- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8685 Ratings
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Positive: 2,253 out of 8685
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Mixed: 954 out of 8685
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Negative: 5,478 out of 8685
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Nov 10, 2011the hit detection is the worst THE game engine IS LIKE PS2/XBOX ???
the maps is is more like coby past and some modification from COD4
the game freeze my ps3
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Nov 10, 2011Never once have I felt so betrayed by a game developer. That they honestly want to treat their customers like this. They didn't even try to lube it up. It was just rough from the beginning. No foreplay, just plain shiat, from start to end. Wauw.
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Nov 10, 2011Another MW game, and this time, they didn't bother to hide the fact that they were reusing textures and building from the fourth installment, or that they hardly changed anything about the overall gameplay. In fact, they seemed to have taken a step back from their newer game, Black Ops, opting for a tired out MW2 system. Brainless fun, a junk food of a game. Save your 60$.
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Nov 10, 2011Seriously?? SERIOUSLY?? THE SAME GAME?? **** this **** I've already played this kinds of game before, I'm not playing a COD game until they offer some NEW mechanics...
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Nov 10, 2011MW3 is boring, I am sooo glad I paid $60 for MW2.5. The campaign is horribly boring, I quit half way through because I have better games to play. This season has too many good games to waste your time on this one.
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Nov 10, 2011it was copy paste from MW2 and I think no thing change in the game from MW2 it is like take MW2 and give the player DLC and change the poster and the number and some other staff. so I thin they desire 0
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Nov 10, 2011The single player is the same old linear action movie wannabe ripoff that it always has been. Multiplayer has been changed up slightly but for the worse. Elite is a total ripoff. If you want a better Multiplayer experience go play battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011Video Game Industry needs creativity, innovations, surprises;
Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 represents Fast Food Game served every year with the same sauce.
If we want to raise videogame to art, it's the time to think different : Stop just making money and explore unknown lands of gaming.... -
Nov 10, 2011VERY disappointed. I didn't think this game was worth the price of a new game. There is really not much new about it. Same crap as MW2. I'm done with CoD
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Nov 10, 2011Same game, different title. While I'm actually embarassed I bought this, i'm even more embarassed I put faith in it that it would be even remotely good and bought the $300 Turtle Beach MW3 "Delta" headset along with the game. Oh well, at least I got a badass headset out of all this.
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Nov 10, 2011You played MW1? You played MW2? you re not bored of this old engine? Of this patriotism? You still really wanna follow a hall of QTE? With a story even worse than the worst of the Steven seagal movie? Well if yes you should go out, you need some fresh air, I don't know try to read books, try other games, another world is possible, a world without call of team America 15.
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Nov 10, 2011Modern Warfare 3? A new videogame? I was thinking that was a DLC of 70$. You will feel like you've stepped back in time 6-7 years. The graphics are brown and grey and decay-esque, the gun sounds are horrible.
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Nov 10, 2011I'm glad I did not buy the game! I had a chance to borrow it so I did not throw my money on another failed game! I took the previous game series in which I could not play because of all the problems with their servers so I decided to stop playing in the series!! Time they learned to appreciate the gamers and invest in our games! Sorry for the English
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011copy and paste from Modern Warfare 2 ... the same graphics , gameplay , controls ... i prefer play modern warfare 2 (its free XD) or the new battlefield 3
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Nov 10, 2011Honestly thought I was playing MW2 untill a friend told me it was a copy of MS3. No thats not a joke I'm being serious. There is so little difference between games its insulting that this is a stand alone title and not DLC.
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Nov 10, 2011This game is a big joke like black ops , there is no improvement at all and the graphics are scary looks like the game is in 540p ,and 30 dlc comming soon Oh my god, yeah well i'm gonna stay on Battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011Activisions new goal, do less and bank on it. Charge 59$ for hardly any changes on their engine, then 40$ a year for Elite? A year? Wow, its sad the gaming industry is turing into a "lets make the shareholders super happy by ripping off gamers" Same old game. Ill stick with Battlefield 3. Squads, vehicles, and blowing stuff up!
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Nov 10, 2011Satan likes most bad things. This just crosses the line.
I can't believe i payed 60 bucks for this game. It's a glorified xpac. the story blows (not that i expected it to be good.) Multiplayer is just more of the same too. I know its a sequel and wasn't expecting much change but damn it sucks. -
Nov 10, 2011I borrowed this from a friend for about a good 30 minutes before realizing that I may as well have been playing MW2. Nothing. Has. Changed.The fact that they can get away with this is appalling, but it pisses me off. I played the multiplayer and about 5 minutes of the survival and you know what? It sucks. Don't get it!
