Call of Duty: Black Ops

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IGN : 8.5

GameTrailers : 9.2

I still don't like the feel of it really. Been watching a lot of videos.. but it just couldn't surpass MW2 IMHO.

how can't it? It's a different era and different war. I think it will be as good, if not better than MW2.

So, the servers for MP have gone down, and SP doesn't work for me. It gets through the first intro and then black screens with a cursor.

Overloaded probably from all the people playing hooky from work and the high schoolers who skipped school.

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Just finished the SP, thought it was pretty good considering the story that was in MW2 that was all over the place at points, and was put together and more solid than MW2.

The ending section genuinely surprised me too.

Though the very first Vietnam level I still found pretty disappointing compared to the rest of it, which was the one with the infinite spawns that kept screwing me over, lol.

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wtf finished the game already?

Well I got it at midnight and played it from half 12 till about 4.30ish, and then when I continued from about 1 to just before 6.

So it was at least 8 hours long on normal if your not running through all the levels and die a few times on the way too, lol.

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Just finished the SP, thought it was pretty good considering the story that was in MW2 that was all over the place at points, and was put together and more solid than MW2.

The ending section genuinely surprised me too.

Though the very first Vietnam level I still found pretty disappointing compared to the rest of it, which was the one with the infinite spawns that kept screwing me over, lol.

how long did it take you? Seems like you've played an entire night :D

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I had about 6 hours sleep between 6am and 1pm where I wasn't playing the game, lol.

But as I put above, about 7-8 hours in single player and I played on-line till I was level 10 too.

you beat it on Veteran?

I haven't looked the trophies/cheivy's yet...

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From the SP videos I've watched.. it wasn't as Epic and Big as MW2.

Indeed, it doesn't have as many "set peices" as MW2 did, but personally I think it was a better experience and a more solid game all together, they didn't seem to throw everything in regardless of if it was going to work well together or not.

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Indeed, it doesn't have as many "set peices" as MW2 did, but personally I think it was a better experience and a more solid game all together, they didn't seem to throw everything in regardless of if it was going to work well together or not.

Well to me, that's a step back.. but then that's just me.

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Well to me, that's a step back.. but then that's just me.

Well that's your opinion, and that's fine, lol.

But to me MW1 and 2 were like say, Transformers 1 and 2 to me, the first was a solid fun action styled move, you don't go in expecting shake spear or anything as its a summer blockbuster type film, but for Transformers 2, they threw in more set pieces, more big explosions etc.

Sure it made more money but it just wasn't as good and took away from what could have been a solid sequel but instead was missing that soul that MW had.

Its not like MW2 was bad or anything, just not as good as MW1 and BO from what I've played.

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Only got about 15 minutes to play this morning but good god I love the fact that there are no cheaters yet. I had a score of 15 and 6. If I had been playing MW2 I would have had maybe a 15-16 score. I have to say I like the fact that guns seem to be a lot more lethal. It no longer takes 10 shots from a weapon to kill someone. Anyone else notice this?

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Well to me, that's a step back.. but then that's just me.

I think the campaign is a lot better. A lot more variety in the gameplay and a story thats at least semi-coherent and interesting (still not very good, its a cod is about explosions not story rofl)

I absolutely LOVED the knife stealth Vietnam mission. The graphics in the rainy jungle were very impressive.

I wasn't going to buy another cod game after mw2 but I ended up caving because I have no resolve, and this seems like a good improvement all around, Multiplayer is a lot better sans the alg issues too. More recoil, more balanced, better weapon sounds, more game modes, better unlock system, dedi servers. I give treyarch props.

Also I really like that the "pace" of the multiplayer has slowed down a lot, even in modes like domination. MW2 was way too frantic and arcady. The pace seems a lot more manageable and fun to me, instead of being a spawn-then die immediately fest in any mode thats not hardcore and/or s and d.

The general gunplay makes it more balanced. More recoil, seems to take longer to scope, way longer to switch to nade launcher.

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Just picked mine up at Walmart on my lunch hour. They have a display case right by the Walmart greeter when you walk in that has Black Ops "Available Now", with the PS3 and 360 version of the game. I walked in, right past the greeter, picked up the game, and checked out. BAM! (I can see not many PS3 gamers like shooters, the 360 version was almost out).

Based on the videos, this game looks like it's going to be better than MW2, especially with the multiplayer fixes.

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