Why Was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 SO MEDIOCRE?!

Modern Warfare 3 wasn't exactly 'well-received' by fans, although it was loved by critics. For a lot of gamers, this was the beginning of the end of the 'Good Ol' Days' for Call of Duty. But how has the game aged now? And what can we learn from it with hindsight as our ally? What did this game to right and wrong? Only one way to find out....
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___TIME STAMPS___
Introduction - 0:00
Development - 4:40
Campaign (Story) - 8:17
Campaign (Gameplay) - 21:53
Multiplayer - 23:58
Customization - 28:59
Killstreaks & Balancing - 31:16
Same Shit, Different Game - 35:18
Map Design - 39:18
Spec Ops (Survival) - 41:24
Spec Ops (Missions) - 46:32
Conclusion - 48:43
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[@TheActMan]

This game is definitely divisive. At the time it came out, I really didn't like it but now I have been enjoying the game so much, in fact I tried going back to play Black Ops 4 multiplayer and couldn't finish a match because the maps and gameplay are so boring to me now. Idk man, I'm very mixed on Modern Warfare 3 so don't take it the wrong way if you think I'm too harsh on it. It is a fun game nonetheless. ____TIME STAMPS____ Introduction - 0:00 Development - 4:40 Campaign (Story) - 8:17 Campaign (Gameplay) - 21:53 Multiplayer - 23:58 Customization - 28:59 Killstreaks & Balancing - 31:16 Same Shit, Different Game - 35:18 Map Design - 39:18 Spec Ops (Survival) - 41:24 Spec Ops (Missions) - 46:32 Conclusion - 48:43

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

Act Man is best game reviewer on KZbin.

[@samidejong106]

I dunno on black ops 4 I can still have a fun game playing as specter but I guess your right it does have some very boring map design

[@matty9102]

Act man strikes again!

[@A7mad-567]

I hope in the next few years we don't say IW is better than cod in the future"if you know what i mean"

[@mixinmasta]

Good on you Act Man, your videos are riveting, you have real opinions, not just popular trendy opinions. You dont incite hate mobs, but your not blindly praising hot garbage for views either. Stay you dude, its working for ya.

[@combatwombat9806]

"consumers are generally not a fan of being duped into the same product twice." meanwhile Fifa players...

[@amandeepbaghiana4510]

Combat Wombat lmao this comment hit home, you should see the E3 release of new Fifas, they audience just doesnt care. Its the same exact shit with maybe new or changed players/teams

[@joekeltie8958]

@@amandeepbaghiana4510 its a football game... you play football... what can you change with that every year? And its fill of licensing. This is a game they can literally do whatever they like and change things they just didnt lol!

[@sbevexlr848]

@@amandeepbaghiana4510 because it's football? It never change for the last 50 years or so??

[@Oly1y]

@@sbevexlr848 and yet there's a new game every year

[@sbevexlr848]

@@Oly1y but that's football every season is has it's things

[@fakeclout7]

Roses are red, Violets are blue soap trusted you, I thought I could too, so why in bloody hell does Makarov know you?

[@braydoncassidy7032]

Poetic

[@lightningbolt4419]

you stole that...

[@darthrevan454]

Wow repeating a joke. Funny.

[@MichiganerE]

This comment is a nice blast from the past

[@thebachiever234]

Olddie but goodie

[@peezyorpj]

After seeing the MW3 2023 campaign, the original MW3 is no longer mediocre! 🤣

[@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005]

So you judge MWIII on the campaign not the mp that cod is bassed are

[@peezyorpj]

@@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005 The multiplayer is ass too! 🤣 The SBMM doesn’t make it any better…

[@eighto1213]

cod mw3 2011 poops mw3 2023

[@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005]

@@peezyorpj get gud

[@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005]

@@eighto1213 mw3 2011 was a downgraded mw2 2009 and mw3 23 is a better upgraded mw2 22

[@christiankopet5891]

I want a remaster of this game so badly. I LOVE the campaign.

[@AllGamingStarred]

They won't do so, for some damned reason

[@aymslt8743]

If they just upgraded the engine to the MW2019 one at that time then MW3 should have been one of the best games in history

[@Why_so_salty]

If they do, I wish they would remaster the hole package, not just the campaign

[@aquapolaris719]

@@Why_so_salty me too, there’s nothing I’d love more than a mw2/mw3 mosh pit of a game

[@Why_so_salty]

@@aquapolaris719| I would also love a World at War remaster, one of the best COD games of all time!

[@thexyayxmaker]

*The Act Man puts out a 50 min video* Me: "Ah shit, here we go again"

[@a1d5]

*whips out dick*

[@daniellegrand1096]

@@a1d5 relatable

[@kactilaynia4739]

Time to grab the popcorn. Honestly I would watch an hour and a half if its written this well, the act man is really good at what he does

[@acribuss]

40 mins in and just noticed it was that long. Good job for keeping me entertained for this long. So entertained to the point I lost my perception of time. Fucking hit nirvana by watching this.

[@xarrison8274]

I video I will watch the entirety of.

[@-Raylight]

*Insert obligatory comment *"You burn the **_Ghost_* *You step on the **_Roach_* *You drop the **_Soap_* *Now you pay the **_Price_** "* That ending though, pretty satisfying

[@ZapWires]

This comment on MW3 videos is the FPS equivalent to "The city's been fucking destroyed" in Sonic adventure let's plays.

[@CaptainMaggott]

This... This is poetry.

[@fritz8894]

*Squish the roach.

[@MorbidMindedManiac]

Same thing with “Roses are red violets are blue Soap trusted you, and I thought I could too So why in bloody hell, does Makarov know you”

[@impuls3129]

Marley 13 anybody?

[@Mr.Jim248]

Congrats OG MW3! You're no longer mediocre.

[@Lord_Thunderballs]

I always liked MW3, I fully embraced the over the top set pieces and loved it for what it was. I accepted that it wasnt going to be like Black Ops.

[@Mr.Jim248]

@@WiiManElite Yeah, and they said "We aren't releasing a COD game in 2023." I swear, Activision to releasing COD games yearly is like a crackhead to drugs.

