Alright, I'll give it a go. I liked MW3. I thought it was a really fun game. Before going into my argument, a caveat: I haven't played any of the other CoD games and my knowledge of FPS's is minimal, so feel free to take my argument with a grain of salt if you wish. Here's why I think it's a good game:

• The campaign was very fun, if short. It was very diverse in terms of what missions you had to accomplish and was very nice looking graphically. I would have liked to see it be longer, but apparently short campaigns are par for the course for CoD games, so I can't fault it too much, after all, you're not buying MW3 for the story.

• The multiplayer is very fun and diverse as well. It is very much a pick up and play type of game and you can jump into a game for 5 minutes of hard hitting action or play for an hour and still not get bored. The online interface is pretty seemless in that there's very little waiting around for a game to start and it's easy to drop in and drop out of games. You can get a group together and play very strategically and be rewarded for it or just mess around and have a lot of fun. There's enough freedom to do both.

• There are a ton of multiplayer modes both hardcore and normal. Kill/Confirmed, Defender, Domination, Infected (currently my personal favorite), Demolition, Headquarters, Capture the Flag, Search and Destroy, Free-for-All, Drop Zone, Gun Game, and One in the Chamber keep the game pretty fresh. In addition, there's 'Special Ops' a two player multiplayer mode kind of like Zombies from Black Ops where you run around killing wave after wave of enemies. This diversity is the game's strength.

There's obviously some flaws: the spawn zones tend to be fucked up, Noob tubes can be annoying, some weapons are better than others. I can understand why people coming directly from Black Ops could be upset with MW3. From what I understand, the two games are very similar. That is more than a valid criticism. However, it's not fair to say that MW3 is a bad game. The game is incredibly diverse and engaging, there's enough variety to keep everyone happy and keep the game fresh, the game is great looking, and the game works (it's not buggy and any glitches tend to be patched regularly). In a bubble, it's a very good game. The fact that it follows so closely to Black Ops is a valid criticism, but I still think the game is worth the purchase and it certainly doesn't deserve the 'hur dur CoD is for n00bz' circlejerk it tends to get around here.