Why Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 SO BAD?! (2023)

what can you tell us about Modern Warfare 3 Dave well first of all Jeff Modern Warfare 3 this year is the complete package liar I don't buy it talk all you want but you better convince yourself of it first Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is an Abomination play time is over when Nikki drops in oh God it's terrible it isn't right make it go away it's a Frankenstein monster stitched together from bits and pieces of previous games repackaged and sold to us at full price you're a demon spawn now you're an Abomination MW3 has the least new out of any game in the franchise which is exactly how I felt when the original came out in 2011 this is a world where nothing is solved when someone once told me time is a flat circle this time it's much worse all the content at launch was recycled well except for the Cutthroat mode Miss should compromis it's a draw oh it's a draw okay great what wait what you guys lost zero two and three Mission command is coping dude articles and internal leaks have revealed what we can see with our own eyes this was clearly planned to be an expansion to MW2 while late in development Activision 4 Sledgehammer deeper into the mines to turn it into a sequel hey remember when Activision confirmed they would stop releasing Cod annually that's s m you did I li it old habits die hard apparently Bobby [ __ ] dick just couldn't help himself and he needed to spread his cheeks and dump ass on the Call of Duty brand one last time before they merge with Microsoft I really shouldn't have to keep saying this you can enjoy this game hell I enjoy it at times but please don't defend it because you deserve better but am my just being hyperbolic is Modern Warfare 3 really so bad or is there some nugget of greatness hiding beneath the [ __ ] well let's release a $70 expansion hunt down macarov and slide cancel our way straight into this but before we start our search for more missiles we need to find a rocket no not that one this one rocket money the sponsor of 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what can we expect from the campaign yeah so for the first time for Call of Duty this year we're doing a direct sequel attention we are now at one some of you might not understand why this is a major red flag so let me explain there's a good reason Call of Duty shifted away from direct sequel starting in 2007 because the creators realized that releasing a World War II game every year was getting old it's why infinite Warfare got so much [ __ ] when it was revealed because it was the third futuristic CoD game in a row and why fans initially praised Cod World War II for going back to a boots on the ground setting I've always felt this series was at its most creative during the Black Ops Modern Warfare sagas because every year we alternated between two timelines we would go from World War II to modern day the Vietnam and Cold War before jumping into the future changing the setting always ensured that despite releasing annually the next CoD would feel fresh we'd explore different parts of the world at different points in time with new factions characters and we'd shoot people with new guns and gadgets it was a brilliant strategy to combat franchise fatigue and it worked for a very long time when it comes to Modern Warfare 3 however I'm [ __ ] exhausted having the same setting two games in a row does nothing but make the campaign in multiplayer feel more rehashed than it should the biggest complaint I have is the campaign it's the worst in the franchise how on Earth could this be worse than ghost new dog model is Black Ops 3 train go boom and Vanguard I shoot Nazis they die well remember when Master Chief took off his helmet in the first episode of the Halo TV show I never thought I'd have to suffer more than I did that day the game opens with some military guys approaching what looks like the goolag from MW2 apparently we're here to rescue prisoner 627 and for a moment things are looking all right it feels like a regular Mission and you don't yet realize you're playing as the bad guys who who is it oh it's just some guy what what what that's marov I thought it was just some random guy he doesn't look like marov at all Russian Ben Shapiro as marov he does kind of look like him it's a little weird let's say hypothetically that I just killed a man now uh I'm not saying I did but if I did I would have had to put a gun against his head and pull the trigger and now he'd be dead let's assume that life had just begun but now everything has been thrown away marov and his cronies Mount their escape they stop in an elevator where one of them suggests waiting until the guards are distracted marov says to delay adds risk and then asks us who holds power in these gong the guards or the prisoners trick question the electricians do get it this is the only time you get to choose dialogue and it doesn't even matter what you pick it changes nothing and macro agrees with whatever you say the prisoners yes that's why the guards need guns to shoot them had me thinking this might have branching paths like cold war and Black Ops 2 stupid nice prank Sledgehammer so macarov escapes we cut the price in the rest of Task Force 141 marov is out say macarov is out he's on the move John this causes price to panic and he aborts the mission abort turn this around turn us around now wait what mission why are you guys here oh I don't know all just needed something cool to say okay uh here's the lesson in avoiding basic screenwriting fuckups you need to let the audience know what's at stake if we're going to Care the purpose of the scene is to show marov as a man that scares price whatever he's up to stopping him is a top priority but since we don't know what mission they're abandoning we don't know what's at stake or what's being sacrificed maybe they're just canceling dinner reservations at the Cheesecake Factory macarov is out he's on the move John looks like desert's going to have to wait and the scene fails to do the one thing it's meant to create drama and fear around our antagonist anyways we abruptly cut to far and Alex who on their own mission and wait you you're supposed to be dead am I not didn't you