Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (Treyarch for the Wii version), with Raven Software having assisted in development and…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an adventure developed by Infinity Ward, released 8 November 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 13.3 hrs to finish.
What Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an adventure game developed by Infinity Ward and released in 2011. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on IW Engine. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On August 17, 2016, hours after killing General Shepherd, Captain Price and Nikolai evacuate a dying John "Soap" MacTavish from Site Hotel Bravo, Afghanistan. Soap receives medical attention in a safehouse run by Nikolai's Loyalist allies in Himachal Pradesh, India, but Vladamir Makarov's forces arrive in an attempt to kill the trio. After the doctor is shot down, Yuri, Nikolai's best soldier, who has as much a grudge against Makarov as Price, gives Soap an adrenaline shot to keep his heart going, and helps secure a safe route out of the country. Meanwhile, the war between Russia and the United States continues, despite the U.S. Capital being secured. The actions of Delta Force's Team Metal…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 18 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 76 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Call of Duty series
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the 62nd of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Defiance in 2011. Its critic score of 81 is 8 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.
How it was received
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 1,173 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 23 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better, 2 GB RAM and Shader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600GT / ATI® Radeon™ X1950 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 16GB.
What it launched against
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launched on 8 November 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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