My OperaCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... released -- REVIEW
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 8:16:13 AM
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person
shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It will be the eighth installment in the Call of Duty video game series (including expansions), the first not to be set during World War II, and the first to be rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB. It was announced on April 25, 2007[5]. It will be released on November 6, 2007 at 1:00 AM in North America, and will be released on November 9, 2007 in Europe. It will come out in Australia on November 7, 2007
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Plot
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The story is told from a perspective of a British 22nd Special Air Service Regiment operative in Russia and an American 1st Force Recon operative in the Middle East. The game also features a flashback mission set 15 years ago in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, which features a new incarnation of Captain Price from 22nd SAS Regiment, the only character to appear in both of the first two games of the Call of Duty series. He and his squad have been ordered to assassinate a radical Russian nationalist, but the mission fails because Price's squad captain is wounded in action and has to be immediately evacuated from the Zone of Alienation before the assassination can be carried out.
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The Russian nationalist, a man by the name of Imran Zakhaev, is set on returning his homeland to the times of the Soviet Union by revolting against the current government and seizing a nuclear weapons stockpile. Zakhaev has the support of several divisions of the Russian army, but he knows the United States would never allow this to happen and so funds a coup in the Middle East, organized by his ally Al-Asad, to draw attention away from Russia. Zakhaev, Al-Asad, and their seconds-in-command soon become known as The Four Horsemen. The British and U.S. governments discover the plot while monitoring Zakhaev's recent activities, and quickly initiate a police-action to quell the uprisings in both regions. During the conflict, a Russian nuclear weapon is launched by Al-Asad from his stronghold in the Middle East towards the U.S., escalating the dire situation into a war.
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Game Engine
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will run on a proprietary engine, and has next generation features such as true world-dynamic lighting, bloom effects, dynamic shadows and depth-of-field. "Bullet Penetration" is calculated by the engine, taking into account things such as surface type and entity thickness. Certain objects, such as cars, will be destructible (it should be noted that the environments are still indestructible). This makes distinguishing cover from concealment important, as meager protection such as wooden fences, thin walls and such will no longer provide sufficient protection. The bullet's speed and stopping power will be decreased after penetrating an object, and this decrease is calculated realistically depending on the thickness and surface of the object penetrated. The game also makes use of a physics engine, which was not implemented in previous Call of Duty titles for the PC. Death Animations are a combination of pre-set animations and ragdoll physics. Some mistook the game's graphics to be DirectX 10 based, but it is stated that the graphics use DirectX 9.
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Reception
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Official Playstation Magazine Australia gave Call of Duty 4 a perfect 10 out of 10. Official Xbox Magazine (US) also gave it a perfect 10/10, citing a "multiplayer quality, quantity, and depth that rivals Halo's" and a "campaign that never lets up," with the only flaw being that there are a few frustratingly tough areas on higher difficulties. IGN has given Call of Duty 4 a score of 9.4 for all three of its platforms.
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Currently, Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360 holds an aggregate score of 95% on Gamerankings, while the PC version holds a score of 85%.[/ALIGN]
(wikipedia)
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GAMETRAILERS REVIEW -- 9.4
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shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It will be the eighth installment in the Call of Duty video game series (including expansions), the first not to be set during World War II, and the first to be rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB. It was announced on April 25, 2007[5]. It will be released on November 6, 2007 at 1:00 AM in North America, and will be released on November 9, 2007 in Europe. It will come out in Australia on November 7, 2007.
Plot
.
The story is told from a perspective of a British 22nd Special Air Service Regiment operative in Russia and an American 1st Force Recon operative in the Middle East. The game also features a flashback mission set 15 years ago in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, which features a new incarnation of Captain Price from 22nd SAS Regiment, the only character to appear in both of the first two games of the Call of Duty series. He and his squad have been ordered to assassinate a radical Russian nationalist, but the mission fails because Price's squad captain is wounded in action and has to be immediately evacuated from the Zone of Alienation before the assassination can be carried out.
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The Russian nationalist, a man by the name of Imran Zakhaev, is set on returning his homeland to the times of the Soviet Union by revolting against the current government and seizing a nuclear weapons stockpile. Zakhaev has the support of several divisions of the Russian army, but he knows the United States would never allow this to happen and so funds a coup in the Middle East, organized by his ally Al-Asad, to draw attention away from Russia. Zakhaev, Al-Asad, and their seconds-in-command soon become known as The Four Horsemen. The British and U.S. governments discover the plot while monitoring Zakhaev's recent activities, and quickly initiate a police-action to quell the uprisings in both regions. During the conflict, a Russian nuclear weapon is launched by Al-Asad from his stronghold in the Middle East towards the U.S., escalating the dire situation into a war.
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Game Engine
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will run on a proprietary engine, and has next generation features such as true world-dynamic lighting, bloom effects, dynamic shadows and depth-of-field. "Bullet Penetration" is calculated by the engine, taking into account things such as surface type and entity thickness. Certain objects, such as cars, will be destructible (it should be noted that the environments are still indestructible). This makes distinguishing cover from concealment important, as meager protection such as wooden fences, thin walls and such will no longer provide sufficient protection. The bullet's speed and stopping power will be decreased after penetrating an object, and this decrease is calculated realistically depending on the thickness and surface of the object penetrated. The game also makes use of a physics engine, which was not implemented in previous Call of Duty titles for the PC. Death Animations are a combination of pre-set animations and ragdoll physics. Some mistook the game's graphics to be DirectX 10 based, but it is stated that the graphics use DirectX 9.
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Reception
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Official Playstation Magazine Australia gave Call of Duty 4 a perfect 10 out of 10. Official Xbox Magazine (US) also gave it a perfect 10/10, citing a "multiplayer quality, quantity, and depth that rivals Halo's" and a "campaign that never lets up," with the only flaw being that there are a few frustratingly tough areas on higher difficulties. IGN has given Call of Duty 4 a score of 9.4 for all three of its platforms.
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Currently, Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360 holds an aggregate score of 95% on Gamerankings, while the PC version holds a score of 85%.[/ALIGN]
(wikipedia)
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GAMETRAILERS REVIEW -- 9.4
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reinvented # Wednesday, November 7, 2007 9:37:44 PM
Kalpeshkalpesh.mistry # Thursday, November 8, 2007 5:28:48 AM
im a fan of cod
Mainjailtrap # Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:57:45 AM
Have fun
AyanAyan07 # Monday, December 3, 2007 8:38:18 AM
Kalpeshkalpesh.mistry # Tuesday, December 4, 2007 2:07:59 AM