Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

When COD4 came out back in twenty-aught-seven, I had no feelings for it one way or the other, aside from some mild satisfaction that someone had finally made a shooter not about World War II. Fast forward to more recently, when its follow-up was about to become bigger than Jesus, and suddenly I hear that people are excited about the single-player. Really? Allegedly, the first Modern Warfare had a thrilling campaign, and I had gone two years without hearing a word about it.

So far, though, I'm unimpressed. The tutorial mission was pretty neat, but the narrative is completely disjointed - missions alternate between a British SAS soldier and a US marine, with less cohesion than a typical episode of '24'. Cutscenes seem more about Michael Bay-style CGI flash than actual content. And although there are characters, with names, none of them have any personality. Christ, even Rogue Warrior managed to have personality.

I'm still pretty early in the game, so I suppose it's possible that things will heat up. But so far it's nothing more than a standard, lackluster FPS single-player campaign.

As for the gameplay itself, it works - but again, I'm not really impressed. There are a few touches to make it seem more realistic than typical shooters, but I can't say that I care too much about that.

Progress: 'Hunted'