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MODERN WARFARE: How Call of Duty 4 Changed a Genre Forever
🕑 Added 2024-06-28 16:04:52 +0000 UTCSurprisingly, I've never made a Call of Duty 4 video. It's featured in plenty, but I figured it's probably about time I gave it more devoted attention.
It's also 17 years old - a painful realisation - but also an excuse to consider it retro enough to write about its history. I was most curious about the transition from the WW2-era Call of Duty games to the modern setting of COD4, and I wanted to capture some of the contemporary reaction to this reveal.
This video focuses primarily on the period between Call of Duty 2's release in 2005, through the development of COD4: Modern Warfare to its release in 2007. Think of it as a slice of RetroAhoy - a more detailed, focused subset that doesn't need a 4-hour video to cover every aspect of the series at once.
Comments
Dakapo
I remember dreaming of something like CoD when i played that UT99 map or all those HL mods.
Wally Hackenslacker
7:18 "Quality trumps originality every time", betcha that reviewer came to regret those words given the current state of AAA gaming.
Mia
great vid :)
vgs12
Great video. I will never forget the time I spent both with friends in multiplayer and alone on this game and Modern Warfare 2. It really was a masterpiece that defined the genre for years to come. Loved the AC130 and Pripyat missions. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience.
