First Look at the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Campaign's Open Combat Missions

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Fresh from revealing gameplay of the first level of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign, developer Sledgehammer Games has revealed a first look at its Open Combat Missions.

In a series of tweets, the developer released clips showing the different styles of gameplay possible in these campaign missions. The clip that shows off stealth gameplay confirms a ledge hang mechanic in the campaign.

In #MW3, we're introducing a new innovation to the Call of Duty Campaign that allows players to interact with the story like never before.

Open Combat Missions are player-directed, allowing the audience to play the game the way they want to play it. pic.twitter.com/ngpgvc3fsw

If you want to go in loud, you can strap on armor plates and hit the enemy head-on. pic.twitter.com/RtgQUnewmW

Open Combat Missions are crucial to our story, positioned seamlessly alongside the cinematic Campaign missions that you know and love.

Look for more intel to follow in the days to come! pic.twitter.com/oDC0SPi9jw

Sledgehammer had said these Open Combat Missions, or OCMs, add an “incredible” level of choice to the player. OCMs offer the player a raft of choices for mission completion. You can, for example, go for a stealthy approach and use night-vision goggles and suppressed weapons to complete the mission without alerting enemies to your presence. If you want to go all guns blazing, you can use extra armour plates and wade in.

It’s worth pointing out you won’t be given an OCM that’s a dedicated stealth op, with silenced weapons to choose from. Rather, if you want to take the mission on stealthily, you can do that by only using a knife and playing the OCM as a stealth mission. Conversely, for an all-guns blazing approach, you can use one of the vehicles