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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) vs Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) is an FPS game from Raven Software (2017) while Call of Duty: Warzone is an FPS game from Treyarch (2020).

Quick answer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) and Call of Duty: Warzone are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

2017 · Raven Software

5.3GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Mixed

Call of Duty: Warzone

2020 · Treyarch

80Metacritic

What each one is

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) is filed under FPS. In contrast, Call of Duty: Warzone under FPS.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more.

Description from its Steam store page

Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty: Warzone was a free-to-play battle royale first-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and Infinity Ward and published by Activision as part of the Call of Duty video game series. It was released on March 10, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) and was subsequently connected to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) and Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021), but did not require purchase of any of the aforementioned titles. Warzone allowed online multiplayer combat among 150 players and featured both cross-platform play and cross-platform progression between the three aforementioned titles.

Description from Wikipedia

Story, characters and reception

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

No Wikipedia detail on file.

Call of Duty: Warzone
Plot

Warzone 's story is intertwined with the seasonal narratives of Modern Warfare , Black Ops Cold War and Vanguard . Verdansk is used as a common setting across various multiplayer maps in Modern Warfare , while Rebirth Island is inspired by locations and stories in previous Black Ops games. Caldera and Fortune's Keep complement Vanguard 's seasonal story. (Wikipedia)

Reception

Reception Call of Duty: Warzone received "generally favorable" reviews from critics across all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic . OpenCritic determined that 78% of critics recommended the game. GameSpot gave the game a 7/10 rating, summarizing with: " Warzone is a great sophomore attempt at a battle royale from Call of Duty , which finally manages to carve out its own identity with interesting spins on the existing formula. (Wikipedia)

At a glance

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)Call of Duty: Warzone
GamingPickz Score5.3/10—
Steam ratingMixed (54%, 15,762)—
Critic aggregateNo aggregate80/100
Price$39.99Unknown
Install size——
Steam DeckunsupportedUntested
Released20172020
DeveloperRaven SoftwareTreyarch

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

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) vs Call of Duty: Warzone, 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 Remastered (2017)FPS game
    Call of Duty: WarzoneFPS 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 Remastered (2017)FPS, Shooter, Action
    Call of Duty: WarzoneNo 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 Remastered (2017)15,762 reviews · 1 add-on
    Call of Duty: Warzone—

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

  4. Price

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)$39.99
    Call of Duty: WarzoneUnknown

    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 Remastered (2017) is also

FPSSingleplayerMultiplayerShooterActionWar

Call of Duty: Warzone 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 Remastered (2017) is relaxed, easy to pick up. Call of Duty: Warzone is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) and 0 for Call of Duty: Warzone. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) and Call of Duty: Warzone in scope?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) has drawn 15,762 Steam reviews and ships 1 add-on. Call of Duty: Warzone lists little scope data.

Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) or Call of Duty: Warzone 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 Remastered (2017) or Call of Duty: Warzone?

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 Remastered (2017) or Call of Duty: Warzone?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) and Call of Duty: Warzone 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.

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