After much demand here is the first installation of our series reviewing the best camping spots on each Call of Duty 4 map. We are looking for spots that are practical for competitive gameplay. This means we will not be looking at places you can strategic jump to if you have a spare 15 minutes in the middle of a frag fest. Today we will be looking at the spots on the new Call of Duty 4 maps, Creek, Chinatown, Killhouse and Broadcast. I did my best to show where the spots are with pictures but it can be a little bit difficult to get show in enclosed areas.
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This place on Broadcast is a little more difficult to get to than others, so here are some directions on how to get there. 1. Jump on the chairs by the vending machine 2. Jump on the picture frame like objects on the wall 3. Jump from there to the top of the vending machine 4. Jump from the top of the vending machine to your final destination atop the TV. None of the jumps are particularly difficult or long, you just need to know the sequence. Once you get there it is a great location to camp because virtually no one will check upwards for enemies, so you can just pick them off as they run by. Read more
Map Design isn’t just giving people a place to frag, it is an art form. In a good map players of all skill levels and play styles can interact and partake in a balanced game of Call of Duty 4, without the map ever getting boring or tedious. Map design is an exceedingly complex part of video game design, and I don’t pretend to be an expert in that area. What pains me though is when a perfectly good map is ruined, not because of the graphic design elements, not because of glitches in the code, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding in how the game play flows in a first person shooter .
The example of this poor map design is Creek. When it first came out with map pack containing three other maps it was greeted warmly, but after playing actually playing it a few times the opinions started to change. People complained that game play on the map was stagnant and the only way to get kills was to camp. Normally this would be discounted as typical gamer whining, but on Creek there was actually some truth to this accusation. The problem with Creek is there are only 3 points of travel, or choke points, noted in the image below (A is the path through the cave, B is the path over the mountain, and C is the wide opening next to the mountain).
The Call of Duty 4 1.6 patch and map pack for PC wasn’t technically supposed to be released until tomorrow for normal users but it has leaked and is now available to everyone. Click to download the Call of Duty 4 1.6 patch The 1.6 patch fixes several weapon bugs and a multiplayer server exploit, killcams are not in this patch due to technical issues but will be released in 1.7. The map pack gives PC users 4 free new maps, Broadcast, Chinatown, Killhouse and Creek(pictured at right).
Click to download the Call of Duty 4 1.6 patch
I can personally confirm that this download is 100% legit having used it myself. After you download the 1.6 patch make sure you also get the 1.7 patch as well which is here: http://cod4source.com/cod4-call-of-duty-4-17-quick-fix-patch-download. You need the 1.6 patch for the 1.7 patch to work so be sure to install the 1.6 patch first.
