Only get the game while it's on sale of course. I haven't played CoD multiplayer since the Black Ops 1 days, so I really can't compare this game to any of the others. If you want a mindless shooter, this is great. Guns feel good and you can customize them to make them feel better. The players ruin this game more than the devs. There's so much trash talk and ego stroking; some people clearly do it for attention. Do me a favor and don't be like them. I really recommend just avoiding all chat. I like to try and kill people with kindness and ask why they care about me being worse than them. I'm just another random loser like they are. Play the game your own way and don't let them get to you. More about the game... It's body shot galore. People SMG rush spawn or flanks half of the time. This is probably the best way to play if you want to kick butt. I see this as monotonous and sometimes abusive. Being spawn killed and trapped sucks. I really like the game despite only bringing up negatives. If I don't have to put up with this stuff, then it's a vibe. I enjoy the progression. Leveling my account then unlocking weapons and such is the main thing that hooked me. Going for camos is a nice side objective. There's so many guns, and if you care enough then leveling them and getting camos gives you so much to do. Zombies is usually great and helps with multiplayer progression, and it's a whole thing of it's own of course. I find going for headshots more satisfying, but more difficult than body shot beaming or one hitting. Getting those headshots is my preferred way to kill, and I think it should be more rewarding.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
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Developer / Publisher
Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Beenox, Raven Software, High Moon Studios, Demonware / Activision
Release date
Nov 10, 2023
Genres
Action
Russian language
Text and voice-over
Price
$17.49
Steam recommendations
21,008
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Veterans
10+ hours at review74%
positive · 2,662 reviews
Newcomers
Under 2 hours at review36%
positive · 392 reviews
Most criticized
At launch
First 30 days after release on Steam (10 Nov 2023)27%
English reviews: 27% at launch → 62% now
· Reviews at launch: 3,330
Russian reviews: 48% at launch → 58% now
· Reviews at launch: 305
How opinion changes with playtime
Share of positive reviews by hours played at the time of the review. Click a column to read those reviews.| Played | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2h | 36% | 392 |
| 2–5h | 68% | 657 |
| 5–10h | 74% | 915 |
| 10–50h | 77% | 1,650 |
| 50h+ | 71% | 1,012 |
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The most helpful review from a veteran (10+ hours at review)Best argument against
The most helpful review from a veteran (10+ hours at review)Game is full of cheaters more than ever now unfortunately but i guess that's to be expected when a new call of duty is coming out which is sad that those who bought the game just have to except it as "JUST THE WAY THINGS GO" The franchise is lost and clearly has no direction but rather panders to whatever is trending. thankfully i was able to return bo7 for a full refund. I'm done with call of duty and moving on to other games with no screaming brain rot individuals and racial slurs to others.
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Based on the 6,428 most recent Steam reviews · updated 2 Oct 2026
- English reviews: 5,000, 19 Jul 2024 – 2 Oct 2026
- Russian reviews: 1,428, 10 Nov 2023 – 29 Sept 2026
- ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total30 Jul 2024
The things that made the Call of Duty franchise what it is today has been completely thrown out. The game is $70, but the campaign is so short that you can finish it in an afternoon. Most people buy it for the multiplayer portion, which like most games today, should be free anyway since they also sell skins and battle passes. They should invest more into the actual campaign so the value is actually $70. I have played every Call of Duty game since I was a child, so my words should not be taken lightly. The game mechanics are amazing and is overall a smooth gaming experience when it comes to the mechanics. This game is rated 17+, so there should be no reason that people get chat banned in this game when the literal characters themselves curse. Just like the vaping companies did marketing to children and young teens, these people are advertising to that same audience. They removed the bloody gore death animations, and are becoming too political. The biggest problem I think half of the player base will agree with me on is the Skill Based Match Making in public lobbies. I understand that Skill Based Match Making is and should be part of the Ranked Play playlist, but even on that playlist, you will be matched up with other bronze players at your skill level all the way up until you hit your highest rank reachable rather than being placed with bronze-skilled level players when you first start out. When you are paired with those players you do not get more "SR" for winning those matches because it is all hidden. I know Activisions only motive here is to make a profit, so the chances of them changing it is highly unlikely. So, what I would propose is that if you will not remove SBMM, then at least showcase each players hidden skill ranking so that we can compare players and that players have something to actually strive for. One of my friends was a Crimson player in MW2. When he first started Ranked play, as a bronze, he was being paired with diamond teams, which is totally unfair. 2 people who paid the same amount of money shouldn't be receiving a different experience based on their skill level. Economics is all about supply and demand, and as more people realize this issue I think it will actually hurt their pocket-book eventually. But, it will take some time before things go back to how they used to be. They champion on protecting the lower-skilled players, but even the lower-skilled players will eventually get bored of the game because of its repetitiveness. SBMM hurts the higher skilled players the most which are the driving factor to any games popularity. Its the most dedicated and loyal players who become good, some become streamers, and some are very community-active. As those players begin leaving first, the lower-skilled players will eventually follow because they are motivated by those who create the community organically. I have joked before that the only person that can save Call of Duty would be Elon Musk, but hopefully with the Acquisition by Microsoft, we can see changes take foot.
