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Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition (Xbox 360)
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9 Customer Reviews
RRP: £49.99
Amazon Price: £40.98
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Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Activision
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"Definately Deserves its Game of the Year Title...." - 16 August 2008
After having the previous two installments of Call of Duty 2 & 3 on Xbox 360 which were both set in world war 2, I was at first, a little dubious about the switch to modern day. I love WW2 games, CoD 3 was a shining example of a classic WW2 title, epic, cinematic battles, great visuals, and a fantastic array of weaponry really set the game apart from its competitors. Online is where Cod 3 excelled. It was awesome. Enough Said. Number 4 has a lot to live up to.
On to the new version. Firstly the campaign. It is nothing short of epic. Every level is a masterpiece in engaging the player in the surroundings and sucking them into enormous firefights that are truly spectacular. The atmosphere in the levels is very intense and leads to an extremely dramatic conclusion at the end. Overall, the campaign is, admittedly, short, however, if you jump in on the harder difficulties you'll find it a lot more challenging, especially veteran difficulty.
Online play is where this game excels. With the ability to create custom classes and upgrade weaponry with scopes and camouflages, it truly makes for an epic experience. This is, without doubt, the best online game i have ever played, beating gears of war pretty much hands down which is one hell of an accomplishment as gears is still one of my favorite online games.
Overall, the Graphics are stunning, one of the best on any console. The campaign is short but incredibly sweet. But online is where this game truly excels. Be warned, if you buy this title, you won't be playing anything else for months!
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"Great game, suspect package??" - 1 May 2008
1stly let me say. This is not just and Amazon issue, all sites appear to use the same ad discription.
The extra levels are NOT INCLUDED on disk. You have to download them. In the pack you get a code, which you enter on a web site. You then recieve a "redeem" code for Xbox Live. Enter this code and then down load.
Why is this an issue? I bought the GOTY version based on all the adverts and thinking the levels were on disk. Had I known prior to purchase they were not, I would have bought second hand and then bought the levels thus saving around £5. But more importantly, I would have made a reasoned decision based on the info given.
Remember, if you download you can't sell on. You can't recover your investment. So the GOTY version will not have the equivalent value had it included the levels on disk. Wanna see a GOTY of real value check out Oblivion GOTY, all Extra levels including Downloads on disk.
As I said not just an issue for Amazon but for all UK based advertising.
And Qudos to Amazon for allowing buyers to give this info in the reviews. Game and Play delete these reviews (to prevent lost sales?)
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"Capture the Objective!" - 22 April 2008
Firstly, the extra maps "included" with this still have to be physically downloaded (but free) so don't expect to just whack it in and get on with them. They are quite good maps, and make a change from the usual map listings once you've been playing the game for a total of 6 days (144 hours)!
Right, on with the main game. The most stunning thing about this game that you immediately notice is the graphics, they are absolutely unbelieveable and look gorgeous, even on a non-HD tv. On HD, it looks even better. Even when turning your head/camera, the graphics stay as smooth/crisp as ever. The controls are also sublime and are very intuitive.
The single player element to this game is cracking and is an excellent storyline. The levels for each of the missions are brilliantly designed, and offer just the right difficulty curve to keep you hooked and to consistently challenge you. It is great fun, and is definitely worth a couple of replays at higher difficulty levels to get the full experience. The only issue with the single player, as has been mentioned several times before, is that it doesn't last very long. You could easily do the single player campaign in a day. If anything, I think this is a testament to the enjoyability of the single player missions that you don't want to put it down, and would rather carry on playing it till the end!
BUT, multiplayer is where this game is at. Currently, CoD4 is the most played game on Xbox live, and with good reason. It takes all the brilliant graphics, level design and weapons handling and chucks them into an extremely user friendly lobby/server system, which will have you playing in a minute at most. On most of the game modes, you can respawn within a second, which is great when you just want to get on with the fight. Probably the best feature to CoD4 (and FPS as a whole) is the Killcam. This gives you a quick 5 second replay of your death, from your killer's point of view, and is extremely useful in exposing your flaws, things you can improve etc. The other great feature is the ranking system, and the perks/weapons you can unlock as you build up experience. Once you get to the highest level, you can even reset your rank (this is called prestige)and start again with the basic weapons to work your way up again, but with a unique rank badge for that level of prestige (10 in total). This only resets your rank and weapon availability, your total kills/score is still kept on the leaderboard.
The only downside to CoD4 is that it doesn't have the Rainbow Six Vegas feature of cover behind a wall (and peeking around/blind fire) if it had that, this game would be 100% perfect.
If you haven't bought this game by now, what are you doing? Get involved ASAP, before they release CoD5 and everyone jumps ship to that!
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"Single Player Short, Online Death Quicker" - 13 August 2008
Let me start of by saying that I loved this game, the graphics and the playability are fantastic. Why have I only given it three stars I hear you ask?
TT'S TOO DAMN SHORT!!!
Game developers seem to be gripped by the popularity of XBox live, and are aiming their games at the mass market online players rather than those o us that really enjoy the single player experiance. The online play CAN be fun, but I really have to stress that it seems there are some people who do nothing but sit there all day and play on this game.
I spent most of the first hour of online play respawning after being killed y yet another mysterious sniper bullet, ad while I acceot and applaud the skill level, in my opinion that isn't a game. I quickly learnt that to stay alive for more than 30 secinds online you have to sprint everywhere, which leaves you defencless if/when you run into an opponent.
You quite simply don't get time to hone your skills, and if my opinion this game would be greatly more enjoyable online if Ativision and Infinity Ward were able to introduce some kind of handicap system where those of us new to online gaming can get used to it with a little bit if anb advantage over the old hands that are familar with the strafe and hid, strafe and hide, snipe routine. Overall I did enjoy this game, but it's let down y the woefully short single player and the near vertical learning curve online.
