Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) (PS4)

Die Kampagne ist OK und ich hatte meinen Spaß, wird aber vom Umfang bei weitem nicht dem gerecht, was Spieler erwarten für einen Vollpreistitel. Beim Multiplayer muss man aber wie immer seinen Hut vor den Entwicklern ziehen. Die langjährige Erfahrung, die die ganzen Entwicklerstudios vorweisen können, bündelt sich in einem Titel so gut, dass es kein anderes Game hier das Wasser reichen kann.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 verzettelt sich in so gut wie allen Bereichen, liefert die wohl schlechteste Kampagne der gesamten Serie ab und forciert zu sehr die Integration von Elementen aus Warzone in allen Bereichen. Der leichte Hauch von Nostalgie der durch alt bekannte Karten aus 2009 aufkommt, wird schnell durch viele andere negative Ansätze zerstört.

Having played through the Campaign, Multiplayer, and the MWZ I have to say I have rarely enjoyed myself. At times I felt the multiplayer was inconsistent, the campaign was a laughable waste of time, and the zombies were missing their usual magic. It was always a question whether Activision could get MW3 to the gold standard in just one short year, unfortunately, the verdict is in and it’s a resounding no.

An exercise in extracting value from its players rather than providing it, the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is what happens when this industry is at its worst.

Modern Warfare 3 takes a risk using recycled content to sell nostalgia, but the payoff is enticing gameplay with classic features.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 isn't an outright bad game, but it's also not a particularly good one. Taken on its own, it's a slightly above average first person shooter with a poor campaign, but in context, you can see how hurried and limited in scope this game really is.

Almost half the game feels shoehorned in, such as the forgettable campaign. Meanwhile, the other half has mixed results in the case of the multiplayer maps. But if players engage with the truly special parts of MW3, such as its exceptional improvements to gameplay and spectacular alternative modes like Zombies and Ground War, they’ll find there is a worthy experience in there somewhere.

Each pillar is an inferior patchwork of past ideas from its stunted campaign to its multiplayer that, while the strongest mode, is comprised of systems lifted wholesale from MWII with maps from 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This year’s COD is a threadbare expansion masquerading as a sequel and an embarrassing way to mark the series’ 20th anniversary.

Player freedom drags down Modern Warfare 3's biggest moments.