Modern Warfare 3 - Spec Ops and Survival Mode

So, I've been reading a lot of news about Spec Ops and Survival mode being discussed by Infinity Ward's fourzerotwo. The short story is that Spec Ops has returned, bigger and better than ever. They've included rankings, matchmaking, and leaderboards. As for mission types, I can only guess they'll be similar to what we saw in MW2. But ... there is always a but ... they've thrown in an additional part of Spec Ops called Survival mode.

Survival mode is going to be played on the games multiplayer maps, in hopes that newer players will play Spec Ops first, most likely learn the maps, and then go online. I'm sure the thought being that map knowledge is a serious problem for new players fighting older players who know the map. Which can be true, but I really enjoy the games that happen right when a new game comes out, or a new map pack, where everyone is running around not knowing where the heck they are and almost no one is camping.

A lucky reporter over at USA Today, Mike Snider, got to play some Survival mode recently. Here's a link to the article. Survival mode in 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'

Mike summarizes his gameplay experience in the article, which can confirm a few things for us. He states:

Rubin passed me some in-game currency and I bought and installed a turret to keep the evildoers at bay, while I watched for attack dogs.

So, we know that there is a currency system for at least Spec Ops. It might even just be in Survival mode, who knows. The other thing that may only be in Survival is the attack dogs. The fact that they are here does not mean that we will be seeing the same currency based weapon unlocking system from Black Ops, nor does it confirm attack dogs as a kill streak.

The next paragraph really gets interesting:

After a few waves, the attack dogs became suicide bomber dogs that exploded a few seconds after you shot them. The next wave brought the kamikaze soldiers who exploded similarly.

Suicide dogs and soldiers. I'm starting to see Survival mode as more of a Horde game mode from Gears of War. Or you can look at it as IW's version of Zombies, since that is in an infinite wave style just like this is going to be. Oh, and in later waves you can expect a variety of our good friends, the Juggernauts.

Now, this isn't the type of innovation that I expect from Infinity Ward, as some are saying that they're taking a page out of Treyarch's book, essentially copying Zombies. But the release is hardly here, and I can't wait to see what IW does with the multiplayer, since we all know that is where the real game lies.

Stay tuned for more MW3 news, and more. Until then,
Go Deep. Go Hard.
-K1ng K00p4