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Modern Warfare at it's Finast!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Gears Of War
Let me say first, I am a big fan of the call of duty series; mostly I played the games on my home computer. I was a bit hesitant at first when this version came out for the XBOX 360...will I have to get used to a different control set up, a hand held controller instead of a keyboard and mouse? I'll never get used to it. WELL I WAS WRONG!!! COD4 is my favorite game on the Xbox 360. The gameplay is fast and furious in both the single player and the multiplayer mode. The storyline is great also in the single player mode; the maps look a little different but you truly get a course in how to use the plethora of weaponry! The multiplayer mode blew me away..I have made a lot a friends (and I admit, some enemies too!) playing this fantastic online game. You move up in rank fairly quickly even if you end up last on the winners list (as I often do, ahem); as you move up, you unlock weapons and other fun items like camo and gun sights. There are also like 15 different multiplayer games but I basically stick with "free for all"..every man (and woman)for him/her self. The only negative I find is you can't control how your character looks..you can't make it female (if your into that (LOL)). Basically, the game controls the characters appearance..you might be a marine in one game and a terrorist in another (there is even a character that looks suspiciously like Saddam Hussien). The other problem is that you can't easily "mute" a player like you can in say HALO 3; you have to click on the players name, go to the xbox dashboard and mute him there. Pretty elaborate while your playing. Just like in any other online game the Trash Talk is very much alive in this game; not for the sensitive types (you know who you are). All in all I am truly hooked on this game and I am sure you will be too.

Modern warfare at it's most intense

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've always been proud of the fact that I'm not one who typically jumps on the bandwagon.

Just because it seems like everyone happens to like a particular book, or movie, or game doesn't mean that I am going to enjoy it.

When it comes right down to it, I enjoy or dislike something based on its own merits, not the general consensus of the public at large.

A perfect example of this is the Call of Duty series. A lot of my friends have played either the Xbox games, or the PC versions of this game and they typically raved about it.

I, on the other hand, had no interest. There are several reasons for this. First of all, I've never been big on World War Two games. They just didn't interest me. I guess it's because I love technology, I love the toys and gadgets that are used in modern warfare.

Secondly, I am not big into first person shooters. I typically prefer to play role playing style games. Although I have to admit that this is changing rather rapidly.

Third, I didn't own an Xbox 360 at the time. I could have bought the games and played them on my PC, but I figured that would have cut into my game time of my other favourite PC games. Again, that's something that is changing for me.

I have to say that damn, I am glad my wife bought me the Xbox 360 for Christmas 2007...

Oddly enough, it was my son who got me interested in the Call of Duty series. He played Call of Duty 2 & 3 over at my friends place and ended up purchasing a used Call of Duty 2 at Electronic Boutique games, or EB games as it is more commonly known.

After he played it for a little bit, I decided to put aside my typical dislike for WW2 era games and I gave it a shot.

I have to admit - three hours later, I was still playing. That says a lot for the game.

Yes, I know that this review is about Call of Duty 4, so I'll get to that in a moment. I can't give it a proper review without first stating what got me into playing the game to being with, right?

At this time, I've still yet to finish Call of Duty 2, but I can say that I'm almost through it. The fact of the matter is that I enjoyed the game play so much that I ended up going out and buying Call of Duty 4 and started playing it right away.

Like its predecessors, Call of Duty 4 is a first person shooter that is extremely intense. It is so damned easy to lose yourself in the game as you play, due to several factors.

First and foremost, the energy. It is almost always non-stop. The only time things slow down at all is when you've finally completed your objective and you can take a breather.

But, during the fighting is when the game really shines. Your squad mates are caught up in the heat of the battle, shouting out orders or calling for help.

If you have a good surround sound system, you could quite easily imagine yourself right there on the field of battle.

The combat is so intense, you really don't have time to do anything fancy, unless of course you're a hard core gamer. Sure, headshots kill outright, but how often do you get a chance to make these? Not often, let me tell you. Just like in real world combat, you will find yourself more often than not just aiming for the center of mass, the largest target that is available and firing until your target is down and out.

I've heard it said that the most lethal and un-nerving aspect of war is urban warfare. House to house fighting where there are tons of places for the enemy to hide and to make matters worse, places where you can become the target of a sniper who can end your life in the space of a heartbeat.

The Call of Duty series captures this intense aspect of urban combat. Sure, it's easy enough to run hell bent for leather through a street while you look for enemy targets and if you are taken out, you just have to reload from your last save point. But believe me, if you only had one life, you'd be damned careful about your next step, that's for sure.

If you want to simulate this, play the game on the hardest mode. You'll be re-loading more often than you can imagine if you're not careful!