330 found helpful · 17 found funnyGameplayStoryReviews written: 1On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total16 Feb 2024
История одного разочарования Знаете, я безумно люблю банановый сок. Однако одно время я стал замечать, что мой любимый производитель что-то в нем определенно поменял. Он перестал быть таким вкусным, как раньше. Шло время, а его вкус все портился и портился. И вот он, апогей. Представьте такую картину: прихожу я однажды с работы, прикупив по пути домой пачку любимого сочка. Дома, раздевшись и приняв душ, иду на кухню, открываю пакет, наливаю его содержимое в стакан и моментально, по привычке, осушаю его. Наливаю второй, выпиваю, третий, выпиваю.. и только на этот раз улавливаю некий мерзопакостный вкус. Вдруг меня осеняет - о, ужас! - я только что навернул три полных стакана настоящей мoчи!!! Запах, цвет - все сходится, натуральная, мать ее, мoча! Наконец-то я прозрел! Хватаю пачку "сока" в поисках объяснений и, не найдя никаких изменений на упаковке, помимо непонятных для меня слов "next gen", недоуменно ставлю ее на подоконник до лучших времен. Надо же разобраться с этими негодяями, в самом деле! Проходят два дня. Два долгих, томительных дня без моего любимого бананового сока. Сложно описать это состояние. Похоже на ломку, наверное. И вот, одним вечером, значит, сижу я перед компьютером, периодически косясь в сторону подоконника. Неожиданно ракетой в моем мозгу пролетает дичайшая, первобытная, глупая до безобразия мысль: "А МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ МНЕ ПОКАЗАЛОСЬ И ЭТО ВСЁ-ТАКИ БАНАНОВЫЙ СОК???" Всё, что произошло дальше, я помню словно в замедленной съемке - рука тянется к этой злосчастной коробочке, огонек надежды загорается в моей темной душе, я жадно сглатываю слюну и начинаю с неистовством пить. Пить до дна. Очнувшись на полу, я через некоторое время вновь с сожалением понял, что ничего не изменилось. В коробке как была, так и осталась мoча. Причем постоявшая два дня, забродившая. Опорожнив содержимое своего желудка, я с горечью для себя осознал следующий факт: "Я пал ниц под натиском собственных иллюзий дважды." С тех пор я перешел на другого производителя бананового сока. И теперь всегда внимательно читаю состав. И, знаете ли, такой ерунды больше со мной не происходит. Дочитавшие до этого момента, возможно, не улавливают, зачем здесь находится эта глупая история, но я поясню: примерно такие же ощущения остались у меня после знакомства с последними играми франшизы Call of Duty и конкретно после нескольких часов игры в Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Минимум последние года 4 игровое коммьюнити усердно поят натуральной мoчой, выдавая ее за ваш любимый напиток. А коммьюнити не то что не возникает, но при употреблении оного продукта жадно причмокивает. Обидно, досадно, но Activision, а вместе с ней IW, Rawen Software, Treyarch и прочие подразделения разработчиков, полностью исчерпала ресурсы для создания хорошего шутера, и для меня, как для бывшего фаната франшизы, этот факт свершился давно. Повелся отчего-то, подумал, что в этот раз что-то могло измениться в лучшую сторону. Нет, нет и еще раз нет. Поищите лучше другой сок. Он, как правило, и подешевле, и вкуса недурного, и производитель не обманет. P.S. На случай непредвиденной бомбежки в комментариях: здесь изложено моё личное мнение. Оно не обязано совпадать с Вашим личным мнением. На то оно и личное!
