I think the spawns are skewed toward revenge kills as just another added way to ensure everyone has a 1.0 and there are no good players or bad players. Its just another form of SBMM.
@@jasondaniels640I mean I knew it was like this in COD when I played and I based my movement on that. Helped me get FFA done fast when I just turned around and killed the guy coming for a revenge kill.
The game won’t change unless people stop playing it but every year people repurchase trash. I quit years ago and can honestly say there are way better games than current cod. You’ll be happier too actually feeling progression again. But many hold on to the memories of what it once was…and Activision just keeps shipping BS because they know it’ll sell.
Absolutely spot on perfect comment. I wish more people would do the same. It’s like they are addicted to a drug or in a abusive relationship. There are TONS of games out there you and your friends can play. You don’t need to keep buying these new trash CODs.
Man do you and stop calling for a revolution on a game. You stopped playing if you are real ,for reasons with your mentality.getting so serious about a game .
I love it when a famous rapper like Birdman makes youtube videos playing cod. It makes the game more relatable to everybody and its just super cool. Keep up the videos Birdman! I used to listen to your music back in the day ❤
I will never play again unless they remove SBMM. It’s sad because this game looks pretty fun. Imagine being punished for being good at the game, that’s wild to me.
the sbmm is so predatory. In other shooters with sbmm the matches are actually fair and you aren't going back and forth between all the skill brackets.
Cold War was the first cod I bought since BO3 and since experiencing the SBMM in that game, I'm never buying another call of duty again. Why do people continue to buy it assuming something will change?
If you gave an average person any cod mw 1, 2, 3 multiplayer, told them to pause and go outside for a minute and you switched from one game to another, they'd still think its the same game.
2019 looks better than 2022 or 2023, but that doesn't matter because it plays like liquid dogass. 2022 the same. 2023 is mildly better but has weak streaks and SHG server instability and shit hit detection. also 2023 looks identical to 2022, literally look at the 2022 playlist
Just watched this full review. Thank you Birdman, you covered everything very well. Your opinions on topics in the community are always very on point. You know exactly what the game needs to be better and what is lacking. Appreciate it!
Also a good tip. You can extract weapons and equipment from Zombies instead of unlocking them. A lot of the weapons are on wall-buy and in mystery boxes. I extracted like half the weapons and all the grenades/secondary equipment in like one hour. Once you have like half of them it'll get difficult to find the rest of the weapons. Best to switch to multiplayer then.
Great review, been watching more of your stuff recently (idk how you never crossed my radar before lol) and really great stuff, earned a sub for sure! I completely agree, SBMM and spawns are killing what would otherwise be an AMAZING CoD experience. When in normal lobbies, it feels great, the camo grind is fun etc etc Sadly Activision is primed to die on the SBMM hill and spawns may need a lot of work to get in a good state.
Good players will ALWAYS hate skill-based matchmaking. Because good players wanna go around and kill noobs!! To kill everyone and never die once. Because that's "fun", FOR THEM!! But they give a fudge how the noobs feel. Skill-based matchmaking is a GOOD thing! Why is that so hard to understand?
I think the multiplayer is pretty good. Its a solid 8/10 for me. SBMM is never going to change its just part of COD and most multiplayer games honestly.
Yeah but it’s so heavy in this game it’s pretty much unbearable. Refunded my game after 15 matches. I’m normally a 2.5kd+ player and the SBMM rips the enjoyment out of the game keeping people at a 1.0 every game.
Buy this game if you want to die constantly, to middle aged men with neglected family's, and controller aim assist, stronger than your typical steroid user. And i'm sure when the ranked game-play comes out, it will just be a broken system with a bunch of hackers. The only thing good this game has is the zombies. Take it from someone that has played this game series since I was an infant, so if you want to waste $70 on a game, that only wants money to keep for their greedy little dukes, and treat their buy packs better than their employees, enjoy this copy and paste!
This is the first COD I have bought in 4 years, and I am having a lot of fun. I played tf outta the OG MW2 so it's cool being back on the old maps with new movement. I recommend it if you are on the fence.
feel that, i’ve always been at least a 1.75-2 and i bet mines like a .8 , and i like to snipe too, not the best, but i can’t even bring my gun up without getting smoked by an AR across the whole map
It seems like SBMM makes matchmaking worse. Having it allows ppl to manipulate the type of ppl they go against, it also doesnt put everyone around the same skill level since it likes to give you the worse teammates while you verse a party of sweats. Before it was all random and you were more likely to find an average player mixed in with some pros and bots but now all those average players are going to be stuck hoping to get carried or they have to try to carry a team of bots. I feel like i rarely get an even team and more often then not you kook at the scoreboard and youre either carrying the lobby hard or you've done nothing while your team has killed everything in sight. You dont get that middle ground anymore.
