Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3094 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-11-09
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: Xbox 360

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• D-Day on the Modern Battlefield: Watch as your armada of helicopters charges over the rooftops of a bombed-out urban hell, while ground fire and RPGs streak past the open door of your helicopter. Fast-rope down to the streets through a cyclone of choking sand and dust with your Marine platoon and engage the enemy in unrelenting battle.
• High Speed Tactics: Experience intense close-quarters urban combat in the way that only Call of Duty can deliver. Supported by you well-trained squad, rappel down the walls of enemy strongholds, blast out the locks with your shotgun, and then clear the rooms using tear gas grenades, flashbangs, and silenced MP-5 submachine guns.
• Cutting Edge Modern Arsenal: With the help of actual Marines and SAS operatives, all the weapons in Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have been painstakingly researched and replicated in game, bringing to life the ultimate war experience.
• Global War: Take the fight to the enemy in an epic war across the Middle East, board and storm ships in the North Atlantic, engage in heavy urban combat through the streets of Eastern Europe, and assault terrorist cells in London.
• Next-Generation Multiplayer: Physically alter the environment to your strategic advantage. Open up new flanking routes by blowing through walls and doors. Knock down bridges, close off roads, and blast buildings into rubble. Move furniture and vehicles to block doors and seal up windows with chicken wire to repel enemy grenades.

Manufacturer's Description

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever.

Armed with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower, players are transported to treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world. As both a U.S Marine and British S.A.S. soldier fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication are essential to victory.

The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of persistence, addictive and customizable game play.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely stunning!!!
The 'little 360' has yet another AAA+ title in COD4. The Graphics are stunning, one of the top 3 games on the system in fact. The sound is so good, pumped through a 5.1 setup it is ground-shudderingly awesome. I think Gears of War might be on early retirement from now on.

The story mode is fantastic, the AI on your teammates is really cool, they do save your skin on many occasions. Useful cause i'm a bit of a noob. Overall i would stump for the regular edition, as it's the game you're buying it for after all.

The only difference i've seen between the 360 version (running at a velvety 60fps) and the PS3 version is some extre antialiasing on the '60, otherwise they seem identical. As i prefer the 360 pad (more ergonomic) i shelled out for the 360 version. But PS3 fanboys (see previous review for sad evidence) will be more than satisfied by this stunning piece of coding.

Call of Duty 4 Review
I was shocked, amazed and relieved when I heard about a year ago that the Call of Duty franchise was in for an overhaul and was going to be set in present day. To be frank, I think that WW2 has been done to death in video games. However, like many others, I was a little apprehensive as to how well it would be pulled off. Thankfully there is no need to worry because Call of Duty 4 is probably the best Call of Duty game that has ever been made and arguably game of the year.

Like many other Call of Duty games, the story is told through the perspective of more than one soldier. Throughout the game, you play as Sergeant John "Soap" MacTavish of the 22nd SAS regiment and Sergeant Paul Jackson of the American 1st Force Recon and another surprise character. Without giving too much away, the game is basically about a Russian ultranationalist called Imran Zakhaev who is set on returning his homeland to the times of the Soviet Union by revolting against the current government and seizing a nuclear weapons stockpile. The story is very good overall and fits together very nicely. There are 4 difficulty settings which are easy, regular, hardened and veteran and there is quite a spread between these. There are a few niggles to the single player and one is its length. I found myself completing it on hardened within 6 hours and for more experienced players than me this could go down to 4-5 hours. Another gripe is the repetitivity involved during the game. Most of the time, you find yourself killing wave after wave of enemies. In the end it all gets rather tedious.

When single player has been finished, you are in for a treat. The multiplayer in Call of Duty 4 is spot on and extremely addictive (while it lasts). The multiplayer is level and experience points based where you start as private (level 1) and finish as commander (level 55) (above general). As you progress through the ranks, you unlock more weapons and perks which then you are then permitted to use on the battlefield. The multiplayer also uses experience points which can be achieved by killing people, completing mission objectives (such as planting bombs or capturing the flag) or by completing challenges. By completing challenges for weapons you can unlock red dot sights, acog scopes and silencers etc. If you wondered what perks were, they are basically abilities. You can have up to three perks which for example could be extra ammo, or extra grenades, the ability to reload faster, the ability to drop a live grenade when you are killed etc... My personal favourite is called last stand. (much like the single player finale) It is where, when you get hit enough times by the enemy, (instead of dying) you drop to the floor with your pistol. You are then allowed about 15 seconds (providing you don't get shot again) of shooting with your pistol until you get killed. This can be very handy, especially at getting revenge on the opponent who put you in that state. When you just start out in the game, there are pre-set classes which you are able to use but as you climb up the ranks, you can create your own classes with your own choice of weapons which help in making the classes more individual. Moving on, the only gripe I have with the multiplayer is the length. It will take most people about 50 hours of solid gameplay to reach the rank of commander. Once you have reached commander (level 55), you will probably find like me that the game gets slightly boring as there is nothing to unlock.

In conclusion, Call of Duty 4 should probably be owned by everyone who plays video games, let alone those who are fans of the genre. Congratulations to Activision and Infinity Ward who produced a cracking game which hardly disappoints. If you don't already own this game, then I strongly suggest you buy it soon.

I shall now rate the game

Gameplay: 9/10. Slightly repetitive at times but generally very good. Multiplayer can have you playing for hours at a time.
Graphics: 10/10. Stunning visuals. From the lighting to the character models, all are superb.
Sound: 9/10. This aspect does not disappoint. Excellent voice overs, atmosphere and music.
Lasting Appeal: 9.5/10. Although the single player is short, the multiplayer is what this game is all about. This game will probably take the average gamer roughly 60 hours to complete.

Overall, I give this game 9.5. This game is a real masterpiece.
If you liked this game, then I recommend other games in the genre such as Crysis, The Orange Box, Gears of War, Timeshift, Medal of Honour: Airborne, Rainbow six: Vegas and STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, all of which I have played, completed and enjoyed immensely.

Signature Game for the X360
As a First-Person Shooter fan, I was very impressed with the latest Call of Duty outing.
The storyline of the game is excellent and true to the 'modern warfare' name, the learning curve of the game is beautifully simple, and the graphical quality is immense, making full use of the power availble under the X360 hood. The voice acting is particulalry impressive, as are the AIs of your team-mates and your adversaries.
Even those not conditioned to first-person shooters will find this one difficult to put down.

Online play is also incredible, including a "levelling up" system which sees you promoted from Private to Lance Corporal and upwards, in turn unlocking extra weapon sets, customisation tools and other goodies.
Additionally, this game is very generous with Gamerscore points, providing (on Regular difficulty at least) 20 per completed level, and other hidden points in Campaign mode for pulling off sneaky maneuvers in the game, such as headshot counts, destroying property and so on.
I have not finished yet the game but I find it very difficult to find fault with any aspect of it.
This is one of those games that you buy the console for, a bit like the PlayStation 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4.
And for the price here on Amazon, what are you waiting for?
You could not ask for much more.