Top 5 Reasons to ignore Modern Warfare 3

Here's a list of 5 very common complaints levelled at the Call of Duty games and in some cases are reasons enough to ignore them entirely.

[R4MBO]

Either you hate the game or you don't

[3GenGames]

More like you're either tired of the rehashes or are still a sheep. :)

[GrieverSoul]

People are more worried about bashing Call of Duty than all the other AAA titles releasing in the same month.

Its simple has this:
CoD needs improvments? Yes it does!
Will Activision make them?! No! They probably wont.
Will the game be any good nonetheless? It probably will! The winning formula is still there, it all depends on how much of it you had.

Hating CoD is a little bit stupid if you ask me. Fifa, Pes, Assassins Creed, Need for Speed, and many others titles that flow with the year release dont get as much hate as CoD. Why now?

Im looking foward to MW3! I skipped the multiplayer from WaW and Black Ops but the MW 1 and 2 multiplayer does it for me. I havent had a "NEW" CoD fix in almost 2 years since MW2 came out.

All in all, people should be glad they have so much choices. If you dont like the stale state COD has been, move on! Battlefield, Resisntance, Halo anniversary are coming out in that same period. Lots of FPS flavor variety to go around. To each its own.

[Perjoss]

To be fair the single player parts in modern warfare games have always been pretty good, nothing amazing but above average and worth a play through. It's just a shame that they have such popular multiplayer so the price never seems to drop until the next installation arrives.

[Zechs34]

@Griever. Yeah. I totally agree with this comment. The only problem I have with CoD is sometimes people actually do buy only one game a year and they wait till november for CoD, and it unfortunately takes away sales from other games in the process. But for fast paced online TD, CoD is where its at. I've tried to quit. Believe me lol.

[grailly]

I'm both lol

[jeseth]

I'm going to get both BF and MW. Both are great games. I don't understand why people love to hate COD so much either . . .probably because its on top.

I wonder if BF was as popular as COD if people would hate on it and talk about how BF hasn't had a lot of drastic improvements since Bad Company except for "graphical" improvements.

COD perhaps caters too much to its fans feedback. Some improvements are good (costmizing, game modes, etc.) and some come off ass unbalanced. But they do at least put in an effort to make their product more to what the community is talking about.

COD and BF are good games but I'm not naive enough to seriously think BF3 has any shot of outselling MW3. The 360 version of MW3 alone will outsell all platforms of BF3 combined. If Black Ops sells 25 million, MW3 will probably sell close to 30 million. The MW branch pf COD is the most popular franchise in gaming, more powerfull than Halo, Gears, Uncharted, GOW, Mario, Zelda, etc. BF can't touch it.

[Moragami]

@ jeseth

"I wonder if BF was as popular as COD if people would hate on it and talk about how BF hasn't had a lot of drastic improvements since Bad Company except for "graphical" improvements."

Uh, well they would be idiots, because DICE has rebuilt the Frostbite engine and BF3 is a major step forward in gaming, at least from a technological standpoint.

Most of the gripes about CoD are well earned: they have failed to innovate, they charge too much for too long (including DLC), and they don't support their games very well (hackers and exploits galore).

[Sarcasmology]

@GS

"The winning formula is still there, it all depends on how much of it you had."

What...a Charlie Sheen 'Winning' formula?

[vickers500]

"they have failed to innovate"

Where's the innovation in Battlefield 3? All I've seen so far from BF3 is Bad Company 2 with prettier graphics, bigger maps, a few more vehicles and better destructability. No drastic or innovative changes.

Face it, they're both not that different from their predecessors. BF3 may be more different than the previous iteration, but not by any large amount.

[Heartnet]

@Morgami

So what if they upgraded their engine that dont make BF3 a major step forward in gaming..

Thats like sayiung ME2 on ps3 is a MAJOR step forward from the Me2 on Xbox cause it uses an Improved engine when in fact its still the same game..

