Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance is a first-person shooter
video game, in the Call of Duty franchise, developed by n-Space
for the Nintendo DS
. The game takes place in the same setting as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
and features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights
, vehicular missions and online play.
. Like the previous Nintendo DS Call of Duty games, the storyline serves as a "companion narrative" to the console or PC version.
gave the game a 6 out of 10 saying "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance isn't going to win any awards, but as a DS port of a popular franchise, it does a decent job making the experience portable".
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
video game, in the Call of Duty franchise, developed by n-Space
N-Space
n-Space is an American video game developer founded in 1994 by Erick S. Dyke, Dan O'Leary, and Sean Purcell. n-Space is focusing mostly on Nintendo consoles since 2001...
for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. The game takes place in the same setting as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development...
and features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights
Iron sights
Iron sights are a system of shaped alignment markers used as a sighting device to assist in the aiming of a device such as a firearm, crossbow, or telescope, and exclude the use of optics as in telescopic sights or reflector sights...
, vehicular missions and online play.
Plot
Defiance does not follow the same storyline as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development...
. Like the previous Nintendo DS Call of Duty games, the storyline serves as a "companion narrative" to the console or PC version.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews from critics with a Metacritic score of 67%. Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game a 70/100 stating the game was "Not without its flaws but an impressive shooter given the limitations of the hardware". Nintendo World ReportNintendo World Report
Nintendo World Report is a Nintendo-specific video game website that covers Nintendo's current consoles, the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, and Wii.-History:...
gave the game a 6 out of 10 saying "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance isn't going to win any awards, but as a DS port of a popular franchise, it does a decent job making the experience portable".