Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Engine Defended by Developer

Paul Sinclair • Oct 20, 2011 • Comments ()

So the developer's have put much into COD MW3's delivery, taking into account the competition from the likes of the other juggernaut Battlefield 3. But with that said, many gamers have questioned COD Modern Warfare 3's gaming engine. Accusations of a dated feel to the engine and a resemblance to the previous entries to the franchise.

In an interview with CVG, Glen Schofield of Sledgehammer Games has responded to the criticism and he is adamant in his convictions. Here's the bulk of the interview:

"...I've worked on a lot of engines over my lifetime and spent a lot of time putting graphics in to them and this thing is Porsche. And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it's been worked on for years. It's easy to upgrade.

...Modern Warfare 3′s levels now are so much bigger than the old ones because they go more vertically, they have a bigger footprint and on top of that, higher fidelity, more textures and a lot more detail.

If you put Modern Warfare 2 next to Modern Warfare 3 you would see a huge difference. Look at all the character models, look at all the gun models, look at the reflections, look at the water. There is so much that we've added, so when someone says 'cut and paste', I don't even want to talk to them because they don't know. They just don't know. They have no idea..."

Schofield finished with this:

I've said this before - I'm not shipping an engine, I'm shipping a game. So that's why I'm going to talk about the game. You can talk about your engine all you want. It's not fun."

Where do you stand with this discussion? Do you think the game looks even better than its predecessors, or do you feel like the cut-and-paste criticisms are fair?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will launch on November 8th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. We're willing to bet that it will see incredible sales when it drops, regardless of the criticism being lobbed its way.

[Source: CVG vis TechnoBuffalo]

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is by no doubt one of the heavyweight games in console gaming. The latest edition of the franchise has been eagerly anticipated in the gaming community and generated much discussion.\n\nSo the developer's have put much into COD MW3's delivery, taking into account the competition from the likes of the other juggernaut Battlefield 3. But with that said, many gamers have questioned COD Modern Warfare 3's gaming engine. Accusations of a dated feel to the engine and a resemblance to the previous entries to the franchise.\n\nIn an interview with CVG, Glen Schofield of Sledgehammer Games has responded to the criticism and he is adamant in his convictions. Here's the bulk of the interview:\n\n\n\n\"...I've worked on a lot of engines over my lifetime and spent a lot of time putting graphics in to them and this thing is Porsche. And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it's been worked on for years. It's easy to upgrade.\n\n...Modern Warfare 3′s levels now are so much bigger than the old ones because they go more vertically, they have a bigger footprint and on top of that, higher fidelity, more textures and a lot more detail.\n\nIf you put Modern Warfare 2 next to Modern Warfare 3 you would see a huge difference. Look at all the character models, look at all the gun models, look at the reflections, look at the water. There is so much that we've added, so when someone says 'cut and paste', I don't even want to talk to them because they don't know. They just don't know. They have no idea...\"\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\nSchofield finished with this:\n\n\n\nI've said this before - I'm not shipping an engine, I'm shipping a game. So that's why I'm going to talk about the game. You can talk about your engine all you want. It's not fun.\"\n\n\n\nWhere do you stand with this discussion? Do you think the game looks even better than its predecessors, or do you feel like the cut-and-paste criticisms are fair?\n\nCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will launch on November 8th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. We're willing to bet that it will see incredible sales when it drops, regardless of the criticism being lobbed its way.\n\n[Source: CVG vis TechnoBuffalo]\n