Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Campaign - Ending Explained
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- Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2023
- Today we dive deep into the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Campaign and story. Today I attempt to explain the ending of the game to you with all of the Easter Eggs. Hope you enjoy Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Ending Explained!
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Makarov's words, "Do not bury your enemies alive," carry significant meaning. Price regrets not preventing Soap from killing Makarov in the past and realizes that allowing enemies to be captured and imprisoned will not bring an end to the conflict. This is why Price decided to eliminate Shepherd, as he remembered the general warning him that he would regret keeping him alive. Consequently, Price eliminated Shepherd to eliminate a threat to both himself and Task Force 141. I believe Price plans to continue executing their most dangerous enemies going forward, similar to how the original Price dealt with his adversaries after interrogating them.
Funny thing is shepherd wasn’t even a threat there was no reason to kill him other than revenge
@@Deathmare235 Shepherd promised that Price would regret letting him live. Price took those words to heart and killed Shepherd later on. What Shepherd meant was he would do anything in his power to make Task Force 141 miserable. Since the task force is occupied with fighting Makarov, they need to remove Shepherd from the board immediately. Listen to every word the characters say. They have a lot of meaning.
@@ryankwon8785 Plus Shepard gave Graves orders to kill TF141 in MW2
@@TheCasualGamer415 I question what Task Force 141 will do with Graves since he only did what he did because of Shepherd. I guess the new general or someone high in the U.S. Government will employ Graves and Shadow Company to work with Task Force 141. The two factions work together really well despite Ghost's dislike for Graves.
@@ryankwon8785 Yeah I don't see them killing Graves. We saw Graves even trying to be cool with Gaz in that one cutscene but Gaz wasn't having it.
having Price not be able to save Soap a second time is just a stab in the heart for MW fans..
Price saved him a few times before, not in this though
It’s also kinda his fault this time, compared to the classic MW3 where they just weren’t fast enough to find proper cover.
Price ordering Soap to spare Makarov in Verdansk led to Soap’s death.
Can’t really get much cover while trying to defuse a bomb 😂
Not really considering this game isn’t a real campaign lmao it’s just warzone with cutscenes tacked on
@@ozziewildgaminghe said Classic MW3 which means your response is invalid.
What really breaks my heart is seeing Ghost and Soaps relationship go from annoying little brother to best bros, even adding the iconic “fist bump” before a mission and now Ghost is left all alone 😢
i didnt even think about that bro it was ghost and soap on the gora dam mission together
They should have left Soap in the edge of death
Just like in the og
All thanks to Price's indecision.
@@M1S3R4BL3i guess they want to do the same impact of Soap's death in og MW3 but feels alot lackluster.
@@circleancopan7748Mother fu*ker they had to defuse a bomb!
I actually believe Graves was telling the truth. Shepherd ordered Graves to use lethal force against 141, but Graves instead gave them a chance to run away. The resulting consequences was more self defense. I see Graves becoming a better ally down the road.
Agreed with this thought, with how close Soap and Ghost were they could've easily been shot in the initial betrayal scene, the later fights are just Shadow Company defending themselves against an attack by 141 and Mexican SF.
So we just gonna forget how Shadow Company murdered a bunch of civilians while looking for Soap and Ghost?
@@codylee923maybe General Shepherd was watching, it is also a way to show a "lethal force" against 141.
@@codylee923technically, they could easily state that the citizens were all part of the cartel, as we know they were with supporters everywhere.
@codylee923 that was probably just shoehorned in to make us feel good about killing them since really that betrayal felt forced af and outta knowhere. Like really, why kill (or detain more likely since thats what SC tried to do) tf141 but not SC? What info did they have that they'd really ruin shepherd for? It doesn't make sense other than to fill in a little plot point saying shepherd has to betray them at some point.
Same thing with killing shepherd. Not much sense, he was a non threat.
Literally just finished it. At the end when I seen them spread soaps ashes I thought "right shits about to go down it's about to get fun now" then I seen the achievement for completing the game. I was fuming
me too they should’ve kept it as a DLC
I was just about ready to send Makarov to Hell. I instead sent my controller to hell when i realized the game ended.😅😅
LITERALLY ME
JUST LET ME KILL MAKAROV BRUH
Just finished 20 minutes ago.. I was pissed off man 😤
one thing i'll add about Price's character change and development is that it was interesting to see Gaz be Price's voice of reason in this campaign. Felt like they completely switched personalities from mw2019
Intersting, it may show the experience soldiers like Price go through. Price as a recruit may have been like Gaz a hot head ready to flatten their enemies by any means. But over time Price became more level headed and tactical, however now he may have learned being reserved only benefits the enemies.
Ngl, i was afraid Gaz was gonna turn on the 141 cuz of the vibes he was giving off
Ohhhhh I’m looking into that more
@@urboi6307 glad i wasn't the only one
@@Inkslasher I also noticed that. It was seen very vividly when they found a captured Shepherd. He directly told Price to take Shepherd with them and give him a gun.
I like Price’s dark transformation. Even though he is an experienced, well respected captain he still makes mistakes. Mistakes he made could be justified but the sparing Makarov was his worst one even though they already had him detained and he was expected to suffer in the gulag. He thought that the rational move was to let him suffer when they should of put him out of his misery. He learnt that the hard way and inadvertently got Soap killed so he made sure to not make the same mistake with Shepard. He took care of that loose end.