[@ghostwhencodghosts9114]

@@Lord_Thunderballswho asked

[@Lord_Thunderballs]

@@ghostwhencodghosts9114 Settle down there edgelord. I see your past comments 😂

[@MarkJacksonvl-lb6rm]

Yey! That game is no longer hated and its very good now after that shitty MWIII that came out this year :)

[@jinxysaberk]

Makarov imo is actually the best COD villain. He's the ONLY one who's actually scary and makes you want too kill him in the end. Shepherd came close but it was more the betrayal and murder of ghost that made it so brutually sad but I think makrov does a good job at being the actual big bad guy. Adored his voice acting. And that ending oof. It's never felt so satisfying getting revenge in a video game

[@ericshukies3395]

I didn't want to kill Makarov. I wanted to side with him..such a charismatic villain and he would have made a great new empire. Also the entire NYC mission seemed fake..I don't believe it's that easy to turn a submarines missiles on its one fleet.

[@halofan1253]

Don’t forgot about Menendez.

[@sisigs4820]

​@@halofan1253 and Dragovich

[@conee1499]

@@halofan1253 menendez is the best villian and makarov is the second

[@staticaleel5068]

Cough cough all the villains of black ops 1 - 2 cough cough

[@araogi]

I had no idea people didn’t like this game. It’s one of my favourites honestly, along with MW2.

[@whiterunguard3215]

Yeah it doesn't really make sense they say it just a mw2 copie but with just a bunch of minor improvements but how does that it worse than mw2

[@lifewithchuckie562]

Not everyone going to like it that's how it is with gaming there always going to be games that peiple will not like even if the game is loved there will always be a minority or players that will not like it that's gaming no game is perfect. Same thing with the witcher 3 there people I k ow who don't like it as much as or even red dead redemption 2 really some people I met say it's ok I was like ok if that's what you think. That's gaming for you. Loved or hated even games that are hated by gamers there will always be a majority that will play it and like it.

[@Nick-pv5sn]

This was definitely my favorite cod of all time

[@carloseskimo]

Right?? I LOVE this game And it's my most played game of the 360 cod games

[@nevang6314]

MW3 Was kinda broken at launch which wasn't great, I enjoyed the game and didn't realise its just a rehash of MW2.

[@sovietsquirrel1315]

The main reason mw3 wasn’t as popular is because the extremely high bar mw2 set. Nowadays i would LOVE to be playing mw3 again.

[@BertMagurt]

Shit I'd kill to play ghosts at this point.

[@unknown_individual7050]

Michael that game wasn’t even that bad. Fatigue and launch glitches are why people hated the game.

[@danielhalama1161]

@@unknown_individual7050 and some people complained about the multiplayer level design in Ghosts, that it was too big and the game was at a slower pace and not the usual hectic pace. Thats the thing about COD players, MW3 copies MW2 thats bad and when Ghosts does something different thats bad. lol

[@namast3260]

@@BertMagurt never played ghosts, is it worth it?

[@clawzx1195]

if it werent a million bucks on steam

[@urazoktay7940]

Modern Warfare 3 wasn't mediocre, it was simply amazing. Critics were right for loving it.

[@TheBBCSlurpee]

My first cod and it was a good one

[@jorossmiguel9843]

@@TheBBCSlurpee Same, and my favourite in the trilogy overall

[@darrinidontcare9526]

The hate just comes from mw2 fanboys

[@dr.seytan4310]

The hate was justified because it was too similar but i still enjoyed it for what it was worth.

[@astrotravellin]

If MW3 had the maps of MW2, it would be the greatest CoD of all time.

[@OneSteamedPotato]

It’s genuinely surprising that this game was so hated at launch. I was one of the players that started playing COD with this game and black ops way before I even had proper internet. I remember playing the campaign over and over again because of how exciting it was. And maxing out spec ops long before I could even touch multiplayer. This game will always hold a special place in my heart

[@a.wosaibi]

2011: "You want two attachments, go earn it" 2019: You want two attachments, go buy it.

[@VolcanoWonderpants]

Yeah, black ops 1 and 2...

[@HeavySandvichGuy1]

2019 more like: You want two attachments? How about five?

[@harveyjet6669]

Bo1: u want two attachments? Well u gonna have to buy them and then buy a perk to use said attachments Bo2: u want 2 attachments? Well go ahead but watch out for that pick 10 system and if u want go for 3 or u could put 2 on ur side arm, or u could do both but with pick 10 u can only hav like 1 perk

[@blankblank5409]

🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@arjusarauis9901]

Sucks how the whole monenization got out of hands eh? Least back in the day we didn't need to pay more for shit, we only need to play to earn stuff on those games' MP portions.

[@DarkLight-hl2do]

People be like: "Mw2 was amazing" Then say: "Mw3 is bad because it was too similar to mw2" 8 years later: "We want the old cod back" My point is, mw3 being similar to mw2 isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing

[@classicboxingandmma6770]

gdaan i didn kniow tat we wnted the odl cod bad

[@notgray88]

Game critics are hard to please sometimes. Nostalgia goggles can never be penetrated.

[@benjismith593]

Yes. Bring back MW2.1

[@TheAverageGamer1]

Idk why people didn't like mw3 it's was exactly what it should have been

[@AleK0451]

>mw2 is amazing >mw3 is similar to said amazing game >this makes mw3 bad ok

[@ironside2103]

Isn’t it crazy how one conflict completely changes the believability of a faction in a game

[@MrKvittot]

I been thinking the same. Every story like this involving the russians are just Laughable now that they have shown how weak they truly are. Slava Ukraini

[@DarkbloomVis]

hahaha I was thinking the same thing. Like damn we gave them too much credit

[@MrKvittot]

@@DarkbloomVis we truly did LoL

[@FatalFrostbyte29]

This is what happens when you only spend money on buying super yachts and mansions for oligarchs

[@x-ray_channel2226]

@@MrKvittot bruh

[@poppysgtspanky]

As more time passes, the more fondly I look back with my time on mw3

[@PsYDaniel]

Act Man: Why was MW3 so mediocre? Proceeds to make an hour long documentary about how fantastic of a game it was.