CoD and BF series are the same.. same games better graphics smoother animations more of this and more of that... sure one is better than the other in certain aspects but their the same nonetheless

[DtotheRoc]

@grieversoul i will agree with a couple of the names you mentioned but how can you say assassin's creed is just a rehash? from 1-2 is an entirely different experience and brotherhood added MP after that and gave you full control to experiment with the main character desmond where as you had control of him for 5 minutes in 2 and never did anything with him in 1 other than walk from his room to the animus lol. anyway those are games that are NOT fps and therefore not in a naturally stale genre AND they as far as assassin's creed goes the story is grade A material with lots of surprises not a predictable block buster shooter like cod always is. that said i still have a blast with the campaigns of the games. Need for speed on the otehrhand is a truely milked franchise so i'll definately give you that one and i'm not big into sports games myself i only own mlb the show 09 cuz it's the BEST baseball game ever made.

[dark-hollow]

So much interest from people who "hate" the game.

If you hate cod, ignore it.
But writing hate articles and trolling every cod article is very insecure.

[3GenGames]

If you just ignore it, they don't hear the outcry of disappointment from people. This series has the chance to kill most the rest by doing major improvement and being a step ahead and actually trying new and exciting stuff with a improved game engine, but every game is about to do that exact thing to COD now. The hate is from everyone being stabbed in the back because they believed it'd actually stay ahead and be the best, but all the loyal fans have been let down.

[dark-hollow]

Yeah, trolling few articles on the interwebz will make activi$ion re-think their ways of cod games?? Uhh... No.

Vote with your wallet.
Your whinings on the internet won't change anything while 20+ million gamer buy cod every year!

Don't get me wrong. I dislike how activation rehash cod every year with little to no improvements.

But what can we do?? maybe will come a day when it formula gets old and the fans leave it or it get outdone by another fps.

[jeseth]

Agreed dark-hollow. The people on this site are the vast MINORITY of gamers.

I tell people gaming news and they ask "where I read that" . . . "I say N4G" ... they say "never heard of it".

COD : MW is a cultural gaming icon. Its now more powerful than Mario, Link, Cheif, Kratos, Marcus or Drake. BF3 would be a wild success if it sells half of what MW3 sells.

[miDnIghtEr]

Here is one of the weak articles 5 reasons.

"It's cool to hate on the successful"

Really? That's the reason?

[antz1104]

@ 3Gen

Lmao, how have you been stabbed in the back? Did they promise one thing and give you another? No, they said "here's CoD", and people bought it, there was no ruse there. A lot of people like it because it's the same thing, and a lot of them are what you would term loyal fans.

[Honky Kong]

loser

[Heartnet]

Your comments make this sentence hypocritical when urself have just hated on this game

[TBM]

Im not gonna outright ignore it im just not gonna worry about it when it releases with the other games I want to play first and foremost. I'll play MW3 sometime in Dec-Jan when I've gone through the others I want to play.

[chriski333]

I just don't like the fact that it looks exactly like modern warfare 2 I really wish they could bring something new to the table

[miDnIghtEr]

Uncharted 3 looks just like Uncharted 2.. people aren't complaining. KZ 3 looks just like KZ 2... Madden 12 looks like Madden 11. Assassins Creed number whatever now looks just like the last one.. Mass Effect 3 looks like 2.. etc...

The haters are all out this year about COD. I understand though... It's like hating the Lakers.

[Silencer-14]

On the brightside it looks better then black ops. With that said it would be nice if they improved the graphics a lil more and and try to fix the game when it gets hacked.

I'll be picking up mw3 along with bf3 and r3, so I'll be all set when it comes fps.

[Heartnet]

Dude if u buy ur games based on if they have improved their graphics over the last one.. ur gonna have a sorry collection of games tbh

You buy a game if you like the series and if you enjoy playing it :) Not Oh the graphics havent changed so im gonna pass... Realistic Graphics arnt everything lol

[Amaterasu5]

either way you're still stupid if you buy it :D

[Heartnet]

Meh you will probz end up buying it :) along with everyone else in this article :D

[Amaterasu5]

hahahaha yea right, how many cod games are out there? how many i bought? zero....how many FPS games i've bought? zero.. :D

[chidori666]

really funny the disagree and agree here in this topic...

