Is Modern Warfare III Multiplayer Any Good? | (Week 1 Review & Impressions)

Now that we've had Modern Warfare III for several days and I've managed to get a really good feel for it, it's time for my to share my week 1 review and initial impressions of the Multiplayer side of the game. What are your initial impressions of MWIII so far?
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0:00 Intro
0:43 What I Like About MWIII
5:01 What I Dislike About MWIII
8:06 Other Issues that will Likely be Resolved
14:05 Overall Thoughts
17:53 Wrap Up

[@rockelino]

Next up: SBMM based on how good and efficient you navigate the menus. The menus will get progressively harder to navigate with less shortcuts and more distractions, to keep the engagement level balanced across the board

[@mikebiff]

lmfao nice

[@mauikashh1722]

The menu is not that hard to navigate but great joke 😂

[@rkdarkangel]

​@mauikashh1722 I don't think it's hard to use or navigate, it's just a eyesore to look at. For me atleast

[@acx2035]

CDL players get randomized store pop ups and additional terms and conditions acknowledgment checkpoints

[@Swole_Gecko]

it's already like that for me. Seriously, every time im popping off mid gunfight, it opens the choose class screen and makes me reselect a class. i know its just a bug but i seem to be the only one affected. EDIT: it also did the whole year of mw2

[@quennybird]

I like the mp but it's very annoying to play against cod league players every time I have a slightly positive kd

[@ehsanghazavi470]

it is what it is

[@steerj07]

A statement as old as time now. Those players you're calling CDL are struggling just as much as you

[@ehsanghazavi470]

So you’re mad that you’re playing against people of same skill level lol

[@brettnelson6710]

Embrace the 1kd average brother 😂

[@jawon70]

Yep. Sbmm is horrible

[@AlbungaLativ]

I’m glad you talked about the TTK/TTD problem because I have noticed that myself and found it super frustrating in matches where it takes me 2 hits to die, but I can hit my enemy 5-6 times until they die.

[@sazlefraz]

Dude i thought i waas going crazy when i get 5-6 hit markers with the pkp

[@AlbungaLativ]

@@sazlefraz he said it may have to do with connection issues? How does that work?

[@Incognigro.]

@@AlbungaLativSBMM can have a huge impact on connection in this game. This game is significantly more concerned with making sure you sweat rather than how stable your connection is.

[@brucealmighty3268]

You aren't dying in two hits, but because of shoddy connection the server processes it in a frame or two, making it feel like it was almost instant, but on the other guys side, he probably put 4-6 shots into you.

[@nonhan1801]

headshot multiplier is big this game too, along with the connection issues everyone else mentions.

[@beezus255]

Thank you Ace, for the completely honest and mostly unbiased review of MW3. I’ve been trying to keep track of the performance of this game because I feel that I’ve been duped too many times from other cod releases and I don’t want to buy the game until I know it’s worth buying. All of the factual pros and cons that you provide help me decide for myself whether or not the game is for me. I still plan to wait on buying the game because I believe that there is more to learn about the game and its performance and I really don’t want to be disappointed again.

[@RafaelDayLaGhetto]

I think you should do a 1 month review to compare these notes you've mentioned, then a 3 month review to see how it compares to launch.

[@catalystpryde2085]

Love that idea!

[@szymonski1905]

100%

[@robpom5501]

Yeah as IMO the remade maps are doing an insane amount of lifting, yeah MP seems better overall for what most tend to like.... however the rest of MW3 is a total joke and the game itself has a trivial amount of content since it's a fucking title update sold as full price.

[@jakeozzy4776]

This is basically a one month review already

[@Jimmy-zo1rc]

It'll be completely dead in 3 months

[@tubularcandy812]

The only thing holding me back is the strict SBMM. That turned me off every year😅

[@Berserkable]

It’s worse this year. Easily the worst it’s ever been in CoD imo.

[@KO_infamous]

I agree, my BIGGEST gripe has been the forced lobby disbandment. Why is it so hard for people to leave a lobby if they don't want to play with a certain group? Let us rematch, run it back and talk trash. That's what made pub matches so much fun, meanwhile nowadays if you aren't playing with a group multi-player is a quite lonely experience.

[@BrokenToyTCG]

Yeah nobody is in game chat by themselves. And why would they be? Not like they’ll ever see those players again cuz it’s time to recalculate your skill and decide wether you’re allowed to win your next match or not.

[@LonghornsLegend]

This has been the strangest adjustment they made nobody wants it and you can't even make new friends this way

[@2liveproductions132]

Because all they care ab is sbmm

[@NachtBogen]

Trash talking? Man most of my lobbies before i mute everyone boils down to crap quality mics where nobody mutes themselves so its obnoxious

[@electricant55]

I was wondering about buying the game and this is the one thing that made me decide against it

[@markyh88]

I agree fully with your feeling like you die quick and the enemy dies slowly. It's been every single game for me pretty much!

[@Vormelon]

SBMM is turned to 11/10 this year. War map feels so bare compared to WWII. Definitely need some good map playlists soon

[@andrewb229]

War mode was hilariously bad when I played it. Not sure if it was due to my team being literal bots and failing at the first objective both matches, or the fact that the enemies also steamrolled us within like 8 minutes each time as well. "SBMM isn't in War" is not true. Not sure where people got that from. Edit: I'm pretty sure the first match someone dropped 100+ kills with a Sniper/Shotgun combo. Not on my team though of course.

[@jortepap]

Fucking hate the fact that people say SBMM has gotten stronger with every new title ......🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️SBMM has been horrible for YEEEAARS. Even in Black Ops 4 its crazy.