[@tor112233]

apart from the many criticisms he has

[@donny_bwfc9501]

The main reason it was mediocre was due to familiarity and felt like a carbon copy to MW2

[@n0rie9a]

@@tor112233 id say the time he spent listing/mentioning the positives outweighs the time spent listing/mentioning the negatives/mediocre

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

I mean it’s hard to actually hate the game. It’s not doing anything wrong other than not differentiating hard enough from the previous MW games. When you’re spending 60-80$ for a game (on top of paid DLC), people expect it to be worth it and considering how little time there was between the MW games on top of black ops having such variety and sense of personalized style to it unlike the Grey and browns of the Modern warefare games which is a hard to personalize, i don’t blame the folks who sniffed their noses at it and either stucked with MW2 or looked elsewhere. I also don’t think it was the right decision to simply neuter a series’s multiplayer for the sake of “balance”. Balance should be tertiary to priority number 1: MAKE IT FUN, and priority number 2: MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL. That doesn’t mean they didn’t have no reason to tighten up some of the really messed up problems in MW2 or other CoD multiplayers but it’s never a good idea to simply take away what people had fun with or insisting on making the players play the way the developers want you to play it. At that point, you’re just inviting people to stick to the previous games since if everything else is basically the same Except the balance, why move on to MW3?

[@logger22]

It’s mainly the similarities to MW3 that made it mediocre.

[@GlobalOutcast]

Soap: *dies* Price: *takes his journal* somone should read this

[@ChandranPrema123]

That was for Chernov.

[@GlobalOutcast]

@@ChandranPrema123 ik

[@callmehanson9466]

His diary was a pre-order bonus for a collector's edition. I actually still have it. They made it wrinkled as if it got water on it and the page where he got stabbed by Shepard be bloody.

[@GlobalOutcast]

@@callmehanson9466 was it actually in russian?

[@samle1801]

Vietnamese kid here bro. War veterans do that (flipping my pa's collection lol)

[@javiersegura5950]

Coming back to this after MWIII ('23) "Perhaps I've judged you too harshly."

[@nrg6245]

I LOVED MW3 SO MUCH WHEN IT CAME OUT. that’s why it was the biggest selling cod ever. It’s just so damn dope… it was so fucking good man. The multiplayer and campaign was so damn good…. It was so beautiful. Fun to play. Guns were so dope to shoot.

[@Moecean]

For real it's a great game, specialist is the best thing to come to cod and needs to come back. Sniping was also very rewarding

[@JDUBB2399]

MW3 lobbies were beyond amazing.

[@measlesplease1266]

It sucked. Some of the worst maps and loadouts.

[@saulleach816]

BO1 is the best selling COD game.

[@astronova3508]

It’s great but it’s still eerily similar to mw2

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

I remember my dad saying, about that one pipe in Hardhat: "Man, that must be the most valuable concrete pipe in the world. Everyone flocks to it and dies over it!"

[@Moxo_]

Tell your dad he is a fucking legend for that joke.

[@TJ-bz4us]

Wow your dad is a legend haha

[@Sev3617]

wat pipe?

[@kupertroopertv31]

@@Sev3617 *facepalm*

[@RonnieRonnie3697]

@@Sev3617 the pipe where people camped in

[@pawtucketpanda]

"Why Was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 SO MEDIOCRE?!" *provides 50 minutes of evidence showing why it's not*

[@kaned2732]

pawtucketpanda yea it’s so much better than the rest

[@shardinhand1243]

:V you wanna play a motherfuckin zombie game!?

[@PP7Silenced]

Upon rewatching it seems the game is labeled based on it's "Mediocre" campaign while it's multiplayer and co-op offerings were in peak form at the time. He goes on to argue that MW3 is essentially still the platue for military shooters set in modern times.

[@salmanbajwa73]

It's more like Why was MW3 so good...where the multiplayer levels the campaign. You can see he hints toward it being 'meh' at release but justifiable later on as you play,better then what came out later but still exhausting the franchise name

[@UnRu1eD]

*Says there is no Difference in Graphics Compared Makarov from MW3 to MW2 look at the huge difference in characters. This dude has no idea what the fuck he is talking about.*

[@Xander_P.G.K]

Guess who's coming back to this video after the train wreck that was MWIII (2023)

[@MajorNomad]

Anyone here after seeing the abomination that is Call of Duty MWIII and now waiting for The Act Man to review it?

[@lomtageo9381]

I genuinely have no issue with this game at all it was Solid

[@hassetjifrebro8222]

To me it was more of a reskin. Could have been a DLC. I agree it’s a solid game. But it’s nothing new.

[@puffpin2520]

Yeah in a vacuum. After mw2 tho?

[@Saiegg]

Maximilian Lagerholm Oh definitely. It felt like the same game with a different campaign.

[@infinitig3516]

@@Saiegg yeah literally the only difference was spec ops, gun sounds, and the campaign story. Everything else was literally the same

[@Saiegg]

@@infinitig3516 exactly

[@nijazijerliu4120]

2007: What the hell kind of name is “Soap”. Aye? 2011: OH NO! NO! NO! NO! SOAP!!!

[@justiceabanecarpenter6675]

I can relate to this my friend

[@deathtopg8003]

this comment along with the Anakin profile picture had me dying

[@syndimaraj6818]

Klevis Jerliu soups a good name

[@beachbum23]

Looks like the soap got dropped

[@carlostrump9076]

NEARMUSICBEATS then you are not a og cod fan

[@Rei-zt2rr]

Fun Fact: The specialist you control on Spec Ops is Frost, he got ascended to captain and went on his own missions, and he's the one who triggered the explosion on the diamond mine (The one that killed Sandman, Truck and Grinch)

[@jHounder]

6:50 This quote rings very true, and the fact that the upcoming Modern Warfare II has 3,000+ people working on it does not sound good at all. For context, COD 4 was made by about 100 people, and BO3 was made by about 260.

