This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
Being a fan of COD since it was first on the original Xbox, naturally, I decided to get this game. Before purchasing I did have my doubts, footage from E3 and COD EXP didn’t seem to show anything ‘breath-taking’ or ‘awe-inspiring’ but this didn’t bother me too much, my main hope was that instead of headline grabbing, drastic changes they had sorted out the basic problems that have been creeping into the COD series of late. To put it simply they haven’t.
The online seems like a map pack for MW2 (as others have pointed out) and it feels like a definite step back to Black Ops. I have never really understood the whole IW against Treyarch as I enjoy games by both and found it saddening to see IW shun some really positive changes Black Ops had made. The leaderboards are far inferior to those offered by Black Ops – which named and shamed the K/D hungry, objective ignorant noobs, last stand kill stealing has returned, no longer can you select a local region to prioritise a host from amongst other things. This last point is a real problem, too often in games I find myself shooting people first yet dying for reasons I cannot understand, that is of course until I watch the kill cam to realise on his screen I wasn’t even shooting! Connection is too much of an issue and my score tends to depend on what sort of connection I have, which looses the fun factor for me, I’d much prefer a game based of of skill to that of one of who has the best internet. The maps too are very dissapointing, not one of them after playing for 10+ hours can I genuinely say that I like. There are just too many little places to hide and this means campers are having a field day. Combined with the ease of aquiring kill streaks as now even a mediocre player over the course of a game can build up a high streak as support streaks don’t reset on death, meaning that killstreaks are just too common, and take away from the gun on gun action, I for one miss the days of COD4/WaW with the good old 3,5 and 7 🙁
The campain was actually, I thought, good. I found the story to be fairly entertaining ( if completely unrealistic) but I enjoyed it and that’s what counts. True there are no new features at all to mention, just walk through a linear map as it gradually gets more frantic and difficult but the story and some impressive cinematics make it worth it. It’s worth mentioning that it only took 6 hours to complete on Veteran and is very short but unfortunately that is part and parcel of FPS games now a days.
As for SPEC OPS, I rarely touched it. It seemed again like just new maps from what was offered in MW2 which would of been justifiable, had they made it 4 player like zombies, 2 players is just too few and I coul never play with fiends as it would always leave people out which was unfair.
Overall, this is just a very lazy effort from IW and Activision too desperate for profit as oppossed to creating a game that strives to make improvements on the previous ones. IF you are a COD fanboy then you will already have this, if you aren’t however, I would recommend staying away. This seems to me like the beginning of the end for COD, I will be avoiding future CODs after this and know that I am not alone and feel if nothing new and refreshing is done, this once great series is going to be left behind in the FPS market and will be no more.
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This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t offer much new, but in terms of single player, it remains an enjoyable if short romp through several levels of non-stop shooting, with some great set pieces and wrapping up the loose ends of the story. But it is a short story -I was surprised to see that it had taken me just over four hours on the normal difficulty to complete the campaign.
The special ops mode from Modern Warfare 2 is back, with a new set of levels which can be done alone or co-operative. Whilst there are less levels than in the preivous game, they are still a lot of fun to do with a friend, especially on the harder difficutly settings. A completely new survival mode has you trying to hold out against waves of enemies, on an asortment of stages, which again can be done alone or in co-op.
The multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 was abysmal, with too many perks and ridiculous kill streak rewards (nukes anyone?) along with overall sloppy netcode. Whilst Modern Warfare 3 fixes some issues, such as the removal or toning down of the sillier killstreak rewards, not enough care has been put into making the online play stable. The same old problems remain, and it is still extremely annoying to see an enemy, start shooting, then die instantly. Then you watch the killcam replay and you see that you didn’t even fire a shot at all. This is just bad lag and Activision need to step their game up -3 Modern Warfares have been released, and this kind of thing has been an issue in all of them. The series generates millions each year, so it is about time some of that money was pumped back into making the online better. There is, as always, an up to four player split screen option, which works well and is extremely smooth.
Overall I’d say that the single player and co-op modes are a blast, but the frustrating multiplayer mode isn’t worth bothering with. I hope Modern Warfare 4 improves on it a lot.
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This review is from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
Before we start, I have played MW2 and Black Ops pretty much none stop. I love the game, love the franchise. I wanted NOTHING more than to love this game. I have spent months looking forward to this. Yes, I am sad. No, I don’t care. So I was very excited to finally get this game posted to my letterbox via the trusty Royal Mail (no sarcasm at all, it really DID arrive on time. Thank you!!)
I was expecting a new exciting game, built upon but a big step forward from the previous MW titles.