I’m 1000years old so I want regular COD back. No constant drop shooting or everybody jumping around every second. Unpopular opinion but oh well. Take all that new shit out of old games
after borderlands3 i swore i would never preorder/purchase a game before seeing gameplay and watching reviews, Birdmans is the only review i trust or need for COD. Been waiting patiently for this one
Yeah number 3 is the best option for dealing with SBMM. I don’t play the game, I didn’t even buy the game. Seems like a lot of people are joining in on that and that’s the #1 way we can get it out of the game. Activision may be too stupid to listen, but either Microsoft will give the players what they want, or Activision will lose enough money that they’ll be forced to take action
He's 100% correct about BO2. I remember back in the day on BO2 I won 5 FFA games in a row facing against mostly the same lobby each time. Of course that's also because they didnt have disbanding lobbies back in the day 😂
Honestly, maybe it’s just the nostalgia factor, but I remember liking or at least not hating maps like Estate, Derail, and Wasteland. I think games like Black Ops and MWII nailed their map selection; it’s nice to have a variety of big, medium and small sized maps. I feel like BOII and onwards (up until they forgot how to make maps completely from 2019 and on) they just made it strictly small three lane maps, and while they were fun, it removed the pacing variety of games. Underpass’s visibility did piss me off so it’s nice to see they corrected that. Would be interested to see how these all play nowadays, but you’re not catching me dropping $70 on a CoD anytime soon. Will always show love to the content creators tho
@@andrewj3413they had a 9v9 option with those maps which made it not feel like you’re playing a hiking simiulator. If they had a permanent 10v10 game mode then even these huge maps would play a lot better. Ground war was ruined when they turned it into battlefield
The problem with maps like Underpass, Derail and Estate is while they're amazing compared to the maps they make now they're some of the worst maps in the og MW2
As someone who enjoys the PvE only aspect of MWZ, I really don't like hearing people suggesting bringing PvP back just because they're done with act 3 not even 2 weeks after the MW2.5 launched when a lot of us arent even on act 2. Imo there's not really enough items to make PvP worthwhile if it only takes not even half a game to gear up. Not to mention, perks like juggernog or PHD flopper would make PvP extremely unbalanced. As a result of there not being PvP, they should increase the difficulty of the missions to keep this category of players interested. For example placing trackers on 4 of the game's mega abominations without anyone getting downed or getting all 3 wonder weapons in 1 game (without schematics).
Out of all the maps, rundown was the most unrecognizable. I played the hell out of it back in mw2, and it felt so different now. Took me till now to realize its the same map
spawns have to be bugged or something, some games are perfectly fine but every now and then ill spawn literally 2 ft in front of the enemies spawn as if its reading me as part of their team or something and i just die in less than a second
I waited for Birdmans review before deciding if I’ll get this game. Hopefully we get a decent cyber week discount on this game as I’ll be more receptive to purchasing it as the nostalgia from the MW2 (2009) maps are what is pushing me to get it
I agree with Underpass. I was highly surprised. My first match I was expecting a night a rain just more updated. I was like "Oh no!". Then I realized it's the day time after. It's one of my top maps as of now. I can't wait for them to drop the 10v10 on these maps. I have 65+ days in MW2. Over 90% of my time play CoD4 -> MW2 was Ground War. The shotguns are basically the same. The pump is damn near like the SPAS-12, if you do the attachment work. The Haymaker is the Striker basically. The assault rifle style shotgun is a basically the AA-12.
Rank mode was supposed to be the mode for sbmm, while casual mode is supposed to be just casual. A casual non-competitive experience but with sbmm everywhere, what was supposed to be a carefree experience is now always a competitive experience. There is no casual random experience anymore. Just super, sweaty sbmm if you're playing rank and just normal sweaty sbmm for non-rank.
Although I understand the sentiment of wanting to remove the mw2 stuff because of bloat, I do like having my old skins. Plus if I use certain ammo types from Mw2, I can use my tracers. So my Holger has soul bullets and it makes me happy
I have the same problem I’m playing on Series X and my game will randomly freeze for a second and bring me to the create a class screen and I have no clue why. One of the funnest experiences I’ve had in a while tho besides that
Ngl I’ve enjoyed this game a lot. Shit feels nice. Prolly my favorite multiplayer in a while. I know a lot of people hate how they’re just bringing back old maps but I love it. I hope they bring back MW3 maps next. Definitely wish they didn’t add MW2 guns and attachments
I think a lot of the maps in this game actually play much better than they did in 2009. The advanced movement makes them so much more enjoyable to play, and despite the fact that everybody is still a pussy ass camper, I'm at least not dying to noobtubes and shotguns every time I spawn. Love seeing people use weapons that actually require you to aim
I don’t know why I am subscribed here, I don’t even play cod. I don’t know why I’ve listen to most of your reviews and complains about the game, I haven’t picked up a controller in 3+ years. I don’t know what I’m doing here. I just like the videos. Help. I’m fully up-to-date on a game that I don’t even play.
@@jason6070 you are absolutely right man. I am interested, I’ve been interested for years, I’ve played cod in the past and liked it a lot. I was addicted to FPS games as a child. My fear is that once I get into it, I will enjoy it so much that I will put aside all my other life goals, and I will play till my hands fall off.😂😂😂
I am going to be real, let me catch my son playing the new MW3 Meat 24/7 playlist. I would have really liked this to be an update for MW2 since it felt like a DLC. With the rising cost and time of game development, COD would really work better with a 2-year cycle.
Imagine if we had another year of support for MW2 (the trash one) where they could have fixed movement, patched some bugs and added some shitty remastered maps from the good mw2
Ppl have short term memory loss and forget they literally said they were going to do 2 year cycle, and then decides nah we want more money and sold a game this year instead😂
@@DisobeyZOGbruh I’m clearly aware of that. I want MW2 remastered not this crap. I haven’t bought a cod game in years it’s dead to me unless there’s a remaster.
