Call of Duty 4

[g00seberry]

Thought I'd start up the hype thread on the next installment of this!

Call Of Duty 4, if you've seen/heard anything about it you'll know this, has been moved from it's World War II setting into what looks like a setting very similar to Rainbow Six. (source) [Update] Call of Duty's campaign system, essentially playing through a number of small individual and independent scenarios stacked back to back, has been ditched, instead you have two storylines, one played from viewpoint of an SAS trooper and the other a member of US elite fighting force Force Recon, that interweave, with both plots coming together in a climax on Russian soil.(source)

You can find the first trailer [here]

Along with a 3D screenshot (quicktime) [here]

The game is being developed by Infinity Ward again, as opposed to Treyarch who developed Call of Duty 3 on the Xbox360, which in my opinion was rubbish!

[Updated 19/5/07]
Infinity Ward president Grant Collier explains that the developer really wants CoD 4 "to play out like an episode of 24", and to this end it's been working with TV scriptwriters "who understand how to get a strong, episodic storyline going".

"We're able to have continuous characters throughout the game while being able to change locations," he continues. "In previous games we changed locations through the various campaigns, but you lost contact with all the characters from that storyline. And besides Price and McGregor, do you really remember any of the characters from Call Of Duty? No. Our goal is for you to really get to know these characters, to have an attachment to them, and at the end of the game, remember them."
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[Updated 13/6/07]
CVG.co.uk have posted up a quite lengthy Preview of the game along with some new screenshots here
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[Updated 18/6/07]
Taken from CVG's interview with Grant Collier, President of Infinity Ward, here is a list of confirmed new features...

[list] # "We've been working with TV writers who are masters of episodic content, who create great teasers at the end of the episode to get you waiting for a whole week until the next show pops up. We've been working with them to really make a lot of very interesting twists and turns in the storyline and get people really engaged."

# You can fly an attack helicopter for one (or more) of the missions.

# The weapons will be fully customisable with scopes, grenade launchers, laser targeting and silencers.

# The SAS missions will be heavily stealth orientated.

# They've created a "procedural clutter system that populates the world", a "a proprietary physics system for ragdoll and destructible environments" and "accurate bullet penetration"

# Multiplayer - [list]Call Of Duty Classic mode
Realism Mode (one shot one kill)
There will be "Hard Points" which give the controlling team some kind of advantage.[/list:u]
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Update E3 07
A new trailer has been released at E3 showing all sorts of stuff, looks ace Trailer mirrored at Gamershell
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I'm pretty excited about it as i was starting to tire of playing freakin' WWII all the time, although general opinions seem to be pretty mixed on this, as it's always going to be difficult to break a successful mold.


A release date has yet to be announced.

[mustangdelta]

I saw this last night.....looks good, but of course it's not actual gameplay shown :(

For an unedited version of the trailer go here. You have to register, but they don't ask too many questions....

[ViciousXUSMC]

hmm wow I didnt even know cod3 was out...

I enjoyed the 2nd one for 1 player but online wasnt able to impress me.

[DaFox]

hmm wow I didnt even know cod3 was out...

I enjoyed the 2nd one for 1 player but online wasnt able to impress me.

3 was only released on consoles and was not made by the same guys that made 1 and 2. And it failed to impress most people.

[ctrlsteef]

Finally, a new concept for the game. I was getting pretty sick with the WWII concept.
Hope this brings some new stuff to the game series. And let's hope it plays as good as CoDII.
My guess is this could become the new lanparty game for me. :P

[skeeder]

I hope this will be an up to date fast paced shooter. BF2 is too slow.

[ctrlsteef]

I hope this will be an up to date fast paced shooter. BF2 is too slow.

Exactly, and I want maps with good sniper spots so I can drive my colleagues to insanity again. :twisted: :lol:

[g00seberry]

People have expressed fears of a poor console port, but from what i can understand, this is going to be PC only, at least at first. Hopefully this will secure decent multiplayer like the first COD had.

[The_cranky_hermit]

They should call it "Call of Duty 3: ". Because Call of Duty 2 hasn't had a sequel yet (CoD 3 is the sequel to Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, which is a different game).

[Trx Stamp]

People have expressed fears of a poor console port, but from what i can understand, this is going to be PC only, at least at first. Hopefully this will secure decent multiplayer like the first COD had.

PC only? Really? If so sweet. I am tired of getting console hand-me downs. About time we got back to the natural order of things. Let them have the crappy ports.

Well one down. We just need to get Medal of Honor out of WW2.

[skeeder]

Medal of Honor no one really plays anymore. COD4 is interesting however I hope it will not be such a failure, if they do it right. The console technology is not that different from that of a computer which kinda makes me want to kill the programmers that make a game for consoles only. It should be the other way around.

[StingingVelvet]

The new GameInformer says the game will be on PS3/360 and PC at the same time this fall. It also has a lot more gameplay screens that make the game look REALLY good.

And if I know Infinity Ward I bet the PC version will not play like a total console port.

[Gabbo]

People have expressed fears of a poor console port, but from what i can understand, this is going to be PC only, at least at first. Hopefully this will secure decent multiplayer like the first COD had.

The game is coming out on all 3 major platforms.(PC, 360, PS3).

[g00seberry]

Yeah, but what i mean is that it will be developed for PC first, (and i still reckon be released on the PC first) and then ported to consoles.

I'd be shocked if it were the other way round.

[Gabbo]

Yeah, but what i mean is that it will be developed for PC first, (and i still reckon be released on the PC first) and then ported to consoles.

I'd be shocked if it were the other way round.

Do you have a source that states this? I am pretty sure it's being developed on all 3 platforms simultaneously. I have a game magazine that is showing in-game screenshots of the game and it specifically states that all screenshots were from the Xbox360 development boxes.

[g00seberry]

Nope, I'm winging it. I read somewhere or other that it was PC first but i don't know where and i guess that just fueled my speculation.

Main reason i still believe this will be best on PC is that its back to Infinity Ward again, so i have high hopes they'll do us proud.

[Gabbo]

Nope, I'm winging it. I read somewhere or other that it was PC first but i don't know where and i guess that just fueled my speculation.

Main reason i still believe this will be best on PC is that its back to Infinity Ward again, so i have high hopes they'll do us proud.

Oh... I have no doubt this will be best on a good PC.

PC Gaming FTW!

[g00seberry]

Updated main post with more info, mainly the Official word on how the campaign is going to be handled...

Call of Duty's campaign system, essentially playing through a number of small individual and independent scenarios stacked back to back, has been ditched, instead you have two storylines, one played from viewpoint of an SAS trooper and the other a member of US elite fighting force Force Recon, that interweave, with both plots coming together in a climax on Russian soil.

[Trx Stamp]

I didn't even know that COD 3 was a console only release, but come to think of it I never saw it for PCs. From what I heard it was no big loss. I actually might pick up Metal of Honor Airborne, though.

[g00seberry]

CVG have posted up their full interview with Infinity Ward's President Grant Collier which you can find here

I've updated the main post with key features mentioned in the interview in a bullet point fashion.