[@stickmaster400]

At 3:33 it looks like he’s fighting a village of tiny people

[@Moliminous]

Mw3 was my second favorite call of duty tbh

[@SillierExtra]

Moliminous E

[@cranberryjuice3469]

E

[@ianparr9950]

E

[@themordfustang7521]

E

[@jeex356]

*E*

[@RightLadd]

Roses are red Violets are blue *SO WHY THE BLOODY HELL, DOES MAKAROV KNOW YOU?*

[@leelee-uq5ui]

Right Ladd legit has me in tear fucking hilarious

[@mariusspadasinul]

What are the numbers Mason?!

[@lordfusiondar1003]

xD

[@janariyalasid9961]

This was in marleythirteen's video : Captain Price survivor of modern warfare

[@mariusspadasinul]

@@RightLadd oh shit im a dumbass

[@crisgeraldperez7]

This MW3 feels like a masterpiece compared to the masterpiss that is MW3 2023.

[@arnathan1792]

The fact that this game took roughly half the time that the 2023 MWIII took to make and the 2011 version turned out way better is shocking

[@BreezyB_]

Even if you think it’s mediocre it was still so fun. Infected lobbies, face off, all or nothing, etc...

[@dragontales1999]

I like it, I think the game is a 7/10, a 3.5 out of 5, and a B-

[@lightsin7265]

Survival was my favorite on here. It felt fun fighting against so many enemies with friends from all over.

[@JinnYoungKim]

Spec ops and mind gap & uganda missions are only I play.

[@wiceorc5105]

It was not mediocre but only for bf fans.

[@michaelt9443]

zBreezy Survival..ohh I love survival

[@yaadj5115]

Mw3 was fun asf. I don’t understand how you people didn’t have fun on there.

[@StarXsu90]

Maybe because at that time we had higher expectations. And people didnt like that it was a Mw2.5 But you can debate me considering the fact that WaW is Basicly COD4 WWII Mod.

[@CoyoteRecon]

CG Guapo I like it but think in 2011 it was bad. It felt like mw2 just worse

[@anthonykay1580]

@@StarXsu90 >WaW >Cod 4 WW2 mod. Are you fucking serious?

[@busterbackster1]

@@anthonykay1580 they did do a pretty shit job with it

[@anthonykay1580]

@@busterbackster1 no, not at all. You haven't even played the game. And it can be literally seen on your face.

[@calicocloxko119]

One thing that was really disappointing about the mw3 campaign to me was how it felt like they removed so many things from mw2's campaign, like claymores, heartbeat sensors, riot shields, dual-wielding, thermal weapons, etc. It makes the weapon sandbox feel sort of empty.

[@silasfish5379]

but this shows you can’t please everyone, if they kept those items people might have complained that they overused them, or didn’t add enough new content

[@gabeznl3591]

@@silasfish5379 True. A game campaign should not feel the same as the other, and those COD games isn't a sandbox game, is a linear game. I played through the MW2 and MW3 and I felt that the level design is awesome and the story aswell. Epic finale.

[@SnakeEater776]

Might be an unpopular opinion but i feel that mw3 sacrificed this for more different types of gameplay. You have the ac130, the mini tank, the chopper and tank sections, the car chase. Was just a few nice changes of pace from juat going down corridors shooting people

[@whitewolf-dz8dy]

Over a freakin decade and soap's death still brings tears to my eyes

[@Dripple]

**soap dies** Actman: SOAP IS PISSED

[@milkmonstrosity]

Local man too Angry to Die

[@gionnivillalobos7112]

Birky Boi *doom guy walks in*

[@brofuzz5233]

He meant to say PRICE is pissed. He mixed up. An honest mistake !

[@distilledbrainstem7364]

@@brofuzz5233 i think they know its just funny

[@ComradeCowboy3141]

Gionni Villalobos Kratos: sup

[@MetalHealth44]

I remember this one infected match I had where we couldn’t find the last guy. Felt like ages before the clock ran out. Turns out the guy was in a ghillie suit lying down in the middle of the map, I ran past him like 20 times.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

that's what they're made for mate

[@jimmydaboi6848]

Smoked out nigga

[@beniciocabugawan6894]

All ghillied up

[@duckdude6922]

The ghillie suit was a classic

[@purplehawk2271]

"Don't do anything stupid, let them pass"

[@FORGEWORLDXBL]

Man... How this aged along with 2023... Amazing how this goes

[@Mo-hl5ju]

1:41 the cycle has repeated itself again

[@WarInHD]

MW3 wasn’t my favorite COD but it definitely wasn’t mediocre

[@positv333]

mw2 was more fun if u didn't get spawn trapped by nade launcher OMA or you were the one spawn trapping with nade launcher OMA

[@mistaelf4365]

what is your fav COD?

[@WarInHD]

Arex Xer BO2

[@Habs1967]

@Sébastien Levesque mw3 had OP deathstreaks, dual fmg9 still gives me nightmares.

[@dathip]

Respect your opinion, but it DEFINITELY was mediocre almost borderline sub-par(C-/D+) and my least favorite even below advanced warfare.

[@dragontales1999]

I like MW3, but I respect your opinion. 7/10 The 2000s and early 2010s is the golden age of the CoD franchise and I think we can all agree with that

[@bi0hazard921]

1:13 to 1:35 How the *ENTIRE COD FANBASE* Reacted.

[@flabbywall1780]

Or any game that came out during that time.

[@CRAZYMUGMAN]

mw3 is 9/10 for me

[@dragontales1999]

A 7/10 for me is good in video games. 6/10 is decent when I review movies but so-so for gaming.

[@captiankirkgames4385]

I like mw3 but it’s the weakest in mw series in my opinion

[@michaelc1632]

This game seems like a masterpiece now compared to the new MW3. I'm happy the original exists, so I can forget the new one.

[@alonemax2912]

Yeah, when I play all these old games, I always think: "at least they can't take this from us".

[@MarkJacksonvl-lb6rm]

Yeah, COD become a downfall, people lost their minds for no reason when a new one came out year after year they only focus on graphics instead of scripting and storytelling. Screw that game! Sucked balls, its worse than Ghosts and Vanguard.

[@theforeman9824]

woah more than a decade later and the new modern warfare 3 is the same update to modern warfare 2 except it's just a below average, mediocre game, wow what a time loop!