Honestly I feels like if they implemented strong SBMM for your first 10-20 hours of play time then after that it was severely toned down or even turned off that would be great. That way you somewhat protect the ultra noobs but you also end up getting a nice variety afterwards.
Gotta add another criticism: Attachment names. I have a hard time remembering the name of attachments - especially considering the amount of attachments and the fact gunsmith textures taking a while to load, it's difficult to switch to a preferred sight. When you've got the wrong sight mid game, it's pretty annoying.
This revenge spawn is ridiculous. Thats what its called…. You kill a guy and he spawns nearby, now this bullshit mixed with sbmm when im surrounded by top1% players. Nobody in the lobby can get past a uav
I’m not into the cod scene anymore and only really watch the old man. It’s still crazy how SBMM is a topic still. It was seriously a point of contention back in advanced warfare almost 10 years ago
Been a long time cod player, recently it’s all that I’ve been playing. Started mw3 today and have probably close to 12 hours and this feels like a step down from mw2 imo. The maps are ok but they’re nothing new. The guns perks, etc it’s NOT BAD. My biggest complaint is the time to kill. It’s made to where snipers dominate in certain maps to the point I’ve had my teammates leave on multiple occasions. The time to kill from mw2 wasn’t an issue. Snipers and shotguns were competitively matched against ARs, battle rifles and most other long guns… what I’m seeing now in mw3 is a total domination from snipers due to the fact that time to kill has increased for every play style except those that are inherently problematic (snipers, shotguns)… it’s a shame
@@Matterz25 No because the quality of the game is actually amazing for Multiplayer. Within the last hour due to the devs answering questions on Reddit which never happens Considering Non-disbanding lobbies Considering streak looping Maybe more than 10v10 on 6v6 maps Zombies exfil streaks like in dmz Another Boys event with Zombies stuff Shipment in Season 1
So personally I really liked the tuning, but you’re absolutely correct that there are just too many attachments in the game. The compromise IMO would be to drastically cut the attachments, down to 2-3 for the muzzle, barrel, stock, rear grip, and under barrel attachments. You really only need a small, medium, large premise for all of those as far as attachment effect. Let’s say barrel, you pick standard barrel, short barrel, long barrel. And they’d do exactly what you expect, they’d affect your damage range, recoil and mobility slightly, longer the barrel the lower your mobility but better the damage range. And follow that up for all those categories with the same line of thinking. Then as for the ammo type and magazine, this is where the true weapon tuning comes in. The ammo type and magazine attachments are what helps tune your weapon, and shouldn’t be ones that unlock with level. I’m kind of building on the MW2 system of weapon trees but instead of it being garbage, incorporating ideas they had in MW2019 to make the weapon trees make more sense. Instead of 4-5 distinct weapons that actually had separate choices - like AK-47, AK74u, and RPK all being actual weapon choices in the create a class section, just go with the AK47 but you can kit the ammo type and magazine to fit with either the standard AR kit, the SMG variant, the LMG variant, or something in the middle. Like having .45 pistol rounds but a 100 round drum mag so you have an RPK style weapon that outputs pistol level damage and has better mobility (due to lighter rounds) or the same with a 30-40 round clip for the AR but you’re essentially a peashooter. MW2019 had something very similar because the Holger LMG in that game could be kitted out with a smaller mag and a couple other attachments and you essentially had the G36C and I absolutely loved rocking it even if it had drawbacks.
Zombies is better for unlocking tokens. You complete 3 bounties in-game for 1 token. I think it resets in-game after it's completed so you can unlock multiple tokens, and if I'm wrong you can extract then join another lobby. Plus zombies is super casual, level up guns without worrying the sweaty bullshit besides crashing sometimes.
Birdman, what are your thoughts on map voting? I find that I play the same 5-6 maps. It seems like maybe every 10-12 games I get a different map. I know we all asked for this feature back but it seems to limit the replay value for me playing the same maps. I think i have played Quarry, Derail and Wasteland less than twice each
I'm truly enjoying this title. I hated MWII, but this I truly love, I look forward to playing it and am trying to make the most of it before the next title comes out.
@@bushmonster1702it commits the worst sin of a game. Being mad fucking boring. Everything about it is ass or mid ASF. Maps, gameplay, leveling system are all inferior tbh. But 2019 I played a decent amount of.
I took his 3rd suggestion years ago…. I quit buying COD games. I refuse to play an online “ Competitive “ shooter that doesn’t put connection first. I should not be playing against people across the ocean when my Area is one of the most populated places in the US.
“Sometimes it takes 5 hit marks to kill someone, where there’s times it takes 2 shots to kill me” Didn’t they say, they made it so you get ‘live time nerfs’ if you’re doing well in the previous CODs?
