Call of Duty: Black Ops

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I think you just described every cod campaign. There are later missions that change things up, like a few stealth missions for example. The first missions were pretty much a Michael bay movie on crack though lol.

I thought the first two Call of Duty games had absolutely amazing single player campaigns. After that? Pretty much downhill. Modern Warfare wasn't too bad, though.

I am personally really, really liking the SP so far. Only played about 45 minutes so far (I purchased it from Best Buy, and will return my Amazon copy to Best Buy once it arrives) but I actually really like the over the top non-stop action. It took me all of one minute to settle down and not let it overwhelm me, and once I did that, I think they did an incredible job of making it feel like an action movie that you control. Really is well done IMO. I think the frantic pace really keeps things fresh, and taking control of all the different items they have thrown at me so far is a whole lot of fun. Makes the MoH SP which I just recently played and as such I am going to compare it to, seem like absolute child's play.

The one and only negative I will say so far is I noticed a HUGE drop in frame rate in one certain area in particular. The frame rate literally dropped to an absolutely horrid rate. For a series that has always, always prided itself on a solid 60 FPS, I was actually shocked to see it, and it is making me think that perhaps it is just another 360 that is about to RROD on me, as I have never seen such a poor performance from a recent COD release. Hoping it was just a weird glitch, as it really was mainly just one scene, but it lasted a good 10-15 seconds. Seemed really odd. I have not seen it other than this one instance, and it really has been non stop action so to speak, so really just hoping something weird was going on. I installed it to my drive right away before I played, so it was not disk read related, I can rule that out.

Overall though, really damn impressed with the SP.

Never played Medal of Honor. How is it compared to the previous Call of Duty games (singleplayer wise)?

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I thought the first two Call of Duty games had absolutely amazing single player campaigns. After that? Pretty much downhill. Modern Warfare wasn't too bad, though.

1 & 2 were the best SP campaigns IMO

I am personally really, really liking the SP so far. Only played about 45 minutes so far (I purchased it from Best Buy, and will return my Amazon copy to Best Buy once it arrives) but I actually really like the over the top non-stop action. It took me all of one minute to settle down and not let it overwhelm me, and once I did that, I think they did an incredible job of making it feel like an action movie that you control. Really is well done IMO. I think the frantic pace really keeps things fresh, and taking control of all the different items they have thrown at me so far is a whole lot of fun. Makes the MoH SP which I just recently played and as such I am going to compare it to, seem like absolute child's play.

atta boy (Y)

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Call of Duty 2 was my most memorable campaign, not because of the atmosphere, the layout or the story but just because of Veteran Mode and how well it played out. Black Ops is the best campaign hands down if we're focusing on design, variety, atmosphere etc. you try a million things, see so much and gameplay pace is up and down - Massive pleasure to play. It's a Call of Duty campaign as we know, just better.

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Wow I cannot play the MP anymore ... the lag is so bad I have no idea why. Players are literally popping around the screen and sometimes I kind of float through walls and end up dead. WTF! Not to mention the WEIRD frame rate issues.

I will wait for the first patch sadly. :(

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I thought the first two Call of Duty games had absolutely amazing single player campaigns. After that? Pretty much downhill. Modern Warfare wasn't too bad, though.

Never played Medal of Honor. How is it compared to the previous Call of Duty games (singleplayer wise)?

Do you mean the most recent MoH, or all MoH's in general? If you mean the last one, it does not really compare. If we are talking the MoH series on a whole, I think the first one (released on PC) especially is an all time classic, but playing it now would feel definitely tremendously dated.

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Call of Duty 2 was my most memorable campaign, not because of the atmosphere, the layout or the story but just because of Veteran Mode and how well it played out. Black Ops is the best campaign hands down if we're focusing on design, variety, atmosphere etc. you try a million things, see so much and gameplay pace is up and down - Massive pleasure to play. It's a Call of Duty campaign as we know, just better.

yeah have to say, to this day, Stalingrad is still one of my favorite missions/levels in a game. Just thought it was so well done. I especially have a fondness for all of the original CoD games, as I just thought it was incredibly cool to be playing missions that were rooted in history, even if they were in the context of a video game and over the top as a result, I just really liked the feeling of experiencing something that was actually real.

But I bolded out what you said above as I could not agree more. They have really nailed an incredibly atmosphere with this game with a whole lot of variety. I had to stop to eat dinner

on the part were you are stopping the missile from launching

and literally I have not felt like I have repeated a single action once yet. Nor have I used the same weapon once yet. That is pretty damn impressive, and they have kept it so it is continuously engaging and varied. I have read there is one part a little into the game were it feels repetitive for a little while, but if they keep up this pacing overall, it will easily go down as one of the more memorable SP experiences I have had, definitely recently, and perhaps in a very long time. :yes:

Also it should be noted, I almost always play the SP campaign first then hop onto MP, it is what I have always done and will probably always do, so that is why I do not have a single impression of MP yet, and probably will not for at least a few days.

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Do you mean the most recent MoH, or all MoH's in general? If you mean the last one, it does not really compare. If we are talking the MoH series on a whole, I think the first one (released on PC) especially is an all time classic, but playing it now would feel definitely tremendously dated.

