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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward

2011•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 13 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurewaranimalsespionagerobots/ai/spacevehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an expansive, very fast shooter, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

1,175 ratings

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About This Game

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (Treyarch for the Wii version), with Raven Software having assisted in development and published by Activision.

Summary: IGDB

Story

On August 17, 2016, hours after killing General Shepherd, Captain Price and Nikolai evacuate a dying John "Soap" MacTavish from Site Hotel Bravo, Afghanistan. Soap receives medical attention in a safehouse run by Nikolai's Loyalist allies in Himachal Pradesh, India, but Vladamir Makarov's forces arrive in an attempt to kill the trio. After the doctor is shot down, Yuri, Nikolai's best soldier, who has as much a grudge against Makarov as Price, gives Soap an adrenaline shot to keep his heart going, and helps secure a safe route out of the country. Meanwhile, the war between Russia and the...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureWarAnimalsEspionageRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareHelicopterVehicular combatBloodyInvasionFast pacedDeathSoldier

Where to play

Details

Developers: Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
Released: 8 November 2011
Series: Call of Duty
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 7h rushed, 13h normally, 23h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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