I’ve also experienced the ghost changing my class mid game. I thought I was being hacked after it happened 3 times in a single game. I was lowkey going crazy for a bit
i don't know why this game gets so much hate, i didn't buy mw2(2022) and i bought this.... and im lovin it, i think this plays very well, and feels good to play.... sbmm sucks though, but thats just one of those things you have to adapt i think.... its not going away, even if every single player in the game wants it to
I consider myself a pretty damn good player. Been playing since I was 7, and I'm 23 now. I've always maintained around a 1.8-2.0 KD in CoD up until SBMM infested these games. But even with SBMM in MW19-MW2022, I've maintained a pretty decent- good KD. However, in MW3 2023, I am getting my ass absolutely stomped. Every. Single. Game. In recent CoD's the SBMM was strong, but every few games it would chill for a little bit. In MW2023? It is relentless. These developers are hell bent on making sure we have the absolute worst time playing their game. And what for? I have no fucking idea. I have never seen developers hate their customers more than activison. The SBMM in this game makes the SBMM in MW19 look like cod 3 lobbies.
Lemme catch my son playin 100 hours of Cod in a week (pushing 31 btw)
😂😂😂
It's his job bro. Hes getting paid for playing games, you do it for free 😉
@@Stony1999and you glazing for free
With no wife or kids
@@Stony1999 You must be new around here. You literally missed the joke.
I will probably never play cod ever again but I'll watch the yearly birdman cod review and even the subsequent cod vids he puts out
Never playing again either. Sbmm fucking sucks
Me neither
+1
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Same, I stopped playing CoD after BO3/IW but it's nice seeing birdmans vids
God the rant at 37:34 had me in stitches, Birdman is the OG of COD Twitter beef.
Same it was wild to me that those comments were popping up on his other vids like I couldn't even respond because I thought they were trolling
back when mlgtv was a thing and Anthony streamed porn to get banned since they didnt wanna let him off his contract lmao good times
😂😂 OG
@@garry884BRUHH I REMEMBER THAT 🤣
I couldn't care less.
I don't even like vode games.
I think the spawns are skewed toward revenge kills as just another added way to ensure everyone has a 1.0 and there are no good players or bad players. Its just another form of SBMM.
Clear in FFA in particular. Major reason you don't see many streaks in FFA. Terrible spawning, as bad a SBMM is.
@@jasondaniels640I mean I knew it was like this in COD when I played and I based my movement on that. Helped me get FFA done fast when I just turned around and killed the guy coming for a revenge kill.
Nah not at all, the spawns are just that bad. It’s sledgehammer…..
@@Foggycallabasashillshelicopteryou’re an idiot if think after 20 years of spawn data they “magically” keep getting worse 💀
It’s the same spawn system IW had in the original MW series
Was about to eat my new pokemane midnight mini cookies, but birdman uploaded.
😂
a very healthy alternative indeed !
Let me catch my son paying $7 for a 4oz bag of cookies
@@locolucgetting that vitamin D 💪
😂 bro
The game won’t change unless people stop playing it but every year people repurchase trash. I quit years ago and can honestly say there are way better games than current cod. You’ll be happier too actually feeling progression again. But many hold on to the memories of what it once was…and Activision just keeps shipping BS because they know it’ll sell.
Exactly
Absolutely spot on perfect comment. I wish more people would do the same. It’s like they are addicted to a drug or in a abusive relationship. There are TONS of games out there you and your friends can play. You don’t need to keep buying these new trash CODs.
This is a you problem. Cod has a huge player base that enjoys the game. People like you are the minority, proved by every metric known.
Man do you and stop calling for a revolution on a game. You stopped playing if you are real ,for reasons with your mentality.getting so serious about a game .
@@Roc_OfficialSo you call on paying another game because you don't like this one? Wtf
I’ve literally been waiting for Birdman’s review since COD came out. Can’t wait to hear this.
What do you think?
Cod fish have been around since FOREVER, my guy. You're either clueless or acting silly.
I love how the hours just keep getting higher and higher lmaoo next year you should do 200😆
Next week*
@@Hixorhes talking about all the past years of him doing a cod review after (so and so hours) saying he keeps playing more hours the more years go on
Also love the bot lobbies he’s in every video😂 can’t blame him cuz sbmm sucks ass.
you missed the joke @@toogrimm1321
yeah like, he says the game is garbage and shit but still gets a massive ammount of hours, the dickriding for cod games from his part is amazing
I love it when a famous rapper like Birdman makes youtube videos playing cod. It makes the game more relatable to everybody and its just super cool. Keep up the videos Birdman! I used to listen to your music back in the day ❤
Hearing you say “if you’re old enough to remember playing the original” made me realize todays kids will never understand
The only review I trust, from the only COD UA-camr I'm sexually attracted to
lol chill 💀
If you commented this 7 years ago you would’ve been ripped to shreds. Birdmans fanbase really turned into a bunch of anime kids.
Nah you dead wrong for typing this
@@DisobeyZOG you got the perfect troll account build. Fedora’s (hats) off to you lad
@@Oliver-sq1dn anime is for pd files and Eugene’s
I will never play again unless they remove SBMM. It’s sad because this game looks pretty fun. Imagine being punished for being good at the game, that’s wild to me.
Yup, perfectly said. If anybody keeps buying the new trash yearly COD, they are the problem and took a L.
the sbmm is so predatory. In other shooters with sbmm the matches are actually fair and you aren't going back and forth between all the skill brackets.
Yep, got to lvl 40 something and refunded it due to sbmm. Unfortunate cause gun fights feel good when pong is good.
SBMM isn't inherently a problem, the problem is how it's being implemented.
