Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1375 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 804 out of 1375
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  1. marv129
    Jan 22, 2020
    9
    This review will be only about the multiplayer, not the single player (which is also pretty good) or how the different countries are portraied.

    I am playing Call of Duty since the release of Black Ops but I was jumping on to Battlefield 1 after CoD was getting repetitive. Then Battlefield got repetetive as well and there wasn´t a higlight in simple multiplayer shooter games for me for    This review will be only about the multiplayer, not the single player (which is also pretty good) or how the different countries are portraied.

    I am playing Call of Duty since the release of Black Ops but I was jumping on to Battlefield 1 after CoD was getting repetitive.
    Then Battlefield got repetetive as well and there wasn´t a higlight in simple multiplayer shooter games for me for a while.

    The Reboot of Modern Warfare changed that.
    The gameplay in my opinion is perfect.
    Fun and fast modes, a very good gun feeling and a very fair leveling system to unlock new weapons, perks and so on.

    I don´t want to go on about maps and guns in specific for to long, because everyone likes other aspects about them.
    But let me tell you, there are good and bad designed maps and guns.
    You can learn about the maps, the little shortcuts and good good spots in them but the weapons are getting better (in my opinion) with your unlocks.
    That means, if you are level two and get in a lobby with high rank enemys, their weapons are simply better by damage, accuracy and so on.
    That would be my only flaw, you need some patience or very good map knowledge to get a good gamescore in the early levels.

    But as soon as you have some weapons and perks, there are no negative points about the gameplay.
    Of course you can´t play an Assault Rifle on a small map and expect to be the best player when the others are playing with Machine Guns. I hope you get my point.

    Overall it is the best Call of Duty in a long time, with very good gun feeling, a good balance with the maps but a frustrating start until you unlocked better weapons and perks.    … Expand
  2. NFSlimShady
    Feb 25, 2020
    6
    Good campaign, good gun customisation lots of attachments.
    The bad parts of the is the maps are terrible and most of the new maps are recycled from old games and there are only a few maps that are good. And the battle pass is a rip off it's just full of stupid sprays that you will never use and character's that you cannot see because it's a first person game so it's just a waste of money.    Good campaign, good gun customisation lots of attachments.
    The bad parts of the is the maps are terrible and most of the new maps are recycled from old games and there are only a few maps that are good. And the battle pass is a rip off it's just full of stupid sprays that you will never use and character's that you cannot see because it's a first person game so it's just a waste of money. Other than that it's fun to play sometimes but the skill based matchmaking ruins the fun of the game so hopefully they remove that and bring back the original mini map.    … Expand
  3. CHFWigham
    Feb 19, 2020
    5
    Would be a good game (not great) if they would actually fix the technical issues and not make them worse. also i hate the 1 year delay for survival to give PS4 an edge.
  4. killerdescore
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Campaign is great
    Multiplayer is trash ,campers are everywhere because map design are ass and gun damage is atrocious ,moving around disavantage you beacause you make so much noise that camping is the only was to not get killed everytime ,not fun at all ,maps aren't good either and it's laggy (Matchmaking is an issue too)
    Warzone ,cheaters ,campers and allies that crash the chopper in    Campaign is great
    Multiplayer is trash ,campers are everywhere because map design are ass and gun damage is atrocious ,moving around disavantage you beacause you make so much noise that camping is the only was to not get killed everytime ,not fun at all ,maps aren't good either and it's laggy (Matchmaking is an issue too)

    Warzone ,cheaters ,campers and allies that crash the chopper in each game of this **** battle royal mode

