What Exactly Changed from MWII? (Side by Side Comparisons) 

Turned a quick update into a full priced game. That’s pretty impressive

The lengths that Activision and it's devs have gone to just to avoid actually remastering MW2 is insane 😂

COD changes back in the day: complete visual overhaul with new graphics, different engine, different sprint animations, different FEEL, overhauled UI,and much more. Look at the difference from BO2 to Ghosts, complete different games just from a glance. Nowadays I can’t tell the different between any new COD

Thanks for your time. Been looking for something like this. Thanks

The side by side between MW3 and MW2019 just shows how gorgeous MW2019 was my god

70$ for minor changes 🥰🥰🥰

I don't remember if you can or not in MW2, but I'm surprised you didn't mention that in MW3, you can fire your weapon while calling in a killstreak. I noticed it when I was calling in UAVs, so I'm not sure if it's killstreak specific.

I think it’s weird that the stalker boots and the boots that increase movement speed are two different sets of boots. Like, one makes you faster at moving in general so why wouldn’t it also by that same logic make your strafe speed faster. Why would you make it two different boots?

4:10 there is a laser attachment for smgs that lets you get rid of the ADS jump penalty so they could've potentially changed that perk to this attachment

I'm guessing they toned down the kick that amount due to 1) they really turned up the kick in MW2 compared to MW2019, and I noticed players weren't too fond of that 2) compensate for the adjusted TTK so landing multiple shots on players would feel more consistent since you have to put more shots into them for a kill

8:35 you should also test suppressor with sight smoke that in MW2 took al the sight entirely snd you cant see well if you don't have thermal in some scenarios

Damn i havent ben reconnected a video from XclusiveAce in a lonngg time

I love all the changes they made but charging full price for this is wild

It's absolutely insane to me how Infinity Ward has been so stubborn.. MWII could have been such a top tier COD if it had the changes SHGames was willing to make.

Tip for mw3 use the side to cover distance and slide around the corner to get the jump on enemies

Amazing video!

It'd be nice if they changed the ammo box where your character grabs a few mags as you throw it so you're refilled instantly instead of having to take 10 seconds to pick some up after you threw it

I still feel like this shouldn't be a full price retail release, it'd be a much smarter move to have the campaign be a premium release and then have the multiplayer be free. It's not like they'd be losing a massive amount of money since store purchases make up a massive chunk of their revenue, recall how MW22 made some ungodly amount of money from just store purchases - I think it was somewhere in the billions. So at this point most of us are paying $70 for a multiplayer title update that is essentially chump change compared to the revenue generated by the store

Damn when you need a video to even show you what changed you know they didn’t do enough. Wish the zombies mode was sold Separately. Thats all I want.

Great video. Very techinical.

Thanks again ace for taking the time to make these in depth videos its very helpful!

Just played my first hour, tell ya what they didn't change. . . spawning you in front of an enemy that is already shooting. Every map seemed like shipment all over again. And bullets going through buildings!? At least for me.

hey xclusiveace, i really like the quality of your videos but i struggle to get the same results on youtube, do u have any tips to improve quality?

Bro instead of maxing out guns this dude spent his time doing comparisons to the game to inform us whats different what a legend! Thanks for the informational video bro.

It's crazy to see the MW19 side by side MW3. MW19 looks visually stunning in comparison to MW3 it's insane.

Much less of a difference than most COD content creators were making it out to be. I would like to have seen more comparisons to MW2019. “We’re so back” my ass 😂😂

That Red Dot still shot with the cross in the reticle is absolutely insane! No wonder I'm getting killed when I swear my gun was right on their heads

What I wanted to know is how much difference there is between the current one and the next one in terms of game performance.

Nice to see things move at least slightly in the correct direction, but for dlc and small movement adjustments for $70 I'll pass until December sale

I really do appreciate these videos . The ability for us to compare apples to apples is Very helpful in making decisions.

The hit markers sounds and kill reward sound effects are so satisfying to me. And honestly that is what keeps me playing.

Looking forward to next beta now. Been hooked on these old maps more then mw2 maps for sure

Damn I wish they made the munition box animation faster. I hate the little delay between the box hitting the ground - opening and actually being able to interact with it. And this seems super small but I love the white reticle in the visual recoil testing instead of the standard orange in MW2.