For those that have played the old MW series games, you know that after General Shepherd is killed TF-141 is disavowed and price is considered a war criminal. And CIA operative Joseph Allen is framed by Makarov on the mission "No-Russian", resulting in war between the East and the West. It sure does look like we are going to see a similar chain of events and I cannot wait to see how the next part of the story unfolds. HOPEFULLY the next campaign isn't rushed and doesn't feel like 14 different dmz or warzone exfils in the span of 3 hours LMAO!! Cod needs to take 2 years to make a good game not rush one out every year. As Makarov says and repeatedly reminds us, "Time is everything"
This campaign genuinely feels like it was supposed to be twice as long. Soap just kicks it and suddenly boom it’s over. Feel like 2-3 missions were supposed to follow. I think dev cycle really hurt the story mode here, and they’re hoping to fill it in via seasons content, which I feel will fall flat.
I hope not. The squad(WE) need our get back
100%. Makarov still isnt killed. It should be at least in this game to end
@@XxNoMercyNL WWIII hasn’t happened yet. I don’t think we can have a MW reboot with the absolutely colossal WWIII set pieces. If they avoid that then what was the point? Edging us on about how Makarov wants to ruin the world?
@@ContraGrainMW exists in the same universe with BO, so maybe we haven't seen any global conflicts because BO2 is still canon and maybe there will be remake of it in 2025 to fit the connected universe. MWIV will be released in 2026, so more likely the events take place in the same year and after BO2 which is 2025
@@envirafo6382 going to be completely honest I don’t even consider the shared universe thing canon. It was cheap attempt to be an MCU by mashing all these timelines together. The effects of Vanguard and CW on the main MW games in the series has almost ENTIRELY been relegated to Battle Royale in Warzone which that game mode suffering player loss is the whole reason we’re getting this dumpster fire. So yea no.
In the cutscene before the mission where Ivan Nolan is captured he and Makarov have a conversation. Makarov says, "Lets find out if the intel from our shadow friend is accurate." Ivan asks, "And if it's not?" Makarov answers, "We'll kill him." The next thing you know Konni is transferring a prisoner that is revealed to be Shephard. It sounded like Shephard was working both sides.
I thought the same thing, it was interesting that they included that bit of info and didn’t capitalize on it
I thought it was graves because Shepherd is not shadow company
@@Burn_Slowbut why did they have shepherd
In a single frame In the beginning of that cutscene, you can see a PMC of shadow upside down who had presumably just been tourchered (that's why they say, "every shadow breaks")
Not necessarily. This phrase is used as well as a sarcasm. He is not their "friend", but is trading info for his life.
No matter what I can't be convinced the choice to kill Soap here isn't a bad one. He's been with us for 2 games and him being the reason Price breaks bad doesn't feel as right as it did in the OG trilogy because this time around Soap is Ghosts protégé, that's how it comes across. IMHO it would have made more sense for Gaz to go as we played as him through the first game and he's been in all 3, it would have given the death way more tension and meaning the way OG Soaps death did with Price. They didn't know how to end it and just decided to kill a fan favorite (not that Gaz isn't beloved) instead of someone who to me would have made more sense if they wanted to make us feel gutted for the right reasons. Johnny's death was pointless, the story ends exactly where it starts minus 1 good guy.
I actually agree with this. Killing off Gaz would have been slightly more impactful and it would have given more validity to the idea of Price going nuts, breaking off from 141 and becoming a rogue op to go after Makarov by himself, trying not to let anyone else die under his watch.
Next game you get missions with him gathering intel and hunting Makarov, while Soap, Ghost, and maybe Graves and Alejandro band together to hunt down Price to get his head clear. Would make for some excellent character building and an intense theme of “will Price actually be able to kill Makarov or will he fail and cause WW3?” and “will 141 be able to work with Shadow Co. Or would they crumble and be left with no chance to help Price?”
@@BadMoody420key word of you "slightly", that's why they decided to kill Soap first. Checking the wave, our consistent character hasn't been killed which is Gaz. I bet all of us will be shocked when Gaz dies, but i would prefer it to be Price to die. That would make Gaz the one who will take OG Price's place. Last time he died first, now he gotta be the last man to be alive.
I agree with you. If they felt like they had to kill off a 141 member then Gaz should have been the one to go. Having it be Soap doesn't make sense in this context because Price and him barely interact in this rebooted universe. Would make way more sense for Price to "go dark" if his protege Gaz or even Farah ended up being killed. Heck Gaz and Price barely react to Soap dying. They just defuse the bomb and casually radio in "1 KIA" to Laswell. Ghost is the only one who has a more emotional reaction but even that doesn't really land properly due to the abrupt and anti-climatic way Soap died.
@@shiberu_7s I feel like if they were to kill of Price they would have done it in this game, causing Gaz or someone else to take the helm as the Captain and go revenge-crazy. I think that would work too but do you think they’d have the balls to kill off the face of the Modern Warfare franchise?
Either that or personally I think Gaz dying makes the most sense since he seemed to have kind of run his course of his character arc.
@@Zeroblade57 Definitely agree. At the end of the day any character dying would have been fine if they executed it better than they did.
I like this summary, Ink. Surprisingly they left us on a cliffhanger which may lead to TF141 getting disavowed and maybe hunted down by no other than Delta Force. They might change the story of OG MW3 a bit for the next IW game.
If they don’t change it, makarov doesn’t die I’m never buying another cod again
" Do not Bury your enemies alive" - Vladimir Makarov. That quote just hits hard. Its supports Soap's Death and why Price killed Shepard as pointed out in the video. The realisation hits deep. RIP John "Soap" MacTavish, you will be missed.