It is ridiculous how CoD fanboys constantly disagree opinions here in N4G. If the game is so good why are you here police in opinions idiots??

[zeddy]

i reckon the reviews will be around 6/7 out of 10, dont matter though still gonna get it.

[snipes101]

Reason number four, while utterly idiotic (and used in a very tongue in cheek manner here I believe), is so true it's sad. People just love to hate on something when it gets popular.

[DeleteThisxx]

I'm sorry but Activision IS the worst this gen in terms of milking. They're only excuse for a yearly CoD is the "story" but people but CoD for the multiplayer. Why don't they go the way of Counter Strike and just update the multiplayer? Easy, effective, cheaper..

Oh, but that's right, Kotick is a money hungry bitch.

[slaton24]

this is a counter arguement against the article that stated 5 reasons why MW3 will b the best choice over all games this fall

[Bladesfist]

I will buy a cod game when they update the engine or add something significantly new. Until then I will hope they listen to us and change something.

[MAJ0R]

these next months will determine what's next for COD, if BF3 outdoes MW3 then they make think about coming up with a new engine and ideas

if it doesn't then they will just laugh because they are already doing well so whats the point of making a new engine or doing anything new

[dark-hollow]

For me I prefer bf3 all the way but I doubt that it will beat mw3 (in sales).

As for quality am sure that dice will deliver.

[Bladesfist]

@MAJ0R The sad thing is mods have changed cod 4 more than cod 4 has changed to mw3. Also IWnet the hacked mw2 multiplayer offers more variety and change than mw3 does :/

@dark-hollow MW3 is not even on game.co.uk sale chart for pc. Its also not top on any platform while bf3 is top on pc and higher than mw3 on ps3.

[StayStatic]

Just to chime in on this ... lol

Currently on http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/...

PC BF3 : 2nd

PC MW3 : 29th

I know its not the sole source of pre-orders but i still think it says a lot.

[jeseth]

And the Xbox 360 version of MW3 is #1, the PS3 version of MW3 #3.

Way to fail. The console versions of MW3 will more than double the sales of all versions of BF3.

When will the BF fanboys stop? Don't you know you are fighting a losing battle? COD is a cultural icon. People that don't play video games see a military shooter and say "are you playing Call of Duty?" . . . there is so much power in that its not even funny.

COD is like Mario now. Its a powerhouse that won't be stopped. MW3 will destroy everything. Any "gamer" that knows anything about the gaming industry knows this. Stop fooling youselves about BF3. Its kind of sad to see you all trying so hard.

[jeseth]

Good one Mom.

If everyone jumps off a bridge are you going to?

LMAO. Fail.

[jeseth]

"EXACTLY !!! , What ever kid , retard , troll , noob"

Thanks for showing your maturity and destroying all credibility you had! I thought BF players were SOOOO much more mature. You sound like those COD gamers you make fun of so much. If this small exchange gets you so emotional you must sound hilarious when you rage quit online!

Haahahhahaaha. Nice job ChamP!

[Motorola]

It says PC gamers like BF3 better. So?

[ilikegam3s]

@above

PC gamers has been waiting for BF3 for ages.

[Fishy Fingers]

Love it or hate it, it's clear you cant ignore it (see any COD thread), if anything, those that "hate" it, seem practically incapable of avoiding anything COD related. Which is bizarre.

[Hicken]

I hate spiders. I most certainly DO NOT ignore a spider when it's nearby.

I hate people who change lanes/turn without a turn signal. I'd be an idiot to ignore them.

[Simco876]

This is not real life Hicken, this is a game.

You can easily ignore this game and move on with your life playing BF3, or some other game you fancy.

I don't see a problem with the people that want CoD, they like the game so let them play it.

[vortis]

You can't ignore the clones of CoD though.

This boils down to industry influence and CoD has the most influence, which IS NOT A GOOD THING.