Cold War was the first cod I bought since BO3 and since experiencing the SBMM in that game, I'm never buying another call of duty again. Why do people continue to buy it assuming something will change?
Bless your heart, old man.
If you gave an average person any cod mw 1, 2, 3 multiplayer, told them to pause and go outside for a minute and you switched from one game to another, they'd still think its the same game.
I'm sure I'de be able to see a difference in the gameplay and all
@@Poodleinacan☝️🤓
2019 looks better than 2022 or 2023, but that doesn't matter because it plays like liquid dogass. 2022 the same.
2023 is mildly better but has weak streaks and SHG server instability and shit hit detection. also 2023 looks identical to 2022, literally look at the 2022 playlist
Okay? Your point is?
@@RizzyGyattmw19 easily looks worse than mwII graphics wise
Just watched this full review. Thank you Birdman, you covered everything very well. Your opinions on topics in the community are always very on point. You know exactly what the game needs to be better and what is lacking. Appreciate it!
You’re welcome bhaisaab
Also a good tip. You can extract weapons and equipment from Zombies instead of unlocking them. A lot of the weapons are on wall-buy and in mystery boxes. I extracted like half the weapons and all the grenades/secondary equipment in like one hour. Once you have like half of them it'll get difficult to find the rest of the weapons. Best to switch to multiplayer then.
I think it would be nice if they would show where you are in the sbmm at the least. Maybe reset it every season
Great review, been watching more of your stuff recently (idk how you never crossed my radar before lol) and really great stuff, earned a sub for sure! I completely agree, SBMM and spawns are killing what would otherwise be an AMAZING CoD experience. When in normal lobbies, it feels great, the camo grind is fun etc etc Sadly Activision is primed to die on the SBMM hill and spawns may need a lot of work to get in a good state.
I remember watching the old videos Bird used to do. Now it's just kinda here and there on random subjects
Good players will ALWAYS hate skill-based matchmaking. Because good players wanna go around and kill noobs!! To kill everyone and never die once. Because that's "fun", FOR THEM!! But they give a fudge how the noobs feel.
Skill-based matchmaking is a GOOD thing! Why is that so hard to understand?
Remember when sledgehammer dipped for like 2 months on holiday during vanguard. The spawns and issues will probably get fixed next year lol
That change class glitch needs to be fixed asap
And it happens at the worst times 😂
I think the multiplayer is pretty good. Its a solid 8/10 for me. SBMM is never going to change its just part of COD and most multiplayer games honestly.
Yeah but it’s so heavy in this game it’s pretty much unbearable.
Refunded my game after 15 matches.
I’m normally a 2.5kd+ player and the SBMM rips the enjoyment out of the game keeping people at a 1.0 every game.
Buy this game if you want to die constantly, to middle aged men with neglected family's, and controller aim assist, stronger than your typical steroid user. And i'm sure when the ranked game-play comes out, it will just be a broken system with a bunch of hackers. The only thing good this game has is the zombies. Take it from someone that has played this game series since I was an infant, so if you want to waste $70 on a game, that only wants money to keep for their greedy little dukes, and treat their buy packs better than their employees, enjoy this copy and paste!
This is the first COD I have bought in 4 years, and I am having a lot of fun. I played tf outta the OG MW2 so it's cool being back on the old maps with new movement. I recommend it if you are on the fence.
8-12 hours a day, dayumm. More than I work
This is his work
I exclusively get SWEAT lobbies now. It’s to the point my K/D got cut in half. I’ve gone from a 1.4 player to a .6 I’ve already given up.
feel that, i’ve always been at least a 1.75-2 and i bet mines like a .8 , and i like to snipe too, not the best, but i can’t even bring my gun up without getting smoked by an AR across the whole map
It seems like SBMM makes matchmaking worse. Having it allows ppl to manipulate the type of ppl they go against, it also doesnt put everyone around the same skill level since it likes to give you the worse teammates while you verse a party of sweats. Before it was all random and you were more likely to find an average player mixed in with some pros and bots but now all those average players are going to be stuck hoping to get carried or they have to try to carry a team of bots. I feel like i rarely get an even team and more often then not you kook at the scoreboard and youre either carrying the lobby hard or you've done nothing while your team has killed everything in sight. You dont get that middle ground anymore.
You are definitely a bot. Imagine being a grown man with an anime child pfp wtf
I’m 1000years old so I want regular COD back. No constant drop shooting or everybody jumping around every second. Unpopular opinion but oh well. Take all that new shit out of old games
I hate that bunny hopping shit, if they want to jump around then they should go play Advanced Warfare
after borderlands3 i swore i would never preorder/purchase a game before seeing gameplay and watching reviews, Birdmans is the only review i trust or need for COD. Been waiting patiently for this one
Yeah number 3 is the best option for dealing with SBMM. I don’t play the game, I didn’t even buy the game. Seems like a lot of people are joining in on that and that’s the #1 way we can get it out of the game. Activision may be too stupid to listen, but either Microsoft will give the players what they want, or Activision will lose enough money that they’ll be forced to take action
He's 100% correct about BO2. I remember back in the day on BO2 I won 5 FFA games in a row facing against mostly the same lobby each time. Of course that's also because they didnt have disbanding lobbies back in the day 😂
5:58
😂 Yo wtf kinda spawn is that?
