Call of Duty 4 - Impressions

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Are you at the Ferris Wheel or are you still trying to maneuver through the streets?

[Altimus]

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Can someone help me out with the single player of COD4?

I want to beat the game, but now I see why I gave up lol.

I think I'm playing on veteran, so it's pretty tough. I just snipered the guy and shot down a helicopter. I left the hotel and now there's a 20 minute countdown timer that starts at the checkpoint I'm at. I'm on the streets and there's no way to survive to get to the extraction point. Guys keep coming, from every direction, throwing grenades at whatever cover I have. It's ceased to be a "fun challenge" and has moved to the realm of poor design IMO.

Is there some secret? I all ready despise COD4 for its "wave after wave" of opponents with no end in sight (I should be able to sit and clear an area if that's my style of play IMO), so I guess this portion of the game is just impossibly hard because of that, but that doesn't help me out now.

Is there something I'm missing? Otherwise I'll just say "f the single player" and never play it again. I like a challenge, but this goes beyond an enjoyable challenge into sadism.

Two choices... try to run and gun past the squads or plan B. There is a bunch of little bushes on the ground on the street. Run your *** there and go prone and pray no one sees you. Wait a little and once the group passes, get up and haul *** to the building and only shoot who you see as a threat. Thats how I got past that on Vet.

[fishepa]

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Can someone help me out with the single player of COD4?

I want to beat the game, but now I see why I gave up lol.

I think I'm playing on veteran, so it's pretty tough. I just snipered the guy and shot down a helicopter. I left the hotel and now there's a 20 minute countdown timer that starts at the checkpoint I'm at. I'm on the streets and there's no way to survive to get to the extraction point. Guys keep coming, from every direction, throwing grenades at whatever cover I have. It's ceased to be a "fun challenge" and has moved to the realm of poor design IMO.

Is there some secret? I all ready despise COD4 for its "wave after wave" of opponents with no end in sight (I should be able to sit and clear an area if that's my style of play IMO), so I guess this portion of the game is just impossibly hard because of that, but that doesn't help me out now.

Is there something I'm missing? Otherwise I'll just say "f the single player" and never play it again. I like a challenge, but this goes beyond an enjoyable challenge into sadism.

https://www.nextgenwalkthroughs.com

[DuffysCliff]

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Two choices... try to run and gun past the squads or plan B. There is a bunch of little bushes on the ground on the street. Run your *** there and go prone and pray no one sees you. Wait a little and once the group passes, get up and haul *** to the building and only shoot who you see as a threat. Thats how I got past that on Vet.

This is pretty much what I did as well. It also doesn't hurt to throw flash bangs, as it gives you a good 3 seconds or so before they start shooting at you again.

[mgoblue]

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Two choices... try to run and gun past the squads or plan B. There is a bunch of little bushes on the ground on the street. Run your *** there and go prone and pray no one sees you. Wait a little and once the group passes, get up and haul *** to the building and only shoot who you see as a threat. Thats how I got past that on Vet.

Thanks...I'll also check out the walkthroughs site, but I know with this section I pretty much have only what you suggest. Just not sure I care enough to spend an hour, we'll see. Appreciate the advice though, this game is so great but I hate the few "chokepoints" I've encountered that take it to the un-fun level.

[Altimus]

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Thanks...I'll also check out the walkthroughs site, but I know with this section I pretty much have only what you suggest. Just not sure I care enough to spend an hour, we'll see. Appreciate the advice though, this game is so great but I hate the few "chokepoints" I've encountered that take it to the un-fun level.

If you get to to "No Fighting in the War Room" on Vet... good luck.

[mgoblue]

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If you get to to "No Fighting in the War Room" on Vet... good luck.

Yeah, i've heard about that one...I guess I still have to shoot down a copter, but I watched the nextgenwalkthrough vid and it has me in the bush like you said, I'll try that later.

I'm pretty sure I'm on Vet, I remember upping it 1 from what the stupid obstacle course suggested...probably not a good idea lol

*edit* It worked...just flat out crazy how going prone in the bushes worked...past that point and I'm sure I'll swear at the ferris wheel. At least those videos should help me out...

[mgoblue]

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Yep, the ferris wheel sucks donkey balls lol...I'll try it more tomorrow. I looked at the walkthrough video and it makes sense, I must just suck at shooting and placing the claymores. I can do good for a while but then a dog or something will come and get me (I'm horrible at clicking the right stick before I get my throat ripped out). At least I'm farther...but wow, this just isn't fair at times . It's like no cover is good enough.

[heelsman22]

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Yep, the ferris wheel sucks donkey balls lol...I'll try it more tomorrow. I looked at the walkthrough video and it makes sense, I must just suck at shooting and placing the claymores. I can do good for a while but then a dog or something will come and get me (I'm horrible at clicking the right stick before I get my throat ripped out). At least I'm farther...but wow, this just isn't fair at times . It's like no cover is good enough.

I just backed up as far as I could, and put two claymores to my right side. I found a position where people to my left weren't a threat at all, and I was generally saved by the claymores on my right. I focused on sniping the guys who were the furthest away from me, and then shot guys who were right in front of me.

Of course it took me 10-20 tries to beat this sooo...

[Sandman42]

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I just crawled inside of McMillan and nothing would hurt me since McMillan would take all the bullets. My gun went through his body though so I was able to kill anyone that came close.

[DuffysCliff]

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If you get to to "No Fighting in the War Room" on Vet... good luck.

You know, I didn't have nearly as much trouble with that as other levels. Did anyone else have tons of trouble in the TV station? That took me tons of tries until I finally just sprinted to where all the guys spawned, then it was really easy. I tried doing that on the ferris wheel level too, but I would always get shot running to the chopper.

[mgoblue]

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You know, I didn't have nearly as much trouble with that as other levels. Did anyone else have tons of trouble in the TV station? That took me tons of tries until I finally just sprinted to where all the guys spawned, then it was really easy. I tried doing that on the ferris wheel level too, but I would always get shot running to the chopper.

I think it's way earlier in this thread, but that tv station room was the same thing. You can't try and kill guys, you just have to run to that room down in the corner. It's flat out unintuitive. That took me forever!

[fishepa]

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The spawning enemies in this game drive me crazy.

[Altimus]

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I think it's way earlier in this thread, but that tv station room was the same thing. You can't try and kill guys, you just have to run to that room down in the corner. It's flat out unintuitive. That took me forever!

Also taking out the RPG guys up top is crucial as they are the ones that keep the infinite respawning going.

Simply you have to be really aggressive in this game and always push forward or else you'll get no where.

[rspencer86]

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The spawning enemies in this game drive me crazy.

That's my main annoyance with this game as well. It's a strange decision when you consider how realistic everything else is.