Don’t be fooled…
This past week I decided to buy Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year edition since it was on sale at BestBuy for $30. I figured, with the map pack selling for a few bucks online, this is a pretty good deal since I can get back into the game and even try out the new maps before the sequel hits this fall.
Apparently I was not the only one to discover that now there is no map pack in CoD4: GOTY edition. Even though the original 2008 press release for the game clearly states that it contains the map pack, subsequent printings of this GOTY edition stopped shipping with them. So basically, CoD4: GOTY is the exact same thing as CoD4 – except it says “Game of the Year Edition” on the cover and disc.
What the heck? Talk about misleading. At least in the 360 gaming world, a GOTY edition for any game means extra content, even if it’s free DLC like Left 4 Dead GOTY with the extra survival modes. A game comes out, sells well, DLC comes out for it, and then a GOTY edition for that game comes out bundling the DLC that was already released. Activision has taken it one step further (or back, I would argue), by removing the DLC that came with the GOTY edition, and yet still call it the GOTY edition.
Fortunately, the game still rocks and while I was curious to check out the new maps, from what I’ve heard they’re not great so I’m not going to sweat it too much. But beware if you’re thinking you’ll find the new maps in your GOTY edition!
