CoD: MW3 Campaign Fails to Impress; Fun for 3-4 Hours
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 does not offer a long campaign, even by the series' standards.
Call of Duty is usually advertised with atmospheric story trailers, despite the fact, that for years one could get the impression that the single-player mode is just a modest addition to Activision's online shooter. Especially when the completion of Modern Warfare 3 reportedly requires only 3-4 hours.
Although the new part of the series will officially come to the market only on November 10, the game's campaign was made available already yesterday to those who pre-ordered it. To this we owe information on how short the single-player game is.
Four hours was enough for youtuber MarleyThirteen reached the credits. A similar time was achieved by JGOD, who was not in a hurry to get through the new CoD (via X). Both he and another youtuber - TheGamingRevolution - found the story not very exciting and too "safe".
The short time it takes to complete the game probably won't surprise anyone. Already Modern Warfare 2 from 2009 was widely criticized for its barely noticeable single-player campaign, and subsequent installments haven't changed much. To complete a typical CoD we usually need no more than 10 hours, and even that's assuming you're not in too much of a hurry (via HowLongToBeat).
Nevertheless, MW3 seems to be an overkill even by the series' standards. Last year's campaign from Modern Warfare II required spending about 8 hours in the game. That's twice as much as the latest installment, which, according to the aforementioned posts by youtubers - is by no means better in terms of intensity.
Perhaps the reason is that MW3 reportedly began its life as a DLC for the second Modern Warfare. At least that's what was reported by Bloomberg and Tom Henderson at the beginning of the year.
