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  1. May 1, 2013
    3
    I was all hyped for this game because modern warfare 2 was so addicting even with it's flaws and i was expecting the same addiction that i had before but was disappointed and after 3 prestige's called it quits and couldn't handle the crappyness anymore and sold it at gamestop
  2. Apr 29, 2013
    3
    I have played all of the Modern Warfare games. Obviously the first one is the best. MW2 was pretty good. But making this your sequel1?!?!?!? The graphics are bad and look like they are from Call of Duty 2. The multiplayer is the same except...hacking is allowed!!!! Maps suck. Same emblems and call signs from MW2. Although the campaign is pretty good. Great ending to the series. But II have played all of the Modern Warfare games. Obviously the first one is the best. MW2 was pretty good. But making this your sequel1?!?!?!? The graphics are bad and look like they are from Call of Duty 2. The multiplayer is the same except...hacking is allowed!!!! Maps suck. Same emblems and call signs from MW2. Although the campaign is pretty good. Great ending to the series. But I didn't enjoy playing as Yuri. Playing as Soap, Price and all the other characters were way better. What I don't like about Yuri is that they just bring him in saying he is ex-Spetsnaz that is the only back story on him. Spec ops missions are not that great they were better in MW2. Survival mode is pretty boring IW should've taken a hint from Treyarch's awesome zombies mode. In general this game is a 3 out of ten a bad. It has its goods the Campaign mainly. And its bads multiplayer, spec ops, survival. In general a very bad game Expand
  3. May 10, 2013
    1
    So what can i saw about modern warfare 3. It sucks all around. the only things that save this steaming pile of is the new kill streak system and the survival mode. The story mode was lacking everything. I feel that my dog taking a piss is a 1000000 times more entertaining than the story. as far as online well do i really need to say anything? Full of glitches, lag and texture issues iSo what can i saw about modern warfare 3. It sucks all around. the only things that save this steaming pile of is the new kill streak system and the survival mode. The story mode was lacking everything. I feel that my dog taking a piss is a 1000000 times more entertaining than the story. as far as online well do i really need to say anything? Full of glitches, lag and texture issues i feel that i could probably make a better game while on horse tranquilizers. as a fan of call of duty this game made me want to have my nuts stomped by a 500 pound man with cleats on. so for this fact i give it a 1 which is being kind Expand
  4. May 27, 2013
    0
    Save your money and buy a better CoD. This is just a repeat of MW2. If you want a good and engaging call of duty, get MW1. Things have gone downhill with this franchise everytime they release a game. But of course the game has a huge following of younger children who love the game because it has explosions and blood.
  5. Dec 6, 2014
    5
    MW3 lacks the iconic Call of Duty feel that we have become accustomed too. It feels at times like some cheap Call of Duty rip off, this limits it's potential and makes for an irritating lack of identity. The multiplayer maps are poor but the conclusion to the trilogy's story makes this instalment worth playing.
  6. May 29, 2013
    8
    Don't read the user reviews, those people are dumb and expect to much, they don't appreciate what they get even though its everything the you could want, its a great game and if you want a legit review read the ones by the critics.
  7. Jun 1, 2013
    7
    *sigh* i remember the good old days of modern warfare 2 so much fun, modern warfare 3 tries to revive those old days by using the same things that made moder warfare 2 so succesful, but it is starting to show it's age, it doesnt go as far as to say it is all copy paste but overall it feels the same, for some it´s gonna be great and for some it's gonna be copy paste, for me it is great, i*sigh* i remember the good old days of modern warfare 2 so much fun, modern warfare 3 tries to revive those old days by using the same things that made moder warfare 2 so succesful, but it is starting to show it's age, it doesnt go as far as to say it is all copy paste but overall it feels the same, for some it´s gonna be great and for some it's gonna be copy paste, for me it is great, i like the excitement of leveling up and getting new guns, those thrills are still here but modern warfare 3 isn't gonna please all the fans, i liked it but it kind of feels like modern warfare 2, nevertheless modern warfare 3 is still a good experience, but i prefer modern warfare 2 Expand
  8. Jun 2, 2013
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Giving this a 6 because of the campaign, and co op was fun. I didn't like the multiplayer because of the connections to the servers. The gun took a different direction, except for some of them. I just like it because of the campaign pretty much. Finally got to kill Makarov Expand
  9. Jun 19, 2013
    1
    This game was a waste of 60 dollars in my opinion. I did not enjoy my time with this game. They got rid of all that made MW2 good and kept all the crap. It might as well have been called Modern 2.5. Plain ans simple I did not enjoy my time with this game, it just got me frustrated that's it.
  10. Jun 9, 2013
    5