[@Destroy5000]

To be fair this modern warfare had a great story and campaign and sec ops mode and new multiplayer maps

[@TheUnknown23156]

Mw3 2011 was just downgrade of mw2 2009 that's what people said and MWIII 2023 Was bit Upgrade of MWII 2022

[@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005]

​@@TheUnknown23156yeah mwiii is actually better than og mw3

[@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005]

​@Destroy5000 meh mwiii is getting new mp maps in season 1

[@xnet_cascade6257]

Mw1: best campaign Mw2: best multiplayer Mw3: best spec. Ops

[@grettplicky5023]

The spec ops mode was so lit.

[@aaronfilibeck1794]

Mw3 multiplayer > mw2's Mw2 SpecOps > mw3's

[@muhsin8111]

Nah the specs ops in mw2 was better. Survival was the shit in mw3

[@jesseevans8345]

Mw3 multi was better imo

[@danr8267]

Muhsin and infected

[@shizuwolf]

Want less sway? $20 2 attachments? $20 That’s how it feels today

[@JZStudiosonline]

Takes everything you got... Sometimes you want to go...

[@deplorablerach]

wanna log in? 30!

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

that isn't how it feels, that's pretty much *exactly how it IS...* only new modern titles I've purchased are the following: squad, post scriptum & insurgency: sandstorm! those are the only completely modern shooters I'll ever play, can't pay to advance yourself ahead of others & pay to hold and continue to hold an edge over anyone in these games, theyre ALL totally reliant on your skill and more importantly, how well and effectively you can communicate with your squad-mates/teammates. plus the community for squad and PS are literally the best for any game, let alone FPS I've ever experienced. only ran into one asshole in squad and one dickheaded garbage at trolling troll in PS and I've been playing both games for like 5 or 6 months now. fuck cod, play squad! ayyyyeeee that rhymed!! ;)

[@firepower7017]

@@deplorablerach I have to be 30? Well that's unfair.

[@justiceabanecarpenter6675]

EA in a nutshell, only you have to gamble in loot boxes. :(

[@foatballmanstudios2447]

Now you never know how good you had it till it was gone

[@Angmanunulat]

There's actually something about the story especially at the end that i think the developer's were attempting but most people actually didn't notice. Yuri was there in almost every important event in Makarov's plans. Doesn't that sound similar? Yuri was Makarov's Soap. The devs just failed to emphasize on that.

[@redninjavsdaworld3733]

I swear everyone forgets Nikolai is the only other person to survive the entire trilogy and the impact of kamarov in the series before he was setup

[@AdamKlownzinger]

Fact check true man. Nikolai was critical and because Kamarov was responsible for saving Nikolai, he is just as critical

[@kevinbmx2225]

FACTUAL!

[@nscaocnjs]

I think the argument is that Nicolai isn't seen during missions, only cutscenes. I could be wrong I haven't played the MW series in years

[@314rft]

@@nscaocnjs He's seen in missions in the first half of cod4, is the guy flying the plane near the end of mw2 right after Shephard's true colors are revealed, and is seen in India and heard during the final mission in mw3.

[@MindfulnessGamer]

Technically you could count MacMillan too for surviving

[@user-ft4bl4lh9w]

Modern Warfare: Best Campaign Modern Warfare 2: Best Multiplayer Modern Warfare 3: Best Spec Ops

[@JackyWacky-871]

MIster Ch3if MW2 had the best multiplayer and story

[@Live-qf2lg]

@@JackyWacky-871 Can you just let the bloody comment be itself!

[@JackyWacky-871]

live 922 why

[@nicholas_gurr]

JakeAce I don’t hate the MW2 campaign, but I do think it could’ve been done better. Especially because the whole conflict of the story is based on the confusing plot hole in No Russian

[@StraightEdgeKnight19]

JakeAce nah it didn’t. Campaign wasn’t as good as cod4. And the multiplayer was so broken

[@vampvhs]

One of my favorite touches of the part of turbulence where makarov pops out of the door, is where in red letters it says “Objective failed” all you did was follow the sequence but this isn’t like the other games where everything sorts itself out by the end of the mission. Then it’s like no matter what you do, you just can’t do right, you follow what you’re told in the clock tower, and soap ends up dying while also thinking you’re sabotaging the team, and soap died thinking you were a traitor, which makes price question your intentions

[@xRiizo]

Specialist is and will always be my fav killstreak. The feeling you get when you got the special bonus at 8kills, you feel like a god! It gave you all weapon proficiencies so you're so good!

[@firepoint1091]

Jesus Christ captain price’s screams were so real and convincing when soap died You can hear the panic in his voice knowing that he’s about to lose a friend

[@wayfarer5187]

I cried at that moment. I see Prise loosing his mind, and his brother, I can't believe this is happening, it's unexplainable and I can't find good words to describe it. Soap is my favourite character.

[@rossmullen7826]

@kobeftw2400 and Gaz and Griggs

[@yaboydolphin]

@@wayfarer5187 incel

[@xdmaster7888]

@@yaboydolphin why hes just saying that the voice acting is good

[@dustynutz2175]

The fvck u mean friend? Soap is bassically his son

[@smajin28]

20 years later: *Modern Warefare 5* Fans: Aw shit, here we go again

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

More like 3 years later

[@xray8876]

Vampires have the gay.

[@BreezyB_]

Ügiustus Keiserus so we finna just skip 4 like that?

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

@@BreezyB_ 4 comes this year, in 2022, I'm sure MW5 will come

[@Bodwaizer]

I sure hope that Call of Duty and Activision-Blizzard would not exist in 20 years.

[@adamfrazer5150]

21:00 I'm always impressed at the detail that accompany the visuals : the fact that you have this lamenting music playing but can hear the wire Makarov is hanging from as it twists and strains - and all the foley of pieces of glass and debris sliding off of you as you struggle to get up, they really maximized the weight of this sequence 👍

[@hashir689]

Same

[@NakedSpaceMan]

I really wish they kept this "middle of the road" approach to the multiplayer. The defensive killstreaks were great. It didn't matter if you were good or not, you were still helping the team with your kill rewards. Wish they brought this back.

