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Modern Warfare 3 Expands Spec Ops Into New Survival Mode

Aerial bombardments, chemical strikes, dogs with bombs strapped to their chests? That's easy. But the Juggernaut? He's the toughie.

Aug. 9 2011

Posted by: Matt

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Really 1887's again? Have they learned nothing? God they try to cover up their horrible mistakes by making everything look flashy and by adding MORE GAMES MODES!!!!

This game has become about multiplayer sadly, I wish people would not get fooled by Kotick's tricks.

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Day one purchase

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This looks way too much like MW2. And I have a sneaking suspicion that they won't solve any of the major plot conflicts from MW2 in the story mode.

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looks like fun.

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Shit. I have to buy this then

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I could not care less about how little innovation MW3 brings to the FPS genre. The hand-off between action and reward is precise and beautiful, so while Infinity Ward (or what is left of it) isn't moving games forward, they'll always be a day-one purchase. They aren't of the Jonathan Blow or That Game Company movement, but they know how to trigger endogenous morphine. That next-level guitar riff never fails to make me grin. Because it's important to games as a media? Because it just feels right. It's like candy. As you mature, you learn its proper place in the nutrition pyramid. But you never totally forsake that one childhood favorite... 
 
EDIT: And regarding the outrage about the exploding dogs... I suppose stabbing people is a perfectly normal activity? Really, people, priorities... Not to mention that the idea is so ridiculous that I can't help chuckling over it. I mean, explosive dogs? REALLY?!

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So many delicious numbers nom nom nom nom.

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@roughplague said:

GET EXCITED PEOPLE, SOON YOU WILL HAVE MW3, THE..the same game you've been playing since the 2007 release of modern warfare, with subtle tweaks and weapons, jeez you could've just have released multiplayer downloadable content every so often and you'll probly have more innovation than these games have been getting. multiplayer is what everyone plays anyways. oh and oh-yay, they added horde mode, people like that right!?
cant blame em though, they're selling like hotcakes so of course they're gonna try and make it as much as the last one as possible.
and as @Buzzkill said:

Exploding dogs is disgusting. They should pull this from the market.

I totally agree with him, what the fuck is wrong with people, and how is this in any way acceptable!? people thinks it's cool and shit because it's in their favorite game, is that what you're marketing to!? sociopa...oh wait, I forgot about the online gamechat. that's fucked up though, they should remove it from the game entirely, because I'd accept it if it depicted the horrors of it, not when it's a fucking perk or a weapon or whatever

Really? You could kill the dogs in W@W and BLOPS. Hell you can kill dogs in Fallout too.

Also have you seen this game, it's fucking nuts, and dogs with C4 attached to them is fucking nuts.

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I cannot see the difference between this and MW2. I mean honestly is there a difference?

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@roughplague said:

GET EXCITED PEOPLE, SOON YOU WILL HAVE MW3, THE..the same game you've been playing since the 2007 release of modern warfare, with subtle tweaks and weapons

If that were true I might still be buying them.

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I won't judge til November. Until then, I'll be the better man....

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pretty good mw2 mod they got there--$60 DOLLARS WHAT???

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the sound design for this trailer feels like its apeing Battlefield 3's sound design.  interesting...

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Doesn't look to impressive. 

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Edited By roughplague

GET EXCITED PEOPLE, SOON YOU WILL HAVE MW3, THE..the same game you've been playing since the 2007 release of modern warfare, with subtle tweaks and weapons, jeez you could've just have released multiplayer downloadable content every so often and you'll probly have more innovation than these games have been getting. multiplayer is what everyone plays anyways. oh and oh-yay, they added horde mode, people like that right!?
cant blame em though, they're selling like hotcakes so of course they're gonna try and make it as much as the last one as possible.
and as @Buzzkill said:

Exploding dogs is disgusting. They should pull this from the market.

I totally agree with him, what the fuck is wrong with people, and how is this in any way acceptable!? people thinks it's cool and shit because it's in their favorite game, is that what you're marketing to!? sociopa...oh wait, I forgot about the online gamechat.
that's fucked up though, they should remove it from the game entirely, because I'd accept it if it depicted the horrors of it, not when it's a fucking perk or a weapon or whatever
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I don't know if it's just the video but the weapon sounds pretty bad when compared to BF3. It sounds like they are shooting BB gun.