die in a fiery explosion that was manually detonated what the [ __ ] is happening oh oh Philip Graves is back too what the the bad guy of the last game is he's just back wait what get this in a war zone cutscene from season 3 of cod 2019 Alex is revealed to have survived Alex thought you were dead Still Standing somehow Palpatine returned and in the season 5 cut scene of MW2 the same thing happens with Graves heard you died in a tank in South America well I wasn't in that tank somehow Palpatine returned what the [ __ ] is this slopping shitty writing how do you kill off two characters and then write them both back into the series in the exact same way hey I thought you died nope well I wasn't in that tank go [ __ ] yourself this Trilogy has been grounding itself in realism and now it's turned into a [ __ ] sitcom where everything goes back to normal at the end and death has no meaning and I further decree that everything will be just like it was before all this happened and no one will ever mention it again but don't worry folks when Task Force 141 recovers all seven dragon balls they can wish Captain Krillin back to this Dimension also this doesn't explain why far and Alex are working with Graves he shows up and then far and Alex are just like oh what's up Graves want to work together I don't know how you managed to walk past our security guards but uh please take a look at our highly confidential battle plans and we could just forget about that time that you betrayed our friends tried to kill them and then you murdered 300 civilians All Is Forgiven I'm sure you just became a mass murderer for our sake so at this point the story is Fubar but maybe it might still be fun to play God I'm so funny the goolag at the start was made from the verdens prison which was made from the original goolag level in MW2 arlav military base the stadium Gora Dam all these areas are blatantly recycled from war zone oh dude this is a [ __ ] part of the campaign right here yeah this is the [ __ ] oh yeah that's the one where you're like where you're playing price and he's getting gassed even the worst Call of Duty campaigns always felt original even if that originality was horrifying she messing with my M what about what's going on in that pin head of yours like they used to make maps and copy areas from the campaign into multiplayer Spec Ops and zombies not the other way around so guess what happens it's a domino effect now the campaign designers are [ __ ] because they have to write a compelling story and try to create Dynamic missions in areas that were designed for a battle royale not single player what's the result we call them open combat missions it's the biggest piece of dog [ __ ] I'll admit it's an idea that could have worked Cod rarely dabbles in nonlinear levels and when they do it's usually the highlight of the campaign but these are clearly a result of Rush development they're meant to Pat out out the runtime in a campaign that somehow manages to still be the shortest in franchise history six of the 14 missions are open combat even when 40% of the campaign is filler they can barely make this crap more than 4 hours long the objectives are always super exciting things like hack three cell phones diffuse three bombs push three buttons stick three fingers in your ass and the storytelling in these missions is on par with spec ops it's just people talking over a radio anyways a friend of far is introduced and then oh oh [ __ ] uhoh I love you so much Mom I hope you never get sh we're supposed to put GPS trackers on some missiles so we do and then we just let the terrorists take them have fun killing innocent civilians and blaming it on me why are we putting trackers on missiles instead of stopping the terrorists from taking them shouldn't there be a sequence where Alex and far are under heavy fire and they have to retreat so they settle for tracking the missiles instead of stopping the terrorists and our heroes barely escape with their lives I suppose they could have shown Alex and far retreating in a cut scene but we don't even get that so our heroes end up looking like apathetic [ __ ] that just give up they don't even chase the trucks or leave the area cuz in the next scene they're mourning the death of that l lady who had 30 seconds of screen time shouldn't this place be swarming with terrorists Call of Duty has always told its stories through amazing set pieces gameplay and heavily scripted sequences when you take that out of the equation it completely falls apart so maav assembles his team of cronies I mean conies but back at the goolag poor Ivan suggested they wait in the elevator how dare you take 5 Seconds to consider whether it's a good idea to rush into open gunfire not on my watch well who didn't see that coming I think this scene is meant to be an allegory for the working conditions at Sledgehammer well like really really dude this is the best you can come up with to make macarov look like a bad guy it's the most cliche thing possible the first time we see him in MW2 he shoots up a [ __ ] airport talk about making an entrance and since we know Modern Warfare 3 is recycling most of its ideas where do you think the plot is headed missiles they're going for the missiles classic it's always about the missiles man where the [ __ ] missiles oh smell missiles we're not recycling the plot from the last game are we no no it's not about finding the missiles again I already did that they wouldn't shut up about it where are the missiles con's got their own missiles no missiles inside missiles two missiles one missile gone we're copying Iron Man people all right Shephard is going to be the one selling Us weapons under the table where are the missiles Coco oh she doesn't she doesn't know where the missiles are oh what you get do where did he get son a missil in Chicago they're straight up copying the plot from last year Shephard sends ballistic missiles to the Middle East they get stolen bad guy puts the flag of another Nation on the missiles to frame them my missiles my Flags my country same [ __ ] different game the more things change the more they stay the same in the third thir level we need to destroy three helicopters then the cony group releases deadly gas and uh-oh price