"Official" Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Review and Discussion- by yours truly

WOW this game is amazing....runs ok on my 6600 with settings mostly on medium @ 800x600

 

I've played through the singleplayer campaign and while being too short it's one hell of a game! Probably the best game I've played in a long while. I posted up a video of my favorite level, Death From Above, on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYLZQ8l1eI

 

Nice vid jason.

Also cod4 is 40 bucks at circuit city now.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Call...sem/rpsm/oid/197256/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

 

How long is it goign to be ? Just the first week or what ?


Also I;m struggling hard between Crysis, COD 4 !! Dont know which one to get ! Can you guys give some opinions ? I played both demos and loved both.......


If you have the money for one only ! Which one will you buy ?

 

If I only had the money for one, I'd buy both..

 

What's the health system like in CoD4? In CoD2 it had the recharging health type, but some of the screenshots in CoD4 appear to show a typical health bar.

Thanks.

 

its like graw, u get hit and see red which means to hide before u die... then u recharge ... no health bars

 

one thing i LOVE about cod4 is that there is no camping if u completely run up on the enemy base where they are spawning, their spawn spot will move to another location on the other side of the map. awesome :d

 

Thanks kraz30g.

 

Save your lunch money for a week and buy both!

 

By the way great review Forerunner. I just installed the game tonight and am playing it on my C90 as well and it runs just as well as you said it does. Definitely a game of the year candidate. Also, someone was asking for the console command to show the fps in game. To do this open the console with the ~ key after enabling the ability to do so in the options menu and type in /cg_drawfps 1.

 

Thanks blowtorch. Addicted to the multiplayer which is a great thing since after this and gears of war, I don't think any must have games are gonna be released for me. Crysis is a possibilty but I"m not betting on it. So these games have to last me the next couple of months since Assassin's creed is not this year.

 

I got this game the other day and it's awesome. I have played CoD 1 and 2 and this one continues the enjoyable gameplay and awesome graphics. It seems to be optimized for PC unlike CoD 2.

Great review, thanks for posting.

 

I had bought a COD several years ago and I returned it (back in the day when they still allowed you to). I didn't like it for one main reason - game play was extremely "linear". You couldn't circle a city and attack from a different side, there was one entrance, and one path to your objective. Furthermore, you could always count on the enemy being in the exact same spot If you got killed half way thru a level, and had to start over, you knew exactly where the enemy would pop up.

Things may have changed since that version, but my experience has forever put me off buying any COD titles.

JMO

 

Which COD did you buy? It somewhat depends on which you bought.

Man I gave up on the deeper pentration perk. I thought it was good but overall its lackluster compared to the other perks. Its not as useful as it good be.

 

muiltiplayer is great! I just got to lv 21 today. I have to admit, a sniper with silencer pistol and UAV Jammer is so much fun. My floormates got pissed because they can never find me. lol

 

Yea the penetration perk wasn't too useful. At the moment I like to use double tap (increase fire rate so it's extremely good at close range) + steady aim (improved accuracy even when I'm not aiming at the sight) for my assault rifles (AK47, M4 or G36C) with the grenade launcher (aka the n00b tube ) for some simple fast kills.

 

Well, wouldnt u belive it. CoD4 was sold out at my local shop when I got down there
Hopefully they will get stocked up again this week.
Have been able to try out Gears of War instead this weekend, only problem is that it wont work when I overclock my laptop, crap.......Nice graphics though!!!!!!!!

swank

 

I've played CoD4 for 3 days now, and I think its absolutely amazing! Great graphics, great story, great gameplay! Even though I would have to agree steveeb that its somewaht linear, I wouldn't say that that is necessarily a bad thing. You wouldn't be able to attack from where ever you wan't in real life, you would have to take orders form your sgt. or commander. And it's not 100% linear, you CAN hit a spot from different directions most of the time, which I think is a great mix of the two. There has been laid SO much attention to detail in this game, that I actually caught myself saying "wow" out loud!

 

Guys there are another mission available .I'm going to try it now

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-4-Modern-Warfare-Unlockables-PC-70608.shtml

 

Yeah you have to wait for the credits to finish for the epilogue level. It unlocks that stuff like you mentioned. Its another intense mission. I watched the credits because of the music and little jokes thrown in.

 

does anyone run this game on with a 512mb 8600m gt gfxcard ?? im having big time problems running it :7

 

Yeah me, why whats the problem?

 

what settings can you run this? I use vista, and i get soooo bad performance, id advices my system to run at 800x600 and low settings.. cant be right on a 2,0 ghz with 4gb memory.

 

try the latest drivers from laptopvideo2go.com (169.04), search the forum for it.

 

I use them already... have been for quite some time...

what i need is some real settings and FPS or something to compare.

thanks,

 

Well I have it at 1600x1000 all high (no aa). get around 40fps. You should be getting around 30 fps at 1280x800, but then again I don't have a clue of what you have besides the 8600mGT since you havn't stated it anywhere.
no attitude intended btw

 

Its okay.. i think i should be getting more actually.. but just a thought

I have a duo2 core 2,0ghz, 4gb ram, 512mb 8600m gt (ddr2), 7200rmp HD.

