Summary
WhileCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3has received a lot of criticism over its perceived lack of original content, it does have some unique multiplayer offerings that just need a bit more appreciation to realize its full potential. Away from the campaign and Zombies modes of the release, the underused War game mode is arguablyMW3’s most with the most potential going forward.
War has only appeared once before in the franchise beforeCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and the recent title has not done much to give the mode enough variety ever since it launched in 2023. As attention is starting to turn towards 2024’s Treyarch-led release for theCall of Dutyfranchise, War deserves to become a staple of the series' multiplayer going forward, as long as it gets the amount of content that it needs to truly shine.
Call of Duty’s War Needs More Attention Going Forward
War was first introduced toCall of Dutywith 2017’sCall of Duty: WW2, being a larger-scale objective-based mode that is a big departure from the usual 6v6 gameplay of the IP. With both teams switching between attack and defense, players work their way through several zones of linear maps, giving a layer of strategy and teamwork toCall of Dutythat most of its other modes do not offer.
After a long absence,Sledgehammer Games revived the mode forModern Warfare 3, showing how War can exist in essentially any setting and does not necessarily have to be constricted to huge real-world conflicts like the Second World War. While fans were interested in re-experiencing such an interesting mode inMW3, it is clear that the recent title has not done nearly enough to bolster its take on War.
The most glaring example of this lies in the map variety of War inModern Warfare 3, with only one experience being available for some time after the game’s release. Operation Spearhead was the only War map inMW3for three months until the launch of Season Two of the title on February 7.Season Two ofMW3introduced the new War map Operation Tin Man, although this still makesMW3’s War map roster pail in comparison toWW2’s launch War maps.
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Call of Duty 2024’s Setting Could Be What War Needs to Thrive
Despite the lack of variety inModern Warfare 3’s take on War, the game mode is receiving a lot of positive attention throughout the community, with the promise of more maps in future seasonal updates creating a lot of hype. As long as it is carried forward with a greater launch map-pool and better rewards for play, War could easily become a staple feature ofthis year’sCall of Dutyreleaseand beyond.
Current rumors point toward2024’sCall of Dutyentry to be a continuation of theBlack Opsseries, allegedly being set during the Gulf War. This would give Treyarch a lot of real-world inspiration for a more robust War mode within the project, withWW2’s War mode doing so well thanks to its realistic settings. If these rumors end up being true, then 2024 could finally be the year that War is taken a step further, with increased variety and rewards giving the mode a firm foothold in the future ofCall of Duty.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world. In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet
