I think soap did not need to die personally since we only had two stories to learn about the new soap and there needed to be more on him and more of a story with Soap and Price
Not to mention the way he died was just plain stupid. If it had meaning (something similar to the og MW), or just truly inevitable (think Halo Reach, one of them just gets sniped and that’s how it is). I felt like him trying to knife Makarov while completely ignoring his gun is just.. dumb
@@wildwaters8348not even that fr. Soap is top of the top he knows where to stab. And in the cutscene it look like he literally stabbed him in his neck. He would know to go for the neck. His death is dumb asl
@@wildwaters8348 I agree with you, and Soap also had so much potential as the character. We could have seen his evolution with time, and I think it would have been better than seeing a lot of potential die like this... which is honestly very frustrating
Still can't outdo the original MW trilogy From the unsuspecting nuke,to no russian's shock value,the unpredictable betrayal of shepherd, the astonishing death of soap to the satisfying demise of makarov Sledgehammer can't fill IW's boots
Except that was Infinity Ward that made the campaign. Sledgehammer was focused more on Multiplayer from the sounds of it. At least this is more solutionable to give ideas for developers to do better, not whine to the point of sounding like echo chambers.
I think something you’ve missed is that Price didn’t necessarily kill Shepherd because he lied in the court room, he told Shepherd because a couple missions earlier when they were working with shadow, price wanted a positive ID on Makarov, Shepherd dismissed it and basically said that the destruction on scene was proof enough. Therefore, without positively ID’ing Makarov, when Makarov returns and kill soap by the bomb, it’s truly Shepherd’s fault because he wouldn’t let price get a positive ID on Makarov in that scene.
Let alone the command from Shepherd back in Verdansk to capture Makarov alive… Price trusted Shepherd and let Makarov live, only to have him return to raise hell.
Personal interpretation: Throughout this whole campaign Price seems on edge, unsure about the thing he used to believe in. But the moment he shot Shepherd he seemed more resolute than ever… because he’s made up his mind. Soap’s death made Price realize that he can’t play by the rules anymore.
I think the reasoning behind him killing Shepherd more so came from the line Makarov says "Don't bury your enemies alive." Price didn't let soap kill Makarov when he had the chance and regretted it because it got soap killed and in turn his decision to make soap back off made him responsible or at least feel responsible for the death. Combine this with the line shepherd said earlier in the campaign when they rescue him that essentially communicated if price doesn't uphold his end of the deal Shepherd will kill him and everyone else. The last time Price got that threat and didn't heed it soap died. He wasn't going to take that chance again. So he killed Shepherd. Poetic Justice from the original modern warfare trilogy... No loose ends.
That opening actually gives chills. It sets Soaps foreshadowed death way earlier in the story, making every interaction with him more tense going forward because you know Makarov is planning to see him once more.
It could’ve been that the opening mission of cod mw iii starts with the Verdansk stadium massacre. Then move to the prison break in the second mission. As a way to put the title card there. But I would’ve wrote it that Makarov or junior is from Grozovia instead of Moscow.
This was such a massive improvement. I just wish you rewrote the last mission so Soap survived the end. He’d at least have a real cool looking head scar from that gunshot to the temple and more motivation to kill Makarov, but at least he’d still be alive… and right pissed.
The story writer no one asked for… but the story writer we need! Edit: people crying over if the video/ ma comment was a “rewrite” when did people lose not to cry over tiny things?
I find it interesting that throughout the campaign Gaz was the most level headed person, even more so than Captain Price at some points. Doesn't matter if it was intended or unintended, this shows maturity on his end and he's grown a lot as a soldier from MW 2019
It makes sense seeing as gaz wasn't around yet when the rest of 141 went after Makarov in Verdansk, so he wouldn't really have a burning hate for him as much as everyone else in 141
I think the alternate ending was great man! One other thing that happened which I feel was never addressed, is that Shepard gave intel to Makarov. In the scene where Makarov and Nolan walk out of the room with the "captive" and Nolan asks what if his intel isn't good. That was Shepard, I'm pretty sure, and I think the whole "don't need to confirm a body" in the mission with Graves was Shepard working with Makarov. This gave Shepard a win because as far as the world was concerned Makarov was dead, only TF 141 would have known different by the last mission. I think that's what Capt. Price realized and partly why he killed Shepard, because Shepard most likely gave Makarov Soap and Price for his own life. Unfortunately i don't think the game did a great job of fleshing this point out.
Your restructuring of the campaign and rewriting of certain elements was definitely leagues above what was actually given to us, but there is one more change I would make to this and it would be to the London mission. I don't think it was the right call to kill off Soap. If I were to change 1 thing, it would be the death scene in 1 of 2 ways: Option 1: Gaz and Price are the ones who clear the tunnel and find the bomb, and Gaz is the one who gets killed. Option 2: Soap and Price do still clear the tunnel together, but you play from the perspective of Soap and Price is the one who dies. Either of those 2 options would have had a much more emotional impact as a whole, because on one hand, Price watching Gaz (who he's essentially mentored to this point, is essentially this trilogies version of the Soap from the original trilogy) die would have been much more emotional to him. On the other hand, with Price being the one to die, it would make the emotional impact for the entire team, as well as the players, much higher as a whole, and it would have been the most unexpected death out of the 4. I thing Gaz dying was what most people expected, with Price being 4th, Soap being 3rd and Ghost being 2nd. What we got was a death that only amounted to poor shock value and kind of discounts Soap's development in the 2nd game from seemingly a rookie looking to prove himself to Ghost's prodigy. It was wasted development in my option and completely ruins Soap's story as a whole. If Price or Gaz die, it doesn't really ruin their character development or story because we've gotten to see them develop over the course of 2 games, where as Ghost and Soap have only really had 1 game in the spotlight. Soap's death was extremely premature, and the only character we really get to see him develop with is Ghost, so if he got more time to develop his character with the other members of TF141, his death would have meant more than it did. I would have even been fine if we didnt see anyone on the team die until the next game, because then we'd have at least seen Soap's character get developed further. Unfortunately, we didn't get that and we're instead left with a poor excuse for a sacrifice that was done to produce shock value and closed the door for future character development, leaving Soap as a glorified footnote on the overall story of the new MW games as a whole.
I agree with Price being the one to die. If Price dies there is infinitely more emotional impact because this is a character we’ve seen grown and respect in all 3 games. Having him die also allows this trilogy to be different from the original. More importantly, it does something with Gaz that the OG does not - Gaz survives and takes up the mantle of being the leader Price mentored him to be. Price dying would make the satisfaction of pursuing Makarov much higher and more tense. Also, have Price fucking fist fight Makarov like he does with Shepard and have him lose with Soap being critically wounded (like in MW2). Soap dying is just plain rehash done incredibly poorly.
@@speedyazi5029 imo Gaz dying would be the best outcome of the 2 He dies similarly to how he dies in the OG and you could have it so that Price is really pissed and wants to burn Makarov alive now (like how Soap's death in the OG trilogy fueled his hatred)
100% better story line than the games playthru tells. You even set them up for MW4 better than they did, just by swapping some levels/scenes! The hero we needed.
Only thing I'll add to this is making up a mission with Makarov, Nolan, and Ivan going to capture General Shepard before TF-141 "rescues" him so that it gives insight on how he was captured and how Shepard got some intel on Makarov. Because it still doesnt make sense how General Shepard was even captured.
@@_Sylens Everyone surviving would be boring. War is filled with death and loss, so the best thing for the story would be to kill off a character that has a close personal connection to the protagonist. I think Gaz (Kyle Garrick) should have died because of his close relationship with Price.
I would’ve preferred if graves didn’t lie honestly. Would be a good redemption arc for him, and truly go all in on the fact that he’s simply a businessman who will do as he’s ordered as long as he gets paid.
What i don’t like in media making the good guys get everything done like leave some sad stuff I personally like it when there is touches of the hero’s losing
Stakes make it emotional. Losing makes you feel and relate. Never giving up can motivate anyone. Even the simple underdogs of life. Seriously, I could’ve written where a creatively new character of call of duty could’ve taken the bullet against new Makarov and task force 141 are led by captain price and Ramirez and the 2 captains had a fallout against each other because a member of theirs died when Makarov could’ve been dead instead of spared. That drives Ramirez to go underground. It clashes with price who does dark for the worlds stability is more coalition shill than some soldier for humanity. Their ideologies clash and that makes it a low point for task force 142. As they’re split by the end. And the bad guys are more united with a plot twist victory where Makarov actually plotted to destroy central London from the far distance instead. With nova 6 gas bomb. Radiating London.