Crysis 2 tried mimicking CoD with its single and multiplayer...going from an open-world, massive, evolutionary gameplay style in Crysis 1 to a more multi-linear setup in the second game. And then they added all those fake perks and killstreaks....geesh. Everyone is trying to mimic CoD to cash in on the popularity even at the expense of moving forward or trying new things.

[DtotheRoc]

@vortis has sad it all. everyone is trying to copy the cod formula losing their own identity in teh process and pissing off the fans that got them where they are in teh industry today. look at socom 4's huge and criminal changes to their winning socom 2 experience? the fans are pissed but they still bought it cuz it's all there is left now...the gaming industry is fucked thanks to COD and it's irresponsible console kiddies who eat it up.

[Alos88]

Given the ridiculous amount of advertising it will get I doubt it will be possible to ignore it outright. Still, I'll rent it as I do with all the COD's.

[NuclearDuke]

"There are lots of other games coming out"
- Is that, a reason?

"Too many idiot online players"
- Everygame has too many idiot online players.

"The game will be hacked and full of cheaters within days"
- Name me one successfull FPS without cheats @ the first week.

Really, what the hell.

[EditorAtGNG]

1. Of course it is a reason. Why would you give your money to play yet another bland, uninspired, aged shooter when you can play an innovative, refreshing and interesting new titles?

2. COD has one of the worst playerbase out there. The fact that there are couple of million players that are mostly bellow 15 just proves that point.

3. Prove me wrong but, weren't there hundreds of different posts on this very website about new exploitations / cheats on every major COD release in the past few years? And Activision's / Treyarach's / Infinity Ward's continuous ignorance towards repairing the damage?

What the hell indeed.

[NuclearDuke]

1. You didn't explain how it can be a reason. How is Battlefield any refreshing from BF:BC2? It's the same game with renewed graphics and veichular combat. Obviously, if two CoD games can become #1 and #2 most sold games two years in a row, people like what it has to offer. Prove me wrong.

2. CoD's playerbase is definately not the "worst". Check League of Legends, Check Heroes of Newerth, check Counter-Strike and you are up there and beyond by miles.

3. You cannot stop hacking, simply. Counter-Strike has thousands of hackers playing daily, VAC cannot detect it. Battlefield has thousands of hackers playing daily, Punkbuster cannot detect it. Prove me that CoD has more hackers than any other successfull shooter.

I'm buying both BF3 & MW3, the games are different enough to allow me to purchase and enjoy both in each aspeect. Stop being a fanboy.

[vortis]

Why do idiots keep saying BF3 is like BFBC2? Really are people that daft that they know nothing about why there is legit hype behind BF3?

You don't know about 64+ players with fully destructible environments, physics-based weapons with bullet drop and wall breakage? You don't know about the enhanced AI mechanics and reactionary animation setup for a much more realistic experience?
Multi-area destructible vehicles and advanced physics for vehicular combat? Photo-realistic graphics that actually AFFECT THE GAMEPLAY?

I mean do you guys go out of your way to ignore all the things DICE has mentioned has been upgraded, added and innovated in Frostbite 2.0 or do you hope that by spreading ignorance other games will ignore these changes and assume that annual reskins is the way the industry should go?

[ilikegam3s]

What you talking about is different. People only say that BF3 is the same as BF3 is because most people are talking about consoles NOT PC.

[SpaceSquirrel]

Uncharted 3, Dark Souls and Skyrim are my reasons to avoid MW3.

[vickers500]

My top 3 reasons:

Gears of War 3
Skyrim
Resistance 3

[zeddy]

yup, going to get skyrim first and wait to see how mw3 plays on the ps3.

[ilikegam3s]

My reasons: (but will eventually play it)

Gears 3,
Halo: CEA,
Uncharted 3,
AC: R
Skyrim
maybe Rage

[RaidensRising]

point #4: said it in the counter news post and will say it again here. It's the cool thing to hate on any game that is enjoyed by the masses. There's always haters for every popular game.

[vortis]

Then why aren't people hating on Uncharted and Gears like they are CoD?

Do you guys even read WHAT the hate is about?