Its basically a mod being sold that makes the game better best way to put it.

Really wanted to see STF and ADS times.

I love the end with the gun visuals. Will be nice for MNK

They decreased the visual recoil and still managed to make visibility even worse somehow it's absolutely impressive.

That 70$ DLC is sounding much more relevant now.. I just don't understand why so many things are similair or even close to MW2. All this talk about movement and we bascially have an slight faster movement than MW2 lmao.. c'mon

Question so when war zone gets the updated along side mw3 will mw2 guns have their same recoil or will they be updated to have a more smooth feel like mw3 ?

Pretty sure you can mantle niche higher in MW3. I noticed I was able to get to places I could never get to before in the beta

I think they're using your middle ground for stage reloads. Where there's stage reloading for empty mags, but there's reload canceling when you still have rounds left. Not unless the stage reloading I saw was transferred to Zombies, which makes sense. Stage reloading should only be in non-competitive game modes.

Hey Ace, you probably won't see this but I figured I'd share some information I found, if you have the pre-order for the carbon and you look through the weapons, you can see an under barrel drill charge launcher, so drill charges are in the game again

what bout reloading animation sometimes it gets stuck while trying to kill someone... but watching this video im wondering if its cause ill be pressing reload then bunny hop to spin around and shoot or slide around corner reloading then bunny hop spin around to shoot. thinking its the delay of the hop shoot you mention in video.

The jumpshot perk is on a laser attachment and it was in the beta

We need no SBMM in public matches, there is a ranked play for a reason imo

Do a side by of all 3 MW games please

Yellow filter added and slight changes in moving and woila-we presenting you new game!

Been plying for 20 years 🥵 cod 1 and United offensive (2003) the days 🔥🤛🏻

MWIII: The $70 game that could have been QoL updates in a patch with maps that could have dropped as seasonal content.

I don't get why people complain about weapon recoil? That is how it is when you shoot a gun on full auto. The reticle of a red dot moves in the frame of the sight and the gun jumps around. It is more realistic to have that recoil and I honestly liked it.

watching NEW MW3 videos and expecting expecialist or a MOAB. why do I fool myself like this

The only things I’ve really felt change were the movement between running, sliding, and aiming feeling more fluid. Although, I haven’t even gotten to snipe yet so that’s gonna be my decision maker. I always said that this game was probably gonna be a dlc and here I was last night looking for the beta and it turned out to be in mw2 😂. I really don’t think they should be charging so much. I’d really prefer they just charged us for map packs and maybe the battle pass because they’re just making too much money for this game.

The graphics of mw3 is absolutely terrible for a game releasing in 2023.

Such simple changes that make a huge difference, if only infinity ward weren’t so stubborn their games would be a lot better

nice, it seems like they’re heading back into the right direction. maybe next year I’ll buy their game after a 2nd cycle of going back to traditional COD

The most unique change in this game is the 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

MW 2.5

After playing the beta for a bit today I actually can't wait for xdefiant

What ab js going bac to 2019💪🏽

og MW2 maps were amazing to have these maps back and looking great I’m all in I played the beta to level 30 and that’s all I needed.

The attatchement system is a mess beyond belief and only got MORE complicated this year

So far, really liking the difference in visual recoil and smoke while firing. I've yet to play the game myself since I'm on PC, but take the changes to movement combined with the positive changes to firing weapons and you can consider me genuinely interested. Will have to give the open beta a go this next weekend to see if it lives up to my hopes.

Sweet when does this new patch hit?

I played older cods in prep for mw3 and i noticed that stalker makes me bunny hop fastwr

Am I the only one that thinks it is kind of stupid that Activision are too cheap to even pay companies for the right to call the weapon what it actually is in real life?

It seems like the BAS B doesn’t exactly hit where your sights are. Could you possibly look into this? I’ve heard other players/creators saying the same thing. Thanks!

will they reduce the visual recoil on mw2 guns for the new warzone update?

These changes are subtle, but nice. As you said the small changes add up, I think the problems for COD started when they tried to go for mechanisms that were too "realistic" especially since, at the end of the day, COD is an arcade shooter. Obviously there are still some changes that a lot of people would like to see but I am really excited for the maps (not just the old ones remastered but also I want to see if they listened and created better flowing new maps) and the campaign (pretty hard to mess that up as long as they stick to what they're currently doing).

