Skybird
11-27-07, 04:56 PM
I will wait some months or a year, for an opportunity to pick it up second hand for low price. seems to be the right stuff for one of the nights when you are already drunk anyway. :)
http://www.simhq.com/_land2/land_095a.html
Every map, every cut scene, every character, every weapon, and every effect looks incredible. I have witnessed no tears or wash outs and a couple of times I’ve seen landscape that looks like a beautiful life-like painting. Even the bomb effects would have to be considered "beautifully" done.
Both the single player, multiplayer missions and the maps are done in incredible detail. Every brink, every serial number on a burning tank make for incredible visuals. This is probably the best looking game I’ve seen.
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The sounds are equally incredible and outstanding. Voice acting is really decent compared to some offerings in computer games. You really do feel like you’re in a movie. Background sounds are pure and clean, explosions and gunfire are always mixed-in well. ...
Both the video and audio are absolutely incredible in this game.
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I usually praise the multiplayer and find fault with the single player in my game reviews, but CoD4 is just the opposite.
The single player campaign grabs you by the balls from the word go and does not let go until after the credits, and I mean really, after the credits.
(...)
it’s not just about running and gunning down the bad guys. I have done more in this game than I could have ever imagined. I stormed a ship, I chased a felon, I sneaked into an enemy compound, I laid in position for over a day to make the "one shot, one kill". I ran for my life… a lot! I repelled down a burning building. I fireman-carried my partner for ten miles. I fired a stinger, a javelin, a mini-gun, and tons of other weapons. I called in air support, choppers and airplanes in this 10 to 12 hour single player game. Other players claim it takes them 6 to 8 hours to complete the campaign.
And then, after all of that I cried. Okay, maybe not cried, but my eyes did get watery. Then I got up from my computer and said “That was one of the most incredible games I’ve played.”
If Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a book, it would be a best seller.
If Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a movie, it would be a blockbuster.
It is my opinion that everyone who calls themselves a computer gamer should make the effort to play this campaign. You'll be a star in this interactive movie. You will not be disappointed.
(...)
The game is on rails, meaning you follow a scripted storyline. Like I said you’re an actor, someone has already written the story and you just follow it. It is an easy game. A little too easy, though I did get stuck a couple of times. Usually when it was me against the hordes. But then if you jack-it-up to a higher level, it is insanely difficult. There is not a middle or normal setting in my opinion.
Then you and only you push the story forward. You can send enough rounds downrange to destroy a village, but until you move up and reach a certain spot the bad guys will keep popping up in the window. So you can’t really tactically engage the enemy or flank them. To end the rush of enemies you have to move up to the frontline, danger close, and kill them at point blank range.
(...)
Well as you can tell if you read my review, this has potential for PC "Game of the Year" written all over it.
Graphics and sounds are incredible. Game play and execution is well done. The single player campaign is a must play. Multiplayer is very well done (if they will just fix the server finding issues...).
Yes, this is a run and gun game. Know what type of game you’re getting. But also open your mind. sure I can take tons of hits, back away and recover, but it’s a movie, an excellent movie that you are the star of.
For a taste, watch these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMaMn7sWSbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybyVwZuIWaE
http://www.simhq.com/_land2/land_095a.html
Every map, every cut scene, every character, every weapon, and every effect looks incredible. I have witnessed no tears or wash outs and a couple of times I’ve seen landscape that looks like a beautiful life-like painting. Even the bomb effects would have to be considered "beautifully" done.
Both the single player, multiplayer missions and the maps are done in incredible detail. Every brink, every serial number on a burning tank make for incredible visuals. This is probably the best looking game I’ve seen.
(...)
The sounds are equally incredible and outstanding. Voice acting is really decent compared to some offerings in computer games. You really do feel like you’re in a movie. Background sounds are pure and clean, explosions and gunfire are always mixed-in well. ...
Both the video and audio are absolutely incredible in this game.
(...)
I usually praise the multiplayer and find fault with the single player in my game reviews, but CoD4 is just the opposite.
The single player campaign grabs you by the balls from the word go and does not let go until after the credits, and I mean really, after the credits.
(...)
it’s not just about running and gunning down the bad guys. I have done more in this game than I could have ever imagined. I stormed a ship, I chased a felon, I sneaked into an enemy compound, I laid in position for over a day to make the "one shot, one kill". I ran for my life… a lot! I repelled down a burning building. I fireman-carried my partner for ten miles. I fired a stinger, a javelin, a mini-gun, and tons of other weapons. I called in air support, choppers and airplanes in this 10 to 12 hour single player game. Other players claim it takes them 6 to 8 hours to complete the campaign.
And then, after all of that I cried. Okay, maybe not cried, but my eyes did get watery. Then I got up from my computer and said “That was one of the most incredible games I’ve played.”
If Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a book, it would be a best seller.
If Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a movie, it would be a blockbuster.
It is my opinion that everyone who calls themselves a computer gamer should make the effort to play this campaign. You'll be a star in this interactive movie. You will not be disappointed.
(...)
The game is on rails, meaning you follow a scripted storyline. Like I said you’re an actor, someone has already written the story and you just follow it. It is an easy game. A little too easy, though I did get stuck a couple of times. Usually when it was me against the hordes. But then if you jack-it-up to a higher level, it is insanely difficult. There is not a middle or normal setting in my opinion.
Then you and only you push the story forward. You can send enough rounds downrange to destroy a village, but until you move up and reach a certain spot the bad guys will keep popping up in the window. So you can’t really tactically engage the enemy or flank them. To end the rush of enemies you have to move up to the frontline, danger close, and kill them at point blank range.
(...)
Well as you can tell if you read my review, this has potential for PC "Game of the Year" written all over it.
Graphics and sounds are incredible. Game play and execution is well done. The single player campaign is a must play. Multiplayer is very well done (if they will just fix the server finding issues...).
Yes, this is a run and gun game. Know what type of game you’re getting. But also open your mind. sure I can take tons of hits, back away and recover, but it’s a movie, an excellent movie that you are the star of.
For a taste, watch these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMaMn7sWSbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybyVwZuIWaE