In 2011, Name of Responsibility: Modern Warfare 3 concluded Infinity Ward’s unique Modern Warfare trilogy, with Captain Value rising victorious over the terrorist Vladimir Makarov after a dramatic helicopter crash and rooftop battle. However a newly surfaced post-credits scene allegedly lower from the ultimate product utterly recontextualizes the ending to one of many best FPS trilogies of all time.
The lower scene is just like the ending seen within the unique sport, however takes what’s a transparent victory within the completed scene and as an alternative provides a layer of tragedy to it. Within the unique ending, after crashing by way of a rooftop window and seeing Makarov strangled to demise, Captain Value lights up a celebratory cigar because the scene fades to black.
Nonetheless, a post-credits scene allegedly discovered inside the sport’s unique recordsdata that has surfaced on-line (by way of Name of Responsibility modder (*3*), with the scene in query restored by yoyo1love) continues to play out the ending. A slumped over Value wakes as much as the sound of footsteps, and appears as much as see a mysterious stranger off within the distance. The person briefly surveys Value’s work after which turns round to depart. As he walks away, Value slumps over, his lit cigar falling from his hand and rolling away. The digicam fades to black earlier than an outdated picture of his fallen comrades seems on display.
On this ending, Value to succumbs to his wounds and dies from his encounter with Makarov. The id of the unknown man who seems is alleged to be labeled as “shadowman” or “ominous stranger” within the sport’s recordsdata. His true id will possible stay a thriller, however some followers have interpreted the stranger as representing demise, having come to lastly declare Value.
Had this lower post-credits scene made its approach into the ultimate sport, it could have given a a lot completely different tone and ending to Infinity Ward’s unique Modern Warfare trilogy, with its hero dying in the long run. With that in thoughts, it is simple to see why Infinity Ward possibly did not wish to finish the trilogy on a bittersweet notice, and as an alternative opted to extra definitively go away open the potential for Value returning in a possible sequel.
That’s, in fact, if this lower ending is reliable. As of now, it is unimaginable to know if this ending was really discovered tucked away within the sport’s recordsdata for greater than a decade or if it is a fan creation. Both approach, it does add an attention-grabbing wrinkle to what would in any other case be a reasonably commonplace ending to one of many best sport trilogies ever made.
Infinity Ward is presently retelling and reimagining the story of its unique Modern Warfare trilogy in final 12 months’s Modern Warfare III. Microsoft, which now owns Activision and its varied studios, together with Infinity Ward, will reportedly be including the subsequent installment within the Name of Responsibility franchise to Recreation Move later this 12 months. The sport, which has not but been formally unveiled, is rumored to be a brand new entry within the Black Ops subseries.