[@Mr.Murphy2802]

And now COD devs make it easier for shit players by punishing the actual good players with heavy Skill Based Matchmaking. They had the formula for success right in their hands but the franchise became an inconsistent mess 2013 and beyond

[@NakedSpaceMan]

@@Mr.Murphy2802 SBMM has been in CoD for over a decade and still one of the top franchises. Imagine being stupid enough to think that SBMM makes or breaks a game

[@Mr.Murphy2802]

@@NakedSpaceMan it can exist in COD but the level of SBMM in recent games is just borderline cancerous. You can go one game absolutely shit stomping noobs but then be put in a lobby with low kd players against real sweats. It also doesn't help the fact that the system is mostly like this due to warzone and its matchmaking

[@NakedSpaceMan]

@@Mr.Murphy2802 So...it's completely random based on your skill range. Like CBMM would be. Sounds to me like you're just bad sometimes like everyone else and can't take losing every now and then. Oh no, the horror.

[@Mr.Murphy2802]

@@NakedSpaceMan nah I know people have good games and bad games, its natural. But what I dont understand is the fact that SBMM is so rampant in the most recent titles. In older cods the teams would be balanced to have all types of skill ranges because it prioritised connection above skill. I can hop on to mw2 and find a lobby with a couple actually good players and some shit players on both teams. In recent years its like they throw all the sweats on to one team and have a mixed bag on the other

[@slickcalf985]

I'm gonna be honest. This game was truly one of my favorites. I remember grinding spec ops with my dad, good times.

[@-insanity-6810]

me too man, me too

[@lunar_4828]

fr ! great game

[@SavagePatch115]

I grinded the hell out of spec ops with a couple buddies and my brother. I still remember they'd always give my $5000 in game so I could buy them Slight of Hand since you had to be level 50 in order to buy it. I had no idea MW3 was divisive

[@umb3rto641]

cool dad bro, cool dad

[@connorboyce9736]

This game took place in 2016 and was released in 2011. Best futuristic call of duty Edit: woah mind if I ACT like an idiot and say thanks for this comment milestone.

[@illusv9498]

No it’s set on 2016 so it’s in the past.

[@Deathpool_04]

With that logic, all the MWs are the best futuristic CoDs because they came out before the events of the game take place. Lol

[@connorboyce9736]

Exactly The whole MW series is better than games with ass boosters and Ebola

[@lordpepperoni8040]

That near future cod was the best.

[@connorboyce9736]

best amv no the game takes place in 2016 It's only shortly after the last MW Watch the video

[@hermitgreenn]

Ten years later they did the same thing, but even worse.

[@BenjiMay_]

Just had a hell of a fun time replaying the campaign this weekend. Always loved this trilogy! Soap's a damn legend - RIP my man.

[@loveshank1511]

14:42 I always thought the "Objective Failed" was such a nice touch to this scene. It really helps to demonstrate Makarovs power, and the fact that it's the only time in the trilogy you see that red text makes it stand out even more. GG, Infinity Ward.

[@alexvirgoe4482]

Yeah, that caught my attention immediately it makes you go "Oh, shit." it was perfect.

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

Yup.

[@ERAKONZ90]

Loveshank imagine if it wasn’t in slo mo.

[@Kazuki_Fuse]

Yeah, I personally thought that seeing the words "Objective Failed." objectively was the biggest middle finger I had ever seen in my life. To do what you think would be right, actually ends up being wrong. Have to say though, opening that door and then being punched in the face by Price was a little bit of a shock after knowing that Soap knew that Yuri was tied to Makarov one way or another.

[@britecan8447]

OBJECTIVE FAILED. We'll Get em' next time.

[@honeyfarms2221]

"Makarov... knows... Yuri..." "Y-Yuri?" "Y-Y-Yuri... t-tarded..."

[@thiccbirb7740]

Bruh this should have wayy more likes

[@ClassicalGamerYT.]

XD "Soap trusted you"

[@comrademoshi1028]

good one

[@kinagrill]

Yuri has taken over with his Mind Dominator machines.

[@jockeyfield1954]

*tearing up* "That was a good one... Soap..." "Th-Thanks..." *dies*

[@oxygenwaste714]

I love how whe the menus change, Act Man loses his shit, but when they stay the same, he also loses his shit. Just an absolutely perfect example of the COD community

[@dum5247]

Username checks out

[@oxygenwaste714]

@@dum5247 I agree

[@everydaywhale994]

12:30 "Hey don't worry my dude, the doctor's here. I've been trained in the art of surgeon simulator, you know how good I am? I'm ready to GET IIIIIIIIIT"

[@adamdortiz]

This really seem to be a “Why MW3 was so AWESOME” video except a few minutes

[@badass6300]

well because it was. It had better multiplayer than MW2, better spec ops and it had survival on top of that.

[@StarXsu90]

@@badass6300 this is Debatable But for some reason I find both mw2 and 3 are Equally fun.

[@name-yk3de]

@@badass6300 i respect your opinion but i agree with the guy below your comment its a debatable topic i personally love mw2 alot more

[@elitapjohnson]

@@name-yk3de I think mw3 edges put mw2 because the campaign was so good. And it felt like there was more guns and modes

[@badass6300]

@@name-yk3de if they removed all the bullshit from MW2 and balanced the weapons, then I'd enjoy it as much as MW3, I'd even tolerate the 5-6 campers per lobby.

[@Lambdacore03]

MW1 graphics colors: Dark MW2 graphics colors: Light MW3 graphics colors: DARKER THAN MW1

[@Sir_Loin_]

Graphic colors

[@SaintTheNightstalker]

The lesson MW3 was trying to teach was that war is not pretty wether that be on the campaign or the MP or the spec ops it just says DONT THINK WAR IS COOL

[@trevorjohnson4015]

@@SaintTheNightstalker Which is cool and all but its still an arcade video game at the end of the day lol. the MP maps couldve been a lot better and then leave the campaign darker. I enjoyed the game regardless though

[@SaintTheNightstalker]

@@trevorjohnson4015 Rust in MW2 had to many Brown and oranges XD

[@trevorjohnson4015]

@@SaintTheNightstalker Now that you mention it, Afghan had to much dirt and sand everywhere too😂

[@TevyaSmolka]

Soap dying in this was way more tragic in this then the recent modern warfare 3 in my opinion.