breathes it in stay with us sir oh [ __ ] now I'm kind of worried I really hope nothing bad happens to yep he's totally fine psych this is another classic script writing [ __ ] Czech off's gun if price inhaling the gas doesn't change or add anything to the story then why does he breathe it in but normally after a scene like this the perspective would change to another character and leave you wondering if Captain Price is going to be okay I remember this strategy working really well in Halo 2 it's such a lazy attempt at creating tension but ironically it does the opposite the characters are acting like macarov obtaining the sarin gas is a big deal the [ __ ] is in that gas Remnant zov's program s highly concentrated far more lethal what are you talking about you beat the gas but you still need some time to recover price wakes up 10 seconds later and is immediately back on the field in perfect health it's such a narratively confusing part you know in a story if you want to do the oh God is this character going to die thing you tend to stretch that out a little bit you stretch the question the way it's cut feels like there were supposed to be an entire Mission between these two moments he blacks out you go do some other campaign mission somewhere else and then he comes to the next cut scene because you have to stretch that emotional uncertainty but he's just up immediately hey marov you want real lethal gas go eat Taco Bell you got to love how these premission briefings now look like everyone's chilling in a Discord call sending jpegs to each other dude if this was my Discord server you guys would all be banned for spamming the same [ __ ] image of macarov 100 times go join the Discord server Link in the description they have used the same image of shirtless macarov like 40 times they keep using it every time he's mentioned in the briefing it's like a running joke I need to know how many times it's utilized when Ma Ma all over it Ma macarov or someone this is our sh of marov marov is marov Alive marov price and Farah meet up to find those gosh darn missiles but then the dumbest thing ever happens far tells price her missiles were stolen by macarov and that nose missiles were given to her by Shadow company who she's working with who sent you the missile Shadow company price is surprised by this as am I because apparently nobody told far what happened with Graves and shepher it didn't come up once in these Discord calls or during dinner at the Cheesecake Factory Shadow company that have that kind of Firepower they're eron boys with Tag vest they're allies they're allies they're allies what the [ __ ] does that mean then although price explicitly tells her that Graves Shepherd and Shadow company tried to murder him and his men far doesn't even tell price that Graves is still alive They carried out a hit on my men Commander Graves did this yeah well he had his orders yeah from home General Shepherd did Shepherd send you those missiles my weapons out of my business what the [ __ ] oh she doesn't give a [ __ ] friendship over he's a very dangerous men Farah we are all dangerous Captain shut up shut up hey can you stop talking like a Marvel character for 2 seconds and tell me if you're working with the people who tried to kill me I never want to lie to you but I can't tell you everything what you call classified I call Secrets can you shut the [ __ ] up all right here's the deal for you're dropping the shittiest onliners and it's pissing me off you say well then let's help each other yet you refuse to answer my questions and share information that would help us both achieve our goals I have every reason to believe you are now working with my wouldbe assassins and protecting them by not telling me the writers probably didn't realize this would make you a villain in the story but luckily for you far they made me Captain Price a [ __ ] idiot so I can't piece any of this together like always I hope you trust me implicitly good yo is this person [ __ ] [ __ ] yes see you on the other side shoot in Far let's go get those missions four missions in and we have three deadly screenwriting sins this time idiot plot far has no reason to withhold this information she only does it because the writers didn't know how to force drama into this scene where there would otherwise be none maybe far could have led price to Graves who could then lead them to Shepherd the guy whose missiles keep Co incidentally falling into the hands of terrorists and although price and far are supposed to be together in this Mission she disappears at the start one thing you'll notice is that all the open world missions have you playing alone because the devs were unable to program friendly AI in these Maps yeah see that was something I noticed you're like there with three or four guys it looks like you all air drop down there and then it's just you feels kind of lame as lwell we infiltrate a base to meet an informant this level is just walking it sucks you don't want to keep waiting what what oh sprinting will attract unwanted attention what look at that guy he's running out of my face they will shoot you for any reason in this oh my [ __ ] god this is so dumb they they look at me they see I'm a woman and they're like Gunner down oh thank God it's Yuri please save this campaign give us some in that makes the plot interesting oh a thumb drive well okay what's on it macaro's nudes did you get access to his only fans that's gross so lwell risked her life coming to this base to get Intel it must be pretty important except no because we never find out what the Intel is and it's never brought up again so this entire level is filler you could cut this out and it would change nothing the only reason this level exists is the pointlessly shoehorn Yuri into the game in a desperate attempt at fan service it ends up being a disgrace to the character but if there's one level you can't screw up it's no Russian uh I hope I don't die tragically on this flight me the so marov escaped from the goolag and he killed like 200 guards in the process coincidentally there have been three terrorist attacks within 72 hours of his escape and although logically this should make him the most wanted man on the planet with his face plastered everywhere