Backlot
From the Call of Duty Wiki
| Backlot | |
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| Game | |
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| Terrain | |
| Urban desert town with the majority of the map being small neighborhoods
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| Modes (Console Only; PC can play any map in any mode) | |
| Type of Combat | |
| Close-quaters with some medium and long range combat
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| Console Codename (PC) | |
| mp_backlot
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| Singleplayer Map | |
Backlot is a mid-sized map that is good for almost all game modes. Beware those who enjoy the thrill and rush of the M249 mounted machine guns, several good spots where the guns cannot reach or are far off can knock the gunner to the grave.
The top of the middle building is great for snipers or heavy gunners. But do not dwell on the second floor for long, because if you do, you are easy prey for the machine guns, both of which can hit the whole second floor. Also be careful of enemies using the dumpster below one of the windows to climb inside. By climbing out another of these windows, you can also quickly press the action button in order to climb into a small wooden ledge. From there you can hide inside to pick off enemies, or climb the ladder in order to reach the top floor of the middle building. Be careful when up here as it is quite easy to be hit with a grenade.
If you need the "Flawless" challenge, a good chance to get it is to go in the basement of the construction building, it is a very overlooked area. The aid of UAV Jammer is advised when doing this. All types of classes are effective on this map.
[edit] Glitches
- It is possible to get on the top of the construction building. By jumping on the rail leading to the top floor, you can then jump forward to an invisible ledge, by crouching there and then getting someone to jump on you, you can get on another ledge obtainable on old school or non-old school. From there go prone and wiggle , holding the left stick to the right and moving up and down until you can crouch. Move very slowly to the right until you drop down just an inch, move forward until you cant move any farther than move to the left. You are now in quite possibly the best sniper position in normal game modes.
- It is possible to leave the map in Old School mode, by going to the bottom right corner of the map. Jump onto the dumpster and incline your aim slightly into the wall, then spring and jump over the wall in front of you. If you want to go under the map just follow the road. Once you have gotten to a wall (not at the end of the road) turn right. Once you have gotten to another wall turn left. There should be a black hole. Jump in it. you should be under the map. And if you want to fall out of the map just go to the sides and jump off (by the way if you jump off you can't die).
- If you spawn on the attacking team on search and destroy then on the balcony near you can climb the wall and peg jump over to the white railing which doubles up as a good sniping spot. Using this railing, you can perform a glitch to get out of the map.
[edit] Strategy
When playing on Backlot try to remember these points:
- The mounted machine guns are useful for taking out enemy helicopters but can attract the attention of enemy snipers.
- The construction site and building on the opposite side are often used by snipers and there are often claymores on/next the stairs on either building.
- The tall two story building in the middle of the map can be accessed via two of the windows on the second floor and also it is possible to reach the roof of this building.
| Multiplayer Maps in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |
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| Ambush – Backlot – Bloc – Bog – Broadcast – Chinatown – Countdown – Crash – Creek – Crossfire – District - Downpour – Killhouse – Overgrown – Pipeline – Shipment – Showdown – Strike – Vacant – Wet Work |
[edit] Trivia
- Although this map is small it has a large area of gunning down players.
- A building from this map can be seen from the map in Modern Warfare 2 Karachi
- This map is based on the Single player mission "Shock and Awe".