Honestly, maybe it’s just the nostalgia factor, but I remember liking or at least not hating maps like Estate, Derail, and Wasteland. I think games like Black Ops and MWII nailed their map selection; it’s nice to have a variety of big, medium and small sized maps. I feel like BOII and onwards (up until they forgot how to make maps completely from 2019 and on) they just made it strictly small three lane maps, and while they were fun, it removed the pacing variety of games. Underpass’s visibility did piss me off so it’s nice to see they corrected that. Would be interested to see how these all play nowadays, but you’re not catching me dropping $70 on a CoD anytime soon. Will always show love to the content creators tho
Everything you said is true but BOII had some big maps. Yemen, Cargo, Aftermath, Carrier, Drone, Turbine.
@@andrewj3413they had a 9v9 option with those maps which made it not feel like you’re playing a hiking simiulator. If they had a permanent 10v10 game mode then even these huge maps would play a lot better. Ground war was ruined when they turned it into battlefield
Black ops 1 nest maps of all time
The problem with maps like Underpass, Derail and Estate is while they're amazing compared to the maps they make now they're some of the worst maps in the og MW2
As someone who enjoys the PvE only aspect of MWZ, I really don't like hearing people suggesting bringing PvP back just because they're done with act 3 not even 2 weeks after the MW2.5 launched when a lot of us arent even on act 2. Imo there's not really enough items to make PvP worthwhile if it only takes not even half a game to gear up. Not to mention, perks like juggernog or PHD flopper would make PvP extremely unbalanced. As a result of there not being PvP, they should increase the difficulty of the missions to keep this category of players interested. For example placing trackers on 4 of the game's mega abominations without anyone getting downed or getting all 3 wonder weapons in 1 game (without schematics).
Out of all the maps, rundown was the most unrecognizable. I played the hell out of it back in mw2, and it felt so different now. Took me till now to realize its the same map
Yea, what happened to the foliage? And the color scheme is so weird now.
i got 7 hours in this game and still haven’t gotten rundown once for some reason..
@@madddvillainthey had to remove some maps from some game modes because the spawns were fucked
Haha true took me a few games on the map to realise which it actually was, does not play the same either
It seems like it's smaller, like a scaled-down and more brightly colored version
Those people sayin you're getting paid to promote COD like holy shit thats funny. Actual bot mentality.
The only review us Call of Duty athletes need 👌🏼
I look forward to this video every year
I played the first 5 campaign missions and realized I just got scammed and deleted the game.
The original mw3 campaign was so much funnier
Reasonable. Im not playing the campaign so i dont become disappointed, multiplayer is pretty good tho. Definitely better than mwII and mw19 imo
@@MrShirialthis isn’t a mw3 remake..
Poor soul…
@@DisobeyZOG??? You can compare things that aren't exactly the same thing you know
spawns have to be bugged or something, some games are perfectly fine but every now and then ill spawn literally 2 ft in front of the enemies spawn as if its reading me as part of their team or something and i just die in less than a second
I waited for Birdmans review before deciding if I’ll get this game. Hopefully we get a decent cyber week discount on this game as I’ll be more receptive to purchasing it as the nostalgia from the MW2 (2009) maps are what is pushing me to get it
6:10 to 6:25 is gold.
I agree with Underpass. I was highly surprised. My first match I was expecting a night a rain just more updated. I was like "Oh no!". Then I realized it's the day time after. It's one of my top maps as of now. I can't wait for them to drop the 10v10 on these maps. I have 65+ days in MW2. Over 90% of my time play CoD4 -> MW2 was Ground War.
The shotguns are basically the same. The pump is damn near like the SPAS-12, if you do the attachment work. The Haymaker is the Striker basically. The assault rifle style shotgun is a basically the AA-12.
If I remember it correctly estate was a ground war map in the original mw2. So it isn't made for 6vs6 is the first place
Rank mode was supposed to be the mode for sbmm, while casual mode is supposed to be just casual. A casual non-competitive experience but with sbmm everywhere, what was supposed to be a carefree experience is now always a competitive experience. There is no casual random experience anymore. Just super, sweaty sbmm if you're playing rank and just normal sweaty sbmm for non-rank.
9 months later, they didnt fix the spawns lol
Although I understand the sentiment of wanting to remove the mw2 stuff because of bloat, I do like having my old skins. Plus if I use certain ammo types from Mw2, I can use my tracers. So my Holger has soul bullets and it makes me happy
Just realized I was 12 watching Birdman now I’m 20
I have the same problem I’m playing on Series X and my game will randomly freeze for a second and bring me to the create a class screen and I have no clue why. One of the funnest experiences I’ve had in a while tho besides that
Ngl I’ve enjoyed this game a lot. Shit feels nice. Prolly my favorite multiplayer in a while. I know a lot of people hate how they’re just bringing back old maps but I love it. I hope they bring back MW3 maps next. Definitely wish they didn’t add MW2 guns and attachments
Stay off the fentanyl
37:30 Hahahahaha that rant had me dying
I think a lot of the maps in this game actually play much better than they did in 2009. The advanced movement makes them so much more enjoyable to play, and despite the fact that everybody is still a pussy ass camper, I'm at least not dying to noobtubes and shotguns every time I spawn. Love seeing people use weapons that actually require you to aim
I don’t know why I am subscribed here, I don’t even play cod. I don’t know why I’ve listen to most of your reviews and complains about the game, I haven’t picked up a controller in 3+ years. I don’t know what I’m doing here. I just like the videos. Help. I’m fully up-to-date on a game that I don’t even play.
sounds like you’re interested. you should grab a console and start back playing
@@jason6070of course he is . He is a gamer at heart hasn't played games in 3 years , yet is rocking Brandon has his pfp goat
@@jason6070 you are absolutely right man. I am interested, I’ve been interested for years, I’ve played cod in the past and liked it a lot. I was addicted to FPS games as a child. My fear is that once I get into it, I will enjoy it so much that I will put aside all my other life goals, and I will play till my hands fall off.😂😂😂
@@jason6070 how fun is it, on a scale of 1-10?
