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I haven’t been a fan of the Call of Duty series - I was more of a Medal of Honour guy until BF2 stole my life away a few years ago. It’s been a good couple of months for games what with UT3, Crysis (well we all know what the issue is there) and I now own all three. COD4 certainly looked ok from reviews and screenshots I’d seen, and with the idea it might be a modernized BF2 with a storyline thrown in, my copy was soon being installed.
I’d heard about the singleplayer mode being too short so decided straight away to play it on hard to make it last a bit longer. One of the first scenes has you completing a firing range to get an idea of your recommended difficulty setting. I managed a fairly good time of around 17 seconds and decided to follow the game’s advice and play on “hardened” to which it’s response was “your skills will be stretched”. They weren’t wrong….
The first couple of missions were a bit tedious. Jumping straight in at the deep end and not being used to the controls got me killed a bit too often (although this didn’t really change!) While I wasn’t too keen on the night-op forest settings, the middle-eastern act is simply outstanding both graphically and game play-wise.
This screen grab is taken at 1680×1050 with AA at 2x and the slider bar in game for AF set to minimum (presumably off) so not “max” settings but everything else at full - quite outstanding and this is currently my desktop wallpaper!
The depth of field is staggering. Many scenes like this leave you gaping at the view even at the AK-47’s and RPGs start pointing in your direction.
Another part of the game was taking control of the awesome weaponry aboard an AC130 Gunship. This was probably my favourite bit of the game as it seemed so realistic. It’s one of those snippets which they could have made an entire game out of! Screenshots don’t do it justice so here are a couple of videos on what to expect…
Youtube video 1 - actual in-game footage of the “Death from above” mission
Youtube Video 2 - real - exactly like the in game experience!
Youtube Video 3 - awesome AC130
Bascially the game never has a dull moment, from hiding in grass as a sniper with tanks and soldiers walking within inches of you, to fast sweeps of strongholds - right up until the end and the last few missions really are challenging with ever increasin numbers of increasingly challenging opponents. One thing I do like about the game is the availability of guns and ammo. You’re not given copious amounts which makes you check around for spare clips or even ditch your depleted rifle for something laying around. Half the time this is deliberate - there are quite a few sniper rifles laying around just before scenes where they come in handy. But equally some scenes simply leave it up to you - carry on with your preferred weapon, or ditch it for an AK with enough rounds to see you through the next firefight.
Even better is the ability to carry two weapons. This usually involves ditching your pistol for something a little more potent. One of my favourite guns in the game is the M1014 semi-automatic shotgun. Alongside an assault rifle it can be deadly for close encounters or just pummeling a corridor to get its occupants to their knees for a few seconds.
Now I’ve completed the game I’m definitely going to play back through it when I get a graphics card which can ramp up the AA and AF. It’s also great to see CPC using it as the readers night choice too - when I’ve got used to the multiplayer I’ll be along!
SO, if you played the demo and like me you weren’t that enamoured with the game or if you haven’t been a fan of the CPD series, get it. You won’t be sorry.
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