Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Single Player

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Community Summit Preview

SINGLE PLAYER

The storyline of COD4’s SP mode has been written about quite a bit by the various media out there, so I’ll keep my description brief. The basic premise is that a Russian ultra-nationalist bent on returning to the “glory days” of the old Soviet Union enlists the aid of a Middle-Eastern terrorist to help keep the Western powers off-balance and distracted, until it is too late for them to stop his plans in motion. The user will play as British SAS commandos in the Eastern Europe/Russian theatre, and as US Marine Force Recon units moving through the Middle-East, with both forces meeting up together in the climactic finish.

The game plays out over about 7 or 8 “days”. Actual TV/movie writers were brought in to help develop the script, in order to give this storyline more of the feel of a high-action weekly TV series, or an actual feature film you might see in a theatre. Although previous COD’s had a rough, basic storyline based on certain WWII battles, this game’s SP is heavily plot-driven, and from the few missions we saw, feels quite rich and immersive, including such things as flashback missions to help flesh out some character relationships and plot story elements.