 

Have you done any benchmark testing? 3dmark06? That could tell you if something is wrong. Do you have trouble with any other graphic-intense games?

 

in 3dmark i get around 3917 with this setup and no doesnt seem to have problems other places, gotta say though, havnt testet much.. ive overclocked abit and at stock i get between 3400-3500 in 3dmark, so all that is pretty normal.

 

IMO you should be getting a little bit more from a 8600mGT 512mb, but thats beside the subject. The game is pretty optimized, so if I where you i'd reinstall the driver (or try a completely different driver). 1. D/L the driver again (or a new) 2. Unrar them to a folder preferably on your desktop 3. Uninstall your current driver 4. Restart your system into safe mode 5. install new driver with modded inf.

 

what windows are you guys using ? im supecting vista to be some of it, since its a pure dx9 game, you would think that xp would handle it alot better ?

 

Would give you better FPS, but i'm playing on Vista Home Premium. It's not Vista.

 

then i dont know.. I have to set it to 800x600 to have any chance of getting smooth gameplay, which seems pretty sad. :/

 

it seems 169.01 runs a littel bit better in cod4, 3dmark is the same but.. it also depends on the map... but overall still not great.

 

It does seem like it would have to be something wrong with your hardware. MAYBE a reinstall of the game would help. The full game is apparently also more optimized than the demo.

 

I suspect the mix of nvidia drivers, 8600m and vista.. just saw a thread with other people having alot of problems with 8600 and cod4, they crash and stuff though, but still... only in cod4.

I bet most are using vista, because of the crysis demo and such. I will proberly reinstall and go back to Xp and try the 169.04 there again (has worked flawless)

EDIT
if has interest:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=186511

 

great game, game of the year for sure. Multiplayer is the place to be right now. I'm a Brigadier General 2 and my next level is Major General. I'm aiming 50 cal. sniper rifle.

 

This is really a nice game, anyone who likes first person shooter game should get this

 

I run windows xp with a 8600m gt and I get about 35-40 fps with 1280x800 resolution and 2xaa or if i run full res and no aa about the same fps also. I use the 163.71 drivers so maybe youd wanna give those a try. The game runs smoothly in both outdoor and indoor environments and is the graphics engine seems pretty streamlined and optimized so you might want to just re-install your drivers and make sure to close any unnecessary tasks that might be in the background. Also, a quick question I just found that my ping at my college is absolutely ridiculous and is really hampering my ability to play multiplayer (its kinda hard when you shoot 2 secs after you pull the trigger). Anyone else have an issue like this at their college and mayb something to help. I'm pretty sure its just their network and all its traffic but im crossing my fingers there might be a quick fix

 

Also you can turn off specular maps for a nice boost in fps. It basically has to do with an advanced light reflections and can be turned off and you probably won't notice a big change.

 

great review, thanks!

 

@Blowtorch

what cpu, ram and so on do you have?

Because i reinstalled winXP yesterday and Cod4 ran ALOT better than on vista.. but still not as good as expected from a dx9 game on a 512mb 8600m id say, might just be me, but if i put all settings on and play 1280x800, it runs, but far from smooth.. i got drops down til 20 from 40 which makes everything go sloooow...

got a bit of the same problem in 1024 though, seems a bit wierd, like it just wont run smooth. :/

 

Ive played the PC version on a friend of mines low budget machine, and explained to him he's missing out BIG time on what the game has to offer in eye candy....played the demo PC ver. on a higher end and was awesome...cant wait to get this game for my Sager 5791....just about beat it on the Xbox 360....was looking great....but Im not a HUGE fan on consel games....

 

WOOT unocked the g36c. THis is my favorite weapon by far. Though its ashame I nearly have all the perks unlocked and I'm not even at level 40 yet.

 

936c, which gun is that? I am not very far into the game..was studying for exam.

 

Its one of the assault rifles. It has a balance of all the stats. I usually like weapons that are average all around instead of very high in one setting vs very low in another.

 

Great review there ForeRunner! You inspired me such that i have ordered my copy from Amazon now for 40$!!

Btw, for while trying out the demo yesterday i saw that 1200X800 with everthing on resulted in framedrops to less < 25 during heavy action.

Is the multiplayer more demanding in terms of graphics? If so i may have to reduce me settings a bit i guess. Wats the settings that u play on?

Edit: sorry i didnt mention that i had the Asus G1s

 

Are you using new drivers? I recommend turning off specular maps for a good boost in fps. I play on my c90 with ddr2 at 1680 x 1050 with a 555/490 overclock and my cpu overclocked.

 

Running on 169.04. Default clocks.

How much of a eyecandy downer does turning of specular maps result in? I will check today evening and see how the fps goes on the demo with it off.

One thing i noticed though. Having it on 1024X768 with everything on and 2xAA, the demo fps wasnt dropping below 30.

Hope the retail version missions arent more graphical demanding then that!