Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
analyzed 2026-10-04 · sample of 364 English reviews across the whole review history
Across 364 sampled reviews, the campaign and its story draw the most consistent praise, with 48 of 56 story mentions positive and players calling it "Absolutely amazing Storyline". Graphics, gameplay, combat, atmosphere, sound design, realism, and difficulty also skew heavily positive, and the single-player missions are repeatedly singled out as "incredibly cinematic". Price is a split point: 20 of 36 price mentions are positive, often tied to discounts, while 8 are negative. Criticism clusters around cheating, where 34 of 35 mentions are negative and players report that "the anticheat is basically non-existent". Stability, game length, developer conduct, platform access, and servers netcode are likewise mostly negative, with complaints about crashes, short campaigns, and always-online requirements for single player. Multiplayer divides opinion: 15 positive against 12 negative mentions. Smaller recurring threads include updates, bugs, balance, progression, and community, alongside the campaign as a recurring theme. The picture is a well-regarded single-player core shadowed by technical and online-service complaints.
numbers checked against this report's stored data · quotes copied verbatim from reviews · plain text is the language model's own wording
Aspects
share of sample, axis to 20% · ± is the sampling uncertainty around each share
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story
48 positive · 7 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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This game is just on a whole other level, from the gameplay, to the animations, the feedback, gun sounds, campaign, multiplayer.
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Fantastic campaign
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Single player: Likely the Best and most "Realistic" feeling for a COD ever; fast-paced, interesting story, great characters, Excellent graphics.
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price value
20 positive · 8 negative · 8 mixed · 0 neutral
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Definitely worth playing if you are a fan of FPS games or even Battle Royale games.
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price :heart_eyes:
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Price is badass!
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cheating
1 positive · 34 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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The maps are far too small and there are plenty of hackers.
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If you ignore the fact that the anticheat is basically non-existent, the game is generally and severely unfun and the only reason you will play is because of addiction without having any real fun, this game is great!
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Cheaters Nest
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multiplayer
15 positive · 12 negative · 5 mixed · 1 neutral
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Still find player that talk, also servers load same speed as mw2.
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This game is just on a whole other level, from the gameplay, to the animations, the feedback, gun sounds, campaign, multiplayer.
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call of duty is all time best shooting game and MW2019 is a masterpiece literally I got goosebumps when price said we're going dark graphics are amazing gameplay is fabulous but cod having short campaign every time but infinite fun in multiplayer.
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graphics
25 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Also somehow still looks better than most CODs that were released after this.
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Single player: Likely the Best and most "Realistic" feeling for a COD ever; fast-paced, interesting story, great characters, Excellent graphics.
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Awesome graphics and gameplay
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game length
1 positive · 18 negative · 0 mixed · 3 neutral
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Great game, short tho.
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call of duty is all time best shooting game and MW2019 is a masterpiece literally I got goosebumps when price said we're going dark graphics are amazing gameplay is fabulous but cod having short campaign every time but infinite fun in multiplayer.
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Este foarte tare dar, ce nu imi place este ca am jucat 4 ore si deja s-o terminat,
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stability
1 positive · 17 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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terrible, screen goes black and crashes
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The campaign has been fun so far but it crashes constantly even with my high end PC.
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His game is crashing, campaign shaders not installing, PC restarting while start the game.
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gameplay
15 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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This game is just on a whole other level, from the gameplay, to the animations, the feedback, gun sounds, campaign, multiplayer.
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Awesome graphics and gameplay
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call of duty is all time best shooting game and MW2019 is a masterpiece literally I got goosebumps when price said we're going dark graphics are amazing gameplay is fabulous but cod having short campaign every time but infinite fun in multiplayer.
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developer conduct
0 positive · 15 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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this game is run by a spineless ♥♥♥♥♥ with no moral compass
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constant lag, runs near 20fps and activision refuses to provide any support at all.
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They took down Warzone 1.0 and make this ♥♥♥♥ for us to pay.
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performance
4 positive · 10 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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plus its over 200gb large
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constant lag, runs near 20fps and activision refuses to provide any support at all.
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The only downsides are it's size taking in 160GB and the pricing (this game is 5 years old).
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see more
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combat
12 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Weapons feel great; about 10 hours of play on "Regular"
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call of duty is all time best shooting game and MW2019 is a masterpiece literally I got goosebumps when price said we're going dark graphics are amazing gameplay is fabulous but cod having short campaign every time but infinite fun in multiplayer.