You probably didn't even know you could play Battlefield 3 online. Good gosh you kids are so ignorant these days it makes me feel sorry for the generation to come.

Please go look up the Frostbite 2.0 news and upgrades and what Battlefield 3 will have FOR GAMEPLAY and compare it to what will be in Modern Warfare 3. You'll get a light-bulb moment that'll make you go..."Oh, so that's why they hate on CoD".

[earbus]

More of a sheep if you hate on it,what you hate it as well? cool blaaaaa lets eat grass and comb each others ewool. I collect them but dont claim its the best game in the world fans just get upset that their supercool exclusives only have ten players online.

[Hicken]

I'd ask you to name one of those "supercool exclusives," but you only have one bubble, soo...

[paintsville]

I notice that most of the pro ps3 guys and gals (still mind boggling) use the term sheep on here alot. Hello PSN hack but still trusting Sony with all your info.
But on topic..
1. If you're a ps3 fanboy
2. If you hate Activision (refer back to 1.)
3 If you only own a ps3 (also refer back to 1)
4. If the only games that perform well on your console are exclusives.
5. If you actually read sites like lens of truth or digital foundary.
Otherwise this is a must buy.

[Bladesfist]

I don't own a console
I don't hate activision
I don't own a console
All games play better on my platform
I dont read sites like whatever those are

Im not buying this game

[Otheros00]

Paintsville got owned!!

[Hicken]

1. My preference of console does not at all impact my view on multiplats. That's just stupid.

2. My hatred of Activision IS a valid reason, except that I don't hate them; they annoy me with their "if it ain't broke, don't IMPROVE it" mentality, which ACTIVISION fanboys live and die by.

3. I only own a PS3, though I game on my roommate's 360 as well. That aside, I don't see your point in what that has to do with anything. Additionally, this is almost exactly the same as your first point; ironically, this should have been first, since the one you currently started with leaves room for someone to own something else and somehow prefer the PS3 more.

4. That sounds more like the Wii than the PS3, which is what you were implying. Outside of that, people tend to have problems with... oh, Activision games.

5. And now you'll pretend like you don't, when we all know you most certainly do.

(Adding my own, related to your post, but not related to "ignoring MW3")

6. No one's info- at least not current- got stolen. On the other hand, people's XBL accounts are hacked daily and nothing is done about it. Additionally, even old payment account info you remove is STILL saved in Microsoft's databases, a practice which I'm certain no one could be happy with.

7. No game franchise in the history of gaming has been so ridiculed for being a rehash of previous iterations. Not even sports games like Madden. That should tell you this is far from a "must buy."

8. I'd like to see what makes you think your 1-5 are relevant, but you also only have one bubble, soo..

[solidworm]

I loved COD4 with a passion,ive hated the rest with a passion.Please IW give us a game on par and with the spirit of COD4.

[04soldier]

I did too.. I loved Hardcore S & D. Until the franchise was milked dry with yearly releases..

MW2 was my last Call of Duty. If they take their time and revamp the game, I'll come back to the franchise.

[zeddy]

tbf if mw2 cut out tactical insertion and commando the game would have been on a par with cod4, they just tried to do too much.

[DtotheRoc]

and removed tubes!!! so that way OMA wouldn't have been spoiled

[Gazondaily]

1) Battlefield 3
2) Battlefield 3
3) Battlefield 3
4) David Chapelle
5) Battlefield 3

[e-p-ayeaH]

I hope that MW3 will definitly be at CoD4´s level of greatness in terms of gun feel , balance , sp story and sp lengh.

BF3 is not even close to dethrone CoD because it plays diferently with bigger maps with alot emphasis on vehicle gameplay. Players want smaller maps and fast fluid gameplay (on the console realm that is) and also no vehicles in full control.

[ape007]

well said

[Sizzon]

I loved Call of Duty 2 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the only good and unique CoD games in my opinion, had a blast playing both those games on PC.

[vickers500]

I played them on consoles, but I had a blast with them as well. CoD2 being my first CoD game, it was so addictive and fun.

