RIP Modern Warfare II, Goodbye Modern Warfare III...

[@M3RKMUS1C]

*PRESS LIKE* to pay respects for MWII! Today we're saying Goodbye to MWIII, the "$70 DLC" that ended up being one of the best COD multiplayers in recent years. Hopefully Black Ops 6 and beyond will be able to learn from some of these mistakes though...

[@noahclark8674]

I didn't play MW3 for two seasons hopped on just to unlock weapons last night and remembered why I stopped

[@stephenspencer713]

Ya I'm not pressing like for a dlc

[@killerclone2177]

its activision they do not learn they have already not learned by adding battlepass and skins again....

[@mace999_]

@@killerclone2177skins are in every game buddy. Cry about it

[@WTF-Viper]

It’s sledgehammer they don’t learn any lessons they just hire and fire people… don’t give these people your praise. Your not even praising the people who deserve it. They are long gone.

[@DracoVampire786]

It’s such a shame that WAR mode never got any additional maps added. 😢

[@ramirezlensonjosephwhiteca5030]

They messed that up so bad

[@M3RKMUS1C]

If MWIII would've ended up with like 4-6 War maps total I would've played even more MP than I did. It was tough to only have 2 maps to play your favorite game mode on

[@Freedm762]

@@DracoVampire786 kinda sad that invasion mode kinda got forgotten

[@EvanDoingStuff20]

@M3RKMUS1C from my understanding Activision cut funding for sledgehammer leading to layoffs. After they put all focus into standard 6v6

[@CODE-D-NATOR]

What a shame it really was a great game mode 😢

[@primal1233]

The Golden Age of COD ended long ago

[@kamdaddypurp69]

Ended after cod ghosts. A lot of people bashed that game but that’s the last true cod.

[@M3RKMUS1C]

The Golden Ages are over, we need a muthafuckin' Renaissance period for COD now lol

[@kingjohn1011]

For me it ended after black ops 2. So far I bought mw2019 then skipped vanguard, cold war and mw2. Then bought mw3 and I really wish I didn't. Thank God black ops 6 is on gamepass because I'm done buying cods till these dumb shit devs pull their heads out of their asses.

[@exilemorin04]

@@kamdaddypurp69lmao no BO3 was great , that’s the last one to have custom emblems, custom paint jobs on weapons, great zombies story and map. I liked ghost too but ur crazy to say it’s the last good one

[@Esoi4]

​@@M3RKMUS1C watch bo6 will be that

[@Kiwaaka]

4:35 yes, but the multiplayer maps were based on the campaign missions, whereas the campaign for mw3 reused assets from warzone.

[@Dottol-]

Not just that but also the fact Zombies, Campaign and Ground war all took part on the warzone map not vice versa was straight up lazy

[@rafiffairuztama]

Agree, idk what he’s trying to twist when he said that on the video.

[@ottxblue2001]

I do not think the IDEA of story missions being on warzone maps isnt the issue. Its the literal lack of FEELING different from a multiplayer/warzone map. Previous cods made distinctions between campaign and multiplayer maps while this cod did not

[@M3RKMUS1C]

That's fair! I've replied to some other people in the comments about the short dev cycle being the driving factor for this compromise. I do believe based off of the post-launch support for MWIII's multiplayer that if SHG had more time to work on other aspects of MWIII that it could've been a much more complete COD game.

[@ottxblue2001]

@@M3RKMUS1C I completely agree with the post launch support being the best recently and with more time to cook SHG would have made an even better launch cod experience

[@hamza-chaudhry]

​@@M3RKMUS1C You completely missed with your take on the Open Combat Missions. It's clear this game was meant to be a DLC but they made it into a new game so they could sell at full price. I could go over the issues that caused for both MWII's and MWIII's multiplayer, but because they suddenly had to make an actual campaign and didn't have time to do so, they just made a lot of the campaign basically Spec-Ops missions on the Warzone map, with little to no thought or effort. Normally, they make multiplayer and campaign maps in conjunction so they nicely compliment each other and are original. MWIII's "missions" were clearly just slapped on top of the existing Warzone map with none of that consideration.

