 Truly one of the best games ever! |
| Review Date: May 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: D. Hong, Philla, Pa |
COD4 is truly one of the best first person shooter games. You can play the tale mode which takes you through an entire war, with a detailed and intriguing tale, and has many different styles of play. Some stages will require straight gun fights, while others will require you to be secrecy and snipe your enemies from afar.
The best thing about this game is the Multiplayer function. This is such a fantastic feature as it extends the play value of the game. In most games, once you beat the tale mode, there is hardly any reason to play again. but, in multiplayer mode, you will be before a live audience with other gamers around the world online, for free, and get to eliminate each other. Multiplayer mode has many different modes to choose from such as "capture the flag", or "free for all" but the main objectives are all the same. eliminate your opponents!
If you need more detailed record of the game, just youtube it and see how the game play is in action.
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The Game That Sold Me on the PS3
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| Review Date: October 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Keith Hagel, Minot ND |
This is the game that made me choose to buy a PS3. I'd only had a Wii before, and figured that was enough. Then for Christmas one of my friends bought this for himself as a "present" along with a PS3, and invited me over to play it. The moment it ongoing up I realized I needed to get this game.
The cinematics and graphics really are top-notch. Even though it's an older game by now (the next Call of Duty is by now slated to drop in less than a month), this still holds up among many of the newer games coming out. I dare you not to drop your jaw when you go through the "Shock and Awe" level...just incredible.
The gameplay is really simple to get ahold of. I'd always been a honestly loyal Nintendo fan, so I hadn't played a lot of First Person shooters, but within 20 summary or so I was blowing through the simple problem. The game does ramp up considerably for the hardcore crowd though, so if you really want to place your skills to the test, this is the game for you.
Language of putting your skills to the test. This is the one notification and the one "terrible" thing I have to say about the game. This game has been out for nearly a year, and some people have been before a live audience it non-stop since it came out. If you go online you will die. A lot. I mean it, you will not know what hit you for your first few rounds. The online component is fantastic, but I would really recommend costs a excellent deal of time on the campaign mode before you even try to hop online. Or better yet, start a game with some of your friends so the odds might be a small more even.
A quick note about the Game of the Year journal. It's cool looking, but if you can get the regular journal for cheaper you should probably go for it. The only alteration is a voucher to download the 4 extra maps for multiplayer, and you can only use them online if every one you're before a live audience with has downloaded them as well. Most people haven't, so I've only gotten to use them a handful of times. They look clean, but ultimately you won't get to use them much.
There's a excellent reason this game was given a game of the year journal. It's probably the best FPS to come out on the PS3 so far, and possibly this age group. On the 360 it even managed to dethrone Halo 3 on Live for awhile because so many people were into it. Buy it and see, odds are you will not be dissapointed. |
One of the Best Shooters Out There
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| Review Date: July 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Stokes, Charlotte, NC |
If you like before a live audience Unreal or Halo, this game will probably catch you off guard. But, in the recent surge of "realistic" shooters, COD4 really seems to take the cake. The tale mode is enchanting through most of the missions. If you haven't played many next-gen games before this, you'll likely play through the first mission with your jaw on the floor. The game looks very detailed and gameplay is smooth and entertaining.
Even as excellent as the one-player missions are, the real reason for buying this or most shooters is for the online play. You'll find plenty of opponents waiting online in one of the many gameplay types. Online games range from 4-18 players depending on the mode, and it has a huge effect. Less vital games will make you feel a small more adrenaline because you don't know where the next enemy is going to jump out. Some of the larger games can be a small more laid back, and make it simpler to play lacking be worried of dying.
The interface of the game is well-made, reins are smooth, even if they may take a few plays to get used to, and sounds and visuals are realistic for the weapons and maps. This is not a game where you can run straight through the middle of a field and come out on the other side alive, since 3-4 bullets from many guns will kill you. That said, a lot of the games will require you to out-reckon your online foes, or at least be quicker to the draw.
This Game of the Year journal of COD4 comes with (I believe) 4 extra maps in a "map pack", a $10 value for free. This was not a breaking point for me in the buy, but some of them are pretty cool. When you enter the code in the Playstation Store and download the maps, you then bed in them to the HDD and they are immediately playable in split-screen and online modes. They are all pretty fun to play, but if you can find COD4 lacking the GOTY honor for a cheaper price (I'd say at least $10) go ahead and pick it up. The extra maps aren't really used enough to be necessary.
All in all, it's the best shooter in terms of realism I've played to this point, and I'd recommend this game for anyone who enjoys shooters (with a small strategy) or anyone who likes military games, because this game immerses you in military lingo and strategy, especially in the solo missions. |
My Favorite Game
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| Review Date: February 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Kevin Huckins, California, USA |
I expected COD4 as a gift, but, i'm no weirder to COD. I've been before a live audience since COD2: Huge Red One (PS2).
