A helicopter in the night, a voice in your earpiece, and modern war crashing into the living room.

On few votes per criterion, the profile still needs refining, but a silhouette emerges. Fun comes out on top, ahead of roughly 80% of games, and art direction holds high too, ahead of 75% of titles. Rediscovery and attachment sit just above average. At the bottom, the urge to take it to a desert island and the sound atmosphere lag, below average, ahead of barely a quarter of games. To confirm, but the message is consistent: a game that hits hard in the moment, without necessarily becoming a lifelong companion.

In the military FPS, CoD4 is an earthquake, the one that swung the series into the modern era and inspired a whole genre. Its pleasure comes from the twitchy staging, not a lasting intimate bond.

So, who is it for? For you if you love a cinematic campaign, pace and standout set pieces. Much less if you want the game you keep preciously to rediscover years later.