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Awsome FPS.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

COD4 is by far the best FPS game there is. It combines the intensity of fire fights with the modern technology of UAV's, air strikes and even an attack helicopter to unleash havoc upon your opponents. It's hard to go back to any other FPS game after playing this game simply because COD4 has raised the bar to a whole new level. I used to be a die hard fan of Rainbow six but after a dose of COD4 Rainbow six just seem to be in slow mo. They really need to go back to the drawing board if they are going to keep their fan or obtain new ones.

Very, very good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've held off a long time on my review because I wanted to include a fair amount of Live play in my review as that seems to be a big selling point for this game.

But Singleplay first:

Call of Duty 4 is a very, very good game. Hands down this is one of the best games I've played on Xbox 360 and ranks right up there with Bioshock for sheer fun and quality. CoD4 has a good story and decent voice acting but not to the degree that you find in games like Bioshock. But at its core CoD4 is a first-person shooter and Bioshock wasn't your typical shooter (not a bad thing mind you). If you dwell too long on the story of CoD4 you may find faults with it so I don't stress it as a game selling point - it is good, but not great. With CoD4 it is all about the action. Unlike many of the first-person shooters I've struggled with in the past the graphic quality of this one is amazing and that makes it a lot less frustrating to play - anyone who has struggled to discern the snipers blending into the pixel nightmare of early shooter games will know what I mean. In CoD4 the graphics are pristine and smooth and very realistic. There is a fair amount of texture recycling and the like and if you've seen a couple maps you've seen the extent of what you are likely to see terrain/clutter wise, but man, they are sure pretty. The forests and skies, as well as the closeup detail on uniforms and weapons is exceptional. Even ground clutter like grass and foliage is better than I have seen before and you can and move and discern targets from the graphics with ease allowing you to focus on firefights and not on trying to find a target to shoot at before they see you. You may still struggle to find them at times though, as the shadows and ground clutter congestion are also very good - especially in multiplayer.

Multiplayer:

So how is the multiplayer? I think it is very good. I was much more impressed with CoD4 online than say any of the Halo series. I think the weapon damage is much more realistic in CoD4 with less emphasis on how weak one weapon is vs. how powerful another weapon is (think the pistol and the sniper rifle in Halo vs. the assault rifle). In CoD4 I found it matters less what weapon one was using and more on how they are using the weapon. Usually situational awareness and accuracy will save the day regardless of the weapon you are using. Also, each play style, and some maps, call for specific weapons. You don't want a weapon with slow reloads or small magazines in close quarters combat, nor do you want an inaccurate submachine gun on open maps where your gun will be much less effective at range.

I also found that there was less of a disparity among those who play all the time and the casual player than many other multiplayer games. Unfortunately, I think this has to do with CoD4's nature of rewarding "camping" players, that is players who set up ambush points and wait forever for someone to cross their paths instead of mixing it up in the firefights. CoD4 has a lot of potential choke points where a single sniper or someone with a great submachine gun and some mad skills can stave off countless attackers. That can be really frustrating, but as the maps are open and spawning appears somewhat random the tables can be easily turned on your opponent if you choose to do the same - although rewarded for doing this in the game mechanics this makes for slow, painful and often upsetting matches.

CoD4 offers players "perks" that can be equipped and more are available for unlocking when certain levels or skill challenges are unlocked. While they don't turn the tide of the game often they do come in handy or exceptionally frustrating depending upon the situation. At first I found these fun, but as time went on I found they would get more and more annoying as certain perks can make it harder to setup certain traps on opposing forces or make the enemy much harder to spot and kill in certain circumstances. Sometimes the perks you equip will give you an edge, but also having the wrong perk at the wrong time can be frustrating.

For players with enough skills to rack up a number of enemy kills without dying (3/5/7 in a row) there are additional perks in the form of radar, air strikes and air support (attack helicopter) that benefit the whole team. While it is frustrating not to be able to call these in yourself because you may not be the best player out there it is nice that they are an asset that the whole team can share in.

All in all the multiplayer was fast and frantic most of the time with intense firefights and fast respawns and was a real blast even if I'm not very good at it. If you have a team that likes to work together and take their time you can also enjoy team tactics setting up choke points, assaults and defensive scenarios, etc. where everyone can work together to accomplish a goal. I found that when a team was willing to work together than they could really decimate the competition but most of the time it is more free-for-all - still good and intense if a bit less effective and less rewarding.

I have had a moment or two of lag but have not had the scenarios that other people have complained of where constant lag is upsetting the game play. Perhaps they have internet problems or they just play so much they see it and I don't. If I had any complaints it is that players aren't evenly matched up, often a new player is pitted against people with a disparative skill level and that makes play frustrating and people aren't very forgiving to players of lesser skill. I guess for some people they can't understand that this is just a game and any "reward" is only what you take away from your time playing.

Good game for FPS fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Good multiplayer, not like halo more fast paced.
More real also, when you shoot people, the gun behave like the real ones, no like halo where you put the eye the shot will land always, in call of duty the bullet fells more real, and if you shoot like crazy you will not kill anyone, you have to control your weapon to be able to kill people.

And also the ranks do not need skill like halo, you only need to kill a lot to go up on the ranks.

Guns get upgrades when you are promoted and when you get to level 55 you will have everything.

Overall the game is good in the story, short only 8 hours on veteran, got almost all achievements points on one sit, but the multiplayer will keep you coming back.

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a very fun game to play online period. and the single player mode is a tough challenge if you like it on Veteran.

Fantastic on Live

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun no matter how you play it. The single player game will not take long to finish because ou get so hooked you stay up all night, but the multiplayer, Live version is awesome. Not only are there several different options, but you actually have all kinds of goals to achieve online to continually improve your character and eventually get to the point where can compete with the better players. It is very addicting and fun to listen to all the trash talk online if you have a headset.

Unbelievable!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Going through the single player and its great. Graphics and AI have come far. Top 3 game if you own a 360.

Can't wait to finish single player and get on multiplayer.

Bar none!

DA BOMB

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is da bomb and everyone should buy it. if your kind of iffy then rent it or borrow it from someone and tell them they will get it back in about a year. Thats how much fun this is.

Worth playing again and again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

"Can't put it down! Wish there was more than 24 hours a day!" That's what my husband says about it ever since I bought him this game as a birthday gift! So here you have it folks, my husbands mistress "Call of Duty 4"!

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