When comparing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare vs Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, the Slant community recommends Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is ranked 14th while Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is ranked 61st. The most important reason people chose Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is:
This game was released in 2007 and is still played by thousands online. As it is an older game, you don't need high end hardware to play it. This is great for a lot of people as the requirements that need to be met for minimal settings is quite low.
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Pros
Pro Minimal graphics' requirements allows the game to be accessible to just about anyone
This game was released in 2007 and is still played by thousands online. As it is an older game, you don't need high end hardware to play it. This is great for a lot of people as the requirements that need to be met for minimal settings is quite low.
Pro Great mods are available
Several Tactical Realism mods, and a fantastic Paintball mod that is sure to be a LAN gaming hit. (But you may need to set up a dedicated server for it).
Pro There are a ton of modes to play, with multiple and varied game types, which should change up the gameplay enough to keep things entertaining
There are a number of game types to play in the game including Team Deathmatch, Free for all, Domination, Sabotage and Search and Destroy, making for lots of variation in gameplay. This keeps things fresh for the player as there is a lot to do and explore.
Pro You can easily add a bots mod, in order to extend co-op play
You can get a mod that can be used if you host a server, adding bots to your team and that of the enemy, thus allowing for larger offline battles.
Pro Good dedicated server support allows for huge games
You can scale up to 200 players if a dedicated server is enabled.
Pro Shooting works well on mouse keyboard or gamepad
Shotting in the game works quite well with either a mouse and keyboard or a gamepad.
Pro Cryengine 3
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 was designed in Cryengine 3, meaning the game itself looks fantastic.
Cons
Con Short single player campaign
The single player is quite short (though it is not the main focus of the title, as multiplayer is the main reason that one would purchase the game).
Con Very scripted
Playing through the game often feels very inflexible, often pulling the player out of the immersion as doing something that makes sense, such as taking an enemy's weapon is not allowed when the story does not deem it appropriate to further itself along.
Con Short campaign
The campaign in Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is pretty short coming in at around 4 hours total.