Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reviews

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Activision, Infinity Ward, Beenox

Oct 25, 2019 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5

OpenCritic Rating

Top Critic Average

87%

Critics Recommend

IGN

8 / 10

Eurogamer

No Recommendation

PC Gamer

80 / 100

Easy Allies

8.5 / 10

Metro GameCentral

7 / 10

GamesRadar+

3 / 5

GamesRadar+

4 / 5

Game Informer

8.8 / 10

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Review Summary

Critic Consensus

Deep Multiplayer

Leveling up guns and other unlockables is an addictive timesink.

Still the FPS Standard-Bearer

Tight as ever gunplay keeps all competitors chasing Call of Duty for another year.

Story Gets Stuck Between Worlds

Is it gritty and realistic or Hollywood and bombastic? It can't decide.

The Modern Warfare reboot pulls few punches in its story, but it also gets its tone confused. Luckily, the multiplayer is a much stronger experience and one that should only improve with its free content roadmap.

Critic Reviews for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

IGN

Ryan McCaffrey, Miranda Sanchez

8 / 10.0

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's varied gameplay modes and excellent gunplay suggest the series is headed in a promising direction.

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Eurogamer

Wesley Yin-Poole

No Recommendation / Blank

When it's good, it's great. When it's bad it's frustrating. Everything in between is, well, Call of Duty.

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PC Gamer

Morgan Park

80 / 100

Modern Warfare evolves the series for the better, but it could be so much more.

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Easy Allies

Michael Huber

8.5 / 10.0

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Metro GameCentral

Unknown Author

7 / 10

Nowhere close to a reinvention of the series but the more serious tone is mostly successful, with an ambitious story campaign and some entertaining new multiplayer modes.

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GamesRadar+

Ford James

Countless seemingly minor issues build up to take away from what is, at its core, the best and most tactical Call of Duty multiplayer in years.

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GamesRadar+

Unknown Author

Modern Warfare is fast and frenetic, setting a new benchmark for fidelity and high-pressure FPS action

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Game Informer

Andrew Reiner

8.8 / 10.0

Leveling up guns is ridiculously fun, and the breadth of modes keeps this experience from feeling repetitive. This is a game you can sink tons of time into

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