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00:00Since the original Call of Duty, the campaigns have been putting us in the boots of larger

00:11than life soldiers in some of the most intense combat moments you could imagine.

00:15Now it's time to reflect on some of the most memorable moments that have defined the

00:19series.

00:20Here are the 10 best moments in Call of Duty history and, of course, there are spoilers

00:24ahead.

00:25Hijacked plane sequence.

00:27Turbulence.

00:28Modern Warfare 3.

00:29And there we were thinking Modern Warfare's breathless, aeroplane-based bonus mission

00:32Mile High Club was pretty special.

00:35But then Modern Warfare 3's Turbulence comes along and takes in-flight combat to the next

00:39level.

00:40Protecting the Russian President from hijackers in the claustrophobic space of a jet is high-stakes

00:45stuff on its own.

00:46Then the engines stall and the dive sends you into a sequence of zero-gravity shooting and

00:51a crash landing that rips the air fuselage in two.

00:53This is true action film stuff.

00:56It's an artifying the woods.

00:57The forest.

00:58Call of Duty 3.

00:59A wonderfully paced rising crescendo of a level.

01:02At first requiring a softly softly snipey snipey approach with the relative peacefulness

01:06of the forest creating an edgy atmosphere.

01:08Then it kicks things up a notch with the battle intensifying as it moves between tight burrow-like

01:13trenches and wide open spaces.

01:15Finally, and in complete contrast to the cautious way the mission starts, you're given a mortar

01:20to play with, allowing you to merrily blow apart any of Hitler's helmeted hobgoblins unfortunate

01:24enough to still be lurking in the forest.

01:27The Airport Massacre.

01:28No Russian.

01:29Modern Warfare 2.

01:30Best is perhaps not quite the right word for this entry, but it's undoubtedly one of the

01:35series' most effective, affecting missions.

01:38No Russian places you in the shoes of an undercover agent in a terrorist cell.

01:41Quickly you'll understand just what that asks of you.

01:44You enter an airport and are told to mow down everyone you see, regardless of who they are.

01:49It's a video game mission that sparked protest, academic study and genuine soul searching.

01:53And there's very little else like it in the medium.

01:56Beach Landing.

01:57The Battle of Pointe du Hoc.

01:58Call of Duty 2.

01:59This starts with a fellow soldier in the landing craft having a fear-induced puke.

02:04Quickly followed by the sound of bullets whizzing through the air.

02:06Then clouds of red mist as those bullets thud into flesh.

02:10Others fall to the ground, spray from a near-miss explosion obscures your view, then the ramp

02:14is down and you're running onto the beach.

02:16Cue the semi-deafened, shell-shocked horror of war moment as you survey the scene around

02:20you.

02:21When you regain your senses, the metaphorical implications of the vertical cliff face ahead

02:25of you become very apparent.

02:27Your role to this point is one of spectator, but it's still a breathless couple of minutes.

02:31Getting Revenge.

02:32Dust to Dust.

02:33Modern Warfare 3.

02:34Makarov haunted the Modern Warfare sub-series from its first instalment.

02:38And Dust to Dust is the perfect send-off for the bastard.

02:41Playing as mustachioed death merchant Captain Price, you stomp through his defences in a

02:45juggernaut suit, hijack and crash his escape helicopter, wrap a cord around his neck, ride

02:49his body to ground level through a shattering skylight, then enjoy a cheeky cigar while you

02:54wait for Evac.

02:55And that is how you exact revenge.

02:58Planting the Russian flag at Reichstag.

03:00Downfall.

03:01Call of Duty World at War.

03:02This ending has got it all.

03:04Explosions.

03:05Shouting.

03:06Smoke.

03:07Patriotism.

03:08Edge of the seat tension.

03:09A surprise attack.

03:10Rezanov wildly hacking a Nazi to death with a machete.

03:12A Russian flag flying as Berlin burns all around you.

03:15Rousing music.

03:16Comradery.

03:17Victory.

03:18And cheering.

03:19It's a guaranteed vibrations down the spine moment.

03:22Crossing the Volgla River.

03:23Stalingrad.

03:24Call of Duty.

03:25The first Russian mission in the original Call of Duty was a good indication of what

03:29developer Infinity Ward was going to bring to the FPS table.

03:33Namely, shock factor.

03:34The boat trip across the Volgla River is loud and chaotic, disorientating and terrifying.

03:40It's a masterclass in scene setting, creating an unusual sense of powerlessness in the player

03:44even before it eventually throws you into the fray without so much as a rifle.

03:49Betrayed by General Shepard.

03:50Loose Ends.

03:51Modern Warfare 2.

03:52Whether you saw this coming or not, the moment General Shepard is revealed as one

03:55of the bad guys is thoroughly, tangibly, affectingly bleak.

03:59Not for the first time, Infinity Ward has landed us with a well done you survived the mission,

04:03but hard luck we're going to kill you anyway, sucker punch.

04:06But it really doesn't lessen the impact when it happens.

04:09The brutal, cold-hearted manner of betrayal Shepard shoots Ghost and Roach point blank

04:13and then sets a light to their bodies before nonchalantly strolling away, propels the player

04:17crazily eyed with vengeance into the game's finale.

04:20Nuclear Death.

04:21Aftermath.

04:22Call of Duty Modern Warfare.

04:23This is one of the most talked about gaming moments probably ever, and undoubtedly Infinity

04:28Ward at its cinematic finest, with the dev expertly hitting all the right notes on the

04:32shock scale.

04:33The frantic preceding shock and awe mission ensures adrenaline glands are at full pump,

04:38and its apparent successful conclusion is a fist-pumping moment.

04:41But the high is short-lived, cruelly blown apart with the force of, well, an atomic blast.

04:47Then all that's left is to watch as Sergeant Jackson crawls from the downed chopper, inevitably

04:51to his death in the dirt of the scorched wasteland.

04:55Behind enemy lines with Captain Macmillan.

04:57All ghillied up.

04:58Modern Warfare.

04:59Dressed like shrubbery for a slow, slow, quick, slow, slow, slow dance deep in enemy territory,

05:04this is tense, terrifying, nerve-wracking, and arguably the standout moment in the entire

05:09series.

05:10Which is kind of funny as it's so completely at odds with Call of Duty's deafening,

05:14shoot, shoot, and shoot some more signature style.

05:17You weave unseen through enemy patrols, stopping occasionally to stealth snipe an oblivious

05:21soldier, or lie prone in the grass as a tank rumbles just feet away from your position.

05:26It's genuine don't-forget-to-breathe, edge-of-the-sea stuff.

05:30And those, in our opinion of course, are the best moments in Call of Duty history.

05:34Do you agree?

05:35Think we've gone mad?

05:36Haven't played a Call of Duty since Modern Warfare 2?

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