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What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 298 sampled Steam reviews (240 positive / 58 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Story & writing13% mention it
- Visuals & art8% mention it
- Multiplayer & servers7% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Multiplayer & servers31% mention it
- Bugs & crashes19% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
57%
46 reviews
5-15h
81%
134 reviews
15-40h
88%
67 reviews
40-100h
94%
35 reviews
100h+
88%
16 reviews
Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 81 | 113 |
| Creator reviews (3 tracked) | – | 77 | 3 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 79% | 73 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 42 | 422 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 79% | 74 | 731 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 26, 2026) · 113 reviews sampled · 731 total reviews in window · weighted 80 up / 10.7 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (181)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 80
“Multiplayer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 pleases with more conscious and thoughtful gameplay. The weapon feels much better than in the previous games, and the maps are pleasing elaboration and a high degree of detail. With regular updates and new sets of locations, the interest of players can be maintained for a long time.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“Modern Warfare nicely modifies classic Call of Duty experience, but tells questionable story. To say the least.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“CoD: Modern Warfare presents some of the best, although short, singleplayer experience franchise had to offer in a long time. On the other (multiplayer) hand, it has some of the funniest and satisfying gunplay, all riddled with bad map design and some unrefined new game modes.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“After all the "divisions" and "breakpoints," Modern Warfare seems to come from a different planet. The multiplayer harks back to the days of Battlefield 2 & 3, and the single-player campaign shows war in a mature and realistic way. Finally, we have a game that makes no allowances for a lower age rating. Call of Duty is back at the top - hands down, the best shooter on the market right now.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Modern Warfare is the title Call of Duty Series needed to regain the identity it had lost in recent years. With a raw campaign told through the eyes of an extremely well-characterized cast, a multiplayer that finally takes us back to the battlefields of modern conflict and a co-op mode that can be faced with friends both online and locally, Modern Warfare brings back the brand to the Olympus of shooters.”
read full review ↗ - 70
- 88
“Call of Duty returns to its origins, with a raw and intense story mode and a multiplayer that gathers the best of each chapters to reach a new exponent. The king of the shooters demonstrates again who rules in the genre.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Where this reboot stumbles can be plainly seen when measuring it in two distinct categories which the original so easily surmounted: its past and its competition.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“We can proudly say the Call Of Duty series is back”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare refreshes the formula by rooting itself more firmly in realism and adopting a grittier approach to both combat and to its Campaign's story. The gameplay is the smooth experience expected from the franchise and results in some fun, memorable Campaign moments and a handful of enjoyable multiplayer ones. The Spec Ops mode is a bit of a mess but could easily be fixed with a patch, while the majority of the current multiplayer maps leach the enjoyment from the classic CoD formula. Ultimately, this is a steady-as-she-goes experience that walks a good walk but fails to capture a truly elegant stride.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare manages to keep in the spirit of its inspiration while giving enough of a refresh of its tried and tested multiplayer (with a lot of lessons learnt from the Black Ops branch) to definitely come as a recommended game for any fans of the series, current, lapsed, or newly intrigued.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare brought the complete package, as it hits most if not all the right points, making it an excellent first-person military shooter.”
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Patch history
- Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta: Weekend Two IntelAug 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta: Everything You Need to KnowAug 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window