Do you know off the top of your head which Call of Duty was released 18 years ago? Spoiler: It’s one of the most popular parts of the shooter series. This is evidenced by a current discussion in the community.
Which Call of Duty is it? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released on November 5 and 8, 2007 for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Later, ports for Nintendo DS and Wii followed, as well as a remaster.
On metacritic.com, the shooter holds a Metascore of 94 and a user score of 8.5. More than 15.7 million copies of Modern Warfare are said to have been sold by 2013 alone. Unsurprisingly, the hit spawned various sequels.
Unlike many today’s service shooters, the campaign of Modern Warfare was not just an accessory but a key to its success. The staging of many missions was cinematic and gripping. The modern setting in the here and now of an alternative reality noticeably stood out from many other shooters of that time.
As players, we experience an execution firsthand, various painful helicopter crashes, one of the most thrilling stealth segments in video game history, and the shocking fall of a nuclear bomb.
However, some scenes also attracted criticism, including a section where we have to open fire on hard-to-identify individuals through the thermal imaging camera of a plane. At another point, a prisoner is first tortured and then shot. The approximately 6-hour-long campaign left a lasting impression on many players at the time.
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How does the community remember this part? On Reddit, part of the community is currently using the anniversary to reflect on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
- JPSWAG37 writes on Reddit: “It’s really incredible how sustainable the legacy of this game is. It has since become a model for mainstream FPS games, for better or worse.”
- tj647963 shares on Reddit his clear opinion: “The best CoD of all time.”
- Common_Exam_1401 agrees on Reddit: “The game that took CoD away from its roots as a WWII shooter and changed the FPS genre forever.”
- For pen15_club_admin, there was only one clear winner, via Reddit: “The game beat Halo 3.”
With Black Ops 7, the next Call of Duty is already on the starting blocks. The release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Game Pass is planned for November 14, 2025. What else you need to know about the new installment of the Black Ops series of Call of Duty can be found in our overview: CoD Black Ops 7: All info on release, beta, and price
