Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Review
- Posted November 22nd, 2007 at 06:56 EDT by
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Review Score
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- PSU Review Score
- 9.5
- Avg. user review score:
- 9.4
Summary
Combining an intense single-player campaign with addicting online multiplayer, Call of Duty 4 is one of the first must buy titles of the holiday season.
We like
- Immersive single-player storyline with great replay value
- Stunning Visuals running at a solid 60fps
- Great Multiplayer
We dislike
- Ally A.I. in early missions is a bit overpowering
- PS3 version has a few problems with online servers
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Moving away from cliché World War 2 story types of the past, developer Infinity Ward brings players a fresh new experience in the modern world of terrorism and nuclear warfare. For those of you who are still stuck playing Resistance Fall of Man, with nothing else available to help make your PS3 shine, look no further - Call of Duty 4 offers everything and more with its photo realistic graphics to its thrilling multiplayer gameplay.
To start things off, let’s talk about the single player. In Call of Duty 4, players will traverse across many different countries playing as two different soldiers. The game begins with Sgt. John "Soap" MacTavish, and a young Capt. Price boarding a barge from helicopter during a storm on the sea. This part of the story plays as prologue, 15 years before the general events of the game take place.
What’s great about this opening level (entitled “Crew Expendable”) is it helps the player get fully immersed in the action. After you collect the target data, the ship is hit with a missile and it’s a race to the top before the water gushing in entraps you and your squad. The tilting camera as the ship sinks and soundtrack alone get your blood pumping.
After the prologue, players move to present day, taking control of U.S. Marine, Sgt. Paul Jackson. Shipped to the Middle East, Sgt. Jackson must find and terminate a terrorist group lead by a man named Imran Zakhaev. What’s so bad about this guy you say? Well the fact that he has nuclear missiles and is leading a revolt to return Russia to its former self as the Soviet Union, kind of makes him a little on the unpopular side.
As you progress through the first Act one of the more appealing levels has to be “The Bog”. Taking place at night, players will have the primary objective to save a crew of an Abrams tank stranded in the desert. What’s unique about The Bog is that this is the first level you utilize night vision as well as lock on rockets. Also, it was one of the first levels to show off Call of Duty 4’s A.I. Players will notice that not only will enemies take cover and throw grenades, but they will flank you, deploying units from multiple angles using cover fire to engage you and your fellow troops.
At the end of Act I, Sgt. Jackson finds himself caught in a nuclear explosion. After extracting fellow commutates, terrorists detonate a nuclear bomb in the center of the Middle Eastern capital, wiping out all entering U.S. forces as well as the escape helicopter Sgt. Jackson is aboard. Surviving the crash, you crawl out onto the desolate terrain only to die moments later for radiation poisoning.
Once Act I is over, players jump in the shoes of Sgt. John "Soap" MacTavish, seen earlier in the prologue. Teamed up with Captain Price, players move from the Middle East to areas in and outside of Russia. Everything from stealth sniper action to Rambo style demolition missions follow, eventually leading to a cool slow-motion matrix style shoot out with the ultimate nemesis you’ve been tracking throughout the whole game.
When looking at mission types, Call of Duty 4 offers a wide range of different objectives that you and your squad must accomplish, some very linear and some offering multiple paths to your checkpoints. Things you may encounter include everything from defending specific locations to rescuing and escorting VIP members to safe extraction points.
For example, in “All Gillied Up”, you must sneak your way into an encampment using the grass cover of your gilly suit. Once in position, you use your sniper rifle to assassinate a lead terrorist, only to be followed by waves of enemy troops and attack dogs. After you make it through the surging enemy forces you and your teammate must run to the extraction point where your helicopter is waiting.
All together the single player campaign should keep you occupied for at least 8-9 hours, if not ... (continued on next page)
Comments
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Naucious23 |
Naucious- 5:39am GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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wow defintely a blockbuster hit. overall I give a 9.5 as well a must have in any PS3 library. Multiplayer keeps me up all night!!
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rageVSfury |
RAGEvsFURY- 10:18am GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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Awesome Game, 10/10 easy but this review, no offence, is bad - You have given away major plot turns and twists, I want a review not a step by step guide to what goes on in each level. Anyone who has not played this has just had the game ruined
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D3v1lwqer23 |
RAGEvsFURY- 12:37pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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@ tanner1
Because our people at PSU.com actually play the game and dont cheat their way through it like most game sites. -
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Playstation_3 |
U83R_1337- 2:23pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
- 10
ive got cod1 cod2 cod3 and cod4, albeit 3 of the 4 are on pc and cod4 is a blast, best game ever on pc.
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chimmy
- 3:24pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27571.html
leeman99...looks the same to me, as does assassins creed. This is getting annoying, I thought the Cell was supposed to be able to have better physics, it looks like it is compensating for the RSX and keeping up with the Xenon, but will it pull ahead?
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crucianfyah |
crucianfyah- 4:04pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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This game is a perfect Ten, I bought alot of other games but haven't played them yet cause i can't put it down.
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leeman99 |
Bedsidelee- 4:50pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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Well chimmy no disrespects i can't say anything about assassins creed but cod4 i have the two versions and i play them on a 42inch hd sharp aquos and can honestly say the ps3 version does look better than the xbox360 version same goes for fifa08.
