{"id":39102,"date":"2023-11-03T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1919938"},"modified":"2023-11-04T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:12:57","slug":"how-long-is-cod-mw3-campaign-hours-needed-to-beat-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/how-long-is-cod-mw3-campaign-hours-needed-to-beat-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"How long is CoD MW3 campaign? Hours needed to beat explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Task Force 141 aren&#8217;t hanging around this time. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Toby Saunders\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 03 November 2023 at 14:21 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Now that the game\u2019s story mode is available to play in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/cod-mw3-campaign-early-acces\/\">early access<\/a>, you might be wondering how long it takes to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/new-cod-2023\/\">Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>With all the quality releases in 2023, it\u2019s been difficult to find the time to fit every game in and it\u2019s no different now we\u2019re close to the end of the year and the new CoD is here.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the first-person shooter genre is not known for its lengthy campaigns, with CoD game story modes typically lasting under 10 hours (depending on your skill level). You should have no trouble fitting this game\u2019s singleplayer in if you\u2019re keen on seeing what happens in the direct sequel to 2022\u2019s MW2.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to find out precisely what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/who-is-makarov-in-cod-mw3-explained\/\">Makarov<\/a> has up his sleeves and attempt to track him down and stop him as the famous Task Force 141 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/cod-mw3-missions-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">across 15 missions<\/a>. Go on, it should only take a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on reading to find out the answer to \u2018how long is CoD MW3 campaign?\u2019 and discover how many hours it should take to complete.<\/p>\n<h2><b>How long is CoD MW3 campaign? Hours needed to beat explained<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Depending on how you play the game and your skill level, it should take just <b>3-5 hours to complete the CoD MW3 campaign<\/b>. Even for a Call of Duty singleplayer, that\u2019s short.<\/p>\n<p>Notable YouTubers with early access have uploaded full campaign playthroughs and a lot of them have completed the entire story mode in 3-4 hours. Its short length can be perhaps explained by the fact that it seems likely the game started out its life as DLC for MW2.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve only suggested it could take as long as five hours to complete as we\u2019ve seen videos detailing it takes just over four hours to complete the MW3 campaign. It\u2019s a short game by CoD standards, even.<\/p> <p>As of writing, there\u2019s not enough data on <a href=\"https:\/\/howlongtobeat.com\/game\/132689?q=call%2520of%2520duty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HowLongToBeat<\/a> for MW3 (2023), but by using the site which collects user-inputted game completion times, you can see that 2022\u2019s Modern Warfare 2 took players around 8 hours to complete on average. Compare that to the 3-5 hours needed to beat MW3 and the new game comes in about half as long as its predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, we\u2019d expect a Call of Duty campaign to last around 7 hours. They\u2019ve never been lengthy titles. The longest according to players on HowLongToBeat is Black Ops 3, the campaign of which should take players around 9 hours to finish.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not all doom and gloom, though, as a short campaign isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing \u2013 given the sheer number of games worth playing that have launched in 2023, you\u2019re safe in the knowledge that seeing the MW3 campaign through to its end won\u2019t take much of your time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more on CoD MW3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/cod-mw3-pc-requirements-minimum-specs\/\">CoD MW3 PC requirements<\/a> \u2013 can you run it?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/cod-mw3-classic-maps\/\">CoD MW3 classic maps<\/a> \u2013 OG MW2 maps return<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/cod-mw3-multiplayer-maps\/\">CoD MW3 multiplayer<\/a> \u2013 watch the trailer<\/li>\n<\/ul> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6340295100112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Listen to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/one-more-life-podcast\/\" rel=\"noopener\">One More Life podcast<\/a>, subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/gaming-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free newsletter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimesGames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow us on Twitter<\/a> for all the latest gaming intel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something to watch? 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