While we're still keeping some major, pivotal moments close to our
chest—let's just say we know some things we wish we didn't know—we're
about to lay the whole story out for you from beginning to end. Don't
read on if you want to experience the narrative of Activision's
bombshell shooter free from spoilers.
There are spoilers here. You've been warned.
Modern Warfare 3 opens as Modern Warfare 2 closed: The United States
under siege by Russian forces, ultranationalist Vladimir Makarov on the
loose, Captain John "Soap" MacTavish and Captain John Price wounded and
on the run with the Russian informant known as Nikolai.
Fleeing to a safehouse in Dharmasala, India, the three are attacked by
Makarov's men. In this firefight players take on the role of Yuri, a
loyalist who works for Nikolai. Their safehouse compromised, the group
flee the area in a helicopter.
The game then cuts to Manhattan where Russia is launching an attack on
the city from a fleet of ships parked in the Hudson River. (It appears
the famous U.S.S. Intrepid may be destroyed.) The U.S. calls in Delta
Force to repel the attack. You take on the role of Frost, a Delta Force
operative under the command of Sandman. Your goal is to take out a
jamming tower on top of the New York Stock Exchange to open the area
for a U.S. counterattack.
Following the mission, Delta flies out of the city on a Blackhawk,
gunning down enemy choppers as they make their way to the harbor where
they have to infiltrate and take down a Russian sub which is
coordinating the attack.
As the New York missions wrap up the game jumps forward in time half a
year, thrusting players into the role of a Russian agent tasked with
protecting the president of Russia as he flies to sign a peace treaty
with the U.S. The plane is attacked by hijackers mid-air who attempt to
kidnap the president and his daughter. The daughter manages to escape.
The president of Russia in hand, Makarov vows to prevent a peace treaty
by getting the launch codes out of the president and launching an
attack against the U.S.
The game then returns us to Price, Soap and Yuri, now in Africa in a
search for Makarov. They meet with a local South African arms dealer
who tells them about a shipment of chemical weapons that Makarov is
trying to buy. The group make their way to Sierra Leone to secure the
weapons from African militia.
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players take on the role of an SAS operative who is tasked with
stopping a delivery of weapons of mass destruction at a London
dockyard. A gun battle ensues, and the agents are chased through the
London subway. The mission culminates with a series of unmarked trucks
exploding in front of the house of Parliament, releasing a deadly
chemical agent.
other European cities and military bases are hit by similar terrorist
attacks backed by Russia, and the death toll rises to the tens of
thousands. The series of chemical attacks opens the door for a Russian
military blitz strikes across the continent.
discovers that the South African arms dealer who tipped them off about
the chemical weapons deceived them and travels to Somalia to find the
man and interrogate him. Through the arms dealer, Price discovers that
Makarov's right hand man, Volk, is hiding out in Paris.
game's attention next shifts to Hamburg, Germany where players take on
the role of a U.S. tank gunner fighting to push back a Russian advance
backed by armored divisions.
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width="300">As Hamburg falls, the game shifts us back to the story
of Price and his crew. Now in Paris, players control Delta Force
operative Frost who, with the help of the French special forces, leads
an assault on Volk's location in the underground catacombs of the city.
Next, players take to the sky supporting Frost's ground movements as a
gunner in an AC-130.
capturing and interrogating Volk, Frost learns that Makarov has a
meeting in a Prague hotel. Players control Yuri as he and Soap slip
into the Russian-controlled city and set-up an ambush for Makarov in a
church bell tower. Makarov somehow catches wind of the trap and
escapes. Soap, Yuri and Price then have to fight their way out of the
city.
leads the team to one of Makarov's headquarters in the Czech mountains
and the group infiltrates the location, looking for clues. They
discover that the ultranationlist has the president and is trying to
get the codes out of him. Makarov has also discovered the location of
the Russian president's daughter. The group move out to Berlin to try
and prevent her kidnapping. Playing as Frost, gamers must find the
daughter and protect her, while making their way through war-torn
Berlin. The daughter, however, is captured and flown away.
next makes his way to the Kremlin where a task force of operatives
attack and free the hostages, but Makarov manages to escape again.
game's final mission occurs in Dubai, where Yuri, Price and Sandman
launch an assault on a heavily guarded hotel, eventually finding
Makarov and, yes, finally killing him.
also appears that the game may also include a post-credits level that
features the burning of Washington, D. C.
stage seems set for a passing of the torch: from player-controlled
members of Task Force 141 to the new characters from Delta Force.
contacted Activision for comment and will update the story when and if
they provide reaction.
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