May he fly high... 🕊
Damn they really did Buried him like In OG MW3
"Shepard"?
What do you think this is? Mass Effect?
Again 😂
I feel like that choice of words proved that Makarov WAS at the airport where 141,ULF and Shadow Company had their joint operation. At the end of that mission, Price wanted to search for Makarov but Shepherd denied it, which resulted in Soap's death, therefore making it indirectly Shepherd's fault his teammate died, which is why Price killed the general in the post-credits.
I’m willing to bet that the writers and devs were under the impression that they were gonna have that 2 year gap they were originally promised to write the campaign but when Activision wanted more money and stayed with the 1 year releases they had to try and pump the campaign out through the raids and the Shadow Siege event along with the Open Combat Missions and that the “final level” we got in the release where Soap died was really supposed to be a midpoint or a penultimate level instead of an end, I feel MW3 was supposed to be longer but had to cut a lot of content due to time constraints which all in all is disappointing, I still enjoyed it but there was still just so much missed opportunities that hopefully will be fulfilled in future seasons or maybe a SpeCops/DMZ type mode they can release post-launch and not us having to wait all the way to MW4
I would I agree I was like this shit is really over? Felt like it should’ve been a mod point or a lead up mission to kill makarov or somethin
Bad campaign predictable& disappointing😅😢
That's what happened to Halo 2. 3 is what was cut plus a few other thing that only made it into the books
I’m not reading that just short it down
I was thinking the same thing when I was playing the campaign, but after I got past the "Passenger" mission I knew that this would just be a setup for MW4. If only Activision kept their word on the 2-year cycle, we would probably have a longer campaign. I do like the open combat missions but if they were to do that again I'd keep it at 3 max and make those type of missions longer. The story itself was not terrible I enjoyed the story, but the actual gameplay was above average at best. MW4 better be on the level of OG MW2 and MW3 or even exceeding it. I know they can do it because MW 2019 was nearly perfect.
It made me cry when Ghost stared at soap unlike price and gaz trying to defuse bomb
Thank you! I was so confused with the story, this clears up so much. Great as always!
You know since MW:2019 there is one change in Price that I think many people overlooks quite often: *devs made him more human.* In OG MW series Captain Price was this omnipotent, all-know badass that could take on the entire world and don't break a sweat & shirt. But here and now, even after all those (in-game) years of service, even as he is the leader that everybody looks up to; HE MAKES MISTAKES AND GROWS AS A PERSON. We saw this back in MW2 (2022) when Kate was captured by AQ, and when the crew rescued her, Price was all sorry, apologizing he should've never allowed her be there in the first place. Then Verdansk Stadium; he followed orders to take Makarov in, even though he was too dangerous to be kept alive, Gulag or not. Then "rescuing" Shepherd, when he was visibly starting to lose his shite. And finally the last nail in the coffin, Soap's death. Price snapped and realized that he must change his MO, because his current way of doing things is not working anymore. War has sent him to hell, but Makarov pushed him even deeper. Let's just hope the next time he and Vladimir see each other, it won't be like looking in the mirror.
But phrases like "No loose ends" or "Do not bury your enemies alive" become new ROE from now on.
*_No turning back now._*
Most ppl play the game for dramatic scenes but COD has changed bringing the characters to life. Graves did so well in mw2 even tho he betrayed us we still wanted more from him
I Can see this new price turning into OG price too.
Like price in the original mw2 he changed and got more unhinged and angry after he got betrayed by shepherd (he committed so many war crimes in mw3)
Now in this rebooted timeline I see that og price starting to creep in
bro i hope ghost gets a piece of Makarov in mw4 bro took his best bud away
Price and his goody-two-shoes attitude costed Soap. Hope he turns into the OG Price we know, who doesn't care for ROE, to eliminate his enemies, not a softie with a mustache.
The campaign from MW2019 to MWIII right now is the best campaign cods ever got. These haters don't realize the campaign is much better than the old Makarov we had and the old story. The music is also the best it's ever been, let alone the animations, Price's face when he lightly smiles at Makarov when Makarov smiles at him... It's state of the art cutscenes, it's a movie. yes mwIII campaign is short, but the effort required to make such a campaign takes a lot of money... Maybe they are some greedy people in their business but I can't complain of what we're getting.
Soap's death hurts. Less tragically brought and more realistic and in the middle of the action with proper mourning afterwards.
It confirms either MW IV or the end of the story with Warzone and raids.
Yuri is back.
Sheperd is dead.
Graves is back on the team's side (although things can still go to shit).
Since the very last mission could have impacted France maybe we'll get the GIGN involved (Bring back Sabre pls).
OG Ghost was bestie with Roach, maybe he'll introduce him now that TF141 is one soldier short.
Since Price's attempt to kill Zakhaev in Prypyat is canon in this timeline too maybe we'll get MacMillan back as well.
Many, many options, can't wait to see how things go!
Hopefully Sandman join the battle too
A non sense game
I think Soap's tragic death will be given to Gaz because Price and Gaz were really close in Modern Warfare 2019. Soap's death in MW3 Reboot is a shock demonstrating that soldiers can die quickly in conflicts no matter how fast or short they are.
I have a proposal how Soap can be brought back. He gets preserved and revived using future revival tech in Black Ops.
@@user-iq6gp8qo8b Don't bring Black Ops 4 into this. That's what made the story crash.