187 found helpful · 36 found funnyStoryReviews written: 15On Steam - ▲ Recommended6.7 h at review6.7 h total20 Aug 2026
Storyline is ok, but too short Graphics and optimization are the same as in MW2 Zombies and multiplayer I didn't played
154 found helpful · 19 found funnyPerformanceGraphicsStoryGames owned: 1,099 · Reviews written: 198On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total22 Jun 2024
Если хотите купить МВ3, то остановитесь. Ужасная игра, с поломанным балансом и запредельным ТТК. Игра в которой спецмодуль убирает вертикальную отдачу, при условии что горизонтальной в игре вообще нет. Игра в которой, все кроме мувмента дико пососное. Зомби режим вообще кал не играбельный, а сюжетная кампания это недо-фанфик по МГЕ Братьям. Лучше дождитесь БО6 или купите МВ2, а лучше вообще дайте мне деньги, я на них чипсы и пиво куплю.
154 found helpful · 20 found funnyStoryGames owned: 181 · Reviews written: 19On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total11 Oct 2024
Every new Call of Duty is like an orgasm, at first you're hyped, but then you realize you've just been ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and you can't undo it. With every upcoming game they make the whole act of war look like a joke, focusing on selling as much skins as possible. Until the game is unplayable (which mostly takes up to half year) so they announce their new game and repeat the whole process. I remember the day when they f*cked everything up and disappointed a lot of their community. The day when they destroyed an active thriving game with lots of potential in order to sell their newly realeased pile of sh*t. And from that day on they do the same thing over and over again. Insted of fixing the bugs and providing fresh content they recycle their old games, releasing them as a new one charging even higher prices (notice how from 29.99 their prices are now 79.99) and giving even less content. The next step is adding as much as brain rotted skins as possible, filling all game with LGBTQ skins, furries, movie characters and dead memes, making the new generation so hyped to buy them... They destroyed the whole meaning of the game. How from soldiers fighting for the glory of their countries, defending it with their lives, completeing special war operations side by side, the game went to a place where not a single person is playing as a "soldier". They are everything but soldiers, they are cartoon characters running with ridiculous big animal heads, famous singers and actors holding not guns, but toys that shoot rainbows, turning KIA players into anime girls or hearts. At this point lets add constructions options and turn it into more expensive and toxic Fortnite. And WTF is a Blackcell. You're charged full price for dlc game, you're charged for Battle Pass ( it's normall ) and then you're charged for "black cell" if you want all the content from the Battle Pass. They probaably felt so smart adding it as a feature. I can't say anymore if they are a gaming studio or a business company. The whole main menu feels like casino. You enter the game after 1 hour of downloading shaders and restarting the game and the first thing that happens, the new bundles are being shoved into your face "THE NEW BUNDLE IS OUT, GET IT NOW !!!". I recommend investing your time and resources elsewhere. There are a lot more interesing games that worth your money. Grab a friend, go get Helldivers 2, Deep Rock Galactic or Space Marine 2 and have fun. There is a lot more tactical and team building gameplay to be offered in these games than the so called "Call of Duty".
144 found helpful · 32 found funnyPerformanceGameplayStoryValueGames owned: 267 · Reviews written: 17On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total19 Sept 2024
It is a scam. The name is misleading. The MP is basically just warzone. The story is completely different. The survival mode was turned into zombies (not BO style). I couldn't get a refund cuz I had a few hours in Warzone. Complete trash, never buying a cod game again.
128 found helpful · 10 found funnyStoryValueReviews written: 2On Steam - ▼ Not recommended5.9 h at review5.9 h total22 Sept 2026
Looking exclusively at the single-player campaign, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) guts the cinematic identity of the series and replaces it with uninspired filler. The story is completely forgettable, driven by a main villain who escapes so predictably it becomes laughable. By trading tight, curated set-pieces for flat, open-area sandbox maps, the campaign bleeds Warzone asset-reuse from every seam. Between the unrewarding level design and bullet-sponge enemies that ruin the shooting feel, the solo mode plays like a rushed, unpolished draft. Pass on this one.
