Taking on Modern Warfare 3 on Veteran level was something I was always going to take on. I had done Modern Warfare 2 on the same Veteran level and, whilst that had been a nightmare of frustration and rage at times, the regular trophy awards and sense of accomplishment make it worth the effort. And since Modern Warfare 3 was the more spectacular campaign level I was kind of looking forward to going through it all again and this time having to really think about how I tackled the levels and situations to get through.
Weirdly, the first level is one of the most difficult. I found it tricky on Normal, but just getting through the very first part of the street on Veteran was really tough going. It did make me wonder, If the whole game is going to get harder than this then maybe this is not such a good idea.
The submarine level was also tough, but so long as you take your time and make sure you’re ready to duck and take cover when the next enemies are triggered then you can slowly pick your way along.
After the initially difficult stages, however, I actually found the majority of the game rather a lot of fun, and whipped through it a lot faster than I thought I would. I didn't like the mortar bombing part and there were one or two other tiny sections that saw me having to take a few attempts to get it right (taking down the Eiffel Tower was one such part). To add to the hassle, mind, I was also using a guide to locate all of the Intel packs to collect on all the levels as I was going through. So sometimes that meant going out of my way to collect them, meaning I had slightly tougher going on top of what was already tough going.
However, let’s cut a long story short and talk about the last level. The last part of the last level, to be precise. The bit where you’ve stormed the lair of the bad guy and had your Juggernaut suit blown to bits and the elevator doors open and, with the clock ticking, you’ve got to wade through stacks of bad guys, in a hurry, to get your man. That section was, no joke, where I thought I might have hit my skill barrier. Time after time those doors opened and I stepped out and tried to pick out the enemies and press forward only to get absolutely killed in moments. Whatever I tried, whatever tactics I tried to employ, I just could not get through. I began to wonder if I really was never going to be able to manage it.
And then I noticed that the enemies seemed to trigger at a certain point and spill into the room, running around the ledge. Eventually, playing it enough times, I got to learn what guys were killed and how far forward I could move before some speech was uttered which I knew served as a trigger to notify that the men were coming out of their doors. So over on the right, just near the elevators, I was ready with a full clip of a light machine gun and I let those bastards have it.
When you decimate most of your enemies before they even get to fire a shot in return suddenly the impossible became possible. And with that absolutely horrible section completed I pushed on to find the bad guy and kill him off, quick as you like. And that was that, Modern Warfare 3 completed on Veteran with everything collected and every little side trophy award obtained.
I’ll almost certainly never get the Platinum because that depends too much on the Special Ops stuff, but I’ve got a major percentage return now and that sense of achievement. I did it. That’s all the reward I needed.
Weirdly, the first level is one of the most difficult. I found it tricky on Normal, but just getting through the very first part of the street on Veteran was really tough going. It did make me wonder, If the whole game is going to get harder than this then maybe this is not such a good idea.
The submarine level was also tough, but so long as you take your time and make sure you’re ready to duck and take cover when the next enemies are triggered then you can slowly pick your way along.
After the initially difficult stages, however, I actually found the majority of the game rather a lot of fun, and whipped through it a lot faster than I thought I would. I didn't like the mortar bombing part and there were one or two other tiny sections that saw me having to take a few attempts to get it right (taking down the Eiffel Tower was one such part). To add to the hassle, mind, I was also using a guide to locate all of the Intel packs to collect on all the levels as I was going through. So sometimes that meant going out of my way to collect them, meaning I had slightly tougher going on top of what was already tough going.
However, let’s cut a long story short and talk about the last level. The last part of the last level, to be precise. The bit where you’ve stormed the lair of the bad guy and had your Juggernaut suit blown to bits and the elevator doors open and, with the clock ticking, you’ve got to wade through stacks of bad guys, in a hurry, to get your man. That section was, no joke, where I thought I might have hit my skill barrier. Time after time those doors opened and I stepped out and tried to pick out the enemies and press forward only to get absolutely killed in moments. Whatever I tried, whatever tactics I tried to employ, I just could not get through. I began to wonder if I really was never going to be able to manage it.
And then I noticed that the enemies seemed to trigger at a certain point and spill into the room, running around the ledge. Eventually, playing it enough times, I got to learn what guys were killed and how far forward I could move before some speech was uttered which I knew served as a trigger to notify that the men were coming out of their doors. So over on the right, just near the elevators, I was ready with a full clip of a light machine gun and I let those bastards have it.
When you decimate most of your enemies before they even get to fire a shot in return suddenly the impossible became possible. And with that absolutely horrible section completed I pushed on to find the bad guy and kill him off, quick as you like. And that was that, Modern Warfare 3 completed on Veteran with everything collected and every little side trophy award obtained.
I’ll almost certainly never get the Platinum because that depends too much on the Special Ops stuff, but I’ve got a major percentage return now and that sense of achievement. I did it. That’s all the reward I needed.
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