[@kinginthecastle1191]

Relax

[@josephpaul908]

@@andrewb229war mode is fire. Ur just dog bud

[@Zach-td5mb]

@@josephpaul908unless you have a good team or are defending war mode sucks. Just repetitive spawn killing.

[@WesiteTheTestie]

I know the sbmm/eomm is talked about every year, and they refuse to acknowledge the existence of it. But Ace could you, schedule permitted, get all the big call of duty content creators to come out and make it a big story. Because it seems like every time it’s talked about but only to one community at a time. I feel like there could be more impact if it was all talked about at once to get a larger part of the player base to talk about it. It’s more of an issue when going solo or with 1-2 friends. As they don’t ever play with me unless it’s a full party. Because then it will be only maybe 1-2 people at my level in the lobby instead of the whole team. Thank you for the time and dedication you put into this content. Really appreciate it

[@zenthegeneral]

Activision don't care, they treat their consumers like idiots (cause they sort of are) and will continue doing SBMM because it drives up grind time for certain live service challenges. They're basing their decision on numbers, not youtube opinions The only number that would matter is the number of people that chose not to give them money from SBMM alone. Then they would pay attention

[@gravitybass]

It’s insane they haven’t even acknowledged its existence. Imagine if Facebook was still trying to act like your feed is chronological. Insane.

[@joshlee7935]

It doesn’t matter because every. Single. Call of Duty game has had some form of “skill based matchmaking” in it.

[@kunimitsune177]

The real kicker is that I've never seen a single person who likes it so wtf are they doing A couple goobers will defend it and say it's no big deal but literally never a single person who actually wants it

[@JaKeIsJCS]

@@joshlee7935prior to live service direction (mw19) it was mostly team balancing and a very soft sbmm hence why no need to disband lobbies every game and sacrifice ping. Now its main focus is to manipulate everyone’s experience to be as close to mid as possible to maximise overall player retention/monetisation whilst giving no incentive to play well or improve. It’s boring af and ruined gaming imo. Gameplay/enjoyment level is literally pre-determined before you even shoot your gun

[@justinskates4218]

The zombies is also a lot better than I thought it would be, and it’s nice that you can unlock guns and equipment from zombies to use in multiplayer because it ties them together so they work very well together

[@FAUXCUSpd]

i do like this. it made me happy that i didn’t have to get to like level 45 to get the mcw but instead just unlocked it through zombies.

[@DoomJoy666]

I had a feeling when everyone was crying over the timer, the map, the mode that they were all gonna be eating their words, or just not play. I agree with the sentiment that round based zoms should come, they can add Kosechi complex style thing where "only your squad can drop into this smaller map" thing and just make them round based zombies. Anyway, I had a feeling with the level of advertisement they put to zombies and the level of shit they were talking about adding to it to make the game bigger and Bigger, I knew it was gonna be solid and fun, no way they push a mode that hard and it ends up being DMZ, not loved or updated and overall meh. If it WAS meh on drop I knew they'd fix it fast af

[@katatista]

Its not classic zombies its dmz with zombies

[@js5869]

I’m typically not a fan of zombies but I’m really liking this mode.

[@starlightrains]

Anyone that never actually liked classic zombies is gonna LOVE this mode for sure

[@rainman2984]

The disbanded lobbies are a pain for me mostly because after I complete a full game I get thrown to a new game that’s already in progress and usually my team is losing and the opps already have streaks going and we take an L that I had no ability to affect. If they are going to tie unlocks to wins, I don’t want to be thrown into unwinable games

[@h1gh3r73]

I know it's never going to change but holy shit I hate SBMM. Just drains all my enthusiasm for playing pubs.

[@lawrencewood4717]

It’s decent tho I feel that the sbmm went way higher than usual . Played about 50 matches and maybe 5-8 of those were fun relaxed and I could just chill . The other portion felt like everyone was playing to win a million dollars . As well as no matter how good your aim is the enemies never miss . That or you seem to never miss it’s just inconsistent . It’s first week tho so they will probaly iron a few things out . Promising so far just needs some smoothing out

[@redhunnid5142]

COD Devs at sledgehammer already admitted they were forced to turn up the skill base match making and engagement optimization matchmaking in this game to increase max profit since this DLC hidden as a full game will be the last game under Activision’s control

[@reygamerz8041]

I heard the sbmm crank up because of skill gap with sliding cancel and fast returning like in Cold War. Cold War before this cod is most sweaty cod I played

[@worldchanger123]

​@@reygamerz8041 I feel like the crazy skill gap cods make the SBMM more noticeable because we all know that no mother fucker on they 65 inch plasma is slide canceling every corner straight to that memorized heady on week 1. Thats the thing when Im playing I'm good at cod but I don't actually know the mw2 maps very well I started on BO2 and because of that I'm really feeling my SBMM I don't know that its stronger just there is more things to exploit to get a leg up then last year and it makes a good player way more annoying to another good player. and if every player is roughly your skill level and exploiting the game to the same level as you it becomes repetitive mind numbing and just out right not fun

[@al23432]

​@@redhunnid5142Do you have a source for that? Because that sounds unironically kinda nice for Treyarch's next CoD

[@2MeterLP]

@@redhunnid5142I just dont get the logic behind that. How does more SBMM equal more profit? Most people seem to hate it, some to the point they quit playing. How does making the game frustrating and exhausting generate more profit?

[@yvocarr288]

I'm glad you mentioned the issue with the cold blooded perk, I was so confused. I have just maxed out one of the battle rifles, finally unlocked cold blooded, was so excited after equipping, played two games, ended up with the basic 20 mag battle rifle with completely different EVERYTHING. Hoping they fix that ASAP as I really love cold blooded

[@fenderguitar85]

I appreciate that you are real with your reviews.