    HONESTLY IT DOES HURT THE GAME INDUSTRY THAT THESE REDUNDANT COD GAMES SELL 30MIL COPPIES EACH. People buy 20-30mil copies of CoD and miss out on truly unique games like metro 2033 or the darkness 2 and these are in the same genre they are FPS's and damn good too. How many people can say they truly bought call of duty black ops AND Metro 2033 Not many if any and at least metro is an FPSHONESTLY IT DOES HURT THE GAME INDUSTRY THAT THESE REDUNDANT COD GAMES SELL 30MIL COPPIES EACH. People buy 20-30mil copies of CoD and miss out on truly unique games like metro 2033 or the darkness 2 and these are in the same genre they are FPS's and damn good too. How many people can say they truly bought call of duty black ops AND Metro 2033 Not many if any and at least metro is an FPS too. Can anyone say black op2 was actually pound for pound better than Deus Ex H.R.? Now i don't always agree with critics but even they thought deus ex was much better than black ops2 and look how deus ex sells maybe 2 million including pc and Call of doody black oops2 sells 10 times that on xbox alone. Even worse a great immersive FPS with ten times the heart and story Metro 2033 sells under 500,000 copies, yes it sold in the ball park of four hundred thousand copies...shameful that a quality game like that sells all together less than what CoD sells in one day. Is this because CoD blows ops2 is soooooo much better than metro....? NO, it is not but brain washed sheep buy the same game with the same engine in it with the same graphics every single year, they just change the name or put a creative (1),(2),or (3) next to it and the lambs come running to shell out 60$ instead of getting a truly unique experience and maybe having some taste or style or any uniqueness of your own. Even a mega hit multiplatform game that in my opinion might be the best of all time the vaunted "Fallout 3" pales in comparison with around 8mil sold while each CoD game more than triples those sales. Can even a CoD fan name any CoD game that even comes close to being as great as Fallout 3....wait i forgot to say that modernwarfare 2 doesn't count........just kidding that would be too cruel because that is what you were gonna say right CoD fanboy you original gamer you, and i bet you play CoD on your XBOX too how original and i bet you don't even play the 4hr campaign do you? All you 14yr olds and 40yr olds alike just grab a slim jim, take a swig of Monster if you are 14 and of course Budweiser if you are 40 and start on that CoD multiplayer with all that great story and non repetitive MP gameplay, of course you do this while waiting in anticipation for bungie's next sterile, super unique( i.e. halo 3 odst) game. Oh wait bungie is actually doing something good now (i.e. Destiny) so i guess 343 or whatever their name is will be copy and pasting a new label on the same old halo game, but at least halo doesnt come out twice a year. Good luck on not being as good as Battlefield 4 Call of Doody Ghosts (scary ghosts) but hey there are enough dumb people out there so you will outsell them even with last gen graphics and the same exact engine as model warfare. Greedy, Greedy Activision shoveling crap and calling it caviar when will you stop buying it. Expand
  11. Jun 11, 2013
    1
    This one of the worst games ever the game is laggy and the only players are 3 year old kids and the game is boring as hell in short don't buy this pice of game or don't buy any other COD because they are all terrible the only good COD game is COD world at war which is a great game but we are not reviewing that game we are reviewing MW3 which is terrible so in short don't buy it sucks
  12. Jul 13, 2013
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Now before you think i hate this game because it is essentially modern warfare 2.5 well your wrong I hate it because its a terrible game on its own
    pros: Gameplay is still pretty fun, Makarov's death is just so satisfying when it happens, graphics are done well, sound design is flawless it sounds like what a war game should
    cons: the intro movie is awful, new players will be confused and would probably need to play modern warfare 2 (which i recommend you would get that instead of this) bullets flying through cover, the game is too easy I got hit by an RPG and lived ON VETERAN DIFFICULTY, Yuri's death feels like a cheap excuse to kill a russian at the last minute rather then a sacrifice to save Price. Enemy Ai is either the worst i have ever seen or the best I have ever seen (and not in a good way its like they have a supercomputer that comes up with 1000 ways to effectively defeat you) as for the bad AI lets just say enemy's have had guns in my face and just stared until i get bored waiting for them to shoot and just killed them. Soaps death doesn't have the impact it should and it felt to sterotypical. it is so linear, horde mode instead of zombies
    So there you go a bunch of reasons not to buy mw3 if you really need to know the ending just watch it on youtube. If you ever buy a COD game you would be better off with black ops, black ops 2 modern warfare 2 or even wait and see if Cod ghosts brings some cool new features along with dogs and fish. for all the fanboys probably raging at me you should know I dont hate call of duty just this
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  13. Sep 2, 2013
    9
    Estoy en desacuerdo con los usuarios que califican a este como una mal juego, si, puede ser que la historia de esta versión de CODMW sea un poco similar a sus anteriores versiones del la saga, pero eso no des merita este gran juego que con su gran jugabilidad en linea y modos de juego logra hacer un buen juego que complace mis expectativas.
  14. Jul 22, 2013
    4
    I generally don't like too join the enormous and immature people that hate Call of Duty. But MW3 is seemingly the worst Call of Duty too date. Why? You have an overblown, short, scripted event filled, linear, mind numbing-Micheal bay action style campaign. The plot makes absolutely so sense at all. Then you have MP, which was promised to return to the CoD4 style of games. They said theyI generally don't like too join the enormous and immature people that hate Call of Duty. But MW3 is seemingly the worst Call of Duty too date. Why? You have an overblown, short, scripted event filled, linear, mind numbing-Micheal bay action style campaign. The plot makes absolutely so sense at all. Then you have MP, which was promised to return to the CoD4 style of games. They said they were taking out the many nuisances from MW2 and CoD 4 for a polished game. In reality, you get a Modern Warfare 2 expansion pack, expect with more restrictions (invisible walls galore). That isn't an exaggeration. This game is pretty much the same exact game. But this time around, it's boring. Bad maps, bad guns, bad perks and the new killstreak system just doesn't work.

