I would like to preface this entire post with the following statement; I realize that in some cases I can be hypocritical. For months I sort of raged against Activision following the release of Black Ops and in regards to how broken Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer became over the course of time. Still I ended up swallowing my pride and purchased Modern Warfare 3 on day one and I have to be honest in saying that I don't regret a damned thing. I thought that I would. Hell I even swore off the game at one point, stating that I'd rather put my money and time behind Battlefield 3(until I played and disliked the BF3 beta.) So here it is and I'm giving this franchise even more coverage despite the fact that it doesn't really need it. The game sold more than $400 million dollars worth in the first 24 hours alone. Still, I'd like to talk about my time with the game and what I feel some people may enjoy. Also I'll be reviewing the single player campaign. Saddle up ladies and gentlemen, this is Modern Warfare 3.
Story
Like with most reviews I don't want to spoil anything in case you readers plan to play the game in question. When it comes to MW3 there's a fair bit of business here that can be spoiled but I'll do my best to give you some broad strokes. Picking up after the events of Modern Warfare 3 we're tossed into the ongoing struggle invasion that Makarov has launched on pretty much a worldwide scale. Because of the epic scale you'll be tasked with taking control of two different groups throughout the campaign, playing as either a character named Yuri or a character code named Frost. This can sometimes seemingly make things disjointed as far as the story is concerned but towards the end the two groups begin to converge. Being the battles span the globe you'll find yourself participating in epic battles in varying locales including New York, London, and Paris. All this leads to a very satisfying and considerably stunning storyline conclusion.
The only problem is that as good as some of these sequences are and as intense as the battles become, this whole thing clocks in at about 5 hours. I know the main campaign isn't the meat and potatoes of this series, it never has been. But as someone who actually enjoyed how fun some of the missions were I would have liked to see them lengthened just a bit. Finishing the campaign in roughly 5-6 hours just seemed far too short for a campaign. Regardless though if you're into single player at all you should find this rewarding and an excellent end to the Modern Warfare trilogy.
