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| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 
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| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $34.90
You Save: $15.09 (30%)
New (6) Used (11) from $15.94
Avg. Customer Rating:  239 reviews
Sales Rank: 1252
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 33169
UPC: 047875331877
EAN: 0047875331693
ASIN: B000TTFLS8
Release Date: November 5, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Disappointing: Falls way short of the mark set by CoD2 November 20, 2007
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
In CoD4 I have found a wonderful game, very similar to the previous FPS hit CoD2 (Call of Duty 2), which I absolutely love. These games have generally solid mission pacing, and throw you for loops by yanking you out of the FPS Playable Character and dropping you behind a machine gun, or cannon, or .50 sniper rifle (very cool). The graphics are phenomenal, and the flashback sniper missions in Chernobyl were really fun.
Yes the scripting can be annoying, but if you want to play through a "make your own war movie" game, you're just going to have to put up with some scripting. At least the CoD teams are really, very, absolutely excellent with scripting. Their pacing is wonderful, and the intensity they can bring to the game is downright astounding.
Unfortunately, I'm done with the good stuff.
Here's my disappointment with CoD4. Outside of an admittedly impressive graphics upgrade, CoD4 offers absolutely nothing new. The single player missions aren't even long enough to make a good expansion pack for CoD2, and at least two of the missions feel like reconstructed mods of CoD2 missions. There are only two really new, really fun missions in the whole game. So I found that, given three to five minutes to be impressed by the blazingly gorgeous graphics and twelve to twenty minutes to complete those two film worthy, heart-pumping, sniping in Chernobyl missions, you have between fifteen and twenty-five minutes of really new stuff in this game.
So, CoD4 essentially plays like a graphically beefed up repeat of CoD2 with a horribly shortened story-line.
CoD4 introduces no legitimate game-play upgrades, and shows little or no attempt at offering even an illusion that the game isn't entirely linear. (I understand the difficulties of having both cinematic scripting and non-linear game-play, but at least try for an illusion. Ok?) The multiplayer upgrade is ridiculous, and arcade-like. I don't see how any long time FPS fan could really support a multi-player game that could potentially bias against a more skilled player in favor of one that just had more time on his hands to level up, but what do I know. I still play the CS titles.
All in all, if you like the multiplayer, who am I to judge. I loved the CoD2 multiplayer, but the new stuff in the CoD4 multiplayer seems kind of juvenille and video-gamey to me. I guess I'm just a little surprised, since I've never seen anything so arcade get such a positive response from the serious FPS PC gaming community.
All I can say is that $50 is way more than I am personally willing to pay for an exclusively multiplayer game. Unless you can't wait to get on-line with this game, or unless some really good expansion mods come out to add more to the single-player mode, I can't see that this game is worth more than $30, and can only recommend waiting for a price drop.
 WOW. This is a FPS experience. November 19, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I play a load of computer games. I play games of every genre. This game is... simply put, one of the best games I've ever played. It is superior to all other games of the shooter genre. This game mashes concepts/idea from games such as BF2, Rainbow Six/Ghost Recon/ GH Advanced Warfighter, COD 1 and 2.
The single player campaign is great. But the real meat and potatoes is the multiplayer. The game utilizes a rank system like BF2/BF 2142 where kills net you points, completing objectives gives you points, and completing challenges give you points. It's a great system in itself and very entertaining, it gives you a goal to work towards instead of just mindlessly killing other players. It also doesn't seem to take very long to gain rank, making it a newbie friendly game in that aspect. In BF2 or 2142 it took ages to rank up, and they didn't really offer much else.
The graphics on this game are great. The game looks beautiful, when you are in a prone position in the grass and looking down your sights the view focus on the grass (or other point blank objects) will blur. Bullet holes everywhere if you spray an area. Guns are accurately modeled, with selectable camo for them. Boots on characters even look like real military style combat boots. They got everything right down to the little details. Even with the high end graphics, the loads times are phenomenally fast compared to things like BF2/2142, or even hellgate london with it's horrid graphics in comparison.
The multiplayer game play is fun. With lots of different game mods ranging from free for all, team death match, 2 types of capture and hold the area type games, and a search and destroy/bomb the target mode. With kill streaks you can call in UAV's, Air strikes, or even a guardian attack helicopter. Lots of weapons to choose from the M16/Ak 47 to the desert eagle pistol. The rank system rocks. Weapon mods rock. You also get to select combat perks that add to accuracy, give specialized equipment, give extra ammo, make your weapon fire faster etc etc etc. I've never played an online shooter and had this much fun.
The single player campaign is pretty cool too. The loading process is awesome, as it lets you watch a mission briefing/intro video while it loads.
 Incredible Game, Incredibly Short! November 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
COD4 is a spectacular treat for the senses. Visually the best best first person shooter I've ever played. Unfortunately, just as I was getting into the storyline....it ended! Poof, just like that! I thought I was at the half-way point but, NO, it was over. The reward I recieved? An unlock to the "Arcade Mode" where you can go back through the SAME storyline you've just completed...only you get POINTS this time. Huh????? Kind of a disappointment in that regard. Otherwise, a great FPS game.
Excellent continuation of the Call of Duty franchise updated to modern times November 19, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The next incarnation of Call of Duty for the PC should please fans of the franchise. Sequels often suffer from an air of familiarity so the creators have attempted to spice things up by bringing the combat scenarios into modern times. I think they have succeeded.
The brilliant COD gameplay hasn't changed much meaning COD2 veterans will be able to jump right into this. Newbies as well will have no trouble donning the fatigues and getting into combat thanks to the brilliant interface that leads you into the game.
Graphics are really good even when (sadly) I have to dial down the graphics because my PC is only a 1.6GHz Dual Core - below the minimum specs - running Vista, 1GB RAM, Nvidia 7500LE.
Singleplayer is all very well but its the brilliant multiplayer possibilities that will yet your heart thumping. Watch out for aircraft!
Another superb effort from Infinity Ward.
Solid FPS, although monotonous at times November 18, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this game after many of my friends told me how awesome it is. The hype may have inflated my expectations, as I didn't find COD4 to be as good as they thought.
The single player campaign has highs and lows. Some of the missions are very intense, enthralling, and suspenseful to play, while others are very dry to the point where I want to stop playing. The problem is that the game uses the same formula: move to point A, *spawn massive army of enemies*, clear the area, repeat. There isn't much innovation, as the whole game you simply advance and shoot.
My favorite aspect about the game is the combat. The weapons all feel like they deal the correct amount of damage, and you can get killed pretty quickly if you're not alert to enemy fire, so unlike other shooters you can't rush your enemies guns blazing - COD4 forces you to be a lot more tactical.
Graphically, COD4 is a mixed bag. Some of the lighting and particle effects are top notch, but other elements are totally outdated. The skyboxes, and textures are totally out of place. The inconsistency somewhat degrades the immersion of the game and you can easily tell it's computer generated.
Multiplayer is mixed also. If you go to the typical team dm server, you will find an endless cycle of rushing, spraying, and respawning. On more hardcore servers the gameplay changes dramatically, as you don't have instant respawn forcing players to play more seriously.
I would recommend this game for the entertaining story of the SP campaign, and the multiplayer, but I don't think the game lives up to the hype.
My system:
AMD x2 4000+ @ 2.73 ghz
EVGA 8800gt SSC
2gb DDR2 800mhz RAM
Dell 2407wfp hc lcd
I play maxed out, smooth as butter at 1920x1200.
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