@@snoopyg6940 thanks man. Pokémon emerald in Sapphire were my favorite games. All time great Pokémon games.😂😂😂
If you disregard AR’s, all the guns are very balanced imo.
I am going to be real, let me catch my son playing the new MW3 Meat 24/7 playlist. I would have really liked this to be an update for MW2 since it felt like a DLC. With the rising cost and time of game development, COD would really work better with a 2-year cycle.
Imagine if we had another year of support for MW2 (the trash one) where they could have fixed movement, patched some bugs and added some shitty remastered maps from the good mw2
Ppl have short term memory loss and forget they literally said they were going to do 2 year cycle, and then decides nah we want more money and sold a game this year instead😂
When birdmen speaks we listen
8-12 hours a day on cod is insane bro 💀💀💀💀
The glitch where you're mid gun fight and the pick a class screen comes up and changes my loadout happens to me too.
This should be MW2 remastered instead we live in an alternate reality where it’s MW3. It should be $40, no sbmm, no new stuff only OG.
Why do I always see comments like this? It was never advertised as a remaster.
None of these new modern warfare games are remasters or ever advertised as remasters.
@@DisobeyZOGbruh I’m clearly aware of that. I want MW2 remastered not this crap. I haven’t bought a cod game in years it’s dead to me unless there’s a remaster.
@Newmancrew it's jewtavison remaster it won't be the same as the og
W annual cod review old man
Honestly I feels like if they implemented strong SBMM for your first 10-20 hours of play time then after that it was severely toned down or even turned off that would be great. That way you somewhat protect the ultra noobs but you also end up getting a nice variety afterwards.
That's basically ranked in any other game.
well you just described ranked mode brotha.
Gotta add another criticism: Attachment names. I have a hard time remembering the name of attachments - especially considering the amount of attachments and the fact gunsmith textures taking a while to load, it's difficult to switch to a preferred sight. When you've got the wrong sight mid game, it's pretty annoying.
I personally have enjoyed the zombies experience but it is 100% not cod zombies but more of a open map horde mode
Next year: “I played the new COD for 400 hours”
I like the updated reviews. TotalBiscuit used to do it all the time.
Damn, that's a name I haven't heard in awhile.
Time flies
RIP
This revenge spawn is ridiculous. Thats what its called…. You kill a guy and he spawns nearby, now this bullshit mixed with sbmm when im surrounded by top1% players. Nobody in the lobby can get past a uav
100 hours since Nov 10 is approximately 10 hours a day.
Love ur vids man. Thanks for posting.
Its mind-boggling how CoD cant have 2 modes. Rank WITH sbmm and causal WITHOUT sbmm
Just poor decisions from upper management. Maybe Microsoft have clocked this and intend to change it.
The only review I’ll ever watch.
If there wasn't a time limit during each match of zombies id play it more
I’m not into the cod scene anymore and only really watch the old man. It’s still crazy how SBMM is a topic still. It was seriously a point of contention back in advanced warfare almost 10 years ago
Are you ok? That much play time has to have some mental health impact
The only reason he plays is because he makes money and is a 3 KD sweat that is immune to sbmm.
Been a long time cod player, recently it’s all that I’ve been playing. Started mw3 today and have probably close to 12 hours and this feels like a step down from mw2 imo.
The maps are ok but they’re nothing new. The guns perks, etc it’s NOT BAD.
My biggest complaint is the time to kill. It’s made to where snipers dominate in certain maps to the point I’ve had my teammates leave on multiple occasions.
The time to kill from mw2 wasn’t an issue. Snipers and shotguns were competitively matched against ARs, battle rifles and most other long guns… what I’m seeing now in mw3 is a total domination from snipers due to the fact that time to kill has increased for every play style except those that are inherently problematic (snipers, shotguns)… it’s a shame
This may be a hot take but I’d say this is the most overhated cod of all time
It’s good but it’s hated for the right reasons because it’s basically dlc 1.5 version of MW2, which they’re selling for $70😭
@@Matterz25 No because the quality of the game is actually amazing for Multiplayer. Within the last hour due to the devs answering questions on Reddit which never happens
Considering Non-disbanding lobbies
Considering streak looping
Maybe more than 10v10 on 6v6 maps
Zombies exfil streaks like in dmz
Another Boys event with Zombies stuff
Shipment in Season 1
@@Mikedude stfu go back to fortnite
@@Mikedudecap
overhated got to be vanguard. everybody only hated that game because of ww2 setting
So personally I really liked the tuning, but you’re absolutely correct that there are just too many attachments in the game.
