Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review - Pixel Apocalypse

From Pixel Apocalypse...

"While in years passed, Infinity Ward releases were held as the crown jewel of all things Call of Duty; Modern Warfare 3 has more to prove than any game in the series before it, as well as answering some major questions about the future of the franchise..."

[Hufandpuf]

"I’m absolutely sure that people are going to throw around the term “Modern Warfare 2.5″ when talking about Modern Warfare 3′s multiplayer component, and that’s not a bad thing. Remember how much fun you had, and how many hours of your life were wasted playing MW2′s multiplayer. Well prepare for a similar investment."

[Genghis]

YUP. The multiplayer is why i'm getting it. don't mind that they phoned in the campaign

[chazjamie]

this review is disgustingly racist.

"vodka swilling pinko bastards"
"potato sucking commies"
"the Ruskies being the gullible bastards"

and there is definitely no redeeming qualities in nates note.

[Starbucks_Fan]

I smell a million 8/10 reviews coming

[RedDead]

Hopefully lower. So Acti can start improving, I guarantee sales will not be affected though

[Deadman_Senji]

I don't want Activision to improve. I want them to DIE!!!!

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

I think I will get this game and play with a bunch of my real life friends, it will be fun.

I just dont understand all the hate for this game. If you dont like it, dont play it. I didnt complain when people bought WOW, MW2, or BO and I passed on them.

I havent bought a COD since COD4, so to me this could be fun. Seems that most of the complainers have bought alot of the more recent CODs and are burnt out/bitter about it. SO to me they only have themselvs to blame for buying the game year after year and expecting something super different.

As someone who only had COD1 and 4, this game could be fresh to me, and I know it will be fun since I will be able to run with a full squad of all my friends who I used to play goldeneye and halo with.

Having child hood friends that live all around the country now can really make a game like this fun since I know many of them will get it and I will be able to talk with them as we play.

[Silver_Faux]

understand what your saying, COD4 was the reason i got a ps3 after playing it at my mates house, but seriously if you haven't played BO then you wouldn't know how disappointing that game was(especially on the ps3).

I actually really liked MW2, despite the over the top killstreaks, it was still really fun with my mates.

MW3 is worth getting for me cos of the awesome splitscreen options.

More fps need this option cos seriously, whats the point of owing a console if only 1 person can play at a time? may aswell by a PC.

[Bastion17]

That was well said

[Xenial]

Guess i'll be passing on this one. When i pick up Skyrim on Friday, BF3 will be what i get.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Based on one (poorly written) review?

[emartini]

I actually respect this review for the simple fact that they arent giving it a 9 or a 10 for the same recycled game.

[-epidemic-]

LOL at this review site. They give Batman: AC 25/25 for graphics. And they add up the category scores to produce the overall. Nobody cares about SP in CoD.

[Hufandpuf]

They care more than you think. My little brother says that's all he plays them for. $60 for 4-6 hours of SP, Activision knows they'll pay for it.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Ive been invested in the COD series form day one on the PC and ive brought into the series on PC and console the whole way along.

I will get this game aswell im under no ilusion as to what to expect from the game. The multiplayer will be a laugh for a while and the single player will be barely passable hense i haven't played a cod single player seen cod4.

I buy the game for the multiplayer and the fact i have a few friends playing it but thats where i draw the line. It would be a damn shame to see this game out score the likes of skyrim uncharted 3 BF3 batman AC and the rest of the big hitters this year.

For in of COD we know what we are egtting its the same game again. 8/10 reviewsfor polished game is fair enough get them out let people buy it then get on with making a new bloody engine.

Hopfully by the next gen they will have figured out they can't get of with using the cod2 engine anymore :).

[Hufandpuf]

"Hopfully by the next gen they will have figured out they can't get of with using the cod2 engine anymore"

Well, if you keep buying the game, they won't care. It's the same with BF. In BF2, the game was SO unstable at launch and people hated it. But today, after countless patches, it has outlasted every BF game in terms of time invested by players.

As BF players, our duty is to complain, complain, complain. It helps make the game better. If they don't hear people speaking up or not buying their products, they will keep doing the same thing.

for example, I KNEW the BFBC2 Onlaught DLC was garbage. I didn't buy it and countless others didn't either. DICE learned from that and didn't try it again but instead included it into the base game of Co-Op in BF3.

[ambientFLIER]

"Graphics: 23/25

Modern Warfare 3 runs on the MW3 engine (Infinity Ward is nothing if not original in naming their assets, huh?), which gives the game a nice graphical boost over what we saw in Modern Warfare 2. It’s not a giant leap by any means, but the difference is apparent when you are charging through the wonderfully detailed streets of New York, Paris, or London. At one point the players have to fight through a sandstorm that looks absolutely amazing.

The game runs at a smooth 60 frame per second clip, and I am happy to report that not once did Modern Warfare 3 slow down, glitch out, or display an obscene amount of tearing/clipping. Let’s see challenger to the throne Dice and their mess of a Frostbite 2 engine claim that and keep a straight face. All and all I was very impressed with the upgraded visuals. Sure you can find a low-res texture here and there but for the most part Modern Warfare 3 is a very visually appealing game from the patches on individual squad mates arms, to the Remington logo on your Scar-H. The game looks fantastic, but does the gameplay hold up to the visuals?"

But but but I thought it looked like Quake 3???????????

[cyborg6971]

It does look like quake 3. Only not in hd.

[gamernova]

And there was a few 7's and 8's for battlefield. Did that stop gamers from getting it? Nope. This single review is not going to stop anyone. Lets not forget the controversial 8 uncharted got. Lol Hey look! Feed your console gave a 9. Is it changing anything or even encouraging anyone? Nope. Odds are that the people who are looking at these review scores are still going to be at the line at midnight. I am not but that is because I am a PC gamer and my copy is coming in the mail :D

[CynicalVision]

Don't forget that the Uncharted 3 8/10 review happened after all the major websites released their scores.

You're right though, it's not going to make a single bit of difference, we all know it's going to sell really well..no matter how much of a copy paste this game is.

[death2smoochie]

I have been playing it on the weekend and in no way is this game anything above an 8/10...

[mafiahajeri]

Why should anyone listen to a guy whos so unoriginal that he names himself after a movie?

[blackhammer]

Why should anyone listen to a guy who's so unoriginal that he partially names himself after a group of criminals?

[GraveLord]

Someone is looking for hits!

[artdafoo]

MW2.5 that's what I've been saying since E3. But Robert Bowling said it was a major improvement, then again he said it made no sense to develop a new engine. So he basically said it would be what it is, MW2.5