he's able to casually walk through airport security without any problems he even manages to sneak in like six guns body armor and a a bomb you know maybe if Task Force 141 would share that picture of mov they keep spamming in Discord the Russian authorities would have caught him at the airport and ended this story as well as my suffering marov is supposed to be a criminal mastermind who obsessively plans his attack accounting for every possible situation or complication but this [ __ ] didn't even wear a fake mustache basic logic is absent from every scene and it is driving me insane like this one where marov and his men attempt to hijack the plane but instead of a coordinated hijacking where everyone Springs into action all at once like that one time this idiot sitting next to us puts a gun in our face stands up and then starts looking around for no reason kind of looks like me what the [ __ ] we're both cosplaying Bin Laden wait a minute he does look like mudahar what the [ __ ] why yes mudahar I would love to shoot makarov's Men Thank you for allowing me to take your gun at this point we're playing as Samara a former Ulf freedom fighter and because she's supposed to be vaguely Middle Eastern the funniest thing ever happens are you a terrorist no you look like one oh boy woo oh give the riters arrays so the plane explodes and everyone dies far and Alex go to the crash site to get footage to prove that far's group The Ulf did not commit the attack we need to find out what happened on that flight show the world it wasn't us I won't have them call us terrorists not again you look like one so we hacked three phones and destroy the evidence some people will believe the F was responsible thanks to you no one can prove it I mean it's pretty obvious who did it but glad I could help 141 meets up with lwell and they start going over footage from the airport no one stopped him walk in the bloody Park yes yes I know right the plot makes no sense far and Alex what they get not enough to prove anything what bro what are you talking about man what did you just say 2 minutes ago some people will believe the Ulf was responsible thanks to you no one can prove it far and Alex what they get not enough to prove anything thanks to you no one can prove it not enough to prove anything no one can prove the Ulf was responsible you just said the evidence doesn't support that H who else could have blown This Plane up could it be the known terrorist that recently escaped from prison a few days ago the same person who was captured on surveillance footage boarding the plane that later exploded do marov H could it have been that guy they also have audio recordings from the cockpit and footage from the cabin and yet nobody can use this evidence to show the world marov is behind this our heroes are all [ __ ] idiots had him right in our [ __ ] hands we should have killed him when we had the chance you should kill me right now flashback the 4 years ago macarov has bombed a stadium because we needed to reuse another area from war zone eventually we encounter an ambulance and there's a standoff turns out marov is inside and while he could have seen the two guys with guns right in front of him and just revers the way he came marov recklessly decides to floor it crashing the ambulance and getting his stupid ass captured why are you heading back into the stadium you already blew it up so why aren't you trying to escape our antagonist is a [ __ ] idiot and again normally this is where Call of Duty would have some over-the-top action-packed chasing sequence that's so awesome you remember it for another decade Jesus [ __ ] but instead we get something way more exciting [ __ ] move oh my God you ever have friends that you're hanging out with and he's like walking in front of you and then he just stops pushing simulator let's go I don't believe in luck I don't believe in luck I believe in planning you're right macarov we only captured you because your plan to floor it was stupid and because soap and price are [ __ ] idiots too they don't kill macarov here and now because we have him he's in custody he's not going anywhere amazing you're all dumber than you look that's what I'm saying this is what I hate most about this story nobody is outsmarting or outplaying each other one side of this conflict only gains the upper hand when the other side does something something even stupider we cut back to real time and Shepherd calls lwell via Discord the writers treat this scene like it's the first time we've seen Graves since his supposed death wrong again boys un [ __ ] believable I I know the story sucks ass the hero's surprise should mirror our own but they already revealed Graves was alive in the most nonchalant way possible did somebody screw up and put this Cuts scene in the wrong place now why is sheer working with us to take down marov I'm not going out like this I want my name on a win well it's a little late for that dog did you forget when you ordered Graves to kill all those civilians I guess the Riders did so we go to find makarov's Finance here to give her an audit this is your personal account H yes Melena it seems you owe some money in back taxes and I thought we could go over your expenses for last year I remember when price and Gaz took the gloves off to interrogate that [ __ ] [ __ ] and they almost shot his family in front of him you want the gloves off they're off we get dirty and the world stays clean that's the mission this is your personal account huh soap says they're going to take makarov's money and she's like you're not very good at this you're stealing from makarov's future not mine okay I'm going to steal all your money don't start your [ __ ] [ __ ] you that account is my money I fought for it I earn I'm as good as dead without my money I need my money sounds like activ Vision so anyways macarov is transporting something to a prison turns out it's Shepherd what huh when did he get captured how where was Graves do we ever find out no God damn it hold on weren't you just submerged in freezing water why aren't you shivering how come you show no signs of hypothermia throughout this entire Mission well price it's [Music] because $70 please one wrong move and I'll pull a hole through you