As with every CoD game, Modern Warfare 3’s storyline takes several twists and turns. It is almost as if you are following several storylines and it can be confusing at times, hence why I would recommend you play the single player campaign a second time so that many of the events that directly tie into the events that occurred in the previous Modern Warfare games are understood. Similar to previous CoD games, the single player campaign has you playing as more than one character. Several of the missions that take place involve Price and Soap’s hunt for Makarov while other missions involve an American squad of soldiers attempting to fight back the Russian invasion. Makarov and his men are kidnapping important political figures and they have secured some chemical weapons. Meanwhile, Modern Warfare’s familiar cast of characters, Price and Soap, along with Nikolai, are on the hunt for Makarov. The Russians have also expended their attacks into Europe, including England, France, and Germany. The Russians have continued their invasion into the United States, most notably New York City. The events in Modern Warfare 3 follow immediately after the events of Modern Warfare 2. Yet, before I get into some of the games new features and multiplayer aspects of the game I will just recap Modern Warfare 3’s single player storyline. This time around, the improvement is significant making Modern Warfare 3 the definitive CoD game to date. The leap from the original Modern Warfare to Modern Warfare 2 was slight, but it was an improvement nonetheless. Although Modern Warfare 2 took the “if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it” approach they still managed to improve the single player and multiplayer experience. The last time Infinity Ward developed a CoD game they followed up with a great sequel to the original Modern Warfare game. Can developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games knock one out of the park and please the masses? You better believe they do and in a big way.
This year, Modern Warfare 3 arrives, and just like last year it has some pretty big shoes to fill and some gigantic expectations from those CoD fans that want bigger and better every year. When Call of Duty: Black Ops arrived on the scene last year it managed to break records in the sales department and critics abroad praised Treyarch for cranking out arguably the best Call of Duty game to date. Year after year new Call of Duty games arrive with each new one seemingly able to up ante over the previous one. Over the years, many publishers and developers have attempted to create an FPS experience comparable to Activision’s beloved franchise, but inevitably they fall short and are unable to take down the shooter of all shooters. Many, including myself, have considered the Call of Duty franchise the heavyweight champion of first person shooters.