[@then64shooter]

It’d be near-perfect if the there was no SBMM/EOMM

[@anti-naturevegan]

And shit interface

[@AG-lj5oh]

I really want to play this game so bad but the sbmm or whatever you want to call it now is a deal breaker. Last year was the first time i skipped cod because sbmm was just out of hand. Was hoping they tuned it down this year but I guess not so it looks like my cod days are over. Really sad a game I've loved so much over the years no longer cares about players like me.

[@XThraxasX]

I’m in the same boat as you, completely agree. The core gameplay looks like it would be so fun to play but having to sweat like you’re in a tournament every single game is just not fun whatsoever. Gonna be a skip for me unless they tone it back.

[@lorenzobau9977]

Me to guys, I love this game but i can't stand sbmm anymore, so unless something change i guess this is a good bye cod...

[@Xander_Park]

SKILL ISSUES

[@Mince1971]

​@XSworn-EnemyX4625 you say that but you have never really done anything of note in CoD and never will

[@XThraxasX]

@@Xander_Park Classic brain dead response. Ever heard the term “variety?”

[@ThPrimeSuspect]

Well dammit Ace you've swayed me. I've been following you for years, and I really trust your input on this franchise. You saying this is (likely) your favorite modern COD has made me more willing to give it a try.

[@gauntend386]

An issue I ran into is camo challenges not tracking properly. So far I’ve only noticed it for zombies, but it is really annoying loading in to a match getting the 100 kills only to find out it didn’t actually count it and I now have to reload back into the game and spend another 10 or 15 minutes running around redoing everything.

[@dillonc7955]

Not sure why this isn't a thing but zombies needs to expand the squads to 4 players. Zombies has always been 4 players since World at War. Since there's zero PvP in Zombies, this should be fixed by S1 I'm hoping.

[@thomasjohnson1399]

bc its like dmz its 3 per squad and its prob not changing

[@blviking56]

You can make it a 4 man squad once you get into a match

[@Berserkable]

@@thomasjohnson1399dmz shouldn’t have been 3 man either. 3 players doesn’t make sense. Most games have been 4 player coop. Why all of the sudden are we going backwards to an odd 3 player coop?

[@dillonc7955]

​@@blviking56Doesn't really help if there's a group of 4 friends like my situation.

[@redhunnid5142]

Sledgehammer and fixing simple problems after the release of a game after they have taken your money doesn’t go together

[@Starwarsgames66]

The SBMM is just absolutely unbelievable this year. You literally can’t party up with different skill tiered players, because the majority of the party gets screwed.

[@David_1789]

Look at it this way, most people who will end up playing this game don’t have it yet and most of the players who have it still need to unlock their preferred class setups and to learn the maps (currently a wide gap in map knowledge due to many not playing the original MW2).

[@evanshaw6820]

Yep, when I play with most of my friends (who are generally lower skilled than I am) they can only get through a few games before hopping off because my lobbies are filled with sweats… But solo queuing is miserable for me. It’s a no win situation.

[@retrocd8976]

@@David_1789 What relevance does people who didn't play the original mw2 and that people haven't bought the game yet have with the comment about sbmm and partying up?

[@Fraudkuna9]

@@David_1789This comment is beyond irrelevant

[@ImAavacado]

you guys need to just get better

[@nonamesonme1]

Ooh this guy. Sup dude, see youre still on the grind! I havent played since blackops 4 and your videos helped me alot!:)

[@plzwatchthis1057]

Glad you mentioned inconsistent gun fights at 9:37 it’s like 4 shots is minimum for me at even close-medium range with anything but in my enemies killcam they fry me in 3 shots even at long range even if I shot first, not even saying I got pro aim or anything

[@aimcrazy5843]

That's where sbmm comes in that's why

[@ridingweeb4801]

they just have legal controller aimbot and dont need to aim

[@user-sc3xm5lc4z]

@@ridingweeb4801 shhh this is for pro utubing twitching pros only .. shhhh .

[@habijjj]

​@aimcrazy5843 that's literally not why it's a net code issue your dead before you even can react ill get in multiple shots then they look at me for 1 second and I'm dead.

[@THExKINGxKINGx]

@@ridingweeb4801that does not exist or are you exaggerating about aim assist

[@kamranhussain4419]

Might be weird to ask, but would actually love to see at least a small clip or something of some of the ‘bad’ matches you get into, like when SBMM is really giving it to you lol

[@morsecode5078]

Same. Every KZbinr thinks we only wanna see good gameplay. No, I wanna see the real world shit.

[@JOEYZ-nq2gn]

​@@morsecode5078it's all part of the marketing for the game ...if they post shit gameplay potential buyers may see it and be put off thinking "if a KZbinr is so bad at it what chance would I have" 🤔

[@joaquindm647]

Man I remember when Ace only had like 80 k subs. Happy to see your growing man! You deserve it!

[@solidjp4494]

Great video as always! One thing I would like you to take a look at is whether the MW2 guns have been balanced properly for MW3... I have been using the RAAL LMG (my main weapon in MW2) and I feel it makes a lot less damage than it should. It may be just me, though...

[@ItsBobEvans]

Content creators have a job to tell the truth, Infinity Ward has clearly jumped the shark. Player retention will cost them hundreds of millions, and I'm here for it.

