Call of Duty Fan Notices Incredible Detail in The Original…

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare set the standard for FPS games back in 2007, impacting the genre to this day.
A real war photo bears striking resemblance to the game's main menu soldier.
Despite its age, the game continues to reveal hidden secrets, keeping fans intrigued.

A Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare player has noticed an incredible parallel with a real war photograph, that very few players will ever have noticed. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is over 16 years old at this point, but that hasn’t stopped players from noticing new things about the classic title.

It’s fair to describe Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as legendary. As one of the best FPS games of all time, it wrote the blueprint for the modern multiplayer shooter. Despite being released back in 2007, it perfected many elements of the Call of Duty formula, which can still be seen in the series to this day. A remaster of the game was also released in 2016, but it’s the original game that had all the cultural impact. It’s safe to say that without Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the multiplayer shooter genre would look much different today, and not for the better.

Redditor SameHistorian pointed out that the soldier found in the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare main menu is identical to an image taken from Fallujah in 2004. Pretty much every detail is the same, and there’s no doubt that this image was used to create the main menu of the game - even the lighting shines from the same direction. While every Call of Duty game will take some inspiration from real photos like this, it’s rare to them directly incorporated in such a way.

Gamers in the thread loved the connection between the game and the image, with one user describing it as a “hell of a find.” Considering the age of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at this point, it’s fair for most to assume that the game’s secrets have pretty much all been uncovered, so it’s great to see that there are still some things to find in one of the best FPS games of the 2000s.

While Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is long in the past, its legacy endures. Rumors are currently suggesting that the Call of Duty 2024 title could be revealed sooner than expected, with the next Treyarch game allegedly named Black Ops Gulf War. The series has never missed a yearly release since 2005’s Call of Duty 2, and there’s no denying that this kind of longevity is a remarkable achievement, no matter how one feels about the current state of the franchise.

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

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Released: November 5, 2007

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The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world.

As both a U.S Marine and British S.A.S. Soldier fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication are essential to victory. The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of persistence, addictive and customizable gameplay.