Yes, the vast majority of the game is this intense, although there is one mission that you play that relies more on stealth and not being seen than anything else.

Of course at the beginning of the game you're introduced to a brief tutorial which teaches you the controls of the game. Although it really isn't all that necessary if you've played the others in the series.

The missions are wide and varied. You do battle onboard a ship, through various urban and sub-urban locals, ruined battle zones, and underground complexes. Once you've completed the game the first time around you're even treated to a special mission that takes place onboard a jet-airliner.

As I mentioned before, you even get to play a mission that allows you to take the role of a sniper, one where stealth and skill play a far greater factor than simply racking up enemy body counts.

Also, it was pretty cool that in one mission you get a chance to play the gunner on a AC 130 gunship, where you provide support to a squad that is trying to make its way to an extraction point.

One thing that I found new in this game was the addition of some serious cut scenes. It would be a major spoiler if I said what they were, but believe me, they were not only intense, but extremely well done.

These cut scenes not only help move the plot along, but add a very cinematic feel to the game.

Not that the game isn't cinematic enough to begin with. We are talking state of the art gaming computer graphics here!

The only thing that would have made the game more realistic is the addition of blood and guts. War is gory; there is no doubt about it. There are no real clean kills in warfare. Body parts are blown off; blood is spilt by the gallons. People die in sheer agony.

Personally, I am glad that they toned this down. Sometimes true realism detracts from an experience. There are others who most certainly will disagree with me, but in this case, if the game was as bloody as real warfare, I'd not be able to let my son play it.

Hell, I wouldn't be able to play it!

What is a game without a storyline? Just random violence. The story could easily be pulled right from the front pages of today's newspapers. It asks the big question of what if. What if a Middle Eastern terrorist organization got their hands on true weapons of mass destruction?

Something that is very poignant in today's world of political turmoil and uncertainty.

As I've discovered when it comes to many Xbox 360 games, this first person shooter doesn't have a health bar, or heals scattered throughout the game. You regenerate your damage with time. If you are nearly dead, your breathing becomes laboured and your screen turns red.

When this happens, find cover and pray that the enemy doesn't come charging in after you or throw a grenade at your feet.

You have a variety of weapons to play with through the game, everything from handguns to sub-machine guns and sniper rifles, up to and including anti tank and anti aircraft weapons.

Although it's a shame you don't get to carry all these different weapons at once.

There are a total of 37 achievements that can be unlocked throughout the game, and several of these can only be completed on Hardened or Veteran play level.

Finally, if I had a complaint about the game, it's one that I've had with pretty much every Xbox 360 game I've played to date... it's too damned short! I would have loved to have played this game for twelve or more hours, believe me!

But that's a minor complaint.

This game totally rocks, and I will soon be purchasing its predecessor, Call of Duty 3. And, of course, I can hardly wait for the probable fifth instalment of this excellent franchise.

This is one of the few times I'm glad that I climbed onto the bandwagon.

5 out of 5

Fantastic game... for a couple of weeks.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 4 is a game that has incredible scope when it comes to its thematic and cinematic qualities. The first time you play the game, regardless of whether or not you've played previous COD games, is a thrilling experience that makes you feel as if you're actually in the battle. Even though the single player campaign is fairly short, about 12 hours or so, there's a lot of content and fun that is packed into that amount of time; filled with memerable moments that make you wish it had the ability to record "that one time when I blew up 15 guys with the ac130." COD4 is a great game, however, it does have its drawbacks. The story, while interesting while it happens, is fairly cliche in a world where every game and its mother is set in some, unknown, Middle-Eastern country where there's a "regime change." But there are moments in the story that make you feel really immersed. The stereotypical actions of the American forces and the British SAS do take away from the experience, but by the time you think of that, Capt. Price is "interrogating" a main terrorist. The real drawback to the game however, is the multiplayer. Don't get me wrong, I loved playing the multiplayer for the first 5 hours, but then when I kept unlocking guns and abilities that I didn't care about, I asked my self why I'm even playing it and went to beat the single player campaign on Veteran difficulty to get the rest of the achievements. The multiplayer is fun if you can get a bunch of your friends to play with you and you're all at a fairly similar skill level.
Overall, it's a great buy for anyone of mature age. I wouldn't let my 7 year old niece and nephew play it because of the whole killing-lots-of-people-with-guns thing, but it's great for anyone over the age of 16.

