Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®

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Infinity Ward · Singleplayer · Mar 8, 2023

Worth it for the right player.

At $59.99. It has been as low as $19.79.

79%
Mostly Positive
44k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 172 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Cheating: 64 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 49 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 44k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Honestly, I didn’t expect the story to pull me in this much.
172 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
For a 2019 game, the graphics are amazing.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The lighting and enviornments have so much life to them and weapons and other things have so many small details, this is a game you can tell the team had a real passion for making look nice and a great launch title for the new COD engine.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay improves on the cod formula and has many fun gimmick levels.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
It ran great at ~60 fps onmedium settings and still looked great.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
There is plentiful voice acting and it’s all done well.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters172 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Combat54 reviews
Gameplay48 reviews
Performance38 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Optimization18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer124 reviews
69%
Co-op29 reviews
79%
Players complain% still recommend
Cheating64 reviews
44%
Crashes49 reviews
24%
Servers and matchmaking32 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.79.

3 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.