Let me start off by saying, INCREDIBLE GAME
The Strengths:
1Great Weapons
2Great Melee
3Great Multiplayer
4Intense story and multiplayer
5Fun arcade mode
6great, basic controls
The Weakness:
1Short Story
2Graphics are a bit 'rubbery'
Activision did a superb job with Call of Duty 4. It's main strength is it's multiplayer, the ranking system will keep your hands reaching for your controller to continue to level up. The story is also a huge strength to the game, it is intense and does a fantastic job preparing you for what you will be spending a lot of your video gaming time on, the multiplayer. Even though the story is intense and full of action, it ends FAR too quickly, the story could be finished in a sitting.
The weapons are a fantastic asset to the game. They have weapons for close range: ex. AK-47, snipers: ex. Barrett .50 cal, weapons where you don't have to aim: ex. shotguns, or even the combo of all those: ex. M16, etc. If you run out of bullets the melee is fast and effective, you just slash the enemy with your shank and he's dead.
The arcade mode is fun to play with friends if you don't want to play split screen, you play through an act with a friend and get points for each kill, in the end compare your points, very fun, and allows you to get to know each level even more.
The graphics are good, but not great. The animations are well put together, but when you look down the barrel of your gun it looks like a barrel of rubber. But even still, the environments and characters look great, and it doesn't make a huge difference, but even still, it gets on your nerves every once and a while.
This is a great game, and a must buy. The only thing blocking it from a 5/5 is the fact that the story mode is far, far too short, and the somewhat irritating rubbery graphics. Putting all of this aside, Activision did a fantastic job.