    They also have a new Survival mode. Meant to compete with Treyarch's Zombies. It's fun for awhile but get's old really fast.

    On the surface, it is a polished game, but there just isn't any thing noteworthy or exciting. It just feels routine at this point.
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  15. Jun 29, 2013
    1
    The game engine is out of date in 1999. boring, dull, is base. The sound in the game is terrible, the weakest game in the series. Battlefild 3 compared with that as a gold ingot.
  16. Jul 2, 2013
    7
    A very safe play by Infinity Ward and Activision. It looks very similar to Modern Warfare 2, and it plays fairly similar as well (just without the noobtubes). Gun balance is iffy, but everything else is on a fairly even playing field. Best played with a group of friends, pub-stomping is prominent in MW3, and mediocre players will have a very hard time leveling up on their own. DespiteA very safe play by Infinity Ward and Activision. It looks very similar to Modern Warfare 2, and it plays fairly similar as well (just without the noobtubes). Gun balance is iffy, but everything else is on a fairly even playing field. Best played with a group of friends, pub-stomping is prominent in MW3, and mediocre players will have a very hard time leveling up on their own. Despite these flaws, multiplayer remains a fun romp with recoilless guns and devastating killstreaks.
    Single-player campaign is only worth touching for those interested in the story of Soap and Captain Price. While gameplay is hugely boring for long-time fans of the series, the story is told adequately and will excite those looking for more Modern Warfare fiction.
    Spec Ops has been revamped, but still pails in comparison to Treyarch's Zombie mode.
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  17. Jul 4, 2013
    0
    MW3 made COD look like!@#$#$%$%$#$#%#***&^^$!!@#$%^&*. Today its not skill its camping. But no matter how many of us good players see this happening, it will only get worse. Hopefully Ghosts will change that (i doubt it). But we can only hope for better.
  18. Jul 8, 2013
    5
    Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is a decent game, The story was amazing, but it's in the multiplayer where the game starts to disappoint. It literally is the exact same as modern warfare 2, some of the weapons are the exact same as in modern warfare 2 but with a new look slapped on. There is only 1 new mode, and it's the common hoard mode. But there are some really good multiplayer maps. AndCall of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is a decent game, The story was amazing, but it's in the multiplayer where the game starts to disappoint. It literally is the exact same as modern warfare 2, some of the weapons are the exact same as in modern warfare 2 but with a new look slapped on. There is only 1 new mode, and it's the common hoard mode. But there are some really good multiplayer maps. And killstreaks, even if some are cheap and impossible to avoid if the enemy gets one. Plus when you think of a sequel you think of innovation, there is very little found in this game. In the end it is a solid game. Expand
  19. Jul 15, 2013
    8
    The game tries to reward you for doing well in every single way. I had fun and enjoyed it, that's what matters. 10 Times the game both black ops 1 and 2 is.

