Call Of Duty 4 (Multi Console)

[danny12]

Around once a year or every couple of years, there's always a game come's out which you couldn't care less about, you hear everyone tell you it's awesome and how good it is but you don't care. And then you sit down to play it, and you realise yourself, this game is outstanding. Call Of Duty 4 is one of these games, and it does an outstanding job of giving COD fans something to shout about.

The COD series was well renowned as a genre of game's which were all about WW2, so naturally it came as a surprise when we learned that this game was going futuristic but once you play this game, you won't regret the move, in face you'll wish they had done it sooner.

For most COD game's the story was always pretty average, there's only so many different ways that WW2 can be told from so the move to the present day had opened so many different avenues for COD4 Developers, Infnity Ward to explore and they have used this advantage well.

The single player is fairly simple. You play as two solider's, one for the British S.A.S and one from the US Marines, and whilst these two stories at first are totally seperate, as the story progress, the story intertwines and you realise the two soliders are both fighting for the common purpose, to take down the army of Kahled Al-Asad and the man himself on suspicion of planning to use nuclear weapons. Whilst not the most original story thought of, the sheer maginutde what you are witnessing will exstinguish your doubts within seconds. With a new game, come's new idea's and this dosn't dissapoint with the game being well known for it's in your face action, the surprising section of the game came around 3/4 in whenever you take part in a stealth action mission, split into two sections. Whilst this may seem intimidating at first for a FPS, it is pulled off fantastically well, and really is the part of the game where you stop and tell yourself how brilliant the game really is.

But of course, with every good FPS comes gun's and once again we arn't dissapointed with old favourites and new entries. The old classic's like M4's and AK47 return with newer weapons such as the USP. With such detail given to the weapons, it's hard not to love them, they look and sound like the real versions.

The defining part of this game isn't actually in its gameplay, it's the graphics. For such an amazing game, it also has amazing graphics. People who lack a HD TV must not fear, this still looks like a top of the range title. Everything from facial movements, to minor details such as water and grass, you can tell the developers were really making an effort to make this an excellent looking and feeling game.

And so we arrive at the multiplayer. In few game's a multiplayer mode surpasses a single playre mode but in this case, it's very true. In Multiplayer mode, you start off as a lowly ranked solider, but as you earn points which is done by killing, detonating or defusing bombs, you gain ranks which in turn unlock new weapons and new additions called Perks. These Perk's give your solider special abilites such as dropping a grenade once you die, or allowing you to pull out your pistol before you die to try and get in one last kill. The online play is immense and will keep the average gamer hooked for hours, it almost seem's never ending as once you reach the highest level of 55, you unlock Prestiege mode which resets everything including your level and you have to earn everything back again, doing so will earn you various prizes and those who do this 10 times will be heavily rewarded although only the most dedicated gamer will be able to accomplish this mammoth task. And to top off the multiplayer is the classes. There are 6 Solider classes, 5 of which are preset and 1 which is reserved for a class which you can choose whatever weapons and perks you wish. With every class come's challenges which include "Get 25 headkills with the M4". With so many things to unlock and to pursure, including an online ranking table, online on it's own is worth the asking price for this game.


But as every game does, there are flaws. I shall start with the single player mode. Whilst as good as it is, a 6 hour Single Player is not value for money, the game may be more suited to the online equipped gamer, but those without will feel hard done by.
Another is the lack of different music in the game, whilst the music is of top quality, hearing it looped in different levels is lazy on the developers part.

But overall this game is a credit to the gaming world. With such a rich multi player mode, and a decent single player experience, any gamer would be proud to say to their friends "I own Call Of Duty 4".

Overall Score - 9.1 / 10

[sydislam]

I always cared about Call of Duty 4.

[danny12]

It was more my case i was reffering too, i hadn't really much time for the COD series before this game, changed my view on it

[sydislam]

Oh, I see. Great game indeed. If I were ranking the best FPS in 2007 I would say

1. Halo 3
2. BioShock
3. Call of Duy 4
4. The Orange Box