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Finally. After countless matches,
countless times playing single player, and countless dead Russians or
terrorists. I finally am ready to give off my opinion on which of the FPS
behemoths is better. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3. Chances are you’ve heard
many people say which is the better game and why. Well, that’s what I’m also doing.
Except I spend since the debuts
playing these games because I wanted to give my best analyses possible. But in the end their
can only be one…
Now about me and Call of Duty. I’ve been a fan since the
first game and I still consider the start of the Battle of Stalingrad to be one
of the best moments in any game. Ever since then, each game has only gotten
better and better. Then we suddenly were given Modern Warfare and all our minds
were blown.
Call of Duty in modern era? Access
to aircraft and bombs? A plot that actually is original and decent? Hell yeah
this game series is awesome. To this day Activision’s Modern Warfare is one of
the greatest games to ever come out and each sequel has only gotten better and
better.
Now I’ll confess something. I’ve
never played a Battlefield game. Never.
I knew of the series, but was never that interested in it. That was
until I saw the trailer for Battlefield 3. I, like many, was hooked and wanted
to know more about the game. What really stunned us all was the new Frostbite
engine and how the game looked like it could seriously compete with Call of
Duty.
Everywhere on the internet, the two
games were being talked about and how much they were going to bring to the
table of FPS’s. Both games have come out a while ago, but to this day there are
still arguments on which are better. Well this is my opinion guys so let’s
start.
1. Graphics
Call
of Duty has always had stunning graphics. The level design of the
multiplayer maps always managed to capture attention and during the main story,
you’re going to have major epic scenes. With all the bombs,
bullets, and explosions going on around you actually feel like you’re in a real
battle.
The NYC levels are just awesome!
The greatest city in the world is in flames and crumbling all around you. I
lived half my life in that city and they captured the entire island perfectly.
France and England are no slouches either as that Big Ben moment really hits
you.
The only thing I may have an issue
is with the skyboxes. I don’t know, they kind of seem less improved then before.
However, Battlefield 3 makes graphic look like life itself. Now I played
this on the Xbox and I know that the graphics are tons better on the PC, but
even on Xbox the game plays beautifully. Characters look better then Call of Duty and the environments are
more detailed, especially when it comes to the desert and night levels. Best
desert combat ever. And the weather? My god is it great. The sea and water are just so well done I think it might be one of the top ten water effects I've ever seen in a game.
And with the levels of Battlefield 3 so huge it’s like you’re
actually in a living warzone. Character animations are the best and the
customizations for your characters make them stand out well.
Winner:
Battlefield
2. Controls
Call
of Duty, for the most part, has had an average control scheme. And that’s a
problem. I keep wishing the controls would get better or different then its
previous counter parts, but that’s not the case. The game feels the same as it
did before. For some it’s a good thing, but after playing the same controls
after 3 games you would think we would get something different.
Plus, sometimes the controls just
seem a bit weak.
Battlefield
3 has a much better control scheme and it has to. After all, you’re not
just running around on the field of battle. You’re flying jets and driving
tanks! When you move, you feel like
you’re moving. Turning is much better and the animations, my god. The Parkour
like gameplay you get when you jump or dive is a thousand times better than
anything Call of Duty gives (Or Brink
for that matter). Shooting works well and aiming is just as par as the aiming
system in Call of Duty.
But the real credit goes to the
vehicle controls. They do get some getting used to, but as you master them you start
to feel like a real jet pilot or a tank driver.
Winner:
Battlefield 3
3. Sound
If you have your own sound system,
do yourself a favor and send it to the max! This game continues to capture the
realistic gunfire and explosions that you would expect in a Modern Warfare
game. But the best has to be the voice acting. Top quality work on this one
and I give it full credit for the accent’s they put in for the Russians. Plus, Price is just a bad ass.
Battlefield
3 has pretty realistic sounds as well. In fact, both Modern Warfare and Battlefield
sound perfect together…only one little thing. I hate the voice acting in BF3. I really think they could have gone
a lot better with it then they did. But one thing that they really do well
together is the vehicle sounds. Still, I love voice acting. And I don't want any ties in this game so credit goes to COD.
Winner: Modern Warfare 3
4. Single
Player
I really like Call of Duty’s single
player. Why? Because unlike other FPS’s army stories that are focused on terrorism or a war that’s happened in history, Modern Warfare actually has an original plot. Sure
some events might be inspired by previous ones in real life, but did any of us expect
General Shepard's betrayal in MW2? Or the backstory of Makarov? Not to mention
Soap’s death in MW3!
And the impacts the story gives you
such as the falling of the Eiffel Tower, the Big Ben explosion, and the last
level when your killing Makarov? Just epic.
This is an epic tale that will make
you want to replay all three games over again.
Battlefield 3’s single player…is
just not good. Really not good. I really didn’t think they were trying with
this one and it kind of shows. I don’t know anything about the characters, the
story just confuses me the moment it starts (And I get what they’re trying to do,
but A. COD Black Ops did it already
and B. So did Black).
I don’t know if they were focusing
so much on the Multiplayer that they didn’t want have that strong of a single
player, but either way. This is an easy one.
Winner:
Modern Warfare 3
5. Multiplayer
This is the big one everyone has
been talking about. As usual, Modern Warfare 3's is godlike. All the things we’ve come
to expect from Modern Warfare in terms of Multiplayer are there. Awesome
matches, new perks and weapons, and an excellent range of maps.
One thing I really find cool is the
new Kill Streak system. You can choose to have one based on your kills, like
before, but now you can also have on based on your deaths. What I also really
like is the new level experience. Where the more you use your weapon, the
better it gets.
What is also great is the other
co-op missions and the Survival mode like game. The Co-op missions were tons of
fun and I and my friends played them all night long when we got the game. I
especially like the ones where on player is the shooter on some sort of vehicle
or sniper position and the other has to go around shooting and moving to the
objectives while his partner protect him. That’s awesome gameplay experience
right there.
And then there is Survival mode.
This is when you and a friend have to last as long as you can against bigger
and deadlier waves of enemies that range from common soldiers, to dogs, to
Juggernaut armored enemies. Each successful repel gives you money that you can
use to buy ammo, perks, armor, and more. You’ll spend hours a day on this
experience and never stop playing it.
Again, just the multiplayer
experience alone is enough to make you have this game.
Now to Battlefield 3. Big maps with huge teams and huge guns. That’s just
what you can say about this game. Each map is very well designed and very big.
Enough to fit 50 players even. Matches go on for a long time and you’ll have
plenty to do with the huge amounts of vehicles post everywhere. Teamwork is
definitely needed for this experience as you cannot win this game on your own,
you will die a lot if you don’t stick close to your teammates.
It sounds like a really good
experience…but there are flaws. One, you will need to really spend a lot of
time on this game to get more equipment. If you thought being a noob in COD was
bad, this is much worse. It took me nearly forever to get enough credits to buy
better equipment when nearly everybody was killing me every five seconds
because I was so poorly equipped. At least in Call of Duty, you had some balances to help you out. I give credit
to all the customization and the Battlelog system Dice made.
But there aren’t as many types of
games you can play on these maps and the only one that really made me play was
just Conquest. Modern Warfare as a
lot more to offer. And while Battlefield 3 does have Co-op missions, they just
don’t feel as good as Modern Warfare’s
does.
Winner:
Modern Warfare 3
OVERALL
WINNER: MODERN WARFARE 3
So yes, both games are good.
However, once again Modern Warfare is
the king of all First Person Shooters. Everything about this game is great and
this is the side I choose in the war between the two games.
We are gamers and we are legion.
Later
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