[HurstDarkStar]

ha this guy only has 5 :D

[Sticky__Rice]

I like Call of Duty, it's one of those: Pick up and just play kinda games. Can't argue we all have friends and love to play a round or two of zombies every now and then. It's a big franchise, you cant ignore it. It's all about preference. If your a fan... pick it up and enjoy it, if not then buy something else. I'll be renting this one from gamefly to play with my hardcore CoD friends who play it religiously. It's not a bad game, but it's nothing either. *shrug*

[csreynolds]

"There are lots of other games coming out" - this argument applies to all games. There's always something else you could be playing.

"Too many idiot online players" - again, this is not exclusive to CoD. The world's full of idiots.

"The game will be hacked and full of cheaters within days" - historically, this has happened, but there's no certainty it 'will'.

"It's cool to hate on the successful" - uh huh, if you're twelve.

"It's the same game as the last but in different clothing" - ahem, Tiger Woods, Fifa, WWE, Need for Speed, Tekken... I could go on.

How about you allow people to make up their own minds based on personal preference? CoD is like Marmite. For every gamer that hates it another will like it. Articles like this don't change anything.

[Acquiescence]

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Silent Hill: Downpour
Sonic Generations
Journey
Max Payne 3

All games coming out at around the same time. All, in their own way, infinitely more intriguing than another annual identikit shooter.

Give me noir, give me experimental art, give me survival-horror, give me classic platforming, give me cinematic adventure. But cram your so-called "modern" warfare where the sun don't shine.

[Kran]

Or... you can just buy the game for the heck of it because you play a game for what it is, not because of the little tiny problems.

[Killman]

I agree with these reasons and if I do get MW3 it will be used, but am I the only person feeling a huge sense of sarcasm with this article?

[csreynolds]

If the author is trying to be sarcastic, it didn't come across to me.

[mousearmy]

If anyone read the article properly I don't see how they could take it seriously. It's actually written by someone who quite obviously loves MW.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

I didn't see the sarcasm, but I don't think he's hating CoD either. It looks to me like he's picking on people who just won't shut up about how 'awful' they think CoD is.

As for me, these are my 5 reasons for ignoring CoD.

1. The initials spell the name of a disgusting fish.
2. FPS games just aren't my bowl of pringles.
3. College
4. Uncharted 3
5. Assassin's Creed Revelations

If you're wondering why I bothered with this article; I read them and pass along any good info to a couple of CoD addicts I know. I don't have anything against CoD, it's just not what I'm into.

[garos82]

here are my reasons to avoid MW3
Dark Souls, Uncharted 3, Assasins creed, ico &mgs collection and probably skyrim. quality games that are screaming for my attention

[Raven_Nomad]

Nobody is going to ignore it. Even the people here at N4G that claim they "wont buy it this time" are going to line up and help MW3 get 20+ million in sales yet again.

We've all heard this before and then the new Call Of Duty comes out and outperforms the previous version.

[weazle]

Battlefield 3 is the only reason I need to ignore it. :)

[caperjim]

Two great shooters cannot exist. We must tear one of them down at all costs. Its pathetic really.

Ill be buying both.

[Tzuno]

Just buy the damn game like everyone else and stop whining like a Ho!!!

[Gamer_Z]

Tzunoy just go listen to Justin Bieber like every one else and stop whining like a Ho!!!

[Tzuno]

Grow a pair.

[mamotte]

I've been playing that game for, like 5 years. So... thanks, but no thanks.

Plus, the game will sell anyway.

[Gamer_Z]

I don't hate COD, i hate Activision and their shitty devs that's make COD. COD could be so much more but year after year its the same game with little to no improvements and i'm fuckn tired of it.

[Der_Kommandant]

I'd rather play CoD4 again

[jacksonmichael]

Haha... Isn't that what you'd be doing anyway?

[pijinio212]

i needs my cod fix please...

[ZILLA]

Cause all the 11 year olds that you see in gamestop will be online.

[Kee]

I wonder if the writer spotted the irony of the fact that they're probably gonna draw more attention to the game by writing this pointless article, thus making it harder to ignore...