[@joshualuz8200]

SBMM is crazy

[@danielcook4918]

Man. Ace! You forgot to mention aftermarket parts. HUGE win from me. The idea of grinding to get an attachment that completely changed the way the weapon looks or feels is so cool to me. ACR in 300blk, the Bren 2 in 7.62 NATO AND 7.62x39? Awesome. Love that

[@Kaiokendrew]

The CZ Bren kicks some major ass in CQC

[@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538]

The WSP-9 with the Broodmother. 45 Kit is just 👌

[@shquankinket8068]

Mw 2019 had this on like half the guns homie.

[@cryptotugboat7753]

Also the full auto mcw 6.8 looks cool

[@Gtarking]

I was only able to start playing yesterday and my 3 daily challenges tracked just fine and I completed them quickly, but my bonus challenge has not unlocked and no wins have tracked. Am I doing something wrong?

[@b1g_j3rm46]

It feels like I have to empty the mag to get one kill. But I die in 2 bullets. The pistols shoots marshmallows lol.

[@CalebMay-bf1ci]

Pistols are garbage been hard to level up against mcw and holger everyone used

[@Monfistopheles]

Honestly, this is one of the best in the past years. The biggest gripes for me are the sbmm because for having even a 2kd in a game means Ill have to sweat for the next 5 games to do even remotely decently, the de-sync issues, 9/10 times it feels like I die in 2 bullets, plus I can rarely win a gunfight without being 1shot after the fact because they always somehow have time to turn around and shoot back. And my ping average is between 15 to 23. The final one is that camping at least from my experience seems to be off the charts. And its not even getting spawn trapped. People will just sit in their spawn or a random corner of the map and hold it down like their life depends on it. Hardcore is virtually unplayable because of campers. I tried hardcore to grind some camos and it was a miserable experience. No one is moving, except to the first place they can mount or headglitch. Then it turns into a standoff of which team will have more patience to stay in one place and tunnel vision while picking of anyone who tries to move. Apart from that, everything else feels fresh and actually functional for a change.

[@edgyjorgensen3286]

I have similar complaints, however, I find this to be one of the *worst* call of duty games put out in the last decade. I would literally rather play vanguard. Interesting how we all gripe about the same crap but disagree on what actually makes the game "good". Not here to make fun of ya or anything.. just found your take on the situation interesting.

[@andrewb229]

I'm pretty sure one match I joined late near the end/halfway-ish point, I went like 7-1, and the next 5 games were literal MLG pros that destroyed my team like it was a warm up match for them. My team pretty much never had a single chance whatsoever to win in those matches. All because I had a "7 K.D." one match.

[@Monfistopheles]

@@edgyjorgensen3286 I guess it´s all down to preferences. Alot of people disliked mw19 but that was my most played cod, mostly because SnD was amazing and we had a 6man team almost constantly. This at least for me feels pretty similar with some quality of life improvements. But it is interesting to see the common denominator seems to be the algorithmic manipulation.

[@fortis12]

Good take

[@fortis12]

@@edgyjorgensen3286if vanguard had these guns people would have received it better.

[@pyromeximike]

Something to mention about the armory unlocks is that if you can't complete a challenge you are stuck untill the next day. You do not get any points for wins until u complete all 3 dailys. I had a challenge "get 6 point blank kills". It took way too long to get that complete with few close engagements on these maps. For the whole day i was stuck at 3/6. So for my armory unlock i only got 2 points, for the whole day till i finally completed the challenge. If any of those dailys are a struggle or uncompletable for any reason you get no points (besides whichever challenges are able to complete) for armory unlocks.

[@szymonski1905]

What’s the point of challenges if they’re not a challenge? The far worse situations is when you have to use a flashbang to complete the challenge when you haven’t got flashbangs unlocked…

[@pyromeximike]

@szymonski1905 you are correct that is a far worse situation. That one actually better proves my point. It literally stops your progression for armory challenges since in that scenario theres no way youll complete it. And of course they are dailys so you have to wait till the next day to make any more progress. Assuming they dont screw you with another impossible one

[@mlandau2776]

What about daily challenges requiring items that are still locked behind armory unlocks? Basically means you have to wait until the next day to complete some challenges. Is there a way to reset the challenges that i am missing?

[@steerj07]

The spawns are so desperately bad on Hardpoint, they have to be sorted ASAP. The game itself is good, but whatever spawn system they're using is really holding it back

[@biggiracc]

They've mentioned that they are fixing the spawns for hardpoint like they did with domination

[@steerj07]

I know they've got some maps out of rotation, but the ones they've left in also have huge issues. Afghan is a joke.@@biggiracc

[@denesk2794]

Interesting, I haven't seen that. And I only play hardcore. hard point/control/domination ... (in MW2019 I would play an entire 2-3 hours session with demolition and headquarters) ...

[@BetaBreaking]

​​​​​@@steerj07I hate the big maps on Hardpoint, they don't play well and have awful spawns. Afghan sucks ass, got people spawning across from eachother on the top hill just to be spawn trapped and nade spammed. These maps suck in terms of spawns and playability: Quarry, Rundown, Wasteland, Afghan, Estate and Derail. You only get spawn traps, terrible spawn positions, bad hardpoint locations, and extremely sticky spawn locations. You could be right on the OBJ but your team will still be spawning half way across the map. Its fickle how the spawns work in Hardpoint. It feels like the mode and maps doen't work with the faster movement, long line of sights and map flow. Its almost as if it was designed and works better for a slower paced game... *LOOKS AT MW2 (2022)*

[@emwols]

They feel the same as MWII did all year, which is to say they aren’t great lol

[@REman36]