The compromise IMO would be to drastically cut the attachments, down to 2-3 for the muzzle, barrel, stock, rear grip, and under barrel attachments. You really only need a small, medium, large premise for all of those as far as attachment effect. Let’s say barrel, you pick standard barrel, short barrel, long barrel. And they’d do exactly what you expect, they’d affect your damage range, recoil and mobility slightly, longer the barrel the lower your mobility but better the damage range. And follow that up for all those categories with the same line of thinking. Then as for the ammo type and magazine, this is where the true weapon tuning comes in. The ammo type and magazine attachments are what helps tune your weapon, and shouldn’t be ones that unlock with level. I’m kind of building on the MW2 system of weapon trees but instead of it being garbage, incorporating ideas they had in MW2019 to make the weapon trees make more sense. Instead of 4-5 distinct weapons that actually had separate choices - like AK-47, AK74u, and RPK all being actual weapon choices in the create a class section, just go with the AK47 but you can kit the ammo type and magazine to fit with either the standard AR kit, the SMG variant, the LMG variant, or something in the middle. Like having .45 pistol rounds but a 100 round drum mag so you have an RPK style weapon that outputs pistol level damage and has better mobility (due to lighter rounds) or the same with a 30-40 round clip for the AR but you’re essentially a peashooter.
MW2019 had something very similar because the Holger LMG in that game could be kitted out with a smaller mag and a couple other attachments and you essentially had the G36C and I absolutely loved rocking it even if it had drawbacks.
how does he have 100 hours but only 200 games played and never got derail? 🤣
Hey Birdman, have you tried this year's zombies if so what did you think I personally think it's pretty good for somthing that isn't round based
I got a full refund last night. Life is good.
Zombies is better for unlocking tokens. You complete 3 bounties in-game for 1 token. I think it resets in-game after it's completed so you can unlock multiple tokens, and if I'm wrong you can extract then join another lobby. Plus zombies is super casual, level up guns without worrying the sweaty bullshit besides crashing sometimes.
Just hoping Treyarch absolutely cooks for 2024
As long ass sbmm exists, no developer will ever cook again
SBMM = No cooking don’t matter what they cook up.
Birdman, what are your thoughts on map voting? I find that I play the same 5-6 maps. It seems like maybe every 10-12 games I get a different map. I know we all asked for this feature back but it seems to limit the replay value for me playing the same maps. I think i have played Quarry, Derail and Wasteland less than twice each
lucky you dont have to play derail
@@thomasjohnson1399 lol yea I guess. Gets pretty stale playing Skidrow, Highrise, Karachi, Scrapyard, Terminal, Rust over and over
8-10 hours a day for 10 days. Ur mentally ill dude
Been waiting on this!
MW3 Will Be the Best COD We’ve Had in a Long Time
I'm truly enjoying this title. I hated MWII, but this I truly love, I look forward to playing it and am trying to make the most of it before the next title comes out.
Same here, loved MW2019, really disliked/slightly hated mw2 but am loving mw3 currently
@@brandondolan4009MW2 is the worst COD for me. I actually liked 2019 but MW2 is a disgrace.
@@bushmonster1702it commits the worst sin of a game. Being mad fucking boring. Everything about it is ass or mid ASF. Maps, gameplay, leveling system are all inferior tbh. But 2019 I played a decent amount of.
I took his 3rd suggestion years ago…. I quit buying COD games.
I refuse to play an online “ Competitive “ shooter that doesn’t put connection first.
I should not be playing against people across the ocean when my Area is one of the most populated places in the US.
“Sometimes it takes 5 hit marks to kill someone, where there’s times it takes 2 shots to kill me”
Didn’t they say, they made it so you get ‘live time nerfs’ if you’re doing well in the previous CODs?
DO U KNOW WHO TF I AM!! Lmfao love this guy
10:20 I get that class change glitch too. It always happens when I’m going off for some reason
I’ve also experienced the ghost changing my class mid game. I thought I was being hacked after it happened 3 times in a single game. I was lowkey going crazy for a bit
The review we have all been waiting for.
i don't know why this game gets so much hate, i didn't buy mw2(2022) and i bought this.... and im lovin it, i think this plays very well, and feels good to play.... sbmm sucks though, but thats just one of those things you have to adapt i think.... its not going away, even if every single player in the game wants it to
You an OG if you been here since 'Smackin Sweaties'! been watching Birdman for years now GOAT😀
What I don’t get is that it’s mw3 but everything is from og mw2 like what am I missing
Awesome review. TYVM sir birdman.
Don't care about Call of Duty... but when Birdman uploads, I watch....
GOAT status as always
I consider myself a pretty damn good player. Been playing since I was 7, and I'm 23 now. I've always maintained around a 1.8-2.0 KD in CoD up until SBMM infested these games. But even with SBMM in MW19-MW2022, I've maintained a pretty decent- good KD. However, in MW3 2023, I am getting my ass absolutely stomped. Every. Single. Game. In recent CoD's the SBMM was strong, but every few games it would chill for a little bit. In MW2023? It is relentless. These developers are hell bent on making sure we have the absolute worst time playing their game. And what for? I have no fucking idea. I have never seen developers hate their customers more than activison. The SBMM in this game makes the SBMM in MW19 look like cod 3 lobbies.