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Nov 10, 2011I have been playing this game all day now and I just can't seem to enjoy it, it just feels like the same thing over and over again with nothing new. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who already owns black ops or mw2.
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Nov 10, 2011lame, sadly for the weak minded. lame, sadly for the weak minded. lame, sadly for the weak minded. lame, sadly for the weak minded.lame, sadly for the weak minded.lame, sadly for the weak minded
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Nov 10, 2011Same game as MW2, MW1 and black ops, nothing has changed! Just new maps, which they will release a few more for $20 every month. Why do people keep buying this?
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Nov 10, 2011I am a huge fan of Call of Duty but MW3 didn't do anything for me, i felt that the game was a copy and paste MW2.5. So i decided to give Battlefield 3 ago, i really didn't like the previous Battlefield but i have to say Battlefield 3 is awesome, it is far superior to MW3 with out a doubt. Activison you let me down this time.
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Nov 10, 2011a polished turd is still only a turd. Completely average game IMO. Nothing different than MW2. They could have just added this for DLC.
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Nov 10, 2011Mordern Warfare 2.1 should say enough. Its a $60 map pack thats all!! Not worth more than $9.99 imo.
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Nov 10, 2011same ole same ole! Nothing has changed... This game used to be about skill. The player with the most skill would win everytime... Now, a 10 yo can pick up a controller and go 30-2... sickening!
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Nov 10, 2011remember that song from Bare Naked Ladies. Each year a new COD is release i can not help myself to hum the tune of that song. "It's all been done....before"
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Nov 10, 2011Absolutely nothing new introduced. Bland storyline, and multiplayer is like playing MW2. If people want the same thing each time, then stick to the same game.
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Nov 10, 2011Kotick strikes again, this once great franchise has been beaten into the ground and then kicked around multiple times for good measure. If you have the attention span and intellect of a 2 year old, this game's for you. If you want a real shooter, check out Battlefield 3.
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Nov 10, 2011wow ive never wasted my money so stupidly since I bought a 100$ hooker. seriously guys if your going to get this game wait till the next REAL one... not some recycled piece of ****
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Nov 10, 2011Terrible game, same game, different box, with a few new modes thrown in... This is an outrage, then you have the nerve to charge for elite "service" WHAT A JOKE! BF3 offers all that for free, with a better game. Only tools and little kids keep wasting their money on this garbage...
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Nov 10, 2011Sorry MW3 this is the truth ..
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This game is not worth money. It's the same as CoD 4, with only few changes. The graphics are dated because of the very old game engine. The only new thing, single player, is about 3-4 hours long and very linear and has annoying spawning enemies. Save your money for something else. -
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Nov 10, 2011There is zero difference to MW2, the game is simply bland and cliche, everything is recycled and you can only release the same game so many times before it just gets stale, the graphics are simply awful, the story is cliche and it as a package just feels incredibly outdated. Time for a new engine.
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Nov 10, 2011utter trash
Have been playing MW3 online for a few hours now and it surprised me that a game I wasn't looking forward to, at all, still was able to... disappoint me. Have seen many of the maps and I haven't felt a presence of a c -
Nov 10, 2011This is the worst game ever!!! It's basically a waste of money, and time!!! I don't now how anyone can write a positive review of this. I hade huge ecpectations, but it sucjed. Activision is just squeezing the lost drop of money out of this franchise. Don't help them do it!
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Nov 10, 2011Call of Duty has been the same piece of garbage every year.
Yet so many purchase it every year.
The worst shooter I have EVER played.
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Nov 10, 2011this game has not changed at all. it's the exact same as it was before. get battlefield 3 instead or keep playing mw2 or black ops. lazy game developers reusing the same exact formula and most likely paid reviewers to give them high ratings
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Nov 10, 2011Dissaponted... I had been playing this since MW, yeah it was cool back then but **** got to repetitive, they dont improve nothing at all, same graphics, sound and lame short campaign... Now all the fanboy say: if you are looking for a campaing then mw3 isnt your game its all about mp... BS!! Even GOW has shown imrpovements over the years not to mention bf3..
