
A Nuclear Error: In the last few levels, two RT-2UTTH Topol-M ballistic missiles are launched from a facility in southern Russia in the Caucasus Mountains, and the SAS and USMC race against time to disable the missiles in flight before they impact targets in the U.S. In the bonus mission "Mile High Club", the player controls an unnamed SAS operative. Additionally, there are two flashback missions in which the player controls Captain Price, one mission in which the player controls an AC-130 operator, and one mission in which the player controls the recently deposed President al-Fulani (although for this last one the player can do nothing other than look around).
And Now for Someone Completely Different: In most missions the player controls either SAS operative John "Soap" MacTavish or US Marine Paul Jackson.The game's Title Card is placed right after it, and it is a relatively plot-irrelevant mission aside from providing Foreshadowing for Al-Asad's attempts to obtain a nuke. Action Prologue: "Crew Expendable" serves as this.
20 Minutes into the Future: The game takes place in 2011, four years after its real-world release date. In 2016, a remastered version of the game for modern consoles, developed by Raven Software, was released, initially bundled with orders of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and later as a standalone game in 2017.Ĭall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare contains examples of: The game's success kicked off two sequels, kickstarting the Modern Warfare subseries that dominated the franchise for the mid-2000s and early-2010s.Ī Wii version of the game, titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition was released in 2009. Marine named Paul Jackson and a British Special Air Service operative named John "Soap" MacTavish, taking part in these conflicts. At the same time, a separatist group seizes control of a Middle Eastern country through a coup d'état.
In the year 2011, a civil war breaks out in Russia between its government and Ultranationalists led by Imran Zakhaev, who seek to restore Russia to its Soviet-era glamor. It is the fourth main game in the Call of Duty franchise, and unlike the previous games, which were set in World War II, is set in modern times. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 First-Person Shooter video game, made by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.