Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) Review

Getting this was kind of a no brainer, everybody was singing its praises up and down and it was a nominee for game of the year last year.

I had never even tried any of the other Call of Duty games, seriously fuck world war 2. I'm so fucking tired of world war 2 games I almost wish there was another world war so people had new historical games to make.

You really have to look at it like its 2 different games, Single and Multi

The single player is pretty awesome, You know how in most shooters for 80% of the time you are running around with some sort of standard fps gun shooting shit to progress through to the next area. And the other 20% of the time is spent doing cool shit - flying helicopters or calling in airstrikes or someshit that isnt what you do for the rest of it? ALL of Cod4 is the special shit.

Bombing from a circling gunship, Sniping a guy with a .50 cal from like 2 miles away, airstrikes, helicopter support, defending a position. An entire stage sneaking around in a guille suit, running out of a sinking tanker. etc
All cool shit.

CoD4 is like, a 10 hour string of awesome shit linked together with firefights that although standard for shooters, are way more awesome than the same thing in like Halo or Halflife

Id give COD4 Single a 10, easily. The only flaw was that it was a bit short, But then again i can't remember an fps that was more than 10 hours long. The game was beautiful, superb graphics with a decently intuitive AI , Expansive weapon selection and some just awe inspiring scenes (especially in the beginning) make this one of the better games i've played in awhile.

The Multi Player is without a doubt the best online FPS out right now, the main problem I have with it is the Lack of Play Types (theres like.. 4), and the huge grind to get every possible unlockable. 100 kills with a gun doesnt seem like much, but 100 headshots is - Especially considering the lethality of bullets and the fact that people are always moving. For some reason my brain tells me to take the easiest avaliable shot - which more often than not is the chest.

Shitty gun avaliability from the go, having to unlock even the decent guns means that you have to use total pieces of shit for the first several hours online. Same system with the 'talents', some of the talents are just useless, while the goodones (aka Doubletap) are unlocked way later in your online career. This pretty much guarentees that noobs suck balls. I cant tell you how many times i dropped whatever gun i had to pick up somebody elses totally maxed out p90 and go on a killing spree - while having trouble even hitting people with say the AK.

The overabundance of grenades also blows. I totally hate having to dodge or throwback a grenade every 3 fucking seconds. Talents like Martyrdom and the one to carry more grenades just add to this bullshittery, Its a noobs way of trying to get kills. I got all the grenade achievements in like 3 minutes on the tiny shipment map with martyrdom, total crap.

Anyway, those problems dont ruin the game - by all means its a fantastic game, these problems just marr the finish a little bit. A Ferrari with some bird shit on it is still a ferrari.

I give COD4 Multiplayer a 9, Due only to the problems stated above. Still a good score, fuck you if you disagree.