Honestly one of the only things that disappointed me in the campaign was the setup for a new feud, at the end of the flashback mission when Soap nearly kills Makarov and then Makarov gives the “See you soon MacTavish, I promise” taunt, me and plenty others thought it’d be a cool twist for instead of Price Vs Makarov like in the OG the reboot wouldve been Soap and Makarov having this vengeful hatred considering how it was setup, it’s a shame that didn’t happen BC that would’ve been a cool and fresh twist for this new reboot
This. Makarov should have killed off Price (or maybe even Ghost who was more of a mentor to Soap in MW2022), giving the team and especially Soap a reason for vengeance and also differentiate the story a lot from the OG MW series. Especially when I can't shake off the feeling that Soap was underutilised in the new MW/Warzone storyline...
Honestly, if Price got capped by Makarov in the last mission, then Soap can become the exact same badass Capt Mactavish from the OG MW2. It would be a lot lit in my opinion.
@@marty2129 that would be the stupidest thing if they killed off price. he's literally the main face of mw. makarov really should have killed ghost or farah, as ghost's death would have a massive impact on Soap. However, if they killed off Price, it just wouldn't sit right.
@@marty2129 Honestly Price getting killed would have been the best choice thematically, we've already felt security with Price and him being the face of the franchise besides Ghost. It would also be a good shock since Price was the sole survivor in the OG MW trilogy, and him dying first would immediately turn the franchise on it's head and set the tone. Soap's death also kinda pissed me off since he was by far the least important member of TF 141 and still had a character arc that needed resolving, they probably just killed him off since he was the safest option that would have the least backlash.
Some ideas for thought. 1- When Makarov explodes the airport, there isn't really a connection as to why the players should care. As for a fix? Perhaps have a survivor soldier who is injured, and is dealing with the aftermath of it and the playes play a mission as him. This would replace the hole that "No Russian" has left, and actually show the destruction Makarov is causing first hand and in first person. And it would also shake up the gameplay since you wouldn't be able to just run and gun now since you'd be heavily injured. Then that would make the soap flipping out a lot more personal, while also still giving Makarov a win since he said ghost was supposed to die, but now someone else took his place instead. 2-Price had no reason to not kill Makarov there, other than plot armor Makarov had because without him the story wouldn't have a villain. Fix? We already know from the campaign itself that Makarov is working with extremists from Moscow. Perhaps price refrains from killing Makarov because of that exact reason, because Makarov isn't the end all be all as he is connected to even a bigger circle! and not just "morals" AND that would explain why Makarov would be cocky on getting captured because he knows they wouldn't kill him considering the valuable information he has.
Kudos to you ink. Its difficult trying to make content with a bad release and i gotta say, your videos have been the best part so far in the 2023 CoD rotation.
it only changes it from bad to mid, there is still very limited character development. Soap in this timeline has only gotten half a game, thats why his death felt so bland. We saved Soap from death once in the original just for him to die in our arms without a proper send off while he thought we had a rat among ourselves.
Because the majority of people making money from storywriting are all hacks. And the minority of people with the money to buy their nonsense have no ability to think critically. They will consume trash for momentary pleasure. I mean, people eat McDonalds, even after knowing the shit that it does to your body. Media is consumed the same way. Quality takes money these Mammon worshippers refuse to spend. There is no interest in creating something high-quality and lasting. the point is to rape our pockets.
thousands..really?.. lets not be dramatic now. even though the studio has "a lot" of people doesn't mean they all focused on the creative direction of the story. besides, no story is perfect, it can be really good but, not perfect. there will always be those out there that can add on to or all together rewrite a more entertaining narrative.
Should have been ghost that killed shepherd. Shepherd shot ghost point plank in the face in the original mw2, and I feel in this rebooted universe, ghost and soap were closer than price and soap
What I liked about the campaign is the fact there are a couple of mission where you play as Price. You know, the guy on the front cover of MW2019. Price is a fan favourite character and before MWIII the original MW from 2007 and MW3 from 2011 were both the only games that had him playable in campaign. Otherwise you have to unlock him in the multiplayer modes.
The point of price is that he’s the top dawg, you only get to play him in really important missions.. the fact that you only play as him in the final mission back in mw3 was awesome.. but making him a character often makes it less special
The MW3 campaign is not bad. It is the way the campaign is told and the repetitive gameplay that takes it down a few levels. Edit: nah its bad, yall were right.
Better than it was originally, but the plot still needs a lot more substance to make it logical, compelling, and complete. There should be a series of scenes where Russia invades Urzikstan and some type of resolution after Soap’s death.
Honestly, keeping the Soap death was a bit off, but I do think the reframing of the story really helped. This would work really good as an MWII.5, like it was initially advertised as
Honestly while the campaign gameplay was boring if it was put in this format and had a little better writing it would’ve been so so much better. I love what you did with this honestly so much better.
nice job with this video man. its crazy how much of an improvement this is on the story just by rearranging some parts and removing a whole lot of bad parts
I know you couldn’t do this but there’s a couple of things I would add: 1.) We know that All Ghllied Up/One Shot One Kill from the OG MW is still canon in the reboot timeline. Perhaps a conversation with Yuri and Makarov like in the OG MW3, Imran gets shot, stumbles to the truck, and the drive away like before. It then cuts to Yuri and Makarov on base in the barracks later that evening. Everyone is sleeping. Yuri wakes up to take a piss where he sees Makarov - the only one still wide awake sitting on his rack. The two then silently speak about what’s wrong with Makarov and he pulls out his uniform stained with Imran’s blood and goes on some anti-west short speech. 2.) A mission right before the London one where we play as an AQ LT working with Makarov on the Piccadilly Circus attacks of 2019. It would essentially be like the OG No Russian with the player doing the massacre and eventually getting shot by Price immediately prior to him meeting and helping Gaz. 3.) Having the Gen Shepherd assassination by Price be the last playable mission. Price gives a call to McMillian like the OG and talks about Soap’s recent death. Mac then contacts Laswell and the three of them workout how Cpt Price infiltrates the Pentagon. It would be a short stealth sequence.
I think roach should make a comeback and betray Shepard/ Graves. It would be a full story for roach to get his revenge in the gulag on makorov. Roach breaks out of the gulag like mason did Verkuta, along the way he makes friends in prison, also known as Nikolai, Kameron and Anatoly
They spit in our faces. The fact they are taking an original trilogy and streching it to 4 games is sad. Then you end the game with a huge character death and nobody seemed sad about it. Price was broken when Soap died in the OG but now it felt lack luster. They had a great chance to revamp the story and all they did was show us you can't top the original. Sad money grab. They deserve to go bankrupt
I enjoyed the story of the campaign, its just the missions used to explain them weren’t the best. The main thing I didnt like though was the ending because it felt like the story just ended halfway through the final mission because makarov just runs away and nothing happens after it.
@@kbhgaming4328 wanna know something funny? I was there on the original demo video of the OG mw3 game. It was like 300 or so views at the time. I was impressed at the scale but all the others that were there complained about how unrealistic it was, how the gun combat looked generic and other nitpicks. But now we have a semi-realistic cod reboot and they’re still unhappy about it. Preferring to go back to the originals lol. You really can’t win.
@@neofulcrum5013 exactly 💯 Because if there's no OG everybody would be happy about this one. Me solemnly I like both But for the OG gun sounds was so poor at least they tried to fix that in MW3
I like how you put the bombing first it makes sense but if it was me I would have put it in mw (2019) and have them capture him and never mention it again until now. Players will think "oh well who's the new big bad since we stopped him already" and kinda forget about it moving forward kinda how soap and price would feel. Like he can't come back we got him already
I loved the voiceover from modern warfare, 2019, when price was explaining to gas about how sometimes you have to place the line wherever it needs to be to get the job done, it really explains why he would kill shepherd
I still think the ending shouldn't be soap dying. Instead it should've been captain price who bought it just as he nearly got gassed from the campaign. But he can still survive in the next story while Soap, Garrick, Alex, Farah, Nikolai, and Ghost will carry on the mission. Also introducing new characters like Gary "Roach" Sanderson, Joseph Allen, James Ramirez, Derek "Frost" Westbrook and others. Maybe fan edit that Makarov has assembled another Taskforce called 971 to rival against 141. Ninth circle of hell, seven kings and 1 Demon. All of their worst enemies from their pasts coming together for vengeance. Just my opinion otherwise, you did a great job.
Divisive campaing??? I thought we all knew it was just terrible, the only things that change from MW3 begining to MW4 are that Soap and Shephard are gonna be death, everything else is the same
honestly ink you are downright amazing at the story telling of cod its unbelievable if they would let you do the makarov story going forward itd be truly the best story in cod history much love brother keep it up !
I don't think the overall arc of the story is bad and has good things if you look at all the content. However, this campaign was poorly implemented and could of been hashed out better with a few more missions to build the characters and story.
there literally wasn't an arc, it started with makarov getting out of prison and ended with him still out of prison, the only things that changed was that they unnecessarily killed soap and Price got his get back on shepard for being a fuck head
That was a better order and motivation for season one for sure and makes the story make a little more sense than it is in game. Great job. You may have another career in your hands if you continue this great work and showing how much you care for the story. Maybe one day Call of Duty sees your talents and gives you a shot to improve the future campaigns.