    The Assault, Support and Specialist were great ideas, as well as the score streaks reinvention from kill streaks. To say there is no innovation here is ridiculous. The audio is great, the guns don't sound like pee shooters.
    The game tries to reward you for doing well in every single way. I had fun and enjoyed it, that's what matters. 10 Times the game both black ops 1 and 2 is.

    The Assault, Support and Specialist were great ideas, as well as the score streaks reinvention from kill streaks. To say there is no innovation here is ridiculous. The audio is great, the guns don't sound like pee shooters. Enthralling story line that ends well and exciting. Unlike some I can mention and a good upgrade from previous MW's. They tried their best with the survival game mode which can be a lot of fun with friends. What's not to like?
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  20. Jul 23, 2013
    0
    If you have bought ANY other Call of Duty games, you wont find anything new here, do your self a favor and NEVER buy another Call of Duty game ever. Same Different year
  21. Aug 3, 2013
    1
    this game is a piece of crap it sucks and the storyline is boring the only thing that made me not give it a zero is its ok multiplayer gameplay this skrewed up the call of duty series and black ops put it back on track
    my least favorite call of duty games are

    call of duty MW3
    call of duty
    call of duty world at war
  22. May 4, 2014
    0
    The absolute, garbage, pathetic, excuse for a video game that is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 made me so infuriatingly angry that I have no choice but to give it a 0. Out of 10^10000000. I can't think of anything good from this game.
  23. Jan 19, 2018
    7
    Номер девять в моем топе игр из серии Call of Duty.
  24. Jul 29, 2013
    0
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    0
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  26. Aug 5, 2013
    5
    My review for MW3

    SINGLE PLAYER: 9/10. high point in a lackluster game. continued from MW2, it ends the modern warfare saga with a satisfying end GRAPHICS: 4/10. S.S.D.Y. SOUND:5/10. S.S.D.Y. MULTIPLAYER: 6/10. some small additions, but this could have been a map pack for MW2 GAMEPLAY: 7/10. no problems OR changes here FUN FACTOR: 7/10. COD superfans will still like this, but it
    My review for MW3

    SINGLE PLAYER: 9/10. high point in a lackluster game. continued from MW2, it ends the modern warfare saga with a satisfying end
    GRAPHICS: 4/10. S.S.D.Y.
    SOUND:5/10. S.S.D.Y.
    MULTIPLAYER: 6/10. some small additions, but this could have been a map pack for MW2
    GAMEPLAY: 7/10. no problems OR changes here
    FUN FACTOR: 7/10. COD superfans will still like this, but it just more of the same, and in this case, its bad
    TOTAL: 5/10
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  27. 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.
  28. Aug 9, 2013
    6
    Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is a good game, but there are certain glitches and the Multiplayer is not much organized, as well for the spawns. But for the cause I give this game a 6 rating for addicting content such as Chaos Mode or Survival, and polished graphics. Those must be all I guess.
  29. Aug 10, 2013
    1
    el mw3 es simplemente un juego MUY similar a los anteriores anteriores mw los gráficos,,, no cambian mucho las armas se sientes exactamente igual ¿no que no habria segunda oportunidad? me sorprende lo malo que es el multijugador es muy injusto y las armas están desproporcionadas al final si te fijas bien de varios rifles de asalto la gente solo usa unos 3
    Esas rachas de muerte son muy
    el mw3 es simplemente un juego MUY similar a los anteriores anteriores mw los gráficos,,, no cambian mucho las armas se sientes exactamente igual ¿no que no habria segunda oportunidad? me sorprende lo malo que es el multijugador es muy injusto y las armas están desproporcionadas al final si te fijas bien de varios rifles de asalto la gente solo usa unos 3
    Esas rachas de muerte son muy injustas creo que hay muchas cosas en este juego que salen sobrando en mi opinión esta mejor el multiplicador de mw, obviamente los críticos están vendidos comparen las calificaciones de los críticos a las de los usuarios

    Ativicion, famosa por sacar la expansiones mas caras y llamarlas nuevos juegos
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  30. Aug 12, 2013
    8
    The campaign for this game is great but the whole game is almost identical to Modern Warfare 2. The characters and missions are good but the middle of the game is boring and it has repetitive combat. I did really like the game as a fan of infinity ward. The multiplayer is fun too.
Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 81
  2. Negative: 0 out of 81
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.