CoD4

Ok so I bought this a week ago and I have had some time to play through it. Let me start off by saying that for me this is not a single player title, I expressly bought it for the multiplayer component on the PS3. That having been said I did have a chance to spend sometime in the campaign and I am glad that I wasn't expecting too much from it because it didn't deliver. Don't get me wrong it was entertaining but there are so many fundamental flaws that it really took away from the actual game.

The problems are apparent as soon as you get into the first mission. The game trys to play like a squad based combat game, but fails to give you any control of your squad. What's worse is that for some reason the developers didn't give the player the ability to open doors and for that you have to rely on your team mates to go ahead of you and do the honors. Once you get the door open the team makes seem to stand there quite often and shoot any enemies that are around. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but because you can't run through your team mates you are stuck on the outside waiting for them to finish killing everything. Consequently this gave me the feeling that I was being escorted through the a lot of the missions. Top this off with the fact that enemy spawns are limitless until you pass point A can make for an aggravating experience. Some times it was impossible to hit that point because there were so many enemies and other times you can sprint through the enemy lines to point A and keep on going.

Where this game fails as a single player it more than makes up for them in Multiplayer. The system uses the same level/rank up style that Halo 3 uses except well these ranks actually mean something. Obtaining new ranks unlocks new gametypes, power ups, weapons, and new challenges. The custom class creation is simply innovative in a game like this and makes the game have more variety in battle situations. The xp system awards you for completing game type objectives, enemy kills, using the radar/air strike/chopper attack ability, and completing the challenges (ie: get 100 kills with this weapon or get 6 kills while squatting down).

If you looking for a great multiplayer game on the PS3 or the 360 this is definitely worth looking into.