Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Comments by Kristan Reed

Got the game on Fraday, I think it's totally amazing and for me personally I found the game to be much more intense and exciting than the experience offered by Halo.

Remember the first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan? This game at times delivers a similar experience, especially in multiplayer which I find to be the best on-line FPS game I have ever played, and I've played most of them.

Highly recommended.

CoD4 deserves a 10/10.

I'm rather too tired to argue about it, but having gone through the single player campaign, I can safely say that I have never, EVER felt so involved, and felt so much personal attachment to the on-screen action. The AT-130, the ghillie suit mish "turning on itself" at the halfway point, the aftermath of Paul Jackson rescuing the helicopter pilot, and the ending. Bloody hell... I felt like a proper fucking hero after that ending.

10/10, damnit. Even Bioshock feels a bit... pretentious and silly after playing CoD4.

"How did a muppet like you pass selection?"

Absolutely great game and the SAS dialogue is brilliant. Stunning missions and nice, interesting loads between them, creating an almost relentless feeling of moving from one battle to the other. Plus the Mile High Club level is a work of genius...manic genius on Vet, but genius nonetheless :)

And they threw in MP for free!!...excellent ;)

when is the multiplayer review coming out???

good point. when is the multiplayer review coming out? says "next week" about a month ago... very slack.


As for the game, i stupidly started it on Veteran because after the training bit it suggested that i do... Its bloody rock solid. Taken me ages to get to the "hunted" level, and now i can't get past the bit with the helipcopter where price says we need to find ariel cover...

what a fantastic game. thanks IW. this is the first COD game I have played to completion. did it on hardened and now those veteran achievements are winking at me. The single best thing about this game is the feeling of being involved in a real conflict with potentially apocalyptical results if you fail. might go back and pick up cod 2 on the cheap now and have another go at that.

the voice acting of the sas soldiers and the scripting was spot on as well. it made such a refreshing change.

Truly incredible game. Have nearly completed it (currently taking the dis-arm codes to the nukes) but have enjoyed every second so far. The graphical variety is great, the way it seamlessly flows from scene to scene, the flash backs, the sniping, the sheer gun play. Really something else.

My only downside is the 'advance or get caught in a never ending enemy re-spawn loop', which is quite prevalent in some sections. Also the way your team magically beam ahead of you can grate sometimes. But they are minor distractions from what is overall an incredible experience.

This really does deserve its own multiplayer review. The single player game is excellent, but really not all that special apart from some fine set pieces and lovely audio texturing. But the multiplayer is the single best online experience since Counterstrike. ANd actually, its ever better than that. Best online game ever. You bet.

counter weight:
the 'set pieces' are terrible and serve only to break up the flow of the game. 'ooooh, i'm blinking very slowly after surviving a heli crash! AWESOME, IT FEELS LIKE I'M THERE!!!' blargh.
The game world seems like it's made of titanium and diamond (the two hardest METALS known to man) since it's completely unmovable and indestructible
Your squad is indestructible...
..which is super annoying considering all the times you'll want to watch them die slowly for being just bloody useless.
The enemy can 'shoot blind", you can't. i FREAKING HATE IT when enemies can do trivial stuff and i can't. NEXT GEN YEA!
and you can't very well jump over things knee-high unless the game has decided it's ok and gives you a special icon.
On veteran, random deaths are inevitable
Enemies spawn endlessly (no, not coming in from helicopters, just 'WOOSH HELLO'-spawning) until you take one step forward.

all in all, a pretty good game. according to my own, completely subjective, measurement system, it's an 8/10.5