Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Review
A new setting for the popular franchise
by T3HDX
reviewed on PS3
Soundscape (cont.)
As far as voice acting goes, it seems partially stereotypical, but professionally done by people from the background of the voices on display, including Scottish and Russian. Instead of poorly imitated accents in the vast majority of games today, it’s nice to see they went and did a full job. Even though there is some stereotyping, it all adds to the humour, and there is plenty of that to listen to during the game, especially from the 22nd SAS regiment.
Advanced graphics
Graphics are the eye candy of games today, especially with what we’re now starting to see from this current generation of games. Running such an advanced engine provides additional graphics settings such as true wood-dynamic lighting, dynamic shadows and depth of field. Not only does the engine offer those fairly new settings, but it also runs the bullet penetration mechanic, while processing information like surface type and the thickness of it. I tested the settings on low as well as high, and there is a very clear difference in looks, but even still, playing on low still looks adequately amazing to play on. For those with a decent graphics card, I urge you to push your machine to the limits in the graphics settings, and bask in the visual splendour of Call of Duty 4. Seeing as there are some new graphical effects not seen in many other games, this is definitely a step forward. Although it may not be at the level of Crysis, there is still a lot to be in awe of, and the graphics certainly don’t disappoint.
Replayability
A point of games that often gets under-looked is the replayability of a title. However, Call of Duty 4 rises to the challenge in this issue and offers bags of reasons to replay. From little things such as just playing again for fun, or undertaking a challenge on a harder difficulty level gives a good deal of replay value, as well as finding enemy intelligence, which unlocks cheats you can use while in-game. But that’s just for starters. Call of Duty 4 offers a huge online multiplayer experience with an already more than adequate single player experience. If the single-player mode doesn’t hold your interest for long, the multiplayer sure will, especially with all the features it offers such as un-lockable weapons and perks after playing for so long and levelling up, as well as addicting game play.
No crashes
The game plays smoothly and consistently, giving little to note about faults or glitches. The stability of the controls, graphics and sound all remain to be seen with any fault, giving little to say about the stability there as well. The only thing I can really complain about is the multiplayer, as it can become a little laggy, depending on what graphics level you’re playing on, as well as your connection speed. I’ve not had much problems playing online, but I have experienced a little slowdown on the more heavily populated servers.
May this be the best FPS of 2007?
Overall, this is one of the top contenders for ‘best game’ of 2007, with very few titles having much of a chance of beating this mighty colossus of a release. The makers did an excellent job from jumping from the World War II genre straight into the modern day setting, and pulled it off to a near perfect level. I really can’t find much to criticise about, and it’s been a tough one to fit everything into the review, but with so much to say about this title, it’s hard to dumb it down. This is a definite MUST BUY.
9.0
fun score
No Pros and Cons at this time