Well done. You took what was a mediocre flop and made the story flow better and end with Makarov seeming more like a true villain than just a Marvel bad guy.
I'm studying story writing in games for my own content and I can't tell you how much I love the idea of this kind of edit. I can't imagine any other circumstance that would generate a video like this in the first place but I wouldn't mind seeing other gaming channels present their own ideas on how their favorite games could have played out differently through cinematic content edited into movies.
Comedy:What do you call a game that has a boring campaign,terrible AI,and boring multiplayer?COD MW3 2023.What do you call a game that has an exciting campaign,clever AI,and fun multiplayer?ANYTHING but COD MW3 2023.
Do you think at the end of the game in the credit scene, shepherd was going to write a letter about what he did because the look he had when he was looking out the window, it looked like he was seriously debating something, but at the same time it’s shepherd and he cares about his name, and that’s why he was ok with price killing him, because the world wouldn’t know what he did
Here is how I’d rewrite the game: The plane incident happens over a populated Russian city so the death toll is a lot higher, and this causes Russia and the world to blame Urzikstan for this incident, which prompts Russia to launch a full invasion of Urzikstan again after pulling out in 2019. The missiles strike an American base rather than a Russian base, which prompts the US to also get involved in Urzikstan. TF 141 are given direct orders to turn on Farah and the ULF but they refuse and are all disavowed and branded as war criminals by their own governments, including Alex and Laswell who continue to work with Farah and the ULF. Russia and the US simultaneously invade Urzikstan but they aren’t working together and are only working for their own interests. Makarov continues pulling strings behind the scenes to increase tensions between Russia and the US and eventually Russian and American troops start fighting each other in Urzikstan, and this starts a war between Russia and the west. I think Gaz should be killed off in this game instead of Soap. In Modern Warfare 4 a disavowed TF141 continue to work with the ULF to expose Makarov and to ease tensions between Russia and the west, while at the same time they are hunted by their own governments. I think this would be a great opportunity to bring back familiar characters from the old games such as Roach, Warcroft, Burns, Frost, Sandman, Grinch, Truck, and maybe even David Mason and his team from BO2 who could all be part of a joint U.S. UK task force trying to hunt down 141. Maybe some new characters should be introduced as well, I would love to see some Aussie SASR operators. I think the Russia vs west war should carry over into Modern Warfare 5 which should be the final game in the series. I also think Farah should die at some point in this game or the next game because I just feel like it’s appropriate. What do you guys think?
Here’s what I do with the deaths Flashpoint Mission - Ghost dies Frozen Tundra - Farah Dies Trojan Horse - Gaz Dies This now leaves Soap and Price to take on Makarov both filled with anger and will try to avenge Ghost, Gaz and Farah. But won’t be able to do it alone and the introduction of Roach comes in.
A Ghost isn't in flashpoint other than the exfil B Ghost dying in a flashback would not work as it would make mw2 or mw3 non canon C This many deaths would ruin the story in a completely different way
This was such a top job brother. The flow makes wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more sense. I can't get over those terrible open combat missions tho. HOLY CRAP who thought that was a great idea?
One little detail I would pick out is that Makarov was in jail for 6 years since he says it but translation is just bad and it would add up cuz it seems that Ghost Soap and Price were still in SAS not TF141 during the flashback mission
Hey remember when they announced that the reboots would take place in a shared universe with each other? And then barely did anything with that? For fucks sake, Makarov styles himself as some sort loyalist to the old-fashioned USSR. The idea to put him in the Perseus group and involve them and BO's cast in MW's storyline was LITERALLY SCREAMING IN ACTIVISIONS FACE.
Im twenty minutes in and the story already flows better then the other version. I felt like the writers jumped around the timeline. Its better this way....at least i can see everything coming
Imagine.... Just imagine if the devs took 2 or 5 or 10 years to come up with not just a good COD with a good Campaign or Multiplayer but just a 10/10 Game that they decided to change from the ground up. They have the Money & Tech to create something on the same levels of MGS or Last Of Us but choose not to.
I like that you've set Verdansk into the beginning of the plot, it shows us that Makarov originated as an Inner Circle terrorist and not a PMC owner straight from the beginning. I also like the position of Makarov's "Return". It attaches well into a cliffhanger, and leans more into a worldwide threat that the original MW3 itself formed up. The twist of the court scene is wonderful. In reverse, it portrays Graves as someone who went rogue to eliminate 141 while Shepard denies everything on his end... With Shepard dead, and the sketchy nature of Shadow Company, Graves might find himself on the list soon enough and be in the deep looking for a way to clear his own name.
They also should’ve incorporated more of the 141 characters doing shit instead of just two hanging always pairing up. It’s a classic story technique which keeps things from exciting and feel fast paced. For example I think I speak for the people when I say we want to see ghosts and Gaz’s perspectives during the stadium mission. Not just there to do admin shit. Scenes also needs to be more intense and seamless too much cut scenes make it seem it’s not even a video game and you’d become less immersed.
I've gotta say the plot and the characters were spectacular overall I think I love the campaign however my only problem is how short it is and a certain good guy dying at the end
"I think I love the campaign" I don't trust anyone saying this. It's obvious it was too short. The ideas in the campaign were good and they actually had a lot to work with to make a campaign that could exceed the OG series but instead they screwed it up. I don't see how anyone could love this campaign. Like it, have some pros and cons about it, of course, but LOVE. I don't trust your logic and reasoning if you actually loved it.
On some parts i would do this.. On the first mission, i would replace ghost with sgt. ScareCrow to make ghost and soap meet each other in MWII After the break out of the gulag i would make price say "How many minutes here to the gulag?" Laswell: (idk because the story dont say) minutes. And if its near price would say " Make an satilite tracing and keep an eye" if its far away then its the turn around No more missiles, no Dena killed and graves dead( because an american needs to se the action) and KONNI would want guns where we try and can stop but it comes more KONNI mens. Farah(us) and Dena give up getting an car and running away.. KONNI group goes into bases with missiles and try to launch but fails with TF141 stopping the launch. For the passanter, lets put straight no russian, airport and plane groups to show real terrorism. The norris part is all ready great. Deep cover! Only info its not good, i would call yuri to join us and he would get out from the base by saying that he needs to see a "person from the family" that is hospitalized and no one can see how that person is.. Frozen tundra, ween soap meets sheperd he goes full mad mode sayin' "SON OV A BITCH" everybody is trying to calm soap down but ghost says "if you aynt letting johnny kill, i'll do the job" and they block ghosts shot, they give a gun and instead of sheperd staying with one gun he gets others. Trojan Horse, soap and gaz have an long talk to blend in. On soaps death, soap pushes makarov giving price time to get hes pistol. Soap still dies and price is shot in the chest slowing him on stopping makarov to kill soap, price goes to disarm the bomb with gaz, ghost is no where to be seen.. This is an fan made mission were ghost goes on behind makarov killing KONNI group and we can get to makarov shotting more than enouth on makarovs chest. Cutting of to the cutscene where we see soaps body and ghost cries with the original soundtrack of soaps death but extended. Court scene, Alerandro and Ghost are called against sheperd.. Its perfect this where laswell edit somethings. We play as price spectating sheperd and killing Makarov is hospitalized and Nolan takes command. Where is yuri on half this script? With laswell watching, he is emergency
The Verdansk flashback mission would've been cool if you got to play alongside Roze and Lerch as they breach the stadium, giving some plot behind why they breached the stadium to begin with. Instead of opening some new area it would've been to stop Makarov's bombing.
You should’ve been able to play as Roze in any of the campaigns, it felt like they hyped her up in mw and even was the first one bought back in mwll yet was never in anything story related
as much as I appreciate the effort, which deserves the thumbs up, it doesn't change the fact that Activision/Sledgehammer shit the bed by rushing a game that needed breathing time from the last one, so they could prepare a decent story with fun gameplay that remained cannon and didn't take short cuts. yeah, Soap died in the previous trilogy (OGMW), but we grew an attachment to the character throughout the entire story. in this one (NMW), it feels like he was killed for just shock value. tbh, I couldn't care that hes dead, because the devs didn't bother putting any effort into making us care about him. in OGMW, I cared when Gaz died in the first one because he was there as Price's secondhand man and was involved in every operation we were apart of. witnessing the same events that played out as we did. then was killed execution style after being severely injured at the end. in OGMW2, same thing happened with Ghost, except he wasn't in the first 141 mission we played, and was killed along with Roach by being double crossed by the guy we thought was a high-level member of the protagonists. but even up until OGMW3, Soap and Price were together. the last two remaining SAS members of Task Force 141. Price and all of us were devastated when Soap's luck finally ran out. in NMW3, he just dies... yeah, we played him a bit in NMW2, but there still wasn't enough time for us to manifest any shit's to give. they didn't even set up the antagonists properly. Makarov was insanely dangerous and unhinged in OGMW2/3, and Sheppard was an egotistical maniac who was trying to profit off of the military industrial complex. basically working with Makarov to start WW3. this Urzikstan bullshit just ruins everything. why does Makarov want control of Urzikstan? why is he trying to unite Russia and the United States to bring down Urzikstan? because that's essentially what he's doing. the US would sit by while people of a foreign nation su1c1d3 b0mbs a civilian passenger airplane or commit an act of aggression or war by launching chemical missiles unprovoked, let alone wouldn't defend one.. and because it was Russian civilians, Russia is obviously going to get involved, but only to take over Urzikstan. so then what's the point of placing bombs in the channel tunnel? none of it makes sense. the devs know what they're doing too, otherwise they wouldn't involve Yuri OR make MAKAROV prisoner 627. they might as well throw in the whole kit and caboodle by involving Zakhaev, Sgt. Foley, Roach and Kamarov. they offed Soap like a bitch. same with Sheppard. also, Farah's story was cool in the first NMW. I really don't give a shit about her anymore... and I don't see why they had to keep Graves and Alex alive.....
