Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
 Infinity ward knows what's up when it comes to war games. Call of Duty 2 was excellent, offering a new type of multiplayer experience to accompany the new generation of consoles. Now, with Call of Duty 4, they have polished both the multiplayer and single player experiences to a near-perfect sheen.
I’ll start with the single player. The campaign sees you fighting with an array of modern weapons, all of which feel and sound superb. You play through the perspective of different people at different times, all fighting the same war. Every mission is unique and the objectives are diverse. In one mission, you’ll be sneaking through barns and fields, hiding behind hay bales and in another, you’ll be securing a village from the bird’s eye view of an AC-130. The whole single player experience is extremely tight and it’s a joy to play through the beautiful environments. The story is fast-paced and full of action. There aren’t too many cut-scenes, as the game keeps you in control for the vast majority of the time. Overall, the game is worth the price of admission for the single player alone. |
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Now, on to the good stuff. The multiplayer package in COD 4 is so full-featured and ground breaking that you’ll find yourself sinking tens of hours into it without a thought. You start out with a few basic weapons and perks (little things like dropping a live grenade when you die that help you out in battle) and earn experience for killing people, winning matches and meeting certain criteria during a match (Ex: kill people while crouched, kill yourself and someone else with a cooked grenade…). The experience unlocks new guns and new perks and attachments for your guns. The multiplayer is extremely diverse; you can run and gun with an assault rifle or put on some camo and hide in the grass as a sniper. Every play style feels unique and fits a different type of gamer. The menus are streamlined to the point where the whole matchmaking system becomes second nature quickly.
Call of Duty 4 is a solid single-player shooter and one of the finest multiplayer games ever to grace consoles. You’ll find everything you need for months and years to come in this game. Since its release, almost every shooter with a multiplayer mode has incorporated one element or another from Call of Duty 4, but this game remains a must-play.