[@BossAydan]

​@@hamza-chaudhry They literally said that the issue was the missions feeling like Warzone. The concept of open world missions in cod isn't that bad of an idea, it just needs more experimentation and QA

[@AKIS_Proto]

RXQE made a good point about MW23: *"It felt like people actually went into the game to have fun, instead of just going on shipment and small map moshpit to level weapons"*

[@revenant514]

MWII - Good Campaign, Bad Multiplayer MWIII - Bad Campaign, Good Multiplayer

[@benoh3417]

Bad take

[@A.man1]

@@revenant514 for me it was the opposite. MWII Good game campaign, good multiplayer. MWIII Good campaign, bad multiplayer. But I respect your opinion

[@Divisionv_]

@@A.man1new gen player

[@edgarvalden8518]

@@A.man1 beer enjoyer, dmz is masterpiece, yeah?)

[@Kagetora-]

​@benoh3417 it's true

[@archonthaaproducer]

if MW2 on launch was MW2s campaign, DMZ, raids and MW3s multiplayer and warzone changes, ngl it would've been peak CoD

[@LeVeLs404]

Not possible, mw2 was in his design a tactical shooter more slow more unforgiving. Mw3 is a movement shooter on crack, so no that wouldn’t work, the raids the dmz everything is tactical and slow, the movement from mw3 can’t work with the philosophy of that yk

[@ekisfrole3118]

I know a franchise like COD needs to keep realising new games over the years, but that won't stop me from playing the good old classics like COD 4.

[@LucesTunes]

Me playing World at War war right now: 😎

[@M3RKMUS1C]

I man of culture, I see 🤝

[@akiyomer]

@@LucesTunes i only play roblox😭

[@dionroberts2802]

Me playing Cold War to prepare for bo6

[@Experiment1233-d7h]

I don’t care

[@Experiment1233-d7h]

@@dionroberts2802👍

[@LabW]

Its not a problem that they used Warzone maps in the campaign, its that they dont do anything special with them. The reason multiplayer maps can be iconic is because they were involved in grand scripted levels of giant battles and cinematic moments. MW3s campaign doesnt have this, the warzone levels are open ended "go wherever u want" and complete generic objectives. There are no cool moments, no scripted cinematic sequences, nothing that makes the fact that the map is in warzone a good thing. MW3 has the opposite problem, where a lot of other cod multiplayer maps are cool because they are callbacks to the campaigns cinematic moments, MW3's campaign maps arent cool because they are mostly open and desolate in design because they were made for warzone, so seeing them in the campaign isnt particularly interesting or provoking.

[@MarioCrashFan110]

My problem with MWIII is not just that the campaign is terrible, but that MWII made me not want to get the next game despite it being made by another studio. It was so bad, I just did not bother wanting to get the next game. Infinity Ward is not the same since MW3 og years ago. Some of the team went to form Respawn and made Titanfall and I loved the sequel of that game. I just don't see Infinity Ward being good anymore other than the Infinite Warfare campaign.

[@Billy-zm9oe]

treyarch always make cool campaigns set in history so i wouldn’t skip

[@justisolated5621]

OG MW3 was actuallymade by sledgehammer

[@Pack_Watch]

Lol ur trippin MW3 was fun as hell especially multiplayer

[@MisterAzathoth]

MW3 as $70 DLC is somehow offensive, yet $70 in the shop gets you 3 skins and a gun.

[@mauricio5300]

I loved MW19 so much, MWIII was the sequel 19 deserved not MWII

[@Esoi4]

If it had a good campaign

[@M3RKMUS1C]

THIS (at least in terms of MP lol)

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

Well mw2019 multiplayer was bad and so was mw2 The only thing good were attention to detail and Snd multiplayer was just unbalanced

[@engagingweirdo]

Mw19 was better ish, mwIII improved the multiplayer a ton, mwII didn’t have a lot of smaller maps which bothered me. But mwIII wasn’t the deserved sequel to mw19 at all

[@frosty278]

​@@engagingweirdo why not? other then campaign, i think mwiii did almost everything better then mw19, maps, gameplay design etc

[@Polish_Gopnik]

call me weird, but i enjoyed MWII. the OG's are obviously better, but i really did enjoy this game.