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Nov 10, 2011Got a game crash on pc and it told me that Modern Warefare 2 has crashed. Yes, MODERN WAREFARE TWO has crashed. They didn't even bother to CTRL+F "2" into "3"... o.o Proof that it's a carbon copy of previous game...
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Nov 10, 2011The only reason I'm giving this game a review is because a dev asked fans to give it a higher score on Twitter. Score manipulation isn't okay to do Schofield.
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Nov 10, 2011This game is MW1 and 2 with slightly improved graphics, the same community, and what is essentially new maps and reskinned weapons for 60$. Seriously, iterations of this franchise should be released as DLC.
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Nov 10, 2011I played a sad excuse for a game i ended trading it in because i payed 60 dollars for a game that was a rehash of it's last two installments. The multilayer is bland with no innovation at all adding two features does not really make it a new game.
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Nov 10, 2011Pointless, derivative, rehashed. Instead just buy Black Ops. It's cheaper and literally the same thing. All of you anal agonized peasants that argue this game is good need to take into consideration it's past 3 clones. When you consider the fact that this is the same game, you have to admit that this doesnt really merit a purchase.
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Nov 12, 2011I first want to say, that I liked Modern Warfare 2, it was al-right and addictive. I hated Blacks ops, really stinks as bad as BO (Hence the acronym?) Modern Warfare 3 is nothing new. Its the same cookie-cutter shape as the last 3 (or 4?) years now. The Call of Duty series just needs to be laid to rest before it loses all of what's left of its dignity as modern shooter.
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Nov 10, 2011a big **** of the world !!
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Nov 10, 2011Damn this game sucks.. It's like you're playing cod4 lol!.. Every year a new COD but they are always 100% the same.. Same old engine.. What did they change? Add some perks? wow great.. It's like they released a big map pack.. They should go build a new engine, and make a NEW game..
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Nov 10, 2011MW2 and Black Ops add on map pack at best. Hit detection poor along with bad respawn locations. Close quarter combat feels like everyone is just running circles around the map. Clunky menus and poor layout of perks and leveling system......Horrible game unless you have never played a COD game ever before.
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Nov 10, 2011Same usual crappy game just like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty needs to get some serious changes and fixes to it because I'm sick and tired of the same gameplay. A proper Call of Duty needs to be built ground up, with a proper non-over-the-top storyline and balanced, skill-requiring multiplayer.
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Nov 10, 2011Completely uninspired/unoriginal crap. Activision needs to stop this yearly release schedule and focus on making a good CoD game, not just a copy/paste of previous ones.
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Nov 10, 2011A 3 hour campaign with a terrible story. Retread multiplayer still with the same pipsqueak 12 years olds. Much like the Madden series, a complete lack of innovation. Do yourself a favor and spend your money on a game like Saints Row or BatmanAC or Skyrim were the developers work to earn your 60 dollars.
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Nov 10, 2011basically the same game with an updated story and some new guns. not a true sequel and the price definetly doesn't back up the game either. your better off waiting for the next COD or wait until the price goes down before you buy MW3. but i am very much against that.
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Nov 10, 2011Absolutely terrible. It's just a moneymaking attempt, churning out the same game every year. Not having ranked dedicated servers is absurd; you're forced into more laggy p2p play where the host is favoured..
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Nov 10, 2011same old **** **** game, **** graphics, **** multiplayer clogged with 12 year olds, **** engine, and same ****ty stupid killstreaks, did i mention singleplayr is **** yes its a POS of the year
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Nov 10, 2011I played it online for 2 hours most of the matches were lagy and glitchy. people walk through the walls WTF. even though I played and still the same thing almost nothing new. The seams to be just copy paste form the previsions games Black ops and Modernwarfare2. We need something new come on this is not hard is it.
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Nov 10, 2011There was a time when games were praised for their originality and innovation. Call of Duty has lowered the bar. The storyline sucks as does the gameplay.
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Nov 10, 2011Played this game for an hour and realized it was just Modern Warfare 2.5. If you are under the age of 12 and looking for a ADD twitch shooter this is the game for. This game has no learning curve and is not a competitive shooter by any means.
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Nov 10, 2011Save yourself some money and get modern warfare 2, or better yet purchase battlefield 3. This game only feels different to modern warfare 2 not better, same game just somewhere else. To be honest it feels like a retaliation release to battlefield, something that was rushed and wasn't particularly well thought through.
Awards & Rankings
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Jan 11, 2012Ultimately, 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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Dec 28, 2011Modern 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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Dec 12, 2011I 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.