111 found helpful · 2 found funnyStoryReviews written: 943On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review11 h total13 Nov 2023
Многие пишут гневные обзоры объективно не объясняя почему игра отвратительна. Давайте коротко поясню. За цену в 7к вы получаете: Сюжетную компанию на 3 часа, мультиплеер ( в котором по ощущением люди живут 24/7 и тебе дают сладко защеку), зомби режим ( единственный адекватный и интересный режим, однако ты не сможешь в нем долго играть так как это типо DMZ) и .... И все! Как бы в придачу тебе комплектом сразу идет хреново туча багов ( иногда не работает мышка, иногда ты не сможешь зайти игру впринципе, иногда шрифт будет слетать, иногда не сможешь зайти в лобби к другу) Боже спасибо! Именно это я хотел за 7 тысяч рублей! Кто желает потрепать себе нервы, разориться на все деньги (ведь помимо игры за 7к там ещё донат есть к слову) и прожигать время в этой несчастной помойке, то вам обязательно в новую МВ3!
105 found helpful · 5 found funnyPerformanceStoryValueReviews written: 82On Steam - ▼ Not recommended24 h at review24 h total13 Jul 2026
It is so sad watching these three games slowly devolve into "campaign as an afterthought" using Warzone as a base. I know I'm in the minority of people who actually play these games for the single player and not just tunneling warzone for 70 hours a week but cmon. I don't *hate* the open combat missions but you can just see the writing on the wall. Single player doesn't sell these games, its all in the live service. And the devs know they can cut corners using it in the single player. Speaking of, whos bright ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea was it to put HALF OF THE STORY of all three of these games in the Spec-Ops. I would LOOOOVE to play it but none of my friends want to play these games. You are constantly confused with the story because of things happening "off-screen" if you don't have co-op partners. I only have this many hours because I was hunting down all the achievements I could get alone. Before I played this I was actually interested in MW4 but now? Skipping if its more of this.
101 found helpful · 5 found funnyGameplayStoryGames owned: 514 · Reviews written: 16On Steam - ▼ Not recommended3.7 h at review3.7 h total28 Jul 2026
Честно, я в ужасе. Вся одиночная компания- это симулятор DMZ? Фигасе. Тупо было лень игру сделать? Как фанат, я просто ушёл в депресняк. Не покупайте эту игру... это очень плохая игра, очень... Лучше бы что-то другое купить, тот же black ops, там разрабы хотя-бы постарались сделать интересную историю. Здесь это полная фигня. Музыка: 5/10 Гейплей: 0/10 Сама игра: 5% шейдеров из 100 (серьёзно? Зачем каждый раз делать загрузку шейдеров?) Ах да, как и в прошлой части, чтобы зайти в одиночку, игра перезапускается. Класс. Тогда проще вообще не выпускать игру, а сделать тупо кино на 3 часа и залить на ютуб. Тоже самое будет
93 found helpful · 5 found funnyStoryReviews written: 7On Steam - ▼ Not recommended7.4 h at review7.4 h total2 Aug 2025
70 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ euro for a campaigne being like 6 missions while a 60 euro game like rdr2 offers a 110 hour story for me atleast for LESS complete ripoff NOT recommended
80 found helpful · 7 found funnyStoryGames owned: 56 · Reviews written: 19On Steam - ▼ Not recommended3.1 h at review9 h total16 Aug 2026
I bought this game for 17.50, thinking it was gonna be a good purchase cause I enjoyed the mw2 campaign. Whoever thought of "open world" missions, they need to be fired. Way to ruin the story telling with this mundane open world style settings. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, they shouldve doubled down on the linear story progression, but yk... actually make the story better... I really wanted to play this game for nostalgic factors, but man... yall really ruined the campaign for me. Don't even get me started on mwz... what a waste. tbh tho multiplayer isnt bad if you can look pass all the cosmetics.
73 found helpful · 3 found funnyStoryGames owned: 189 · Reviews written: 14On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total10 Feb 2024
Компания с сюжетом, написанным в сортире между второй и третьей кокаиновыми дорожками. В медлительной MW2 экшена на самой открытой карте в сетевой игре больше, чем здесь на самой мясной. В какое лобби не зайди - все сидят по углам со снайперскими винтовками. Особенно гейпадеры этим любят заниматься. Похоже выстрел из крупнокалиберной винтовки заставляет гейпад мягко вибрировать в их задней дырочке.
