Nerds That Geek Game Review - 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'

​Written by John Edward Betancourt

It's a truly magical moment when you discover a brand new game from a brand new franchise that manages to captivate your imagination and draw you into a brand new world with ease. This is the kind of game that energizes you in such a way that you find yourself searching out every single entry in the franchise to experience the entire series first hand and the game that pulled off such a feat for me was, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

After all, this is the game that thrust COD into the spotlight and with good reason. This is a game that was filled with a powerful story set in modern times that managed to more or less provide us with imagery ripped from every day headlines and its gritty approach and unfettered violence instantly drew us in and what's incredible about this particular game is that it has managed to withstand the always difficult test of time. It still sparks conversations, people are happy to discuss what it felt like when they first embarked on this adventure for the first time and plenty of folks, myself included, have replayed this game over and over to enjoy it's incredible story one more time. 

Granted, all that praise by no means solidifies the game as perfect, and perhaps the most glaring issue when it comes to Modern Warfare is the fact that this is a game that was in many ways released ahead of its time. It arrived in stores well before the current crop of stunning next generation systems, and other first person shooters subsequently released on the Xbox One and PS4 more or less put MW to complete and utter shame when it comes to graphics. But the classics can never die and thankfully, Activision has decided to join the 'Remastered' trend because bundled with the release of Infinite Warfare, Modern Warfare has finally received the graphical treatment it has deserved from day one and this new iteration of a gaming classic, is nothing short of stunning.

Every frame, every level, every moment of this game is jaw droppingly gorgeous with scenery so crisp and clear that one often finds themselves stopping in the middle of combat to simply take it all in, but while one might expect that new shine to dull when you come to realize that the game's structure and design when it comes to its levels are identical to its predecessor, there's a special treat waiting for everyone by way of the fact that this new and improved Modern Warfare has taken full advantage of the new graphics available to it, by adding more realism than one might expect and well...it's actually a gorier and far more realistic game when it comes to the violence it presents. 

Yes, believe it or not, Modern Warfare has managed to up the violence quotient by adding brain matter into its head shots and sometimes you'll even watch your fellow soldiers suffer from their wounds before they die and while those decisions may seem a touch sadistic, it's all part of the experience. This is a game that wanted to present 21st Century Warfare in brutal and realistic fashion and this new version of it, accomplishes just that. Either way, while it may seem familiar and repetitive at times due to the fact that we have been here before, Modern Warfare Remastered is still a tale to marvel at, and one that reminds us just how incredible an experience a video game can be when the story is the focus over anything else and it was an absolute blast to revisit this world one more time.

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