Is there anyone who doesn't love the Pripyat level? I mean really. Sure I could talk about the great (at the time) graphics, gameplay, sound design, and multiplayer, but I have always been a big fan of atmosphere and few games in this last generation pulled me into the experience like the mission All Ghillied Up. I followed my A.I. companion through brush, laid flat while tanks and enemy troops pass between us, and tip toed though the ruined buildings of a ghost town. I remember the distinct yet subtle sounds of children playing as we crept toward our target, but there were no children. Just ghosts. That's what we needed to be, and what we were in this level. Ghosts. It was made all the more haunting by the fact that this level was based on a real city that was evacuated during a nuclear disaster some 20 years prior. Unforgettable. That's just one level but if you can find an inexpensive copy of Call of Duty 4, it's worth a purchase for the campaign alone. I can't say the same for the rest of the series.
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