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Tuesday 15 January, 2008
SUMMARY:
Call of Duty 4 is a first person shooter game that takes place during a fictional war. In this game, you go throughout each level(map) accomplishing missions in order to progress in the battle. Ultimately, I don't know where all this progression leads you as I am an inexperienced gamer with little knowledge of this game.
GAMEPLAY:
Although I don't really play video games too often, I almost never play first-person shooters. This game to me was a little bit different than other games that I have played that are similar. The only real game I played that is similar to this one is Counter-Strike. Unlike Counter-Strike, this game immerses you in the story line by making the game a team effort. In this game, you aren't the main character and it seems as if the only way to progress in the game is to stay with your troops. By doing this, it gives the gamer a sense of companionship and fraternity with the other men in your battalion and engrosses you in the game.
Playing this game, I can't help but think about the current situation overseas in the Middle East. With each of the missions, you can't help but wonder how accurate this game is. Is this what it feels like for the troops in Iraq? Are they constantly ducking in abandoned buildings and seeing their perceived enemies through the scope of a sniper rifle? Are their deaths just as nameless and faceless as the artificial intelligence of the game? It's amazing how close this game hits to home given the world's current situation.
As for the gameplay of this game, it is very addictive! The graphics and smoothness of the games movements are unreal. The situation was made wonderfully better when combined with my friends 56'' plasma television! During my gaming session, I played this game in both story mode and online versus mode. The gameplay is vastly different in these two modes, but equally addicting. In the story mode, you want to complete missions because you want to progress throughout the maps. You become enveloped with the other men in your botallion and become angry when one of them goes down and you take it upon yourself to try and protect them. In the online multiplayer mode, it's just sheer chaos! In this mode, you play online against your peers over the internet. Instead of going through levels and completing missions as in story mode, in the online multiplayer version your main objective is to kill, kill and kill. There are two teams which engage in a free-for-all, normally during timed matches which switch between maps. The best part of playing online is trash talking your opponents and peers via the Xbox Live headsets. Now you can actually talk to the people you play with, giving it that extra personal touch.
Overall, my brief time with this game was awesome. I really think I want to purchase an Xbox for the sole reason of owning this game as well as Rockband. This game has a high replay value because there are a decent amount of levels that make the game pretty diverse. If one becomes bored with the story mode, then the online multiplayer game is just as good as any PC shooter, Counter-Strike included. The social interaction between peers is also an added bonus, creating a sense of community. I really want to go to Costco to purchase an Xbox 360. I just think I might!
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