One of the best games I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I rarely write reviews. Normally I'm too lazy. I've played my share of games, be it the DS, PSP, 360, Dreamcast, whatever. I can say without hesitation, though, that this is one of the best games I've ever played. A lot of other reviewers are extolling the greatness of the multiplayer. I honestly don't know if the multiplayer is great or not. I'm not big into multiplayer shooters so my opinion is based purely on the single player campaign. And the campaign is amazing. It's one of the most well told, engaging and immersive stories I've ever seen in a video game.

I don't want to say much more than that, lest I spoil what is one of the finest experiences I've ever had. All I can say is that this is a game where you actually care for the characters, even some of your comrades. Assuming you're following the story. This is a game where you walk through the ruins of abandoned city and you can feel what that would feel like thanks to the graphics and attention to detail. Buy it now. Even if all you do is play the campaign, that's worth it at full price in my opinion.

Good Graphics - Terrible Freezing Problems

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am stuck on the second level of this game (Marine Sgt Paul Jackson) where the game freezes 100% of the time within one area of the game. I have restarted the game for days and dozens of times and the game freezes at about the same physical point in the game all the time. I can approach the block from the left, center, or flanking right and it freezes an approximately the same boundary point.

Google "COD4 freezing" or anything similar and you'll find reports of thousands of users who are experiencing hardware issue caused by the games use of resources or software freezing issues such as I encounter.

I asked my teenage son about it and he reported he and his friends gave up on the game over the Christmas break - they all couldn't successfully regularly run the game.

No similar problems with COD2 or COD3 so its definitely this release. Check this problem out before you buy, so at least you're informed. There's no fix reported yet for this problem.

Stunning game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have played in recent memory. Yes, that includes Halo 3.
The single player game is of the highest quality, a truly cinematic experience. Yes, it is short, but every level is top notch.
As great as the single player game is, it is the multiplayer experience which really shines. I won't bother getting into details since there are many online reviews of this game. What I will say is that COD4 is quite possibly the most fun I have ever had with an online game. It takes everything that made COD2(not the disappointing COD3) good, refines it, adds more depth.

+Amazing multiplayer. You will be playing this for a long, long time.
+Gameplay is nearly perfect. Seriously.
+Graphics are among the best found in any game. Great detail, animation and zero-aliasing("jaggies"), all at a buttery smooth 60fps.
-Single player campaign is short(but super high quality)

CoD 4 or Halo 3?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

With regard to holiday decision-making, this review is primarily a comparison between Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 in terms of multiplayer (if you're more interested in campaign than online multiplayer, disregard these two games and see Gears of War).

CoD without a doubt is one of the most innovative games of the next-gen consol era. Rather than merely getting new numbers and symbols by your name tag as you advance up the ranks through team victories and individual statistics, you unlock new features and bonuses such as weapon add-ons and uniform camoflauge. This adds nearly unlimited replay potential and will keep you playing to see what will be unlocked next. Graphics are second to none, and sound is essential (you'll get smoked if you try to play this game on mute while talking on the phone). Also, going on killing sprees earns you sweet in-game rewards like air strikes, among others. H3 is a distant second in these areas.

So is CoD the undisputed winner? The answer is no. Interestingly, the one knock I have on this game is actually Halo's specialty: Action. H3's maps are all fairly open, making motion and improvisation critical to success. Conversely, most of CoD's maps are filled with multi-tiered buildings and involve smart positioning (running in the open is a no-no). While this degree of realism makes kills more satisfying, it also makes them much harder to come by. In one instance I stepped into a random building, put the controller down for a quick dinner, and returned to find my player untouched! Granted, this is the exception and not the rule, but you won't see that in Halo. You'll have to be patient at times with the slower pace.

A last key point is that CoD is much kinder to gamers new to the online multiplayer scene than is Halo. Overall, I would recommend Halo 3 to fans of the series, and CoD to just about everyone else. You really can't go wrong with either, which in this gamer's opinion is a great problem to have.

WOW! Video Game Perfection!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Most of the other reviews pretty much hit the nail on the head, so I won't get into details. This is one of the most enjoyable, intense, detailed, realistic games I've EVER played! Almost disturbing in many aspects, it gives an added appreciation to our men and women in the armed forces who do things like this in real life. All that combined with some of the best graphics and sound I've ever seen in a video game make this an instant classic! SIX stars! :)

Best 1st person shooter ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is way better than Halo3. Awesome multiplay capabilities. One gripe: you cant host your own game and get XP....hopefully they'll fix this w/ a patch. Buy this game. As one of my friend's gamer tag says, "Halo is gay-o." BEST 1ST PERSON SHOOTER EVER!!!!!!

Great, but not the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A good game. It keeps you entertained well, for a time. While it is better than Call of Duty 3, it still does not live up to the bar Call of Duty 2 set. But that is a very hard accomplishment to fulfill. Rent before you buy.

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