival mode, which is pretty fun, found myself playing it for awhile, that's the only reason this is a 1 instead of a 0. The campaign is meh. The multiplayer............ It's the same exact gameplay as the other games, i don't know why people keep rating these games so high, the only cods I liked was 2,3,4, and 5    Wow. This is the exact same game as mw 1 and 2.
    The only new thing is survival mode, which is pretty fun, found myself playing it for awhile, that's the only reason this is a 1 instead of a 0. The campaign is meh. The multiplayer............ It's the same exact gameplay as the other games, i don't know why people keep rating these games so high, the only cods I liked was 2,3,4, and 5 because of zombies mode. Since then, they have been the same gameplay. Also, why can cod get away with this when ac can't? Assassins creed rev. got pretty low cause they didn't add that much, at least they added something! As far as I know this game (apart from survival mode or w/e it's called) has not changed AT ALL, the graphics are the same, most guns are they same, the gameplay is NO different. Don't waste your time with this game. Get a game that's good, like ac rev, skyrim (my first choice), or saints row.    … Expand
  85. nio123
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    its a copy and paste of mw2 there is hardly anything new and the graphics terrible waste of money if people stop giving the game such good reviews maybe activision would make a new series of games
  86. MrFancyPants
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    It looks, feels and plays almost exactly like MW3. And not in 'MW3 reminds me of MW2' but in a 'What exactly is the difference between these two games?' way. Save yourself 60 bucks and just keep playing Black Ops.
  87. TENCESAR
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    Disappointment in every way. This generation is saturated. It is a fact. But a number of Modern Warfare DLC I is a huge insult to gamers. The fate of the Call of Duty series is the same as PES: After losing in the evolutionary line basis using as a game years ago, lost ground to EA that at least tries to innovate with a new graphics engine and a proposal for a game more fun - focused onDisappointment in every way. This generation is saturated. It is a fact. But a number of Modern Warfare DLC I is a huge insult to gamers. The fate of the Call of Duty series is the same as PES: After losing in the evolutionary line basis using as a game years ago, lost ground to EA that at least tries to innovate with a new graphics engine and a proposal for a game more fun - focused on the simulation of war and numerous armed and able to drive vehicles. Not to mention, the destructible scenery, which in any MW3 ataqus thin wall resists the b52's. Do not buy this DLC. Activision help produce a game with responsibility and respect for the fans, not the mere hoax.
    Sorry my bad english    … Expand
  88. ZombieMessiah
    Dec 30, 2011
    1
    The franchise makes its yearly return, with much the same thing. This isn't a bad game. If you haven't played a call of duty game, then this is as good a place to start as any.***
    My problem doesn't lie with the quality of the game, it lies with the price tag. This should have been sold as an expansion, or a DLC to MW2 for 30 bucks.***
    A month down the road, we'll have frigging map    The franchise makes its yearly return, with much the same thing. This isn't a bad game. If you haven't played a call of duty game, then this is as good a place to start as any.***
    My problem doesn't lie with the quality of the game, it lies with the price tag. This should have been sold as an expansion, or a DLC to MW2 for 30 bucks.***
    A month down the road, we'll have frigging map packs that they'll have the audacity to charge 15 dollars for. Having previously been a PC gamer, the thought of paying anything for a map is off-putting, but 15 dollars is retarded.***
    THIS IS NOT A NEW GAME!!!!!***
    There is no way that this game deserves the glowing accolades it has received from the professional critics. Maybe they simply don't take cost into account, or are completely ok with buying the same game every year.***
    I saw somewhere that this is being compared to the big sports game franchises...which I also refuse to waste my money on. Oh, the same game with slightly better graphics, and a new roster? No f'in thanks.    … Expand
  89. DarkInstinct
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    THIS GAME IS DONE. I've had it with Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 2 disappointed me to no end, and I even broke the game over my knee. The single player is horrible, like someone shot the story with a machine gun, peppering it with bullet holes in the plot. The multiplayer is a copy/paste of modern warfare 2, nothing was changed at all. The maps are just as small and just as able forTHIS GAME IS DONE. I've had it with Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 2 disappointed me to no end, and I even broke the game over my knee. The single player is horrible, like someone shot the story with a machine gun, peppering it with bullet holes in the plot. The multiplayer is a copy/paste of modern warfare 2, nothing was changed at all. The maps are just as small and just as able for someone to spawn kill you over and over again. The kill-streaks are overrated, giving you a small chance to get ONE kill before by getting 5 kills or, the most advanced one, 18. Which secures you about 2 kills because everyone is lagging in and out of buildings. Even getting a killstreak doesnt secure you a kill. It just means some idiot is going to shoot it down as soon as it arrives. I got this the day it came out and people are already level 80? Even prestiged? Get a life kids and go play something that doesn't make you rely on ONE gun throughout the game and shows skill. The reason I am giving this a 1 and not a 0 is because the Spec Ops is ok. I always love co op in any game and can't resist the co op in this. Call of Duty Elite sucks to. i spent the year subscription on it and it won't even let me use it. An error message keeps telling me that "it cant connect to the call of duty servers." **** Utter **** This game is not worth your 60+ dollars, so dont buy it, dont look at it, and dont even say it's name because people are gonna be sucking infinity wards balls throughout the year until the next Treyarch Call of Duty comes out. THANK YOU… Expand
  90. Swadhams
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    The CoD series as a whole needs a re-boot desperately and this is just further proof of it,
    So little has changed from Modern Warfare 2 or even Modern Warfare 1 that this game getting a full release and not some quite little DLC status is sad.
