official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

[Livin in a box]

I can't get online at all on 360, I'm signed in to LIVE and everything but when I go to go online and choose a game mode it kicks me back saying "Communication with the Xbox LIVE servers has been interrupted". I've signed in and out of LIVE, restarted my console and my router several times now but the damn thing isn't having it. Anyone getting the same problem?

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

I can't get online at all on 360, I'm signed in to LIVE and everything but when I go to go online and choose a game mode it kicks me back saying "Communication with the Xbox LIVE servers has been interrupted". I've signed in and out of LIVE, restarted my console and my router several times now but the damn thing isn't having it. Anyone getting the same problem?

I'm online right now, no issues here. Reset your connection by Network settings in System Settings?

[Livin in a box]

I'm online right now, no issues here. Reset your connection by Network settings in System Settings?

Just done that, it's still doing it. I don't know why it's doing it though, it was working fine an hour ago but now it just won't work at all...everything else is working fine, just not MW3.

[bgjerlow]

Okay, I am really considering getting MW3 but I need some input from someone who has actually played the game.

How is the multiplayer compared to the one in Battlefield 3? Do you get a lot of unjustified deaths due to lag and bad spawns like you do in BF3?

Also, how's the graphics? Are they even comparable to the ones we've seen in games like Crysis 2, Battlefield 3 etc.?

Last, but not least: Would you recommend this game to a guy that has enjoyed Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 much?

[King Hippo]

Okay, I am really considering getting MW3 but I need some input from someone who has actually played the game.

How is the multiplayer compared to the one in Battlefield 3? Do you get a lot of unjustified deaths due to lag and bad spawns like you do in BF3?

Also, how's the graphics? Are they even comparable to the ones we've seen in games like Crysis 2, Battlefield 3 etc.?

Last, but not least: Would you recommend this game to a guy that has enjoyed Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 much?

Honestly, other than taking time away from one another, I do not understand why someone can not own both and enjoy both? They really do not compare and each has its own strengths and weaknesses and provide fun in a different manner, that is just my opinion though. I do not own MW3 but I will once my enjoyment in BF3 slows. Right now I just do not want to share my time between two games but I am confident MW3 will be fun.

[rajputwarrior]

Okay, I am really considering getting MW3 but I need some input from someone who has actually played the game.

How is the multiplayer compared to the one in Battlefield 3? Do you get a lot of unjustified deaths due to lag and bad spawns like you do in BF3?

Also, how's the graphics? Are they even comparable to the ones we've seen in games like Crysis 2, Battlefield 3 etc.?

Last, but not least: Would you recommend this game to a guy that has enjoyed Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 much?

hit detection is definitely better in mw3 (though to be fair, i have only played the 360 version of bf3 and i am comparing it to the PC version of MW3).

Graphics are good, but not great. It's far from ugly, but it's not powerhouse like crysis or bf3. it looks like an CoD game, i dunno how else to put it...

The game is more similar to cryis then BF in terms of gameplay. CoD has always been about balls to the wall, run and gun action. it's what it is. campers get owned in this game. they are all different games though...

[King Hippo]

hit detection is definitely better in mw3 (though to be fair, i have only played the 360 version of bf3 and i am comparing it to the PC version of MW3).

Graphics are good, but not great. It's far from ugly, but it's not powerhouse like crysis or bf3. it looks like an CoD game, i dunno how else to put it...

The game is more similar to cryis then BF in terms of gameplay. CoD has always been about balls to the wall, run and gun action. it's what it is. campers get owned in this game. they are all different games though...

That is a solid review, thanks. I have not played MW3 yet but I am far from disappointed with the hit detection in BF3 though. When you say better, do you feel BF3 is way off? Or just not as good?

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

This game is far superior to BF3. Do I have to play SP with Steam on?

[Twiddle]

That is a solid review, thanks. I have not played MW3 yet but I am far from disappointed with the hit detection in BF3 though. When you say better, do you feel BF3 is way off? Or just not as good?

I personally don't have a problem with hit detection in terms of missing or anything in BF3. What I do have a problem with is headshot hit detection. It sometimes doesn't register as a headshot, and a good chunk of the time, it is not instant-kill. Unless by realism, enemies are part of a zombie nation, a headshot is generally a one-shot kill. Especially when you aim for the dome. Other than that, the rest of the body is solid.

[rajputwarrior]

That is a solid review, thanks. I have not played MW3 yet but I am far from disappointed with the hit detection in BF3 though. When you say better, do you feel BF3 is way off? Or just not as good?

IMO BF has always sucked (Well my BF experience is a little bit of 1942, a little bit of BF2, hours upon hours of BC2 and a little of BF3, so maybe always isn't fair) and they never get it right. In BC2 saying it's junk would be fair. SOOOOOOOOOO many times i am beside a guy, shooting, you hear the bullets hit his body but he wouldn't die :/. Now they have moved to client side so what is happening is that sometimes people are running around a corner (happened to be me on 360 and couldn't figure out why until i read other complaints in the BF3 thread) is that they changed the hit detection to client side meaning if you are in a laggy game (not you laggy, but whatever issues EA/DICE are having that day) you are getting shot at, jump and duck behind cover, a second later you just got shot in the head... to be fair though, DICE has problems the way they did it in BC2 and they are trying to fix it by going a different rout but it's not working very well either. IMO the kings of hit detections are valve with the CS games, never had an issue with Counter Strike games...

