Call of Duty: Black Ops Impressions (DualShockers)

Joel Taveras of DualShockers writes, "Like most of the writers that I spoke to who attended the recent New York City Activision media day, I too was a bit hesitant when it was time to check out the latest entry to the Call of Duty franchise. It was nothing personal against Treyarch, but the previous title by the now defunct Infinity Ward team left somewhat of a bad taste in my mouth. And it wasn’t even about all the hacking that was plaguing the online play; it was because of a story that was so convoluted even Michael Bay would have difficulty understanding it. Thankfully, Treyarch is not Infinity Ward and their not trying to be. With Black Ops, they’re just going to do what they always do and that is make a solid game, not just a multiplayer shooter with a tacked-on campaign...."

[Ninferno]

can this game please come a little sooner? please?

[Hitman0769]

Seriously, funny how the same situation happened for my opinion of this game as what happened with MW2. First I didn't want any thing to do with Black Ops, now it can't come fast enough... I just hope the end result is total opposite of MW2 in that it impresses and satisfies me instead of infuriates me.

[0mega4]

and i hope that treyarch will take care of the game better than activation did with iw and mw2

yet from all the stuff in the game that they shown it appears COD will neverever be like the original mw where it actually took some skill to get kills

just makesure all the extra stuff your throwing in doesnt make using your gun obsolete
example:commando tacnife & oma noob tube

[Imperator]

I skipped on MW2, but I'll probably get this one. I really enjoyed WaW, especially Nazi Zombies, and the online was fun. Besides, Treyarch seems to actually care about the fanbase so I'm hoping this one is going to be better. Still, if there's a subscription fee, I will not go anywhere near it.

[taz8080]

They already said you can expect more zombies again

[JsonHenry]

Its got Zombies. Lots of zombies. And that is all I care about out of this game and all I need to warrant a purchase.

[Chadness]

Looks like Black Ops will be pretty darn good, from what I'm seeing.

[ShadyDevil]

Time to pre-order the Hardened Edition. C'mon November!

[Ninferno]

for real, November feels like its an eternity away!

[iiprotocolii]

I'd probably settle more for the Prestige Edition. It comes with a nifty perv mobile that I will definitely put to good use.

[dkblackhawk50]

Can not wait for this game, the edition with the RC car looks awesome :D

[JoelT]

people love to hate on Treyarch. They do a better job than Infinity Ward even though it's IW's engine.

[SKUD]

Treyarch over Infinity Ward (orignal group)?. LMAO. Let me down a couple more beers and then maybe I can see your point.

[Hitman0769]

No it's really true whore (what that's his name), even if you don't understand yet Black Ops will be the one to prove this theory.

[ambientFLIER]

people split their posts between the title and the main body of the comment.

[jaredhart]

looking forward to it.

[JoelT]

as am I.

[Hitman0769]

This game is looking pretty nice even though it is a Call of Duty title (ZING!). They really put a lot of effort to make this one stand out from the rest. I'm pretty tough on games so if they manage to impress me with the final product that is saying a lot.

[0dessa]

Cool!!

[Games4M - Rob]

The shit that was Modern Warfare 2 had ensured that i will never buy another COD game again.

[Ninferno]

wow that's harsh... not even Call of Duty Modern Warfare 5?

[Games4M - Rob]

ha, it'll probably be the same engine as COD 4 just like all the rest.

[BloodyNapkin]

Like anybody gives a sh!t if your going to buy it or not. I love the irony is someone saying something stupid in the article about the game they are not going to support.

[Games4M - Rob]

Firstly if your going to write shit then just write shit.

Second if your going to try and use ironic in a sentence then you need to try and understand what ironic means because there is nothing ironic in what i wrote.

Third it looks like you give enough of a shit to write a badly phrased pig english response - try harder next time dicknose.

[Jack-Pyro]

OH SNAP!!!

YOU JUST GOT SERVED NAPKIN!!!

[Hitman0769]

How about if you just stop acting like your N4G Name "BloodyNapkin" and get a brain then you will actually have your own comments instead of just criticizing other.s

[Nicaragua]

Same here. COD4 was awesome but MW2 was pretty poor, how a game can have that many bugs and glitches on a 3 year old game engine which has had two previous games released on it is beyond me.

[Ruckus]

Haha, seriously what Ninferno said. So can't wait for this!

[NYC_Gamer]

i'm just not into this series it based mainly for online gamers anyway

[ShabbaRanks]

The mp looks good but the single player is going to be like all the other CODs...
Dumb AI, over the top patriotic crap and tons of enemies all over the place...

[taz8080]

COD is predominately a MP game with a tacked on single player. People buy it and go straight online most of the time.

[mzm119]

It's getting pretty annoying that everyone keeps referencing the story told in the MW2 campaign as a reason the game wasn't that great.

I personally love MW2 and still play it all the time for the multiplayer but there are plenty of reasons not to like the game like glitching, hacking, SHORT campaign (not quality of story) but all the sudden an FPS is supposed to have a story equal to an oscar-winning movie? WTF?

The story was fine, not great, not bad but definitely not a reason to have a "bad taste" in your mouth.

[Jack-Pyro]

The game's not perfect, but then again what game is (excluding portal =D)

While the Campaign was short, it wasn't that much shorter than the first, and it had just as good of set pieces. Sure the plot took a right turn on 4th and Banana's, but at least it was entertaining and fun to see play out.

The online, while riddled with hackers and glitchers, and rude belly itcher's, is still fun to play, and an absolute blast to play with friends (seriously get a party together on a Saturday night and see if you don't end up having a good time.) While not balanced entirely it at least gives you the opportunity to be cheap to people who play cheaply.

I enjoyed MW2, and I know damn well I'll enjoy Black Ops.

[RIPSKATEDESTROY]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiice

[kdalnation]

At least this will be better than Crawl of the Fruity: Modern Whorehair

[Hitman0769]

Absolutely hope so./

[ambientFLIER]

"Thankfully, Treyarch is not Infinity Ward and their not trying to be."

World-class grammar, thanks.

[thevokillist]

I'm excited about this title, the more I see the more I want it right now.