Hot take: I enjoyed the campaign the quick missions and the cut scenes kinda displayed this urgency of Makraov being back. It could’ve been longer yes but I still was impressed with it. Wish soap would’ve just got wounded and not died I loved him in this series.
He could have been injured and
Been left on bed
On the edge of Death
Just like in the OG
I agree with you
@@M1S3R4BL3 Thats the next thing
They could have killed Gaz
Instead making more impactful for us and Price
And would’ve been the same way but with more impact
And now Ghost and Price would go rouge and start to kill all lose ends
Starting with Shephard
@@M1S3R4BL3
I don't like your argument, but I'll accept it.
@@Captain-Rex53 yeah, I see your point. Price was closer to gaz in this iteration.
Honesty controversial opinion soap death was done perfectly cause it showed how powerful Markova was and how easy he could kill the main character and how the characters we know aren’t superheroes like we know them to be and it proves how good Markova is at being a bad guy and being a force to be reckoned with
The problem isn't just that though. With how this happened, soap just... died. That's it. Gave him a send off and done.
This was supposed to be shocking, make you feel empty because that's how war is, but that was failed too because they didn't handle it right and it lead to audience not knowing if they are supposed to care or not.
If we are looking for a powerful Makarov done right, just look at what he does in the original games.
Kills Yuri, kills soap, shoots up an airport, kidnappes the Russian president and his daughter, caused and entire world war! And more.
The Makarov now looks like a Scooby Doo villain and never succeedes and runs away to plot something else again.
This Mw3 just handled soap's death like a piece of paper in the wind
@@dontpeek7791i disagree i think in this new modern warfare i suspect that killing soap was a phase 1 plan and the chemical and missile threats are only baith to lure the team and soo Makarov could fufill his Revenge that he promised at Verdansk and i highly suspect that he is going to plot a nuclear bomb to start World War between the West and East similar to what he accomplished in the original COD 4 Modern Warfare in the middle east mission and cause more devastation.
@@dontpeek7791 agreeed he doesn't have the impact he had in the Og trilogy
@@dontpeek7791facts
@@M1S3R4BL3 oh I am upset too, but not because "Dam you Makarov, I'm coming after you!"
But rather "Wow, that's it?"
In the reboot, soap was dealt with like a side character, and his death was even handled worse. Of course the death is just one aspect, the story as a whole was flawed.
Soap's death could mean that Roach will be introduced in MW4.
Hope so!
Those were my thoughts too! Would be amazing!
or some of the other Characters like Sandman and so on.
Roach wasn't that great though since he was a mute character in MW2 and didn't say anything.
I am more looking forward to see Sandman, Dunn, and the rest of the Army Ranger characters
@@stoneyjohn818
with a voice and face. please.
@@Raether608 IDK they might not go for that route and make him like Bell from cold war.
I hope we see Laswell taking over Shepherd's position in Shadow Company. I feel like it makes more sense for the CIA to have a PMC under their payroll rather than an army general. I would love to play as Graves in the campaign. Also, Would love to see a situation where they have to tolerate each other. Graves seems like he actually considers Soap as a brothers in arms back in MW2.
I think Graves will take over as head of Shadow Company and not Laswell.
@@M1S3R4BL3 Eh well, Graves seemed hesitant on the order to kill off 141 in Mexico.
Maybe Colonel Norris from MW2019 replaces Shepherd, why not? He vanished no reason.
@@MATRetroVideoGaminghe wasn't as impactful, and possibly did not know the existence of Shadow Company. Yes, Shadow Company was showcased in the multiplayer of MW2019, but never crossed into the campaign until MW2022
@@Airland_combat Initially, when you re-watch that Mexico scene, Graves tried to be civil about it but he knew they would NEVER have taken that well, Vargas lost his cool when they took his base and detained his men - it was always going to go south from there.
Upon seeing Price kill Shepherd, all I could think was "Good. That's one less loose end."
That last scene where price shoots shepherd with no remorse what so ever was like a Jack Bauer moment from 24!
Soap dying really brought my thoughts on the campaign down, and I’ll always be mad about that story writing decision. I just hope the rest of this story knocks it out the park..
Great explanation video!
Funny since Glenn Morshower (the guy who plays Sheperd) was a major character in 24
I didn’t felt nothing when Soap died.
7:22
That "F*ck...is there a single sh*t show that you're not apart of" part always have me in tears laughing 😂💀
Thanks for sharing your perspectives. Much appreciated.
You missed the most important part. It was a trade off by General Shepard. 7:56 When they found him in the as prisoner, price asked, "What you traded for your life?". It turned out he traded "Soap" for his life. This idea is confirmed in the last 11:42, Shepard " This job is about making sacrifices for the greater good.".
And that's why Price killed him.
exactly i thought he would have said this- this sounds more like it
insinuations. take it with grain of salt.
Funny how everyone dies from one shot in cutscenes, but as soon as you start to play, everyone is bulletproof 😂
You die stupidly fast on Veteran.