[@zyvernious]

As an og zombies player, MWZ was an enjoyable casual experience, my favorite part was to swoop in and rescue people downed and extract with those I rescued, as well as exfiling on the last extraction helicopter

[@Osmo-7777]

Facts I can totally understand for many MWZ was not fun and they prolly are more biased than me BUT it was indeed fun to play casually

[@Mxtthz]

Same here, I loved the camaraderie in MWZ.

[@M3RKMUS1C]

The community aspect of MWZ was neat for sure, it was so nice when someone would drop you a schematic they didn't need and then you end up giving other players schematics that you don't need either. Wholesome COD moment

[@saharayang9312]

I had fun on MWZ every since launch. It was great for grinding and leveling up ranks and weapons. Ran into a lot of chill players who will help out with contracts, revives, or needed revives, and sometimes drop some really good items. MWZ healed the wound that DMZ left on me. Glad I'm not the only one who enjoys MWZ.

[@prismatic9890]

I found some enjoyment in it but it didn't scratch the zombies itch for me. It kind of just left me wondering who this game mode was made for because dmz/warzone fans weren't looking for a zombies experience and zombies fans weren't looking for a dmz/warzone experience. Just this weird combination that nobody asked for

[@szymussmilitaryfreak]

4:59 - sorry M3rc but this is low defending of SLGDHammer. We know WHY they used WZ map - because they got no time for campaign to be properly developed. Also mp versions of campaigns levels sections are STILL separate files. It is more about spending less time on map development, not game files size.

[@M3RKMUS1C]

Wait, doesn't that also just prove the point that the Warzone map is _also_ separate from Campaign levels? I'd imagine that re-using assets from existing locations would still reduce the file size of the game. Also bear in mind that the 16 launch maps were all of the OG MW2 maps remastered; they would've only had 16 months to create new and unique Campaign and MP levels on top of all of that content. The more you think about it, the more you realize they didn't have a ton of options available to them.

[@KirbyVanPelt]

WZ just brain rotted you a lot 😂

[@agentlinrov1474]

Even still, that proves you're really disrespecting classic COD when they did that with their multiplayer maps.

[@excrist1274]

people overhyped mwII much even defend that game when someone criticize on it and when mwIII up and better multiplayer so mwII player need it for free if they owned mwII so they will get good campaign and good multiplayer with less spend.

[@Mozehs]

@@excrist1274bro what 🤣

[@BrandonIsADork]

It’s a damn shame I get into COD games so late, I’m so glad I’m here for the BO6 launch and I get to experience this game with the community and watch it unfurl infront of all of us. This is my first COD launch that I’m taking a part of too so, very excited. Gonna miss you MWIII, even though I didn’t get into you early on. You were a good MP mode.

[@NitrousFox]

I was in your exact shoes for Cold War. It ended up being the first and last time I ever preordered, the last modern COD game I ever bought, and the last game for the entire console generation I ever bought. My footsteps are not ones to be followed, or you’ll get burned so bad you’ll end up going back to 360 gaming.

[@BrandonIsADork]

@@NitrousFox Yeah the only COD I was really there for at the beginning for was MWII, and we know how that turned out

[@860phantom7]

I'll be there😂😂😂

[@doxiu.d117]

You are early to leave cod n stop wasting 70 bucks in a soulless game

[@skubaRu7]

They need to let them make advanced warefare 2

[@killmeifcan]

@@skubaRu7 i agree with u bro

[@rl7394]

Or ghosts 2

[@JZJora]

12:00 man why do you dunk on Ghosts perks it was literally the best perk system in any CoD ever

[@floppa9415]

MW 3 small map moshpit is the most fun I had with CoD in years. I sunk so much time into the game, its insane. In general I think for me MW3 has the best mulitplayer since BO2. SHG did a amazing job with the game.

[@Indacouchh]

That mode turns my brain into mush. I enjoyed a bit of headquarters and hardpoint on the medium to bigger maps

[@floppa9415]

​@@Indacouchh the point of CoD is to blow your brain out for an hour.

