And I've got to say, it's one of the most frustratingly hard games I've ever played. The funny thing is though, is that it's not actually a hard game, the only reason it's hard in my books is this:

And I've got to say, it's one of the most frustratingly hard games I've ever played. The funny thing is though, is that it's not actually a hard game, the only reason it's hard in my books is this:

If i remember correctly COD4 and COD2 had the same problem. Enemies can throw grenades at insane distances, and pretty much hit you where ever you may hide your self.

Congratulations, dude. That's something I wasn't able to do. I only rented it, though, and ended up giving up on the game on veteran during that flamethrower level. Still I really enjoyed the game and think it's way better than it gets credit for, but veteran was pretty freaking ridiculous. You're right, the grenades were totally out of hand.

The hardest difficulty in games have frequently relied on cheap tactics to make the game seem harder. The fact of the matter is that if your A.I. isn't good enough to adapt  and react to things as they do in say Halo or Fear, you're looking at a more frustrating than challenging experience.

Even on normal it is an annoying grenade fest at times, I can't even imagine how frustrating it is on veteran.

I don't think the grenades were that bad on COD4. I'll admit there were certainly more of them on the sniper mission but with that exception I felt that veteran was difficult because the AI was clever. Completing a COD4 level on veteran felt satisfying, especially Mile High Club. The only satisfaction I got out of COD5 was returning it to Blockbusters and knowing that with the voucher I had it cost me nothing. It was a real shame as well because I felt that the campaign had a good story and was well paced; excluding the lazy AI grenade programming making you move on prematurely. I think IIImatic's description of cheap tactics sums up the problem perfectly and what really annoys me is the fact that these "tactics" have completely tarnished my view of that game.

Also, if that game was historically accurate, how much money must the Japanese have invested in the production of grenades????

As someone mentioned above it's the same on older COD games, i remember it being a real pain at some of the COD3 levels. It's part of the reason i don't even bother trying CoD games on Veteran, i really wanted to try for the 1000GS but it's not worth the agro! Also it really puts you off some of the better aspects of the game.