Call of duty 4: MF overrated?

[Worr Monger]

Lets first define "Overrated"

This is what it says in the modern English dictionary:

Overrated [verb] - The Halo franchise

Now that we have a basis for comparison.... no, Call of Duty 4 is not overrated.

 

[EittilDratsab]

Lets first define "Overrated"

This is what it says in the modern English dictionary:

Overrated [verb] - The Halo franchise

Now that we have a basis for comparison.... no, Call of Duty 4 is not overrated.

lolwut Overrated is a verb?

Btw, its hard not to be overrated when the company endorsing your game is Microsoft. If Microsoft was endorsing CoD4, you'd see a lot more hate directed towards CoD4.

 

[Katana314]

Halo 3 has no skill its just shooting people!

COD 4 has no skill its just taking cover!

HL2DM has no skill its just adjusting a standard angular launch equation depending on enemy distance and weight of object!

Yeah, you guys are starting to sound a bit like that. I think this sort of debate belongs on GameFAQS. Or 4chan.

 

[xX-BIOSPHERE-Xx]

I love CoD4. I love the online play, and its very addicting. Trying to get all of the challenges done and leveling up, it makes me want to keep playing. The story line on single player was amazing and the graphics and sound and visual effects were top notch. The only thing i had a problem with on single player is the A-I. Example... On the Sniping Mission, All Gillied Up, After You Set The Guy down behind the ferris wheel, and all the enemies roll in, dropping down from the helicopters and everything, i'm sitting in a corner waiting for them to pass by or behind a fence unseen... How do they know i'm there right when they get off of the chopper? I'm crouching behind the bumper car ride out of site or in the ticket booth awaiting for "Big Bird" to come pick us up, they they come right to me... I can't even sneak around. Thats the only problem that i have... But other than that, this game is the best i have ever played, but cant w8 to get my hands on my Special edition of GTA IV!

 

[Alcari]

For the love of Thor, let this thread die.

 

[EittilDratsab]

Back from the grave. ;-;

 

[Jindrak]

Everything which is popular is overrated. Halo is overrated. CoD is overrated. Because once something gets popular, it attracts its own fanboy market. The people who would buy a game if the developing company took a dump in a game case and presented it to them, so long as it was made by Bungie or the maker of their other obsessions.

Call of Duty 4 is good for a FPS. That's it. Good.

 

[The Potato Lord]

Everything which is popular is overrated. Halo is overrated. CoD is overrated. Because once something gets popular, it attracts its own fanboy market. The people who would buy a game if the developing company took a dump in a game case and presented it to them, so long as it was made by Bungie or the maker of their other obsessions.

Call of Duty 4 is good for a FPS. That's it. Good.

right on.

I liked Cod4's single player because it played quick and fun.The Online play is fun because it is new for the first few games but then you get addicted to the leveling up and challenges.Thats the good parts of it but It does have some bad areas:
1) Spawning in multi-player-I used to think Halo3 was bad about spawning me halfway across the map away from my team but at least i didn't get swapned on live grenades or into a stream of bullets.
2)The "Realism"-It worked in the single player wonderfully but when you hit online play it seems to teeter between Halo3 longish gun battles and "supar-Reele!" which gives it an awkward feel because it itn't decisive enough that when you get shot in the back you die mmediately but its not so long you can out distance your attacker.there's just not enough reaction time to make it fair and there's too much to make it seem realistic or to let each player get on with the game.

 

[Vigormortis]

Yes it is very overrated indeed. halo 3 is WAYYYYYY BETTER. It has the better storyline and the better action.

COD4 is a great game....but i would rate it the SECOND BEST game of 2007....not the first. That honor definately goes to Halo 3.

Oh dear GOD no. Halo 3 is one of the most over-rated, over-hyped games to ever have been developed. It's one redeeming factor? That I haven't seen a single can of that crappy mountain dew "game fuel" since it's release. COD 4 is no exception here either. It too was highly over-rated. I'm not saying it was bad by any means. It's still one of the better games to have come out of '07, but not at all THE best. Much of it's design, gameplay, and story elements were blatant rips from other competing games within it's genre, but it still had some fun moments throughout. Some of you say the single-player campaign was short (and I completely agree), but others retort by saying, "Well Portal was even shorter". Portal has an excuse, it's a first-person, story-driven puzzle game. The fact that it was as deep and compelling as it was says alot about the designers. What's COD4's excuse? Can't think of any. Still, it's mildly entertaining at LANs.

 

[REDPill357]

Portal has an excuse, it's a first-person, story-driven puzzle game.

And Portal didn't cost $45. It also had a satisfying conclusion.

 

[EittilDratsab]

Portal had the advantage of being a short game. Longer lasting games often over-stay their welcome. I think its generally harder to make a long game and still get good reviews. Imagine if CoD4 was 15 hours long. I personally would not have gone through it.

BTW: Halo isn't the only game that rips ideas. Bioshock does it. CoD4 does it. Crysis does it. Half Life 2 does it. Almost every FPS game in existence does it. Except for the first shooting game, um...Duke Nukem? Maybe Portal.

 

[Fire Daemon]

Portal had the advantage of being a short game. Longer lasting games often over-stay their welcome. I think its generally harder to make a long game and still get good reviews. Imagine if CoD4 was 15 hours long. I personally would not have gone through it.

BTW: Halo isn't the only game that rips ideas. Bioshock does it. CoD4 does it. Crysis does it. Half Life 2 does it. Almost every FPS game in existence does it. Except for the first shooting game, um...Duke Nukem? Maybe Portal.