CAMPAIGN: By far the most immersing and welcoming campaign i've played on an FPS. From your first training mission, to your last *NO SPOILERS* mission, you will notice how detailed the campaign is, and how deep the tale goes. There is even a mission where you are in 1992 in Chernobyl Pripyat Ukraine. The AI are intelligent and will react to your every go. For example, when on a mission against the OpFor, before a live audience as the USMC, I encountered a construction filled with enemies firing mounted Machine guns out the window, pinning my squad down. I hid behind a shipping crate, but whenever I peeked around the corner to fire shots with my M4, they responded by either retreating back out of in the room, or by recall my position making me very vulnerable. That is only just a taste of the smart AI. But, if that's too hard for you (I played on normal problem and completed the last mission all the way up to the airplane), you can just select simple. Commonly this game is not hard to learn at all, and trust me, you wont be overwhelmed, the campaign is very balanced. And the other soldiers in your group will help you and will be effective. There is a exact balance between the AI (friendly and enemy) in COD4MW.
ARCADE MODE: After completing campaign, you will be left wanting more. Arcade Mode fulfills that desire. Arcade Mode allows you to select any previous mission, and play through it earning points for killing enemies. This gives Arcade Mode an fascinating "scrap" type feel.
MULTIPLAYER: The evident huge part of COD4MW is Multiplayer. It consists of many gametypes, Team Deathmatch, Mercenary Team Deathmatch, Free-For-All, Sabotage, Dominion, Ground War, just to name a few, there are many more. There are 20 Multiplayer maps (including the Variety Map Pack, 4 extra maps), some based off of Campaign, others uniquely their own, they are: Ambush, Backlot, Bloc, Bog, Countdown, Crash, Crossfire, District, Heavy shower, Overgrown, Pipeline, Shipment, Confrontation, Strike, Vacant, and Wetwork. The Variety Map Pack is available for download on Playstation Store and Xbox Live and includes the last four maps: Announce, Chinatown, Creek, and Killhouse. It only costs $9.99 (about $2.50 per map) I would recommend buying the map pack as soon as you can because those bonus maps are spectacular and lacking them you will miss out on before a live audience with other players who do have it. The Multiplayer encounter is the best i've played on an FPS and it is highly addicting. You can invite friends into your party, and play in games collectively on a team, as well as join random games that are in the Lobby, or that are in progress. You can also make classes with many combinations of your own weapons and perks. For example: the class that I use often is one that I bent, I named it .50 Cal, because the setup is:
PRIMARY WEAPON: Barret .50 Cal Sniper Rifle, No Attachment, Digital Concealment.
Lesser WEAPON: Gold Desert Eagle.
Unique GRENADE: Stun Grenade, Device that disorients the target when detonated.
PERKS: PERK 1: Bandolier (Extra ammo) PERK 2: Stopping Power (Augmented Bullet Hurt PERK 3: Deep Impact (Deeper Bullet Penetration for shooting through walls better.) Shooting through walls is an effective way to kill enemy players. There is also a ranking system in Online Multiplayer mode. You start out as a Private Level 1, but the highest rank is a Commander Level 55 (which is what I am). But there is a Prestige Mode that allows you to trade in all your weapon unlocks for 10 bonus Insignias that are real Navy Insignias. Thus, making the actual highest rank a Level 55 Gold Cross. This gives the game a total of 605 levels to achieve. Challenges are also vital in the game. They can consist of anything such as kill enemies with cooked grenades, kill enemies while they are stunned, etc. Weapon challenges are being paid headshots to unlock concealment, and kills to unlock attachments. For Example, 25 headshots with the M4 will earn you Digital Concealment, 75 Blue Tiger Concealment, and 150 Red Tiger Concealment. 25 Kills will earn you a silencer, 75, a Red Dot Sight, and 150, ACOG Scope. There are challenges such as this for every weapon, and you can complete them over any course of time. So that if you only get 5 kills per match over the course of five maps, you've got the silencer unlocked.
SPLIT SCREEN: The offline Split-Screen is a terrific feature that allows you to play with up to 4 players total. Split-Screen is very fun. You can select any map, and choose from a range of gametypes. Be creative. There are many possible game setup combinations.
I give COD4MW a 5/5 for fun and by and large. It is a masterpiece and deserves game of the year. You will like COD4 and will have a lot of fun.
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Unbelievable!1
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| Review Date: March 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Trasse, USA |
| This game is perfectly awe-inspiring and you categorically must play this online. It completely changes the entire dynamic of the game when you play online because every single player you play online is a real person everyplace and you progress upward from a private all the way to who knows what! Also this game is barely an M rating and I reckon it should have gotten a T rating. There is a very small amount of red spatter when you take someone out. Don't let the M scare you off, it's really an awe-inspiring soldier game. |
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