I’m loving it! Great stuff! Best it’s been in years, me personally I’m liking where SMG’s are at, they shouldn’t have the range of an assault rifle. So many times I’ve been melted far away by an SMG

[@NirvzHD]

I'm happy you like MW3, but as someone that was VERY far removed from the Call of Duty scene for almost 10 years, I feel betrayed. My favorite COD game ever was MW2. The pure nostalgia of resurrecting the name MW2 and thinking I'd be able to play a modern version of COD on my favorite maps got me to buy MW2. There was tons of talks of the maps in MW3 making it to MW2, they even had them in the Warzone map, so I was lead on to believe that I'd be spending money and eventually getting that MW2 nostalgia in full. I sold a ton of things on Steam that I had saved for years just to get enough money to buy the game. Money is tight, but I thought, even if they release the maps as a 20-30 dollar upgrade, it might be worth it for me. Now, I need to buy an entirely new game for FULL AAA price to reminisce about MW2 in a game called.... MW3? It just doesn't make any sense, and to top it all off MW2 was just ok. To the point, where I don't even play it anymore and didn't really get my moneys worth (just my opinion). And to cap off the pain, this game is supposedly the best gun play and gameplay in COD for awhile now and I can't afford it because feeding my family is worth more than paying $140 in basically just one year to play COD. This company had a chance to win a very willing customer back. But they've done nothing to earn more of my money than the 70 dollars they swindled me for. It's just not worth being preyed on. They played on my emotions once and I got burned and now, even if MW3 is EXACTLY the version of COD I had been hoping for for years, I won't buy it, sorry. Then again, what was I supposed to expect. I shouldn't have spent money before I understood what I was getting myself into. Unfortunately, being so far out of the loop, I just wasn't prepared for the subtle thievery.

[@xxcomedysteelxx9760]

A minor gripe I currently have with the game is the gunner vest is bugged. When equipping a primary in the secondary slot, my secondary will change to the default shotgun in game. It seems to be very inconsistent, but very annoying nonetheless

[@briancc86]

That's strange, I've never heard of this issue nor experienced it myself. And I use the gunner vest a lot. Are you using a default base primary in the secondary slot, or a custom one that you've saved? Maybe that has something to do with it? I'm just guessing

[@quaz1859]

It's real rough on KB&M. Aim feels floaty so it's impossible to track. When you do appear to be on an enemy, it takes 30 bullets to kill someone while you get deleted in 1-2 hits.

[@Evo4726]

I deadass switched to controller because how unfair it is for mk players

[@Evo4726]

It’s pretty sad

[@nhoffman0677]

I feel like there's some sort of mouse acceleration even if you leave that setting at zero.

[@darrenharkin5633]

​@@Evo4726keep crying mousey man

[@Evo4726]

@@darrenharkin5633 I’m on controller now bozo. read next time

[@zach9533]

I really like having to go for the win once you complete the daily challenges. There are way too many games where people don’t care about trying to win and this hurts the game flow imo. So having a real incentive to win games is a great thing imo.

[@David_1789]

They should have just made wins the only way to unlock items. Sure, it’s nice once you complete the three daily challenges, but there are literally millions of players doing stupid challenges like getting assists first.

[@flamingscar5263]

yea, if SBMM is going to be this sweaty, reward me for winning

[@irdriel7760]

I think they should've made CAMOS more dependent on wins. I don't hate the current system, but unlocking camos would be more appropriate to me than items/perks.

[@Ice43Man]

If everyone had that mentality it may be a good feature, but in COD it’s a shit feature because most people don’t go for the win and that punishes the people trying to unlock these items because 9 out of 10 times, you’re not going to be able to win the game on your own. My ability to unlock the core MP items should absolutely never be tied to how well my teammates may or may not perform, or whether or not my teammates decide to play the objectives or not.

[@adderrson]

@@Ice43Man This is actually why it's a good feature, as if you punish people enough for not trying to win and actually play the objective they'll either quit or start being a team player. Either way it's a net positive for everyone who sticks around.

[@c0rrupt3dsidd]

Idk if it's just me but the L/R detection (high alert) went off once and never went away. Basically my whole screen constantly red the whole game and clearly nobody in LoS of me. Could you do some testing for this perk to see if it was individually an issue for me?

[@ericjohnson8767]

As soon as I unlocked the VTol, I lost the ability to use the sentry gun ( it doesn't even show on the selection windows). Why?

[@ThomasTheTankEngine22]

Not paying $70 for a DLC. I'm get it on sale. I am excited for WZ tho

[@Ogfisher1]

This is one of the clearest reviews out...he hit on every issue we re facing and he is right the lobbies will balance out in due time. Just focus on unlocking your attachments for now

[@Rozzo_Valctovel_Rheinkeimer_VI]

Very excited for this year, specially after skipping mw2 when a discount comes I'll be sure to grab it since there is no way I'm paying for the lackluster zombies experience or the beyond godawful campaign, regardless looking forward on your coverage and guides thx ace

[@als54]

Spot on, great review, I'm 65 and have played CoD since the beginning. I play on xBox and PC, normally hard core, but occasionally when I can buy a kill and go to core. It's more forgiving. I like MWIII and pretty much agree with you. Thanks for the review.

[@rj5726]

My biggest problems are camo challenges not counting good and the fact that you need to unlock stuff with daily challenges

[@tundoori]

*not counting well

[@rj5726]

@@tundoori wow you must be really smart thank you so much

[@michaelfrietsch8246]

armory grinding stuff sucks wish you could just rank the guns up like the past

[@BoxPounder]

It’s up there with the mw2 attachment system as far as terrible and unnecessary changes go

[@raccas]

Never had an issue with camos not tracking. If anything they’re giving me extra progress for stuff

[@NelderGuitar]

As someone who didn’t play any of these maps before, it’s been a struggle to learn em with the insane sbmm. Some of em I like and imo some of them really didn’t age well.