I thought that was doom or Wolf 3D?

 

[EittilDratsab]

Portal had the advantage of being a short game. Longer lasting games often over-stay their welcome. I think its generally harder to make a long game and still get good reviews. Imagine if CoD4 was 15 hours long. I personally would not have gone through it.

BTW: Halo isn't the only game that rips ideas. Bioshock does it. CoD4 does it. Crysis does it. Half Life 2 does it. Almost every FPS game in existence does it. Except for the first shooting game, um...Duke Nukem? Maybe Portal.

I thought that was doom or Wolf 3D?

oops
my bad. hahahaha

 

[Bling Cat]

While CoD4 is a very good game with excellent scripted sequences and solid gameplay, it really isn't anything new. The campaign has no replay value either. What frustrates me is that other games such as Halo 3 aren't getting the praise they deserve.

im sorry did i just hear someone say halo 3 isnt getting the praise it deserves? excuse, i have to go shoot myself as i have now seen everything.

dont get me wrong i do like halo 3, i think its a solid game, but its got more praise given to it than, well anything!

on-topic: i enjoyed COD4, and you have to remember its really the only modern next gen shoter (at least that i know of) that is about realism , rather than nano-suits and mutants (im looking at you farcry and crysis)

 

[Levinthor]

I'm just going to say this right here and now.

CoD4 was overrated. It wasn't the second coming of Christ. It was not the greatest game ever made. (Bomberman 64 anyone? Hehe.)
Halo 3 was also overrated. See reasons above.

CoD4 received such praise because a company finally had the balls to have a modern FPS, what with the war going on right now.
Halo 3 got it's share because Halo and Halo 2 were good.

Each game was just a knockoff of the prequels, to some extent.

CoD4 was just a "hide and shoot things while hoping that stray bullet doesn't get stuck in your head" game. Halo3 was just a "Let's see who can pull the R button first" game.
Neither of them were amazing... But I did prefer Call o' Duty to Halo. Why?

I played Halo and Halo 2 before. Woo, the assault rifle is back. WUTNAO!?
I played CoD3 and that was it. As far as I'm concerned, it was a huge leap from crap to a decent game where your rank doesn't mean crap about your skill.

And both of the campaign modes were "linear."
"Oh, look, I can follow my teammates or take the 30 seconds to find a better spot."
Or...
"Oh, look, I can go here or turn around and get lost."

Guess which game is which.
Neither of them were incredibly good... But they didn't suck either. It's fun. I play it. Woooo.

 

[Square King]

Man, I am soo glad they make more than 2 or 3 FPSs for the Xbox.

Really, there's a lot of hate for products that people put loads of time, energy and money into. Likewise, there are thousands of players who enjoy those products on a daily basis.

If a game is good, please pay for it and play it. If not, don't. It's that simple. Overt criticism and comparing A to green will get you nowhere.

 

[Zealot1011]

I think the deal with CoD4 is that it seems to give people a sense of realistic game play while being part of a popular series. Personally, I 'WAS' kinda impressed at the accuracy in some of the weapons, such as the cross-hairs in some of the sights looking almost exactly as they do in real life. Another thing is the greater reliance on the sights as opposed to the previous games, rather than on-screen reticle (again, trying to be more true to life), something I've always found adds a nice touch to games.

HOWEVER, when it boils right down to it, it still CoD, and plays a lot like the others. Sure, it's fun, and it deserves praise, but not as much as it's getting. Single-player seemed disappointingly short while multi-player goes a bit overboard with the 'upgrades' you can acquire like "Deep Impact" (Yeah, that bullet just went through a foot of concrete), which to me seemed like taking a huge step back from the realism the game was trying for.

Overall, good game, fun, but definitely not worth the hype. If you want a great game with true realistic feel and play, take a look at Insurgency (Mod for HL2) or Project Reality (Mod for BF2). Both are MUCH better than CoD 4 (In My Honest Opinion) in terms of online play and entertainment value.

 

[EittilDratsab]

While CoD4 is a very good game with excellent scripted sequences and solid gameplay, it really isn't anything new. The campaign has no replay value either. What frustrates me is that other games such as Halo 3 aren't getting the praise they deserve.

im sorry did i just hear someone say halo 3 isnt getting the praise it deserves? excuse, i have to go shoot myself as i have now seen everything.

dont get me wrong i do like halo 3, i think its a solid game, but its got more praise given to it than, well anything!

on-topic: i enjoyed COD4, and you have to remember its really the only modern next gen shoter (at least that i know of) that is about realism , rather than nano-suits and mutants (im looking at you farcry and crysis)

Yeah the official reviews for Halo 3 are pretty solid, but if you look at what players think, Halo 3 gets a lot more flak that it should be getting. Look at metacritic. Look at the User 'Reviews.' Most of these reviews are abysmal comments made by people who have never even played Halo 3 before. Many of these comments are uninformed, biased, and stupid. I, myself, cannot express a favorite moment in Halo 3 without having rabid Halo haters, PS3 fanboys, and retards insult me and my sexual orientation just because I enjoy a game.

Also, I wasn't just talking about Halo 3. Many of the other FPS games that came out last year were criticized for the dumbest reasons. One of the dumbest reasons is the notion that sequels have to completely revamp gameplay and mechanics to be dubbed as a true sequel. Halo 2.5? System Shock 2.5? How come no one calls Call of Duty 4-->CoD 2.2?

Btw, you're forgetting GRAW and GRAW 2, Rainbow Six: Vegas, and others...