Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the fourth main installment in the Call of Duty series. The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous entries and is instead set in modern times. Developed for over two years, Modern Warfare was released in November 2007 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows, and was ported to the Wii as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Reflex Edition in 2009. The Nintendo DS Version was developed by n-Space. It was released by Activision in November 2007. The game features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including vehicular missions and the usage of iron sights.
The story takes place in the year 2011, where a radical leader has executed the president of an unnamed country in the Middle East, and an ultranationalist movement ignites a civil war in Russia. The conflicts are seen from the perspectives of a U.S. Marine Force Recon sergeant and a British SAS commando and are set in various locales, such as the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Ukraine. The multiplayer portion of the game features various game modes and contains a leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons, weapon attachments, and camouflage schemes as they advance.
The game received universal acclaim from critics, with the gameplay and story receiving particular praise, while criticism targeted the failure of the game to substantially innovate the first-person shooter genre. The game won numerous awards from gaming websites, including IGN's "Best Xbox 360 Game". It was the top-selling game worldwide for 2007, selling around seven million copies by January 2008 and almost sixteen million by November 2013. The Nintendo DS Version also received positive reviews, holding an average score of 76% based on 19 reviews on the review aggregator GameRankings. It was followed by two sequels that continue the storyline: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
A remastered version of the game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, was released as part of special edition bundles of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in November 2016, and as a standalone game in June 2017. A reboot of the Modern Warfare games, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, was released in October 2019.
Storyline
Also See
- Call of Duty
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 Video Game)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 Video Game)
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Wolf Howl Single Echo AT028701 (Heard in the mission "All Ghillied Up".)
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, ASSAULT RIFLES - .223 COLT AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE - SET B POW WITH TRAIL 01 (Used for the M14 and M21.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, HAND, FOLEY - GLOCK 10MM: REMOVE CLIP (Used for the Mini-Uzi.)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07 (various pitches)