Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Activision Publishing
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Video Game)
Many were left disappointed with MW2's cliffhanger ending. Although we
all knew that there would be a third game, we were left craving for
more. Well Modern Warfare 3 is here but does it live up to the hype?
Campaign:
The Campaign has the same awesome quality that the COD series is known
for. Although the main appeal is the multiplayer the campaign should not
be overlooked. It provides a nice finale to the Modern Warfare series. I
wont spoil it but its primarily about finding Makarov and WW3 which is
an international conflict between Ultranationalist Russia and Europe and
the United States. You start out fighting your way through a war torn
NYC which concludes with a helicopter gunship battle over manhatten.
Later you'll attempt to retake a hijacked airplane, chase down
terrorists by train car in the London subway, provide cover fire for
your team from an AC-130 gunship, and fight through the streets of
Berlin. The campaign is intense, visceral, and satisfying.
Multiplayer:
Sadly this is where the game suffers. The multiplayer seems like a step
back from MW2. On the plus side its still the same fast paced action
that you know from previous COD games. They also have a weapon level
system which to me is the best way of unlocking the attatchments. They
also got rid of some of the more overpowered perks such as stopping
power and one man army and fixed others such as scavenger. Theres also a
new game mode called Kill Confirmed which is pretty fun. The
killstreaks have also been revamped into point streaks which are put
into "Strike Packages". Some of the new killstreaks are pretty cool such
as the Osprey Gunner and Reaper Drone. Also there is the new support
package which continues stacking even after you die and then there is
the specialist package which allows you to access more then three perks.
Now on to the bad part. First the spawn system is horrible in this
game. Sometimes you'll spawn only to get killed three seconds later and
this might happen who knows how many times. Second many of the maps are
just flat out poorly made. Some are too big which makes it impossible to
find your enemy and turns a match into a game of chance, others are too
small and are loaded with campers and many of them are loaded with
debris, burnt out buidlings, junk, and destroyed vehicles which turn
many matches into a total camp fest and makes manuvering through them
very difficult. One map in particular "Resistance" is also loaded with
parked cars on the street which if they explode can kill. Can't tell you
how annoying it is to be killed by an exploding car because of
someone's missed grenades. The M-16 which used to be a decent gun has
now been nerfed to the point where its useless, sadly we can thank all
the people who complained about this gun in previous games for that. We
can also thank the complainers for the fact that explosives in this game
are almost useless and Danger Close has been taken out completely, why
they took it out idk because the problem perk was One Man Army and since
Scavenger was nerfed I dont think there was any need to get rid of this
perk. Finally some of the new killstreaks are just useless, great
Examples are Strafe Run and Assault Drone, and they got rid of some of
my favorites such as the Harriers and Chopper Gunner. Finally the
Support Package is a bit overpowered I cant count how many times just
recovered from an EMP only to have another one pulled on us by somebody
in the other team. Despite all these flaws the multiplayer is still fun
but they really need to fix the above for the next game.
Special
Ops: This is what really saves the game. Special Ops are back and those
who couldnt get enough of the earlier campaign will enjoy this. These
are single player missions seperate from the campaign and when you
complete them on higher difficulties. Also the new Survival mode is
amazing, this is in a way like Firefight from Halo. You basically have
to survive wave after wave of incoming enemies while purchasing and
upgrading your equipment and as you complete more spec ops missions more
equipment becomes available for use. Definitely one of the high points
of game
Final Say: MW3 is a great game worth owning, the
multiplayer is a step back but is still enjoyable but the real saving
grace here is the Special Ops and Survival mode.
