- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III has finally been fully released
- However, fans seem very dissatisfied with the title’s single-player content
- This could be due to the campaign being rushed in development
Modern Warfare III’s campaign has been criticized for being short and lackluster, which could be caused by Activision rushing the developers if recent rumors are to be believed.
MWIII Campaign Receives Criticism
After months of waiting, it has finally come – the launch of CoD: Modern Warfare III, one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year. However, it doesn’t seem like everything is all sunshine and rainbows, as over the past few weeks, players who had preordered the game have criticized some of its features.
Even the game’s campaign has not escaped criticism as many players have found it to be rather short and lacking various elements that would make it interesting. Some have even described MWIII’s single-player content as poorly written and lacking tension, stakes, and originality. All of this is in clear contradiction to the original MW3, which was released back in 2011 and was revered for its storytelling.
However, there seems to be an answer to how the new game’s campaign feels so off. A recent Bloomberg report suggests that MWIII’s single-player content was rushed and a lot of the staff members weren’t told many details of what they are supposed to do with it.
Apparently, when the project was still being worked on, it was not even going to be a full-fledged remake of the original MW3. Instead, it was supposed to be “a smaller-scale Modern Warfare spinoff set in Mexico that would be more achievable on a short timeline than the usual globe-trotting escapades of a full new campaign”.
However, these plans changed when Activision decided to reboot the story and instead wanted the devs to make a direct sequel to Modern Warfare II centering on the villain Vladimir Makarov and featuring missions all across the world. This forced the studio to complete the new campaign in roughly 16 months — the shortest development time for a new Call of Duty game in years.
The results of this are evident as MWIII has received bleak reviews from many outlets. GameSpot critic S.E. Doster offered a “mediocre” 5/10 rating, and a declaration that the story “doesn’t do much worth seeing.” Meanwhile, IGN’s review was an even worse 4/10, with critic Simon Cardy writing “if this is the quality we’ve come to expect from Call of Duty campaigns, maybe it’s for the best if a year or two is taken to reset and raise this low bar back to the heights of old.”
Unfortunately for Modern Warfare III, fans have not been easy on it over the past couple of weeks during the beta testing period and pre-order gaming. The new Open Combat Missions mode also received a lot of criticism, with players saying much of the same as the campaign – that the content was lackluster and “lazy”.
Although MWIII was one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, it seems things don’t look as good as they should now that the game has been fully released. Time will tell if Activision will be able to add other things to make up for what players have found dissatisfying in the game.
