Call of Duty fans have been expressing their disappointment in the negative reviews of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. However, it seems that the game being criticized is actually the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, released in 2011 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 (the original spelled out “3” as a word, while the new one uses Roman numerals).
The reason for this outrage stems from the poorly received campaign mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as its incorporation of the main elements from Modern Warfare 2, released the previous year. This resulted in the game’s massive size of 213GB. Furthermore, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is seen by some as more of a DLC for Modern Warfare 2, as the third installment’s trophy list on the PS5 lacks a Platinum trophy.
While the reception for the Modern Warfare 3 campaign was mixed, some fans inexplicably directed their anger towards the wrong game. One user, referring to the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from 2011, posted on Metacritic expressing negative criticism, clearly aiming at the new Modern Warfare III game. This post caught the attention of Metacritic, who confirmed with IGN that they are in the process of removing these user reviews. According to Marc Doyle, the head of Metacritic, if someone reviews a game while clearly thinking they are reviewing another game, the review will be filtered out.
Currently, the Metacritic page for Modern Warfare 3 (2011) has a user score of only 3.6, compared to the critic score of 88/100. Many users have given extremely low ratings, while others have attempted to review with high scores, alongside criticizing those who give poor reviews for reviewing the wrong game.
On the user review side, the Steam platform has seen new positive reviews for the original Modern Warfare 3 from 2011, highlighting that it is better than the 2023 installment. Some of these reviews state, “Realized this isn’t MW3 2023, the game is actually great” and “I came back to play this campaign because the new one is so awful.”
In conclusion, it is important to pay attention to the right game when reviewing. The confusion surrounding the two Modern Warfare 3 games has led to mixed reactions and unintended negative reviews.
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