Kinda true. Most of the killshots in cutscenes were basically execution style headshots. I would say only outlier would be Soap, since he got the Hollywood 3(was shot 3 times, 3rd time being a killshot)
Hate to admit this, but i kept dying to those damn armored enemies... on REGULAR difficulty 😂. Mostly cause i was rushing through the level too much but also to some bullshit moments
If you ask me, Price killing Shepherd is like the opening to Casino Royale
i noticed that as well especially with the desk wish that price had taken at least a round out and shot shepherd in the dominant hand side of his head to make it look like a suicide not a murder
@@carlrehbock5433 On second thoughts, imagine if the post credit sequence played out exactly as in Casino Royale; but the dialogue is the same in the game (if you know what I mean)
ofc
@@octaviusfooks7194
The number of opportunities that they missed with this Campaign will forever be my biggest problem with it. I swear I sat there waiting for some OG MW levels of chaos and it just fell flat. Its like they wanted to go there but would just pull back right at the last second. Makarov felt like your run of the mill terrorists instead of the absolute force of chaos he was in the OG trilogy.
I was just waiting for Shepherd to betray us again, which should have happened to stay in line with his character. They could have played it out perfectly with the AC-130 mission. I thought for sure Shepard and Graves where gonna pull a "Looses Ends" on the whole crew in that mission just as Shepherd threatened to do. It would have made way more sense to have Soap and maybe even a few others die from that then how they killed him in the tunnel. From there you have Makarov set up the attacks that send the world into chaos while everybody thinks 141 are dead and boom you have a world that starts spinning out of control setting up MW4.
Thank you for this video
I can completely see price becoming more and more like his original version in regards to how he gets shit done. Like I think we’ll see a scene equivalent to when og Price tossed a nuke at America.
Price can take on a mission by himself.
this is the first time I was surprised when the credits started rolling. Thought it was going to be longer
you can see just how stoic price is at the end but deep down you can tell he wanted to do more to the general poor price hopefully he doesnt end the series alone like he was in the OG MW3 and i hope Gaze stays you can tell he helps price stay in check but in a good way they are a perfect duo
I think something to mention also is when they went to push the air base hanger , Shepard said that Makarov was in the helicopter but Price responded with no POSITIVE PID. Shepard then replied with Makarov is DEAD, leave it Price. This is also something that pushed Price to kill Shepard
While it isn’t as dark as mw19, it is a massive turn around from mw22. It’s just unfortunate how short it is and how noticeable it is that the whole game was an after thought and never meant to be a full campaign.
I totally agree with you. I know people are pissed off with how short it is and how it ends but people have to remember that this was obviously a DLC. Also not to mention that IW have been working on two separate campaigns over the course of 2-3 years so of course it wasn’t going to be long. Now we just have to be patient and wait for MW4 which will possibly be in 2026.
Mw22 was 100x better than this $70 piece of trash. Unfinished campaign with no good missions.
@@bruhmoment4811i disagree, i think the missions r fun - ending was underwhelming tho. lemme say this: remember in the og games it was all guns a blazing on long levels and were super intense? i felt like these levels were more like that which i like. in mw22 and mw19, the levels were slower, which was boring ex: all the camera levels where u had to take a break from the action a guide someone through, like that was lame. at least these levels were more fun
@@ryandonnell554 The actual levels were good, but those shitty open combat missions are AWFUL
Soap's death would've been fine if we had gotten to kill Makarov right after instead of Shepherd. Instead his death was basically meaningless and only serves to fill the void of an otherwise nonexistent ending.
A REALLY GOOD VIDEO! Loved it!
Inkslasher best video yet, best explained
I wish with these campaigns we get to choose to play from the protagonist perspective or antagonist perspective. I enjoyed the first mission when we was on makarov’s side
And that's why bo2 is such a good COD!
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@@knrz2562and Cold War!
There's really nothing wierd about this. For those who played the game, its two phrases that stand out thay made Price ultimately make the choice that he did. The first was from Shephard, "If you let me live I promise you'll regret it. And the other is from Makarov, "Never bury your enemies alive" Price saw the consequences of taking Makarov alive the first time. He wasn't about to make the same mistake with Shepard and have 141 be tormented by Shepard while still under his command. What Price really did was eliminate what would have been a huge threat to 141 as they pursue Makarov. They can't afford any more distractions going forward.
Essentially, Price prevented the Shepherd Betrayal (well he did at MWII but failed)
Shepherd's assassination likely sets up Task Force 141 as a disavowed unit similiar to the original trilogy, with them unofficially working with Laswell as they try to stop whatever Makarov is planning in the MW 2026-27 titles. Maybe Black Ops 2024-25 introduces a re-imagined Menendez that ends up working with Makarov too.
Loved Menendez as a villain in Black Ops 2
Thanks for sharing
You also have to remember Price's line to Gaz in MW2019.
"You draw the line wherever you need it drawn sergeant. We get dirty and the world stays clean."
Shepherd really challenged that in MW2 after the betrayal.
this game is the best place to draw that line.
I knew that someone in TF 141 would die, but I expected it to be like a very emotional impactful moment. I hope MW4 lead to ww3 tho
I was hoping for Gaz to die to be honest.
@@Black0raz0rwhy he’s a really good character they developed him better on the reboot than the trilogy
When will cod mw 4 be out please.??
Great video! Those words from Makarov were very consequential & I believe Price learned a very valuable lesson. The story in this campaign was great but the gameplay was lacking.
I played the game and still watched cause Ink and Cod campaign go well. He’s a good narrator and has great theories that cod could chase
fantastic video !
No other cod game left ya hanging like cod ghosts.. still waiting on the rest of that tale
definitely coming, there was a dog named riley in the new campaign
I hope they bring it back
Bro forgot mw2
@Deathmare235 we talking OG mw2 or mw2 reimagined?