[@nikomint4894]

Cod games never got "bad" people just got older and expectation got higher

[@jtmgamer]

13:11 One thing I really did like about the Armory Unlock system at launch was having the ability to focus weapon attachment unlocks for guns so you could get a barrel/stock/grip attachment you wanted early instead of having to hit max level, allowing you to optimize the gun how you want it as soon as possible instead of grinding it with worse stats. Unfortunately SH disabled the ability to do this with DLC guns so it was only available at launch.

[@stef-ruvx]

I personally really liked and enjoyed MWII

[@rafiffairuztama]

Come on man stop gaslighting us with this non sense. You’re better than this. 4:27 The multiplayer map is based on the campaign map, not the other way around. The problem here is the use of the warzone map is lazy by design (open combat) and don’t have the characteristics of CoD story-telling elements like it used to have on the og. Also, the story have no depth and character development especially for Soap and Makarov. Hence, the complaint. Granted, Makarov is back for another sequel, but Soap? Just gone like that? And no dramatic scene accompanying it? At least give us some fight scene involving ghost or price. Like bruh.

[@helix1077]

Agree dude. Idk what merk is yappin about lol

[@M3RKMUS1C]

What gaslighting? It's been known for a super long time that Campaign levels come first since they tend to be larger playable areas that sometimes need extra scripting for different events during missions. MP maps are typically portioned off, smaller sections of the existing Campaign levels. This is also very apparent from the usual marketing strategies; Campaign gets advertised first so it needs to be more polished in advance, then the MP and other modes follow suit. The obvious exception is BO4 since it didn't have a Campaign. I also covered the lack of drama, emotion and tension in the MWIII Campaign, especially for those big moments. I know the open combat missions aren't for everyone either, but I personally don't hate the idea. BO6 is going to have (some) of those missions as well, and I'm curious to see if the extra development time can prove that the concept can be great if it's executed properly!

[@KingArthurX777]

@@M3RKMUS1C i think he said that because u downplayed the critics of the level/map design to being “goofy” tho. Because it’s not goofy considering the context of mw3 and a much needed critics for future games.

[@KingArthurX777]

@@M3RKMUS1C Also if what u said were true regarding the campaign level in BO6 has open level combat, i hope it’s much more linear and packed. And if it’s not working maybe they should ditch the concept for future development lol soo like u said, let’s see if the longer development time translates it into a better design haha. But i do think that longe development time is also used for developing cod 2025.. if the rumors were true tho lol

[@EtrnlSoul]

im not gonna lie, i actually really enjoyed MW2 campaign. It felt like I was in a movie and I loved the ghost and soap bond. Plus alejandro and Graves were solid characters. I wish we saw more of alejandro and los vequeros in mw3 i feel like they wouldve helped alot like teaming up with 141 to stop an unwanted war in there country

[@spookys1695]

im guessing its just me but i like mw2 a lot more than mw3

[@mikoajdugoszewski7290]

nah bro mw2 was way better in every aspect

[@Aus.S7in]

@@spookys1695 nah it was way better. Guns weren’t napkin shooters

[@Pack_Watch]

Yeah its just you 😂

[@yBrine]

Honestly I will miss this game, I had so much fun playing this game. One of the best games after BO3. MWZ was mid and Campaign was shit but MP was great!

[@alexanderwelsh4417]

You drunk fam this game is worse than infinite warfare trailer

[@yBrine]

@@alexanderwelsh4417 the game is not that bad, you just mad cuz bad

[@ggflazesam697]

@@yBrineit’s really good

[@lifeisshørt_420]

@@alexanderwelsh4417 give your reasons or don’t bother commenting

[@anisbennabi3709]

True mw3 mp is peak

[@blindside5094]

As someone who played a lot of DMZ, zombies is not the same. Sure you have the pve aspect but running into another team was so tense and really made DMZ what it was. Hopefully marathon scratches that itch in the future.

