Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s early access multiplayer beta went live over the weekend, giving PlayStation users the first chance to get hands-on with this continuation of the rebooted Modern Warfare series. Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer brings back classic features and remastered maps, but a significant change to the game’s movement mechanics may be daunting for the casual player.
Classic maps with modernized movement
At launch, Modern Warfare 3’s core multiplayer map pool consists exclusively of the full map list from 2009’s Modern Warfare 2. These maps are remastered for Call of Duty’s current unified engine, featuring updated graphics and the addition of interactable doors.
I’ve wanted these remastered Modern Warfare 2 maps for quite some time, and it’s a nice punch of nostalgia having them all back, but it does feel disappointing to only get old maps at launch this year. I would’ve preferred a mix of old and brand-new core maps for Modern Warfare 3’s release, but instead we’ll be getting those new maps as post-launch content. It seems a little backwards.