I like how when you play a mission and you need to blend in and ask Gaz for a light, you can pet a German Shepherd named Riley, maybe an Easter Egg for CoD Ghosts in the timeline?
whe allready have the dog Riley in MW2019 as a Finisher move
You always do a very in-depth review, and I always appreciate it because it helps relieve the fact that soap died. Thanks for filling in the blanks. It also helps knowing that I gotta wait two years for modern warfare 4 LMAO.
You the best bro 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
I don’t know if anyone has noticed yet but the dog that you pet while following the hacker at the end missions is Riley. I have a screenshot with the fella
I ain’t going to lie that ending felt quick but damn rip Soap 😭
Looks like they are going with at least a duo-trilogy. And I'm happy with that. Seeing Makarov back in action was nice. Can't wait to see how he drags the world into a world war, hopefully like I mentioned once, we'll see more antagonist and protagonist nations.
RIP Soap.
See you folks in a year when inkslasher explains MW4 ending 😅
Thank you Inkslaher for clearing things up i was genuinely confused.
I wonder if MW4 will have 141 become disavowed or maybe just Price. Would be cool to have 141 going after Makarov with no rules of engagement or limitations. Maybe could do a hunt like story with us playing 141 hunting makarov and maybe Steel team as they hunt 141
Part of me feels theyre gonna stretch the story out, kill everyone off one by one till its jus price, then price will end up killing makarov, same thing like last time they did the story, except they want you to feel the impact of the characters death, and soap being the first one of our beloved tf141, i have a feeling this is how its gonna go, one by one till its jus price vs makarov, i hope they dont go this way but i think they would definitely go this route which worries me
@@REDDRomeoI wanna see Ghost, Farah, Alex, Laswell, Graves, and Alejandro's death, leaving Price alive alone
@@shiberu_7s i dont, we seen this last time, everyone died till it was jus price and yuri then yuri dies then its just price who has to finish the mission all by himself
@@REDDRomeo I have a feeling TF 141, Los Vaqueros, ULF and Shadow Company are all going to be teaming up against Makarov and Konni. Graves seems to be trying to make amends with members of 141, example. He tried to shake hands with Gaz. Right now, they kinda treat him like a black sheep of the group when they're all together.
@@Airland_combatI bet Graves will sacrifice himself to save everyone else, only getting redemption that way. Until he's dead, I don't think he'll be respected by 141 or Vaqueros (who they need to tie back in to the story...maybe replacement for Soap in 141)
I think I would be ok with the campaign if the enemies in the open combat mission had a better detection system to feel like u get spotted immediately and it’s almost impossible to go completely stealthy, if that was fixed and maybe there was more variety kind of like the original spec ops mission from mw2 where u had to hold out with equipment and kill streaks at the sub base. Just seems like there’s no variety to how to play those missions, also killing shepherd in a end credits scene sucks, should have been part of a mission, and I was hoping for a ww3 to start like mw2 2009, this game seems like nothing happened, really been disappointed in the past two games mw2019 was so good and this campaign actually made the campaign last year look good, it’s hard to argue this wasn’t dlc
Thank u i tried to do thr mission stealthy but most of thr missions u cant
@@RogerHR yeah I felt the same it’s almost impossible maybe I’m not good enough but it seems like poor level design, if it was more diverse and had more ways to approach each time I think I would like it more
@@Jaxx2385 i thing game was rushed even the end mission felt not satisfied
I'm a masochist (joke) so I complete that mission 100% without getting noticed, I restarted 34 times in one mission (the water supply one)
@@angelogenua2682 was it fun to get it ? Or just frustrating? Having trouble wanting to replay it
Great vid
Watching the live reaction 😮.. I'm like how did Ink miss that.. But this follow up explanation works.. IMO the setup for the next game is worth the Price of admission. Maybe price goes to far & they emotionally kill him off(or cliffhanger).. Mak on the run how does plan the next move.. It all makes sense!!!!!
Instead of killing our boy i wish they just had him get shot around his eye, giving us his scar that he had in the OG MW games
The helicopter scene is easily the best cutscene by far
Inkslasher playing the 2009 MW2 Ghost and Roach death scene music at 12:35, really hit man🥺😭
Price killing Shepherd also takes it back to MWII where he says he'll go after Shepherd because of the betrayal
Good explanation Ink Slasher, makes perfect sense, very perfect sense. With that COD Ghost emblem in the picture of that mysterious operator, hopefully we'll get a COD Ghost reboot in the soon near future. Keep up the good work.
I think people fail to realize that Soap's death was not overlooked. Idk if you expect Price, Ghost, and Gaz to cry or something, but that wouldn't happen. You can tell Price, Ghost, and Gaz are all dealing with shock, sadness, and slight anger (More so for Price). The way Price brings himself to say "One KIA" shows it was something he wished he never had to say especially for Soap. They also are trying to keep a sense of professionalism in the state of everything going down. They gave Soap a send-off and paid a tribute to him with a few words before releasing his ashes. The characters are all devastated and for the story's sake, it is going to fuel them and give them even more eagerness to find and kill Makarov for good. It'll all be revenge for Makarov killing soap. I am not sure why everyone is so mad. I kind of wish it was Gaz who died, but it is what it is. It is in a new timeline where Soap's death isn't as crucial as it would be if Price or Ghosts died since they have more importance. They had to kill the character who wouldn't affect the storyline too much. It makes no sense to kill Price or Ghost. We have to stop comparing this game to the old game with how important characters are.
thanks it helped
@inkslasher bro, am I crazy or has everyone missed the fact the very first mission where you break Makarov out of prison - they all have American & British accents, even over comms. Huge insight for whats about to come
Again. This campaign should have been a DLC since it was short
We get it already why do y'all still post this same comment still
😅😂😢😮
It's hard to imagine life without soap, he came so far and now he's gone. All I want to do now is find makarov and make him pay and send him to whatever part of the pit he crawled out of
We didn’t even get the proper soap back
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Makarov can’t run forever. Price will make sure that he strings him by his muppets.