[@mniakan754]

I think the main reason we didn’t get much in terms of updates or changes to MW2 were because how BIG it actually was where they released MP, SP, Co-op, raids, DMZ and warzone 2 on top of upgrading the IW engine so it can be used by other studios as well so by the time they reached the launch they either ran out of budget (keep in mind every game including cod has a set budget and NONE of the game profits or in game item sales go to the studio) so they just did the absolute bare minimum in terms of UI or UX updates, game content and many of the other issues like bugs or IW is getting so big that they have management problems so when time comes for MW3 not only we were dealing with a bloated IW but we were dealing with a sledgehammer games that didn’t want to be there I think for MW4 (if there is one) they should definitely make there scope of things smaller by IW just focusing on making the paid portion of the game (SP, MP and DMZ or spec ops but not both) with Raven making warzone using assests IW creates like guns or game mechanics so nothing suffers long term

[@Noxx_70]

I loved mw3 and warzone 3 they saved the game with updates and i enjoyed this game bye mw3😢 Rip Mw2(i only enjoyed the campaign and a lil bit of warzone),

[@speen5592]

Imo they purposely neglected mw2 since they knew people would buy it off the success of mw2019. Then, once everyone was hungry for changes, they took mw2 and added everything they should have added a year ago. And charged full price

[@Ragnxrok4]

I agree with this. My favorite though was how they gave us so many camos to work for camos are a staple of cod and I appreciate all the weekly and event camos

[@TJ_ax]

DMZ is so underrated

[@Inscryption9]

One thing I liked about the raids you actually played as a certain character Farrah price or gaz I think that’s so fire getting your own quotes instead of a bland operator

[@reneramsli4120]

My guy! I agree and it is easy to forget that MP maps were based on Story maps all the way since at least World at War aka, COD 5. Maybe even COD 4 which I really never played.

[@omkarsonar2935]

Last few minutes montage/clips made my day. Love the content ❤❤ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rang3rz]

14:50 i genuinely didn’t know which game he was playing

[@Blvckguy]

@@Rang3rz real

[@itzzFocalFlare]

0:44 The fact that they call MW3 "$70 DLC for MW2" makes me wonder how they reacted to OG MW3 beong released after OG MW2. Edit: A genuine question can lead to kids having an argument in the replies somehow, which is why I never responded to anyone's take in the replies of this comment.

[@CurryMuncher007]

Pretty well since og mw3 could actually be considered an upgrade from og mw2

[@Krash91]

@@itzzFocalFlare you cant even compare that, og mw2 and og mw3 are 2 separate games, the new mw2 and mw3 are also separate but mw2 and mw3 now are basically the same game with everything from mw2 being transferred and usable to mw3 so you cant even say that

[@OhDihzey]

dog its completely different, when mw2 came out in 2009 they didnt say they were gonna support the game for longer than a year. so when mw3 came out 2 years later it was accepted bc it was a new game w new engine and game play mechanics.

[@Poog26]

The OG MW3 did not carry over all of the weapons and maps with all of the progress you made in MW2. The new MW3 is literally a $70 DLC

[@SniperDog5]

@@Poog26So what you’re saying is that they shouldn’t have let us use our weapons and skins for two years, in order for it to be considered a “full game” in your eyes? Lol

[@imperialbricks4217]

I’m liking Bo6 so far, hopefully it will be a cod rennisance

[@POCTIK_YouTube]

Покойся с миром, Modern Warfare II, прощай, Modern Warfare III...

[@DittoTheSavage]

The video I've been looking forward to. Thanks Murk.

[@christetlow3816]

Honestly, the MWII campaign doesn’t get the love it deserves. Say what you will about MP and warzone, but the MWII campaign was the most diverse campaign we’ve ever had. Every mission was diverse and different. No other campaign has EVER done that

[@okadn1]

@@christetlow3816 real i just finished bo6 and i lowkey think mw2 is a bit better

[@trashcompactorYT]

Opposite for me. I liked MW2 but hated MW3 so much I stopped having faith in new CoD entries completely. I'm really not looking forward to seeing how they mess up BO6 here in a few days. I also think that defending MW3's clear corporate greed is a shitty thing to do, and I think this video is part of the problem. We shouldn't be celebrating low effort cash grab garbage. And I do recognize that MW2 also fits into that description, but MW3 is a way more egregious example of it.

