We Could Have Waited 6 More Months For Better.
If you like Fresh, exciting, new, and exceptional, then COD: MW3 is not the game for you.
If you enjoyed MW and MW2 and want to continue down the exact same path with minimal features added, then MW3 is the game for you. It's the same game, with new maps, a little bit different way of earning perks (especially if you're a noob who gets killed a lot) and a toned down game for you're an elite player. You can still 'pwn' those noobs, but activision has tried to balance the playing field a little with 'loser perks' and toned down 'streak' perks.
The game looks good, but it's still the same engine that we've seen for years, just sightly tweaked. So if you're looking for a shiny new engine and prettier graphics, please don't look here. You're not going to get it.
We can't really say more about the game other than it's more of the same. Same single player style. All on rails with no free movement. Same multiplayer run and shoot-em up and then hope you're not the noob that gets pwned. We did all of this with MW2 and gave it a 7.5 and it's why we have to give this game a 6.5.
It's not a bad game, it's just more of the same. More of the same should NEVER get anything above a 7, especially when they could have given us this content in $15 expansion of MW2.
Sorry activision, better luck next year. Maybe you'll actually deliver a product that took thought and consideration.
For now you are no better than EA with the rehashed Madden series every year.