
The series wouldn’t see a return to World War 2 until over a decade later with 2017’s Call of Duty: WWII. Up until the release of Modern Warfare, the Call of Duty series had focused on World War 2, with Call of Duty 3 being the final one before it moved to the modern-day. Despite being a very good game, it is rarely talked about and was sharply forgotten about once the Modern Warfare series began the following year.

Call Of Duty 3 – 83/100Ĭall of Duty 3 is kind of the black sheep of the series. Here are the top 10 best Call of Duty games according to their Metacritic scores. The latest entry in the series, Call of Duty: Vanguard, was just released on November 5, 2021, making now a perfect time to take a look back at the most highly rated games in the series according to their Metacritic score, which curates review scores from dozens of critics. Since the series first began in 2003, the Call of Duty series has seen 19 releases with over 400 million copies sold, making it the best-selling first-person shooter series of all time, evening earning a Guinness World Record.
