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| “ | Take this to hell with you, captain. Never bury your enemies alive. | „ |
| ~ Makarov before killing Soap in front of Price |
Vladimir Makarov is the main antagonist of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot series, serving as one of the two overaching antagonists (alongside General Ghorbrani) of Modern Warfare II, and the main antagonist of Modern Warfare III.
He is a disgraced Russian soldier and a former member of General Barkov's rogue military forces who is now commander of Konni Group and the leader of the Ultranationalist Party. He seeks to restore Russia's power by getting revenge on the country's government and framing Urzikstan for multiple terrorist acts he's committed and starting a new world war.
He was voiced by Julian Kostov.
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- He is nowhere near the original version of Makarov for several reasons:
- The original Makarov looked very intimidating and threatening with a cold voice, while this Makarov doesn't look menacing at all.
- The original Makarov was very successful in his plans, having managed to massacre an airport full of civilians, frame the CIA for it, and then start World War III. He also launched a chemical attack into Europe, killing millions of people in the process. The reboot Makarov killed only hundreds of people in four terrorist attacks, with all of them failing at starting World War III. In conclusion, OG Makarov was an intelligent mastermind who was responsible for everything that happened in the Modern Warfare trilogy, and was also nearly an unstoppable threat while the Reboot Makarov didn't really succeed in anything.
- He has very dull motives of just wanting to take back Urzikstan, and basically acts a generic over-the-top-evil terrorist who constantly kills people.
- He kills one of his henchmen for laughably petty reasons of just him not trusting his plan, which was supposed to portray him as a badass villain but instead made him look like an egocentric asshole.
- The "Passenger" mission is a downgrade from the infamous "No Russian" from the original Modern Warfare 2, where instead of doing the dirty job himself of massacring civilians he just has his goons do the dirty job for him instead by putting a bomb vest on Samara Jallal to blow up a plane and frame Urzikstan.
- In the Flashpoint mission, he purposely gets himself captured by Task Force 141 just to blow up an airport, which is dumb considering there was no one inside.
- If Soap doesn't look at Makarov while escorting him out of the airport, he will free himself and kill Soap (which grants a game over screen) just as a reminder to not take eyes off Makarov, which is pointless since Makarov was handcuffed and there was no way he could just untie himself like that.
- Each time Makarov is mentioned in the briefings, a profile image of him being shirtless keeps being shown, which almost became an internet meme of the game being obsessed with show an image of shirtless Makarov.
- When Task Force 141 disarm a bomb in a subway, he shows up just to shoot Soap and Price, then kill Soap and run away instead of finishing off the rest of TF141, which means he came just to kill Soap and get away.
- Unlike the original Makarov who, at the end of the game, got what he deserved and was killed by Price in the most epic and satisfying way possible, the reboot Makarov gets away with everything he did and is never brought to justice at the end of the game.
- Overall, he is a massive downgrade compared to the original Makarov, who is considered by fans to be one of the best Call of Duty villains.
External Links[]
- Vladimir Makarov on the Villains Wiki
- Vladimir Makarov on the Call of Duty Wiki
- Vladimir Makarov on the Hate Sink Wiki
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