![]() It's worth noting, though, that the game's message and sense of authenticity is undercut, to a degree, by its glorification of violence. It makes for a harrowing, yet also strangely compelling, experience – assuming you have the stomach for it. And by making us carefully select targets prior to pulling the trigger, developer Infinity Ward has taken its simulation of the modern military experience one step further, forcing players to do the moral - and life-threatening - thing by hesitating until we are certain that targets are enemies. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's campaign is among the darkest and grittiest the franchise has yet produced, thrusting players into a first-person perspective to experience such things as horrific waterboarding torture and the terror of being a little girl chased by a murderous Russian soldier intent on exterminating every man, woman, and child in her village. Players can put these tactics to use beyond the campaign in both a cooperative mode that continues the story and in the franchise's renowned competitive multiplayer. The five-hour campaign serves as a means for players to grow accustomed to the game's mechanics, which are mostly traditional for a first-person shooter, though there are a few novel concepts - such as being able to mount weapons on solid surfaces for steadier aim and improved cover, and using hyper-authentic night vision to gain an advantage in the dark. An important part of the game is "trigger discipline," which essentially means avoiding civilian casualties at all costs, including holding fire on men and women who may or may not be your enemy until they reach for a weapon and become an active combatant. Players are largely propelled through a predetermined story, though a few key scenes allow them to make important decisions as to what they will or will not abide. Through their eyes, players experience an enormous range of atrocities that result in the near-genocide of an innocent civilian population, terrorist attacks on western targets, and scenes of torture and execution, all of which feel as though they are based on recent real-world events. Players take on the roles of an American soldier, a UK operative, and a woman leading a militia in defense of her home, a fictional Arab country, which is under siege by both terrorists and a corrupt arm of the Russian military. Parents should note that very strong language is heard throughout the campaign, that several characters smoke and drink, and that images of cannabis leaves and deep cleavage can be seen in multiplayer modes.ĬALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE, a reboot of one of the most popular subseries in the Call of Duty franchise, puts players in the boots of several soldiers tackling a growing global threat. The experience is designed to be harrowing and hair raising, but the game's developers have also glorified the violence, and want players to feel exhilarated by the rush of battle. Combat involves a broad range of realistic military guns and explosives that cause enemies to bleed, burn, cry out in pain, and flail and sprawl in authentic ways. ![]() The heroes are loyal to each other and determined to succeed, repulsed by the evils of war, but sometimes also willing to step into morally gray areas in order to accomplish what they perceive as a greater good. Some scenes call on the player to make moral decisions, such as whether or not to participate in the torture of a brutal enemy by using his family as leverage. ![]() Players are strongly incentivized to avoid civilian casualties and exercise "trigger discipline," but the deaths of some bystanders are impossible to avoid - as in one case in which an innocent man is strapped into a suicide vest with a short-lived timer. ![]() Players take on the roles of several soldiers ranging in gender, nationality, and ethnicity who are fighting a global terrorist threat with events that seem plucked from current headlines, including a terrorist attack in London men, women and children slaughtered in a fictional Arab nation orphaned kids attempting to hide from a raging, murderous soldier scenes of torture and execution and the use of a highly controversial chemical agent called white phosphorous. Parents need to know that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a graphic and gritty military first-person shooter for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PCs. ![]()
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