Call to Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 begins with New York City under attack from Russia. How did we get here? In the previous chapter, an American undercover agent got himself framed in a terrorist attack at the Moscow airport, and now the Russians are retaliating. Both sides, however, are merely pawns being manipulated by Vladimir Makarov, who's bent on destroying the West and returning Mother Russia to its former glory.
One problem with the Modern Warfare series is that you cannot do anything to stop this. You control a cross section of elite warriors with seemingly infinite resources at their disposal, yet a surprising percentage of MW3 missions end in failure. Makarov got away again? Oops.
What do you control? Guns. Pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, assault weapons, rocket launchers -- if it has a trigger, it's here. Occasionally you get to call in an airstrike or set off explosives, but for the most part it's aim and shoot, aim and shoot until you've killed everyone. There are occasional breaks, like an underwater mission tracking a nuclear sub, but they're just brief diversions from the relentless gunplay.
It all looks and sounds spectacular, but the big question for this franchise is: Where does it go from here? -- AP
RATING M for Mature
PLOT Your elite team is still on the hunt.
DETAILS Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, $60; Wii, $50
BOTTOM LINE Loud and flashy
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