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Gantz
- 6:10pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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How does this reviewer get stuff so wrong? He says the prologue mission "crew expendable" was set 15 years before the events of the regular missions. That is not true. The only mission set 15 years in the past is the "ghillie suit" mission in which you play as a young Leftenant Price.
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AGB217
- 7:56pm GMT - November 22nd, 2007
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YO this game is wack, they LIED
They said it will have RUMBLE installed in the GAME, THAT IS BULLSH**
i have a rumble sixaxis, it works will all PS3 games, and UNCHARTED. This game does not support RUMBLE. STOP LYING or make it rumble in a patch today, or your A PHONY, a big fat PHONY!!!!
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oopsadoops |
hbears93- 12:21am GMT - November 26th, 2007
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still havent played this one.
might just grab it for a few weeks whrough gamefly.
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gosmoekashotgun101
- 11:59pm GMT - November 30th, 2007
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I dont understand why this looks like crap on standerd tv it has to because those screens look amazing compared to what iam playing...
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JD-82 |
JD-82- 10:01am GMT - December 5th, 2007
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Terrible game...I can't say i EVER thought I would play a tactical squad shooter again where you have to stand in the middle of a doorway to throw in a flashbang rather than stand against the wall and blind throw it in (a la rainbow six)...plus the whole "no cover system" and the fact that you can watch yoru squad shoot the hinges off a door and kick it in but you barely make a dent in it...
All in all, a terrible game...looks pretty but plays ike something from the N64 era...
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badz149
- 11:34pm GMT - December 6th, 2007
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I'm a big fan of RFoM and now I have another big fps to play on my ps3. to compare them both? yeah, I admit that CoD4 is better! the only thing is, I played both in SD! but still, the games look good! anyway, this is a must have and simply the best FPS ever eventhough it's quite short! looking forward for CoD5
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CONFLICT__01 |
conflict01- 11:39am GMT - December 11th, 2007
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Best game this year without a doubt !! Has to be christmas number 1 !!!
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Damodoomer
- 1:03am GMT - December 17th, 2007
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Brilliant, brilliant game. Terrible, terrible review. Plot spoilers and incorrect info on some other plot points.
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Dark_Halo34 |
Dark_Halo34- 10:42pm GMT - December 30th, 2007
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love it! but the campaign mode is 2 short they should of made it longer
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jonnyfalmouth@g
- 10:27am GMT - January 3rd, 2008
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http://www.YourPS34free.com/index.php?ref=4538826
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amiyahara
- 10:37am GMT - January 8th, 2008
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This game exceeds well past any FPS game I have ever played for a television console. I have the game for PS3 and I must say that it is never on the shelf with all the other games because I am always playing it. The strong point of this game is the multiplayer. It has a great split screen mode with many maps and weapon classesn to choose from; but the true strength is the online play. If you have the game for XBox but you don't have Live, this game is worth spending money to play online. With all the unlockable features and the multiple game modes; Call of Duty 4 is one of the best online multiplayer games I have ever played. The single player campaign is short and sweet but the multiplayer is where the games strength is.
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Jack_Mehoff
- 12:56pm GMT - January 10th, 2008
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erice blattberg is the MAN JUSTIN PINTER AINT GOT NOTHIN ON MA MAN BLATTBERG...BLATTGERG YOU FU*KIN ROCK!!!
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evelmonkeyBOOG
- 2:41pm GMT - February 2nd, 2008
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This fool revealed the whole plot in this review, oh well UNBELIEVABLE GAME Very fun, worth every cent you paid for it (if you have it join the clan "1337" It OWNS)
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Pipes75 |
Pipes75- 12:39pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Not only is this the best shooter game I ever played, this is easily the best game on the ps3 by far, if you are an onliner! Even the single player doesn't seem too bad, although I rarely played any single player as all the action is online! This game is a must for all ps3 owners. I give it a 9.5! I was an original Socom junkie from the ps2, and call of duty has me back into it the way the 1st socom hooked me before all the cheatin started! I luv the perks, and I like the fact that you can watch your death from the perspective of your killer, so hangin in 1 spot too long is tough to do unless you aint killin no one! Great game!
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supamariobrotha |
supamariobrotha- 6:13pm BST - July 24th, 2008
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i actually played this game on my 360 first but i haven't played cod4 since i sold my 360 but if its the same id say it deserves a 9
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xBuTcHeRx992 |
xBuTcHeRx- 9:00pm BST - August 25th, 2008
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great unbelievable game, including the multiplayer.
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Kollakowski |
JamieKoll- 5:05am GMT - December 15th, 2008
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Pi**es all over world at war, this is the greatest game ever...FACT!!!
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TheDarkKnight |
PM me if you want it- 8:25am GMT - December 18th, 2008
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Truly breathtaking game. Great cinematics and a good storyline. 10/10.
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xXRedline90Xx
- 9:45am BST - July 15th, 2009
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best cod game hands down, hope modern warfare does better
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SToopID_MonkEY
- 8:29am BST - August 3rd, 2009
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Patch COD4 so no body is flying around being gay come up behind you and killing you
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