It has become almost a fait accompli that the end of another year brings certain things – the festive season, holiday plans, a respite from work – and another instalment in the Call of Duty franchise.

Superlative action; Silky smooth controls; Bountiful multiplayer and Special Ops extends its longevity

Pacing issues in campaign; Little connection to characters,

Modern Warfare 3 may contain pretty much everything we've seen before, but as it's the conclusion to the Modern Warfare story we can forgive that. It contains a thrilling, but brief, single player campaign, the fun and challenge of Spec Ops and the trusty multiplayer we know, love and can't help but...

very good game

Come for the multiplayer. Stay for the multiplayer.

Sound design for the guns has been vastly improved; Campaign another rollercoaster thrill ride; Newly added features and modes for online multiplayer add to an already good system; Addition of Call of Duty Elite increases community involvement

Multiplayer not kind to casual players and beginners

I really wanted to like this game but didn't have super high expectations, I just wanted another Modern Warfare game. Unfortunately while it is a Modern Warfare game there are just too many issues with the game for me to expressly recommend it to anyone besides someone that really wants to know how...

It is a great idea, but Turtle Beach needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with a different type of wireless transmitter/receiver for these things so they don't receive interference from common household items such as a router.

Concept; design; sound clarity

Where to begin..; When I initially purchased this item from a large retail store, I was very impressed; However, it only took a few hours to make me hate this thing; Initially the popping and crackling started; Then the audio would cut out at random times.

There are three main modes to MW3: single player, Spec Ops, and Multiplayer. The single player kicks off straight from the end of the previous games, and just like the previous games you play as several characters all over the world in the hunt for Makarov.

What can I say Storys making buy this. And Im loving the story!

Overall most people will get exactly what they expect from the latest COD, however there are no big surprises or changes that will generate much interest with the hardcore fans. Unfortunately these days people have this great sense of entitlement or level of expectation due to the high quality and...

Dedicated servers for multiplayer; Stable; clean and reliable on a variety of system configs (pc; Very easy to pick up and play; as with previous iterations the control scheme and UI are very intuitive

Little to no innovation; Old graphics; tweaked; Immature community

There's no denying the popularity of the Call of Duty series. In fact, COD is in the same conversation as Mario when it comes to the most sucessful gaming series of all time – ever since Infinity Ward's smash hit COD4 , the series has taken off and never looked back.