GamingPickz
Game vs game · side by side

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) vs Call of Duty: WWII

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) is an FPS survival game from Infinity Ward (2011) while Call of Duty: WWII is an FPS game from Raven Software (2017).

Quick answer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) and Call of Duty: WWII are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

2011 · Infinity Ward

7.8GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Very Positive

Call of Duty: WWII

2017 · Raven Software

80Metacritic

What each one is

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) is filed under FPS and Survival. In contrast, Call of Duty: WWII under FPS.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2

Description from its Steam store page

Call of Duty: WWII

Call of Duty: WWII is a 2017 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November 3, 2017, for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One. It is the fourteenth main installment in the Call of Duty series and the first title in the series to be set primarily during World War II since Call of Duty: World at War in 2008.

Description from Wikipedia

Story, characters and reception

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

No Wikipedia detail on file.

Call of Duty: WWII
Plot

Campaign On June 6, 1944, United States Army Private First Class Ronald "Red" Daniels (Brett Zimmerman), of the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division , assaults Omaha Beach with his platoon as part of the Normandy landings , accompanied by PFC Robert Zussman ( Jonathan Tucker ), Technician Fifth Grade Frank Aiello (Jeff Schine), and Private Drew Stiles (Kevin Coubal); as well as the abrasive and alcoholic Technical Sergeant William Pierson (… (Wikipedia)

Reception

Pre-release Before the game's release, its sparse use of the Swastika symbol, as well as the diversity of playable German soldiers in the online multiplayer, drew some criticism. During E3 2017 , Sledgehammer co-founder Michael Condrey explained that swastikas were removed from the multiplayer and Zombies modes as "Including Nazi symbols wouldn't bring honor, nor be appropriate, without the rich history of a WW2 story to ground their context in… (Wikipedia)

At a glance

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)Call of Duty: WWII
GamingPickz Score7.8/10—
Steam ratingVery Positive (89%, 39,710)—
Critic aggregateNo aggregate80/100
Price$39.99Unknown
Install size16 GB—
Steam DeckunsupportedUntested
Released20112017
DeveloperInfinity WardRaven Software

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) vs Call of Duty: WWII, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)FPS survival game
    Call of Duty: WWIIFPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)Action, FPS, Shooter
    Call of Duty: WWIINo descriptive tags

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Content and scale

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)39,710 reviews · 16 GB
    Call of Duty: WWII—

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  4. Price

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)$39.99
    Call of Duty: WWIIUnknown

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

Where they differ

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) is also

ActionFPSMultiplayerShooterFirst-PersonWar

Call of Duty: WWII is also

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) is relaxed, easy to pick up. Call of Duty: WWII is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)Call of Duty: WWII
Minimum GPUShader 3.0—
Minimum CPUIntel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600—
Minimum RAM2 GB—
Install size16 GB—

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) · Call of Duty: WWII.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) and 0 for Call of Duty: WWII. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

If you like one, also try

Common questions

How different are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) and Call of Duty: WWII in scope?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) has drawn 39,710 Steam reviews and installs in 16 GB. Call of Duty: WWII lists little scope data.

Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) or Call of Duty: WWII better?

Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.

Which is cheaper, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) or Call of Duty: WWII?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) or Call of Duty: WWII?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) and Call of Duty: WWII are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

All comparisons

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

More on each