Just finished Call of Duty 4 (didn't take long)

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It is an absolutely amazing game.  The graphics, overall, are very, very impressive.  The action is intense, the game is non-stop-in-your-face and is easily one of the best FPS games in history.  The story is solid, the gameplay and control is spot-on, and there are very few places in the game where the AI seems like total cannon fodder.  I thoroughly enjoyed playing it and it was one of the few that nagged at me to come back and play it.

 

Now, with that said, the game completely sucks (for me).  Why does it suck?  It was about 4 hours long.  For $60, they should be ashamed.  4 hours?  WTF?  I realize the online experience is said to be exceptional.  I don't do online.  I play the campaigns and I'm done with the game.  Maybe a second playthrough...  It's time to separate online from campaign so that people like me don't pay $60 when they are using 20% of the game.  Maybe they should sell the "campaign" as a separate game for about half the price -- no online component.  I'd have been thrilled to pay MSRP for it, then.  As it is, I didn't pay retail for it nor did I even buy it new.  I refused to pay $60 for four hours.   Instead, I bought it used this week with a 25% off coupon + 10% membership coupon.  I paid $35 for it used, played it, and traded it back in for $30 plus my 10% member bonus or $33.  It cost me two bucks to play it.  Not bad but I would have preferred that Infinity Ward got something from my playing the game.... Just not $60.  /rant