    With some (dev) work ,this could have been a great COD game ,too bad they are only lazy cash-grabbing that don't care about their fanbase ...don't buy this **** ,and don't buy cold war either ,they care about "new players/fanbase " who played fortine and has 12 years old
    What a shame this serie has been.    … Expand
  5. HolgeirN
    Mar 10, 2020
    10
    Finally a great and pure Call of Duty game, without the futuristic stuff like in the later Black Ops games.
    I love the Graphics, details like smoke from the gun barrel when it gets hot, Awesome Finishing moves and many other new details. The audio options and quality is something i have never experienced in a Shooting game before. There are so much new exiting stuff like a LOT of weapon    Finally a great and pure Call of Duty game, without the futuristic stuff like in the later Black Ops games.
    I love the Graphics, details like smoke from the gun barrel when it gets hot, Awesome Finishing moves and many other new details. The audio options and quality is something i have never experienced in a Shooting game before. There are so much new exiting stuff like a LOT of weapon attachments to each weapon, Weapon Blueprints to collect and a lot of different challenges to do. My opinion is that there has not been a great CoD game since Modern Warfare 3. But that`s just my opinion.    … Expand
  6. BitterHnyBadger
    Mar 24, 2020
    9
    The best COD I’ve played and I have had all of them. Love the actual real weapons, operators, and attachments. I would say that more maps are needed. Sometimes I spawn right in front of an enemy and get immediately killed even if it’s not on a map such as shipment. COD was really losing me until they made this recent one. Continue to add more weapons and maps and I probably wouldn’t playThe best COD I’ve played and I have had all of them. Love the actual real weapons, operators, and attachments. I would say that more maps are needed. Sometimes I spawn right in front of an enemy and get immediately killed even if it’s not on a map such as shipment. COD was really losing me until they made this recent one. Continue to add more weapons and maps and I probably wouldn’t play another game for a long time… Expand
  7. ItsLukeee
    Apr 8, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would like to put emphasis on the fact that this is the first Call of Duty I have actually enjoyed playing and invested a lot of time into since COD 4 remastered. The game itself is well balanced when it comes to its guns and is just generally fun and excited to play and I really do enjoy it. However, there is a major downside to this game and that’s the development of it. I have never played a game with so many issues and errors popping up. I know this isn’t just my network as it happens to everyone I know but everytime I freshly load up the game it says error connecting and sometimes this can genuinely take 3 attempts just to load up the game. You also can’t play loads of games back to back without a network error whether it’s being kicked out mid game for being disconnected from the call of duty servers or being kicked out of a party that you are in between games. I’ve noticed that in a party of 6 we can’t string more than 2 games together without their being a player booted out. The game itself also seems to freeze constantly and although it’s only for a few seconds when you’re in the lobby it can be so frustrating as you can’t even set up a class without the game glitching. The network errors for this game are such a let down considering how big the game itself is. I would genuinely rate this game a 9/10 if the network errors didn’t play such a big roll in preventing me from just having fun. This game with better servers and network consistency’s would be one of the top call of duty’s ever made hands down.… Expand
  8. BACOTREIN
    Apr 12, 2020
    1
    the campaign is cool, the rest is awful! Instead of listening to the community for stuff like the minimap and map layout, Activision prefers to continue with camping simulator 2020.
    Moreover, they continue to focus on meaningless stuff instead of fixing the major gameplay issues that really affect the game. The saddest part is that the only fun and non-camping maps are the ones that came    the campaign is cool, the rest is awful! Instead of listening to the community for stuff like the minimap and map layout, Activision prefers to continue with camping simulator 2020.
    Moreover, they continue to focus on meaningless stuff instead of fixing the major gameplay issues that really affect the game. The saddest part is that the only fun and non-camping maps are the ones that came from previous cods...    … Expand
  9. LB_CO
    Apr 20, 2020
    8
    "COD: MODERN WARFARE" Restores the series to its prime after many set backs.
  10. jo_ll
    Mar 2, 2022
    9
    (based on Campaign only, I don't care so much about the multiplayer)

    This game's campaign is amazing, one of the best CoD campaigns ever. history is moving and has very good character development, especially Farah, also captain Price is back, and it's better than ever. Now I'm really looking forward for the sequel this year.
  11. perfectwhine
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    TL;DR
    This game is garbage. Don't buy.
    I bought this game when it came out, played it for a few hours and sold it. It's been a year, but someone gave me a free copy so I popped it in. This game still sucks! The multiplayer is great if you're a camper. For everyone else it's horrible. This game has the worst maps I've ever had to play in a COD game. It has bad visibility, too many lines    TL;DR
    This game is garbage. Don't buy.

    I bought this game when it came out, played it for a few hours and sold it. It's been a year, but someone gave me a free copy so I popped it in. This game still sucks! The multiplayer is great if you're a camper. For everyone else it's horrible. This game has the worst maps I've ever had to play in a COD game. It has bad visibility, too many lines of sight, tons of doors, windows, and head-glitching spots... The skill based matchmaking makes every match extremely stressful and no one I know is having fun playing this.

    People think the campaign is anti-Russian, and it does look like that at first glance. In reality it's anti-American. Not only do most Americans not think Russians are the monsters portrayed in this game, but Activision seems to have convinced Russians that we do. This propaganda does nothing but stir hate toward the US. Too much politics in this campaign.

