Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Engine Focused on Gameplay

" The changes we do can't be easily labeled"
that made me laugh

Same engine from cod4 and they've made how many games out of it. These guys must have more cash than saudi arabia

In other words, they're making excuses for outdated graphics. I hope that at least gameplay will be fun. Out of three CoD games - MW1, MW2 and BO - MW2 was good, MW1 was okay, BO was meh. I can disregard outdated graphics if the story and gameplay are great, but if they suck, you better give me Crysis-level graphics to make me buy such a game.

Translation: We couldn't match Battlefield 3's graphics, so we'll spin it as if that's a good thing.

from the sound of it, the changes are things like tweaking run speed with x gun, or jumping with a pistol out apposed to an assault riffle.

i just hope that all game focus on gameplay over graphics.

This Article should be titled as "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Engine Focused on gameconsole" He says that they are focused on "gameplay" not about technology.. well this means that the product has a poor reputation and mediocre graphics work done on it based on old tech just like apple. Maybe I had high hopes on this title.

"We are still looking at things like DX11," Rubin answered. "It's one of the things our team is looking at, but our focus is all about gameplay, not about technology. We want it to be more about fun than anything else."

WTF really?? It is all about game play and not technology??? What a moron. But in all honesty I can say I am not surprised at this considering this is coming from an a$$ hole who cares more about making money rather than making a well rounded game. I am sure glad i don't own a console to be tempted into buying the crap. BF3 FTW!!!!!

Well, for console versions, at least, I'm glad the graphics aren't too good. I hate playing anything at less than 60fps without motion blur which I doubt is in BF3.

This is the one of the things that concerns me as a PC gamer: we are not getting the most out of our hardware because of the game. I know PC gaming isn't all about the eye candy and is more about the freedom and choices we are given compared to consoles, but if you drop over a grand on a gaming PC, you want your games to look pretty AND have great gameplay. The same issue was with Crysis 2. I found the game fun, but I expected such a PC-based franchise to give us the best they can to PC gamers. Instead, we got DX9 and a game that did not live up to the reputation that was established by the first game. CoD isn't giving the most that there is to offer to PC gamers. Some franchises/developers such as the Battlefield franchise have their games for consoles, but they don't leave PC gamers in the dust. We still get DX11 and fun gameplay. Some franchises/developers may not offer DX11, but they offer more to us PC gamers than console gamers(look at Valve; we get Counter Strike, extras in TF2, and Steam). If only CoD could follow the same path as these franchises/developers, they would be as appealing to the PC gaming audience as BF3 or others of that path.

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Frostbite 3 FTW

We got DX11 pack for Crysis 2, after all. I somehow had exactly the opposite experience with that game: looked great even with DX9, but gameplay... meh. I never finished it, but I will... once. Crysis Warhead > Crysis > Crysis 2 in terms of fun gameplay. Warhead was great...

@BF3 fans: I know the game is highly anticipated, but please, can someone explain me what's so special about it? They promised you great graphics, but is that all you'll settle for? Want another Crysis 2? I've played BF2... and dropped out after 30 minutes. Maybe the game gets fun later, I'll finish it once, too, but seriously... so far, it was no different from Call of Duty, just better graphics. What's gonna be so great about BF3, can someone explain? Don't go hating, just explain... did I miss a demo or something that makes it stand out? I really don't get it!

Though, just a good FPS with kick-ass graphics can't hurt.

P.S. There was ONE great difference between BF2 and CoD... no dumb-ass enemy respawn all the time in BF2!

Nobody says you have to drop $1000 on a super high end gaming computer. I run an i3-2120 and a GTS 450 (that I got on sale for $59.99 after rebate and discount) and I can nearly max out every game out there, or at least run it really well.

you are probably talking about single player. People are waiting for BF3 to play it in Multiplayer.

I have played both MW2 (weekend free or something like that) and BF2:BC2. i can tell that BC2 required more actual skill than MW2. so yeah, BF3 ftw!

If u didnt want to focus on technology and just have fun, go play with your yo-yo. What an idot. Video games and technology go hand in hand. Im so glad Im switching over to the Battlefield side from a long term COD gamer here. Bye bye idiots!

IF you drop a grand on a gaming PC. If you didn't...well okay. Good for you. I never said you HAVE to drop a grand for a gaming PC, but imagine if you did. Would you want your games to look the best they can?




Eventually, we did get DX11...after the game was already released. I would have wanted it to come packaged with the game rather than as a patch. I'm not really a die-hard Crysis fan, so I guess that's why I found the game more fun compared to other people. As for BF3, I wonder the same thing. Most of the BF3 fans are either console gamers new to BF and have never seen a game that looked good on consoles besides Crysis 2, PC gamers who over-hype the fact that the game looks good, or people who just want to brag to CoD fans that their game looks good and has destructible environments (I hope they know other games before had that; their were ledges in Halo 2 that you could destroy, so you can count that as "limited" destructible environments). I honestly don't care if the game looks good. If it isn't fun, then I won't play it (I still play games on the PS2 and GameCube that look like crap, but are really fun).

I can't believe anyone would want to play ANY BF title for the the single player. Only the Bad Company series has had SP. BF has always been about the MP since BF1942. Huge maps, planes, tanks, helos, fun fun fun. MW1 MP was fun for a bit but it's played out. Sorry console fan boi's, 32 players + DX9 is weaksause. Feel sorry for you guys.