@TheXclusiveAce a really big one I discovered is that if you survive explosive damage (frags/semtex) it won't interrupt sprinting, which means grenade spam won't be nearly as oppressive.

I am having some bizarre gameplay in the beta and I know usually it can be laggy but I’m surprised no one has mentioned it. Anyways I got some gameplay where I just lose multiple gunfights from this lag. I have gameplay if you are interested or something to note if others are experiencing the same thing

you need to do a comparison to movements between MW3 and Caldera movements. IMO movements in Caldera was butter

The gunplay and some of the sights remind me a little of vanguard.

$70 paid DLC, ouch.

Slide boots perk is insane increases how fast you transition into a slide the speed of the slide and distance.

I was never into Call of Duty. Then however the latest Battlefield sucked. So I started playing MW2. I do not have the history of the old COD's, but it's funny to see that everyone seems to love the changes. I like the fact, that once the magazine is taken out of the gun, you can not cancel it anymore for example. Or that mantling up an object just takes its time. I do not need slide canceling either. I know it is far away from being a simulator, but to some extent at least stay a bit more realistic. Yeah, the gun shakes a lot if you full-auto-fire. But firing full-auto should be difficult anyway in my opinion. JUST to me, the game gets worse. And the fact that they changed just a few things here and there, which could have even been tweaked in a few game updates too, absolutely does not justify the price tag of the MW3.

My only question is, Is there a new Resurgence map coming out in MW3? Or is it just multiplayer and campaign.

I’m curious about the reload speeds. They seems slower through the animation.

I’m buying it since I didn’t buy the previous game. Looking forward to playing on the OG maps. Brings back so many memories.

Right away the low mantle is clearly quicker and feels even quicker than it looks

Seems like they're gonna fix the delay after slide canceling

I played the beta for 3 hrs and then jumped back into mw2 for an hour or so yesterday..and I gotta say that I still feel like the one thing mw2 does well (not sure if better yet!) is gunplay, the weapons just feel better to me..although I’ve been using them for a year so perhaps it’s familiarity, guess time will tell.

Those changes are all very positive. Some remaining negatives are still keeping me from fully enjoying the game and I still don’t plan to buy this unless they are changed. The spawns are a massive issue. The distinction between enemies and teammates is also very frustrating. I can’t leave SBMM out but I have zero hope that will be addressed. If the other issues are fixed I might buy it in a few months on sale.

Im still playing MW2019.......never stopped!

So basically this could have been an expansion on MW2, 10/10 charging people full price for what could have been an update

Is there a stage reload in MW3? Like if you cancel and then reload does it pick up where it left off like in MW2? That was one of my favorite features as mostly an lmg user.

If the weapons from MW2 have the visual recoil muzzle flash get updated to match the MW3 weapons I feel a lot of them are going to become a lot more competitive, especially with iron sights

Would be nice if you could label which side is for which game... I have no idea which one is which.

So they add slide cancel back in but dont add in back any of the other movement... jumpshotting.. bunny hopping in general.. etc etc

Also some of the barrel attachments actually change things up in terms of downsides. For example I saw a barrel that helps with handling but the range wasn't decreased, and there is a barrel that increases range but doesn't hurt ADS. Its so refreshing even with the limited experience in the beta

why mw3 looks worse than mw2 lmao

It's nice to see they kept the same graphics from 2009 as well.

Thanks for this, it’s good to see what’s different. Seems like a perfect balance of the first two games and that’s exactly what I was hoping for, good job Microsoft/Activision

The changes aren't enough for me to consider buying it for $70. Might get this if it goes on sale for $15 or maybe $20, but only if friends get it--and they're pretty tired of the matchmaking in this game

To me the TTK feels really slow but the TTD feels really fast. Is it the same for everyone else?

That vanguard style red dot sight tho....

You can increase strafe speed while aiming with a weapon attachment in MW2...

A big problem I had with MW2 is the gun visual shake, like even in the campaign I was super annoyed with it. I'm excited that MW3 has adjusted that!! Great video!!!

Is their any "bloom" i think it's called where the bullet just doesn't go where it's suppose too

The first 30 seconds had me like, "Wow, it's like they are the same fucking game! Wild"

I’m just curious, is it the black ops engine (Treyarc) or the same engine but then adjusted?