This story was way way better explained and put together in the right order. Well done on the story that you made your own way cuz it. made me understand it way better that I did when I saw the full walkthrough. The saddest part for me in this campaign was Ghost, as Soap was one of his closest and best friend. They always went on missions together even in MW2 . If another MW comes out in 2024 i wilk never see it the same way again as ill really miss the duo.
Its very well done, obviously the cutscenes would need to be rewritten for certain dialogues but other than that very well done. I'm more so curios on what would you do with the open world missions, would you leave them as spec ops or place it in the campaign under side missions not obligatory for story telling. In any case I look forward to hear your thoughts on the new way their telling stories on MP games nowadays through season passes and all
I think what could have been interesting would be to have Laswell go to arklov and just before price warns her the missiles are incoming we switch over to the bravos' mission where we hear all of what price was saying before switching back to Laswell for the escape
Anything was better then MW3 2023, and this was amazing. A few things that should be added, are a couple more mission, and you play as Soap instead of Price in the Metro Mission, it'd make it hit harder if you played as Soap when he got shot.
The only thing that didn't make sense to me in the first open combat mission was how did Farah and Graves not know how many missiles the ULF was receiving... if Shepherd and Farah was working together how did she not know there was a third missile missing from shipment?
@LordAlexThePagan neither does Shepherd, Farah or Graves... What is your point? Cuz my question is how do you not know the quantity of a shipment you are receiving when your with one of the ppl who sending it to you... not to mention it's already off the books so you would wanna make sure you give them the right amount so if one goes missing you know off rip... Not after you put trackers on a couple, then leave just to be told, "Oh no, I didn't just send 2, I sent 3."
@@rihanakhan7881so that's why the MWII's campaign didn't make any sense? Because I was hoping for Al-Assad to be the main antagonist instead of Hassan.
Like the Opening at 1:22 but I would change the story so that it would start right where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ended after they said Makorov's name at the Bar, and then the game flashes back to 2019 in Verdansk. However, I would have the Flashback mission end as they were boarding the chopper.
Someone had to be killed, bc why would they always keep them alive, it would be like if they can't die, that's lame you would know how the story would go but that death was unexpected no body expected it so It was a good think they did that.
@@mandocutz_760 yeah but they could have killed someone else. It’s also worth mentioning Soap’s death looked rushed and it didn’t really feel meaningful like in the original modern warfare 3.
Now this is something I would agree! Had it been better formulated, refixed a few things and try to add additional missions to make it longer (like maybe switching perspectives to other characters responding to Konni's attacks), this would have been interesting to the point where the story has stakes and that other TH-camrs (who only want the game to fail instead of fixing it) lose the narrative just like Konni. If it only this campaign had more time but regardless, this is a better response to bring criticism and solutions.
Unrelated, but it can't be just me. Does anyone notice how the driving in the in-game scenes feels like actual driving where as older CoD titles it felt like your were being pulled on a track? Specifically CoD MW2 2009 during the first mission in the Humvee or the one scene at the beginning of CoD Ghosts.
Honestly, that would’ve been a lot better because I hated how they just instantly killed off soap not to mention the relationship between Alex and Farah just felt like they were sick of each other
I would add that Makarov has an ally, a new brutal cartel leader, who killed Valeria and Los Vaqueros - Raul Menendez. After credits scene shows TF 141 unite with a black ops team under the leadership of David Mason. Have both universes truly be united this time.
In my opinion, this ending hits stronger than the actual ending in MW III and only thanks to reordering the missions and changing when what happens during the game. Awesome stuff I gotta say, keep it up! :D
I think soap did not need to die personally since we only had two stories to learn about the new soap and there needed to be more on him and more of a story with Soap and Price
Not to mention the way he died was just plain stupid. If it had meaning (something similar to the og MW), or just truly inevitable (think Halo Reach, one of them just gets sniped and that’s how it is). I felt like him trying to knife Makarov while completely ignoring his gun is just.. dumb
people just kiss the old games in the butt too much@@wildwaters8348
@@wildwaters8348not even that fr. Soap is top of the top he knows where to stab. And in the cutscene it look like he literally stabbed him in his neck. He would know to go for the neck. His death is dumb asl
@@wildwaters8348 I agree with you, and Soap also had so much potential as the character. We could have seen his evolution with time, and I think it would have been better than seeing a lot of potential die like this... which is honestly very frustrating
Still can't outdo the original MW trilogy
From the unsuspecting nuke,to no russian's shock value,the unpredictable betrayal of shepherd, the astonishing death of soap to the satisfying demise of makarov
Sledgehammer can't fill IW's boots
Except that was Infinity Ward that made the campaign. Sledgehammer was focused more on Multiplayer from the sounds of it.
At least this is more solutionable to give ideas for developers to do better, not whine to the point of sounding like echo chambers.
@@agentlinrov1474 IW supervised the story, but SHG was the one who made the campaign and multiplayer. It definitely shows in the quality.
Also hard to have shock value when the same game is being remade...
The original trilogy wasn’t made but the same IW we have now today, when the main people left they were replaced.
Even then looks like IW can't even fit their own boots anymore anyway lol
You should join the creative team, honestly. All this work covering the game's plot and story, I feel like you'd make one kickass campaign!
Activision doesn't deserve him 😅
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They don’t deserve ink, he’s too good for them
He’d would be the goat for the story team for future cod story
He already apart of the team he just promotes it he never says anything negative
I think something you’ve missed is that Price didn’t necessarily kill Shepherd because he lied in the court room, he told Shepherd because a couple missions earlier when they were working with shadow, price wanted a positive ID on Makarov, Shepherd dismissed it and basically said that the destruction on scene was proof enough. Therefore, without positively ID’ing Makarov, when Makarov returns and kill soap by the bomb, it’s truly Shepherd’s fault because he wouldn’t let price get a positive ID on Makarov in that scene.
Killed shepherd* not told
The fact shepherd hid the truth about the missiles and gave shadow company the pass to attack 141 is enough to warrant Price’s retribution.
Let alone the command from Shepherd back in Verdansk to capture Makarov alive… Price trusted Shepherd and let Makarov live, only to have him return to raise hell.
Personal interpretation:
Throughout this whole campaign Price seems on edge, unsure about the thing he used to believe in. But the moment he shot Shepherd he seemed more resolute than ever… because he’s made up his mind. Soap’s death made Price realize that he can’t play by the rules anymore.
I think the reasoning behind him killing Shepherd more so came from the line Makarov says "Don't bury your enemies alive." Price didn't let soap kill Makarov when he had the chance and regretted it because it got soap killed and in turn his decision to make soap back off made him responsible or at least feel responsible for the death. Combine this with the line shepherd said earlier in the campaign when they rescue him that essentially communicated if price doesn't uphold his end of the deal Shepherd will kill him and everyone else. The last time Price got that threat and didn't heed it soap died. He wasn't going to take that chance again. So he killed Shepherd. Poetic Justice from the original modern warfare trilogy... No loose ends.
That opening actually gives chills. It sets Soaps foreshadowed death way earlier in the story, making every interaction with him more tense going forward because you know Makarov is planning to see him once more.
It kinda kills the twist of the prison break that its konni breaking out makarov
It could’ve been that the opening mission of cod mw iii starts with the Verdansk stadium massacre. Then move to the prison break in the second mission. As a way to put the title card there. But I would’ve wrote it that Makarov or junior is from Grozovia instead of Moscow.
This was such a massive improvement. I just wish you rewrote the last mission so Soap survived the end. He’d at least have a real cool looking head scar from that gunshot to the temple and more motivation to kill Makarov, but at least he’d still be alive… and right pissed.
