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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

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47%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
78% User Score Based on 725,710 reviews

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a single player and multiplayer tactical shooter game with a violence theme. It was developed by Beenox and was released on May 28, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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78%Audience ScoreBased on 725,710 reviews
replayability1 positive mentions
stability10 negative mentions
  • Multiplayer offers fast, polished gunplay and intense matches with smooth movement and responsive weapons.
  • Zombies mode is enjoyable, especially for cooperative play, and the open world zombies add a fresh experience.
  • The game brings nostalgia with familiar maps and style, and has solid graphics and presentation.
  • Always-online requirement and need for subscription services severely limit solo play and offline enjoyment, including campaign and zombies modes.
  • Widespread bugs, glitches, crashing, and progress loss severely impact the player experience and grind investment.
  • Multiplayer suffers from prevalent cheating, unbalanced matchmaking, and frustrating gameplay elements like grindy progression and recycled maps.

  • story

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 72% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The story and campaign are widely criticized for being rushed, uninspired, and short, with many users finding the narrative confusing, repetitive, and poorly integrated into gameplay. Some appreciate the campaign as a warm-up for multiplayer, but overall, there is a strong desire for more missions, deeper storytelling, and cooperative modes. The campaign's design choices and pacing detract significantly from the experience, leaving many disappointed compared to previous titles in the series.

    • “Call of Duty is that fun military shooter with massive set pieces and some crazy political story I'm only ever slightly invested in but I love playing it every year.”
    • “Story mode was cool too, helped me get back into the game shooter mode before jumping into online.”
    • “For future consideration with the game pass should be a story expansion or side campaign mode along with the usual DLC content.”
    • “Campaign is trash, no effort into the story.”
    • “Such a bad, uninspired story and such a bad campaign.”
    • “And don’t even get me started on the campaign, it was a complete disaster of storytelling and really highlights how this game was supposed to be a DLC expansion for MWII like Activision told us it would be and later denied it because they used vague phrasing and leaks to trusted creators as plausible deniability.”

  • gameplay

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    Gameplay receives mixed reviews, with some players finding the fast-paced, reaction-driven mechanics exciting but exhausting, while others criticize the complexity and futuristic elements as off-putting and less enjoyable than previous titles. The campaign and zombies modes are generally viewed as weak and frustrating, and there is frustration over prioritizing cosmetic content over gameplay improvements. Overall, fans of earlier gameplay styles, like those in older entries, tend to prefer them over the current iteration.

    • “There’s a strong emphasis on speed and reaction time, which keeps the gameplay exciting but can also feel exhausting during long sessions.”
    • “The gameplay in 6 was perfect!”
    • “The gameplay is awesome.”
    • “I’ve given this game more than a fair chance—over 150 hours of playtime—adjusting my settings, improving my gameplay, and trying to work around your broken systems.”
    • “They took one of the worst mechanics, made it a little more 'fair' and slapped it onto a weak experience.”
    • “I really did not enjoy the campaign of this game; it was all over the place, and the whole freestyle Warzone gameplay in the campaign just infuriates me since it seems I have to unlock weapons in the game. Zombies wasn’t all that great either; each time I played I just got more bored than excited.”

  • stability

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent glitches, crashes, and lag issues that can disrupt gameplay and cause significant progress loss. Despite these stability problems, some users still find the game enjoyable but emphasize the need for ongoing fixes and improvements.

    • “This game is buggy and I got it on sale; I'm thinking about returning it.”
    • “Glitches like this that set the player back hours of grind can be infuriating.”
    • “I downloaded the game last night and couldn't even finish a single match without severe glitches.”

  • monetization

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 80% negative mentions

    The monetization in this game is widely criticized as a blatant cash grab with an excessive emphasis on microtransactions, neglecting the experience of core players. Many feel it undermines the game's integrity and gameplay balance.

    • “This feels like a blatant cash grab, rushed out the door barely a year after Black Ops 6.”
    • “Too much focus on microtransactions and zero regard for the base players.”
    • “Been playing COD since before they became super multiplayer oriented, but now it's all just cash grabs.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    Users have mixed opinions on the graphics: some appreciate the yearly improvements in visuals, physics, and textures, while others feel the flashy effects of weapon upgrades in multiplayer detract from the experience. Overall, the graphics are praised for quality, though certain visual elements may impact gameplay immersion.

    • “The graphics, physics, game functionality, and textures improve every year.”
    • “Love the graphics.”
    • “I gave it 2 stars for graphics and some of the other people I play with.”
    • “The constant wave of sounds and visuals you get with each multiplayer weapon upgrade takes you out of the experience each and every time.”
    • “Granted, if you wanted to make a completely visually aesthetic-based loadout, you absolutely could, but it will not improve gameplay and may even make the gun worse.”

  • grinding

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is time-consuming and can be frustrating, especially when progress is lost due to bugs. While some players enjoy grinding as a hobby, the lack of reward and tedious campaign make the experience feel demoralizing and not worth the limited free time.

    • “Not to mention I spent hours grinding myself a maxed out character for endgame and I beat the final boss only to attempt to change skins and not have the skin unlocked, and then my character’s combat rating and stats disappeared.”
    • “I have a full-time job and a family, and grinding games is a hobby of mine. Aside from that, I will spend my precious and limited time on it because I enjoy it, but when my grind goes down the toilet and I lose progress, it is extremely upsetting and demoralizing because I’m thinking, wow, I could’ve spent this time with my family, trying to find a side hustle, or meal prepping for the gym and work.”
    • “Campaign is lacking a compelling narrative and feels tedious to play through.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The emotional experience is largely negative, with users finding the story boring, the multiplayer disappointing, and the progression system slow and frustrating.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The zombies mode significantly enhances the game's replayability, offering a highly engaging and repeatable experience for players.

    • “Zombies mode is a welcome addition and one of the most replayable parts of the game.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The optimization system is improved by a favoriting feature that helps quickly locate preferred attachments; however, detailed effects on weapon performance still require scrolling through each attachment individually.

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Play Times

114h Median play time
77h Average play time
4-150h Spent by most gamers
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a tactical shooter game with violence theme. Common tags for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 include first-person, gaming, modern, war, story rich and others.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 77 hours playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 was released on May 28, 2026.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 was developed by Beenox.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for its replayability but disliked it for its story.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty®, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and others.