COD4 First Review

DirtyDog

I've been playing the actual game for the past two days (states side) and I have to say the game is just def worth getting. Graphically the game looks fantastic, and is very fast paced.

Single player - It starts so quickly into the action you forget your part of a team and not the leader of the team but you get use to it quickly, the action scenes are fantastic and it has a real part of a movie\real life feel to the game. Downsides I think are 1) Gun sounds are crap, I like to know when I take someone out either up close with a shotgun or far away with a rifle, but the sounds are so very very weak you feel robbed of the kills, def sounds just used from the previous COD's. Also I picked the hardest setting of the game and I still feel like I am flying through it....my only hope is that it isnt a short game!

Favorite bit so far is gunner of the A130, the talk over from the pilot and team on the ground is very realistic and also very funny, had me wanting to start the level just for the fun. Also love the shooting through walls and the way some of the bad guys dont die fully and keep shooting from the ground till you finish them off.

The MP is very fast paced, in my mind the game fits in nicely between BF2 & CS. Its for sure one I want to get into more and more.

projectmayhem

DirtyDog wrote: »

my only hope is that it isnt a short game!

you'll find very quickly that it indeed is very short, and that a lot of the levels are repeated a few times through the game, in different scenarios (night time, going the other way from last time, etc.).

MP is where this game wins

Ludo

That is fair enough though. Most poeple will probably just have a quick run through of the SP missions and then never go back to them once they get into the MP side of it. I know that is what always happened to me (and most people I know) with COD1 and 2.

People buy it for the MP game mostly.

Dcully

MP for me

Skinfull

Not for me! I'm all about the SP. If I wanted to play a multiplayer game it wouldnt be COD.
Dang! Is it really short? As short as MOH Airborne?
Crud. Well I'll still play it.

Steffano2002

MP FTW!!!

When I got CoD2, I played the SP for the first time 4 months after getting the game because my broadband was down!

K!LL!@N

Picked this up last night( States-side also ).

Primarily got this for the multiplayer as I really enjoyed the beta.
Multiplayer is great, my only gripe is that there are already people with really high ranks.
I would have liked some kind of game filtering based on ranks the way Halo 3 does.
It's not a deal breaker though.

So obviously when I started playing I just right into multiplayer.
Played for over an hour, then decided to try the singleplayer.
Really pleasantly surprised.
You get a short tutorial at the training facility and then you're straight into the thick of things.
As mentioned by the OP, you quickly realise that you'll be left behind by your team if you don't keep up with them.

It's really well paced so far.
I love the way the action and the cut-scenes flow.
It doesn't feeling jarring, keeps you engrossed in what's going on.

Killian

Ludo

I think I will be sticking ton unranked servers myself. If I understand it right, the best players get more perks and therefore more of an advantage. Seems a bit crap to me to be honest. I prefer a level playing field where skill alone makes the difference. Of course I could have read it all wrong as I only scanned the perk stuff briefly.

I will stick to my clans server and only venture out to others every so often to check out other game types.

Dcully

the best players get more perks and therefore more of an advantage.

More like those who spend more time playing.

ZeRoY

Guys i have been playing all evening, great game !!!

The only downside so far are:

- DeathMatch: Sprayfest if more than 12 players, dont like that :mad:
- Sniper rifles: pace of game is so fast its somewhat useless

Gfx are superb, Sabotage/Domination the best gametypes for me!

ZeRoY

Ludo wrote: »

I think I will be sticking ton unranked servers myself. If I understand it right, the best players get more perks and therefore more of an advantage. Seems a bit crap to me to be honest. I prefer a level playing field where skill alone makes the difference. Of course I could have read it all wrong as I only scanned the perk stuff briefly.

I will stick to my clans server and only venture out to others every so often to check out other game types.

Man if you play for a bit you will have perks unlocks, ranks are very easy to get, just need playing time and not be a complete noob

humanji

I got it for the SP as I know the MP is going to get crap after about a week because I don't have the time to devote to is, and it just saps the life out of it. The SP is excellent though, but horrifically short. But that's not too bad, I've got The Witcher to last me til Crysis comes

Ludo wrote:

I think I will be sticking ton unranked servers myself. If I understand it right, the best players get more perks and therefore more of an advantage. Seems a bit crap to me to be honest. I prefer a level playing field where skill alone makes the difference. Of course I could have read it all wrong as I only scanned the perk stuff briefly.

I always thought that everyone should have everything unlocked to start with, and as they get higher up the rankings, weapons are taken away from them. It's make things fairly level and exciting when the guy at the top is defending his position with only a knife.

Ludo

humanji wrote: »

I always thought that everyone should have everything unlocked to start with, and as they get higher up the rankings, weapons are taken away from them. It's make things fairly level and exciting when the guy at the top is defending his position with only a knife.