[@justisolated5621]

27:27 - 28:02 the whole horn/clarinet sequence was amazing

[@jessenoirrouge8150]

As someone who skipped MWII, MWIII was definitely a breath of fresh air multiplayer wise. It truly is the better experience despite what people say about this "DLC". Really looking forward to what Treyarch has in store with BO6 (They're the best CoD dev).

[@ActuallyIsaiah]

As a casual of COD but also played since day one release and still has it downloaded on his Xbox: I never really used any after market parts they released, the few that I did use all year wasn’t really exciting enough to get me from stop using the meta (my fav meta: SWEATTG AR) would not be mad at all if they left this concept in the past

[@caseycameron5370]

You should try the Holger backsaw kit I have feelin you'd like it's very good for sweating 😂

[@Its_Pronounced_Heezee]

TL;DW: The video's a review, nothing's happening to either MW2 or MW3.

[@SahirGtZ]

Editing in this video is just perfect 👌

[@M3RKMUS1C]

THANK YOU, MY EARBALLS HURT AFTER MAKING THIS LMAO

[@SahirGtZ]

@@M3RKMUS1C that’s what makes u the 🐐🔥

[@Ace_Da_Gamer]

I will say about the armory unlocks is that for returning players like myself, who missed out on obtaining aftermarket parts from seasons I didn’t play (like the mk 2 carbine that turns it into the dual models) it made it easier to unlock those parts.

[@zuri9206]

The one thing you forgot was that the armory system was only a daily thing until a few days later when a lot of people complain and sledgehammer listen and added the “win” as a another condition to get armory points

[@morehouse98]

31:00 there's something i feel like sharing. for years, i thought that said "Dot com, train go boom" until i used my brain for like 2 seconds to actually listen to it.

[@EatSleepSkrrt]

21:23 my take on all this is that activision is the problem.....

[@tacoloco6080]

Ever since the beginning

[@jacobmiller6916]

Love the fact that back when they added the sledgehammer to the game was the rare moment i got into a match with you Merk. Pretty hilarious to see that moment make it into the vid lol. Excited for BO6!

[@Callum6160]

4:40 I've always liked that the MP maps were centred around campaign missions at least for launch maps i think it makes each cod feel more unique and adds to the gameplay experience

[@YUNOBF3]

Loved the highlight montage at the end. Great video, Merk!

[@ShookNastyy]

MW3 multiplayer is the best since the jet pack era. This year was the first time I played a full lifecycle since IW

[@EnigmaGamer421]

Modern Warfare II is sot underrated

[@one_official_kenny]

Couldn’t have been a better title honestly

[@DsgSleazy]

Facts, they did what they could given how it’s likely that Activision made a scumbag decision and told em to scrap whatever they doing and start capitalizing on MW2’s initial success

[@Indacouchh]

As an almost 2KD player, this game was absolutely brutal to play with the matchmaking system. Kept finding myself taking long breaks because it’s exhausting having to always use the meta and play like a sweat just to have a chance or else you get stomped because that’s all you get matched against.

[@itztommyh1673]

I have a great feeling that BO6 will be the cod renaissance we’ve needed. So far, it looks and feels really solid. The 4 year dev cycle doesn’t feel wasted

[@DMurcielago]

I hope they start taking a year off of releases and support games for 1-2 years instead.

[@mattwalters6834]

Didn’t even play MW3 campaign; MP was alright, zombies was interesting but not stellar. I remember playing BO2; I look back and remember how I wasn’t crazy about zombies (one of my favorite modes), but I still played it for enjoyment. It’s interesting how the games back then were able to do that, you weren’t going head over heels for it but it was still able to keep you hooked.

[@JCQUEVEDO7]

Me and my friends have stuck with MW2, we didn’t find the need to buy a new cod when we mostly played knockout and prisoner rescue which MW3 didn’t get. We’re all excited for BO6 though!