73 found helpful · 29 found funnyStoryGames owned: 139 · Reviews written: 21On Steam - ▲ Recommended31 h at review113 h total3 Feb 2026
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63 found helpful · 9 found funnyPerformanceGraphicsGameplayStoryValueGames owned: 49 · Reviews written: 28On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review7.4 h total11 Apr 2025
Campaign is the worst i have ever played, the story is a copy and paste of MWII 2022 but with even more plot armor and trash. MWII at least did something interesting with the "Alone" mission but MWIII is just multiplayer maps in the campaign. Its lazy, recycled, repackaged, and just a bad game, its exactly as everyone calls it, a DLC and nothing else. Multiplayer is broken and glitches occur often. Texture glitches for roads, vehicles, and players just ruin the game. The weapons are ok but nothing to go crazy over. Zombies was just tragic, the thing ive enjoyed doing most in MWIII zombies is leaving the game. Just dont buy this game, save your money and play something else
63 found helpful · 6 found funnyPerformanceGraphicsStoryReviews written: 23On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total24 Nov 2024
The story is rather dull, and the obsession with the missile plot is tiresome. Also, for the love of God, please separate the games. The CoD HQ is looking bloody awful at this point.
59 found helpfulStoryGames owned: 480 · Reviews written: 122On Steam - ▼ Not recommended2.1 h at review9.2 h total2 Oct 2025
Devs are so layz they didnt even bother putting dialogs or proper missions. they call it "open combat mission" what you do is feels like play againts bot in an empty multiplayer server. Trash story and misions.
57 found helpfulGameplayStoryReviews written: 33On Steam - ▼ Not recommended? h at review0 h total28 Nov 2023
Начнем с того, что ваша политика возврата в ченении двух часов если наиграл то игру нельзя вернуть, что за бред, во первых больше двух часов я мог наиграть в сюжету до релиза мультиплеера, после выходит мультиплеер ты играешь понимаешь что все это как-то не так, все виснет, потеря сокетов без потери покетов, все тебя убиваю, ты оставляешь игру на неделю, ждёшь и надеяться на то, что это с релиза игра вышла все поправят, а по итогу что, нехера не правят, все становиться ещё хуже, ты не точно не можешь насладиться, тебя изнутри выворачивает от потрачиных денег на DLC под видом отдельной игры, а там ещё куча такая багов которые не могут не пофиксить не в поддержке помоч, с этим, и после всех страданий мне отказывают в поддержке сам Стим и говорит мы тебе деньги не вернём, ты 2 часа наиграл, что за бред, во всех правилах есть исключения, и мне со 100% уверенностью кажется что в моем случае я подхожу под эти исключения, повторюсь, Актевижен и их тех поддержка, игнорируют, решения проблем нет, верните деньги! Не советую покупать это !!!!!!
57 found helpful · 5 found funnyPerformanceStoryValueGames owned: 61 · Reviews written: 5On Steam - ▲ Recommended6.4 h at review6.4 h total7 May 2026
If it wasn't controversial enough that I am one of the few that actually preferred MW2022 to MW2019, then I am in the absolute minority of people who actually really enjoyed MWIII. The interesting thing is that Sledgehammer either flops or hits the landing perfectly. Their most appreciated game, Advanced Warfare, is one of my least favourite. And their worst game, is the worst in the entire series, Vanguard. Their best game, WWII, is horrifically underrated despite being the best looking COD and one of the best campaigns they ever put out. A really ironic thing is that many people feel like this game is a poor tribute to the original MW3, but ironically, Sledgehammer was the one that did the original MW3. Now, this is where my review officially will lose everyone's attention: I never liked the original MW3 and I think its by far, the most mid game in the series and its one of the few CODs I actually gave a negative review, if I recall correctly, besides Vanguard. I never liked MW3 and always found it stupid at best and boring at worst. So in terms of it holding up to the original, I already greatly prefer it. And compared to MW2019, I know it is objectively inferior, but I still enjoy *playing* it more than MW2019, with MW2022 being my favourite of the reboots. That being said, MWIII's campaign is actually... a lot of fun for me to play. Even the though the recycled map, open combat missions are kind of lame, I actually really do enjoy how its the Warzone/Multiplayer gameplay transplanted into the loop of the typical campaign. This certainly has disadvantages and advantages. The immersion of gameplay is mostly gone outside of a few crafted missions that are certainly of higher quality, but I want to emphasize this again, the gameplay is fun. Is it a cheap campaign? Yes, but the story of MWIII's development is perhaps more interesting than its actual plot. MW2022 was developed prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and