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Call of Duty 4:

Tuesday February 19, 2008
Written by Ed Dawson
Tags: Call | of | Duty | 4 | Modern | Warfare
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Visually mindblowing, COD4 provides you with an enormous arsenal of real-world weapons to hack and chop at the seams of international terrorism.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Windows

Genre: Shooter / FPS, Publisher: Activision, Platform(s): Windows, ESRB Rating: M - (Mature), Media: DVD-ROM

War rages on in the fourth edition of Activision's acclaimed war game. For the first time in the series, Call of Duty moves away from WWII to the modern battlefield.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Windows

Genre: Shooter / FPS, Publisher: Activision, Platform(s): Windows, ESRB Rating: M - (Mature), Media: DVD-ROM

The storyline of Modern Warfare 2 picks up where the events of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare left off. The ultranationalist Russian leader Zakhaev has been eliminated, but it seems that his lieutenant, Vladimir Makarov, is an even bigger danger. Having made a successful play for power, Intel indicates that he is extending the reach of his influence well beyond the borders of Mother Russia, causing a stir in the international community and prompting the involvement of Task Force 141. Task Force 141 is an elite multinational unit made up of Navy Seals, Delta Force operatives, British SAS and CIA. In the single player campaign you are Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson, with the hero of Call of Duty 4, "Soap" MacTavish, promoted to Captain, making an appearance as an NPC (non-player character) and your commanding officer. The elimination of Makarov and his underlings at any cost is your number one priority, regardless where the fight occurs.

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World at War for Windows

Genre: Strategy, Publisher: TalonSoft, Platform(s): Windows, ESRB Rating: E - (Everyone), Media: CD-ROM

World at War exemplifies tactical war-gaming at its finest by bringing you the entire collection of TalonSoft's award-winning campaign series. Containing TalonSoft's West Front, East Front, and Rising Sun epic platoon-level combat series, as well as all of the official add-ons and expansion packs, World at War allows players to dictate the events of World War II from the tumultuous beginning to its climatic conclusion. This edition also includes Fall of the Reich , the official expansion for East Front II and never before available in stores. This exclusive compilation proudly offers more than 350 scenarios, fought by more than 20 countries stretching from France to the American coast. Reinforce your countrymen at the Western Front. Swarm Japanese strongholds on your way to their homeland. Crush the enemy on the Eastern Front. Protect the U.S. coast from Japanese invasion. March into Germany standing victorious with your allies. Will history prove accurate or will a new a

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Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare (goty) for Xbox 360

Shooter / FPS, Rating: M - (Mature),up to 24 players, published by: Activision

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360

Shooter / FPS, published by: Activision

The critically acclaimed Call of Duty franchise moves to the 21st century in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Tackle a variety of missions as a US Marine or British SAS Agent to thwart a terrorist madman bent on launching a nuclear assault against the western world. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has a thrill-ride single player campaign, but it's the robust multiplayer mode that will keep players coming back for more. Featuring a deep leveling system and a variety of different modes of play, Call of Duty 4 is the most popular multiyplayer console game ever released.

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Call of Duty: World At War Activision for Xbox 360

Shooter / FPS, Rating: M - (Mature),up to 4 players, published by: Activision

Call of Duty: World at War throws out the rulebook of war to transform WWII combat through a new enemy, new tactics and an uncensored experience of the climatic battles that gripped a generation. As U.S. Marines and Russian soldiers, players will employ new features like cooperative gameplay, and weapons such as the flamethrower in the most chaotic and cinematically intense experience to date.

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Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for PlayStation 3

Action, Rating: M - (Mature),up to 4 players, published by: Activision

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the 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.

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Call of Duty: World at War PS3 for PlayStation 3

Shooter / FPS, Rating: M - (Mature),published by: Activision

Powered by Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare technology, Call of Duty: World at War brings an uncensored edge to combat, as soldiers face the most harrowing and climatic European and Pacific battles in which an enemy, who knows no surrender and no retreat, will fight to the last breath, unleashing an arsenal of lethal surprising tactics. Peril and danger lurk throughout the battlefield as players combat the unknown risk of the chaos of battle.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PlayStation 3

Shooter / FPS, Rating: M - (Mature),up to 18 players, published by: Activision

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as you face off against a new threat Dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

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charonis
Mar 27, 2008 3:43 PM
The singleplayer is great, albeit very short.

The multiplayer is fun to play during office hours though.


What do you think about the PC Authority article Call of Duty 4: ?
Visually mindblowing, COD4 provides you with an enormous arsenal of real-world weapons to hack and chop at the seams of international terrorism.

What do you think?
Alistor
Mar 28, 2008 9:47 PM
Got my hands on the demo. It looks pretty good.
Invicta
Mar 28, 2008 11:42 PM
Single Player was definately one of the best I have ever played through,
havn't really had a chance to get into multiplayer as of yet.
I still give CoD2 multiplayer a run though =P
charonis
Mar 29, 2008 10:26 AM
CoD4 singleplayer was good fun (especially the Chernoybl bit.. although all it did was remind me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.).

The only thing that got me though, I played and finished Crysis before playing CoD4, and it seemed like a step backward. Crysis you can destroy absolutely everything, and you can interact with everything, whereas in this, you can't do much at all besides blow up a car and kill people.

Just seemed like a backwards step in technology to me. Maybe I should've played CoD4 first.

Still an awesome game though don't get me wrong. Too bad CoD5 is going to be crap.
E=mc2
Apr 3, 2008 9:25 PM
Played the COD4 demo not 2 bad at all, albeit pretty linear is, the full any better? plan on buying,mainly for the multiplayer.
As for a step backwards, I'm still playing Deltaforce Extreme,love the open terrains
charonis
Apr 4, 2008 9:06 AM
The full version is pretty much the same as the demo I guess. Just bigger setpieces and more extravagant explosions.
Cyber Vandal
Apr 14, 2008 2:26 PM
yea great game.
DeathBySlinky
Apr 24, 2008 10:11 PM
COD4

Excellent Single-Player Campaign, especially the levels in the Helicopter using the Infra-Reds and the Heat Seekers, and also the level where you have to take out Isaac Zachaiev, or however it is spelt.

Multiplayer is one of the major drawbacks to this game. I mean, shooting through walls is cool in the single-player campaign, giving a feeling of skill, but in multiplayer this causes major camping. A camper with a singleshot could watch you run behind a wall and take you out through that wall. I mean c'mon! Get some skill. A total noob could run around with an assault rifle and just spam walls hoping to kill someone. IT TAKES NO SKILL TO SHOOT THROUGH A WALL!

Single-Player Friendly: Yes
Multiplayer Friendly: Only if you can live with being camped!!

Overall:

Graphics: 9/10 (wounds when hitting enemys could be nicer, so could the explosion when you kill one with a grenade or claymore)

Storyline: 10/10 (Excellent Story, assasinating a world-wide wanted man....Sounds like fun)

Sound: 9/10 (The explosions were a bit soft if you were just far enough away not to be hit)

Overall Mark Average: 9.3/10

Peace Out,
DeathBySlinky
blockcentre
May 8, 2008 8:58 PM
Invicta wrote:
I still give CoD2 multiplayer a run though =P


Best LAN game EVER. Maps in the desert are just brilliant. I can't remember the name of it as I haven't played it in ages, but the map with the white houses where you run around on the roof tops was the best multiplayer map I've ever played.

I haven't bought CoD4 yet - been holding off until I have time again to play games. Don't know when that will be though :(

Jake.f
May 4, 2009 5:12 PM
Im gonna get it for 360 soon.
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