Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Modern Warfare is back. On November 8th, the best-selling first person action series of all-time returns with the epic sequel to the multiple Game of the Year award winner Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is First-person Shooter rooted in a fictional, but ultra realistic near-future conflict of mostly American forces with those of the Russian Federation around the globe. The third installment in the Modern Warfare branch of the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfar
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| 165 of 187 people found the following review helpful:  Not so above and beyond the call, but still fun, = Fun:  This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Video Game) If you hate COD, then this won't change your mind, if you love it, you'll like it and have a darn good time, but wish it could have being a wee bit better. The single player story here picks up where the last game ended. With our heroes just defeating General Shepard and being escorted by Nikolai to a safe place to heal Soap. We then go to New York, then Russia, London, Africa and other exotic locations as our heroes try to stop Vladimir Makarov. Whiles the story in the single player is interesting, the gameplay is tired and the level designs and events dull. There are few moments like the zero G moment in the plane and the train sequence in the London mission that was exciting, but all in all, this just feels like the same game we've being playing and frankly it's getting old. The only reason I kept playing the single player campaign was because I loved the characters and wanted to see what would happen to Captain Price, Soap and Nikolai. Other than the characters however, what we have is gameplay that has a dull sense of "being there done that". Good story, but tired and lazy gameplay. The series must evolve. Luckily the other game modes fair a lot better. Online multiplayer is the main reason why a lot us will be playing this, and it's a lot fun as always. It's the same run and gun gameplay, but seems a bit more easier this time. Not sure if it's the fact that everyone online I played was in the beginning phases, but we were all leveling up pretty fast. An average FPS gamer should be able to reach level 10 in about an hour, and an experienced FPS gamer should reach level 10 in about 30 minutes. But no complaints though, it is a lot of fun running and gunning. The new kill streaks are now available in depending on what type of gameplay you like. If you're more of a free for all type of person then the Assault perks would be for you, and if you're a team based player then the Support perks would work best. I really like this addition since it lets you customize what kind of perks works for you. You're not stuck with a standard kill streak, but instead one that fits the way you play the game. Would like to see more for other types of plays, like one for players that like to Snipe but this is a good start. Now if they could do that with perks then it would be even better. And speaking of perks I can happily announce that there is NO commando. That means no one can stab you from 21 freaking miles away. Thank God. Another new edition is the proficiency to the weapons, which basically gives you the ability to further perfect your guns by selecting options to improve their efficiency. So now you're not just killing to unlock a grenade launcher or a red dot, but also killing to unlock ways to stop recoil and so forth. A very neat addition to the game. So far I haven't unlocked that much since I've being playing for a few hours, but can't wait to unlock more stuff for the guns I have so far. The other mode I've become addicted to is "Survival" mode. This is essentially you and a buddy taking out as much enemies as possible. It's a TON of fun which I honestly wasn't expecting. Had a blast with my friends leveling up and unlocking more perks as the game went along and got harder. As of this review my rank is level 13 I believe, and can't wait to go back for more. There is a second edition to spec ops which will be familiar with anyone that played "Spec Ops" from the last game. To be honest I got bored with it about 3 minutes into it and went back to "Survival", but hopefully soon I'll try it again. The graphics will disappoint anyone wanting a giant leap from the last game engine; because what we basically get here is the same looking game but with very minor tweaks. Emphasis on the word minor. This really disappointed me because "Modern Warfare 2" looked a lot better than the first, and yet in this one there's hardly any difference graphic wise. Online multiplayer is even worse, the maps look bulky and and almost low res which caught me off guard. "Modern Warfare 2" had some good looking maps for multiplayer and I was expecting the same tradition here, but instead the campaign graphics are a lot better than the multiplayer graphics by a large mile. I really hope that with the billions that Activision rakes in on the game, they invest some on a new game engine. In a world of gorgeous shooters that push the envelope, The "Call of duty" franchise just seems like more of the same. Does it look better than "Black Ops". Hell yes, but then again I know PS2 games that look better than "Black Ops" so that's not really saying much. Sound wise it's more of the same as well. It sounds great just like the last game and according to my receiver it's in glorious LPCM 7.1 which makes it even better, but even with the uncompressed sound, it does not match... Read more 24 of 27 people found the following review helpful: Disappointed, By Strkeout (NY) - See all my reviews = Fun: This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Video Game) Let me just start by saying this is only a review of the online play after a few hours logged in. I will come back and update more as I log more hours online.Up front, was very disappointed in the presentation of the game. Graphics I thought came up very short. I