I'm guessing the game still feels like you're just a camera floating around a level as opposed to the shooting and/or movement having any weight to it.

and still a boring scripted mess, much like Battlefield 3's single player, at least that game redeems itself with a pretty different multiplayer experience compared to camping for unbalanced killstreaks.

@Waffles13 said:

@Contro

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I've already taken a sneaky look at the first two missions, and I've been quite impressed by what I've seen.

The New York stuff is cool, but once the game moves into mainland Europe shit gets real.

I've seen bit of the London thing, that looked really exciting, hearing their voices in my home town :)

Considering the fact that there is going to be MW4, did they leave themselves some room to continue the story or will they just need to make the next game? Also will the next game have to be in space in order to outdo the previous game (as is tradition).

@Waffles13 said:

@Contro

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I've already taken a sneaky look at the first two missions, and I've been quite impressed by what I've seen.

The New York stuff is cool, but once the game moves into mainland Europe shit gets real.

I've seen bit of the London thing, that looked really exciting, hearing their voices in my home town :)

I just wanna say that I was as skeptical as everyone about this game, given the IW drama and the lackluster previews. Just beat it in one sitting (5-6 hours, shocking, I know) on 360 (fuck you, Activision) and I thought it was damn great. Note that I also really liked MW2, even thought the actual story was weird and kind of nonsensical.
 
Anyway, I'm not going to get anywhere near spoilertown here, but if you liked either of the previous MW games, then this is just as good, if not better. The story is much more coherent and while not quite realistic, makes much more sense from a motivation standpoint. The set pieces are just as good as ever, and for all the bitching everyone has about how the graphics are so inferior to everything else, you need to look at the damn game before making that judgement. Yes, the textures are subpar and the particle effects don't have all the bells and whistles, but it runs at 60FPS. It cannot be understated how great it makes the game look in action, and considering the shit they throw at you in the larger scripted moments, it's damned impressive on 360 hardware.
 
So yeah, that's my snap reaction; I did just beat it about fifteen minutes ago. Also, if you're wondering if MW3 somehow feels lacking or without heart due to the internal situation at IW, it doesn't. Sure, they had a billion people working to make sure it was as good as the prequels, but in the end I guess those folks that were fired/quit weren't quite as vital to the development process as everyone thought (for the record, I know COD4 would never have happened without those people and they are extremely talented, I'm just saying in a post COD4 world the game doesn't appear any worse for wear).

So does it leave room for MW4 or can you see them finally moving on to a new arc?

I have my own opinions about MW2's REAL story...

I've heard a few other views along these lines. I've already bought the game, primarily for the singleplayer, which I'm hoping is on par with MW's. I didn't like MW2's singleplayer at all, it was hard to follow and I found it actually took away from the gameplay immersion.

My game is Steam loaded and ready, I can't wait. I've already taken a sneaky look at the first two missions, and I've been quite impressed by what I've seen.

So does it leave room for MW4 or can you see them finally moving on to a new arc?

I have my own opinions about MW2's REAL story...

@NTM

@Waffles13: That's cool. I have a question about the graphics, though I'm not worrying about them. I just wanted to know, is it as big (or small) a jump as from what we've seen Call of Duty 4, to Modern Warfare 2 was? Because that was a good enough improvement for it to look like one of the best 2009 games of that year.

@Contro

I've already taken a sneaky look at the first two missions, and I've been quite impressed by what I've seen.

I'm guessing the game still feels like you're just a camera floating around a level as opposed to the shooting and/or movement having any weight to it.

Wave after wave of enemies, oh a turret section, vehicle section, wave after wave of enemies. Did I just sum up the campaign?

@NTM:

The 360 footage online looks impressive, I know I was impressed. The textures are a simplistic in areas, but the animation and effects are a step up imo. Take the games prologue for instance, that looks much beefier now, there's a lot more going on in screen than was shown at E3. The game has got it's final coat of polish by the looks of things, it's got that super glossy cinematic visual quality, that most gamers will expect from this series now. There's also more diversity in the locations, winch should help as it gives developers an opportunity to experiment.

They know they have to impress in all areas if they're to continue with this release structure, because they can't churn out the some old thing and expect people to pay out year upon year. BF3 would have had some positive impact also I think.

Give me spoilers. I might rent the game next year, certainly not buying it, so tell me somethings that happen in the single-player so I may rent it sooner.

What difficulty did you beat the game on?

