Infinity Ward has done it again. The Call of Duty series has always delivered fascinating gameplay thanks to its sharp shooting, highly scripted (and chaotic) nature and amazing graphics. The move to Modern Warfare hasn’t changed the fundamentals of the...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at PGNx Media
One of the most dependable names in the hallowed halls of first-person shooting is Infinity Ward, the company behind the long-running string of hits known as the Call of Duty series. Call of Duty 2 took its rightful place as one of the strongest launch...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at G4 - X-Play
Let's just get the grand statements out of the way right now. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare deserves accolades as 2007's Game of the Year, no question. True, there's some tough competition out there, including several as-yet-unreleased titles. But...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at UGO
GameSpy
There have been so many great games released this year that it's getting almost too much to bear. The latest addition to the Call of Duty franchise is one of those superior titles. Modern Warfare represents Infinity Ward's best work to date, and both...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GameSpy
Planet Xbox 360
The Call of Duty series has had different developers but up until now the subject matter of the franchise has always been the same, World War II. Times are changing and the amazing people responsible for the best COD game to-date, Call of Duty 2, are...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Planet Xbox 360
The World War II first-person shooter genre is officially dead and buried. So sayeth the folks at Infinity Ward, developers of the celebrated Call of Duty series. This is the franchise (along with EA’s Medal of Honor series) that brought the genre to a...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at TeamXBOX
Although past games in the series have been rooted in reality, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sidesteps any awkward political landmines by following a made up conflict. The story unfolds through the eyes of a US Marine and British SAS agent and tells...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Game Vortex
Regardless of what you think about the Medal of Honor line of games, most gamers will probably agree that Infinity Wards Call of Duty remains the crème de la crème of the WW2 shooter genre. The trouble was, no matter how great the series was yet to...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at IC-Games
Wow, just wow! If you've played through COD4's main campaign then you will know exactly where I'm coming from. Never before has a game managed to give me so many heart-in-my-mouth moments, nor managed to elicit the odd "*^%$ yeah!” from my mouth. In...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Xbox World Australia
1UP
By hitting fast-forward on the Call of Duty franchise by 60 years, developer Infinity Ward is taking a chance. Call of Duty 4's subtitle "Modern Warfare" implies a lot in this day and age, and applying the series' famed qualities to a theater of war...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at 1UP
The original Call of Duty set the bar awfully high for war-based shooters, and very rarely has one been able to surpass it. The series has maintained its momentum, pumping out new entries to the franchise and winning substantial acclaim as the top series...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GameZone
MS Xbox World
he Call of Duty series has garnered lots of respect on Xbox 360, and with two previous games scoring highly, it has been one of the more successful World War II games on any platform. Call of Duty 2 was one of the more well received launch games on Xbox...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at MS Xbox World
They say war is hell. Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare takes you to the very depths of Hades. The long-awaited COD4, IW's follow-up to the excellent Call of Duty 2, is a jarring, intense, and gripping take on war in the new millennia. The...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at IGN
GameTrailers
Back in 2003 when the original Call of Duty was released, games about World War II were actually refreshing. dozens of clones later, and World War II is about as “in” as skinny ties with piano keys. Luckily Infinity Ward recognized this after the rele...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GameTrailers
When developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision announced that Call of Duty 4 was going to take place in a modern-day setting rather than World War II, I breathed a sigh of relief. First person shooters and Nazi-killing have gone hand in hand since...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at AtomicGamer
Remember when first-person shooters were strictly solo affairs? No matter the setting, they all involved a lone hero battling the might of a legion of bad guys against every conceivable odd, the enemies’ numbers inversely proportional to their level of...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Jolt Online Gaming UK
Gamer 2.0
World War II shooters are a dime a dozen these days. In fact, World War II games in general are. When Infinity Ward first released Call of Duty back in 2003, they were hot off the success of games like Medal of Honor: Frontline and Allied Assault, but...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Gamer 2.0
GamingTrend
Let’s face it – we’ve all had it with World War II. As Zero Punctuation agent provocateur “Yahtzee” pointed out, we’ve been playing World War II games for longer than it took to actually complete the bloody thing. This year alone has seen a ...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GamingTrend
GameSpot
It took awhile, but Infinity Ward finally got the message that World War II is played out. With modern times and international affairs becoming more and more, shall we say, interesting in recent years, the 1940s just don't carry as much weight as they...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GameSpot
A change is as good as a rest, so they say. In Infinity Ward's case, a change must have been absolutely essential for its own collective sanity, having worked solidly on World War II shooters for longer than can be strictly healthy....read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Eurogamer
If I ever had any doubt that Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4 would blow my mind, it's now as annihilated as the many enemy militia I met throughout this hardcore first-person shooter. COD4 capitalizes on a culture where it's hard to find a news day...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at GameTap
Call of Duty has made a name for itself as the premier WWII shooter series, but original developer Infinity Ward wanted to do something different this time, leaving WWII in the past. Their third game, the fourth game in the CoD series, takes the combat...read the complete Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare review at Pro-G
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