Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

First off I would like to say....First Post!

Now to the review. I think it was a very good review, and I agree with all the points that you made. The sound is amazing, the graphics are stunning, the campaign is easy. And yes I do mean on Veteran. If anyone here has beat COD2 on Veteran, they will realize very quickly that COD4's campaign is not all that hard. The multiplayer is phenomenal, and I have found a new passionate love for a gun in a video game, that is not the BR. I mean the M16. The M16 is amazing, if it is used correctly, it can get you out of any combat situation. The voices in Multiplayer do get repetitive, however they are not that bad. (Does anyone remember Shadowrun...."I'm Bleeeedddding OOUUTT!)The multiplayer over XBL is really solid, but the fact that people like to quit when they are host gets really annoying. I didn't really care for any of the old COD maps, but COD4's multiplayer maps are amazing. I love Crossfire to death, and Shipment is insane when playing with more than 2 people. I like how you are awarded for killing streaks by getting to call in air-strikes and choppers. The only thing that stinks about that, is if you go on long killing streaks. I went on a 23 kill streak the other day, and after you call in the helicopter, you get nothing else. It's almost more important to die, than stay alive. I wish that the local multiplayer worked like it does online. Over XBL 3 kills is a UAV (radar), 5 kills is an air strike, and 7 kills is a helicopter. When you play local, you are automatically given permanent radar, and it only takes 3 kills to call in an air strike, and 5 kills to use a chopper. Plus you aren't able to even use the create-a-class. The create-a-class is amazing, and adds alot to combat tactics. some people may have more heath, some may have RPG's. It's ever-changing. In local, you have to use default classes. I like to use one with martyrdom, so that when I die, usually my foe walks over my grenade, giving me an easy +10. If you don't have XBL, rent this game. If you do have XBL, you better buy it this holiday season, b/c you have no idea what your missing out on. It's definetly a great game to add to your FPS collection.

Well I do agree on "No Fighting in the War Room" being a pain. I give you that Warhero... That mission took me the longest to beat. Other than that, I can remember countless times of being shot, and dropping to prone in COD2 to avoid dying. Whereas in COD4, I've been hit practically point blank with an RPG, and still managed to survive. At least we don't have to hear our allies shouting Panzerschreck!!!! That was always so annoying in the old COD games. And RPG is alot shorter to say...lol. And if you were wondering as to why I have little or no GS in COD4, it's because I beat it on a friends 360, seeing as how my 360 is still not back from repair.

Yea ChuckieJ is totally right about the checkpoints. In one level I went through 3 houses, and made it practically all the way to the other side of the level, and I didn't ever get a checkpoint. When I watched my friend play it on normal, he got a checkpoint for each house he went in. I would make it through the houses, but not kill that one last guy, so it never gave me the checkpoint. Talk about annoying. I eventually got it, but still that just makes it a real pain. I mean I was covering the exact same ground as my friend, but not fully clearing the house. I found one enemy just standing in an open closet. He didn't even try to fire at me....the AI is pretty predictable at times, but for the most part just really funny to watch as they get mowed down.

There is a ranking system, but it's not really true skill like Halo. You get a number, 1-55 I think, but the number doesn't really mean much. All the number means is what you have unlocked, and what skills and weapons you can use. (i.e. you must be a level 49 to use the P90 gun.) Also if you lose a match, you don't go down in rank. You can only go up...which is good. However, that takes away from actually trying to reach a high level, over than just messing a round and still ranking up. When you reach level 55, you are able to replay in "Prestige" mode. This will bring you back down to level one, but you will get a really neat symbol rather than being a private again. Once you rank back up to level 55, you can do it all over again. I haven't personally done it, so I'm not sure if you lose all your weapons and abilities, but I think you will. (To make it harder each time) You can enter prestige mode 10 times, so basically that means there are 550 levels. There are no online achievements, but if you complete challenges, you will rank up faster. (challenges are basically achievements; i.e. kill a person with a grenade) This can be beneficial to acquiring new equipment to use. You have to be a high level to use a perk to where you can carry two primary weapons. I want this one so bad, that way I can carry the M16 and The P90. B/c M16 is just awesome, and the P90 owns the shotgun at close range. I know it's sad, but it's true. If you can use it well, the shotgun will do nothing. Once I get my 360 back, and actually buy COD4, I'll be online alot.

