Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is an exceptional shooter game that advances the franchise in exciting ways, but it’s certainly not without flaws.

Call of Duty : Modern Warfareis an exceptionalCall of Dutygame and represents a meaningful step forward for the long - running franchise - despite it effectively being a reboot of the brand ’s most notable series - but there are still plenty of flaw that foreclose it from reaching its true potentiality . Much of this has to do with the centre multiplayer component that seems to have been simultaneously improved and aggravate when compared to previous game .

For years , Call of Dutyhas been the title to stick when it comes to multiplayer shooters . thing have fall by the roadside with vent such asAdvanced Warfareand perhaps evenBlack Ops 4 , which had a conflict royale fashion that failed to entrance players in the foresightful campaign , butCall of Dutynever sincerely lost its foothold in the genre . Modern Warfare ’s multiplayer aims to - and successfully does - retake the legerdemain the first and secondModern Warfaregames had all those years ago . But for every advancement , there ’s almost an equal amount of regression .

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That is evident by the fantabulous developments made toModern Warfare ’s weapons , customization , and bm - the core action aspects of a shooter game - but as a shooter title , it ’s clear correctly off the bat that some weapons have fallen through the shot and need to be re - balanced , such as the infamous 725 scattergun . Anyone who find themselves in the great deal of someone with that arm can expect to recede the fight , no matter what . It ’s comically derisory how solid the scattergun is , but perhaps that ’s in trueModern Warfarefashion as the Model 1887 shotgun inModern Warfare 2was just as overpowered .

Beyond the weapons , one of the other focal points ofModern Warfare ’s multiplayer is the modes . In addition to bringing backCall of Dutyclassics like Domination , Headquarters , and Search and Destroy , Modern Warfareaims to expand the franchise ’s grasp with Gunfight - a mellow yet somewhat hasty 2 vs. 2 modality that guide aspiration from duos in other title - with Ground War expanding upon what throw aCall of Dutygame aCall of Dutygame . With 32 musician on each team , fomite breed throughout the area , and the turgid map inModern Warfarehistory , Ground Warwants to be Activision ’s version of Battlefield . Unfortunately , it ’s only a pitiable impersonation ; all of the fundamental elements that make a large - scurf arena special have been lost in the devising of this biz style and it ’s missing so many indispensable basics from Battlefield that it feel half - parched .

What ’s interesting is that some of the fundamental defect that harass the previousCall of Dutygames , once again , have managed to creep into 2019’sModern Warfare . Sure , it ’s a shooter secret plan so of course , shooting the foeman would be the precedence . But the majority of modes are still objective - base , and for some grounds , Modern Warfarehas reverted to efficaciously penalize those who prioritize fill in the object over getting kills . It ’s been this path for years , but late installment attempted to balance out the grading system . At some period , all of that was thrown out the windowpane .

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Some of that could be said for the maps as well . Overall , Modern Warfare ’s multiplayer maps are well thought out and well place out , but not for all modality . For Team Deathmatch , Headquarters , and Search and Destroy , each single-valued function is nearly complete , but for Domination , as an example , diddle on a mapping like Euphrates Bridge is rather pointless . Not even one arcminute after start the catch , the unbalance becomes painfully clear . What really makesModern Warfare ’s multiplayer stand up out from the crowd , though , is its crossplay capability . After all these years , a triple - A statute title - one especially on the scale ofCall of Duty- has eventually implement seamless crossplay . It ’ll end up saving the community in the retentive running , and Infinity Ward bonk that .

Aside from the multiplayer , one of the most exciting parts of the game is its campaign . Modern Warfare ’s story bring back the brutal , unethical , and uncomfortable - ness established in the first two serial instalment in a truly engaging fashion - bounce around between outdoor mission that require sniper rifles to indoor missions that apply cubicles for cover . But the popcorn - like crusade fails to decent represent the true events that inspired virtually every mission . What ’s show instead are events that are essentially evidence through rose - colored spyglass , albeit with hints of savagery spit throughout . Having said that , the story is captivating and the close will surely excite lover of theModern Warfarestory . But above all , theModern Warfarecampaign introduces novel construct into theCall of Dutyfranchise and takes leap - truly , vast leaps - in nontextual matter , particularly in the nighttime military mission . It ’s aCall of Dutygame at heart but something else completely in much every other way .

Overall , Modern Warfarehasn’t lost theCall of Dutytouch , and it ’s separate through a ceiling that ’s hold the franchise back over these past few days . Whereas other shooter games have excelled , Call of Dutytried to hold back what made the franchise special in the first place - but it did so in all the incorrect ways . There ’s an underlying level of awareness of that fact act inModern Warfare , and the in style installment does take the right steps frontwards in both the cause and multiplayer modes . Yet , it ’s not all the mode there .

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There are still quite a few thing that have n’t been fitly germinate , not to name lack , namely from theSpec Ops mode . Plus , the promise of a Battle Pass is discouraging , and so is the potential for more in - plot purchases . As long as those thing are held back and the rollout of raw map and newSpec Opsmissions are done in a proper way of life , thenCall of Duty : Modern Warfarestands to be one of the better shooters this generation , though surely not the best . Its underlying gameplay , its graphics , and its presume raw modes - like NVG - are quite promising … and entertaining , after all .

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Call of tariff : Modern Warfareis useable now on Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , and personal computer . Screen Rant was provide with an Xbox One copy for the purposes of this reappraisal .

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