Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 23 expert reviews

Excellent:

23
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

0

9.2

User Score

Based on 13,596 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Stunning graphics and sound.
Breathtaking set pieces.
Strong multiplayer element provides lots of replay value.

Cons:

The single-player campaign is a little short.
Some areas are extremely difficult, even on easier settings.

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Last revision on May 25, 2022

Reviewers Liked

Stunning graphics and sound
Breathtaking set pieces
Strong multiplayer element provides lots of replay value
Deep multiplayer mode
Awesome single player campaign
Very well optimized
Looks amazing
Never gets repetitive
Gritty war drama full of scripted spectacle and superb storytelling
Terrific audiovisual presentation

Reviewers Didn't Like

The single-player campaign is a little short
Some areas are extremely difficult, even on easier settings
Pushover AI hinders the immersion
If you thought CoD and CoD2s single-player was too short
CoD4s about the same length
Campaign mode is much shorter than those of the average shooter

Expert reviews and ratings

100

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took the series out of the trenches of World War II and onto the modern battlefield, with fantastic results. OverviewFollowing up the disappointing and critically panned Call of Duty 3, Infinity Ward had their work cut...

By BrightHub on November 26, 2008

100

Call of Duty 4 is one of the most anticipated first-person-shooters of 2007, and we’re happy to report that it doesn’t disappoint. In fact, if it had arrived earlier in the year, it would have been a strong contender for our game of the...

By PC Authority on February 19, 2008

Despite the insistence of some, the games are in fact not a lifestyle choice, but they are damn entertaining games to play. is no different, using two different characters to drive a single player campaign plausible enough to be a Hollywood movie. ...

By Armchair Empire on February 08, 2008

Call of Duty was one of the games that defined the WW2 FPS genre, and Call of Duty 2 was certainly a worthy follow-up. Sure, Call of Duty 3 really did feel like, to borrow a World War 2 analogy, a WW2 FPS too far, but that was more due to the series...

By Atomic MPC on January 18, 2008

100

Youre in the army, now. Any more realistic and youd need body armour. Ever since iDs Wolfenstein 3D came out in 1992, World War II has inspired a long line of games. Credit for several of the best can be claimed by the developers of Call of Duty...

By Expert Reviews on January 01, 2008

Call of Duty jumps into the 21st century with a bang. This latest edition of Call of Duty marks a quantum shift in the games evolution. Instead of WWII combat - fighting as a squaddie for one of the three main European protagonists - youre now...

By Custom PC on December 21, 2007

100

Absolutely brilliant. COD4 looks superb, plays amazingly and is utterly, hopelessly, sleep-deprivingly engrossing. Its possible, following a years worth of games such as Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, that gamers might be slightly sceptical...

By PC Pro on December 13, 2007

100

Previous entries in the Call of Duty series have all been based around the Second World War. Modern Warfare, as its name suggests, brings the action into present day, leaving you to deal with the reality of war in the 21st century, including the...

By V3.co.uk on December 11, 2007

With great titles like Halo 3 and BioShock out in the wild, it seemed like this year couldn’t get any better for the First Person Shooter fan. And then comes Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, flinging a stun grenade at us and leaving our jaw...

By Tech2 on December 05, 2007

Oh how I missed Call of Duty on the PC. Call of Duty 3 was a console only release but it wasn't by the folks at Infinity Ward. No, they had something better in mind and it takes the Call of Duty series to the modern era. No more World War II setting...

By Gaming Nexus on December 03, 2007

VIDEO: Head over to our videos page to check out all Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare footage!Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's TV spots insist that, while wars and weapons change, a soldier is forever. It's a decent tagline -- the kind of fist...

By 1Up on November 20, 2007

Just call it the anti-Crysis. If Crytek’s immersive next-gen messiah is suppose to usher in a revolutionary era of open-ended shooters, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4 shows us why linear missions and wholly scripted gameplay aren’t...

By Maximum PC on November 12, 2007

Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat is easily the best game in the history of the franchise, at least from a technical standpoint. I didn’t find it nearly as immersive or personally rewarding as I did the previous WWII games where I actually came away...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on November 11, 2007

Thrilling gameplay, Superb audio, Stunning visuals, Spawning enemies can...

By VideoGamer on November 09, 2007

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