Modern Warfare III Review: Short & Semi-Sweet

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Call of Duty

The game on everybody’s tongue right now, for better or worse, is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Between multiplayer maps being pulled for spawn issues and the length of the campaign being heavily criticized, there is much to discuss regarding the actual game.

In terms of the actual gameplay, past players will find similarities to the gameplay from the 2011 title, complete with differently sized enclosed maps and multiple game modes to satisfy. Modes like Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed, Search & Destroy, and Hardcore variations of each all return.

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MULTIPLAYER

While on the multiplayer front, Zombies makes its appearance known in Modern Warfare III with a brand-new map that is significantly larger than the ones from games like Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3. This map feels about the same size as the map that you’ll find in Warzone.

WOLFENSTEIN RPG The core gameplay is the same, but Wolfenstein’s story, style, and lore help to put the game over the top.

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Staying with Zombies, when you load into a map, you are placed with other players, and that can be good or bad, depending on who you get matched with. It can be great if the people you match up with coordinate and communicate and work towards a common objective.

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They did a great job with what was there. However, for a full-priced title, I don’t think it is really the consumer’s fault that the team didn’t have a full development schedule. Yes, it is true; most people stick around in COD for the multiplayer aspects, but I still would have liked to see a full-fledged campaign for players forking out $69.99 to play.

CAMPAIGN

One of the coolest things for me regarding the campaign is that some levels were open-map, and some were linearly designed. What I mean by this is that on some missions, you could choose what objective you wanted to complete first and how you wanted to do it.

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The game functions well for me, so I cannot dock it for poor performance. Should a game release be broken enough that half of its player base is furious? Probably not. Did I have those issues? No.

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CONTROVERSY & PERFORMANCE

My judgment on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is based solely on my personal experience and overall cost. COD: MWIII is a fun game to play, and its multiplayer will last long term, but I think it should have been released at a lower price point since it feels like an expansion, more than a standalone title.

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