Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the 4th instalment in the massively
popular Call of Duty Series from Infinity Ward, the game takes place
unlike the previous 3 in modern day which takes a drastic change from
the WW2 era. Modern Warfare has you play through the single player
campaign from 2 different perspectives, for the majority of the
campaign you play as Sergeant "Soap" MacTavish from the 22nd SAS
Regiment and for a segment of the game you take on the roll of Sergeant
Paul Jackson who is part of the USMC 1st Force Recon who are deployed
to the Middle East.
The story begins with you playing as "Soap" you are in a SAS training
facility and you're instructed by Gaz a individual you see a lot of
throughout the campaign Gaz instructs you through the basic tutorial
and sends you off to Captain Price to perform the CQB test. After the
test you are thrown straight in to the start of what is a short yet
exhilarating single player campaign. The prologue begins with you
infiltrating a Cargo Ship in the Bering Sea to secure a Russian Nuclear
device destined for the middle east once you fighting your way through
all the personnel on board you reach the nuclear device but before you
have time to secure the device and transport it off the Ship the cargo
ship is struck by missiles from hostile jet fighters you are forced
quickly grab the manifest and escape the sinking ship. This is only the
start of what is an Exciting, Enthralling and Unpredictable single
player campaign.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has one of the best single player
campaigns in a long time never has a game been so cinematic and
outstanding from the rest and yet this is smallest reason why it's such
a great game. Modern Warfare's strongest and greatest feature is its
multiplayer. Modern Warfare has a wide variety of game modes including
frantic frag fests like Headquarters or game modes which require more
skill to succeed in such as Search and Destroy. In multiplayer you
start out at level 1 with only a few select weapons and perks available
to you. The perk system is a great addition to Modern Warfare as it
allows you to design a class which suits you best after a few hours of
playing online you will already have found a Weapon and set of perks
that suit you best and you wouldn't dream of going back to the normal
class set-ups that you start off with. As you progress through the
ranks you unlock new weapons and perks the game becomes much more
enjoyable as you have better weapons and perks at your disposal and you
can really start to get into a groove with your favourite weapons. The
levels are capped at 55 but once you reach 55 you have a choice of
Prestige mode prestige mode is where you reset your rank to 1 and you
are able to gain XP again you can do this up to ten times and
effectively rise 605 ranks. A great feature of CoD4s multiplayer is the
Kill Streak Bonus's if you are good enough to get 3 kills without dying
you can call in UAV radar which allows you to find any of your enemies
on the map unless they are using the UAV jammer perk. If you progress
to 5 kills you can call in an airstrike on the area of your choice and
if you manage to catch 2 people with the airstrike and reach 7 kills
without dying you can call in a helicopter which will circle the map
and take out enemies for you.
There are 16 maps in total available ranging from fairly large maps
such as Pipeline and overgrown to incredibly small maps such as
Shipment and Showdown the current maps on offer are all fairly well
designed with only a few that need some necessary changes. In spring we
will see the release of new MP maps over Xbox Live and PSN which will
further add to the amazing experience that is Call of Duty 4
multiplayer.
Modern Warfare takes a drastic change from the previous games in its
series and improves on the vastly with outstanding visuals, Enthralling
single player and truly amazing multiplayer. If the campaign lasted
longer and a few overpowered weapons in multiplayer were balanced out
then CoD4 would be a perfect game but still CoD4 is one of the greatest
FPSs of all time and should be on the shelf of every gamer.