Now that would be hilarious to watch!

jasonbourme.cs

you could always up the stakes even more by just giving them a spork instead of a knife ... now THAT would be hilarious

jonski

Dcully wrote: »

MP for me

And I will wait a week or two to see what you think of it before I invest in another game for MP and find out it doesn't quiet cut it .

it does seem to have DOM mode though , so that is a plus .

Sephiroth_dude

How many missions or levels in the single player campaign?I hear its very short :-/.

Skinfull

Oh man I was playing last night and I finished the English guy's missions already...and the was in about 40 mins (Had a quick game after getting in from Dara O Briain in vicar Street!)...and don't get me wrong! I'm cannon fodder! Moving target at best in the FPS games! I fear I will be bitterly disappointed with this game!

Sephiroth_dude

:eek:

any idea how many missions you have left?

Silenceisbliss

oh my freekin god! most anoying game ive played in a while... TAKE IT TA FCUK EASY WITH DA FREEKIN GRENADES! its worse than playin a multiplayer online with grenades only!! ffs, u cant do anythin without gettin fragged every two bloody seconds.

/end rant

humanji

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

oh my freekin god! most anoying game ive played in a while... TAKE IT TA FCUK EASY WITH DA FREEKIN GRENADES! its worse than playin a multiplayer online with grenades only!! ffs, u cant do anythin without gettin fragged every two bloody seconds.

/end rant

Well if you were faster you could throw them back

Silenceisbliss

and if i had 10 arms. the point is theres no bloody let up, its like the AI dictates that they should be squirtin grenades outta their little pixilated arses instead of usin their guns

humanji

I actually like the frantic nature of it. It's not very realistic, but I find it fun

Ludo

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

and if i had 10 arms. the point is theres no bloody let up, its like the AI dictates that they should be squirtin grenades outta their little pixilated arses instead of usin their guns

It probably does. It is to be expected that when they add a new feature like the ability to throw back nades, then the AI will be tweaked to add more nades to the game just to show off this feature.

From what I have been reading so far, I expect most clan servers to be modded in some way shape or form which will result in them all becoming unranked. Fair enough. If the nade issue is a big problem in MP games then play on a server which limits them. One per person or something and no pick-ups.

jasonbourme.cs

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

and if i had 10 arms. the point is theres no bloody let up, its like the AI dictates that they should be squirtin grenades outta their little pixilated arses instead of usin their guns

definately agree with you on that one silence !! gotten as far as the storming the TV station part on veteran , the central area where you have to get upstairs literally rains nades :mad:

Silenceisbliss

jasonbourme.cs wrote: »

definately agree with you on that one silence !! gotten as far as the storming the TV station part on veteran , the central area where you have to get upstairs literally rains nades :mad:

oh yeah, there jus poopin grenades there.

sniper mission UNREAL!!...its very cool!

thehomeofDob

Been playing non stop since 10 o'clock today! Beaten the campaign (only on regular), then been playing T-DM ever since. Bloody awesome!

Silenceisbliss

MULTI ROCKS THE FREEKIN BOAT!!!

ranks...customizable kits....unloackable weapons....in game bonuses.....urgggggggggggggg:D

Dcully

Havent touched SP at all,MP is just brilliant.

José Alaninho

Just played first four levels of SP, simply AMAZING, hooked already! GFX unreal, gameplay unbeleivably intense! On par with CoD2 so far.

Won't be touching MP cos I've no broadband :(:(

Ah well!

Binomate

I find myself running out of ammo for the M16 in multiplayer. On some of the larger team deathmatch servers they really need to limit the amount of airstrikes and stuff that are allowed. Some of the servers I've been on, you can't live any longer than a minute with out dieing to an airstrike. That's pretty ****ing stupid.


The nades don't bother me so much. I don't mind the ranking system. I think the way in which S&D works with the weapons and stuff in comparison to the ranked experience ladder system in other game types is a clear definiton given to us by the developers of what a public game should be. The S&D will be more competative.

Ludo

Not played SP yet. MP looks great BUT it isn't COD. In fact it sucks. Maybe it is a grower but it just doesn't grab me like COD1, COD:UO and COD2 did. I got bored after ten minutes and went to the pub

And what is with the "team" uniforms? To me they look way too similar. You end up shooting at your own team mates or as I found, You end up NOT shooting at people you are meant to!

It is very obviously designed primarily as a console game. It is NOT COD.
Now maybe as I said it is a grower but I have honestly for the first time in YEARS no inclination or desire to load uo COD right now and have a blast.

Sorry folks but nice graphics do NOT make a game...gameplay does.