I mean I haven't played the most recent Medal of Honor so I can't really use that comparison, but how does the single player compare to the other Call of Duty games? (For example, better than World at War and Modern Warfare 2, but worse than the others?) Does it play more like World at War or the Modern Warfare games?

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I mean I haven't played the most recent Medal of Honor so I can't really use that comparison, but how does the single player compare to the other Call of Duty games? (For example, better than World at War and Modern Warfare 2, but worse than the others?) Does it play more like World at War or the Modern Warfare games?

It feels most similar to cod4 to me. personally I like the campaign in black ops better than cod4, waw, and mw2. I never played the first 2 cod games.

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I mean I haven't played the most recent Medal of Honor so I can't really use that comparison, but how does the single player compare to the other Call of Duty games? (For example, better than World at War and Modern Warfare 2, but worse than the others?) Does it play more like World at War or the Modern Warfare games?

I think it is better then both of them (so far). I am also in the camp of MW2 SP was not all that special at all in regards to the SP, and WaW was decent but not very good. Had it's share fair of flaws and felt rush. It is just way, way more refined then WaW, and just more varied and entertaining then MW2. As far as which ones it plays like I would say it is smack dab in the middle, and plays like both games. It is just what we have come to know as classic CoD gameplay and controls.

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Okay.. my 2 cents

I LOVE IT..

I have finished the singleplayer.. about 6-7 hours of crazy ****..

SINGLEPLAYER COMMENTS:

The story is MUCH better than MW2.. This is the first time I have felt like I have just watched some spy, deep conspiracy movie after finishing the game.. It is very obvious they hired a professional to write a script but they did take in a lot of movie ideas we have seen.

From the start it was a bit of blurry as what the story was about but as the events happen and you learn more it is very clear what is going on... OR IS IT?! :) Yeah.. the game's story has a twist in the end and I loved it.. and after you finish and watch credits, you will still be playing, but something that's absolutely hilarious :)

I think the 2 major big issues with single player were:

1. There are moments in the game where you really have no idea where to shoot because there's so much explosions and insanity going on that it becomes counter productive for our experience and becomes pretty tedious.. It's like MIchael Bay on steroids.. you will see what I'm talking about.. Thankfully it's not always like that.. it is somewhat at the beginning, a few missions and it kind of tones down a bit as you go along.

2. They have drawn toooo many references for the story from the movies.. Even though I liked the story, I did feel it was a bit predictable.. but then again, the way the game starts you obviously know Mason knows something that he's not even aware of.

3. The game is difficult.. I started off as Veteran as I always did with COD games and I got my ass kicked.. **** I died a ton of times playing on NORMAL (not even HARDENED). It was NORMAL difficulty and I still got whooped in some places. I guess you can't diss the game for that because VETERAN should be almost impossible and I guess they upped the stakes but I think they overdid it a bit there.

MULTIPLAYER COMMENTS:

WOW.. Treyarch did an unbelievable job.. I was afraid I would look at this game as just another MW2 ... BUT I'm NOT!! This game tops MW2 in every imaginable way in multiplayer.. the excitement from buying **** as opposed to "just getting them as you go along" is huge.. the money adds such a tremendous level of excitement into the game.

The game in multiplayer feels so well balanced now. It's actually more about skill than anything else.

Perks are well done and they don't overpower you as much but give you that individual tactical feel you need to own.

I got my ass whooped today 10 times by a guy who was just using awesome tactic. He used a spy camera to monitor one corner of the map and as soon as I went to get him he knew where I was exactly and comes from the back and knifes me. It was hilarious but very tactical.

I ****ING LOVE decoy grenade.. OMG.. that's ****ing fantastic.. throw a granade and it makes sounds of guns and shows up on radar so enemy thinks it's a hostile player.. it saved my butt so many times it's not even funny. You throw it and they start running after it like crazy..and I just POW POW them and that's it.

Ballistic knife is insanely funny.. EVERY ****ING TIME you kill someone with that **** it will make you jump from joy.. it's HARD but omg is it rewarding.

CONTRACTS are super addition too.. They basically give you $ for completing certain things within a time period while you play online.. So for example you can get 1750 bucks by calling in a chopper gunner in a multiplayer round. If you don't do it.. the contract expires and you lost your purchase fee (25 bucks).

MAPS are beautifully designed.. they give you so many pathways for flanking you just can't camp in this game.. This raises an unbelievable gameplay mechanic in multiplayer as everyone has to move.

I especially like domination where they actually integrate **** happening in the map with your objectives.. so for example, on a map where the missile is about to launch (can't remember the name).. if you play domination, you can take middle point from the top, but every once in a while the metal doors will close as the missile launch happens so the only way to get to that point is through the levels under ground.. It really gives an interesting aspect to it.

So many other things in this game that put a smile on my face.. I think they could have done the sound a bit better on the guns (I got spoiled by Medal of Honor unbelievable and fantastic audio), but overall this game is so worth every penny.

As I said, I was afraid this will be another MW2 as I got really sick and tired of it.. but this game rocks all kinds of ways.

As someone said online on Xbox as we were playing.. this is the game MW2 should have been.

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