Modern Warfare 3 was never a popular game in the franchise but it has always been a special one to me. As a kid, I likely spent countless days of my life playing this. Dozens upon dozens of hours playing the multiplayer. If I was playing a game that wasnt far cry or borderlands, it was call of duty. And this was the one I played the most. I loved the campaign, it inspired a lot of dumb stories I wrote and generally it was one of my favorite games for the longest time. So when I eventually got a PS3 a while ago, this was top of the list on games I wanted to replay. And just yesterday while sick I decided to dedicate my whole day to it. And there was some really lovely nostalgia. Now the game is far from perfect but it still for the most part holds up and is just as good as I remember. The campaign has a lot of really memorable setpieces and for CoD the story is really good too. My only real complaint is too much of it just amounts to Sandman, Soap or Price yelling the characters name and telling them what to do. I would prefer a little more agency and less restriction but its a linear mostly on the rails game and isnt really that big of a deal. Unfortunately, there is a bug where if your PSN account was created after 2019 you aren't able to play the multiplayer. This was pretty heartbreaking for me, but I did walk through some of the maps in local play to relive the little nostalgia I could. Special Ops missions are basically harder versions of campaign missions. Not something I care for but its nice to have. The real great addition is survival mode. Its basically waves of increasingly tough enemy soldiers and its a whole lot of fun, I really hope a future game brings it back.

Overall, Modern Warfare 3 is still a really fun time all these years later, and I'm happy that I got to play this again. One for the books.

Trophy Completion - 52%
Time Played - 10 hours this time, true number uncountable
Nancymeter - 85/100
Game Completion #53 of 2022
May Completion #3