Ikr? Soaps death was unnecessary and just blunt
agreed
with the bullshit they already pulled off with Alex and Graves, Soap surviving a headshot would not even be remotely impossible
@@Strellok100graves was quite literally already explained.
Alex i can't speak on because I'm frankly neutral on his return.
@@armiesgachastudios1534 i thought
No way theyll kill Soap again in mw3
and whatre u know
And they do it in the dumbest way possible
@@Strellok100og mw3 did it right if you’re gonna do it. just him using a knife on makarov at the end was dumb he had a gun in the holster ready
The story writer no one asked for… but the story writer we need!
Edit: people crying over if the video/ ma comment was a “rewrite” when did people lose not to cry over tiny things?
Fr though I agree 100%
He did nothing really he just rearranged it in order did he really have to do that for y’all to understand the story plot?
@@mrlaybackvevo264fr. He did nothing to the story. It definitely flow betters… but this is not a “rewrite”
Lol Batman
@@RampidWarthogStudiosI think that's his point though. Without doing a full Page 1 rewrite, this is what he would do.
I find it interesting that throughout the campaign Gaz was the most level headed person, even more so than Captain Price at some points. Doesn't matter if it was intended or unintended, this shows maturity on his end and he's grown a lot as a soldier from MW 2019
Sure but Gaz also hasn't been a relevant character since MW19
It makes sense seeing as gaz wasn't around yet when the rest of 141 went after Makarov in Verdansk, so he wouldn't really have a burning hate for him as much as everyone else in 141
@@jeffgoldblum7214gaz is definitely relevant
I think the alternate ending was great man! One other thing that happened which I feel was never addressed, is that Shepard gave intel to Makarov. In the scene where Makarov and Nolan walk out of the room with the "captive" and Nolan asks what if his intel isn't good. That was Shepard, I'm pretty sure, and I think the whole "don't need to confirm a body" in the mission with Graves was Shepard working with Makarov. This gave Shepard a win because as far as the world was concerned Makarov was dead, only TF 141 would have known different by the last mission. I think that's what Capt. Price realized and partly why he killed Shepard, because Shepard most likely gave Makarov Soap and Price for his own life. Unfortunately i don't think the game did a great job of fleshing this point out.
No it wasn’t shepherd also the one who gave them intel was a captured shadow
And he still gets tf141 disowned because nobody else knows
Your restructuring of the campaign and rewriting of certain elements was definitely leagues above what was actually given to us, but there is one more change I would make to this and it would be to the London mission.
I don't think it was the right call to kill off Soap. If I were to change 1 thing, it would be the death scene in 1 of 2 ways:
Option 1: Gaz and Price are the ones who clear the tunnel and find the bomb, and Gaz is the one who gets killed.
Option 2: Soap and Price do still clear the tunnel together, but you play from the perspective of Soap and Price is the one who dies.
Either of those 2 options would have had a much more emotional impact as a whole, because on one hand, Price watching Gaz (who he's essentially mentored to this point, is essentially this trilogies version of the Soap from the original trilogy) die would have been much more emotional to him. On the other hand, with Price being the one to die, it would make the emotional impact for the entire team, as well as the players, much higher as a whole, and it would have been the most unexpected death out of the 4. I thing Gaz dying was what most people expected, with Price being 4th, Soap being 3rd and Ghost being 2nd. What we got was a death that only amounted to poor shock value and kind of discounts Soap's development in the 2nd game from seemingly a rookie looking to prove himself to Ghost's prodigy. It was wasted development in my option and completely ruins Soap's story as a whole.
If Price or Gaz die, it doesn't really ruin their character development or story because we've gotten to see them develop over the course of 2 games, where as Ghost and Soap have only really had 1 game in the spotlight. Soap's death was extremely premature, and the only character we really get to see him develop with is Ghost, so if he got more time to develop his character with the other members of TF141, his death would have meant more than it did. I would have even been fine if we didnt see anyone on the team die until the next game, because then we'd have at least seen Soap's character get developed further. Unfortunately, we didn't get that and we're instead left with a poor excuse for a sacrifice that was done to produce shock value and closed the door for future character development, leaving Soap as a glorified footnote on the overall story of the new MW games as a whole.
I agree with Price being the one to die. If Price dies there is infinitely more emotional impact because this is a character we’ve seen grown and respect in all 3 games. Having him die also allows this trilogy to be different from the original. More importantly, it does something with Gaz that the OG does not - Gaz survives and takes up the mantle of being the leader Price mentored him to be.
Price dying would make the satisfaction of pursuing Makarov much higher and more tense. Also, have Price fucking fist fight Makarov like he does with Shepard and have him lose with Soap being critically wounded (like in MW2).
Soap dying is just plain rehash done incredibly poorly.
@@speedyazi5029 imo Gaz dying would be the best outcome of the 2
He dies similarly to how he dies in the OG and you could have it so that Price is really pissed and wants to burn Makarov alive now (like how Soap's death in the OG trilogy fueled his hatred)
100% better story line than the games playthru tells. You even set them up for MW4 better than they did, just by swapping some levels/scenes! The hero we needed.
Only thing I'll add to this is making up a mission with Makarov, Nolan, and Ivan going to capture General Shepard before TF-141 "rescues" him so that it gives insight on how he was captured and how Shepard got some intel on Makarov. Because it still doesnt make sense how General Shepard was even captured.
Oh yeah surprised how they don’t even talk about it, that’s easily the biggest thing in the series that’s not explained
@@Deathmare235foreal as a 4 star general how do you even put yourself in a situation to get captured especially during “peacetime”
@@dontaveonlove626 tbf it’s shepherd he’s no stranger to the frontlines
@@dontaveonlove626 not really a four star general when you have the FBI and Army CID looking for you.
Didn't that say that the FBI was investigating Shadow Company? A level playing as an FBI agent, would have been brilliant!@@g3tshotheett
I'm not even joking, after I finished the campaign, I grabbed a notebook and pen and made alternative to what I played and made it cannon to me lolol.
😂😂😂 lol
How did your interpretation end?
@@Oscario2004 probably with all of them surviving, no russian being the exact same as old mw3, seems like thats what everyone wants
Same
@@_Sylens Everyone surviving would be boring. War is filled with death and loss, so the best thing for the story would be to kill off a character that has a close personal connection to the protagonist. I think Gaz (Kyle Garrick) should have died because of his close relationship with Price.
I would’ve preferred if graves didn’t lie honestly. Would be a good redemption arc for him, and truly go all in on the fact that he’s simply a businessman who will do as he’s ordered as long as he gets paid.
What i don’t like in media making the good guys get everything done like leave some sad stuff
I personally like it when there is touches of the hero’s losing
Stakes make it emotional. Losing makes you feel and relate. Never giving up can motivate anyone. Even the simple underdogs of life.
Seriously, I could’ve written where a creatively new character of call of duty could’ve taken the bullet against new Makarov and task force 141 are led by captain price and Ramirez and the 2 captains had a fallout against each other because a member of theirs died when Makarov could’ve been dead instead of spared. That drives Ramirez to go underground. It clashes with price who does dark for the worlds stability is more coalition shill than some soldier for humanity. Their ideologies clash and that makes it a low point for task force 142. As they’re split by the end. And the bad guys are more united with a plot twist victory where Makarov actually plotted to destroy central London from the far distance instead. With nova 6 gas bomb. Radiating London.
Honestly one of the only things that disappointed me in the campaign was the setup for a new feud, at the end of the flashback mission when Soap nearly kills Makarov and then Makarov gives the “See you soon MacTavish, I promise” taunt, me and plenty others thought it’d be a cool twist for instead of Price Vs Makarov like in the OG the reboot wouldve been Soap and Makarov having this vengeful hatred considering how it was setup, it’s a shame that didn’t happen BC that would’ve been a cool and fresh twist for this new reboot
This. Makarov should have killed off Price (or maybe even Ghost who was more of a mentor to Soap in MW2022), giving the team and especially Soap a reason for vengeance and also differentiate the story a lot from the OG MW series. Especially when I can't shake off the feeling that Soap was underutilised in the new MW/Warzone storyline...
Honestly, if Price got capped by Makarov in the last mission, then Soap can become the exact same badass Capt Mactavish from the OG MW2. It would be a lot lit in my opinion.
@@marty2129underutilised is a big understatement
@@marty2129 that would be the stupidest thing if they killed off price. he's literally the main face of mw. makarov really should have killed ghost or farah, as ghost's death would have a massive impact on Soap. However, if they killed off Price, it just wouldn't sit right.
@@marty2129 Honestly Price getting killed would have been the best choice thematically, we've already felt security with Price and him being the face of the franchise besides Ghost. It would also be a good shock since Price was the sole survivor in the OG MW trilogy, and him dying first would immediately turn the franchise on it's head and set the tone. Soap's death also kinda pissed me off since he was by far the least important member of TF 141 and still had a character arc that needed resolving, they probably just killed him off since he was the safest option that would have the least backlash.
