MODERN WARFARE: How Call of Duty 4 Changed a Genre Forever

00:00 An Obsession with World War 2
01:04 2015, Inc.
02:54 Infinity Ward
03:24 Call of Duty
06:14 Call of Duty 2
09:47 COD 4's Early Development
14:46 COD 4 Marketing
21:58 COD 4 Release
24:33 The Legacy of Modern Warfare

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[rtrr]

I love how that guy in 2006 was complaining about Activision milking COD.

[derek_davidson]

"too often, too many" proved to be prophetic

[TheMrSark]

Sims really rocking 2003 dayum. Waddup Ahoy.

[churnetvalleyrunner]

Being a 12 year old coming home from school in 2007 and firing up COD4 on the XBOX 360 to be greeted by literally every single male in the school all online and playing at the same time was peak childhood. COD4 paved the way and was like a rite of passage for my generation. I will always look back on the OG COD days (2007-2012) with the fondest of memories. Wish we could go back 😢

[CYXNIGHT]

"I fear the CoD franchise will go the Tony Hawk route - too often, too many

I hope I'm wrong"

You weren't Borys. You weren't ;-;

[pajamapantsjack]

We’ve come full circle on this channel, started with MW2 weapon guides, and now we return to MW1

[timothymclean]

2:30: Probably for the best. "2015" is a name that presumably sounded futuristic in 1997, but it would sound a lot less futuristic in (say) 2022.

[TheWavys]

This video actually made me a bit emotional lol. I was 13 when COD4 released and this video just brought back so much nostalgia and appreciation for that moment in my life. I remember seeing the multiplayer teasers showing the perks and was so incredibly excited to play. I signed up for the beta and when I got that email and was accepted I felt like the luckiest kid on earth. Finally, I played the beta ALL night and completely fell in love. Things like gaining XP, upgrading all your gear and adjusting perks were mind-blowing because I had never experienced anything like that before....In my second game I asked somebody "how do you get the red dot on your weapon" and they told me I can customize my weapon!?

Simpler times back then, grateful to have experienced that era of gaming

[theskrill]

Ahoy uploads, you click.
He speaks, you listen.
“Until next time, farewell.”

[-LOTO-]

This feels like the first half of a larger video.

There's a lot of really good info here about its history, development, and the leadup to its release, but the video just ends before the question of how Call of Duty 4 changed the genre actually gets answered.

I would have liked to see its game design discussed in a more substantive form.

[bmurry]

“nobody cares about single player anymore, that’s old news!

“the only gripe people had was regarding it’s seemingly short campaign”

gamer moment lol

[CaleebTalib]

Shoutout to my late grandpa for getting me this for Christmas when I was little. Got me this game when I was like 10 because he asked the cashier guy what the best game was at the time, and told him call of duty 4. He fought in Vietnam so he didn’t care if it was too “mature” for me. Still blows my mind my grandpa who never even touched a video game introduced me to one of the greatest games ever! Legend!

[DHCR-core]

I like that the one guy that was bemoaning the Call of Duty franchise being "run into the ground" was spot-on, even his prediction of "another WW2 game 9-12 months after modern warfare" was accurate. However, what he didn't know at the time was that both Modern Warfare and World at War would become two of the most beloved FPS games in history.

[julian]

I honestly do really miss this era of gaming. Reading up on forums, getting 'news' from the rumor mill, actually getting excited for video games-- an actual feeling of excitement, do I miss it so.

[TiomesTheOne]

"50, 000 People Used to Live Here. Now It's a Ghost Town"

Favorite mission of my teenage years.
Unbelievable we didn't got loads of missions/games in that style.

[Rhomega]

Wow, 3 Ahoy videos in one year (so far). So awesome!

[Chyrosran]

Aw man, hit me in the feels here. I was right there from the start, lived all the highs, and saw it stoop below the lowest lows. I guess the real Call of Duty was the friends we made along the way - which I did, and still game with!

[ZappBranniglenn]

I like this channel's renewed focus on primary sources in games media, to give us an impression of what earlier generations felt about these games. Yes even the forum comments lol

[aquapendulum]

Infinity Ward cancelled the "Halo killer" to make Call of Duty 4. Little did they know Call of Duty 4 was the real Halo killer all along.

[HLRaven]

"I didn't realize that being drunk gave me the power to see the future, beer FTW!!!!"
13:38
Get this man more beer