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It's an amazing FPS game campaign.
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level design
4 positive · 8 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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The maps are far too small and there are plenty of hackers.
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>The maps being bland
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Multiplayer is only Verdansk map sectioned in many little maps.
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quest design
8 positive · 1 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral
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Chances are you probably already know about this, but there are so many missions that are right up there in the best the Call of Duty series has to offer!
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I'll give this game a soft recommend, if only for the single player missions, which are incredibly cinematic, and VERY fun to play.
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For 90% discount has some good missions.
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platform access
1 positive · 10 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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You need to connect internet to play the single player campaign game.
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full of bugs, game takes forever to launch becouse of contacting online services, specialy anoing since i planed only to play campaign,
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But now a new launcher has been introduced, that takes FOREVER to load.
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characters
5 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Single player: Likely the Best and most "Realistic" feeling for a COD ever; fast-paced, interesting story, great characters, Excellent graphics.
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又见到普莱斯，真好，在6里第一次见到他，可能有十几年了，这次就像老友重逢。
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Incredible involving story with intricate character story and many plot twists.
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atmosphere
6 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Immersive experience into distinct faces of war.
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It had some really good and tense moments which shed some light on the lack of sense or ethics in war.
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The campaign is an amazing experience, the atmosphere and design of maps and weapons and sound are excellent.
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difficulty
6 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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its just better then mw2 but requires skill and dedication as it takes a while to level up yourself guns
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Definitely recommend playing campaign, especially if you do a playthrough on realistic difficulty.
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This game is challenging but it is so much fun to play!
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pacing
2 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Too many scenes and less shooting in campaign.
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Constant hand-holding, endless instructions from NPCs telling you what to do and where to go, and being rushed through every section of the game.
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It is a slow game with sluggish characters.
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realism
6 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Single player: Likely the Best and most "Realistic" feeling for a COD ever; fast-paced, interesting story, great characters, Excellent graphics.
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REALISTIC
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Its too real!
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sound design
6 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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This game is just on a whole other level, from the gameplay, to the animations, the feedback, gun sounds, campaign, multiplayer.
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Supports 32:9 Super Ultrawide 5120x1440, The best surround sound.
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Honestly loved this COD game, the graphics were good, sound effects were amazing, as well as the story and gameplay, the amount of storage it takes scared the hell out of me though.
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updates
1 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Better than MWII, sad that it got gutted.
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The recent update has made it impossible to launch the campaign.
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If you do manage to get it open, your most likely going to be hit with 70gb update that requires a restart every time you launch and then if you get past that, you'll have to wait 5 working days for the shaders to load before you can even consider having a game.
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balance
1 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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>The AS Val being the most OP gun in the game bar none
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… to date but not just that btw the Specs ops mode on this game at launch was a ghost town literally it was Embarrassingly empty and bad not balance and all after that the mutiplayer the map where pretty mediocre at best though weapon where fun to use i admit and the graphic and overall …
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The weapon balancing is beyond a joke with one gun per gun class just domination all the others.
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bugs
0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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It has some shadow bugs, but overall a well balanced experience,
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full of bugs, game takes forever to launch becouse of contacting online services, specialy anoing since i planed only to play campaign,
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For me, the in-game shaders of campaign not installing and campaign is not loading.
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community
1 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Online community are mostly console players.
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Dont play this, people are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they use shotguns and camp the entire game
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good but console players annoys a lot
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progression
1 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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its just better then mw2 but requires skill and dedication as it takes a while to level up yourself guns
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After 20 hours of playtime a hacker has literally locked my whole account so I do not progress in anything anymore, no rank progression, no camo progression, no anything.
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best new gen cod movements good and fun i do recomend a unlock due to progression being hard
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servers netcode
0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Still find player that talk, also servers load same speed as mw2.
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constant lag, runs near 20fps and activision refuses to provide any support at all.
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I kinda suck, but it's okay because my wifi does too, but I'm still having fun.