3/5 from me.
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"No One Else Mentions This..." - 20 April 2008
You've all played the game before so I won't touch on that. In relation t the four brand new multiplayer maps though. They do NOT come on the game disc, the game disc is exactly the same and the Standard Version.
Another reviewer said when you buy this you save effort and hard-disc space. Wrong. What you get when you buy this is the game, and a leaflet, the leaflet has a code on, you enter the code online, get a code for Xbox Live, enter the new code on Xbox Live and get to download the maps, basically you get 800MS Points in the box.
Don't buy this expecting the new maps to be on the disc.
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"Poor single player, great multiplayer" - 28 May 2008
Having played COD2 and loved the single player, then played COD3 and loved the multiplayer I was hoping the fourth game in the series would be the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, for me at least, it repeats the pattern of COD3.
The multiplayer is very good and has rightly been a big hit on live. The maps are just the right size, the weapons have subtle differences and the great levelling system rewards you with new weapons and abilities as you gain experience. You can then design your own class with all your favourite weapons and perks. A nice idea which makes the game very addictive.
The single player, while very slick and looking great, mostly consists of very small linear levels with infinitely respawing enemies who magically disappear once you cross an invisible line. Once I realised that sitting back and picking off the bad guys just resulted in them reappearing within seconds, I resorted to a run and gun approach which seems to be the only way to beat the levels. No strategy, no chance for flanking or varying your tactics. Just shoot a few then make a rush for the invisible line which makes them vanish, then be presented with another corridor full of respawing bad guys and, you guessed it...run and gun for the invisible line....yawn. Nearly all the levels consist of this and it gets very boring very quickly. It really feels like a lightgun game in HD.
There are one or two good levels to break up the monotony, for example the excellent All Ghillied Up level but for the most part it is very uninspiring. A real disappointent for a so called top game to use such cheap tactics. But then the graphics are great so it must be a great game, eh?
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"Great fun , a tad expensive perhaps?" - 29 April 2008
First of all I really enjoyed playing this game on single player ! Such a great storyline and really gripping from start to finish . The graphics are fantastic , enemy AI is like nothing ive ever seen before and weapons are wicked ! This game was hailed as being one of the best online shooters ever made , well hmm I am enclined to disagree with that . After playing Frontlines to death over the past couple of months I would have to say I prefer that . Dont get me wrong I really enjoy COD4 online but there always seems to be something lacking . For me this was vehicles and the addition of being able to form your own squads , none of which are evident on the game . I loved those aspects of frontlines and they just are nowhere to be found on COD4 . This is unfortunate because on COD3 there are a few vehicles to choose from : tanks , motorbikes , jeeps etc , I was looking forward to more modern vehicles with number 4 but to no avail :( also there is no Medic class on 4 like there was on 3 :( .
I do like it that you can be promoted to high ranks when playing online , this seperates the noobs from the geeks ! The storyline to this game is very intense , and it interlocks events between two different types of forces in the military .
On the whole I love this game I really do think it was worth playing . However I dont think that the price of the game can be justified , it is very overpriced and just has not come down at all (having said that , now i have baught it at full price it will come down !!)
Anyway Go out buy it , play it and enjoy it !!
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"when was the last time i did homework?" - 27 April 2008
as my name suggests, this game is really addictive, i originally bought it for the single player as i did not have xbox live, the campaign mode is brilliant in itself, maybe a little short but its fantastic, and of course the level 'All Ghillied Up' is most probably the best lever for a shooter in all time.
i know have xbox live and i have not regreted it since. I belive this game is mainly multy-player, it is just SO addictive, whenever ive got spare time i go on this, it is just amazing.
Cost of game : £30 Usual cost of extra maps : £7.50(ish) cost of xbox live : £5 a month Cost of killing your friends and proving your the best? : Priceless
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"Game of the Year - Single or Multi Player" - 4 April 2008
This was the fifth game I got for my XBox (bought about 4 months ago), and I have not played anything else since. I have even bought other games and I have shelved them for later as this is just SO addictive.
Play it in single player mode first. It has a good story line, which rings almost too true to current events in the World. The in game graphics are the most photo-realistic I have ever seen and some of the effects such as smoke, heat haze, depth of field and blurred focus make it even more real. The single player mode is fairly long (well, it took me a while anyway!) and leaves you wanting more...
That is where the multiplayer comes in. So you have learned how to aim and shoot etc. But now see how you compare with real opponents who can take a few bullets just like you. I had not played any multiplayer before on the xBox so maybe there are other games out there as good, but I became an instant addict! I wait for my wife to go to bed each night so I can go on line for an hour or two!!! I am actually rubbish (rarely in the top half of the leader board when the games end), but it doesn't matter. You find yourself playing against your own personal best, and constantly trying to get to the next rank in a 'bogus' army! It also gets better as you learn each of the many maps (where to hide, snipe, or throw grenades etc) and unlock the different weapons and perks.
So in Summary, what makes it the game of the year? Great graphics, excellent gameplay and lasting fun which I still don't know will ever wear off!
If you already own it I have probably just validated your own opinion, and if not... just buy it!
(One caution is that the graphics and realism make it unsuitable for kids. They would no doubt disagree, but as a parent I wouldn't want my kids playing this until they were old enough to understand what war is)
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"cheaper at argos" - 24 March 2008
this is a fantastic game and i would recomend it to anyone but i wouldnt buy it from amazon because i got it from argos for 30 pounds last week!!!! hope this saves someone some money :-)
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