It becomes clear now that WW2 isn't boring, just the gameplay COD offers which hasn't changed in 4 years....
Now COD gameplay got boring around the time of COD, they released COD2 and many people were fedup with WW2. However games like COH were released to show that WW2 isn't boring when you bring new gameplay into it. COD4 is set in a modern war theme which is great, i love it, however it feels esactly the game as the other games.
The Single player is only about 4 hours long and thats really really short even for a FPS. Also the only level which i seemed to like was the Chernobyl one because it had the most variety and the most fun. The rest just seemed like they came out of COD2 and reskinned to tell you the truth and i was really fedup and quite often even though it's only 4 hours long, i'd feel tired and bored an finding that i had to force myself to complete it. You play as 2 different guys one from the Marines and one from the SAS, i like playing the British cause i'm from England. It adds a nice touch when you hear some British humour in the game too. The stories do link in together but really the story isn't good and you'll find yourself forgetting about it and not really caring. One great thing about the story is it's not all like the good guys win, they do show the bad guys quite often getting one up on us.
Now the multiplayer is what most people buy the game for it seems and the Single player has just become a added bonus to them. However i don't see what's so good about the multiplayer, it's pretty much the same as previous COD games, i ddin't really enjoy their multiplayer. The differences are the leveling up system which i feel ruins it myself because i want levels out of games, it seems like they're putting it more into more games. The problem with levels is it makes everything linear and have less choice also ruins it from skill absed to level based. I would prefer to be able to choose any weapon setup you want, kinda like counter strike. Also theres no vehicles and it's very retro, which isn't always a bad thing but we've had the same multiplayer game 3 times now, it's getting old, if i wanted this multiplayer i would have installed COD2, just a shame they didn't do something completly new.
The graphics of COD4 are good but not as great as everyone says, it feels very much like it's set on the COD2 engine with better lighting. I'm not going to complain because it looks better than most, however with other games coming out like Crysis it'll look very dated compared.
The sounds are all good and i really loved the sound effects on the helicopter mission where your using thermal looking at a monitor to bomb the enemy on the ground. The radio voices seem all really good and so do the weapons and the voice acting and the vehicles. So the sound is probably the high points and that goes for the music aswel which is top notch.
So for a game which plays pretty much like COD i'm quite bored of the style of gameplay and if you didn't like the multiplayer of COD then you wont like this one as it's pretty much the same. The guns feel real light aswel which puts me off but atleast it isn't as bad as BF2 lol.
I'd say buy the game when the price drops to $20 because it's a good package but i'm just very tired of the COD gameplay. It's a good game and well polished, don't get me wrong but it's faults lay with the same old same old feeling.