The Most Well Balanced COD Experience.
Call of Duty 4's star component is it's exemplary online multiplayer; for the first time, in the series, a Call of Duty game has a flawless online multiplayer experience. After all, Call of Duty 4 had the first online multiplayer with a point and rank based system. In Call of Duty 4, you can earn points by playing online matches against other people (through the online multiplayer). These points accumulate and you are assigned a rank based on the number of points you've accumulated. In addition to bragging rights, the points allow you to unlock newer, interesting, and more powerful weapons so that there is a clear incentive for trying your best and winning online.
In addition, Call of Duty 4's online multiplayer is excellent because it has very few bugs and is very balanced and fair. First of all, by bugs, I mean errors and glitches found in the online multiplayer; although I've heard that there are bugs in COD 4, I have never noticed them nor have these supposed bugs hampered my enjoyment of the game. Shots always hit where you aim and there are no unwanted pauses (lags). Secondly, I consider Call of Duty 4's online multiplayer fair and balanced because good weapons are available to all gamers at the start, with new, different, and interesting weapons being introduced as you earn points. Therefore, the new players have a chance to stand up against the veteran players, while the veterans have an incentive to improve in order to gain and try newer and interesting weapons. I can play the multiplayer for hours and hours because the system was very well planned out and brought to life.
Of course, like all other CODs, Call of Duty 4 has a story campaign that is overall an adequate experience to try. The graphics are brilliant and the action is always intense and therefore worthwhile. However, I feel that COD 4's campaign focuses too much on cinematic effects rather than presenting a quality story. While the action and graphics are always good, COD 4's story is completely chopped up and basically incoherent. In other words, I would never remember the story of COD 4, nor would I praise it for having a high quality plot. It seems as though the developers wanted to make a COD that was fun to play at the moment, and they got their wish. Unfortunately, that wasn't my wish.
In conclusion, despite the criticism, I am a firm supporter of Call of Duty 4-Modern Warfare, since it's just plain fun to play. Moreover, I can enjoy the multiplayer whenever I want and, since the story is chopped up, I can enjoy the combat of the story campaign without reference to its previous chapters. In other words, I believe that Call of Duty 4-Modern Warfare is a type of game that doesn't teach you anything insightful or new but entertains you well. All in all, it has a good balance between fun online multiplayer and story campaign and Call of Duty 4 is truthfully the most well balanced Call of Duty experience.