[@caseycameron5370]

MW22 is a decent game I enjoy it I play all of the recent ones Vanguard's good coz it's so dumb 😂

[@michaelgonzales7179]

Loved MWII, the campaign, the multiplayer support for every mode (MWIII did not support war, gunfight, ground war or invasion at all.)

[@RPGMeridius]

This is a good merk video ... Finally I might be falling back in love

[@Iced-Gem]

Something we all can agree on is that Alejandro is a top 5 character 🔥

[@justisolated5621]

15:54 bruh i laughed out loud 😂. The music cutting off was golden too

[@caldog619]

7:45 Might be wrong about this but isnt Chinatown from COD4 not a remake of Carintan from COD1, therefore shouldnt there not be a red portion on the COD4 column

[@syrup9229]

cold war was actually the first game to have their campaign playable early via preorder

[@OGANESSSON]

1. Sure MWIII had the best post launch support. But the game was barely functional at launch with crashes and challenges not tracking. I want to play a cod game that functions on launch. 2. MWIII was the second year in a row we were promised extra time for development and breaking the yearly launch of cod, that didn’t happen 3 you even said that multiplayer maps should be inspired from the Campaign, not the other way around, that’s the complaint about the campaign levels being the warzone map, we’ve seen the warzone map 1000 times before it’s nothing new Just small things to clear up still love you m3rk

[@M3RKMUS1C]

1. Totally understand where you're coming from, and I agree that games should launch in a more functional state! 2. I remember seeing rumors about Year 2 DLC, not necessarily more dev time. Black Ops 6 is the exception; 3arc has had roughly 4 years to work on it. I'll do some more digging, but IW had more time to work on MWII than SHG did on MWIII from what I know 3. I'll clear this up and say that, in my opinion, using sections of Verdansk for the Campaign levels in MWIII was a compromise due to the short amount of dev time. Yes, ideally, new COD games should launch with new Campaign levels that end up becoming new MP maps too; this shapes the identity of the game and gives us new experiences to enjoy. But we also have to empathize with the devs; there is a MASSIVE difference between having 16 months (MWIII) to rush these things and having 4 years (BO6) to deliver the best possible experience. Over the years, games have gotten increasingly more complicated and our expectations are, sometimes, unrealistically high. This is why some people reflect on the 'golden era' of COD and can't understand why it's become so difficult to reproduce those kinds of games/results. The reality is that those games were simpler, our expectations were lower, and the gaming (in general) was just different than what it is today. Sorry for the short story, but I've been thoroughly enjoying all the comments! :D

[@thefatboi777]

I'm feeling the same thing as you Eric. I might comeback to MW3 again in the future. But says no to MW2.

[@Markymark09]

Raids were a lot of fun I’d like to see those come back

[@Xancisco]

We finally got the RIP MW2 video

[@Godxmilkman]

The nod to Cod online makes me miss it everyday. You introduced Cod online to me back in 2015ish (i think) and i LOVED it but i got banned 3 times for not being from china, it was an amazing title😔

[@zaxpeedy]

the problem with raids was that, it didn't work. literally. me and my friends tried for months to get into one raid and we couldn't. everytime, someone's game would just crash, or not even make it after the cutscene

[@agente_paura]

A lot of ppl go back to MW2, specifically for the DMZ mode. That’s about it.

[@mash2481]

My buds and me had a great time playing MWZ. For us, we enjoyed it as much as Cold War zombies. I can sorta understand why some don’t like it, everyone has different tastes. Also , LOVED multiplayer. Got all mastery camo’s done, just need to finish the ultra mastery in Multiplayer to completely beat the game, which I doubt I’ll do now as I’m recovering from surgery.

[@Onigiri_Aniki]

M3RKMUS1Cさん いつも応援してます！ 今回も楽しい動画ありがとうございます！ 日本語字幕が凄く嬉しい🥲

[@doctorgames101b]

The game journalists lied to us. Modern Warfare 2 (2022) supposed to last at least 2 years in the cycle, while taking a year off from release a major COD title. Weird on how they reversed that. Good video, M3Rk.

