The Complex Timeline of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
If you're a Call of Duty fan, then you're used to a world of big explosions, intricate missions, and even more intricate timelines! This year's game, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, drops right after Modern Warfare 2, adding another layer to that ever-growing web of characters and storylines. To help you navigate it all, here's a full rundown on what you need to know about when Modern Warfare 3 fits into that whole Call Of Duty timeline.
So, 2022's Modern Warfare 2 ended in 2022! We see Ghost, Soap, Price, and their squad go on an epic mission in 2022, but there's more! Modern Warfare 2 keeps going after the game's main story! Think of it as an extra story told through DLC updates where Ghost and Farah are basically back on mission in August of 2023, all in the name of fighting those sneaky Konni Group dudes! And we learned that General Graves (remember him?) was NOT dead after all, like those awesome surprises always are!
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Takes Us Straight into November 2023
Ready for some more of that big action? Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3, our main man, lands right in November of 2023! The game's main storyline unfolds across 11 crazy days! We kick off on November 10 and the mayhem stretches through to November 21, so think of it as a super concentrated, fast-paced blast. You gotta move quickly if you want to make sure the world doesn't get completely blown up, so don't waste any time if you want to take on that role!
It's just a year after Modern Warfare 2's dramatic ending (oh yeah, Major Hassan Zyani gets taken down in that one - that's the part we're not allowed to talk about) , but it seems that even in 2023 the fight for peace has to continue!
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Mission Breakdown, Chronologically Speaking
What makes the game really unique, though, is the way it throws you straight into this wild 11-day story, jumping between locations and missions all over the place, and in different timeframes as well! And yeah, if you thought those time jumps in movies were confusing, prepare for a real mind-bending adventure. Just because you want to get your game on doesn't mean it will make sense!
Remember, the campaign in Modern Warfare 2 took place during July and November 2022! Now, we are in November of 2023 for this new MW3 story. That means the entire Modern Warfare timeline so far is basically a few months packed with some really dramatic, epic fights!
Modern Warfare 3 Mission Timeline (Hold on, this gets complicated):
Buckle up, game lovers! Here's a little walk through Modern Warfare 3's wild mission order: We kick things off at 2:00 AM on November 10 with those Konni Group soldiers and they get Makarov free.
Next we move onto the game's first couple of big mission jumps! While we are in November 2023 and taking on those Konni soldiers, we also jump four years back to 2019 - remember Price and Soap's battle with Makarov, because yeah, this game is full of time twists. That's just one tiny example. Get ready for those. After that we'll finally move into a "full" 2023 and the rest of the campaign. You get Price, Ghost, Soap, and Gaz running through their crazy missions, taking on the big guns, those giant weapons (hello nuclear plant!), and all kinds of chaos. By the end of it all, well, you get Price losing another one of his team!
But How Does it All Compare To the Original Modern Warfare 3?
Don't be fooled! The new MW3 and the original one, from 2011, aren’t in the same timeline. That original MW3 dropped us in a world in 2016-2017, and, even though it has a similar feel and villain, it's totally different!
The only common thing is the end where Makarov goes bye bye! That’s actually what happens in the original Modern Warfare 3 – Captain Price has his way with Makarov in a dramatic showdown! This 2023 Modern Warfare 3 is way more a sequel that continues what happened in the second game and that's what sets this Modern Warfare story apart. The original story wrapped things up and even went off to outer space for a minute!
Looking Toward Call of Duty's Next Chapter
Now, here's the big question, with Modern Warfare 3 ending, the series will still have a lot of those hanging loose threads! The series is going to leave us hanging for a while! There is more story that needs to be finished before that happens. This one ends with those weapons being scattered, the entire world not exactly on the same team (you've got the US and those Russia folks...yeah, it gets real), and we'll have to wait to see what those last chapters might hold. Maybe it will involve more adventures for Ghost? More twists and turns as everyone continues to try and take on Makarov! There's definitely a chance the franchise will build upon those story events!
But this isn't the end for those new and exciting updates. New Call of Duty games have become more about DLCs and extra content after they come out. So keep an eye on what might be coming next! Who knows, maybe there will be some wild story reveals, and additional challenges that really drive those Gaming sessions even further!
