New Call of Duty 4 trailer astounds in a non-WWII kind of way

by Peter Vrabel { Jun 20th 2007 at 7:30PM }

We have to admit we weren't really excited at the last Call of Duty reiteration, Call of Duty 3. A fine game, to be sure, but we couldn't overcome the been-there done-that feeling. Then the announcement and subsequent first peek at Call of Duty 4 in action, which did more than generate a frenzy of renewed interest. We had long since grown tired of WWII shooters and now, the leader of WWII shooters was going all modern. We took a peek at the latest trailer and literally, were blown away. The lighting on your fellow solders, the smoke entrails from heat-seeking rockets, the spinning and exploding helicopter: jack the sound up as you watch and you may find yourself sharing similar "OMFG" sentiments. Call of Duty 4 is reported to be on track for an Xbox 360, PS3 and PC release, sometime this fall and it's definitely on our "must buy" list now. How about yours?

Tags: activision, call of duty, call of duty 4, CallOfDuty, CallOfDuty4, gametrailers, infinity ward, InfinityWard

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

miglaugh @ Jun 20th 2007 7:51PM

Looks pretty nice, I'll definitely put this on the watch list.

I'm just glad they are finally throwing in the towel on WWII games.

Come this fall the whining might switch to "I don't have enough time to play all these games." But then again that's a problem that I don't mind having.

Andy @ Jun 20th 2007 7:52PM

I am looking forward to Medal of Honor: Airborne more. This game looks like a fun sandbox game
but I think air dropping into any spot seems more fun. So my money is going with EA on this one.

Andy @ Jun 20th 2007 7:54PM

I agree with you about this fall. There are so many quality games out there that many games will get left behind. Amidst Halo, Uncharted and GTA this game will probably be forgotten.

MrSkip @ Jun 20th 2007 8:02PM

From this video you can already see and hear IW using old sounds over again in a new game. I am sorry, but if any war game is worth buying later this year, its Brothers in Arms even if it is WW2 based. Actually to be honest when this game comes out I won't be able to get away from Grand Theft Auto 4 anyways.

Lp47 @ Jun 20th 2007 8:07PM

yep but killzone will stillown this game.

Asher @ Jun 20th 2007 10:24PM

WOW! I'm impressed! I've never had any interest in previous Call of Duty games and this really caught me off guard. It seems the first few posters here aren't too excited but I can't help but stand up and say, I think this looks awesome!

Seeing this also makes me even more excited for Killzone, I know there hasn't really been any ingame footage shown, but seeing the CoD trailer makes me think they might just be able to pull it off.

I hope this game does really well!! I can't wait to see more.

kiraXD @ Jun 21st 2007 12:17AM

and still we only see 360 gameplay(notice the buttons that pop up).. why is ps3 gameplay never shown shown?

motorer @ Jun 21st 2007 3:28AM

any other primus fans laugh when they saw "Sgt. Baker"?

Brian Spence @ Jun 21st 2007 8:55AM

You were "literally" blown away and can still type?? Wow!

Naaiif @ Jun 21st 2007 10:55AM

Well graphically the COD3 port from 360 to ps3 wasn't TOO bad, it just had some network features missing and some connectivity issues.

Hopefully they'll get all that sorted, and hopefully the graphics won't take too much of a hit on the ps3, i know there was hardly a difference between COD3's versions.

Peron Stevens @ Jun 21st 2007 2:45PM

If the game looks and plays like this. I'm definitely getting this, imagine how playing this online would be, Screaming into the bluetooth headset to get your teammate to watch the sniper while a cloud of dust from a grenade blows dust in your face. Or you whisper to your teammates while you all devise the best way to infiltrate and dispose of your enemies. I hope this game has Co-op with 2-4 players.