Call Of Duty: Ranking Every Game From Worst To Best

7. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

2011's Modern Warfare 3 is the point at which most fans and critics began to turn on the CoD franchise, decrying the lack of originality and a certain complacency on the part of publisher Activision. Even ignoring the relatively forgettable campaign, this is where the series' visual integrity began to wane significantly, as Infinity Ward began to struggle to keep pushing the visuals on dated hardware, with muddy, low-res textures taking precedent. Furthermore, the single player mode clearly took advantage of the controversy surrounding the MW2's infamous No Russian mission, though merely served up a similar scene purely intended to shock, as a family were blown to pieces during a terrorist attack in London. It felt like nothing more than a self-conscious shock tactic, which combined with the distinct lack of memorable maps (aside from Dome, Arkaden and Underground) made MW3 a competent if uninspired entry. On the plus side, you do finally get to kill off series antagonist Makarov, so there's that.