Some ideas for thought.
1- When Makarov explodes the airport, there isn't really a connection as to why the players should care. As for a fix? Perhaps have a survivor soldier who is injured, and is dealing with the aftermath of it and the playes play a mission as him. This would replace the hole that "No Russian" has left, and actually show the destruction Makarov is causing first hand and in first person. And it would also shake up the gameplay since you wouldn't be able to just run and gun now since you'd be heavily injured.
Then that would make the soap flipping out a lot more personal, while also still giving Makarov a win since he said ghost was supposed to die, but now someone else took his place instead.
2-Price had no reason to not kill Makarov there, other than plot armor Makarov had because without him the story wouldn't have a villain. Fix? We already know from the campaign itself that Makarov is working with extremists from Moscow. Perhaps price refrains from killing Makarov because of that exact reason, because Makarov isn't the end all be all as he is connected to even a bigger circle! and not just "morals" AND that would explain why Makarov would be cocky on getting captured because he knows they wouldn't kill him considering the valuable information he has.
Zakhaev maybe?
Kudos to you ink. Its difficult trying to make content with a bad release and i gotta say, your videos have been the best part so far in the 2023 CoD rotation.
it only changes it from bad to mid, there is still very limited character development. Soap in this timeline has only gotten half a game, thats why his death felt so bland. We saved Soap from death once in the original just for him to die in our arms without a proper send off while he thought we had a rat among ourselves.
How come the entire studio full of thousands of people couldn’t come up with a story that is better than one single person’s ?
Because. Quality Control is a one man job.
They have six writer.
Because the majority of people making money from storywriting are all hacks. And the minority of people with the money to buy their nonsense have no ability to think critically. They will consume trash for momentary pleasure.
I mean, people eat McDonalds, even after knowing the shit that it does to your body.
Media is consumed the same way.
Quality takes money these Mammon worshippers refuse to spend.
There is no interest in creating something high-quality and lasting. the point is to rape our pockets.
@@JFK762 bro rearranged the story in a order that made more sense than what they could have done but didn’t
thousands..really?.. lets not be dramatic now. even though the studio has "a lot" of people doesn't mean they all focused on the creative direction of the story. besides, no story is perfect, it can be really good but, not perfect. there will always be those out there that can add on to or all together rewrite a more entertaining narrative.
Should have been ghost that killed shepherd. Shepherd shot ghost point plank in the face in the original mw2, and I feel in this rebooted universe, ghost and soap were closer than price and soap
What I liked about the campaign is the fact there are a couple of mission where you play as Price. You know, the guy on the front cover of MW2019. Price is a fan favourite character and before MWIII the original MW from 2007 and MW3 from 2011 were both the only games that had him playable in campaign.
Otherwise you have to unlock him in the multiplayer modes.
The point of price is that he’s the top dawg, you only get to play him in really important missions.. the fact that you only play as him in the final mission back in mw3 was awesome.. but making him a character often makes it less special
Price sounds different in this game. His voice is more gravelly. Same with Soap. And Ghost.
Just to let you know, you forgot where we used Price in COD 4 Modern Warfare, where Price was still subordinate to McMillan.
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@@w1l827its not about makes him special its about fun i always wanted him playable
@@KamusariHR ig that makes sense for you personally, idk, I always favored soap and
Roach, that dynamic was fun to be so important to price
The MW3 campaign is not bad. It is the way the campaign is told and the repetitive gameplay that takes it down a few levels.
Edit: nah its bad, yall were right.
That makes it inherently bad does it not? A good story that’s poorly told isn’t a good story, it’s missed potential.
definitely have to agree. i enjoyed the story, but the gameplay is definitely lackluster.
It’s got the Mafia 3 treatment
It was rushed and the story wasn’t told well.
bro shut up the campaign was literally just warzone stop defending these people
Better than it was originally, but the plot still needs a lot more substance to make it logical, compelling, and complete. There should be a series of scenes where Russia invades Urzikstan and some type of resolution after Soap’s death.
Honestly, keeping the Soap death was a bit off, but I do think the reframing of the story really helped. This would work really good as an MWII.5, like it was initially advertised as
Honestly while the campaign gameplay was boring if it was put in this format and had a little better writing it would’ve been so so much better. I love what you did with this honestly so much better.
nice job with this video man. its crazy how much of an improvement this is on the story just by rearranging some parts and removing a whole lot of bad parts
What you have done is amazing. Better than the original. But not enough. They should be made much more for the campaign.
I know you couldn’t do this but there’s a couple of things I would add:
1.) We know that All Ghllied Up/One Shot One Kill from the OG MW is still canon in the reboot timeline. Perhaps a conversation with Yuri and Makarov like in the OG MW3, Imran gets shot, stumbles to the truck, and the drive away like before. It then cuts to Yuri and Makarov on base in the barracks later that evening. Everyone is sleeping. Yuri wakes up to take a piss where he sees Makarov - the only one still wide awake sitting on his rack. The two then silently speak about what’s wrong with Makarov and he pulls out his uniform stained with Imran’s blood and goes on some anti-west short speech.
2.) A mission right before the London one where we play as an AQ LT working with Makarov on the Piccadilly Circus attacks of 2019. It would essentially be like the OG No Russian with the player doing the massacre and eventually getting shot by Price immediately prior to him meeting and helping Gaz.
3.) Having the Gen Shepherd assassination by Price be the last playable mission. Price gives a call to McMillian like the OG and talks about Soap’s recent death. Mac then contacts Laswell and the three of them workout how Cpt Price infiltrates the Pentagon. It would be a short stealth sequence.
I think roach should make a comeback and betray Shepard/ Graves. It would be a full story for roach to get his revenge in the gulag on makorov. Roach breaks out of the gulag like mason did Verkuta, along the way he makes friends in prison, also known as Nikolai, Kameron and Anatoly
This is what it should have been
Yup I agree
It's like that but they just didn't show it properly
you haven’t even seen the video yet
I haven't but I believe everything he says
I agree
They spit in our faces. The fact they are taking an original trilogy and streching it to 4 games is sad. Then you end the game with a huge character death and nobody seemed sad about it. Price was broken when Soap died in the OG but now it felt lack luster. They had a great chance to revamp the story and all they did was show us you can't top the original. Sad money grab. They deserve to go bankrupt
I enjoyed the story of the campaign, its just the missions used to explain them weren’t the best. The main thing I didnt like though was the ending because it felt like the story just ended halfway through the final mission because makarov just runs away and nothing happens after it.
Glad to hear someone say the story wasn’t bad. It just needed a different rearrangement.
Well most people who say the story was bad are mostly multiplayer gamer and just probably people who compare the Old Modern warfare with this one
@@kbhgaming4328and they prob the same people who don't understand how to appreciate a story,as they want 1 to 1 same story goddamn it
@@kbhgaming4328 wanna know something funny? I was there on the original demo video of the OG mw3 game. It was like 300 or so views at the time. I was impressed at the scale but all the others that were there complained about how unrealistic it was, how the gun combat looked generic and other nitpicks. But now we have a semi-realistic cod reboot and they’re still unhappy about it. Preferring to go back to the originals lol. You really can’t win.
@@Mi_tala I really don't understand what they expect sledgehammer to do
@@neofulcrum5013 exactly 💯
Because if there's no OG everybody would be happy about this one.
Me solemnly I like both
But for the OG gun sounds was so poor at least they tried to fix that in MW3
I like how you put the bombing first it makes sense but if it was me I would have put it in mw (2019) and have them capture him and never mention it again until now. Players will think "oh well who's the new big bad since we stopped him already" and kinda forget about it moving forward kinda how soap and price would feel. Like he can't come back we got him already
I loved the voiceover from modern warfare, 2019, when price was explaining to gas about how sometimes you have to place the line wherever it needs to be to get the job done, it really explains why he would kill shepherd
I still think the ending shouldn't be soap dying. Instead it should've been captain price who bought it just as he nearly got gassed from the campaign. But he can still survive in the next story while Soap, Garrick, Alex, Farah, Nikolai, and Ghost will carry on the mission. Also introducing new characters like Gary "Roach" Sanderson, Joseph Allen, James Ramirez, Derek "Frost" Westbrook and others. Maybe fan edit that Makarov has assembled another Taskforce called 971 to rival against 141. Ninth circle of hell, seven kings and 1 Demon. All of their worst enemies from their pasts coming together for vengeance. Just my opinion otherwise, you did a great job.
Divisive campaing??? I thought we all knew it was just terrible, the only things that change from MW3 begining to MW4 are that Soap and Shephard are gonna be death, everything else is the same
honestly ink you are downright amazing at the story telling of cod its unbelievable if they would let you do the makarov story going forward itd be truly the best story in cod history much love brother keep it up !
I'm a newer fan and viewer of your channel and man I've been bingeing them for days! You're a great TH-camr.
