Updated

Updated · IGN · Oct 15

Modern Warfare 4 Delivers 16 Strong Missions in 7 Hours, Rebounding From 2023's MW3

Updated

Updated · IGN · Oct 15

Modern Warfare 4 Delivers 16 Strong Missions in 7 Hours, Rebounding From 2023's MW3

Q: With early access currently live, does Infinity Ward's cryptic comment mean Captain Price makes the ultimate sacrifice in MW4's finale?

Probably yes, but Infinity Ward has intentionally stopped short of confirming it. The strongest evidence comes from the ending itself. In the mid-credits scene, Price escapes captivity, kills The Archer with the metal pipe lodged in his own body, and then collapses as Ghost arrives to witness what appears to be his final moments. That staging reads as a sacrifice ending, especially in a campaign described as the close of a seven-year arc. Infinity Ward’s comment adds weight without making it official. Narrative director Jeff Negus said the scene is “consistent with others” and stressed that the studio carefully paced character deaths and how they were portrayed. In context, that matters because several other major characters in MW4 reportedly die in clearly final ways, including Makarov, Gaz, Graves, and Gabriela. If Price’s scene is meant to be read the same way, the implication is that he is dead. At the same time, the studio left just enough ambiguity to preserve flexibility. Call of Duty has a long history of apparent deaths being reversed, and the franchise has repeatedly brought back characters once thought gone. That makes Infinity Ward’s wording feel deliberate: it supports the emotional finality of Price’s ending without fully locking the door. So the best reading, based on the campaign and the developer’s comment, is that MW4 wants players to treat Price as dead. Officially, though, Infinity Ward has not given an unqualified yes.

Q: Can players track down all 26 hidden supply crates in MW4's 'Stranded' mission before the moving train escapes?

Yes—players can collect all 26 hidden supply crates in **Stranded**, but only if they intercept the two moving crates before they pass out of reach, especially the one on the train. The mission contains **24 static yellow crates** at fixed map locations and **2 mobile crates**: one on a **train circling the map** and one on an **enemy convoy truck** looping around the **Base Camp mountain**. The searched guides indicate the train crate rewards a **Mosin-Nagant Marksman Rifle**, while the truck crate gives a **Scout Drone**. The key issue in your question is timing. The train crate is not a normal fixed collectible; it is tied to a moving target. That means players must board or reach the train while it is accessible on its route. If the train “escapes” or moves beyond the playable opportunity, that crate can be missed in that run. The convoy truck crate works similarly, though it appears on the tac-map and is easier to track. There is some good news: **Stranded progress is saved separately**, and reporting says players can return through **Mission Select** to finish outposts and collectibles later. So while you may not get all 26 in a single uninterrupted sweep if the train gets away, the available guidance suggests you can still come back and complete the crate hunt rather than lose the collectibles permanently.

3 articles · Updated · IGN · Oct 15

A roughly 7-hour campaign review calls Modern Warfare 4 the series’ best showing since the 2019 reboot, praising a focused single-player design and a stronger close to its seven-year saga.
Its 16 missions split between Captain Price on the run and a North Korean invasion of South Korea, with the Korean front providing the sharper emotional core through new character Park Hyun Jun and his squad.
Stranded stands out most — a large behind-enemy-lines mission that folds DMZ-style scavenging, crafting and open-ended objectives into the story without feeling like a forced tutorial.
Blockbuster set pieces including a Seoul beach assault and an airfield escape reinforce the campaign’s spectacle, while stealth sections and imprecise melee fights are the main weak spots.
The review says Infinity Ward successfully recovers from 2023’s poorly received Modern Warfare 3 campaign, even if MW4 still falls short of the franchise’s all-time classic missions.