Dragged into the sun by two armedguards, you're being led towards a vehicle.By the time you've managed to have a brief lookaround at the beautiful surroundings and begunasking yourself where (or who) you actually are,you've received a rifle butt to the face and beenthrown into the car.

It has been said that the World War II genre of shooters has lasted longer than the actual war itself. Fortunately for us Infinity Ward realized this as well and decided to ditch the World War II theme in favor for a modern setting.

, author Bill McKibben suggests that if you really want to experience the adrenaline rush of war, don't watch it on TV. Instead, hire someone to throw a brick through your bedroom window in the middle of the night. McKibben was obviously writing many years before videogames like

While it may not have the longest single-player campaign around, what Call of Duty 4 lacks in quantity it more than makes up for in quality. Infinity Ward's newest first-person shooter is easily one of the best games of the year, a stunning accomplishment that you will not soon forget.

Call of Duty 4's engrossing story, realistic graphics and compelling gameplay makes this shooter one of the releases of the year.

Modern Warfare delivers on the hype. It's a great looking game, has a solid campaign, and great online multi-player. More importantly, it shows that Infinity Ward can break from what they are comfortable with and still deliver a great game. Hopefully this trend continues.

It throws you into the deep end, into a frenetic and hugely populated world full of enemies. The sheer number and their improved AI, their reliance on flushing you out with RPGs and grenades will throw you off guard from the off. And that's not even mentioning the dogs!

I keep playing Call of Duty 4. The more I do, the more I'm certain there must be something distinctly wrong here. After all, Infinity Ward has spent so much of their brief life tinkering around in the World War II era. When it came to Axis, Allies, Thompsons, and Garands, they were the pinnacle.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare delivers amazing special effects, including use of depth of field, rim-lighting, character self-shadowing, real time post-processing, texture streaming as well as physics-enabled effects to enlist players into the most photo-realistic gaming experience yet.

This has game of the year written all over it. Fans of first person shooters will marvel at the detail and the depth of gameplay, both from solo play and the online game. This is the game to buy this Christmas; we promise you will not be disappointed.

Realistic game dynamics, with attention to detail that is seldom seen in FPS games; A topical storyline that has you playing out the politics of today

There are none at all; Some small quirks but really this is a game that is well polished and superbly delivered