In some ways, I can see the Modern Warfare series getting similar to Madden, if it continues for more than one or two more games.
I mean, people (especially higher ranked players) pretty much all use the same guns, attachments and perks, since those are the builds that have been proven to work the best. They may add in a couple new guns for MW3, but its not going to stop people from using the same things they did in MW2. As far as the COD multiplayer scene is concerned, MW3 is basically a couple new guns, some balance tweaks (and likely some new imbalances caused by new guns), and a map pack. If they wanted to, they could release that entire component of MW3 through DLC.
What you are paying $60 for is the campaign, the cinematics, the animation, the voice-acting, etc. The part that's kind of sad about this, is that the campaign is the part that the great majority of COD players will touch the least.
They're going to need to change the forumula sooner or later, or it seems there is a pretty good chance of the series stagnating. Its a well-made shooter, but there's only so much you can do in the modern era.
Me personally, I stopped playing COD after the first Modern Warfare. Just got bored with it. I'll stick to Space Marine for my online killing needs this fall/winter =D Maybe Resistance 3, but 2 was kind of underwhelming (the single player anyway. The MP was fairly fun).
I mean, people (especially higher ranked players) pretty much all use the same guns, attachments and perks, since those are the builds that have been proven to work the best. They may add in a couple new guns for MW3, but its not going to stop people from using the same things they did in MW2. As far as the COD multiplayer scene is concerned, MW3 is basically a couple new guns, some balance tweaks (and likely some new imbalances caused by new guns), and a map pack. If they wanted to, they could release that entire component of MW3 through DLC.
What you are paying $60 for is the campaign, the cinematics, the animation, the voice-acting, etc. The part that's kind of sad about this, is that the campaign is the part that the great majority of COD players will touch the least.
They're going to need to change the forumula sooner or later, or it seems there is a pretty good chance of the series stagnating. Its a well-made shooter, but there's only so much you can do in the modern era.
Me personally, I stopped playing COD after the first Modern Warfare. Just got bored with it. I'll stick to Space Marine for my online killing needs this fall/winter =D Maybe Resistance 3, but 2 was kind of underwhelming (the single player anyway. The MP was fairly fun).