Online multiplayer for Call of Duty 4 is said to have the best online play over any other game. Unless you’re a Halo 3 players, then you more than likely think Halo 3 is better. Sorry, but you’re wrong (just saying). The matchmaking is much faster than most, but still lacks a true skill system. Meaning, you can be a noob on the game and be playing against someone like myself who has played from day one. A game can range anything from Team Death Match to Search and Destroy on a series of 19 maps. Gamers can adapt this game to their own style, whether you are considered a camper, rusher, or middle man. Sadly, the online environment is where some of the flaws come from, however not on developers side. Many users of the game apparently lack skill and decide to cheat. They modify controllers, use lag switches, and some even set up an aim bot. This caused an outrage all over the online multiplayer world and subsequently almost led to its crash. The battle between developers and hacker still wages on and has moved onto many different fronts (aka games).

The campaign is much like the first three Call of Duties with an epic twist, IT WAS MODERNIZED! That’s right, this game uses current weaponry, current vehicles, and some of the most up to date tactical styles. This epic game, is set in modern day middle east and modern day Russia. A mission even takes place in Priyay, Ukraine where the Chernobyl disaster took place. You can search pictures and video on the Internet to see how strongly it influenced this mission/map. It truly looks identical to the actually site.

I expect many people to keep their COD4 games once Modern Warfare 2 comes out due to it having such a huge impact in the online world.  If not, I would hope for a respectable funeral. R.I.P.  COD4

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Running through the campaign the first time was great, but on a second time you learn how badly it truly was. It takes no more than Five hours to beat this game, on the second time it was even shorter…AND MOST OF THE TIME WAS SPENT GOING FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL! The way this campaign is set is much like those of role-playing games, you have to walk ALLLLL over to get to new levels. I also noticed while walking around the map that it is ALL THE SAME! It looks like they used copy and paste over and over. I give Bungie thumbs up on the graphics and sound of the game EXCEPT with the charters faces. My god, it looks like someone drew them with crayons.

Halo 3: ODST does have a cool new addition to the halo series, its called Firefight. For those of you who have played Call of Duty 5 or Gears of War 2, it’s much like the zombie or horde games. For the non-hardcore players, it’s basically an endless wave of enemy. I think I spent more time on FireFight than anything else in the game, but sadly once you figure the maps out it becomes pretty easy. Once you get to this point, the hard part is trying to stay awake.

Lets face it, $60 for this game is a rip off, even Bungie knows it, that’s why the put the halo 3 online disk in the package. I think they are just milking the series for more money. At most I would pay $30 for it, or just simply rent. I give this game a C+, could have been improved in a lot of areas.

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