Call of Duty: Modern warfare 3: Pros and cons

FPSWin - "There's a lot to be said about the new Modern Warfare. I, myself, am completely in love with the game, but it's flaws, for some people, can be hard to over-look at times."

[Beatboxtaun]

You forgot the con of motion sickness. Wait...is that just me? darn...

[xtremexx]

hahah lol

[Beatboxtaun]

=)

[manwo]

what you mean "hahah lol"

[xtremexx]

it was funny =D

[FragGen]

COD Haters:

If you don't like it, don't buy or play. Vote with your wallet. I like COD a lot and can hack $60/year (I don't buy the map packs) to play the current skin/map set/campaign/co-op mode. Like any fad, it'll eventually die down. (I remember reading somewhere fads usually last ~3 years on average so it is already due somewhat).

In terms of cost per hour of entertainment, I'm quite happy with the value it provides and hardly expect it to morph wildly into some crazy new innovative game/style/engine when it sells like hotcakes, as is.

I guess I'm easily entertained. LOL. I just don't get all the fanboy tears that get shed every time COD has a successful release. At least it doesn't freeze my PS3 like BF3 is doing @ the moment. :(

[Beatboxtaun]

He's laughing because I get motion sickness when I play certain games. ~.0 joking...but I wanted to play Mirror's Edge so badly. I played the demo and wanted to throw up. =/ What a good game to miss, too. *sigh*

[GamerSciz]

There Pros and Cons

Pros:
-Shotguns have been moved to primary weapons, and secondary weapons have been limited to launchers and pistols eliminating some over-powering issues from Modern Warfare 2.
-Grenade launchers, aka, “Noob toobs” have been nerfed and made more difficult to kill with.
-New weapons and new perks with creative pros.
-New game types including Kill Confirmed and Survival mode.
-More reasonable challenges.
-Weapon skins are now level based as opposed to how many head shots you can get.
-Killstreak rewards program improved.

Cons:
-Lack of detail in some of the guns, including the L18A1. -Poorly drawn to detail and when compared to the -Intervention in Modern Warfare 2 it almost looks as though we’ve gone back in time.
-Some maps appear to be extremely over-crowded and cluttered with random items.
-Very few legit sniper maps.
-Graphics don’t appear to be improved from Modern Warfare 2.
-Identical game play style, some have even referred to Modern Warfare 3 as “Modern Warfare 2.5″ .

My Pros and Cons...
Pros - If you liked the original Modern Warfare then you will like this

Cons - If you didn't like the original Modern Warfare then you won't like this as it is the same game with a new skin.

[Avernus]

Same game, same skin, different number in series...

Don't know why the disagree though, as you brought up good pro and cons.

[GamerSciz]

To be fair, the original list is there list. It's just so you dont have to waste your time going to the site to see..well a list. My list is on the bottom, very straight forward.

[InTheLab]

The addition of the automated overpowered death machines and the now apparent age of the IW engine are what's different for me.

Other than that, I largely agree with what you said.

[svoulis]

Honestly, being a heavy COD player since COD 4, and forward this game has been completely NOOB friendly compared. Literally painting targets with flash bangs for the entire duration of them being alive (Recon perk)...And people are complaining about "assassin" being over powered.

PRO TIP: Use Recon, throw flash bang in center of map and success.
PRO TIP 2: Use Sitrep Pro if you want to hear footsteps louder. (for you campers out there)

This is by far the easiest COD yet even the campaign was easy.

[Tigerfist]

Cons:

Same shit, diffrent name, full price.

Ridiculous plot... The single player is full of cliches and bad habits from this gaming gen.

A gameplay shaped to the demands of the good old internet crybabies that ends up ignoring the military feel of the thing. It ends up beeing a simple arcade style shooter.

Pros: (I can't see valid ones but even so...)

New features that COD fans will enjoy (modes, weapons and etc...)

Competitive and populated multiplayer?

All in all, COD could be a special game but it ends up beeing not much more than overrated bullshit.

[svoulis]

Call of Duty cannot be special because the developers are fighting 2 types of people. People like you who think that its the same exact game with a different number after the name who want change and better graphics and gameplay. The others being the however many million of people who buy the game and like it the way it is,therefor they wont run the risk of changing anything drastically because they'll lose sales and Activision won't let that happen.

By numbers alone it means they'll keep COD the same for its entire life cycle to keep sales up and as much as people will hate on it, as long as it sells they could care less.

[Avernus]

So because someone doesn't like it, they're a "hater". I don't like the sun, so I'm hating on the sun? lol

Millions buy it because it's COD, not because it's the same bloody game that plays the same way. You think people would say "I won't buy COD because they're changing the graphics and engine!"...no.

Activision won't spend money on a new engine because it's about profit margins. Same can be said about having dedicated servers for consoles. Nothing to do with the fear of losing sales numbers.

Ativision will run the same engine ragged till next gen. Then they'll run THAT engine till the following gen.

[GamerSciz]

You sir just explained what is wrong with the gaming industry today. We have developers making us pay for broken games that they know are broken yet people buy them. We have gamers who are no better buying those games simply for the sake of buying them. It's a lose-lose situation right now but the gamers do have the upper hand.

If we as gamers refuse to buy broken games, or games that are practically a large expansion pack at a full $60 price tag, then maybe the developers will catch on and actually change their attitude and milking techniques. We as the gamers ALLOW for the milking to go on since we buy the games.

[Tigerfist]

Yes, they are creating what sells.

But to what extent is the name doing the magic? We can only speculate about that subject: If making it a better game would ruin it for the masses.

PS: Making excuses for a lack of a new engine also bullshit. That one is all about profits...

[svoulis]

@Avernus

Hating on it means bashing it for being what it is (COD). When in fact that is all it is, my point was if they decided to make a new game from the ground up (engine,story,multiplayer etc) and the fans didn't like it than it would tank and that would be the end of COD. So yes you are right, Activision will run the same engine because of profit.

@GamerSciz,

I agree about if we as gamers do not buy the games it will open developers eyes. Except that wont happen cause the amount of gamers that wont buy expansion packs like MW3 do not compare even close to the numbers that will, and that is what kills COD for me.

[Avernus]

No it won't. Core gameplay will always be COD's selling point. Fast, arcady, and noob friendly for casual gamers. The only way they'll lose sales is if they made the game harder to get kills in.

You're saying a better game, with better graphics and engine would scare consumers away? I disagree. So long as it remains true to the COD experience, everyone will buy it like hot bread.

By the COD experience I mean not the same old engine and looks, I mean the casual gamer friendly gameplay.

[Skynetone]

the pros

no harriers shooting me in the back every 2 secounds

clearly improved graphics in mp, single player graphics are truly unbelievable, i dont know how there doing it,

my sniper rifle is better then ever, still needs a silver skin to be truly bad azz

its what mw2 should have been

the cons

still no headquarters in barracks/operations
maps are not bad, but not great either
needs a four player survival mode
needs more modes like paintball mode, when your covered from head to toe in paint your dead

[ChipChipperson]

Pro
Spec Ops mode has been improved upon and is a lot more fun than the one featured in MW2.

Con
The respawn system has progressively gotten worse with each COD installment.
Survival mode should bump the player count to 4 for a real sense of being part of a team.