Im super into these stories, such a cliffhanger now have to wait an eternity
A video about Graves would be cool, always great at every scene that guy😂
If you replay the entire Reboot Saga now from MW2019 to MWIII, u will realize how awesome this campaign is
It's garbage bro.
Yet we still don’t have the USA getting involved in a major conflict. Instead we play basically British SF with a CIA handler to give them tasks.
I want MW4 to be that big conflict with us being normal soldiers with 141 being the outside missions like it was before.
Are you mental?
@@keegantripp1245 I want a black ops reboot timeline where mason woods and Hudson get a happy ending
What I like about this death for Soap is he got a hero’s funeral that he didn’t get originally. As for Shepherd’s death I kinda wish they got Price to say good that’s one loose end. It would have been poetic but it’s good as is.
I don't know if you noticed this but the the character that you played in the beginning of MW3 campaign Nolan. Both him and Ivan were the two who captured the chemicals in the warzone event with shadow company at the ending cutscene.
The biggest problem with this series is the over convoluted nature of the story now. Mw2019 had one of the strongest campaigns in the series, but framing and narrative is everything with these titles. Choosing to make Zombies canon, and make the spec ops and raids necessary to understand what’s going just dilutes the narrative impact of the campaigns themselves.
Well said
The months between the next bits of story makes the story lose it's momentum. Hard to not feel the game is underbaked due to time constraints or somethin
I don't think Zombies is really canon with the campaign storyline, more like an alternate universe with some of the same characters. It would just get too convoluted to try to tie it all together. They keep Soap a big part of it to sell more bundles. After all, the military base in Verdansk wasn't destroyed in this campaign, which it would've been nuked if the Warzone story had been canon.
I will like your honest opinion about the campaign, I follow your story videos because I’m a huge fan of the campaigns and story lines. Please review this story
I love the Campaigns
This campaign is straight trash. It's a slap in the face to fans
so many questions I have. What happened to AQ, Valeria, Graves. And there was a part where Nolan and Makarov were talking about how Graves was giving them intel and whatnot, what's up with that? Is Graves an ally to Makarov after all?
If they do an MW4, I hope they introduce Sandman, Grinch, Trucker, Ramirez, and Frost from the US forces
I hope there’s some explanation and evidence coming that explains how & what point Shepard was captured by Makarov and why Graves was in the blind since Shepard was his contractor/employer. There is also “The Inner Circle” mentioned a few times, was Makarov the final member ? Sidenote: I don’t think the court scene was a betrayl..both having contradictory claims as who’s to blame they both got off free.
The inner circle are the ultranationalists, not sure why they’re called inner circle in this timeline since the ultranationalists still exist
When did shepherd get captured?
@@Deathmare235to be fair the inner circle also existed seperate from the ultranationalists in the original trilogy ultranationalist seem to want to go back to the USSR where Inner Circle want to go back to the Russian Empire.
@@Deathmare235during that Tundra mission you end up breaking the ice and capturing the prisoner inside the car which turns out to be Shepherd,
Shepard was captured Because The plot need it
When the beta released with the Nemesis Operator packs I figured those skins would be relevant to the campaign in some kind of stealth mission based around the clothes all four characters wore, those clothes looked like they could’ve became camouflaged
Idk if u answered it or not i skipped some of the video but so is there gonna be a part 2 to the campaign like months from now or are we gonna have to wait for a new game?
This is probably the story coming full circle as TF 141 becomes "disavowed" due to their actions of "tying loose ends." Price already started with Shepherd at the end of MW3. Next is probably Graves and Makarov. On a side note, I think Soap's death at the end of the campaign was unnecessary. They did it before in the original trilogy and got backlash for killing such a crucial character.
One thing that shook me was how sudden soaps death was… even gaz’s death in cod 4 mw was cinematic in a type of way.. hell even Yuris death in mw3 was somewhat cinematic… but soap was just in a instant.. poof just like that… so much shock in the background along with the fact that they still have to defuse the bomb… No cinematics no nothing one second he’s here next he’s gone just like that… idk it kinda rubs me the wrong way… this is supposed to be a pillar of the game and it seemed like he was just put down like a dog. Maybe that shows makarov’s ruthlessness but that’s what it is ig… in my opinion this was the absolute worst way they could continue the series. If anything it would have made more sense for price to die and to continue the campaign with “Captain MacTavish” and introducing roach and yuri… and ect… I hope they reintroduce the whole disavowed TF141 * in soaps journal in mw3 he describes how they were able to do security missions and contracting to gain money to buy equipment… hopefully we can see that spin where prince ghost and gaz are all wanted and have to resort to doing work with Nikolai who gets them work in order to buy equipment. Stuff like buying intel and special mission equipment. Hopefully we won’t have to buy a whole new mw game just to see the ending
I also think that the part of the story sets up the idea of Task Force 141 being disavowed and wanted from the government just like the original modern warfare games were after 141 kills Shepard the become wanted by the government while at the same time going after Makarov.
Soaps death definitely hit hard. I understand price's dark turn. Somethings just require a but more heat in life.