as a result, late development, several plot points got the chopping block. MWIII recycles some of the missions that were meant to premiere in MW2022, this is why the stolen-missile and Shadows stuff is so significant once again. A lot of it was retooled and engineered around the more multiplayer-esque gameplay and as a result, we funny enough, have a reboot MW game that plays a lot more arcadey and floaty like the original MW trilogy. If MW2019 was a beef wellington, perfectly medium rare, then MW2022 was a slow booked beef brisket. MWIII is just boneless fried chicken with a comforting, but familiar sauce. It is in no way as high brow in the gameplay or immersion department as the first two games, but its definitely a bit more fun to play in that it isn't overweighted with slower sections. If anything, the best parts actually lean closer to a Black Ops game than MW. Especially one of the parts where you are in the Atomgrad bunker with Farah, for example. Its a somewhat mid outing with actually, a lot of high points and those highpoints were more fun than a lot of MW2019 and MW2022's ordinary missions. MWIII definitely does not have anything as incredible as the high points of the previous games, except for having actually, a pretty good plot. Many people hate the plot and I am a bit surprised as to why. A lot of it is because the missions are simply a dozen or so minutes too short and there is not enough time to cook between the cutscenes, everything is at a break neck fast pace to the benefit of the gameplay and not the story. And yet, I actually really enjoyed pretty much every cutscene and every character moment. Ghost and Soap especially have some delicious moments, building off of the dynamic they created in the last game's best mission. Makarov is a far more believable villain than ever before, but that is largely because reality has affected our perceptions of fiction in a non-linear way. We live in a world now where we know Makarov's simple, one sentence ideological extremism is actually more or less what powers entire parts of Russia's military institutions and the conflict of the East vs West title war is basically, the most simple and realistic answer: Third Worldism, Nationalism, etc. But all of it is interesting. It would be great to see the next game actually lean more into the Ultranationalists being more Eurasian Duginists rather than Wagner coded goons, as they were this time around. But ultimately, I think people asked for a grounded story but more fun gameplay, that is what they got and now no one is satisfied. Ultimately, while there is an upsetting and sad part near the end, I think its one of the most realistic outcomes to the scenario and it will absolutely fuel a raging fire that will be the inevitable MWIV. And perhaps the IV of MWIV will be a literal IV to keep this series on life support after the last Black Ops outing to be back in good health. Personally, I do not think the MW reboot series is in hospice or intensive care, its more that everyone else overreacted and called the first ambulance to the ER they could. If anything, MW is in a crisis ward with an identity crisis, it has been so thoroughly gangstalked by controversy that I doubt most people ever really sat down to just try and enjoy the game for what it is. Story aside, I actually think the gameplay of the multiplayer was a huge improvement of MW2022, which was one of my best Call of Duty MP outings. I did significantly worse than I did in MW2022 after Skill Based Matchmaking decided to permanently punish me for competency, but I overall, had more fun with MWIII than frustration. MW2022 had me be a pure sweaty, but the SBMM of MWIII was enough to humble me from the beginning and thus, I focused solely on having fun with my rise to the top ranks. My true hours are not reflected here, but my achievements speak for themselves, as the achievement progression carried over from when MWIII was parasitically attached to the larger Call of Duty client. I actually really enjoyed this game on release and still do today, not as much as I did MW2022, but even I have to admit that I was swearing far less at my TV. Its biggest sins are really just the campaign is not as meaty as it deserved to be and it left us on such a painful cliffhanger, but honestly, all the developments we got are interesting enough that I am definitely going to stay tuned for MWIV's triumphant arrival. Because regardless of whether or not MWIV is any good, we all know we are still going to buy it.
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WTF is this? I was playing the OG MW trilogy, the story was mesmerizing, you can feel the emotion of the character. and this? absolute 5h1t. the campaign it just like couple hours long, and WTF is this open combat mission? idk if this an improvement or just lazy story writing. all they care is just multiplayer for microtransaction.
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