[@redhood7778]

Oh shit. History repeats itself.

[@E55666]

Modern Warfare 3 felt like a totally different game to me back in the day, even if it was similar to 2. I had so much fun and the maps were very different and all that

[@qg1235]

I truly can't believe people didn't like it. It's the best COD along with MW2.

[@GrahamKali]

Thought I was the only one. It was the first COD game I bought and I had so much fun on it

[@turbodude]

mw3 felt like the pinnacle of cod multiplayer. basically took all the positive aspects of mw2 and improved on them. still my favorite to this day.

[@tywilliams7013]

For sure. Loved MW2 and MW3, felt like they made slight touch ups, without fucking up the game everybody loved. Wasn't sure why everyone hated it, the game was fun and did have differences from the prior, but followed the model.

[@turbodude]

@@tywilliams7013 after watching some of these mw2/mw3 videos I realized how much better mw3 actually was. They fixed a lot of the OP weapons and perks. Mw2 was kinda crazy with the shotguns and noob tubes.

[@I3enjino]

Spec ops survival is a HUGELY underrated gamemode that I still play once and awhile

[@NullPointerDereference]

Survival is my favorite thing about it

[@NullPointerDereference]

@@joeiTV if you have unlocked acr 6.8 that's pretty good and lmgs are good you can camp in the underground tunnel and on top of a bus but first you have to throw a grenade at it so that it wont explode later when enemies shoot at it

[@NullPointerDereference]

Btw underground is my favorite map

[@NullPointerDereference]

@@joeiTV also when juggernauts come you have to camp on top of the bus or spend thousands of dollars on predator missiles or sentries if you camp on the bus go to the middle left of it if you go to the back they will climb up on top of the bus and refill on ammo before camping

[@pricklycats]

Personally I don't think it's underrated at all. I would play it for hours on end with friends back in the day

[@duncanfirth]

Coming back to this in 2023 after the disaster mwf3 2023 release. Is refreshing.

[@st0nedpenguin]

I've been watching your videos fora few days now and wanted to say it's a breath of fresh air watching videos this long where all or at least most of the footage is actually your own. Most reviewers now just seem to loop trailer footage in the background.

[@ImFromFortnite]

Act Man: *Gives his reasons and opinions why Mw3 is Mediocre* MerkMusic: *Starts a war*

[@MrLongview]

Did he love the game? I only know of the Mw3 quad feed video but that’s it.

[@SlyderGaming]

Nikolai Rashad did something happen?

[@Moxo_]

Lol no, he just really loved the game back in the day and Nikolai made the joke that M3rk would bumrush Act Man with his thoughts on it. (Unless he decides to milk it, then that'd be interesting to see.)

[@meetra5073]

am i the only one who had mw3 as my fav cod game? except for maybe mw2

[@shilohchavis5392]

@@iceangelx22 yeah I love the two good weapons acr and mp7

[@sylvaticriver5428]

"Astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed" Damn never heard someone describe Activision more accurately

[@presidentjames9811]

All games before COD Ghosts were amazing and a wonderful part of my childhood.

[@User-vi6de]

It’s funny how he criticizes the old MW3 by saying you’re buying a 60 dollar update to a older game when that’s the exact same criticism people have for the new MW3 the fact they parallel so well is weird

[@srmitch9260]

I thought MW3 was an excellent game. One of my favourite call of duty’s.

[@measuredsul8586]

Me to

[@mattwalker9127]

Same

[@TomChase40]

This was my fav COD, don't know why, just had the most fun with it

[@mr_cookies352]

Me too

[@BabyN7]

ONE OF THE BEST CAMPAIGN

[@DefrankedChannel]

I understand the criticism of wanting the sequel to be different, but honestly I don't give three shits that the UI and menus look the same in 3 as in 2. Why fix what isn't broken?

[@OG-Jakey]

Exactly. Look at BO3 and BO4 haha literally the same game still had BO3 killstreak names show up! They broke the fuck out of ui!

[@hijones9420]

Thank you 🙏

[@elijah7937]

Preach.. Like i dont get why that's a problem.

[@DraxixDude]

He is biased against the game, he even admitted it.

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

@@DraxixDude He also praised aspects of it. So what?

[@rubiepie1158]

The Old MW3 looks like a masterpiece than the dogshit New Mw3.

[@notsocooldude7720]

It’s kind of amazing that considering all the internal issues at IW they managed to put out a finished product with mw3. 10 years later with a longer development cycle and a more stable environment they can barely manage to release a game that’s not a buggy mess with missing features and less content

[@Janzkrieg]

17:50 "But Soap is pissed" Um... I think you meant Price considering Soap is.... Kaput

[@TheActMan]

OOF

[@kap9619]

Soap had little... accident..

[@htmthegame1]

Off

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

He's on break (I'm not in denial damn it)

[@thatdudewelove8498]

he made a mistake! disliked and unsubscribed! lol

[@raflystiansahlatif5293]

I fucking loved survival man, still remembered playing that with my bro while screaming at each other to kill the juggernaut lol

[@bgitkkk]

ravey23 me to man! When I'm bored play survival on MW3.

[@thebestoneevermade]

Survival on that one train station map was the fucking best

[@N-GinAndTonicTM]

Survival was just amazing. Shame it never made a comeback. *ExoSurvivaldoesntcountpleasegoawayandnevermentionitagainthanks*

[@raflystiansahlatif5293]

@@sean270wn3 same, but we always ran outta points to get missiles lol

[@thebestoneevermade]

@@sean270wn3 was the only reasonable way to do it lol

[@S__a_m_u_r_a_i]

“Why is Call of Duty MWIII so Mediocre… AGAIN!!!”

[@jackbrunton9833]

Honestly it was so fun to do missions as a mix of special operations troops and average soldiers in massive counter attacks during the campaign, my favourite mission by far is the assault of Hamburg, the scale of the fighting in that mission was incredible and I was in a state of awe at the tanks and infantry as I pushed through from beaches in a d-day style landing with helicopters and boats. the street fighting with tanks being knocked out by AT fire and the sheer ferociousness of the combat was just sublime

[@briish1917]

Fans: *want developers to take all the best from the previous game and put it into the next game* Also fans: AAAH THIS EVERYTHING WAS IN THE LAST GAME AND NOTHING MORE!!!!!!!! "11!1!11

[@wizardgaming3313]

Cod community in a nutshell.

