Just finished Call of Duty 4 and boy are my eyes tired. The game is seriously good looking and that makes![\"call_of_duty_4_013.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/call_of_duty_4_013.thumbnail.jpg\")
the game all the more frightening. You play several characters – some of whom die from your perspective – and since these SAS and US Marine boys look and sound a lot like our own real-life boys currently in harm’s way due to “stop loss,” the game feels more Mature than the gore level, language, and blood netted it an M from the ESRB.<\/p>\n
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The game isn’t actually all that gory. There’s not a lot of blood, I mean compared to a T-rated war game. Gore only appears briefly. You can kill dogs by snapping their necks… that might be it. So why isn’t the game rated T-Teen?<\/p>\n
Because the subject matter is Mature. Call of Duty 4 deals with terror from the Middle East and horror from Russia. Nukes are on the table and the story it tells pits US and British forces in a coalition of the willing against these rogue threats.\u00a0 The action is intense, movie-like, and can best be described as “heavily scripted.” (Gamer shorthand for action that’s predetermined. Run into the room and the bad guys will always tip the table over and throw a grenade – that sort of thing.) This is the first game I’ve ever played that showed me death up close. It’s truly an interactive movie.<\/p>\n
I’m about to review the game but for now….<\/p>\n
I’m thinking I need a new Age Seal.\u00a0 16+ or something.\u00a0 Let me just tell the gamer parents out there that Call of Duty 4 is deeply intense and affecting and that’s why it’s rated M-Mature. If your teenager is deep and mature enough, this is a very memorable and worthwhile game. A savage story of our times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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