Poll: How good was CoD4, really?

[ranc0re]

If you're asking about the single player campaign then I can tell you that CoD4 is a steaming pile of horse manure. It's not a game at all, it's an interactive movie, and all the enemies are infinitely respawning which fecks up the gameplay (not to mention the immersion). Run and gun? You'd better! Because every bad guy you down will be back in five seconds, if you hang around that long.

What on earth is the point in shooting someone if they're just going to come back to life five seconds later? Doesn't that take away the whole point of that thing in your hands at the bottom of the screen which, you know, defines the fecking genre? If real guns caused real people to just look dead for five seconds before coming back in the same place all fine and dandy then I don't think real soldiers would use them anymore. Why this logic should fail in in a video game is beyond me, but if the number of interactive movie stars (CoD4 fanboys) on the internet are anything to go by then I must be missing something.

But if you think I'm not then do yourself a favour and buy anything else.

Well, somebody can't enjoy a good game

But in all seriousness, the respawning enemies are only a problem if YOU DON'T FUCKING MOVE. If you move FORWARD, like you're supposed to, you won't have a problem with them. If you do sit in the same spot for a good 10 minutes, then yes, you will be seeing a lot of baddies going to the same cover.

And who says an interactive movie is bad? Isn't that what most games are nowadays? You leading your character through a plot?

Also, you should really try multiplayer if the respawning enemies were that big a problem to you. I'm sure you'll find something you can enjoy in this game. That is unless you just really hate the game for whatever reason I am incapable of comprehending.

 

[onelifecrisis]

If you're asking about the single player campaign then I can tell you that CoD4 is a steaming pile of horse manure. It's not a game at all, it's an interactive movie, and all the enemies are infinitely respawning which fecks up the gameplay (not to mention the immersion). Run and gun? You'd better! Because every bad guy you down will be back in five seconds, if you hang around that long.

What on earth is the point in shooting someone if they're just going to come back to life five seconds later? Doesn't that take away the whole point of that thing in your hands at the bottom of the screen which, you know, defines the fecking genre? If real guns caused real people to just look dead for five seconds before coming back in the same place all fine and dandy then I don't think real soldiers would use them anymore. Why this logic should fail in in a video game is beyond me, but if the number of interactive movie stars (CoD4 fanboys) on the internet are anything to go by then I must be missing something.

But if you think I'm not then do yourself a favour and buy anything else.

Well, somebody can't enjoy a good game

But in all seriousness, the respawning enemies are only a problem if YOU DON'T FUCKING MOVE. If you move FORWARD, like you're supposed to, you won't have a problem with them. If you do sit in the same spot for a good 10 minutes, then yes, you will be seeing a lot of baddies going to the same cover.

And who says an interactive movie is bad? Isn't that what most games are nowadays? You leading your character through a plot?

Also, you should really try multiplayer if the respawning enemies were that big a problem to you. I'm sure you'll find something you can enjoy in this game. That is unless you just really hate the game for whatever reason I am incapable of comprehending.

Oh dear... I've upset a fanboi.

But seriously...

By "interactive movie" I mean I have no choice in anything at all. The whole game is completely prescriptive. There are corridor shooters (e.g. Doom 3) with more player freedom than CoD4.

As for the respawning... 10 minutes? Are you kidding? What difficulty did you play on? It was more like 10 seconds for me. And I'm not exaggerating, I mean it was literally 10 seconds.

"If you move FORWARD, like you're supposed to..."

The phrase "like I'm supposed to" perfectly describes CoD4 for me, and not in a good way. It might as well have been a series of QTEs for all the choice I had in how to go about playing it.

I might try the multiplayer, I've heard many good things about it, but the single player was rubbish. I love a good first person shooter, but CoD4 isn't one.

 

[ssgt splatter]

I personally give it a 5. The story is solid, the weapons are excellent, the multiplayer is b-e-a-utiful(compared to WaW with its F***ing dogs), and the only perk I hate is Juggernaut. The only thing that WaW has going for it is the ability to blow off your enemies arms and legs with a shotgun blast and the flamethrower. Other than that, it's another WW2 game and I'm SICK of it. Modern Warfare 2 is gonna be kick ass!

 

[almaster88]

Dude the multiplayer is the best part, if you're playing with friends, try to have a "knife only" match, omg thats so much fun!

 

[TinyToaster]

I liked the game a lot. I did feel that the story line was actually good enough to not only keep me playing, but genuinely interested as well.

Game play is easy to learn(if you have never played a CoD game), and the graphics are good to look at. Overall, worth every penny spent

 

[rossatdi]

I'm tried CoD:WaW and went straight back to CoD4! The deathmatch is better, the single player is better, I'm sold on it as a classic.

 

[Korolev]

Strangely enough, I would say you should buy it for the single player. The Multiplayer got boring for me after a while (and annoying, since the game TWICE deleted my profile for no reason, forcing me to try and earn all the weapons again) and I no longer play it, but I still consider it worth my money for the excellent, if short, single player campaign which I occasionally still replay when I'm bored.

And the Multiplayer lasted me for about 3 months, playing at least every other day, so you'd be getting quite a bit of entertainment for a pretty good price.

Of course it's not perfect, nothing is - but if you like FPS, then I can't see many hating COD4. The controls on the PC, and I hear for the consoles are very good, and there aren't any dull moments in the single player campaign, and it changes things up pretty often. Since the price as probably come down (it's been over a year), you should buy it.

