official Call of Duty: Black Ops

[FunRoomSite]

Has anyone had any success in maintaining a high K/D ratio? I was at 1.84 and I dropped down to 1.77. My excuse is lag. I'm usually put into a laggy game where the enemy seems to see me before I see them. Also, rubber-banding is possibly the most annoying aspect of this game (aside from the bizarre spawning system).

I seem to be a natural at this game. I usually finish with a 3.0 + KD

[DJD]

What guns have y'all been using. I've been using the AK74u with a grip and a red dot site and it's extremely accurate and doesn't kick very much. I like that black ops lets you buy only the perks and attachments that you want so I don't have to spend countless time upgrading through a gun to get the things I want from it.

M14 with grip for mid to long range maps, I like the AK74u for close range.

I'm usually a shotgun kind of guy but haven't found one i like yet.

[Sethos]

Has anyone had any success in maintaining a high K/D ratio? I was at 1.84 and I dropped down to 1.77. My excuse is lag. I'm usually put into a laggy game where the enemy seems to see me before I see them. Also, rubber-banding is possibly the most annoying aspect of this game (aside from the bizarre spawning system).

Doing fairly well so far

But that's bound to change :laugh: Luckily I'm not having many problems with the game, especially since the Locale region searching has started to work, I'm on 4 bars in 98% of my games and it definitely helps.

Oh and notice how many of my friends play HC ... >.>

[FrankSpin]

I hope my copy comes in today from GF. Playing these kinds of games are the best during the first week or so of launch because A. EVERYONE is on the same playing field and B. the glitch kings haven't come out in full force yet

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

FAO PC Users:

Care to post your button config?

I'm really struggling to find a comfortable setup :angry:

WASD as normal with Q+E for lean left/right

Mouse button 5 for special grenade

Middle mouse button for lethal

C for toggled crouch

space for stand/jump

Cntrl for prone

left mouse button - shoot

right mouse button - ads

Mouse button 4 - melee

5 for grenade laucher etc

6 for killstreak

Edited your quote to reflect my key settings :) this is how I play most FPS's that allow it.

[PixilEyes]

Played my first hardcore last night.

HOLY CRAP. I will never go back to normal mode.

[mattmatik]

I've decided to break down and go pick this up this evening. I really wasn't interested in another CoD game (skipped WaW and MW2) but truth be told, Bad Company 2 let me down so much - that was supposed to be the MP game to last me a long time. But DICE, in my opinion, fubar'ed BC2 big time. So, I'll give Black Ops a go. A few of my friends bought into CoD this time around so that will be cool to have some people I know to play with. Hopefully, the MP won't be too much of strain for casual gamers - something Battlefield has always been pretty good at and is what drove me nuts from MW1.

[habnad]

Doing fairly well so far

Oh and notice how many of my friends play HC ... >.>

If we're ever awake and on Live at the same time, I'll check out some hardcore again.

[MikeChipshop Member]

Thoroughly enjoying this game. Only small complaint is the spawning system seems to have gone downhill since MW2.

[Slane]

Oh and notice how many of my friends play HC ... >.>

I'll join the leaderboard once I reach 19 and play 50 games. :)

[Coldgunner]

Gonna finally pick this up tomorrow (on PS3), best be good.

Whats the best deals in the UK atm?

[mikebiacsi]

I'm having so much fun making rude pictures to go on my playercard. Layers are fun :p

[rajputwarrior]

Ars' PC review (my fave site for vid game reviews)

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC review: CPU bound, broken online play

The Good

• Good length for this sort of game
  
• Many varied locations and weapons
  
• A spot of the ol' Ultraviolence
  
• Deep multiplayer options
  
• A top-down shooter? A zombie game? Zork? All included
  
• Solid voice acting
  
• Surprisingly intriguing story
  
• The many different variants of the weapons are fun to use
  

The Bad

• So you can say curse words, but you can't put them in the subtitles? I'm afraid people with hearing disabilities will think people are saying %*#%& when they're actually saying (*&%@(%
  
• Multiplayer on the PC is a bit of a mess at the moment
  
• Still heavily scripted
  
• The helicopter scenes are tricky to control
  
• The plot twist is pretty easy to figure out
  
• The PC version seems to be CPU bound. If you don't have a fast system, wait a bit
  

The Ugly

• Kennedy always saw the Zombies coming
  
• The game basically, you know, doesn't work at the moment
  

Verdict: Skip, and wait for news of patches

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everything i am reading online says pretty much if you are running a core 2 don't even bother until a patch comes out. this game is HEAVY cpu bound. I personally haven't had any troubles in SP (running a q5550). haven't played MP yet though...

probably already mention, this link has some good tips

[ViperAFK]

I personally thought the helicopter levels were perfectly easy to control.

[Sethos]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the game is just awesome. For the first time in over a year, I'm finally having fun playing HC Search & Destroy. There's no grenade launcher use whatsoever, no cheap RPG kills, no insane quickscoping it's just pure gunplay! Oddly enough, I'm starting to finish on top in many of my matches as the power has been given back to the player instead of game mechanics. What is even more puzzling, the new claymore sounds more frustrating on paper with the instant explosions but the range seems to have been reduced and the map layouts have improved so much, the few 'hiding' spots for claymores are easy to spot.

Now they just need to fix matchmaking and the killcam, then this is above and beyond what MW1 and 2 was.

[Massiveterra]

Sethos liking a game that's not ARMA :blink:

[Sethos]

Sethos liking a game that's not ARMA :blink:

Yeah, that's the only game I like ...

[Chasethebase Veteran]

I'm desperate for them to release this patch so I can properly play the game! :(

[Massiveterra]

Yeah, that's the only game I like ...

oh cmon. don't tell me you're reputation isn't being a jaded gamer :p

[WastedJoker]

I'm absolutely **cking loving this :D

Ironed out the stuttering by enabled multithread in config and I've found my new favourite custom class :ninja: Dual Scorps with ninja, lightweight and steady aim :ninja:

I'm only level 17 though.

Only downside has been the prevalence of dropshotting :/

Oh and killing people with a remote control car will never ever ever ever ever get old.

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Ooh, update.

[WastedJoker]

Yeah, just got an update.

No details yet :angry:

[rajputwarrior]

^ yeah i got that too, but no details about it

[Chasethebase Veteran]

It fixed the game, that's all that matters.

[mikebiacsi]

Is the update for 360 or just pc?