I much preferred the level structure where the focus is smaller, rather than you as part of an army. The comparative simplicity of the CoD4 battles made them more engaging, with CoD5, it all just felt too frantic and random � more realistic of war I suppose but less fun to play. However, as a player, I found it almost too big � and I recognise that this is personal taste speaking here, because some will love that. I played the game first, without trying it on co-op or anything and I must say that visually it is very impressive and tense. As with CoD4 the game operates on two levels � the game itself and the multiplayer. I let the release go by and, aside from noticing fewer people on CoD4 (and a lot of them being really good now), I didn't think much about it until someone lent me their copy for a few weeks. I had played the beta version of the multiplayer ahead of release and something about it had prevented me getting excited.
CoD5 was the big new release last year and I had seen all the message board debate about it for some time before that.