I remember how all this started because you didn't kill mro when you had the oh screw it why do we have to fight our way to an Evac route if we planned this out enough to where we knew exactly where they would be why didn't the helicopters just pick us up right here so then Sledgehammer throws in a random AC-130 mission for no reason wa okay that wow you are not supposed to look up oh oh God don't look up that is oof that is rough what they why didn't they why didn't they finish the background can we not come up with new set pieces anymore are we so desperate for ideas we have to keep recycling this too you could really tell they had to squirt this game out faster than my explosive diarrhea cuz I don't even think they had time to make a soundtrack anytime there's a moment where you might feel something crickets yeah you know it's like like where's the music you know if it looks boring I think it's just because there's there's really nothing happening Miller pass the ox cord o baby trench gun's maneuver near the tower still no music yeah you're right it's bizarrely quiet still no music yeah the music gu is really really [ __ ] slacking he left he left I've heard elevator music more intense than this soundtrack [Music] dude oh my God this is just do December 7 1941 a date which will live in infamy who was the best of us the toughest you'd have fought the world barehanded house come in this is price we're take my shepherd men in the Boneyard hold on Plank do not trust shepher I say again do not trust shepher what little music they bother to compose is generic and forgettable but if you listen carefully at the end of matches you can hear the faintest whisper of the militia theme deam Death [Music] Match take no prisoners comrad it's as if Activision is choking out the last breath of creativity and identity this series once had oh you weren good music oh buy the Han Zimmer pack for $15 cuz that's now a paid feature dick kid so we shoot down makarov's helicopter with a predator missile and it crashes in a blaze of Hellfire the team goes to confirm the kill but then Shephard says we need to search the site for p on mael your orders are to stand down we got nothing but fire and brimstone out there and that's all the confirmation we need you want to go out on a win right but you're telling me to not look around for his body our secondary antagonist is a [ __ ] idiot it's over John we nailed that bastard to hell and gone yeah that's what we said about your little shadow grave yeah yes yes exactly marov is going to reappear and be like no wasn't in that helicopter price but instead of doing the most common sense thing and taking 20 minutes to search the area our heroes are content to wait for marov to show himself by committing Another War crime and you know what this story makes me want to commit a few war crimes of my own now we're in a courtroom because the writers have to resolve conflict in the most boring settings possible despite having all the evidence that Max karov and not the Ulf is Behind These terrorist attacks they needed shepher alive so he could testify about it this scene serves no purpose neither Graves or Shepherd face any punishment from the law they aren't even locked up in jail sometime later lawell gets word that surprise makarov's alive and might be sniffing around London are you ready to see the best thing in this campaign oh Riley wow a reference to COD ghosts the best part of Modern Warfare 3's campaign is the new dog model a [ __ ] meme that is a new dog model right there that's a [ __ ] new dog model if you thought the torture was over though Sledgehammer has one more card to play The Gang goes into an underground railroad because marov is going to blow up a train or something we fight our way to where the bomb is and secure the area price and soap work to diffuse it and then [Music] [ __ ] you this campaign [ __ ] sucks why do you care so much actman start talking about the multiplayer can't you see that matters more than some meaningless campaign meaningless huh what do you know of meaningless h guess you could say they really did soap dirty in this one but if you know you don't have time to write a proper send off for a fan favorite character don't kill off the fan favorite character have this be a campaign where butt [ __ ] happens nobody gets killed off and we can just sweep it under the rug Cod 2019 was a breath of fresh air a worthy remake of cod 4 on a flashy new engine it reintroduced classic characters but remade them and the plot so it felt like a fresh take the MW2 remake may have had a weaker story but it made up for that by emphasizing the characters their development relationships it gave them depth Modern Warfare 3 throws all of that in the garbage in a way that Ryan Johnson can only dream of it makes you feel stupid for caring about any of this in the first place the original MW3 has the most satisfying ending in the series The remake has the exact opposite this is cheap shock value [ __ ] mov literally comes out from behind a corner and shoots him like it's straight out of a Monty Python [Music] sketch nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition then there's the choreography so soap and price get shot then marov stands there and monologues about it for 10 seconds allowing soap time to get up and stab him but there's like six guys with machine guns behind him why didn't they shoot soap and then soap just stands there with one hand completely free and let's marov shoot him again what the [ __ ] were Gaz and ghost doing off screen stroking each other's [ __ ] ghost even knows macarov is here Christ spear Bois marov is in the channel he's heading your way the area is completely secured until marov shows up so Gaz and ghost just watch soap die I wouldn't want shitty friends like that at my funeral and then marov gets away again not due to some clever plan but because our heroes are worthless don't worry folks once season 3 for war zone comes out they're going to reccon this shitty ending soap's going to reappear and be like actually my brain wasn't in my skull he must have transferred his Consciousness throughout his entire nervous system he was the best of us the toughest he'd have F the world barehanded don't be sad