[@traytonvanderecken9329]

@@wizardgaming3313 True very true

[@Dedition]

@@wizardgaming3313 Halo community in a nutshell too

[@wizardgaming3313]

Dedition Oh no trust me they want halo to be the exact same as halo 3 now which I don’t want because I don’t want to play halo 3 over and over again.

[@Dedition]

@@wizardgaming3313 Yeah. Exactly what I was affirming. Keep asking for, "no sprint, simple movement" and so on. A lot of the fans simply want H3 again.

[@ColonelPeppers]

In Modern Warfare 2, Corporal Dunn basically asked: "when are we going to Moscow?" That should have been Modern Warfare 3, fighting in the Kremlin and the Red Square.

[@ZapWires]

I know right, it's the one missed opportunity.

[@Gangst3r4ever]

Indeed

[@NhBleker]

Still waiting for that certain time for when it is right.

[@anthonycruz3843]

Technically we did take the fight to them but the us and the other allies stayed in Europe, heck what they could have done is have delta capture the chemical specialist and when they do you have to go back to friendly line and before its over you and your forces have to fight the russian at the border.

[@juniorslothsix5562]

It could be mw4, let’s not forget there still is a war raging between the US and Russia

[@pulsewright7343]

Now lets compare from new to old and see which one did better

[@definetlynotamainacc8773]

Man we really had it good back then...

[@jakobe2076]

The golden age is 2007-2012. In my opinion MW3 was a stone game and is a part of the good days

[@KayJay01]

For me 2007-2013. Ghosts I didn’t like at the time it came out, but looking back at it I actually quite enjoyed it. AW was the first game that didn’t interest me in the slighest (because of the exo mechanics which apparently reappeared in every single game since, except for wwii which was just bad anyway).

[@EatThePath-7]

For me it was 2005-2009. COD2, MW1, WaW (well, i don't like that much WaW, but i get why many people do) and MW2. With another small period when Black Ops 2 was around (MP was great, and the campaign did a bit more than just recycle the mw formula like the first BOps). I wish i could say COD1 too but i didn't play it at the time (the game is great tho). From there i don't really think the franchise was ever as good. Enjoyable?, yeah sure, but not great like those days when the OG Infinity Ward was around (and Treyarch atleast tried to do interesting stuff like zombies or the bo2 campaign).

[@morningstar7896]

Ghost still better than every cod after it

[@_Cato_]

901_gamer You're not wrong. Ghosts isn't the best by far but it outclasses every subsequent CoD. It gets too much hate.

[@garrettmccord]

Whats the shittiest Cod...

[@adamwall7852]

I actually loved the familiarity between MW2 and MW3. Some of the points you brought up were very valid, but as a kid, I never minded, and just REALLY enjoyed the improvements to the game. In fact, I might even have the most hours from the COD series in MW3.

[@MCoconut97]

Agreed!

[@ethanhowley5843]

Yep I feel the same way

[@MrAlyux]

literally me word for word

[@scottdoherty7531]

I loved all the menu's being the same, they were damn near perfect In mw2, so why fix what ain't broke? I will admit new reload animations would have been cool tho.

[@abewear2882]

I never minded the similarities either.

[@Trevor6714]

The multiplayer of mw3 was a little less intense for good reason. It’s the first cod I truly attempted to grind. The devs talking about the skill gap on mw2 from pros vs noobs hit the head right on the nail. When I frosted jumped into mw2 I would average like 3-4 kills with like 15-20 deaths. It was frustrating yet addicting

[@techboma]

One of my favourite things was how the strike package was tied to each class, so you could change load-outs and streaks mid game that was awesome. Ohh and the turn off dlc maps feature which should be in every bloody game!

[@ABritishPakistani]

MW3 front cover is best cover cause he can say the N word

[@TheActMan]

I have the pass now

[@BuggiesGyat]

@@TheActMan are you going to say it

[@mts9266]

@private pickle ur echo can

[@KBow]

@private pickle That's correct, sir. However, the people in your house must say it when they are in your room.

[@mariusspadasinul]

Those god damn nigerians!

[@superturtle64]

Act Man makes the best Nostalgic game videos. Prove me wrong.

[@Laserjet-po3rc]

Brian Hafey Night he makes the Best VIDEOS on the internet

[@followerofteaandspice1815]

@@Laserjet-po3rc that's subjective

[@Laserjet-po3rc]

etruscan boar vessel No it’s a fact.

[@christophertorrijos115]

I can't

[@shahjuned9294]

I would but I can't cuz you're right

[@DrSprigs]

MW3 was MW2 cleaned up.

[@pixelninja5646]

1:07 I like that they made sure to lable the chicken as a tactical point in the hype footage, just in case any of us were confused as to what a chicken is

[@skumar2696]

"They trying to kidnap the president and his daughter. Over my empty vodka bottle" :-)) :-))

[@TheActMan]

I thought that was clever ;)

[@Dabadi4834]

DIE SATANS MINIONS

[@Paintotheworld11]

"Mw3 didn't provide new and unique game modes " Infected All or nothing Team defender MITD All the community playslist lol . Mw3 is probably top 3 for me .

[@PP7Silenced]

And kill confirmed. A staple game mode in all COD games since.

[@Paintotheworld11]

@@PP7Silenced true. Team defender is my favorite game mode . I had so much fun finding new set ups to defend and keep the flag . Riot shields. Exposives. I remember it got crazy af !!

[@Illuym]

ll 1stPlace ll face off

[@fuckingbellend1145]

Yeah this act man is just a fucking nerd! I bet he's got iron man posters in his bedroom

[@salmanbajwa73]

I can see that infected wasn't really an original mode,but your arguement stands for the other modes. I guess the issue is that though it provided some new modes that weren't really creative...Rather just few changes to existing ones (which includes infected)

[@dominickkramer6469]

man. this aged poorly.