I got it at noon on saturday and finished it around 7-8pm. It was a solid singel player campaign and i enjoyed it more than i did BF3. It is what you've come to expect from a MW game. Intense moments with barely no down time. The fact that they keep putting collectables in there is beyond me because i always feel in such a hurry that i run past most every one of them. I also tried my hand at the black ops and wow, very very much improved. Co-op should be very much fun with these.

@Waffles13:Goddamnit, saying it's pretty wrapped up is making me really want to buy it, as I still want to know how it ends for Price and Soap (Don't tell me!). Anyways, could you let me know how much of it is Price and Soap doing crazy ridiculous shit and how much is just playing as a no-name dude running around and doing other shit? If it's a ton of Price and Soap and their stories seem to come to a satisfying close I might pick this up as much as I told myself I was going to wait for it to drop in price significantly...

Two more hours to go in the UK.

@Waffles13: So if essentially if an individual loved previous Call of Duty campaigns done by IW, this would be a must play campaign for them also?

@Waffles13:Goddamnit, saying it's pretty wrapped up is making me really want to buy it, as I still want to know how it ends for Price and Soap (Don't tell me!). Anyways, could you let me know how much of it is Price and Soap doing crazy ridiculous shit and how much is just playing as a no-name dude running around and doing other shit? If it's a ton of Price and Soap and their stories seem to come to a satisfying close I might pick this up as much as I told myself I was going to wait for it to drop in price significantly...

What difficulty did you beat the game on?

@Waffles13 said:

@xobballox said:

@Waffles13:Goddamnit, saying it's pretty wrapped up is making me really want to buy it, as I still want to know how it ends for Price and Soap (Don't tell me!). Anyways, could you let me know how much of it is Price and Soap doing crazy ridiculous shit and how much is just playing as a no-name dude running around and doing other shit? If it's a ton of Price and Soap and their stories seem to come to a satisfying close I might pick this up as much as I told myself I was going to wait for it to drop in price significantly...

First I'll say that the Task Force 141 story fucking ends in this game. Unless they completely, uttlerly combustive some new threat for those two guys to face, there is nothing left for them to do by the end of the game.\ As far as relative play times, there are five characters that you actually play as in the game (along with a couple of throwaway perspectives), and out of those four, three are one mission only. The vast majority is split pretty much 50/50 between the Task Force 141 stuff, where you play as a new guy named Yuri (which is good because you still get to see Soap and Price interact) and a Delta Force team member named Frost, that is basically a new version of the Ramirez/Keith David team from MW2. The main difference is that, whereas in MW2 the two storylines were pretty much completely separate, the Delta/141 stories here intertwine very nicely. I don't want to say too much, but just because 141 is disavowed doesn't mean they don't have interactions with the rest of the war effort.

Damn, you're really tempting me :P I really want to see how Price and Soap's story ends. I may have to pick this up now. Thanks for the reply!

Heres my question, did you notice any significant single player glitches? Battlefield 3 had COUNTLESS glitches on the ps3, with QTEs not working, and some scripted events just simply wouldn't happen when they where supposed to. I could actually clip through a few buildings in single player. Black ops,sometimes the hit detection just didn't work right, and *not so much a glitch* I found many enemie spawn points throughout the game.

I'll probably rent MW3 later tonight through redbox, but I hope the experience is as good as the other IW call of duty games. Battlefield 3s campaign had sooo much promise, at least technically, and it had a bit too many problems to be fully immersed

No you didn't. Stop being silly.

@Waffles13: So if essentially if an individual loved previous Call of Duty campaigns done by IW, this would be a must play campaign for them also?

Give me spoilers. I might rent the game next year, certainly not buying it, so tell me somethings that happen in the single-player so I may rent it sooner.

Heres my question, did you notice any significant single player glitches?

No you didn't. Stop being silly.

@Waffles13: Is there any moments where your like " WTF just happened that was crazy over the top"

@Waffles13: Is there any moments where your like " WTF just happened that was crazy over the top"

That final mission was fucking amazing.

What a great way to send out the trilogy.

edit: Music by Brian Tyler, Idris Elba and Timothy Olyphant were voice actors (Truck and Grinch?)

That credits music made me almost tear up.. Almost like a swan song for Infinity Ward..I feel like this is the end of Call of Duty (for me, not for Activision..)

Oh I am so pleased to hear this..It will be hard to stay away from this game till I finish Uncharted 3.

My game has just unlocked and about to play :P

Just beat it on normal in 4 hours and 9 minutes.

@MisterChief: If the "normal" difficulty is as easy as it was for the past COD games, I'm going to play through on hardened first go.