this is just how it works out sometimes and why is price perfectly fine didn't you just get shot you [ __ ] I think I've made my point but let's compare this scene to the original it's a very emotional sequence macarov lays a trap that catches Yuri and soap by surprise Yuri my friend you never should have come here you talking about soap is the only one who heard marov refer to Yuri as my friend up until this point the player doesn't know much about Yuri and assumes he's not that important then you have to escort soap to safety in a sequence that the longer it goes the less chance he has of surviving feels like a real Battlefield with tangible Stakes the main character's life hangs in the balance when soap fin is out of Harm's Way our relief is shortlived just rest get a medic come on stay with me son but his last words ignite a mystery I noov knows oh no no no no no this Revelation changes everything in a Twist similar to bios shocks where we learned the character we've been playing as isn't a mere bystander he's been instrumental in all the events leading to this point so trusted you I thought I could too so why in bloody hell does marov know you Yuri's flashbacks tie all the loose plot threads together soap's death feels more important than us witnessing the destruction of the Eiffel Tower it's symbolic and a fitting end to the protagonist of the trilogy because we as price get to avenge his death death before the game ends there's so many things happening around and after soap's death What's Happening Here well I'll tell you absolutely [ __ ] nothing you know what maybe Treyarch was on to something with Black Ops 4 maybe they knew it's better to make no campaign than to torture your fans with a shitty one as a final kick in the balls there's a mid-credit scene where price shows up inside Shephard's office we don't even get to kill Shepherd ourselves oh I am not going to beg for my life wouldn't do you any good am I supposed to feel something am I supposed to feel anything but you know why this is worse than Vanguard that game was Goofy like they got red dot sites in a World War II game it's a joke but it's a joke we can all point and laugh at it didn't matter if the characters sucked because they didn't have any emotional Equity history or connection with this franchise or its fans Modern Warfare 3 on the other hand is meant to cap off the third remake of a beloved tril but they [ __ ] it up so bad it's irredeemable that's why this is the worst Cod campaign Modern Warfare 3's campaign utterly fails at everything it tries to do Halo 5 was better than this but let's clear our mind with a little zombies right we've run a ground God damn it oh wait wait wait wait oh oh oh my God we got it wow wow there are those who said this day would never come what the [ __ ] is happening what the what in [ __ ] what the [ __ ] is oh my God is it what the [ __ ] am I huh okay all right all right that's cool what the [ __ ] was that the the second something actually cool happens it is just immediately cut short with [ __ ] teleportation I'll admit my takes on zombies over the years have been volcanic and when it comes to war zone zombies I time was put an end to that well yeah it's it's looking pretty good this year I think the phrase war zone zombies says it all it sounds like a free Halloween event and if it was just that this wouldn't be half bad but no this is the new Zombies mode part of that complete package Modern Warfare 3 this year is the complete package what the [ __ ] is he happening what the f where is he he [ __ ] like what the [ __ ] bro what the [ __ ] is this this is the zombies are remember yep yep just stay right there right there some [ __ ] floating priest having a seizure in a wall I am having so much [Music] fun wow reloading wow holy [ __ ] they recycled the objectives and formula from DMZ and MW2 they copied the ersan map from war zone and then smooshed it together with zombie types we saw in Vanguard bo3 and Cold War what the what is happening over here look turn around is it not bugged out for you there's like a whole box yes yes it's out your main goal is to complete arbitrary contracts and objectives for Loop to then leave the match and jump back into a new one not entirely sure where I'm supposed to have fun during this process when you talk about our zombies you're talking about really tense moments so we want to maintain that throwing grenades now this is riveting gameplay now get this in war zone zombies one of the biggest Innovations is that you play with three people instead of four also random players now appear in your zombies Lobby what you want to explain yourself and for the first time in history the developers are gatekeeping the amount of fun you can have with a time limit oh [ __ ] oh [ __ ] we have a time limit we have to we we have a limited amount of time run run run go go go spr SP Sprint down run run fast I I'll finish time remember and need a certain amount of a lotted finish allowed the gameplay and objectives aren't the problem it's pretty satisfying shooting zombies the issue is at least onethird of my time is spent running around doing nothing oh the contract is bugged out and it's stuck in the table and I can't pick it up nice oh I see what you're saying yeah you like you just can't pick it up guess we're not doing that one no this wasted our this wasted our time we can't have as much fun now we only have 32 minutes of fun left [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] where do we go where do we go what we what we what we run oh [ __ ] we've got a lot of points going to get pack but do remember we only have 17 minutes of a lot of fun lap so we got to be quick I know I know instead of rounds that get progressively more challenging we have three tiers the goal is to xfill with gear good enough to trivialize the tier one area of the map so you don't have to waste your time there and can have fun fighting zombies that actually pose a threat oh an insta kill we can enjoy that for our last few minutes of fun insta kill's already on all these zombies Die in one hit yeah I thought X filling in Cold War was cool cuz the strength of the zombies was based on the round so it could get quite intense and you could xfill more or less whenever you wanted but now you have to run back to the tier one area and then I like how it forces it it forces us to come over here to leave and then it makes us wait we got a use follow of a lot of fun though okay now we just sit here when we uh we Tab out until the XO spawners yeah our fun is at an end it is is always thought Black Ops 1 set the gold standard for zombies content at launch but these days they only Launch zombies with one map which means you get one chance to enjoy the mode you either hate this map or you like it if there was a round based map or mode to satisfy players like me I might be singing a different Easter Egg song but has war zone become so invasive and overbearing to this franchise that even zombies must yield to it it can't just be its own thing anymore why is it so hard to go back to the formula everyone agrees is the best I get why some folks are defending war zone zombies I do because we're coming off of Vanguard these are dark times and people are desperate for a w no you're just trying to confuse me I won't listen to the Ravens of a lunatic did anyone else notice that Vanguard and MW3 both had to copy their zombies maps from someone else's homework but as one trained in the force you know that true coincidences are rare here's the thing zombies has always reused parts of the campaign and multiplayer and its map design but it did in such a subtle way that you really had to pay attention to notice but even like going back as like early as like World at War I mean KN was Airfield all that from the campaign ver was Asylum sha Numa was KNE deep they were just like multiplayer maps that were like converted but the thing is they did it so well and like so Tastefully and so in secur manner yeah see there you go did I mention there's also guys with guns on the map what the [ __ ] who the [ __ ] shooting me what the [ __ ] is that oh there's guys here with guns what the [ __ ] what okay all right not even zombies just regular soldiers they're using Sentry turrets and counter uavs they actually have a [ __ ] Counter UAV they're throwing grenades at me in a Zombies mode this is weird oh yeah there's also [ __ ] guys with guns in in Zombies oh I cannot understand that dude keep that [ __ ] as far far away from zombies as possible that should not ever be in Zombies dude I what the [ __ ] the hardcore zombies fans I'm sorry some of you might pretend this is what you want but deep down I suspect you resent it as much as I do and you understand that like campaign zombies is special and you can't just copy and paste it onto a [ __ ] war zone map and call it a day you crave a handmade curated round based Zombies mode same as me was right I am the same as you some fans claim MW3 has the best multiplayer in years what do I think I think this should have been what it was intended to be an expansion to the game we already had Modern Warfare 3 does little to innovate the formula Beyond locking improved movement mechanics behind a $70 price tag much like how you had to buy infinite Warfare to play the game you actually wanted they tempt you with everything you've been asking for but look actman every classic Modern Warfare 2 map is here that's your favorite Call of Duty isn't it yeah so this is a Modern Warfare 3 remake that doesn't remake any maps from Modern Warfare 3 yes and you don't see any issues with that I can go fast now you were hoping to throw down on dome Mission arcaden resistance bootleg hard hat well your expectations are too high I will give Sledgehammer some props these are very faithful remakes right down to the nitty-gritty details the maps are and always have been amazing with a couple exceptions they even included derail so you can feel nostalgic when you vote to skip it movement is now the main appeal and core personality of this game fans have been asking for this and it does dramatically change how these classic maps are played the movement opens up New Paths of traversal new flanking routes oh [ __ ] climbing mantling and jumping are way faster and smoother than ever before I enjoy the longer time to kill as players have the tools and a much better chance to turn the tables in a firefight if someone gets the jump on them all this movement Tech creates new ways to outplay your opponent and with solid gun play this should be Call of Duty at its best here's the problem you can't throw the super fast movement onto the old level design and expect it to work as intended unless your intention is to break the old level design we saw this in Halo 5 they had to stretch out classic maps to accommodate Sprint and like with Vanguard the hyper fast pace of the game removes a lot of tactical decisions you'd normally have to make often turning matches into a chaotic cluster [ __ ] areas that were once designed as crucial choke points H you can just slide through them now without a care in the world on Maps like high-rise it is cool to mantle over walls you couldn't before but this breaks the carefully constructed Lanes MW3 is also incredibly sweaty when I play with friends though that's when I run into people who you know drop shot me when I'm not even playing there's so many times though where an enemy and I Sprint past each other by the time we both realized we just saw an enemy we're already 15 ft apart now there are some very important improvements to the game that I personally appreciate not every attachment reduces ads time underbarrel grenade launchers and shotguns don't reduce it either by some stroke of Wizardry Noob tubes have been properly balanced for the first time ever also while editing this I noticed that this guy fired a Noob Tube at me at almost the exact same time and the fact that I can even see how close it was to killing me is actually pretty cool they are [ __ ] awesome and I think I'm the only person that uses them also I'm a [ __ ] god with frag grenades throwing grenade one of the new snipers feels like an overpowered intervention it is so satisfying or am I just high oh look at that collateral apparently Sledgehammer wanted to reintroduce the pig 10 system and you can see remnants of that with this this new vest option I think many of the perks and field upgrades are a bit too Niche but hey man I'll take changes to