Modern Warfare 3 really is trying to garner as much of a positive vibe from the Call of Duty community – particularly those on YouTube, and Twitch – as it can. Sledgehammer Games, the lead developer on this one, has sort of positioned itself as the studio that “corrects” the wrongs made by the developer of the preceding Call of Duty.
Even going as far back as Call of Duty: WW2, a leadership change at the studio resulted in fundamental tweaks to the gameplay that were much better received by CoD content creators. For as much crap as it gets, Vanguard did the same coming off the very successful (but divisive) Modern Warfare 2019.
With Modern Warfare 3, it looks like Sledgehammer has embraced that mantle yet again, with the developer making key changes that look to be a response to how some of Infinity Ward’s decisions with Modern Warfare 2 have been received.