My partner finished the uninspired campaign within a few hours. Let’s be honest though, the single player compaign is not really the primary selling point for these games. It’s the multi player where it’s at. Most campaigns are unfortunately after thoughts – it’s not something I can single MW3 out for.
So I made my way on to XBOX Live and tried out some maps to get a feel for the game. First impressions was this it was eerily similar to MW2. At this point alarm bells were ringing, but I gave the developers some slack as MW2 was a very good game. But playing more and more maps it became obvious that although graphically there have been improvements, there really hasn’t been a big leap in the gaming experience. I have yet to be immersed in this game, I always feel I am playing a game rather feeling I am there. I like being emotionally invested in a game. I get emotionally invested and immersed in Battlefield 3 and Black Ops. I want to believe I’m in the game. For this game, I am just tapping keys on an XBOX 360 waiting still for a moment of fun to happen. It seldom does.
This is game is a massive lost opportunity, I was waiting for new ideas, originality, game play. Instead I was getting bored with the game 10-15 minutes in. There are other gaming modes other than Team Deathmatch which I will have a go at to see if this game has any redeeming factors worth investing my time in. Right now I just feel I have given £40 more to the cash cow that is the CoD franchise with very little in return.
On the plus side (yes, there are some!), the developers have sorted out some of lag issues experienced in MW2 and there are a small handful of enjoyable maps.
But overall –
Few fun maps to play Killstreaks still too powerful Doesn’t encourage team play Lack of originality Graphically OK, but was expecting so much more (just cannot emphasis this enough) SOMEONE STOP MILKING THE CASH COW!!!
I will try and give this game a few more hours. Who knows I may change my mind. But to be honest, I have started playing Battlefield 3 (the first time playing Battlefield on a console, first Battlefield game I have bought since 1942) because it is a far more enjoyable and rewarding gaming experience. No, this is not a Battlefield v CoD review. CoD is what it is. But I’m not going to defend this game. Given the revenue and resources they had at their disposal, this game should have been a lot better. No excuses about the limitation of the XBOX 360 graphicaly, Battlefield is in a WHOLE different league to this game. Battlefield 3 is simply stunning. CoD could have been a brilliant, awe inspiring game.
This game is simply OK, meh, an upgraded MW2, but feeling no big love for it at the moment. Which just leaves me massively disappointed.
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Poor effort.,
Being a fan of COD since it was first on the original Xbox, naturally, I decided to get this game. Before purchasing I did have my doubts, footage from E3 and COD EXP didn’t seem to show anything ‘breath-taking’ or ‘awe-inspiring’ but this didn’t bother me too much, my main hope was that instead of headline grabbing, drastic changes they had sorted out the basic problems that have been creeping into the COD series of late. To put it simply they haven’t.
The online seems like a map pack for MW2 (as others have pointed out) and it feels like a definite step back to Black Ops. I have never really understood the whole IW against Treyarch as I enjoy games by both and found it saddening to see IW shun some really positive changes Black Ops had made. The leaderboards are far inferior to those offered by Black Ops – which named and shamed the K/D hungry, objective ignorant noobs, last stand kill stealing has returned, no longer can you select a local region to prioritise a host from amongst other things. This last point is a real problem, too often in games I find myself shooting people first yet dying for reasons I cannot understand, that is of course until I watch the kill cam to realise on his screen I wasn’t even shooting! Connection is too much of an issue and my score tends to depend on what sort of connection I have, which looses the fun factor for me, I’d much prefer a game based of of skill to that of one of who has the best internet. The maps too are very dissapointing, not one of them after playing for 10+ hours can I genuinely say that I like. There are just too many little places to hide and this means campers are having a field day. Combined with the ease of aquiring kill streaks as now even a mediocre player over the course of a game can build up a high streak as support streaks don’t reset on death, meaning that killstreaks are just too common, and take away from the gun on gun action, I for one miss the days of COD4/WaW with the good old 3,5 and 7 🙁
The campain was actually, I thought, good. I found the story to be fairly entertaining ( if completely unrealistic) but I enjoyed it and that’s what counts. True there are no new features at all to mention, just walk through a linear map as it gradually gets more frantic and difficult but the story and some impressive cinematics make it worth it. It’s worth mentioning that it only took 6 hours to complete on Veteran and is very short but unfortunately that is part and parcel of FPS games now a days.
As for SPEC OPS, I rarely touched it. It seemed again like just new maps from what was offered in MW2 which would of been justifiable, had they made it 4 player like zombies, 2 players is just too few and I coul never play with fiends as it would always leave people out which was unfair.