Price killing shepherd felt great
If MW4 sees Price on the run for what he did and TF 141 have to capture him, that would be tragic
What if in MW4 the US created the Ghosts from COD Ghosts to hunt down Price and TF141 for killing Shepard
@@andrewnguyen2234 BRUH that is such a good idea
i had fun this campaign it was a decent story 7.5-8/10 for me. but overall the open combat missions felt weird so it was a 6.5/10 for me.@@themancalledjbob
I also think Soap will be a battlepass character. Like you said it’s in black and white at first then goes color which makes sense that it happens before. Just a theory but I think it’s a good one sense his character carries over to MW3.
You beat one of the raids in mw2 you get him, you get price gaz Alex and soap from the 4 raids
As someone who got into the series because of MW 2022 and hearing how good it was I started with MW 2019 before MW 2022. Both of them were great the story telling got me sold on the series.
The story was great, was close to what would reality, you felt connected to the characters.
The repetition of mechanics of the games didn’t bother me as I saw it as they were more focused on the story telling. I loved it as life in the military is known for being repetitive.
But with MW 2022 it really established Soap’s character.
He is hot headed but knows to control his anger for the best outcome. He is quick to act and doesn’t hesitate to do what he needs to. He is loyal and puts his team first. He cares about civilians, but will withhold acting irrationality in the middle of a battlefield because he knows if he gets to his objectives faster the faster he can safe them by stopping the threat.
MW 2023 kindof destroyed it a bit to pull me out of the story. Soap is way more angry in this installment and is a second away from just breaking the rules to do what he thinks is right. He wasn’t this angry when Graves betrayed them, someone he seemed to believe was his brother. Yea he was angry but he controlled in hopes to get the situation under control before it got worst. When Makarov is about to shoot Price, Soap had 10 seconds where he could quickly grab a pistol or a knife and took down Makarov. The whole instants feel’s kindof forced having him so close to them in the end.
The whole idea that it was needed to force Price’s hand to taking the General’s life I think is a bit of a poor excuse. After getting the general from the caravan I honestly think Price was already looking for the best way to get rid of the threat the general posed, he would keep his word but as soon as he could he would get rid of him. The general keeps causing problems and seems to be the driving force whether intentional or not behind most of the events of the game.
With what we have seen over the reboot series Price and Soap have limited interaction, there is not much of an emotional connection between these two. Gas and Price have a better connection and it would been way more impactful if Gaz died. But as I discussed earlier the push to make Price take the General’s life is not necessary. Price believes in doing bad things to make the world a better place. He would have killed the general regardless, just due to the damage he has already caused the world. Ruined a country’s reputation, got a whole city of citizens killed, almost got his team killed multiple times, is the reason behind half the shit going on because he won’t own up to his fuck ups.
The campaign also felt rushed, which wasn’t helped by the amount of characters we play as in the campaign. MW is 19 we played as Gaz, Alex, and Farrah. MW22 we play as Gaz, Soap, Rudy, and random Shadow guy. MW23 we play as Price, Ghost, Soap, Farrah, Random Shadow guy, Laswell, the former ULF fighter, and one Makarov’s men. That is 8 characters you play as. The game is too short for you to play as that many characters!!!
And for the main plot point being the Sarin is a colorless and odorless gas. It literally takes your neuro cells able to turn off away causing loss of control of muscles. You don’t melt, you suffocate on the fluids that build up in your lungs. 1 to 2 drops is enough to kill a person. Not to mention the fumes clinging to fabric for about 30 minutes , when they pulled Price into the helicopter after the gas got released everyone would have been affected until they all got injected with Atropine. (Sorry this part bothered me so much when it happened, I love knowledge too much sometimes)
The ending was so mid I wish they kept it going fr
Rest In Peace Jown "Soap" MacTavish, you will always be in our hearts 😭😭🕊🕊🕊🕊🪦🪦
Nobody talks about how Glenn Morshower is an amazing actor. Like hes so good that u can hate him or love uim no matter what he plays
Hey one thing you missed is when price was in driving into the stadium you could see makarov in the ambulance staring at him even tho shepherd said first responders wasn’t gonna be there until it’s clear
Just one question....are we finaly gona get an mw4?
I hope they further this story extensively in the raids, etc
Does anyone else think in the first mission the Russians are pretending to be TF141? Copied their accents and call signs, I'm sure
And warzone events
thir will be no raids in mw3
@@Deathmare235 "etc"
@@iTzIronPedro stinker, I never played the ones in MW2 but enjoyed watching the story progress. Albeit at a small stake level
@@iTzIronPedro we don’t know
Thank god someone explained that
Price has gone off the walls, really reminds me of him at the end of og mw3 where he chills and smokes a cigar as he watches mak hang. That’s a dark moment but he had to do it. Same thing with Sheperd here, he kills and isn’t phased. Now if black ops mixes with David Mason and MW, we can see this price develop even more
I have a feeling they’re gonna continue on the storyline either via Spec Ops, Warzone or the Battle Pass post-launch seasons. We either see a continuation of Makarov’s arc or it’ll probably have to wait a few more years for the next installment of MW4
No more "modern" warfare
Next games will be near future combat
Bo2 cod ghost,etc.
@@knrz2562I want Ghosts 2...
@@knrz2562i don't care about black cocks, we need modern warfare story completion.
Yeah we probably wont see another MW game until 2026 at least
Most likely bo2 or ghost 2
I'm grateful that the Ghost team appeared in the campaign... wait a minute...