[@ThunderHOWL16]

i haven’t played MWIII yet but i did play a ton of MW2. there are definitely a few bad maps. i was surprised they decided to bring them all back

[@chickenfkeryay]

Underground was the most hated map on MW2 but i personally loved it. This map most likely benefits the most out of all the remade maps for the new engine as the OG was hazy Rundown depends on the lobby Derail is the worst map but with map voting youll barely ever play it Estate is ok, it can be boring and campy or it can be fun. Map really depends on the lobby

[@NelderGuitar]

@@chickenfkeryay that’s funny cause I’ve player derail as much as any other map so far and I agree it’s terrible. A lot of these maps are sniper friendly which was fine with insane ttk I assume but now it’s just been hard scope city.

[@freakyguy210]

Derailed is the worst map, you can’t convince me otherwise

[@MerrStudio]

​@@freakyguy210Wasteland sends its regards

[@pittomvilspieter-jan5842]

Thank you for this honest video . Took away my doubt of picking this FPS back up after 10 years of swearing off this game .

[@Marea_Roja]

Pretty sure this is the best review I've seen so far. It's as unbiased as possible

[@onewinged07]

Jw but are you gonna do videos about the gears and such. Curious as to how the bone conductor functions against normal ally/enemy footsteps and the actual difference vs also how much difference it is with covert sneakers/dead silence

[@matthewpettus4475]

The skill base & lag comp make it nearly unplayable for me at this point…

[@Calfman117]

Back in the mw2 days I mostly played ground war and felt the maps were great for 9v9. A lot of the maps feel too large for 6v6, too much down time but I guess that's personal preference. Hopefully they add the bigger playlist at some point.

[@brazy6191]

honestly there are more overall players , so every mode needs a player increase . free for all on these maps 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Rare_Aivila]

@@brazy6191 free for all takes 2 days to complete I think it should be 15 players in the lobby

[@orbitalzero8745]

Underpass, Rundown & Sub Base would be perfect for 9v9

[@Scroolewse]

But you know that they're just gonna add it as a limited time playlist. the FOMO playlists put a serious damper on my desire to go back to COD.

[@kunimitsune177]

This is mostly true except I usually spawn right next to any enemy and get popped before I know what's going on. Gotta do a full 360 every spawn

[@truthserum273]

Can anyone tell me where the unlock tokens are on the interface? Do they accumulate over time?

[@shamdaman8554]

How about the letters disappearing in the ui and the and operator's disappearing in the operator menu

[@RavetsU]

Time to kill is nice, but it feels super inconsistent, combined with weird mouse input lag it makes the gunfights pretty miserable sometimes.

[@msandonato23]

this is the biggest problem by far

[@_Idolin]

yeah SBMM conbined with some lag/desync issue is making ttk and ttd super inconsistent at time. Still overall a quite positive experience for me, but hopefully those issues are fixable (and soon).

[@RavetsU]

@@_Idolin Agreed. For a meantime I would love to play some zombies, but the mode keeps crashing like crazy. Well, cod launches be like this every time.

[@_Idolin]

@@RavetsU yeah there's actually a reason to play zombies now cause we need to unlock equipment and guns, plus no PvP, and zombies are just more interesting overall (than human NPCs in DMZ). Haven't seen any crashes yet though so I guess I'm lucky.

[@RavetsU]

@@_Idolin You're really lucky. People farming xp with exfils are one of the many reasons that the servers go kaput most of the time. I've always loved zombies, considering myself as old school casual zombies fan and this mode, yet far from perfect, is a nice place to just chill. Story ain't that interesting, but that's okay to me.

[@Velllocity]

I would actually really enjoy a tips and tricks guide for the UI

[@edgyjorgensen3286]

for real though.... what's up with the phone/tablet ui on a pc.. ugh.

[@David_1789]

The trick is to back all the way out to CoD Hub or quit the app altogether when the UI inexplicably decides not to display half of the elements.

[@casaldana]

There's also the same bug of using a lethal equipment when exiting a vehicle that's been in the game since MW2 beta. This of course happens on Zombies and GW. Also the FOV bug that either gives you 500 FOV or 60 FOV.

[@Moose936]

Highly support that UI Interface guide you mentioned.

[@BIG-T-MURDA]

The ttk vs ttd is a huge issue for me because it happens most games for me. I'm leaning more towards grinding weapon levels and camos in zombies because multiplayer is just a terrible experience for me at the moment.

[@therealfreekshow]

Game takes more gun skill rather then Point and shoot

[@liammbiscwit]

The ttd isn't real btw it's just how it looks. They still killing you in the same time etc. Just need to ignore it and think why you lost the gunfight instead

[@liammbiscwit]

​@@therealfreekshownahh it's cod, still point and shoot

[@KiddBuu_]

@@therealfreekshowit’s CoD. It will always be point and shoot. I preferred 100 health because kill times just felt more consistent, and it made the TTK and perceived time to die closer.

[@jamessharpe2625]

​@@KiddBuu_TTK increasing still improves the skill gap in regards to gun skill. Yes, still point to shoot but you have to point and shoot more consistently and you don't get evaporated every gun fight when you play against players who can shoot back - it's nice to be able to jiggle peak for example.

