Call of Duty 4 is nearly upon us and reviews of the game are slowly beginning to appear with some very interesting revelations pertaining to the single-player portion of the game.
OXM UK reviewed the game in their December issue, and cited a short single-player campaign as one of the main downfalls of the title, going on to say that the game only takes "...five to six hours on Normal difficulty."
Now while this may sound worrying at first, one has to remember that the Call of Duty games have always had extremely strong multiplayer to go with the single-player component, so you won't be spending your hard earned cash on five to six hours of gameplay.
The multiplayer aspect gives the opportunity for an unlimited number of playing hours, so as long as Infinity Ward have nailed the multiplayer, there's no need to worry.
Still though, a campaign that only lasts five to six hours will be dissapointing for people like myself who enjoy a good, long single-player experience. Hopefully the game will have a high replayablilty value so gamers won't get bored too quickly and not play it in favour of the multiplayer.
This does of course raise an interesting question: Would you rather play a shorter game that has a higher level of polish or a longer game that entertains you for a longer period of time?
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I can deal with a short SP mode as long as there is a huge and continuous demand for the MP aspect of the game. This title does seem more designed with the MP player in mind as seen with the ranking and perks system.....They better have a lot of them to save grace though.
Has the time for epic length single player games come and gone????
O_O
When you're like me and can't connect to xbox live, this sux. If this is true, they lost a sale.
I want more on my single player plate. I've only bought the past CoD games for the single player and almost completely ignored the multiplayer each time. Sucks. Well, at least the multiplayer is really good.
4-6 hours... that's not even trying.
OXM US said it was about 10 hours in their review. Not a nice long game, but not an "is that all?" short game either.