Five reasons why COD4 will make you soil yourself

Alarming, this. A sneaky mission into the wastes of Chernobyl kicks off with an easy sniping opportunity, to let you feel your way into the softly-softly approach. Mess up, though, and things quickly go pear-shaped - worsened by the horrifying sight of three slavering dogs launching themselves at you through the long grass.

Men with guns, we can handle. But dogs? Christ, these blighters move like greased lightning and are simply impossible to avoid, especially in packs. We want our mummies!

#3 - You spend all your time in enemy territory

Unlike previous Call of Duty games, there's no no-man's-land here. No allied country to liberate. You're fighting (or desperately trying not to fight) in your enemy's back-yard. Where they have tanks, bases, patrols and lots and lots of heavily armed soldiers.

Later on in the Chernobyl sneaking mission, you're trotting across an open field when, Ohmygod!, a full-strength patrol appears on the horizon. You spend the next moments inching slowly forward, as tanks almost rumble over your feetwhile you attempt to judge each soldier's movements so you're not stepped on.

Try not to whimper.

Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games. 

Latest in Call of Duty
A player wearing a gasmask and holding a gun during the shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Call of Duty season 2 brings back Gun Game and a fan-favorite Zombies weapon we haven't seen in 10 years
A player wearing a gasmask and holding a gun during the shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
136,000 Call of Duty accounts have gotten banned since ranked launched for Black Ops 6: "We’re not slowing down in our mission to shut down cheaters"
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reportedly surpasses Red Dead Redemption 2's huge development costs, with a massive $700 million budget
Black Ops 6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 makes headshots deadlier while cutting back on weapon sway and recoil: "We will be keeping a close eye on sniper balance after this change"
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 movement.
Black Ops 6 player spent nearly 20 hours grinding to Prestige without getting a single kill, all by spamming Spy Cams
Black Ops 6 Zombies
Call of Duty hacker says "I had my fun" after reportedly getting thousands of Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 players falsely banned
Latest in News
Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot
I've found my Assassin's Creed Shadows playstyle, thanks to this clip of Yasuke smashing dudes with a huge club instead of sneaking around
World of Warcraft housing
World of Warcraft's new housing system lets you decorate without the floating hacks I've been using in Final Fantasy 14 for 11 years, and I weep
Gemma Chan in Eternals
Eternals star Gemma Chan is hopeful she'll return to the MCU someday: "There's unfinished business there"
two aliens firing miniguns
4 years after shutting down, this dead sci-fi MMO is being brought back to life, but there's no word on its canceled TV show tie-in
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Netflix wants Daniel Craig to join the cast of Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie – but it's not certain if he'll take it
The Last of Us
The Last of Us season 2 trailer breaks HBO viewing records, becoming the network's most-watched trailer