actually think they took a step back in the before/between game presentation. Everything is very cold and nothing jumps out at you. I expected to be impressed before even getting into the game but I wasn't but then again it's not the gameplay so I can get passed that. The emblems and banners were different but looked cheesy compared to Black Ops. The maps were pretty cool but once again the graphics didn't impress. The cars looked cartoonish to me. But this may not be important to you as is it to me. What is up with the voices of the players in multiplayer? Everyone sounds very tinny and I know it's not my headset because I have not experienced this in Black Ops or Battlefield. It's almost like they sacrificed voice quality for improved bandwidth for gameplay. I asked others I was playing with if they were experiencing the same thing and they said they were. The online gameplay was laggy. I am going to give this a pass and attribute it to the first day of online play and likely a high traffic experience. It was really tough to play. For example, while playing Headquarters, I shot someone 5 times with a shotgun at close range only to have them kill me. Watching the replay from their vantage point right after, It showed me only getting off 2 shots cleanly while dying as a third shot was being fired. A 2 shot lag was a bit much. And don't say it's my connection as I have a high dedicated bandwidth connection. I will give this a pass for now since it was day 1. One thing I did like a lot about Black Ops was that you could buy attachments and equipment early on which sort of evened the playing field a bit as opposed to having to rank up and earn the right to these things. Well it's back to the latter again. Some of the new killstreaks are pretty cool. I especially like the attack drone (I think that's what it's called) which could be great for Headquarters games. But why do we have to unlock these for each different class we setup?? UGH! Game invites took a step back as well. Remember in Black Ops how you could go to your friends list and just hit "select" to invite them? Well, no more! Not sure why they didn't adapt this into this release. I used to be an Infinity Ward fan and always thought they put out a better product than Treyarch. I think the tables have turned. I am not alone on this either. Everyone I played with last night that was mic'd up agreed with me that Black Ops is a better online experience except for one person that liked this game better. Who knows. I might feel differently the more I play it but as of right now, I may spend more time playing Battlefield 3 and Black Ops than MW3. **Update** I've given it another week and I have not changed my opinion of the game. I am not sure if I am the only one experiencing this issue but this game lags terribly. I did not have, and still do not have these issues on any other FPS game including all of the previous CoD releases or the Battlefield games. On almost every match, I am seeing the game freeze for a split second then jump forward. It doesn't happen in the beginning of games, only when the action picks up so I am left to believe that the game is coded in such a way that it's being overloaded with data at the host. I also believe this to be the case because in one game I was in, my game aborted and I got an "out of memory" error on my screen. What is that?? Never seen that happen before on any other game. I've seen less of this on the smaller tactical games where the number of players are kept to 6-8. I still have not got into the campaign but think I will spend most of my time there since I cannot tolerate the multiplayer any longer. I did however play the Survivor mode and really liked that a lot. It actually might be the best part of this game. I still stand by my rating. 96 of 121 people found the following review helpful: Meh...., = Fun:  This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Video Game) Maybe I'm just jaded since I've been playing shooters since the 90's, but MW3 has the ultimate "been there, done that" feel, even more than BF3 does. Spec Ops is great. The single player campaign is fine, but ultimately forgettable. The multiplayer is pretty much identical to MW2, save for a few tweaks here and there. It'll be fun for a while but will then get boring. But I can't blame them for sticking to a tried-and-true formula. A lot of money was sunk into this game, so of course they're not going to take any "creative license" with it. Sorry to say it folks, but the MW series is getting stale. With each release we're getting less and less utility. I'll attempt to break it down piece by piece for you: Story: Campaign is about 5 hours long, it wraps up MW2's story. It was nice to have closure, but it's nothing I'll play through again. I won't go any further in depth so as not to spoil anything for people who do want to play it. Graphics: I've never really understood what the big deal was about the MW series using the same engine? Who cares. The graphics are fine. If you played MW2 you won't see any drastic changes, but again, who cares? Multiplayer: As I stated before, the vast majority of you will get the "been there, done that" feeling almost instantly. Very little has changed from MW2. Sure, there are new maps, some new guns, classes, and new killstreaks. But the core of the experience is the exact same as MW2. Fast, frantic gunplay in (mostly) tight, small (relative to BF) maps. As I said before: it's fun for a while, but you'll eventually get bored of it. In closing: I regret shelling out for this game as I don't believe it's worth that much. Even if you're a serious diehard fan, you won't find anything "innovative" about MW3, but you'll probably still like it until the next one comes along; but as I said before: the series is getting stale. Even hardcore COD fans can be honest with themselves and admit that. For the rest of you: I'd wait to for this one to drop in price. If I had to put a price on it, I'd say this game is well worth . |
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