    Activision & IW are "woke" companies, and "woke" people love creating division between allies.    … Expand
  12. MohdRMA
    May 26, 2020
    0
    It shouldn't even called call of duty It is a shame to the series the mechanics looks more like a bad copy of battlefield
  13. DyvannyExpert
    Jun 14, 2020
    0
    Dumb game dumb pindos. Well what can I say, stupid pindos so afraid of Russia that crap and get this piece of **** You thought it would get away with it, but look at the ratings of the players. Russians are invincible!
  14. UnholyDeity
    Jun 14, 2020
    0
    I'm so tired of this game. The servers are just unplayable for anyone outside the city. They have minimal and over crowed servers. For example to many east servers and pretty much NO west servers. The servers themselves are just TERRIBLE
  15. Hush07
    Jun 17, 2020
    8
    Wow, just wow. This game has some of the most up and down content in the series, sometimes it wows you with the graphical design, then sometimes a sniper from 50 feet away kills you in multiplayer, you never know what your gonna get.

    I was super excited to jump into the game, controller in hand, I went into spec ops, ready to play some fun content with a friend. Then the realization came,    Wow, just wow. This game has some of the most up and down content in the series, sometimes it wows you with the graphical design, then sometimes a sniper from 50 feet away kills you in multiplayer, you never know what your gonna get.

    I was super excited to jump into the game, controller in hand, I went into spec ops, ready to play some fun content with a friend. Then the realization came, both Spec Ops and “Co Op” were online only, for someone who bought this game almost entirely for the idea of playing games with friends, this was so disappointing.

    So you may be asking yourself, does Spec Ops live up to the incredibly high standards set by the trailers? Nope, this mode is one of the toughest modes I’ve played in a shooter game in a while, PVE in this game is just you being shot from enemies that constantly respawn and respawn and respawn over and over again. This mode is terrible, and the missions, bad.

    I then jumped into multiplayer, tears still in my eyes after watching myself die 20 times in a row, and the first thing I do, is I jump into a game of ten V ten on shipment, one of the new maps. As soon as I landed from the helicopter, I was having Vietnam flashbacks all over again, everyone was camping, I couldn’t move without being spawn killed, and overall hell broke loose. This map is literally so bad, I got so pissed off, I quit. I then played multiplayer for about 10 hours, making it to level 55 and having a k/d of, believe or not, 0.89. What? I thought.... Oh yeah, nevermind this multiplayer is such a grind, and it’s super fun for the most part. Besides all the campers that are shooting at you as soon as you spawn, gunplay is fun, graphics look great, and editing your weapons feels better then ever. Multiplayer is a step up from past CODs, and definitely a great PVP experience.

    Im not even going to bunch of filler and jokes into this section, because I need to get right to the point. This is, if not, one of the best Campaigns I’ve played in a COD game. This was also the first one I’ve finished on the hardest difficulty, Realism, where there is no hud. The last mission however, made me almost break my controller, after the _______ blew up, I was just getting sniped from out of nowhere, and I must of died 30 plus times, not at all an exaggerated statement. Besides that mission though, the campaign is so damn good. Overall, this is a step in the right direction for a game series that looks to be taking a step back every game, and it’s very refreshing. Spec ops is terrible, Multiplayer is fun, and Campaign is world class. Please play this game. Oh, and I didn’t play Warzone.... ew.

    Sorry for that bit of text after this, that was a mistake that I couldn’t erase.    … Expand
  16. juanxme
    Jul 9, 2020
    9
    Buen juego, rapido, competitivo, la campaña es corta pero muy interesante.
  17. RobertoLins
    Jul 15, 2020
    4
    call of duty has good graphics but I found many bugs, I hope they fix the errors.
  18. TheGamer4ever
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Horrible spawn, game with a lot of bugs and maps very big. Example: Hovec Sawmll
  19. Htank2518
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    an amazing reboot to a beloved trilogy and I'm so excited for part 2 hopefully coming soon in the near future
  20. eMeS345
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    Design of this game sucks, garbage campaign scenario. To much propaganda and racism towards whites.
  21. SWFan523
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Pretty disappointing campaign. Was expecting something more engaging than this but some of the set pieces were cool and the multiplayer is solid.
  22. Reinbou23
    Sep 7, 2020
    10
    Pretty Fun Multiplayer in 2020 and the added of Warzone is simply Perfect. The Campaing is Short but Epic and the Cinematics are The Best of the Call of Duty History, Clearly Recomended for the Lovers of Shooting Games and Competitive Players thanks to the Call of Duty League Mode
  23. vaulttec
    Jul 18, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Call of Duty Modern Warfare is the best CoD in years!