Yeah if a game like BO is gunna be such a resource hog the graphics should at least be as good as Crysis.

Ill say i agree with what they say to a certain extent. It uses the quake 3 engine witch was developed by the masters of our last generation and i in fact know one of the guys that designed those engines and their the reason that cod can get away with using an engine that's 12 years old.

For Infinity Ward, it's not just about eye-candy, it's about running an engine into the ground to maximize cost savings!

Funny how they are saying that they are focusing on gameplay mechanics but shoot that 2nd video... gameplay looks exactly the same as all before. Why do they intend on lying to us straight up n instead admit that its just another useless expensive expansion pack.

Well it's safe to say ONE person bought into their BS politics... -_-

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Engine Focused on Gameplay"

... The same gameplay we've given you since COD4. ENJOY!

well they did add a couple of guns, and increase the level cap before you prestige- and of course the genious idea's of One Man Army for infinite tubes and being able to put on commando and lunge 8 feet with your knife

Battlefield is all about multiplayer.
I am 39yr old and don^t play games a lot as before.My sons do. they are die hard fans of FPS and COD especially.
I got to participate in Alpha testing of BF so we installed it on my PC (Phenom X4,Radeon3850 so nothing special).
I simply enjoyed MP gameplay. It was intense, you could feel that at any moment they can take down, you could use all vehicules and it was fun, fun, so much that I stayed 3hrs playing it.My record in last 4 years.They confirmed it.
And as for graphics they looked great, especially for alpha version.
COD simply doesn't look and feel that way.
Theye are promising a great storyline for solo part of the game, so when comparing to "reheated serving" from Activision decision is easy to make.

personally, i dont care about game graphics.
realisticy, graphics hit a high point, and what we need to focus on are more passive ways to improve graphics.

AAA games can go over 2 million sold now, and still not break even, and a lot of that has to do with graphics, and reinventing the wheel over and over again.

i want immaculate gameplay, i want ok graphics.
no game has ever made a game where if they graphics were any less, the gameplay would be completely ruined.

i could get by on a ps2 quality game, with pc quality textures and resolutions.

I have learned from previous Activations releases and activity for the COD games to simply ignore the hype, lame explanations, excuses etc.

Activation wants your money and they managed to pull in one of the biggest opening week of sorts in gaming history with the last game. I learned that my game would not run well in Crossfire because it favored nvidia. That caused me to load last, 1 to 2 minutes too late with several enemy snipers already scoped in at my spawn. No thanks.

I am sticking with BF3.

Finally but not least... Activision apparently had a event in LA recently giving special founders copy hardened edition for 150 dollars each. I think those are for TV gamers, not PC. (I am almost 50 years old, I quit playing TV games when Nintendo 64 finally wore out years ago)

And finally the last nail in my coffin that cements my loyalty to BF3 is the fact with the last COD game I played, the M60 machine gun given to the Game stop pre-order people and never issued to everyone else in a patch dominated the game play.

With teamwork, battle buddy, voice and good attitude and skill, you will have victory in any kind of game. No matter how flawed it may be.

With that said, I may get a copy anyway, but don't expect me to pay money each month to keep playing it. I firmly believe that one time buy the game with free patches is the order of the day and I will never go to pay as I play model that the activision and other companys seem to want now.

Finally but not last, I built a special machine strictly for BF3 when I learned that EA's Origin software snoops into everything on your machine. So I dislike that. If all it sees is a firewall and BF3 then there is no issue with privacy concerns.

@BF3 fans: I know the game is highly anticipated, but please, can someone explain me what's so special about it? They promised you great graphics, but is that all you'll settle for? Want another Crysis 2? I've played BF2... and dropped out after 30 minutes. Maybe the game gets fun later, I'll finish it once, too, but seriously... so far, it was no different from Call of Duty, just better graphics. What's gonna be so great about BF3, can someone explain? Don't go hating, just explain... did I miss a demo or something that makes it stand out? I really don't get it!

Fact is BF3 is much more about gameplay, that's pretty much about it. It requires your skill for every class, Attention for enemies, friendlies and objectives. Its never been about just being a 1 man army in the game nor killstreaks to own enemies. BF3 requires teamwork for you to win. With every effort that you give for your team it all pays off. DICE has been keen to this type of gameplay which make it great and better than CoD. I've been a player of CoD4 and Cod6 for years now but it gets boring after sometime. The eye-candy is just comes second for gameplay. Without gameplay even if you have the eye-candy its nothing.

Good ol' quake still kickin' ass.

Why not do both, Infinity?

What a load of Crap about gameplay ,it's about about reduced development costs and turn around times LOL and increased profitablity ,this is antivision afterall , DX11 a luxury ?3d support ?three screen support? wow so let me get this straight they lick and stick the server browser from COD4 ,then threw the server files at us and that's there idea of a dedicated team to support pc,what a bunch of wankers.

battlefield 3 that is all.

"Same engine from cod4 and they've made how many games out of it."

Actually the same engine as CoD2. They're trying to tart up an old dog with bells and whistles so people with low attention spans keep throwing mom and dad's money at it. I don't see how anyone would pay $60+ for an expansion pack. That's what this is, right? Same sound effects (no occlusion), same knife, same voice-overs. I'm not seeing anything new from CoD4 besides a couple new animations and you can play dress-up with your rifle.

No thanks. I need more than new maps to get back into this series.