 

[Telperion]

Single player was fun, pretty much the way Bad Company single player was fun. It worked, gave me lots of toys to play around with and didn't feel like an endless chore.

Multiplayer is very well thought out, mechanically solid and impressively accessible.

The only thing that bugs me about the multiplayer is the lack of cool stuff that drove me to complete one rank after another just so I could unlock more cool stuff in Battlefield: Bad Company. The very first gun I got in the Assault category carried me all the way to lvl 25 (out of 55 levels), so what's up with that? The other guns were "okay", but nothing I really wanted to play around with. Bad Company's weapons felt somehow better in that I wanted to do other stuff than rush around with the same assault rifle. Also, CoD 4 multiplayer really rewards playing with the same gun time'n'time again, which I can understand, but I don't really like.

The perks are...nice...but once again I got the Stopping Power, Extra Grenades and Deep Impact perks early on, and never really looked back. The other ones are...nice...but nothing I really want instead of those three.

The game play, map design and ease of access all make me go back to this game like an addict chasing his next fix. The bad is that I have far less to look forward to as I progress towards lvl 55 than in...say...Bad Company.

4/5 stars

 

[Socken]

The single player campaign is the best I've ever played in an FPS, and the multiplayer is awesome as well.
5 stars.

 

[Dommyboy]

Hurrdurr, automatic weapons! You must construct additional spray!

 

[Same River New Water]

I am just wonderring how good everyone here thinks it actually is and whether or not I should buy a copy

It's very good. You could justifiably argue that it's the best FPS to date - it's among them. It has a difficulty setting for everyone, from the unskilled player to the hardcore to the masochistic hardcore (I've played quite a few FPSes but I didn't last long on Hardened difficulty, let alone Veteran). It's definitely worth buying.

BUT!

You might be underwhelmed after having heard so much about it. It might not grab you as much as it does for some people. It does everything very well, but it's not a particularly innovative game. The plot is good, but not all that memorable. The level design is functional but not entirely made up of blow-you-away set pieces. Some of the moments in the story are really engaging, but the surprise has probably been spoiled for you by now.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I would call it the Best Pure FPS I've ever played...

Half-Life 2 and other games offer some better Adventure Elements...

But I have yet to play a game that does "Shooting" and "Combat" as well as COD4.

 

[Fortesque]

A solid 4 stars.

It was a pretty good shooter, but it was painfully short. Some of the shootouts were great thought, TV station and at the end of the Sniper level to mention a few.

 

[Iron Mal]

It was...ok, nothing too special.

The single player campaign was fun for a while but the higher difficulties didn't just take the piss, they built a proverbial piss (oil) rig above a rich vein of piss (there were numerous occasions where just getting through a single doorway could take anywhere up to an hour or 50 attempts, whichever comes first), this would be alright if the lower difficulties didn't feel 'too easy' (I completed the game on recruit the first night I had it, I did it on regular the following night in even less time).

The multiplayer is also ok if horrifically unbalanced and very much geared towards the elite and elite alike, if you're a hardcore shooter veteran then you'll have no problem but the rest of us will feel like we're slightly in over our heads (and for Christ's sake, put the goddamn M16 down for once!).

Overall, I would reccomend getting this game if only for the reason that everyone else has it. Don't expect to be wowed because you probably won't unless you have your heart set on it so much that you'd still love it if it mangled your Xbox/PC from the inside (not that it will do that, it's perfectly safe).

EDIT: Since everyone seems to be taken with the whole stars thing I would give it between 2 and 3 stars because it's ok but not great.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I don't give stars. I say it was a very well done game.

I would call it the Best Pure FPS I've ever played...

Half-Life 2 and other games offer some better Adventure Elements...

But I have yet to play a game that does "Shooting" and "Combat" as well as COD4.

My thoughts exactly. I've played better shooters, but thats because of added elements.

 

[sharks9]

Amazing. The single player was really fun especially some levels like the sniping one, the one where you chase Zakhaevs son and the ending was awesome. The only level I didnt like was the one where you retreat to the farm and then you have run all the way back down to the bottom of the hill again through tons of enemies.

 

[XUnsafeNormalX]

Bring me my Mini-Uzi. It's time to shatter some kill records.

 

[Ultimathul]

I personally didnt like the game that much, it was okay at best but really it was just a big meh nothing special. in multiplayer i always got killed by some random grenade, and singleplayer was just not that great. and is it someone other than me who hates the weapons? noit because there are anything wrong with the models or handling but they feel like pea shooters. they do this little chip sound when you hit somebody, it makes the light machineguns sound pathetic when you hit someone. it has realism but no blood, may i ask why?

 

[Abedeus]

I would call it the Best Pure FPS I've ever played...

Pure FPS games don't have plot. Or have something I could come up with in 2 minutes (COUGH serioussam COUGH).


It was okay, I guess. Didn't try multiplayer (not interested - TF2 is the best online shooter at the moment), but single-player kept me entertained for about 6-7 hours. INCLUDING THOSE GOD DAMN DOGS IN THE PAST, BITING THROATS!

 

[xxcloud417xx]

4 star. Everything was great, but the lack of additional content and maps that actually look different from the campaign mode bring the multiplayer down... And I personally love the perks system.