I don't think the overall arc of the story is bad and has good things if you look at all the content. However, this campaign was poorly implemented and could of been hashed out better with a few more missions to build the characters and story.
there literally wasn't an arc, it started with makarov getting out of prison and ended with him still out of prison, the only things that changed was that they unnecessarily killed soap and Price got his get back on shepard for being a fuck head
Soup! You didn't juju on the best Soup! Foap noooo - MWIII apparently
We are down bad if we're out here creating fanfictions for COD campaign.
“YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH” best line in the game
That was a better order and motivation for season one for sure and makes the story make a little more sense than it is in game. Great job. You may have another career in your hands if you continue this great work and showing how much you care for the story. Maybe one day Call of Duty sees your talents and gives you a shot to improve the future campaigns.
Well done. You took what was a mediocre flop and made the story flow better and end with Makarov seeming more like a true villain than just a Marvel bad guy.
Your story and post credit scenes with Makarov was brilliant it’s the perfect tbc in the multiplayer story.
if you stop at 2:42 you can sea V M in the ambulance sorry I don`t know how to spell V M name.
I'm studying story writing in games for my own content and I can't tell you how much I love the idea of this kind of edit. I can't imagine any other circumstance that would generate a video like this in the first place but I wouldn't mind seeing other gaming channels present their own ideas on how their favorite games could have played out differently through cinematic content edited into movies.
I cannot wait to see your work in the future. I plan to work for a game company as well.
We can say anything about the game , but the acting is IMPRESIONANTE ❤ I love what Julián did with "Makarov" , honestly I love it , all of them .
Thank you so much for redoing this. It's literally made my day alot better and I'm not left looking confused 😅
Im subbing to you for this man. Didnt like how the campaign was, but u switching up the cutscenes to make it more better is WAY better.
For a Remake, the base story is crazy & can't wait for next story. Mak isn't dead
😂 I just noticed Makarov in the back of the ambulance as price and soap drive pass 2:41
38:28 you left in a part where you paused the game btw
Comedy:What do you call a game that has a boring campaign,terrible AI,and boring multiplayer?COD MW3 2023.What do you call a game that has an exciting campaign,clever AI,and fun multiplayer?ANYTHING but COD MW3 2023.
that was brilliantly executed. much better story telling than what we got in the actual game. well done sir.
Loved your version from the Knight Rider from Riverside California Palm Springs
Do you think at the end of the game in the credit scene, shepherd was going to write a letter about what he did because the look he had when he was looking out the window, it looked like he was seriously debating something, but at the same time it’s shepherd and he cares about his name, and that’s why he was ok with price killing him, because the world wouldn’t know what he did
Here is how I’d rewrite the game:
The plane incident happens over a populated Russian city so the death toll is a lot higher, and this causes Russia and the world to blame Urzikstan for this incident, which prompts Russia to launch a full invasion of Urzikstan again after pulling out in 2019. The missiles strike an American base rather than a Russian base, which prompts the US to also get involved in Urzikstan. TF 141 are given direct orders to turn on Farah and the ULF but they refuse and are all disavowed and branded as war criminals by their own governments, including Alex and Laswell who continue to work with Farah and the ULF. Russia and the US simultaneously invade Urzikstan but they aren’t working together and are only working for their own interests. Makarov continues pulling strings behind the scenes to increase tensions between Russia and the US and eventually Russian and American troops start fighting each other in Urzikstan, and this starts a war between Russia and the west. I think Gaz should be killed off in this game instead of Soap.
In Modern Warfare 4 a disavowed TF141 continue to work with the ULF to expose Makarov and to ease tensions between Russia and the west, while at the same time they are hunted by their own governments. I think this would be a great opportunity to bring back familiar characters from the old games such as Roach, Warcroft, Burns, Frost, Sandman, Grinch, Truck, and maybe even David Mason and his team from BO2 who could all be part of a joint U.S. UK task force trying to hunt down 141. Maybe some new characters should be introduced as well, I would love to see some Aussie SASR operators. I think the Russia vs west war should carry over into Modern Warfare 5 which should be the final game in the series. I also think Farah should die at some point in this game or the next game because I just feel like it’s appropriate.
What do you guys think?
This actually fit pretty well it be like Russia and British force held Afghanistan only this time it will result in total war
Here’s what I do with the deaths
Flashpoint Mission - Ghost dies
Frozen Tundra - Farah Dies
Trojan Horse - Gaz Dies
This now leaves Soap and Price to take on Makarov both filled with anger and will try to avenge Ghost, Gaz and Farah. But won’t be able to do it alone and the introduction of Roach comes in.
If ghost died in Flashpoint he wouldnt be in mw2
Don’t forget Team Delta consisting of Truck, Sandman and Grinch
A Ghost isn't in flashpoint other than the exfil
B Ghost dying in a flashback would not work as it would make mw2 or mw3 non canon
C This many deaths would ruin the story in a completely different way
Did u notice while entering stadium. There's a paramedics van on our right. If you look closely Makarov is supplying Bags filled with guns out of it.
This was such a top job brother. The flow makes wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more sense. I can't get over those terrible open combat missions tho. HOLY CRAP who thought that was a great idea?
EXACTLY!!!! I HATED THOSE!!!
One little detail I would pick out is that Makarov was in jail for 6 years since he says it but translation is just bad and it would add up cuz it seems that Ghost Soap and Price were still in SAS not TF141 during the flashback mission
I wouldn't call it divisive, because of the fact that this game is atrocious.
Hey remember when they announced that the reboots would take place in a shared universe with each other?
And then barely did anything with that?
For fucks sake, Makarov styles himself as some sort loyalist to the old-fashioned USSR. The idea to put him in the Perseus group and involve them and BO's cast in MW's storyline was LITERALLY SCREAMING IN ACTIVISIONS FACE.
Im twenty minutes in and the story already flows better then the other version.
I felt like the writers jumped around the timeline. Its better this way....at least i can see everything coming
Imagine.... Just imagine if the devs took 2 or 5 or 10 years to come up with not just a good COD with a good Campaign or Multiplayer but just a 10/10 Game that they decided to change from the ground up.
They have the Money & Tech to create something on the same levels of MGS or Last Of Us but choose not to.
I like that you've set Verdansk into the beginning of the plot, it shows us that Makarov originated as an Inner Circle terrorist and not a PMC owner straight from the beginning.
I also like the position of Makarov's "Return". It attaches well into a cliffhanger, and leans more into a worldwide threat that the original MW3 itself formed up.
The twist of the court scene is wonderful. In reverse, it portrays Graves as someone who went rogue to eliminate 141 while Shepard denies everything on his end...
With Shepard dead, and the sketchy nature of Shadow Company, Graves might find himself on the list soon enough and be in the deep looking for a way to clear his own name.
Aside from Alex, there are no good Americans and that deeply bothers me. I wanna see Roach, Sandman, Truck and Grinch.
This makes more sense in my opinion but I wish the missions and story is a bit more longer and better.
They also should’ve incorporated more of the 141 characters doing shit instead of just two hanging always pairing up. It’s a classic story technique which keeps things from exciting and feel fast paced. For example I think I speak for the people when I say we want to see ghosts and Gaz’s perspectives during the stadium mission. Not just there to do admin shit. Scenes also needs to be more intense and seamless too much cut scenes make it seem it’s not even a video game and you’d become less immersed.
I've gotta say the plot and the characters were spectacular overall I think I love the campaign however my only problem is how short it is and a certain good guy dying at the end
"I think I love the campaign" I don't trust anyone saying this. It's obvious it was too short. The ideas in the campaign were good and they actually had a lot to work with to make a campaign that could exceed the OG series but instead they screwed it up. I don't see how anyone could love this campaign. Like it, have some pros and cons about it, of course, but LOVE. I don't trust your logic and reasoning if you actually loved it.
On some parts i would do this..
On the first mission, i would replace ghost with sgt. ScareCrow to make ghost and soap meet each other in MWII
After the break out of the gulag i would make price say "How many minutes here to the gulag?" Laswell: (idk because the story dont say) minutes. And if its near price would say " Make an satilite tracing and keep an eye" if its far away then its the turn around
No more missiles, no Dena killed and graves dead( because an american needs to se the action) and KONNI would want guns where we try and can stop but it comes more KONNI mens. Farah(us) and Dena give up getting an car and running away..
KONNI group goes into bases with missiles and try to launch but fails with TF141 stopping the launch.
For the passanter, lets put straight no russian, airport and plane groups to show real terrorism.
The norris part is all ready great.
Deep cover! Only info its not good, i would call yuri to join us and he would get out from the base by saying that he needs to see a "person from the family" that is hospitalized and no one can see how that person is..
Frozen tundra, ween soap meets sheperd he goes full mad mode sayin' "SON OV A BITCH" everybody is trying to calm soap down but ghost says "if you aynt letting johnny kill, i'll do the job" and they block ghosts shot, they give a gun and instead of sheperd staying with one gun he gets others.