[@lonecourierjoeyv2133]

Soap’s death will always feel like a mistake, like his name was pulled out of a hat

[@Crestfallen3]

Every year I pray that all three studios will work together to produce something that will be looked back on fondly for years to come. I grew up with cod and I'm sad that it's gotten to be _this_.

[@THEREALPEENMASTEROFNARNIA]

it took 16 months to develop and release Modern warfare 2.5 it took 18 months for obsidian to create Fallout: New Vegas

[@LeVeLs404]

Thanks, that is always crying on such a high level

[@Falloutwolf54]

One thing I still can’t believe is that I won the mw2 game through the jack links call of duty sweepstakes

[@DitzoRhymesSometimes]

I can't belive you convinced me to buy both of these on launch your videos are to hype XDDD

[@bigjoetheelectrician]

DMZ was awesome. This would had grate replay value had they keep updating it.

[@confusingfool93]

I’m glad zombies was what is was in mwiii because some of my more casual friends became interested in going back and running black ops 1 zombies main quests with me and we’ve been having a blast

[@Onewithatail]

DMZ was amazing. Bring it back. Still getting full lobbies an ENTIRE YEAR after NO UPDATES!! if the warzone community didnt crush it for the slow movement it wouldve blew up bigger than it did. One of the most creative ideas to come from COD in years. Bring it back in 2026.

[@LeVeLs404]

DMZ is done, in 10 years maybe they reintroduce it but for now nah … but not a problem the servers are on and players are still there DMZ is fun

[@channeljohnnyYT]

unpopular opinion: MW3 is a top 5 cod MP

[@archdukefranzferdinand4429]

I need you to back this up somehow

[@redd9518]

My argument about Soap's death being too quick is that I think it shows that Makarov is merciless and he doesn't care who they are, he'll shoot them just like anyone else.

[@Nxrb_]

i hope mw2 raids stay tbf not had something like it since co-op campaign in waw

[@alexgreenwood807]

i cant believe ive been sold on mw3 five days before the new cod comes out . i havent played cod since bo3 and bo6 has won me over but man i think i wouldve loved this game

[@mr.zombfeedz]

Mw19 had the same gameplay issues as mwii, the big difference was the post launch content as said, and wz1 being better

[@LeVeLs404]

Corona, nostalgia, people are blinded never underestimate people’s delusions

[@JakaW1]

Dmz was amazing with mw2 tho, played that literally all year

[@LeVeLs404]

Best mode, loved it too, but yk we talk bout the cod community so great mode, wrong platform

[@itzbasiggr8212]

DMZ was perfect for mw2. Movement and game feel. I spent the most time on that and it was tons of fun

[@LeVeLs404]

Best mode, wrong gaming community 💯

[@dotshie3292]

I hope b06 gives us a lot to do like mwIII did, one of my favorite things was all the event camos and easy camo grinds like the weapon mastery camos. I dont have time to grind mastery camos like a lot of other people do. so having free event camos and camos that are easy to grind like the weapon mastery camos was the best part for me!

[@keetguy]

I loved the mwII multiplayer.

[@LeVeLs404]

I still enjoy it the servers are still fun

[@keetguy]

@LeVeLs404 they really are. If only I wouldn't have to update it.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

I haven't touched COD in years, but I will say this Sledgehammer has made a stunning comeback. From being the hated COD developer to the only good COD developer 😂

[@tinycnyc]

I played war zone and the only challenge that kind of confused me is "survive as long as you can in a match.."

[@RuneRaged]

As someone who played mostly the Zombies mode and touched Multi-player from time to time Yeah something about MW3 just felt off a bit you know

[@ZLaurey]

If they insisted on keeping the armory unlock system for MWIII, I feel like an alternative would be to have the MWII weapons in it for those who didn't get them carried over from MWII. Along with having previous seasons' aftermarket parts

[@AgentDerpyYT]

I would never be caught glazing MWIII to this degree. I will not take this MWII slander, especially from a slide canceler. I bet bro does not play objective then complains about losing. 8 sec obj time on Hardpoint is wild.

[@jeremy120862]

We found the Camper enjoyer.