    The Campaign is awesome! One of the best of the entire CoD Franchise! Captain Price has a new amazing actor and all of the missions are great and it ultimately is fun to play! Personal favorites are the Clean House and Going Dark mission. The campaign takes risks, high risk, a lot of fun, just how I like it.

    The Multiplayer also is great and a lot of fun to play!
    The modes are fun, the new modes are great and the one thing it is missing is like real great multiplayer maps which you want to replay.

    Spec Ops continues the story really well and is a fun coop mode to play
    In Overall, an amazing game    … Expand
  24. Autarctic
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    This has turned into one of my all time favorite Call of Duty games! Gun play is great, the campaign is good, and this is the best version of a battle royal that is currently out
  25. Hegre
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    O game é muito bom. A campanha é cinemática. Mas o que ficou muito bom é o multiplayer.
  26. charwis1769
    Jul 4, 2020
    8
    Loved the story. Amazing multiplayer. Very little bugs. Overall, I love the game.
  27. Wolvesangel
    Jul 8, 2020
    8
    Modern Warfare isn't nearly as bad as the reviews make it out to be, the weapon customization is incredible and really lets you make your weapons do what you want them to, and while the average TTK in multiplayer is incredibly low, it still manages to be fun through the constant fast pacing. the gunplay is incredible and realistic, and the sound design is wonderful
  28. SnowStormFR
    Jul 13, 2020
    1
    good campaign, but a multiplayer completely spoiled by cheat and camp, Activision does nothing to fix the situation and even continues to add maps made 100% to favor the field
  29. h3xify
    Jul 22, 2020
    7
    At the BETA times, I loved it. 9/10
    When the game came out, it was strange. 8/10
    And the game in it's current state is 7/10.
    (I don't hate it, it's just not really enjoyable for me when it fully released. However, Warzone looks good.)
  30. WHITESIXOMAR
    May 17, 2022
    9
    Awsome campaign! I'm not into online gaming, so I only buy these games for the single-player experience. Loved it! But there are a LOT of problems with the package:

    * The game is not available on Steam, and that is the only platform I use for PC gaming. * On the Xbox Store, you can buy the game, but they force Warzone on the install (140GB) * You buy COD MW, but the installed game    Awsome campaign! I'm not into online gaming, so I only buy these games for the single-player experience. Loved it! But there are a LOT of problems with the package:

    * The game is not available on Steam, and that is the only platform I use for PC gaming.
    * On the Xbox Store, you can buy the game, but they force Warzone on the install (140GB)
    * You buy COD MW, but the installed game icon says COD WARZONE
    * The installation is broken as many already know, when the install is complete the game has everything it needs for you to launch WARZONE but if you just want to play the game you bought, the COD MW single-player campaign, some data packages are missing that you need to manually download and install separately before you can launch the campaign. All of this from watching YouTube videos, as the game never tells you what is going on.
    * The game performs well on Xbox series X with some occasional stutter.

    Despite all of these problems that are more product or commercial distribution-related, the game is a blast. Loved the single-player experience, the gameplay mechanics, graphics, etc. This Modern Warfare Reboot gave me tons of fun and immersive modern military shooter experiences.    … Expand
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#41 Best Xbox One Game of 2019
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2019
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#36 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2019

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Pure Xbox
    Mar 18, 2020
    80
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare serves up the freshest take on a stale formula in years, with a new engine and revitalised multiplayer mode that takes full advantage of a finely-tuned weapon customisation system and some welcome changes to ballistic mechanics. While Spec Ops fails to deliver much long-term attraction, the story mode proves there’s plenty of justification for a narrative element in a modern shooter. Free maps and updates bring everyone onto the same page in multiplayer, but Infinity Ward's take on the battle pass template still needs some work.
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  2. Cultured Vultures
    Dec 6, 2019
    70
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a mixed bag. A fantastic returning campaign, some decent multiplayer and terrible co-op makes MW an interesting entry.
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  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Nov 18, 2019
    70
    If you don’t mind being killed by the odd nuke – how anyone can score 30 consecutive kills is beyond our tiny minds – PvP could swallow your damn life. Pair it with a gutsy (if insensitive) campaign, and this tonally conflicted series continues to stay relevant thanks to the best guns in the biz. [Issue#184, p.68]
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