[Hayabusa 117]

Reminds me of the anti-COD fanboys on N4G who find the article, approve it and then post it to death so it gets a million degrees :p

I know it's your freedom of speech and all but surely you can do something more contructive with it?

[Kee]

Is it my comment that reminds you of that or the article? It's just it's not really very clear, thanks and if you were talking about my comment, I'm very offended.

[Hayabusa 117]

My comment wasn't directed at you, it as directed at the all the N4Gers who find the article, approve it (which they would only do if they hate COD...) and then all the people commenting and agreeing that it's a sht game, thus (like you said) perpetuating the fame COD series even though they hate it so much (they hate the fact that COD is so famous...). If anything I'm agreeing with your comment and expanding it to cover N4G that promotes the article :/

[ndl1531]

i just dont understand how cod fans dont see that that $hit keeps being the same rehash every year ? just like a guy said in here cod can be so much more but shady a$$ activision chooses to rob everyone blind releasing garbage dlc disguised as a full game every year shame on them

[MoreRPG]

ill give u 3 reasons to ignore MW3
1. Uncharted 3
2. Skyrim
3. Assassin's Creed Revelations

[Hayabusa 117]

"ill give u 3 reasons to ignore MW3
1. Skyrim
2. Skyrim
3. Skyrim"

Fixed.

[Kakihara]

The first two without a doubt but I think anyone who's complaining about what's being done with the CoD franchise should be willing to say the same about what's being done with Assassin's creed. AC 2 was brilliant but Brotherhood was the most shameless rehash I've seen outside of the Street fighter series and revelations looks to be exactly the same.

[Ser]

Agreed. After finishing Brotherhood, I felt violated. As if I just forked over the $60 just to see what happened next in the plot...Then I saw the ending. Yeah, I won't be coming back to Assassin's Creed until AC3 releases.

[Dovahkiin]

I agree entirely. Brotherhood seemed like an expansion, what happened to 1, 2, 3... i don't wanna see the turd croquettes in between (brotherhood and revelations). Unless they are new games, not old games with new names and a few new features thrown in.

[_LarZen_]

The author of this article should pick up his X360, raise it over his/her head and realease....repeat several times and stop when stupidity has left brain.

[Kobe Bryant]

same shit different pile

[Jocosta]

Ok, what sums it up for me is that my niece was bragging that her 3 year old jumps online and gets lots of kills, make what you will of that.

[J86blum]

I think alot of people complain because in the end no matter how much they say they won't play it...they will cave, and more then likely it will because alot of your mates go it.

game is a hoot when your playing online drunk as a skunk.

[Ser]

I'm one of the people that didn't cave.

MW2 was my last CoD. I'm still Black Ops-free to this day.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

And yet when the mid-night launch rolls around this guys gonna first in the gamestop line. come on its the same story eeevery year with this game. I understand its the same thing over and over again I keep tellin myself I'm not gonna buy it either, but it ends up happening anyway. And yes you're peers virtually and in real life will pressure u, oh well buy it don't like it trade it in. Its you're money.

[Ser]

Why do you just blindly assume that everyone will rush out and buy MW3? I didn't buy Black Ops and I won't be buying MW3.

Guaranteed.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Not everyone but the majority of gamers of old and new.

[nano88]

Omg people are still talking bout this stupid shit there are better games coming out like skyrim uncharted 3 gears 3 resistance 3 rage skyrim is going to better bf3 and mw3

[Snowii]

gonna buy this and BF3

nothing will change my mind

[TitanUp]

i don't hate call of duty cause its on top heck i don't hate it i just wished they would change it up a bit i have no clue how they would do that but it would be pretty cool.

i have actually played cod4 and every cod that came after mw2 was a huge disappointment and so im not expecting much from mw3 but black ops was pretty dang cool.

[Hayabusa 117]

Why do all these shty opinion pieces end up as top story on N4G? I know, they're opinion pieces, but this is a stupid opinion in the first place. You hate the game, we get it, now move on.

