Product Description

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Armed with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower, players are transported to treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world. As both a U.S Marine and British S.A.S. soldier fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication are essential to victory.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1209 in Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-11-05
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: .63" h x 5.04" w x 5.71" l, .25 pounds

Features

• Authentic weapons include assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines, .50 caliber sniper rifles, M-249 SAW machine guns and more
• Engage hostiles from above in a thoroughly modern aerial gunship
• Rack up experience points to unlock new items and gain perks
• Create-a-class option that allows you to customize gear for the best chance of success
• Ride as part of an armada of attack choppers delivering manpower to the battlefield

Amazon.com

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare allows gamers to use precision controls and touch screen capabilities to battle across world hotspots armed with an arsenal of weapons. U.S. and coalition forces unite against a rogue enemy in battles on land and in the air.

Features:

• Stylus-based movement controls allow unique ways to construct explosive devices, disarm traps and fight in hand-to-hand combat
• A variety of combat takes players from the soldier to the satellite with multiple scenarios. Gamers experience mobilization as they fast-rope from helicopters, engage hostile forces from an aerial gunship and experience building to building fighting
• Instant Action mode allows players to quickly access previously completed missions
• Takes up to four players connected wirelessly into modern warfare combat

Customer Reviews

Call of Duty comes to the DS
First person shooters, especially first person shooters done right, are rare on the DS, and the Call of Duty series makes it's debut on Nintendo's handheld with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. For those that don't already know, Call of Duty 4 marks the series' change of scenery from World War II to the modern day war combat, and it makes a surprisingly good debut on the DS as well. The first thing you'll notice is that the game offers some surprisingly good graphics that take advantage of what the DS can do, despite some occasional hiccups that occur. The game sounds spectacular as well, and the control is tight for the most part. The only real drawbacks of Call of Duty 4 is that, like it's home console bretheren, offers a pretty short single player campaign. Multiplayer mode is fun, but somewhat flawed, thanks to no offering of online play. Despite it's few negatives, Call of Duty 4 is a more than solid FPS on the DS that is good while it lasts, and for DS owners yearning for a modern day war shooter, look no further.

Solid but short and buggy
Pros: Good sound, decent graphics. Simple fun. Physics are uninspired but if you have played CS 1.6 they are familiar. Mission objectives are well placed to get the most out of the ground levels. The explosives placement and disarming mini-games are fun. The AC-130 level is especially fun, and pleasantly unexpected given most modern combat games neglect this critical piece of air power. Weapon selection is minimal, but well rounded. 2 Assault rifles (M4 and AK47), 3 submachine guns (MP5, Mac-9 and Uzi) 1 shotgun, 1 pistol, RPG-7 in certain areas and 2 sniper rifles (Dragunov and Scout) and flash and frag grenades. I have not played the multiplayer.

Cons: Extremely short, almost too simple. The main storyline did not translate well from the console version as the cutscenes are replaced with well done but uninteresting comic book-like panels that poorly advance the story. There is a missing distinct feeling of scope and grandeur. Missions are more like arcade shooters, very 'rail' based and heavily scripted, only giving you one possible route through the map. The most tactically complex decision will be which side of a box to go around, and that is usually decided for you by the map design. The vehicle levels are the worst, no control over the vehicle at all, just the gun. Enemies are not static, and will miraculously appear where there were none before or were all killed sometimes spontaneously appearing if you move fast enough to beat the scripted event. AI is nonexistant, many enemies will take themselves out with their own grenades, and moving quietly to make the best tactical opportunity is impossible as the AI always knows where you are and starts shooting before you even come around the corner. This is especially frustrating when dealing with the snipers that kill in 1 shot. Clipping issues on many corners, enemies can damage you though corners but yet all your shots are blocked till you are well clear of the door or box. The touch screen controls are nice, but my hand tends to block too much of the screen at the extremes of the screen or when turning.

Great Game
This is a great game. It's fun, sometimes challenging and the graphics are pretty good considering the screen size it was made for. I've played all of the Call of Duties from 2 through 4 on three different systems and if you compare it to others that are meant for a larger display, you may be disappointed. But I was rather surprised that the quality was as good as it was. There are levels which are frustrating because they are a little harder than others. So if you enjoy playing on a small portable device, and it doesn't bother you that you can't play it online, then don't hesitate to purchase Call of Duty 4 for Nintendo DS!