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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review
It’s that time of year again, one that’s filled with packages, traffic, parties, and bloodshed. Huh? No not Christmas dummy, the new Call of Duty was released. Activision released it’s highly anticipated third game in the Modern Warfare series, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3. The game has already broken a number of records including its incredible feat of generating $775 million in the first five days of sales. And they said the economy was in a recession, ha!
So whether you have been living under a rock or just haven’t had the time to run to your local video game dealership I suggest you hurry up and get the game. Why? Well I’ll tell you.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 starts right after the previous game’s ending, like right after. Almost like the reason why there was any break between the story was because someone had to change the film in the camera. We find our group of seasoned soldiers rushing in with Mr. Soap MacTavish ruining the newly steamed carpets with his fresh knife wound. Honestly dude, I hate having to clean my carpets, those cleaner have the worst commercials. Anyhow Soaps is on his last wind, thanks to the little run in with Commander Shepard and it’s up to Price and a handful of most likely unlicensed doctors to patch him up. But wait, this is too easy, lets add some more gun fire… there we go, now it’s Call of Duty.
Now I’m sure those of you who have played the previous Call of Duty’s are aware of the special task force group known as nothing else than Task Force 141 – represent! Well it seems that with Commander Shepard dead, the one who originally started the program, the force has begun to degrade. The U.S. government has labeled the “one-four-one” disavowed, cutting them off from all their resources, and not to mention the amount of soldiers left in Task Force 141 couldn’t fill an airplane bathroom and that can be a bit of a problem when your job is to take down one of the most powerful terrorist minds in history. Yes, you know who I’m talking about, Makarov. This master killer is still at large and continues to cause disaster to the world and it’s up to you to stop him. Again with the cheesy one liners… I need to invest in advertisement.
So does this game have multiplayer? Is it worth the hours of playtime? Duh! It’s Call of Duty! I attempted to get in touch with Mr. and Mrs. Multiplayer but it seems they are a little well… preoccupied. They seemed unable to restrain themselves from their excitement and all they muttered to me was something about a care package, so I guess it’s up to me to explain it to you. Okay, here we go *inhale… It’s awesome! While the campaign is quite fun in Call of Duty, it’s really the multiplayer that drives us to buy the game. Its hands-on, it’s simple, and it’s addicting. Activision are genius when it comes to baiting you on to “just one more level” because either that level you are attempting to reach unlocks a sweet new gun or I get an upgrade that allows me to have unnecessary amounts of bullets. And bloodshed is always better with friends, just like the previous installments, inviting friends to a game is a simple set of key presses and makes it a great engine for quick on-the-fly parties.
Also Call of Duty has created an interesting new subscription based membership for true Call of Duty lovers. Call of Duty Elite allows players to subscribe for a set amount of time and while maintaining a subscription, players are given the ability to download any map packs released during the time and take place in hosted tournaments, quite the bargain for anyone planning on spending a fair amount of time playing this game.
Now here here ladies and gentlemen, while Call of Duty’s multiplayer is fun, it’s the last thing from innovative or creative. Don’t get mad Activision! My only grime with the multiplayer would have to be the lack of changes, upgrades, and just plain old new stuff. After shoving my MW3 disk in my system and heading to multiplayer I was a little disappointed, “did I really just spend another $60 on the same game I’ve been playing for the last several years?” Aside from a few tweaks and new guns (I mean honestly how many guns do you need? They all look the same and do the same thing. “But this gun has .0056% more fire rate” Shut up! Give me a laser gun and then we will talk) the game has made no advancements. MW3 feels the same as any other Call of Duty game and this drawn on effect is becoming apparent. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Call of Duty, it’s just that with everything Call of Duty has to offer, a little bit of innovation and creativeness would go far and only help the game.
If only the game had a bit of customization angled towards appearance, then it would be a true titan of the multiplayer world. I personally am a sucker for appearances, armor, and physical modifications when it comes to multiplayer titles. I mean come on, who doesn’t want to look badass while they fire down upon their enemies. It is here where Call of Duty’s Multiplayer fails, I always felt then when running around the battlefield, I was merely just a gun: being the only actual thing you could personally modify in game. There was no individual touch to Call of Duty, and it was always disappointing to see you character change again and again after every death.
Now this is purely for the hearts of people that share my love of customization, some people have no want of such an engine and ignore it even in games that are driven heavily on such customization. It all comes down to your taste.
For the technical side of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, there isn’t much to say. After a collection of installments, the franchise has really diminished technical issues such as lag and bugs to almost nothing. Sure you may get a few dropped games but that’s only because the servers are always crammed with countless gamers. Oh yeah and also because theres always that one guy whose ping is always red and is probably playing off a Starbucks wifi server… noobs.
So get out your pro sunglasses (inside of course) and put on your try pants because we have some prestige-ing to do. If you’re a purebred hardcore gamer that loves the adrenaline that comes with serious multiplayer then this new installment of Call of Duty is for you. But if you’re looking for a game that outreaches the norm and offers a creative touch to the world of gaming, then hold on to your wallet for a bit and give this game a thought. Call of Duty is one of the forefathers of First-Person Shooter multiplayer and it will continue to become a superpower in the gaming world.
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