Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Anyone pick this up yet?

I've already finished the single player mode, and I think it's just as good as the original Call of Duty, if not better. The highlight of the game for me was

Infinity Ward knows how to make good FPS games, fer sure.

Do you have the PC, PS3, or XBOX 360 version?

PC is the only way to play FPS games IMHO.

Except Halo.

i use to play CoD2 multiplayer like a mad-fiend. how is it on CoD4?

^Electric Sex.

I bought CoD 4 on Steam. It's all pre-loaded but apparently doesn't launch (on Steam) until Tuesday.

Which is ok, because I won't have any free time to actually play it until then.

I picked it up and I love it. I'm playing through on Veteran because it set me at that on the training level, so far so rugged. Makes the game go by slower, so at least I will be able to enjoy it for longer.

i just got this game, it's pretty tough compared to the past ones. i have yet to see what the mutiplayer is like, but after beating the single player i'm pretty impressed.

"we're going deep, and we're going hard."
"surely you can't be serious."
"i am serious, and don't call me shirley."

Loved that bit.

Definitely a sweet game.

Definitely harder than CoD 1 & 2 as well. I haven't played 3 so wouldn't know what to tell you about that one.

I beat it today.

The mission after the credits was fun. If any of you didn't wait for credits to end, you should go back and wait for them so you can play it.

The gunship level was definitely awesome.

The flashback sniper level was awesome too. Took me a few tries to not get seen by the patrolling guys at the part where you have to lay prone in the field as they pass right over you.

I wish the levels had a BIT more variety though. As I said, the game was really awesome, but it seemed like 90% of the time was using the same gun, just sometimes you had a silencer and sometimes you didn't. It woulda been great to get more ultra-long-range sniping missions like the flashback one. Although the flashback level DID bug me a bit since I shot the guy right in the head (After missing about 6 times), but it still only blew off his arm (to fit the story line).

I freaked once I saw the guys starting to cluster tighter so I crept as quickly as possible and lined up directly behind a tree face-first into it. I figured their paths would split around the tree and not convene until a few feet beyond, and I was right.

As far as weapons go, you could always drop the SOPMOD right off and use a different weapon or weapons throughout the level. I failed the sniping mission once and coincidentally hit him in the arm so I thought it may have been target specific though I now know it isn't.

Yeah you could drop the default weapons, but the thing is the other guys had shitty guns (generally). Plus giving up the silencer wasn't really "doable" on some missions.

In the WWII CoD games, the enemies guns kicked ass, plus the Russians, British, and Americans all had different guns, which gave it more variety.

Loved the nuke going off.

The AC-130 gunship mode was It really, really sucks to be bad guys up against that.

Using the mini-gun against the helicopters was also tons of fun.

The ending of the game was great, like a movie.

I'm not really a video game guy, but I'm thinking of buying a copy because it was so much fun.

Then there is no pleasing you Mr. Powers. [/Goldmember]

Insanely good. I just wish it was twice as long.

I have to say, there's been some really impressive, cinematic games this year. COD4 and BioShock were among the best games I've ever played.

Now we just need Postal 3 to come out.

the M82 sniper shot was badass. though i was thoroughly confused when i shot his head and his arm blew off.

i just started playing the multiplayer for this and it's almost better than the campaign. anyone in the officer rankings yet?

I'm getting this for Christmas, along with Crysis.

some of the challenges are harder than the rewards are worth. the only thing i would want is the newer scope.

I think my buddy said it best.


"Putting modern day weapons into a WWII shooter doesn't make it Modern Warfare."

I have to agree. Fun game, but except for the weapons nothing about the warfare is modern.

You probably hit him in the arm.

That bullet's trajectory moved around with the wind pretty well.

i'm almost positive i hit him in the head, if you play the game you'll see why it happens.

I have already finished it. I know why it's not possible to "kill" him.

Thanks for that tip, I used the same tactic when I played through the sniper mission last night.

The long-range sniping mission would've bugged the hell out of me waiting for the right wind conditions, luckily on my third attempt I got the bastard in the back as he legged it after my first (missed) shot. The wait for the evac chopper at the Ferris wheel got me killed several times until I finally found a reasonable spot to camp - just behind a tree between the base of the wheel and the bumper cars: you're mainly covered from the front and enemies tend to try and get through the wheel machinery or the bumper cars so it's just a matter of checking both directions. You've also got a clear enough FoF to snipe enemies dropping in from the helicopters.

As for using enemy weapons, there are only two occasions (barring the occasional use of RPGs) when I've found it necessary - the first USMC mission gets a lot easier if you swap your M9 pistol for a Dragunov sniper rifle in the first building, and the flashback mission allows you to get a suppressed P90 for close-quarters work (though was the P90 even around 15 years ago?) which is useful when you're hiding in the apartment blocks.

OH really wants Crysis but I've read it's a really intensive game and not a lot of PCs can handle it. How have you found it?

I have about a mid-range PC, and I have to keep the settings on low.

I was kinda hoping OH could have my desktop to play his games on. However, it chugs with the sims 2, which isn't a good sign for Crysis, I guess.

I'm getting a new laptop delivered next week (been waiting since Nov for it! ) that I think would handle Crysis though. I think.

Finished it tonight. Add swapping out weapons for a G36 in some of the final missions - the MP5 kicks too much and renders the iron sights tricky. G36 feels like a halfway between the MP5 and the M4A1, came in very handy during the raid on the nuke silo.