I'm glad you agree with me. But...Legendary Halo 3 is far easier than COD4. COD is still a game that is all in its own class, and should not be compared to Halo. However seeing as how I've been playing Halo since it came out, COD games seem to be harder to me than Halo 3. If you want a real challenge play some Halo 1 on Legendary. That took me forever to beat.

I mean I can remember beating Halo 2 on Legendary, and immediately tried playing Halo 1 to see which one was harder. Lets just say I died...fast! Halo 3 is appealing to such a larger audience, that Bungie had to make it easier to bring in new fans. COD 2 and Halo 1 on the Veteran/Legendary difficulty are definitely the hardest games of both franchises. Trust me...

You have a point, cover is key. But your shields recharge pretty fast in Halo, and there also isn't the really annoying red screen that completely screws up your view. It's really annoying when your about to die, and you get all tunnel visioned in COD. Nothing like that happens in Halo. It blinks red, but it's not annoying. And yes I meant solo Legendary, not Co-op. I'm pretty run and gun in Halo, but COD you can't move so quickly or your gonna die. You have to press forward, or the enemies will just keep coming. As soon as you reach the checkpoint it will either be over, or the next wave will come. In halo, what you see on screen is how many enemies you will have to kill. Once all the covenant are gone, thats it. However, the flood spores can re-inhabit the bodies of dead flood, but for the most part you can tell which ones are gonna come back to life. Basically in Halo it appears that their is a set number of enemies. But in COD if you stay in one spot, the enemies will keep pouring in from all sides, causing you to more than likely die.

Okay, I'm sorry, but come on. Grunts and Brutes throw grenades at you, but they don't bounce around corners, and flash bang you at random. Even with skulls turned on, the covenant will never throw grenades that well. You also don't have loads of fully armed enemies with machine guns running at you in Halo. There is no easy class of enemies. Like in Halo you have grunts, and jackals. But in COD everyone takes the same skill to kill. You can be shot at through walls, and theirs plenty of helicopters to keep you down in cover. You can sneak up on enemies pretty easy in Halo, but if you even peek around a corner they know your their most of the time. Also I would like to point out that the flood only make up one part of halo. Are you saying that the covenant brutes are not as relentless... This doesn't happen in COD, b/c all of the enemies are relentless. Comparing a shooter isn't necessarily a bad thing, but if you do want to compare difficulty, trust me it's way harder to stay alive in COD than in Halo.

The enemies in COD4 appear in the same few areas over and over again. AND
The enemies have a very limited set of behaviors. If you sit for a while on the streets of the War Pig level you will see guys appear in a building and run to the exact same spot where you just headshotted his dead friend. A guy will run over and replace the guy you just killed in the doorway. Sure they use cover and all but there are at most 5 or 6 enemy behaviors per building on that street. I feel like going into arcade mode and seeing how many kills I can rack up without moving.

They seem to have three modes:
1) The player is far away
2) The player is closing in
3) (Sometimes) Charge the player

The enemy AI in Halo 3 is almost like a real AI. The brutes seem to actually make decisions based on what you, the Marines and other Covenant do. Are they so smart that they are always hiding and sneaking around... no. But they do have the ability to change what they are doing.

Anorexic, Great review, although sometimes you mention downsides without penalty. Anyways, not to bring everyone down, aren't comments supposed to about the review and not about between COD vs HALO? I can't decide personally but it would be nice to try and stay on topic here...

Call of Duty 4 is an awesome game.

I like the campaign a lot and I like the multiplayer even better. The clan feature makes it very unique and being able to customize your weapons is very useful.

It is my favorite game out of the Call of Duty series and probably my third favorite game overall.

4/5

KBC

i hate this game. it is so unreal. a navy seal kills people but can barley jump an inch in the air. never renting or buying theis game.ever.

Great Campain mode, but multiplayer sucks when you get stuck with top players that own. My first game I was playn against Majors in team Deathmatch I had like 5 kills it sucked.