[@plzwatchthis1057]

I wish visibility was easier or better to depict ppl from farther away (I think they used to have an attachment/perk while ads for it in an older game) that like camp in upstairs places of buildings like on maps like underpass, quarry or derail, it’s just so hard to see where you’re getting beamed from

[@mattd1659]

Yeah I’ve noticed it’s often hard to see characters against backgrounds. Lots of grey on grey. And that Groot-skin on wasteland is basically invisible!

[@darthmatoro]

This has been a problem since mw 2019. It doesnt help that there are so many pure black skins as well

[@MoroccanAnwar]

Loving the movement speed in this game, it feels like a hunt on amphitamenes

[@VictorSuarezDarth_Saitou]

What about the issue of the game randomly crashing during game play it called game_ship_exe, I also notice after this happens my graphics card is passing the vram(9.3gb) when it was originally Below(6.9gb) the 8 gb limit on amd 6650xt

[@fernietorres4818]

This is the first time ive ever had the desync feel of gunfights so bad. Out of every 10 matches i always only seem to have 2 matches where the connection feels decent enough where i feel like im actually hitting them and they are actually killing me with the correct amount of shots. It's like you said though, this is the first week and hopefully it kind smooths out cause my gosh it feels horrible most of the time when im playing.

[@freakyguy210]

Okay so I’m not the only one feeling that. Moments where I get the first shot off and should kill someone is a coin toss of whether I die or not. My internet is always in the high teens and low twenties, so idk what it is. Could be skill issue, but normally I’m pretty decent. I can’t explain it

[@gstarricstar0118]

Iam getting exactly the same experience

[@sstrahann]

I definitely had it the past 2 years but only noticed it because of getting outgunned in ranked even tho my aim is pretty good. I actually hope it doesn’t smooth out so that they address the issue. They’re a billion dollar company with some of the worst servers on the market. Even halos feel better to me lol

[@dietrichrache1975]

Hey Ace, could you make a video on movement and positioning? I feel like I'm just constantly getting shit on because I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time which feels like any place any of the time.

[@TheSkruds]

I don’t like the sbmm and disbanding either but with the movement back and 150hp I find hardly ever any struggles even in the sweatiest lobbies this game is shaping up to be in my top 3 cods of all time. I love it.

[@ahmedabrahim4603]

How do I see the detailed stats? Please someone let me know

[@mostner7]

Agree with everything you said. One more thing i dislike though is that we can’t prestige for the first month. I miss the races to master prestige in the old days

[@ClayDunks]

Yea it’s so dumb they took that out. Capping it at 55 makes no sense. Now all of the camo challenges and any other challenges are just wasting xp until they increase it. Makes it way harder to level up once they finally do raise it

[@mryellow6918]

not like the new prestige system is any different than saying you have x amount of hour played.

[@shanescarfeo5821]

Best launch weekend in the last few years. Not perfect but very fun, especially with a few friends in a party

[@youngphil8766]

100%

[@redhunnid5142]

How that SBMM/EOMM feel

[@lv9084]

@@redhunnid5142 HORRIBLE

[@kesterrichards2143]

Does bone conduction headset work to hear footsteps of convert sneakers cause it doesn’t and make convert sneakers op

[@TheBatteryGuy.]

There's a bug where when you play on kbam on console. When navigating to your gun customization (attachments and camos) the game locks your kbam and you completely have to restart the game for it to work again.

[@Cubs0209]

My thing with the disbanding lobbies is you get a fresh game and after it ends it seems like your always joining a match in progress and it’s so frustrating

[@aslakjeans1280]

And when you leave to search for another game you get put in a match in progress again😂

[@Cubs0209]

@@aslakjeans1280 exactly bro. I had a stretch of like 4 games the other night where I joined Dom matches and they all were like 75% over. Why is it adding me to this shit.

[@aslakjeans1280]

@@Cubs0209 i hate it same with hardpoint join into a game thats going 30-170 with the enemy team dominating why would i stay😂

[@Olinke]

I want to see improvements to the perk balance. Stalker boots, climbing boots and tactical pads are all clearly outclassed. Covert sneakers are also way too essential compared to its counterparts and how loud the base footsteps are

[@andrewb229]

Agreed. The only class without Covert Sneakers that I currently have is my Anti Air / LMG class. Just for the sole fact that it's a LMG and I most definitely will not be rushing with that. Every other class has Covert+Ghost combination. No reason to pick any other perks.

[@MrMetra101]

This is why bone conduction should counter covert sneakers

[@iamjstew___4473]

@@MrMetra101so you can camp harder lol

[@will_9910]

@@iamjstew___4473 So there can be a counter....Sitrep pro countered dead silence back in the original mw3....

[@clercq1983]

Can we get some news on the Health Bar that is gone? About why it's not there anymore or if there's a chance they bring it back...

[@rolandsilver7742]

You're really good at making content mate. well done

[@y0rd_o47]

Out of 10 matches I played last night, I was put in 8 matches in progress on a losing team with zero chance of coming back. Frustrating, but I still enjoy all of the changes and the direction SHG are pushing for.

[@yessirskiii007]

Nice video man! I personally haven't bought the game but from what I've heard and seen I agree with all your points! Also they should set the TDM kill limit to 100 instead of 75, matches seem to end too quickly

[@flo4927]

Is it the desync or are the mw2 wheapons weaker than the mw3 weapons

[@nathanswitala7208]

A glitch infound thay hasnt been addressed yet is the gunner vest. It gives me a second primary, not sure if its suppose to, and when i leave multiplayer it reverts back to a lockwood 680. i have to change it every time.

[@chrismorgan9291]

Was just thinkin yesterday how I’d like a vest option that gives an extra piece of gear while giving up the tactical instead of the lethal. More vests being added would be great. Also have mixed feelings on armory unlocks. Definitely don’t like base weapons being tied into that. Those should’ve been left out.

