10 Most Iconic Moments From Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

10. Raining Down Hell In An AC130 In Death From Above

Who knew taking gamers back to black and white would be so powerful and memorable?

With a set of disembodied voices and glowing targets on a TV screen, players witness what an AC130 gunship can really do. The commentary from the pilot includes standard military instruction but almost veers into black humour at times as he glibly comments on how many kills you manage and in what manner.

This mission really shows what reviewers such as Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (AKA Zero Punctuation) have also praised when historically discussing titles like Call of Duty 4: The need for contrasting player experience.

For every all-out, guns-blazing, adrenaline-fuelled mission there must also be quieter moments where there is less pressure upon the player to perform. The AC130 was a mission you could fail, but you weren't under direct attack yourself.

Also, art became life with the WikiLeaks footage from 2007 released in 2010 of Iraqi soldiers being killed in the same fashion. The final line of the mission now sounds even bleaker: "This is gonna be one hell of a highlight reel!"