The multiplayer offers a greater variety of customization options for profile personalization, character skins, and weapon camouflage. It includes the same weapons, killstreaks, perks, and game modes from Modern Warfare, with existing modes present in other installments included such as "Kill Confirmed", "Gun Game", and "Hardpoint", as well as new modes like "Prop Hunt" (in which players hide as inanimate objects from the opposing team). Remastered features an updated version of the multiplayer that shares similarities with those featured in later Call of Duty games.
The game offers full PlayStation Network trophy and Xbox Live achievement support (trophies of which had been absent from the PlayStation 3 version of Modern Warfare, due to the game releasing before they were introduced), with the inclusion of several new challenges. It keeps the same collectibles and cheats as before, with the addition of several new cheats, such as exaggerated physics that fling enemies backwards as they are killed, and replacing the heads of non-player characters (NPCs) with watermelons. The campaign is almost identical to the original. In multiplayer modes, if a weapon is equipped, players now have the ability to taunt their opponents, such as allowing the player to inspect the exterior of their gun. Throughout the campaign, new predetermined first-person animations are present on a few occasions. The game uses "dual render technology" for sniper rifle scopes when aiming, providing the player with a view of the scope and blurred surroundings, as opposed to a black screen representing the scope interior present in the original. For example, while in the prone position, the player's equipped weapon is now visible. However, it includes a few modifications. Remastered was also the subject of controversy for Activision's decisions to initially only release it as part of a bundle, the incorporation of microtransactions, and the determined pricing of the downloadable content and standalone version of the game.Ĭall of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered features the same core gameplay as the original version: it is a first-person shooter in which the player controls several characters. While the game overall was considered fresh and grounded in realism, some criticized the dated narrative and called the multiplayer shallow (although new online content would later be distributed through updates).įurther complaints focused on certain design choices retained from Modern Warfare and the artificial intelligence. Critics praised the improved graphics, sound, and range of enhancements, and felt the gameplay had aged well and still provided challenge. Modern Warfare Remastered received generally favorable reviews. New multiplayer content and additional achievements and cheats are also included. Remastered features extensive graphical, rendering, and lighting enhancements, updated animations, remastered original sound effects as well as adding new, and offers numerous small improvements while retaining the original core gameplay.
Activision enlisted Raven Software-who had assisted the development of past Call of Duty games' multiplayer modes-to develop Remastered, while original developer Infinity Ward supervised.
A standalone version was released for PlayStation 4 on June 27, 2017, and for Xbox One and Windows the following month.ĭevelopment began in early 2015 after a fan-made online petition requesting a Modern Warfare remaster was released. The remaster was initially released as part of the special edition bundles of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on November 4, 2016, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. It is a remastered version of 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is a first-person shooter developed by Raven Software and published by Activision.