[@ZANGETSUxPR]

You can get them on zombies and exfill with them, saving points for usefull perks.

[@chrismorgan9291]

@@ZANGETSUxPR while true, still shouldn’t have to go that route. Base weapons should all be obtainable through the normal level up imo. Save the armory unlocks for the perks, equipment and certain attachments/ammo conversion kits.

[@laronabernathy9701]

My only complaint is the ABSOLUTELY INSANE SBMM. Like holy fuck.

[@xBezerkerrr]

can you make a video about some of the most notable new additions to the old maps? i'm curious how they changed them

[@David_1789]

They ruined the atmosphere of Rundown, Karachi, and Rust. SHG is obsessed with high noon white lighting and washed out shadows.

[@C_Santiago7]

You hit the nail on the head. The SBMM definitely feels cranked up. Played against more TTV guys already this year than last year combined. I'm decent but nowhere near that level. I'm not going to go on a long rant, but the first couple nights, my search was 30 ping max. The past few nights? It starts low, but is trying sooo hard to match make, I'm searching for 50 ping lobbies more. Non-disbanding lobbies would make it so, soo much more fun. Prioritize connection, then match make in that lobby. Like the old days. It's not hard.

[@dakotafrenz5780]

Once again, SBMM continues to plague non-ranked FPS game modes

[@_Idolin]

Small thing but the Covert Sneakers and Ghost perk are really the highlights of the perk system for me. I like that I can be stealthy and silent but I still need to be active and moving around, and I can sneak up on the campers if I play smartly enough. I used to be more on the campy side, but the new Ghost perk really incentives me to run around more and it's super fun.

[@Deluseon]

Don't know if you've ever played cod before MW2019 but that's how it was for like 8 years, it's one of the reasons why all the old fans hate MW

[@_Idolin]

@@Deluseon you're spot on, MW2019 was my first CoD (well first one I actually played MP anyway, only pirated CoD for the campaigns before that since I was a broke kid).

[@Deluseon]

@@_Idolin Making me feel like a cod boomer, I started with the original mw. But it's great to hear that the new wave of fans get to experience something closer to that og cod feel. You can finally learn what we've been complaining about for all these years lol

[@MarcusAdze]

I often find myself getting 'revenge spawns' where both myself and who I kill spawn very close to each other to cause another gunfight. This can lead to spawning in some very weird locations.

[@cma_music]

This happens a lot. I find it quite strange that Ace is not experiencing this. Because the spawns are still all over the place. You have to constantly check your back for "surprise spawns". Are they better compared to the beta? Definitely, however, they still need a lot of work.

[@David_1789]

That’s why you need to adopt guerrilla tactics by running away after selling your advancement to the enemy before they see the kill cam so they give false callouts to their teammates.

[@ddninja3348]

Why did they take out the Remote torrents kill streak?

[@ZWortek]

The actual gameplay feels so good in terms of movement and shooting in a lot of ways but yeah balance, SBMM, connectivity, and spawns are just always an issue for these games especially on launch.

[@Ice43Man]

My beta experience taught me two things: 1. The bones of the game are fantastic an probably the best they’ve been since BO4 2. The SBMM completely negates all those improvements and makes the game unplayable. It’s literally the reason I cancelled my Pre-Order

[@Almazrouei9]

Did you guys get your battle pass when u bought the vault edition ??

[@donny4405]

Been really enjoying the zombies on this one! I think it's a pretty great mode, definitely need to fix a few bugs but other than that its pretty great. I would like to see more challenges you can do to get different rewards instead of having to do just the Act Missions.

[@CobaltZ_hans]

I would say it's been a relatively good launch. SHG is doing a lot of the stuff we've been looking for, but there are still some issues that do need fixing.

[@Zack-dw5op]

My biggest issue is despite some of the movement changes, most of the animations are still just as slow as mw2 (reloading, certain mantles, health regen, especially with no quick fix, movement while plating/reloading in zombies, cutting parachute, etc) and I'm worried that everyone is so happy about slide cancelling and other movement improvements that I haven't seen many people notice that so many of these things still need to be sped up significantly

[@asdfghjkl2261]

They reverted the slide canceling, didn't they? And yeah, I agree with you, esp on the health regen and reloading. I suspect Cold War would have been a lot less fun without the self-replenishing stim shot.

[@Zack-dw5op]

@@asdfghjkl2261 what do you mean they reverted the slide cancelling?

[@flipyapd2321]

Do you still show up on the minimap using a silencer?

[@SebZombie]

I've had an really annoying bug since three days ago that seems unfixable. All of a sudden I could not play with custom classes, I only spawn in with a random default class and it didnt help re-installing the game or even resetting the xbox twice! Anyone else with same issue or do you know if it can be fixed?😢

[@zakali4195]

The weapon balance has been rough for sure. Going for the camos and been using the smgs. With the sweaty lobbies its super difficult with the smgs

[@raven_CwCFR]

Striker 9 is an airsoft gun 😅

[@bolshevikboris5478]

Hardcore

[@jbnoneya386]

I’m happy that you’re happy ace, I am also really enjoying the game. I don’t want to just play one map like shipment or shoothouse for once

[@MaxSmalls]

😁 Give it a month and you'll add Rust to that list... 😉

[@jbnoneya386]

@@MaxSmalls I won’t but thank you

[@DylanDisasterXD]

What attachments are you using on that holger

[@christophercollado6505]

Hey Ace, is there a reason why there’s no final killcam on HC game modes?