Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Game Overview

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare changed the entire World War II scene for games, took the first-person shooter experience to a whole new level by infusing its cinematic intensity into a fast-paced, contemporary geopolitical thriller, and gave the campaign and the multiplayer suites that became the standard of a generation. The single-player mode is brilliantly timed and varied, taking you effortlessly into the shoes of different characters such as British SAS operative "Soap" MacTavish and US Marine Sergeant Paul Jackson through globe-trotting missions that are more than just visually stunning. You will carry out an extremely stealthy cargo ship extraction by night in the Bering Sea, provide close air support with an AC-130 gunship, and travel through the dangerously irradiated Pripyat, the setting of the two-part sniper mission "All Ghillied Up".

Every move through the tall grass and every hushed enemy word makes the tension almost unbearable. The gameplay made the series' core into an extremely sharp tool: the regenerative health system made it possible to retreat tactically, Iron Sights aiming gave an entirely new level of precision, and enemy AI was so clever that it would most definitely have been frightening if the enemies had not gotten flanked themselves by the flanking maneuvers of other enemies coming from your cover. The single-player achievement was at the same level as the revolutionary multiplayer game that turned into a cultural phenomenon.

The create-a-class system, perk progression, and killstreak awards, leading to the invaluable helicopter airstrike, designed an alluring, competitive loop of constant progress and gratification. By bringing the series' integrity and moral realism of the war era and great memories, Modern Warfare didn't just change the franchise; it forever changed the face of online competitive shooters.