"Black Tuesday"[1] is the first level of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.[2] The player takes control of Derek "Frost" Westbrook, a Delta Force operator in New York. The objective of the mission is to destroy a Russian radio/microwave jammer placed on the Stock Exchange. Once the jammer is destroyed, the player will be extracted by a Black Hawk and must duel against Russian helicopters to reach New York Harbor, the location of the next mission.
Characters
- Player Character:
- Non-Player Characters
Gameplay
The level begins with the player, Sgt. Derek "Frost" Westbrook and Sandman climbing from the wreckage of an overturned Humvee in Manhattan. They emerge to find themselves and a friendly Stryker battalion under attack from Russian infantry and vehicles. The player fights his way up the street, past heavy resistance and meets up with a convoy of Strykers at the corner of Exchange and Broadway.
Frost, Sandman and the convoy are then ambushed by a Mi-24 at an enemy roadblock, forcing the team of Deltas to circumnavigate the road block and enter another building. After they clear the shop and alley, they meet with Grizzly and his team of Deltas, as they fight in front of the Stock Exchange.
As the team reaches the New York Stock Exchange, they fight their way through the trade floor and take a service ladder to the roof. Using thermite, Frost destroys the radio jammer on the roof, restoring radio communications to friendly forces. They then come under attack from enemy forces positioned on some nearby rooftops.
Frost uses guided missiles from a Predator Drone to neutralize the enemy troops, as well as an enemy gunship. A Black Hawk then arrives, extracting the team, but they are pursued by several Hinds. The player mans a minigun and destroys several gunships, but one of them collides with the Black Hawk, causing it to spin out and Frost is nearly thrown out of the cabin. The pilot eventually regains control of the helicopter and the team proceeds to their next mission in New York Harbor.
Weapon Loadout
Starting Weaponry
In this level you start with an M4A1 Hybrid Sight and an XM25.
Found in Level
The following weapons can be found with and without attachments:
Transcript
- Main article: Black Tuesday/Transcript
Achievements
Too Big to Fail- Complete "Black Tuesday" on any difficulty.
The Big Apple- Complete "Black Tuesday" and "Hunter Killer" on Veteran difficulty.
This is My Boomstick - Kill 30 enemies with the XM25 in "Black Tuesday".
Gallery
Intel
thumb|400px|right 1. Head to the third floor of the first building you enter at the beginning of the game. Poke around the bedrooms on that floor and you'll find the intel located on the floor of one of them.
2. Enter the Jewelry Store and look for a table back underneath the stairs. This intel is located on top of that table.
3. Stay in the Stock Exchange lobby and now look over on the left side. Spot a pair of ammo crates and look for the intel to be sitting near them.
4. Enter the main Stock Exchange area after the brief cutscene and look toward the right side of it. In the corner next to the stairs is a trading kiosk counter, and on that counter is the second piece of intel.
5. From the Stock Exchange lobby, make your way to the roof and find the intel resting on top of a fold-out table just before the final set of stairs.
Trivia
The news bulletin
- The name of the mission is a reference to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
- The date of this level in the E3 Demo was May 13, 2016, as reported by the TV, where a news program displays the title "BATTLE FOR NEW YORK - America's last stand?" The date is changed to August 17 in the retail release.
- Fans have questions that, despite the fact that an EMP blacked out the East Coast of the US in the level Second Sun during the events of the second game, which is chronologicly set only a few days before this mission, lights in the NYSE and electronics in general still seem to be working fine.
- The quote that runs on the TV newscrawl is a near word-for-word copy of Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments about casualties following 9/11.
- Standing near the TVs allow the player to hear some of the reporting on them, although it is hard to make out much during battle.
- The signs in the Stock Exchange say MSE (possibly Manhattan Stock Exchange) instead of NYSE.
- A board in the Stock Exchange shows all of the major stock exchanges posting large losses, hardly a surprise given that the world's largest economy is under attack, and a battle is raging in one of the world's major economic centers.
- The MSE's symbol is a pyramid with the all-seeing eye.
- During the intel on the loading screen for this mission, it can be seen that the 75th Ranger Regiment is also fighting in New York. This regiment is the one which James Ramirez, Foley and Dunn are part of.
- The 2nd Marine Division is also present on the loading screen, apparently fighting in the northern area of Manhattan Island.
- During the communication to Delta during the cutscene, a portrait of Frost, as well as the other members of Delta, is shown, though he is wearing a balaclava and goggles.
- All stock markets can be seen as falling, apart from those of Activision, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Blizzard (part of the merger with Activision), Raven Software and Treyarch, who have stocks on the rise.
- Chronologically, this level takes place after Persona Non Grata.
- Sandman tossing Frost a magazine is similar to how Foley passes a spare mag to Ramirez in Of Their Own Accord.
- When getting into the Blackhawk, there is no pilot in the pilot's seat.
- In the alley where the player has to throw a 9-Bang, there is graffiti on the wall that says "SHG" and "Sledgehammer", which are both references to Sledgehammer Games.
- One of the soldiers on the radio after the jammer is destroyed says "Juillet 2-4 needs air support" which is a reference to Black Hawk Down.
References
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