{"id":38845,"date":"2023-11-16T03:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-multiplayer-review\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T03:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:00:25","slug":"call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-multiplayer-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-multiplayer-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is our multiplayer review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Check out the <\/em>single-player review<\/em><\/a> for our thoughts on the campaign or the <\/em>Zombies review<\/em><\/a> for our thoughts on PvE.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I love pasta. I love classic pasta with red sauce and I also very much enjoy white sauce or buttered noodles \u2013 I\u2019m really not picky. However, when I order a supposedly new and exciting dish on a fancy plate covered in garnishes, only to find I\u2019ve actually just been served last week\u2019s reheated leftovers, I\u2019m less than impressed.<\/p>\n

In that same vein, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3\u2019s multiplayer modes are fun comfort food gaming and I am enjoying the mayhem with the return of some classic maps like Highrise, Rust, and Afghan. But I cannot get over the feeling that it\u2019s more of a map pack for Modern Warfare 2 than its own spin on the series\u2019 ideas, and that\u2019s a letdown compared to what Call of Duty has spent years training us to expect from a full sequel. Sure, there are some quality of life changes in gameplay mechanics in Modern Warfare 3, but they come along with some questionable progression tweaks that certainly don\u2019t make it better<\/em>, and I\u2019m not feeling like the time I\u2019ve invested has been rewarded as much as I\u2019d expected.<\/p>\n

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First, let\u2019s address the elephant in the room: Yes, it was reported that Sledgehammer only had a year and a half to develop Modern Warfare 3<\/u><\/a>, half the usual time of a new Call of Duty. Other reports revealed that Modern Warfare 3 was originally planned as an expansion to Modern Warfare 2<\/u><\/a>, with current and former employees on the team believing it would<\/em> be an expansion until development was pretty far along.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

That explains a lot, including how when you first load it up, you\u2019re greeted with an in-game pop up screen telling you that Modern Warfare 3 is now available to purchase \u2013 even though you just did that. That ad makes sense for anybody who started it up wanting to play Warzone, DMZ, or Modern Warfare 2, but how does it not know that I already own<\/em> Modern Warfare 3? I have had so many issues with this launcher and I don\u2019t know why Activision insists on it \u2013 but that\u2019s a rant for another time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If we look at Modern Warfare 3 as a map pack, it\u2019s actually not bad.<\/section>\n<\/p>\n

If we do look at Modern Warfare 3\u2019s multiplayer as a map pack, it\u2019s actually not bad. Rust is definitely my favorite \u2013 it\u2019s an extremely chaotic map due to its wildly fast-paced flow. Every corner you turn will<\/em> have an enemy waiting for you, so it\u2019s a great map to sprint around in and level weapons. Afghan and Highrise have great close-quarters fights too, but I like them more for their sniping opportunities, where I feel encouraged to find really sneaky angles and pick enemies off from across the map. The flipside of that is that, out of the maps currently in rotation, I absolutely despise Quarry. It feels plucked straight off Warzone\u2019s Point of Interest and plopped into Modern Warfare 3 with no changes. The lanes feel much longer and wider, which does not help the feeling of the map being way too big for 6v6 matches. Fights are often sequestered to three buildings (one small tower in the middle and two on either side of it) and it feels more like you run and get shot from across the map more often than actually get to the fights, unless you happen to spawn right next to one of the points.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Aside from those gripes, the general feel on the 16 total maps is fine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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