Zero Punctuation: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

[Ixal]

Nice that Yahtzee mentioned several of the more obvious plot holes in MW3...

The reason why he doesn't mention them is because THEY WERE ALREADY FILLED IN BY THE OTHER TWO GAMES! If you actually played the 3 games in the MW series you would already know that fact.

Except that they don't and they have their own huge holes.

Also:

1. Read the post you quoted again because he did mention plot holes
2. Read my second post describing some of the plot holes MW3 has.

 

[Motakikurushi]

That multiplayer quote was utterly glorious. It's amusing to think that both these games collapse in on themselves when the multiplayer is ignored. And I have yet to play a single BF or CoD game and I have every console. I couldn't care less.

 

[C14N]

He didn't actually go at the game too hard, the only thing I learned from this was to not bother with Battlefield either.

 

[Porecomesis]

Multiplayer? I'd have thought he'd at least say SOMETHING about it. Anyway, I've always thought it's best to buy BF games for multiplayer and CoD games for single player. From what I hear of BF3's single player campaign, at least part of that is true.

You know what would be tolerable good better awesome? A game with BF's multiplayer and CoD's single player! That's $100 saved right there!

 

[FallenMessiah88]

I had a feeling it would end in a draw. After all, this IS Battlefield and Call of Duty we're dealing with. Both modern military shooter with a heavy focus on multiplayer.

I very much agree with his "Shooters seem to have lost their way" comment. I love shooters. In fact, it's my favorite genre. However I personally think that it's time to shake things up a little. Maybe try to bring back some of the mechanics and design choices from the "good old days", without being (too) blinded by nostalgia.

It can't hurt to try...Right?

 

[ProjectTrinity]

Neither of these games help the industry in the long run?

Finally, a review with an actual opinion I can care about.

 

[rickicker]

Tsk tsk tsk, Yahtzee. You know those old fossils in the Senate says that we're not supposed to learn anything while playing video games, tangential or otherwise. And you know that those old fossils in the Senate are never wrong. -sarcastic snigger-

Also, I honestly do think both Modern Warfare and Battlefield games has ran its course in terms of plot, because seriously, both the players and the developers have given up on expecting any good motivation to blast the heads off of other people who isn't "like us". I suggest for Modern Warfare 4, they start off the game with a dude handing you a gun, and the only line of dialogue in the entire game would be him saying, "Here you go. Now, go kill some schmucks!"

Because really, why bother anymore?

 

[Poisoned Al]

It's a shame that he has to review MW3. Mainly because everyone knows that he will not like it, and all it really is doing is giving more ammo to CoD haters. Yahtzee shouldn't have to review every game out there, because IMO this review was pointless because he skimmed over half the features of both games and didn't seem to care about the singleplayer much.

Oh I can review up multiplayer for you: CoD: Bland, unbalanced and filled with arseholes. BF3: TACTICAL LIGHT! OW FUCK MY EYES!

 

[Frostbite3789]

didn't seem to care about the singleplayer much.

That's what the entire review was about.

 

[Frostbite3789]

Team Fortress 2: $20 new on release day
Unreal Tournament 2004: $30 new on release day

That's why. If your game is built entirely for the multiplayer, and "no one plays the campaign anyway", why charge full price?

So based on that I overpaid for any TES game and the Half Life games? I mean, can't have double standards where single player only games can charge full price, can we?

 

[DoomBlackDragon]

I am glad he really bashed hard on the games. Really BF and CoD have come up to be nothing more then clones of their predicetors. With new graphics. BF3 is nothing more then mixing MoH and BadCo 2 together and upgrading the enginen to be all shiney. While MW3 is just MW2 with new maps. Nether game is really worth 60 dollars and how Black Ops still thinks that it even worth 60 dollars when it single player was shit and the multiplayer is empty. It had really shown how bad FPS have become. Frankly I am still happy with my CoD 1 and CoD 2. CoD 4 was the last good CoD games. Now it just something to keep xbox fans from not playing halo. Lol what a bunch of looser.

Frankly games have been sucking more and more ever sence the xbox has come out. Damn you Microshit for killing the only good thing in my life. Bad enough their are to many brainless idiots that only support your shitty windows.

 

[Metalrocks]

yeah, the SP is nothing special. just shoot and run. but still ok to play. its clearly a MP game and this actually is fun. for sure much better then black ops in my opinion.
but well, it was clear he will not touch the MP. agreed pretty much with everything he said about this game.

 

[Frostbite3789]

Team Fortress 2: $20 new on release day
Unreal Tournament 2004: $30 new on release day

That's why. If your game is built entirely for the multiplayer, and "no one plays the campaign anyway", why charge full price?

So based on that I overpaid for any TES game and the Half Life games? I mean, can't have double standards where single player only games can charge full price, can we?

Half-Life 2 was $30 as well. Just saying.

The amount of work a game takes should be reflected in its price. MW3 Multiplayer uses almost the same things that MW2 did. But Skyrim required work on a lot of new things. More work you have to do on it, more its worth.

MW3 is a Toyota Camry, mass-produced, easy to find, easy to use, made year after year. Skyrim is a Ferrari. Made by hand, difficult to find, and usually specially made. Should both of them be $15,000?

Besides the fact that Half Life 2 was in fact $50 on release, which was the price of any game at the time I still have to disagree.

Your last point is completely opinion. I'm no MW3 fan, in fact I'd go so far as to say I despise the game, but you can't say MP only games should only be charging half price, while SP only games can charge as much as a full priced game these days.