Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 2 (DLC)

Collection 2 is the second DLC bundle for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and it lands with three standard multiplayer maps (Sanctuary, Foundation, and Oasis), two Face Off maps (Getaway and Lookout), and two Spec Ops missions (Iron Clad and Kill Switch). The headliner is Oasis, a Middle Eastern hotel complex built around corridors, open courtyards, and tiered balconies. It plays well for Domination because the geometry punishes mindless rushing and actually rewards positioning, which is more than you can say for most CoD DLC maps. Sanctuary and Foundation are competent but forgettable, the kind of mid-sized maps that get rotated past without much fuss. The real addition here is Face Off, a mode that compresses everything down to 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 on tiny arenas built specifically for it. On Getaway and Lookout, every decision matters, the time-to-kill feels punishing at close range in the best way, and a bad spawn can end you in under two seconds. If you have two friends online and fifteen minutes to burn, Face Off was a genuinely sharp idea for 2012. Whether it still has enough players to pop a lobby on PC in 2025 is a different question entirely, and one worth checking before you commit. The Spec Ops missions, Iron Clad and Kill Switch, are the weakest part of the package. Both were considered underwhelming at release, and nothing has changed. They are serviceable solo or co-op filler with none of the tension the base game's Spec Ops could occasionally produce. Community reception at the time was split: some appreciated the raw content volume and the novelty of Face Off, while others felt the multiplayer map count was light for the price and that the overall balance between content types was off. That criticism still sticks. For context, MW3 on PC never had the same population as its console counterpart, and this is a DLC from over a decade ago. Server infrastructure is not what it was. If you are going in fresh, go in with a premade group. Pugging Face Off or Domination on these maps in 2025 requires patience that most people with a 144hz monitor and a decent mouse should probably spend elsewhere. If you are a completionist, a die-hard MW3 lifer, or you still have a regular crew that fires this up, Collection 2 adds real content. Oasis alone holds up, and Face Off was a smart mode that deserved a longer life.

Fred · Scout Team

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