If there is one word i would use to describe this game it's Lazy. Yeah the multiplayer is fantastic and the single player campaign does have a couple of nice moments but in general it all feels a bit safe.
Putting the multiplayer to one side for one minute the single player campaign feels really dated, much like the earlier Call Of Duty games enemies spawn and spawn, spamming grenades as they do - it all just feels so unrealistic next to something like Medal Of Honor which at least tries to make it's encounters a bit more authentic.
The plot is stupid, yes i know Modern Warfare 2 had a stupid plot also but it's set pieces and combat were far better. I really don't know what to think about the single player segments of this series anymore, it all just feels tacked on as if they know most people will only play the multiplayer anyway. It's a shame as a couple of levels in Call Of Duty 4 really felt like the future of military first person shooters ("Crew Expendable" and "All Ghillied Up")
I think the Zero Punctuation review hit the nail on the head when he said that the game has no sense of pacing whatsoever, there is no downtime really to create tension - a trick which all the best FPS's have used. Here it's just explosion after explosion it just feels completely robotic.
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