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This looks pretty cool. Seems like that hoard mode is what I will be playing for a long time.

Hopefully the PC version is competent unlike B.O on day one (I haven't played B.O on PC but I heard the port was a bit of a mess.)

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Yup. Looks like a Modern Warfare. Will probably be fun.

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@Doctorchimp
I'm insane to think this won't sell Black Ops numbers right?
I think it will outsell blops simply because it says modern warfare on the box.
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@LiquidSwords said:

Better than Catherine

Wut? When did you play Modern Warfare 3? How are the two even comparable?
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Is there any way to shut that fucking pilot's voice off?

Be advised, Be advised, Be advised, Beadvisedbeadvised beasidbesaisevbsebsivbeaiebvviavaievbviabveiab

@Hashbrowns said:

@Buzzkill said:

Exploding dogs is disgusting. They should pull this from the market.

Really should have been cats.

I can picture it now. *hisss!* REEEOOOOOWWWRR *BOOM!*

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that looks amazing, COD is really getting close to genius

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It's not that it doesn't look good, it's just that it looks the same.

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I really really like cod. And i've enjoyed black ops a huge amount. But this...i dunno. I dont wanna join the "wahh wahh lets hate cod" train, but i just dont want mw3 to be the same high powered explosion fest as mw2. When i watched that trailer, as cool as seeing a helicopter blowing a billion things up from the sky is. Much experience has taught me that when on the ground these things are nicht fun!

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Was that Bruce Greenwood I heard?

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Better than Catherine

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This looks almost exactly like MW2. Surprised they didn't give the UI a big overhaul just so it was slightly different

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I would bitch about this looking exactly the same as Modern Warfare 2, but it's pointless. My friends are going to buy it, so I'm going to buy it in order to play with them, and then I'll enjoy it but say I think I've had enough after this installment... and thus the cycle begins anew.

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Looks good, glad I skipped out on buying Black Ops so I can actually get excited about this.

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More of the same. Looks like COD:BO and MW2. Meh. No more $15 map packs. No more console-centric design. No thanks.

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Dude, the beginning of this trailer is so inspired by BF3... didn't anyone else notice that?

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@TheHBK: Pretty sure MW2 had a lot broken in it, so let's hope that they do fix it for the sake of the fans of the series.
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Zombies with guns?

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Dont fix what aint broke.

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Will buy this just for the spec ops mode.

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olol call of doody!! $ctivision! stupid xbox bros
 
battlefield 4 lyfe!!!1

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Look at all those helicopters!

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It's insane how much this game looks EXACTLY like MW2.

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Here's what I noticed- Redish/strawberry screens a lot, a knife kill that lunged 5+ feet, little to no kick on the guns and overall it looks like a clone of the previous games. But those are definitely not bad things when you consider the people who play this game.

Although it's nice to see them get a mode like this I guess. Looks more entertaining than Zombies.

Daveyo520- "Also I love people hating on the game because it is the cool thing to do."

Given the reasons why people say they hate it, they're pretty fair opinions. Just because someone dislikes a game doesn't mean they're trying to fit in/be cool. It could just be their honest opinion.

Shisnopi- "The similarities between this and Mw2 are just uncanny. Its like they just made modifications to the actual game and not the engine."

That's what the fans want when it comes to this game, more of the same every year. If they came out with a game that didn't have killstreaks/perks, but instead added different things that could change up the gameplay, and then talked about their new engine, the majority of their fans would start to lose interest.

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And is that the voice of Bruce Greenwood?

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Model 1887 lever action shotgun...with red dot sights. lol

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@Buzzkill said:

Exploding dogs is disgusting. They should pull this from the market.

Really should have been cats.

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That actually looks pretty good

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Ho Hum. Looks like same ole same ole. Battlefield 3 for me, Skyrim in November. I'll pick up  MW3  when it hits the bargain bins...and look forward to what Respawn has in the works : )

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Hm, I always end up being bored half way through a MW3 trailer, I'm not sure what that says about me or the game.

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Looks like fun.

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@burjeffton said:
Cool concepts - but I'm putting my $ into Battlefield this time, Activision.
Nooooooooooooo! We don't wan't you.
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is anyone else shocked by how ordinary they've managed to make this look?

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Why are you guys posting a Modern Warfare 2 trailer? Weird.

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Yup I'll be buying this again alright.