Overall, this is just a very lazy effort from IW and Activision too desperate for profit as oppossed to creating a game that strives to make improvements on the previous ones. IF you are a COD fanboy then you will already have this, if you aren’t however, I would recommend staying away. This seems to me like the beginning of the end for COD, I will be avoiding future CODs after this and know that I am not alone and feel if nothing new and refreshing is done, this once great series is going to be left behind in the FPS market and will be no more.
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|Same old story,
Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t offer much new, but in terms of single player, it remains an enjoyable if short romp through several levels of non-stop shooting, with some great set pieces and wrapping up the loose ends of the story. But it is a short story -I was surprised to see that it had taken me just over four hours on the normal difficulty to complete the campaign.
The special ops mode from Modern Warfare 2 is back, with a new set of levels which can be done alone or co-operative. Whilst there are less levels than in the preivous game, they are still a lot of fun to do with a friend, especially on the harder difficutly settings. A completely new survival mode has you trying to hold out against waves of enemies, on an asortment of stages, which again can be done alone or in co-op.
The multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 was abysmal, with too many perks and ridiculous kill streak rewards (nukes anyone?) along with overall sloppy netcode. Whilst Modern Warfare 3 fixes some issues, such as the removal or toning down of the sillier killstreak rewards, not enough care has been put into making the online play stable. The same old problems remain, and it is still extremely annoying to see an enemy, start shooting, then die instantly. Then you watch the killcam replay and you see that you didn’t even fire a shot at all. This is just bad lag and Activision need to step their game up -3 Modern Warfares have been released, and this kind of thing has been an issue in all of them. The series generates millions each year, so it is about time some of that money was pumped back into making the online better. There is, as always, an up to four player split screen option, which works well and is extremely smooth.
Overall I’d say that the single player and co-op modes are a blast, but the frustrating multiplayer mode isn’t worth bothering with. I hope Modern Warfare 4 improves on it a lot.
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|more of the same,
Before we start, I have played MW2 and Black Ops pretty much none stop. I love the game, love the franchise. I wanted NOTHING more than to love this game. I have spent months looking forward to this. Yes, I am sad. No, I don’t care. So I was very excited to finally get this game posted to my letterbox via the trusty Royal Mail (no sarcasm at all, it really DID arrive on time. Thank you!!)
I was expecting a new exciting game, built upon but a big step forward from the previous MW titles.
My partner finished the uninspired campaign within a few hours. Let’s be honest though, the single player compaign is not really the primary selling point for these games. It’s the multi player where it’s at. Most campaigns are unfortunately after thoughts – it’s not something I can single MW3 out for.
So I made my way on to XBOX Live and tried out some maps to get a feel for the game. First impressions was this it was eerily similar to MW2. At this point alarm bells were ringing, but I gave the developers some slack as MW2 was a very good game. But playing more and more maps it became obvious that although graphically there have been improvements, there really hasn’t been a big leap in the gaming experience. I have yet to be immersed in this game, I always feel I am playing a game rather feeling I am there. I like being emotionally invested in a game. I get emotionally invested and immersed in Battlefield 3 and Black Ops. I want to believe I’m in the game. For this game, I am just tapping keys on an XBOX 360 waiting still for a moment of fun to happen. It seldom does.
This is game is a massive lost opportunity, I was waiting for new ideas, originality, game play. Instead I was getting bored with the game 10-15 minutes in. There are other gaming modes other than Team Deathmatch which I will have a go at to see if this game has any redeeming factors worth investing my time in. Right now I just feel I have given £40 more to the cash cow that is the CoD franchise with very little in return.
On the plus side (yes, there are some!), the developers have sorted out some of lag issues experienced in MW2 and there are a small handful of enjoyable maps.
But overall –
Few fun maps to play
Killstreaks still too powerful
Doesn’t encourage team play
Lack of originality
Graphically OK, but was expecting so much more (just cannot emphasis this enough)
SOMEONE STOP MILKING THE CASH COW!!!
I will try and give this game a few more hours. Who knows I may change my mind. But to be honest, I have started playing Battlefield 3 (the first time playing Battlefield on a console, first Battlefield game I have bought since 1942) because it is a far more enjoyable and rewarding gaming experience. No, this is not a Battlefield v CoD review. CoD is what it is. But I’m not going to defend this game. Given the revenue and resources they had at their disposal, this game should have been a lot better. No excuses about the limitation of the XBOX 360 graphicaly, Battlefield is in a WHOLE different league to this game. Battlefield 3 is simply stunning. CoD could have been a brilliant, awe inspiring game.
This game is simply OK, meh, an upgraded MW2, but feeling no big love for it at the moment. Which just leaves me massively disappointed.
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