Trojan Horse, soap and gaz have an long talk to blend in. On soaps death, soap pushes makarov giving price time to get hes pistol. Soap still dies and price is shot in the chest slowing him on stopping makarov to kill soap, price goes to disarm the bomb with gaz, ghost is no where to be seen..
This is an fan made mission were ghost goes on behind makarov killing KONNI group and we can get to makarov shotting more than enouth on makarovs chest. Cutting of to the cutscene where we see soaps body and ghost cries with the original soundtrack of soaps death but extended.
Court scene, Alerandro and Ghost are called against sheperd..
Its perfect this where laswell edit somethings.
We play as price spectating sheperd and killing
Makarov is hospitalized and Nolan takes command.
Where is yuri on half this script? With laswell watching, he is emergency
The Verdansk flashback mission would've been cool if you got to play alongside Roze and Lerch as they breach the stadium, giving some plot behind why they breached the stadium to begin with. Instead of opening some new area it would've been to stop Makarov's bombing.
You should’ve been able to play as Roze in any of the campaigns, it felt like they hyped her up in mw and even was the first one bought back in mwll yet was never in anything story related
The Verdansk flashback takes place before the war in Verdansk
That mission would’ve been set somewhere between March 2020- Dec 2020.
as much as I appreciate the effort, which deserves the thumbs up, it doesn't change the fact that Activision/Sledgehammer shit the bed by rushing a game that needed breathing time from the last one, so they could prepare a decent story with fun gameplay that remained cannon and didn't take short cuts. yeah, Soap died in the previous trilogy (OGMW), but we grew an attachment to the character throughout the entire story. in this one (NMW), it feels like he was killed for just shock value. tbh, I couldn't care that hes dead, because the devs didn't bother putting any effort into making us care about him.
in OGMW, I cared when Gaz died in the first one because he was there as Price's secondhand man and was involved in every operation we were apart of. witnessing the same events that played out as we did. then was killed execution style after being severely injured at the end. in OGMW2, same thing happened with Ghost, except he wasn't in the first 141 mission we played, and was killed along with Roach by being double crossed by the guy we thought was a high-level member of the protagonists. but even up until OGMW3, Soap and Price were together. the last two remaining SAS members of Task Force 141. Price and all of us were devastated when Soap's luck finally ran out.
in NMW3, he just dies... yeah, we played him a bit in NMW2, but there still wasn't enough time for us to manifest any shit's to give. they didn't even set up the antagonists properly. Makarov was insanely dangerous and unhinged in OGMW2/3, and Sheppard was an egotistical maniac who was trying to profit off of the military industrial complex. basically working with Makarov to start WW3. this Urzikstan bullshit just ruins everything. why does Makarov want control of Urzikstan? why is he trying to unite Russia and the United States to bring down Urzikstan? because that's essentially what he's doing. the US would sit by while people of a foreign nation su1c1d3 b0mbs a civilian passenger airplane or commit an act of aggression or war by launching chemical missiles unprovoked, let alone wouldn't defend one.. and because it was Russian civilians, Russia is obviously going to get involved, but only to take over Urzikstan. so then what's the point of placing bombs in the channel tunnel? none of it makes sense. the devs know what they're doing too, otherwise they wouldn't involve Yuri OR make MAKAROV prisoner 627. they might as well throw in the whole kit and caboodle by involving Zakhaev, Sgt. Foley, Roach and Kamarov.
they offed Soap like a bitch. same with Sheppard.
also, Farah's story was cool in the first NMW. I really don't give a shit about her anymore... and I don't see why they had to keep Graves and Alex alive.....
This is actually much more better than the base one. Why no one in the team ever think of that?
I hope Ghost is the one who finally takes out Makarov, because of how tight him and Johnny became.
This story was way way better explained and put together in the right order. Well done on the story that you made your own way cuz it. made me understand it way better that I did when I saw the full walkthrough. The saddest part for me in this campaign was Ghost, as Soap was one of his closest and best friend. They always went on missions together even in MW2 . If another MW comes out in 2024 i wilk never see it the same way again as ill really miss the duo.
I hope they Remaster mw3 like they did 1 and 2 and then bundle it in one package
Its very well done, obviously the cutscenes would need to be rewritten for certain dialogues but other than that very well done. I'm more so curios on what would you do with the open world missions, would you leave them as spec ops or place it in the campaign under side missions not obligatory for story telling. In any case I look forward to hear your thoughts on the new way their telling stories on MP games nowadays through season passes and all
I think what could have been interesting would be to have Laswell go to arklov and just before price warns her the missiles are incoming we switch over to the bravos' mission where we hear all of what price was saying before switching back to Laswell for the escape
They should've also had us do more missions playing as Konni group.
Like them capturing shepherd
Anything was better then MW3 2023, and this was amazing. A few things that should be added, are a couple more mission, and you play as Soap instead of Price in the Metro Mission, it'd make it hit harder if you played as Soap when he got shot.
Maybe a time traveler will see this and go back in time to give this script to Infinity Ward
Sledgehammer Games***
Infinity ward is busy making mw4
The only thing that didn't make sense to me in the first open combat mission was how did Farah and Graves not know how many missiles the ULF was receiving... if Shepherd and Farah was working together how did she not know there was a third missile missing from shipment?
Unless Shepherd tipped off Makarov about the missiles and not tell Farah
@@DrexelJoseph that would imply that Shepherd was a traitor to his country and secretly a Russian spy, right?
@LordAlexThePagan neither does Shepherd, Farah or Graves... What is your point? Cuz my question is how do you not know the quantity of a shipment you are receiving when your with one of the ppl who sending it to you... not to mention it's already off the books so you would wanna make sure you give them the right amount so if one goes missing you know off rip... Not after you put trackers on a couple, then leave just to be told, "Oh no, I didn't just send 2, I sent 3."
Make Inkslasher a CoD story writer, NOW!
Man's not the writer. Just rearrange the scenes. Make him the director of story. Lol
@@Chlomoney2016activision shouldn't have fired the narrative director of mw2019
@@rihanakhan7881so that's why the MWII's campaign didn't make any sense? Because I was hoping for Al-Assad to be the main antagonist instead of Hassan.
@@levpetrov3634 yeah
It is incredibly how just moving the mission order around makes that campaign 1000% better.
Mw2019 was original and good. They made it there own thing then went full nostalgia bait and told a castrated version of the original trilogy
MW2019 felt more real
Like the Opening at 1:22 but I would change the story so that it would start right where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ended after they said Makorov's name at the Bar, and then the game flashes back to 2019 in Verdansk. However, I would have the Flashback mission end as they were boarding the chopper.
Soap should not have been killed. He died in the original modern warfare 3.
Someone had to be killed, bc why would they always keep them alive, it would be like if they can't die, that's lame you would know how the story would go but that death was unexpected no body expected it so It was a good think they did that.
Ngl im kinda glad it was soap who got killed but that just my opinion tho
@@mandocutz_760 yeah but they could have killed someone else. It’s also worth mentioning Soap’s death looked rushed and it didn’t really feel meaningful like in the original modern warfare 3.
@@glitchingghost7560 why Soap though. He died in the original. It unoriginal since they are repeating the old timeline.
@@glitchingghost7560 they should of killed Laswell.
this beginning is so much better its insane, like wow.
Now this is something I would agree! Had it been better formulated, refixed a few things and try to add additional missions to make it longer (like maybe switching perspectives to other characters responding to Konni's attacks), this would have been interesting to the point where the story has stakes and that other TH-camrs (who only want the game to fail instead of fixing it) lose the narrative just like Konni.
If it only this campaign had more time but regardless, this is a better response to bring criticism and solutions.
Unrelated, but it can't be just me. Does anyone notice how the driving in the in-game scenes feels like actual driving where as older CoD titles it felt like your were being pulled on a track? Specifically CoD MW2 2009 during the first mission in the Humvee or the one scene at the beginning of CoD Ghosts.
Even if this cuts the open combat missions and is like an hour or so long id prefer this over what they did
Honestly, that would’ve been a lot better because I hated how they just instantly killed off soap not to mention the relationship between Alex and Farah just felt like they were sick of each other
I would add that Makarov has an ally, a new brutal cartel leader, who killed Valeria and Los Vaqueros - Raul Menendez. After credits scene shows TF 141 unite with a black ops team under the leadership of David Mason. Have both universes truly be united this time.
Raul Menendez would probably work with price to defeat both Makarov and shepherd
@@Deathmare235 makes no sense he is a villain
In my opinion, this ending hits stronger than the actual ending in MW III and only thanks to reordering the missions and changing when what happens during the game. Awesome stuff I gotta say, keep it up! :D
I think the story is good but the missions are out of order and some were not needed that was the biggest problem
It feels like they tried to tell it like a movie it just didnt work out like you said its out of order
38:07 bro my immersion