"2 reasons why the Half-Life series suck" Seriously guys!!!!?

You have a limited amount of time on this planet. Stop wasting it feeding these dumb ass articles that say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW! We could be debating something interesting like "Are video games art", "Why are violent games so appealing" or "how the hell are we going to get hot girls to play video games" but no, it's another "10 reasons why Uncharted sucks"...it's not even about whether the COD games are sht, or repetitive, or uninnovative...it's about promoting something that is effectively a troll post that's long enough to be called an "article".

It might be an opinion piece but it's a sht opinion piece that doesn't deserve the time you guys give it.

[thedarkvault]

Here are my top 5 reasons:
1. BF3
2. BF3
3. Skyrim
4. Rage
5. BF3

[ndl1531]

i have not seen the quality in cod for years . its just a mindless online arcady shooter . i am one that hasn't touched any cod since cod4mw. sure ive played them at friends homes but never owed another copy ever and untill activision chooses to move forward with the franchise instead of backwards i will never buy into that mess .

[blink3020]

Wow, good for you. Stick to your ideals, like one less copy sold is going to force activision to change a winning formula.

[capcock]

Reason why u should ignore MW3:

It will be a generic piece of shit

[RJ2000]

If it is not broke then why the F' would you fix it?

[Tikicobra]

Assassin's Creed: Revolution?

[Hyperbomb69]

Call of Duty is killing gaming...

[The Official]

My 5 reasons.

1) As a best selling title thats want to sell even more.. Online will be even easier and cheaper for the new buyers.

2)The story mode will be good until you realeaze like all other COD's you hit that certian point where you get tired of reading war quotes after being killed by enemies you don't see.

3)Every year there is a COD. I mean seriously let people get tired of the shit.

4)Whichever perk kits dominates millions of people will use it.

5)Nobody likes getting killed with a close range weapon (Like a primative shotgun.) in a big @ss field especially when you playing as safe and cautious and you should in a BATTLE!!

Extra credit. No shooter should have it were a M-16 has to hit you with 3 bullets while a slice of a combat knife kills instantly especially with all that phucking army gear on lol!!.

[zerofourseven]

I havent decided if i am gonna buy it yet

[Ron Zook]

#1 reason = Its not Battlefield 3

[GSpartan777]

Top reason to hate Modern Warfare 3 -> YOU ARE GONNA BUY IT ANYWAYS!

[Cosmit]

"It's cool to hate on the successful"

Lmao really? What a stupid article.

By the way, I'm getting both MW3 AND BF3.

[MrCrimson]

"cause its cool to hate on popular things" this kid needs a life.

[EmperorDalek]

People are so desperate to get people to hate the game... what's the point? if they like it then a few Battlefield fanboys aren't going to change their mind.

[jaymart]

Battlefield is for Hardcore Gamer

COD is for the casual gamer

Casual Games are games that are easy to get into just like COD. Just run and shoot its that easy. Also kids and dads don't want to think, they just wanna run around and get kills every 2 sec.

We all know how COD player have a orgasim over there D/K ratio.

[allyc4t]

Ah, another quality article from MSXBOX-World.

Someone needs to write 'Top 5 Reasons to ignore MSXBOX-World.com' It would probably be a better read than this steaming pile of crap.

[XIIIWARRIOR41]

Some of you are lame. If you like it, buy it and if you don't move on to what you do like. Noone forcing you to buy something you don't want to.

[Banok]

5 REAL reasons to ignore MW3

1. No dedicated servers, player host advantage = broken game.

2. No server browser for PC

3. same old shit, 90% the same game as the cod last year

4. BATTLE FIELD 3

5. Overpriced

[videoxgamexfanboy]

COD is not a bad game imo, but it gets boring really quick due to the lack of team work required. Mix that along with every 12 yr old on earth playin it and thays reason enough for me not to buy it. Day 1 buy for me is BF3 i may pickup MW3 much later but i doubt it.

[Agent_hitman]

I still love COD franchise.. It's enjoyable to play despite of the many hatreds.. Then again, BF3 has the WOW factor for this year