this class customization pretty good unfortunately this is like the sixth gear in a row they've launched a new con with the same game modes no I don't want to play anything but hardpoint and domination on a positive note it looks like they're adding demolition back in for the first time since Black Ops 3 while the customization is nice the progression licks Bigfoot balls so instead of unlocking all the perks equipment attachments and weapons by you know leveling up nah you've got to complete daily challenges Oh you mean this exact system that Halo infinite has spent the last 2 years correcting because everyone hated it yes I love having arbitrary challenges gatekeep my progression and dictate how I play video games hey [ __ ] teammates come resupply for my [ __ ] ammo box I'm trying to unlock the harriers what unfucked [ __ ] thought this is a great idea for progression so you want to get this [ __ ] care package you want to stick a shock stick up your ass you got to do daily challenges you can only do like three a day they they literally designed it so you just [ __ ] have to come back who locks behind progression this is worse than [ __ ] mobile games dude make it make [ __ ] sense to me the Armory unlocks are just another example of Activision prioritizing player retention uh actman but this time you get a choice of what you unlocked yeah you know what game did that better ghosts if I ever compare a new Call of Duty to ghosts and ghosts comes out on top in some way you know you done [ __ ] it up in B1 and ghost you were in currency just by playing and could pick what you unlock that's it don't make me do stupid [ __ ] challenges okay just let me play the game you want to talk kill streaks those are pretty much all the same there's like three new ones would have been a perfect time to bring back support streaks but come on this isn't a remake of mw3 check out how cool this Juggernaut Recon streak is it isn't cool at all it just took away my weapons and gave me nothing now how about ground war well it's the exact same as last year although now there's a 50% chance the mode will run at 15 frames per second nice I got the glitch so what does the glitch do oh my God what doesn't it do that's what you want to hear oh it lags to [ __ ] [ __ ] oh my god dude it is like it is oh my God it's so bad holy [ __ ] the the FPS is like 15 right now it's like 15 oh nice and it is stuttering more than a child with a speech impediment but Rejoice Cod World War II fans for the war mode returns is it better than before no you'll love the return of the same restrictive kill barriers that funnel everyone down one of three incredibly short Lanes with no room for Ingenuity or creative traversal no missiles for you today lad oh get [ __ ] come on I can't even oh my God I have to come up this way I can't I you I can't even flank them the war mode only has one map yeah they copied the mode from Cod World War II where you escort a tank the objective is to stop a missile launch stop the missiles we're going to stop the missiles okay stop new missiles [ __ ] and the map is made up of stolen assets from Condor Hideout Crossfire and countdown this is a Cod 4 map no no if they're reusing [ __ ] from Cod 4 to man this is it is oh my God they don't have a single [ __ ] idea you're right you're right it is they had to steal maps from 16 years ago to hit that deadline this is the saddest thing I've ever seen I had kind of like a uh a subconscious feeling that I had seen this before and you're absolutely right dude that is just this is sad know at least the war mode used to let you play out certain fantasies like storm in the beach on D-Day all three launch Maps were completely original handmade he even had an announcer that sounded like he gave a [ __ ] keep the enemy from building the bridge the enemy is building a bridge the bridge is being built the bridge is half built the enemy is building a bridge stop the enemy from building that bridge they're building a bridge enemy soldiers are approaching lock the space down and eliminate the threats to protect our mission protect our anti-air weapons do not let them ear drop armored vehicle wait a minute this version is awful yeah they ruined it oh my God it's terrible although I was initially excited to hear factions would be returning the announcers in the game are so lifeless and apathetic that I actually prefer the British guy from Vanguard Team Deathmatch subdue all threats use all your senses sight sound touch smell and gun oh my God that was I don't even know why fact are here when we still have the operator system and I can play as [ __ ] Skeletor wait wait did you see if you go to The Operators and you go to Skeletor it's Skeletor TM oh yeah it's literally Skeletor it's literally Skeletor oh my God that's amazing [ __ ] if you click on it you can play as hord Skeletor TM or disco Skeletor disc Skeletor TM I got to wrap this up Call of Duty mod Warfare 3 is a testament to how low standards have gotten Activision Blizzard continues their Rampage of scummy business practices attempting to pull a fast one on their dedicated fan base by branding this expansion as a brand new premium title given the rush development the majority of content had to be stolen copied or recycled from other games the series is creatively bankrupt and this deserves to be the worst reviewed Call of Duty the campaign is worse than bad it's an insult it not only destroys the characters we grew to love but destroys any interest I had in where this new timeline was going zombies to me feels like a cheap attempt at attracting the war zone audience to zombies not through the strength of the Zombies mode but by making zombies more like war zone the multiplayer will likely be fun for a time and if any part of the game is going to get love it's this and this game certainly feels like it was thrown together in 16 months and that is why Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is so bad thank you all for watching hope you enjoyed the video leave a like if you did and subscribe to the actman for more awesome content check the link in the 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Length: 57min 10sec (3430 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 12 2023