Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Infinity Ward

2019•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 7 hours

Taste attributes: actionwardetectiveespionagemafia/gangsterfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a serious, wide-ranging shooter, familiar rather than fresh. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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About This Game

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter that serves as a reboot of the Modern Warfare sub-series. The game features a single-player campaign, cooperative Special Ops missions, and a multiplayer suite with cross-platform play. The campaign emphasizes tactical realism, with morally complex scenarios, civilian threat assessments, and night-vision operations. Multiplayer introduces a revised gunplay system with extensive weapon customization, a Realism mode that removes the HUD, a Ground War mode supporting over 100 players, and a 2v2 Gunfight mode. Post-launch, the game received the free-to-play battle royale mode Warzone. The traditional season pass was replaced with free content updates delivered through seasonal battle passes.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A CIA officer loses a shipment of chemical weapons during a covert operation in Eastern Europe when unknown hostiles intercept his convoy. The following day, suicide bombers affiliated with the terrorist organization Al-Qatala attack London. British SAS Captain John Price, CIA operative Alex, and Urzikstan Liberation Force leader Farah Karim join forces to track down the stolen chemicals and confront both the terrorists and a Russian general whose occupation has destabilized the fictional Republic of Urzikstan for decades. As alliances shift and the true origin of the chemical theft is...

Screenshots

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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare screenshot
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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionWarDetectiveEspionageMafia/gangsterAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Reboot

Details

Developer
Infinity Ward
Publisher
Activision
Released
25 October 2019
Series
Call of Duty
Platforms
Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective
First person
Time to beat
12h rushed, 7h normally, 15h complete
Age rating
PEGI 18
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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