    It feels like all Activision wants to do is milk their cash cow
  91. 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
  92. blackopshatred
    Nov 10, 2011
    1
    What can i say. Over a year to produce this. Almost an exact duplicate of the others. I'm sorry activision but i can just play modern warfare 1 if i feel like brain numbing shooting. It does deserve a 1 however because it is not treyarch.
  93. TurboMonkey
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Wow. I can understand a game like Fifa, which is simply trying to simulate a simple concept of 22 men kicking a ball around a field only making marginal improvements year on year, its not like they've got license to change the rules of the game. This is not the case with COD. It can do whatever it likes, leap from time zone to time zone, country to country - limited only by the dev team'sWow. I can understand a game like Fifa, which is simply trying to simulate a simple concept of 22 men kicking a ball around a field only making marginal improvements year on year, its not like they've got license to change the rules of the game. This is not the case with COD. It can do whatever it likes, leap from time zone to time zone, country to country - limited only by the dev team's imagination. Sadly it would appear they don't have one. All the irritating comment bleating about how MW3 was going to be a copy and paste rehash have been proved entirely correct. I'm ashamed to say I bothered to go out at midnight to join the masses and snaffle this up but after 2 days of trying to love it I'll be headed back to BF3 for my fix of variety, freshness, tactics and creativity. Poor show Infinity Ward, you just lost a big fan.… Expand
  94. DigitalVeil
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    Same old recycled, copy and pasted game with very few changes. My review would match the major reviewer's scores, but unfortunately, Activision isn't paying me to do so. Save your money for something better folks.
  95. scarecrow2012
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Graphics are a joke. Feels like your a little kid running around the maps with your little head bobbing around. Slowly but surely the great franchise is dying, but with releases like this it wont be slowly. MW3 is great if you if your a 15 year old kid. Save your money and time this ones going back to the store.
  96. Supmotto
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    After playing this game for a good 4 hours, I noticed that this game felt very familiar, A little bit TOO familiar. Then it hit me that everything in this game from the graphics, the sound effects, the art, is from Modern Warfare 2. It sickens me that Activision thinks that they can get away with just copying everything that the original IW team has worked for and just paste into a newAfter playing this game for a good 4 hours, I noticed that this game felt very familiar, A little bit TOO familiar. Then it hit me that everything in this game from the graphics, the sound effects, the art, is from Modern Warfare 2. It sickens me that Activision thinks that they can get away with just copying everything that the original IW team has worked for and just paste into a new package and call it Modern Warfare 3. Contrary to all the "VIDEO GAME JOURNALISTS" that give this game a 80% or higher this game is nothing new and they should have just called it Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2011 edition, you are basically paying $60 on a expansion pack, A very poorly made expansion pack.… Expand
  97. Kenjirus
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Played this, this morning and its just a desaturated mess of a game, the whole thing needs to be updated to make it good, the textures are low, the shadows are to dark, the lighting is terrible, the only colour seems to be shades of gray and the sounds are just annoying, bad show IW, Sledgehammer and Activition, bad show
  98. kiappariellos
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    il gioco e' ridicolo , dopo tre giorni di gioco e' gia diventato ingiocabile. quasi 750 ore spese sul multiplayer con Black Ops e appena 12 ore con questo. gioco mediocre
  99. Deathmasque
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    For a game that feverishly claims to be the most anticipated title this year, nay, the greatest title of all time, this failed to meet my all already low expectations. The main feature that Infinity Ward relied upon to sell the game, the multiplayer, is still the same as it was when it was implemented in Modern Warfare 2, with a few slight changes and new perks. Not only that, they've alsoFor a game that feverishly claims to be the most anticipated title this year, nay, the greatest title of all time, this failed to meet my all already low expectations. The main feature that Infinity Ward relied upon to sell the game, the multiplayer, is still the same as it was when it was implemented in Modern Warfare 2, with a few slight changes and new perks. Not only that, they've also copied the weapon system from Battlefield 3, despite the fact that MW3 claims to be the greater game. Shameless unbalance, lazy and horrible map design and possibly the most immature community to date (I thought this game was an 18? What are little kids doing on it?). Luckily I wasn't sucked in by the same hype that's been everywhere lately, despite Activision's shameless attempt of trying to gain publicity by leaking the video of the girl getting blown up, and as such I didn't expect much from this game, I was still disappointed however, and feel the only good part of this game is the fact it's the last one in the series. But knowing IW and Activision they're try and shovel 5 more games with less character and gameplay than the last.… Expand
  100. falconmooch
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    How can console gamers put up with this ****
    2 hour campaign, Same engine as the last 4 COD games, Will probably be another $200 worth of DLC, Gets a point for boosting my ATVI stocks.
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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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