Breath of Fresh Air

User Rating: 9.5 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare PC
I don't have to say much about this game except it has all of the usual features of a well-polished FPS (tight controls, good variety of gameplay, great visuals and sound, etc.), and is FINALLY set in a contemporary setting.

This game is a middle finger towards most WWII shooters, which is ironic in that it's still a "Call of Duty" game.

I'm unlike most players in that I live for the single player campaign of most games and ignore the multiplayer almost entirely. My reason for doing so is because I find game that are made to be 100% multiplayer games--like the Battlefield series--to always have better multiplayer than games that try to be the complete package. That being said, I loved the single player story. While it didn't feel quite realistic, it did make me feel like being in a summer blockbuster/Michael Bay film; lots of explosions and frantically-paced scenes combined with great action. Additionally, I loved the switching between the British SAS and United States Marines settings. It gave two unique views on the same conflict.