Call of Duty 4

[RMA]

Late to the party on this one but LOVED the single player - great story, good learning curve and even-handed enemy AI. Pretty good voice acting from some ex-Eastenders to boot!

It's the online play that has been the real hook for me though. Although my kill:death ratio at the start was 1:5, I've now got it down to 1 kill to every 2 deaths or so (ahem...not something I'm proud of!) but find that the levelling up is improving me and the challenges you unlock as you progress are a brilliant way of keeping you coming back for more.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - especially considering the online community are lot more forgiving than the Halo3 lot which, when you have ratios like mine, is a necessity!

[Spore]

The singleplayer was wonderful but the multiplayer was terribly overrated and lacking in many areas. Whose idea was it to have a leveling up system? Sure it still isn't hard to kill a level 55 with a pistol but still, the mere idea of this is just outrageous. It's a tactical FPS, put everybody on the same slate. Anyway, the singleplayer was beautiful and cinematic. The last twenty minutes were amazing and so was the nuke scene. Wonderful.

[RMA]

Everyone is kind of on the same slate - levelling up just gives you a few benefits, like new weapons and my personal bug-bear in FPS' quicker reloads.

Know where you're coming from with this but feel that it's one of the better online FPS experiences. The DLC is very overpriced though...especially considering you're really only getting 3 maps you'll actually use.

[Shortay-01]

My thread on Call of Duty 4 must have evaporated...

Anyway, great game. One of my favourite games ever.
The single player campaign is so epic, it's amazing. I love how you become so attached to the NPC's that fight alongside you the whole time, and both the sniper mission with MacMillan and the final mission are just fantastic.

Multiplayer is the reason I still play it though. It's just so much funner than other online FPS' I've played (e.g. Halo 3...) and never gets old. I really like the perks too. Even though it can seem unfair, a good player can play without all of the perks like red-dot sight and martyrdom that you eventually unlock. They're really just incentives to play that little bit longer and get into each prestige to unlock everything again.

[Spore]

Originally Posted by RMA

The DLC is very overpriced though...especially considering you're really only getting 3 maps you'll actually use.

Since I'm on the PC version I wouldn't know anything about that. Sorry, had to throw that in. Also, I haven't really checked yet but are there custom maps/mods for Call of Duty 4 or did Infinity Ward not release an editor?

[Ragnor]

On the subject of COD4, what is the GOTY Edition going to have in it?

[Shortay-01]

Originally Posted by Ragnor

On the subject of COD4, what is the GOTY Edition going to have in it?

It has the 4 new maps (Creek, Chinatown, Killhouse and Broadcast) but I'm not sure what else it has, if anything else.

[Mickeymac]

I played a PC demo of it, and maybe it was just a bad demo, but I really wasn't enjoying myself. I'll rent when I get a 360, but I don't think it's the game for me. The demo was singleplayer-only, so at the very least I have to try the Multiplayer before I make my decision.