Summary
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is being heavily criticized by players, receiving negative reviews and low scores, with a user rating of just 1.5 on Metacritic.
- Many players are calling Modern Warfare 3 one of the worst Call of Duty games ever made, and some consider it a cash grab.
- Gamers have expressed disappointment with the campaign and have issues with the relatively short length, price tag, and SBMM (Skill-Based Matchmaking) in Modern Warfare 3.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is being review bombed, as players are sharing their frustrations by giving it negative reviews. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 officially came out on November 10, but gamers have been able to play its campaign since November 2.
Modern Warfare 3 is getting low scores from critics, as it has a rating of just 53 on Metacritic. As of now, there isn’t a single positive review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with scores landing somewhere between 40 and 65. Now, it looks like players are disappointed with Modern Warfare 3 as well, as it's receiving negative reviews and low scores online.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a user score of just 1.5 on Metacritic, giving it an overall rating of “Overwhelming Dislike.” Many players are saying that Modern Warfare 3 is one of the worst Call of Duty games ever made, and some users are calling it a cash grab. Many Call of Duty fans have issues with the relatively short campaign and its price tag, while a few gamers have shared their dislike for SBMM in Modern Warfare 3 in these reviews.
The same trend can be noticed on Steam, as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a rating of Mostly Negative from over 2,500 user reviews. Many gamers are calling it a full-priced DLC for Modern Warfare 2, and it looks like a few players have asked for a refund. Similar to the reviews on Metacritic, Steam users are also sharing their disappointment with the campaign, with many fans saying that it's not worth the asking price. Overall, it appears that gamers have some serious issues with Modern Warfare 3, ultimately resulting in it getting review bombed online.
As Modern Warfare 3’s campaign came out before the official launch date, gamers couldn’t post their reviews until the full game was released. This resulted in the wrong Call of Duty game getting review bombed, as users were giving 2011’s Modern Warfare 3 low scores on Metacritic.
An earlier report suggested that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was made in just 16 months, which could offer a possible explanation for the issues faced by the user base. However, this report was later denied by developer Sledgehammer Games, stating that the development team spent years making Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Regardless of how much time it took to develop, it looks like the reception to the latest entry in the Call of Duty series has been pretty negative.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 58 /100 Critics Rec: 14%
- Released
- November 10, 2023
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Sledgehammer Games
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- iw 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
WHERE TO PLAY
The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world. In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet
- Franchise
- Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s)
- First-Person Shooter
