through the eyes of J : COD4 review

[J.]

as we all know, their has been a lot of speculation on Call of Duty 4 (CoD4) some say its awesome, some say its bad! I see both these to hold some sort of truth.

the good points

well, its an odd bucket of good points, the game is very well presented and executed in a brilliant way I love the way it switches between people (USMC and SAS) just adds an extra bit of bite to the game, you don't get set into a way of playing that then lasts until the end of the game. you are switching between sneaking around like MJ in mother care (SAS), and rampaging like a crazed gun man(USMC).
The visuals in the game are excellent, the heat haze looks nice and is not OTT like it is in many game, general graphics are very good but then again most games looks pretty these days so its not really a merit to a game.
Its also nice to see some rag dolls in a Call of Duty title and they are not excessive which is nice.

the bad points
3 major bad points to the game through my eyes, one is that its short, average completion time is around 6 - 8 hours, it is just too short IMHO i spent

[Wing Nut]

I don't remember anyone saying it was bad, just WAY short.  It was a brilliant game, and graphics were brilliant, but like you say, it should be single player with a multi-player add-on.  I don't really do MP, so I have already removed it...

[Crussell]

The game isn't short if your playing on Veteran.
The good thing I liked about the Xbox 360 version was none of the achievements were anything to do with Online play.
I have 980/1000 Gamerscore for this on the 360, Mile High Club on Veteran is impossible.  ;D

[J.]

i ran through it on veteran in 8hours

easy peasy just proves console gamers are erm.. yeh

[waspiflab]

Finished it but was not that impressed I guess because of playing crysis so much. It really was just a polished version of the other titles. I still cannot believe they still dont use ragdoll physics or really any other in the game maybe the odd bottle and tyre. This title should have been the mutts nuts but it's still miles behind most games.
The graphics when up close were not the best by a long shot quite shoddy in most areas.

[ThomasKaira]

i ran through it on veteran in 8hours

easy peasy just proves console gamers are erm.. yeh

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(Yes, I know it is a terrible arguement.)

J ,I must say I am with you. And as in the latest yahtzee review, he made an excellent point, at least for the FPS market, which has fallen victim to "let's be like Halo" syndrome. For christ sake, boys, stop using that blasted rebounding health meter!

Bioshock had a good health formula to it, a sort of limit to your health meter rebounds that you control, but unfortunately, that one was ruined by there being too much in terms of items and money, the lacking of a purchase limit on vending machines (the city has completely collapsed, why would they be fully stocked?) and the now infamous Vita-Chamber.

Good job, Irrational, for creating the first truly great game with absolutely no challenge factor!
Easily blamable on the Halo-tards, most likely, due to the release of the game on the 360.

(Yes, I am aware the game has been patched with an option to turn Vita-chambers off, but still, free ressurection for eternity? Come on...)

[J.]

well bioshock just rips of about two games deus ex and system shock so nothing origional in that game.

Halo syndrome does my nut in! nothing decent is being churned out at the moment because its all dummed down for console retards!

next title i'm buying is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, love the R6 games getting easier these days but they still have their charm

[machineman9]

Bioshock was dreadul IMHO. I got bored after a good literal half an hour. I couldnt get myself to play it through again.

I think CoD4 was an alrightishly lengthed game. Compared to others I have, it doesnt drag on too much nor goes too quickly. Veteran is a bit of a challenge, and I am going to try and do mile high fairly soon. I think the secret is completing the rest of the game on veteran and then go to mile high... I seem to be getting a lot better the more I play it at a harder difficulty.

[Sovien]

Bioshock was dreadul IMHO. I got bored after a good literal half an hour.

You made it farther then me then. I couldn't even get myself to finish the demo.