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Emergent themes unvalidated
topics reviewers bring up that are not on the validated list; raw counts only, no error bars
- campaign 6
Review timeline
monthly peak 11,010 reviews · all languages
monthly share rated positive · 50% reference · months with <5 reviews faded
the timeline as a table
| month | reviews | up | down | positive | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 1,006 | 672 | 334 | 67% | |
| Apr 2023 | 239 | 189 | 50 | 79% | |
| May 2023 | 1,500 | 1,146 | 354 | 76% | |
| Jun 2023 | 1,035 | 818 | 217 | 79% | |
| Jul 2023 | 1,316 | 1,053 | 263 | 80% | |
| Aug 2023 | 774 | 634 | 140 | 82% | |
| Sep 2023 | 1,476 | 912 | 564 | 62% | |
| Oct 2023 | 720 | 453 | 267 | 63% | |
| Nov 2023 | 2,201 | 1,899 | 302 | 86% | |
| Dec 2023 | 922 | 762 | 160 | 83% | |
| Jan 2024 | 640 | 519 | 121 | 81% | |
| Feb 2024 | 875 | 690 | 185 | 79% | |
| Mar 2024 | 619 | 498 | 121 | 80% | |
| Apr 2024 | 621 | 508 | 113 | 82% | |
| May 2024 | 593 | 496 | 97 | 84% | |
| Jun 2024 | 663 | 553 | 110 | 83% | |
| Jul 2024 | 715 | 584 | 131 | 82% | |
| Aug 2024 | 692 | 518 | 174 | 75% | |
| Sep 2024 | 496 | 385 | 111 | 78% | |
| Oct 2024 | 313 | 255 | 58 | 81% | |
| Nov 2024 | 258 | 211 | 47 | 82% | |
| Dec 2024 | 519 | 431 | 88 | 83% | |
| Jan 2025 | 418 | 345 | 73 | 83% | |
| Feb 2025 | 767 | 620 | 147 | 81% | |
| Mar 2025 | 554 | 460 | 94 | 83% | |
| Apr 2025 | 566 | 456 | 110 | 81% | |
| May 2025 | 302 | 247 | 55 | 82% | |
| Jun 2025 | 599 | 468 | 131 | 78% | |
| Jul 2025 | 456 | 352 | 104 | 77% | |
| Aug 2025 | 570 | 444 | 126 | 78% | |
| Sep 2025 | 225 | 185 | 40 | 82% | |
| Oct 2025 | 388 | 313 | 75 | 81% | |
| Nov 2025 | 411 | 330 | 81 | 80% | |
| Dec 2025 | 489 | 398 | 91 | 81% | |
| Jan 2026 | 411 | 333 | 78 | 81% | |
| Feb 2026 | 489 | 391 | 98 | 80% | |
| Mar 2026 | 11,010 | 8,472 | 2,538 | 77% | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,251 | 3,355 | 896 | 79% | |
| May 2026 | 1,605 | 1,217 | 388 | 76% | |
| Jun 2026 | 1,148 | 922 | 226 | 80% | |
| Jul 2026 | 1,121 | 896 | 225 | 80% | |
| Aug 2026 | 742 | 592 | 150 | 80% | |
| Sep 2026 | 958 | 763 | 195 | 80% | |
| Oct 2026 | 86 | 65 | 21 | 76% |
How this report was made
- Population
- all Steam reviews of the game (every language, purchase type, and verdict), walked newest-first per window; only English-language reviews are analyzed
- Sample
- 364 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 44 windows (newest-first within each), taken from an all-language walk and kept English-only — where English is a minority the sample runs smaller than the draw, and every margin of error is computed at 364
- Aspect yield
- 179 of 364 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (49.2%); every share on this page divides by all 364
- Interval regime
- calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
- Fetch paths
- 44 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
- Language mix
- 1,000 fetched: english 364 · schinese 159 · russian 121 · 22 more
- Steam-marked windows
- none flagged by Steam (Valve's off-topic flagging began March 2019)
- Marked share
- 0.0% of sample inside marked windows, under the 2% floor
- Narrative
- passed the grounding gate first try
- Evidence floor
- aspects and emergent themes appear only with 5+ supporting reviews; smaller counts sit at the classifier's false-positive floor
- Instrument readings
- measured once on the study corpus for this model and prompt: frozen calibration, not properties of this run
- · aspect tagging vs. human labels
- 0.801 [0.752–0.844] (F1 against a human-labeled test set; 1.0 is best)
- · quotes filed under the wrong aspect
- 11.6% [6.6–19.6] of quotes, measured by hand on a sample; lower is better — measured on the prior model (2026-08-05); re-measurement pending
- · independent model vs. production labels
- 0.791 [0.772–0.810] (F1 of the production labeler against an independent judge model) — measured on the prior model (2026-07-25); re-measurement pending
- Versions
- deepseek-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
- Run
- serve-20261004T161015Z-f144bbb9 · code 798e06c
full methodology in the milestone write-ups