This game is far superior to BF3. Do I have to play SP with Steam on?

you do

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Well that sucks.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Ugh! I typed up a long post explaining why I was disappointed with the game and accidentally hit Ctrl-R (refresh) on my keyboard instead of Ctrl-T to open a new tab. :crazy:

I'll start again but I'm going to keep it short. Basically, I'm frustrated with the game's overall noob-friendliness. It feels like the game was designed so that less skilled players could kill more skilled players without much effort. I think it's so bad that it plays much differently than MW2 or Black Ops. Also, the maps seem poorly designed and I'm not just saying that because I'm frustrated with the game. I've enjoyed just about every map in all of the Call of Duty games I've played so far: CoD 4, MW2, and Black Ops.

Anyway, it's quite frustrating to be killed randomly by players that are clearly unskilled. I consider myself quite skilled and perhaps more skilled than most of the players out there so it's very frustrating to lose in a 1-on-1 gun battle when I fired first. At the moment, I feel very disappointed with the game and I'm trying to get into it with each game. Unfortunately, it just doesn't feel right so I may just take a long break from it.

[x-scratch]

after beating the game on vet. i really must say i had a few "ohhh wow" & "awww" moments. i did enjoy playing the new guy. however the stupid guys block you from moving. but over all i give the game a 7/10 nothing beats the orig mw1 :)

[rajputwarrior]

IGN: 9/10

Edge: 9/10

Game Informer: 9/10

Game Trailers: 9.3/10

Xbox Magazine: 9.5/10

[nominak]

IGN: 9/10

Edge: 9/10

Game Informer: 9/10

Game Trailers: 9.3/10

Xbox Magazine: 9.5/10

Not hard to give games high scores when you're paid off to give them high scores.

[Twiddle]

GameSpot: 8.5/10

This is an exciting and rewarding game, but the series' signature thrills have lost some of their luster. Modern Warfare 3 iterates rather than innovates, so the fun you have is familiar.

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I personally like this review summary on the comparison:

Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3 ? which is better? Oh, it's an impossible question. They're both modern day military shooters, but they work very differently, and they have different aims. Now that Battlefield 3 is working properly (almost) its vast, strategic warzones are utterly gripping and visually splendid; it is astonishing to close in on a distant firefight only to see an RPG round take out the front of an entire building. But Modern Warfare 3 offers the instant thrills and dumbass logic of the great arcade shooters. And it packs in masses of value, whatever you think of the controversial multiplayer system.

If you can, try both, or at least trust your instincts as a gamer ? that's the message that comes through loud and clear from all the reviews I've seen.

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[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Ugh! I typed up a long post explaining why I was disappointed with the game and accidentally hit Ctrl-R (refresh) on my keyboard instead of Ctrl-T to open a new tab. :crazy:

I'll start again but I'm going to keep it short. Basically, I'm frustrated with the game's overall noob-friendliness. It feels like the game was designed so that less skilled players could kill more skilled players without much effort. I think it's so bad that it plays much differently than MW2 or Black Ops. Also, the maps seem poorly designed and I'm not just saying that because I'm frustrated with the game. I've enjoyed just about every map in all of the Call of Duty games I've played so far: CoD 4, MW2, and Black Ops.

Anyway, it's quite frustrating to be killed randomly by players that are clearly unskilled. I consider myself quite skilled and perhaps more skilled than most of the players out there so it's very frustrating to lose in a 1-on-1 gun battle when I fired first. At the moment, I feel very disappointed with the game and I'm trying to get into it with each game. Unfortunately, it just doesn't feel right so I may just take a long break from it.

Are you referring to Multiply? I have not tried that yet.

[rajputwarrior]

Not hard to give games high scores when you're paid off to give them high scores.

game trailers is here

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-call-of/723677

i don't know how people embed them into the forums... teach me!

[King Hippo]

This game is far superior to BF3. Do I have to play SP with Steam on?

Can you elaborate?

[Soulsiphon]

After picking up MW3 this morning, I now have that and BF3 to play - oh and UC3 :) So much to do so little time lol - BF3 and MW3 both have really cool things in the limited playtime with MW3 I've had thus far. I'm looking forward to wasting alot of time giving them both the full workout as time permits of course ;)

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Can you elaborate?

Do I have to have Steam running in order to play Single Player mode? Or do you mean about BF3?

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

fourzerotwo Robert Bowling

1st round of #MW3 bans going out. Any player attempting to play unfairly or boost rank will be banned from leaderboards and from playing.

Source!

I'm glad they're doing this, hopefully it means perma bans.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Are you referring to Multiply? I have not tried that yet.

Yes. You should give it a try because that's where the fun is.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Yes. You should give it a try because that's where the fun is.

That is what I hear but I have never played online. I always play SP From COD thru CODMW3. I would not even know how to do it. Is there a noob clan. LOL

[rajputwarrior]

That is what I hear but I have never played online. I always play SP From COD thru CODMW3. I would not even know how to do it. Is there a noob clan. LOL

COD online is like the greatest form of crack/heroin ever created... you'll suck at the start, fumble a bit, think the high isn't worth it cause you are doing it wrong but after giving it another shot, you'll see why it's the best drug ever.