World's First Complete Black Ops Review

This is the game everyone’s been waiting for. It’s a gigantic release and because of that it deserves a review from a gigantic Call Of Duty fanatic, not some videogame journalist who will play through the campaign and then spend five hours in the online multiplayer before calling it a day.

[Crake]

This is, to my knowledge, the only complete review available online and not pulled from some early copy of a magazine.

How is this possible?

How is someone like GamePro or EGM not before these guys?

[lazysey]

As great as the review sounds, its being reviewed by a cod fan so it potentially could be a little more or less biased. Other than that fucking great review.

[iagainsti120]

when have reviews ever not been biased?
Just saying have it be on a game or a i don't know headphones or computer hardware.

If You where to read an unbiased review it would be really boring like "The Speaker made sound" instead of "The Speakers sounded great in comparison to (fill in blank) Speaker"

[nickjkl]

ill be back in a few months for a real review and not new car smell review

[Aaronvir]

Still not interested.

[TEFL0N_D0N_81]

Can't believe it... I told myself over and over that I'm not gonna get this one... I'll be picking mine up tomorrow.

[Trebius]

Fukc willpower ...

[SeanRL]

Well unlike you, I won't be supporting any of Acti's bullshit anymore, enjoy your $69.99 of garbage

[PopCapGun]

What about the presidents in Zombie mode!? Is JFK weak to headshots? Does Nixon “Arrooooog!?” If Fidel Castro goes down can his brother Raoul step in?

Also: Is the campaign historically accurate? or does it fit into the modern warfare universe? or something in between?

[RockmanII7]

I heard that Price is in it, so I think it goes with the MW universe.

[irepbtown]

and Gaz from cod4, (rumor).

[Da_Evil_Monkey]

that Black OPs has nothing to do with any MW apart from the fact they use the same engine. Although I believe Reznov from W@W is in it.

[Shackdaddy836]

Its actually using the WaW engine. I know it looks like the MW engine, but its not.

[matt1991]

W@W used the CoD4 Engine

[Da_Evil_Monkey]

All Call of Duties run on the same engine based on the id tech 3 engine; it's just modified with each game, for example W@W was made with the COD 4 engine just slightly altered, and then MW2 was made with a modified COD 4 Engine. COD:BO uses the W@W engine which as Marr1991 said, originally came from COD4. (technically COD 2 though)

[WildWild]

they've already said the plot is a fictional story. great review otherwise

[chilled2m]

So far game informer and now this webpage have reviewed black ops.

No 10's in sight. This is actually good news for fans, seeing as that the reviewers seem to be giving an honest opinion regarding the merits of the game. Not some "succumb to the hype" ridiculous perfect score like MW2

[Spydiggity]

giving 9+'s to a game that hasn't changed any formulas in the last 6 games is NOT honest.

this is the first COD i ever pre-ordered, and the first one i'm buying since COD2, cuz i think it looks like a worthy game...but a 9.5 for a game that hasn't taken a chance in 5 years and 6 games is definitely not honest reviewing. the guy even admitted he's a rabid COD fanboy.

[snipes101]

What about sports games? Those get around the same review scores with each installment and they dont change much from year to year. If a game is critically heralded and then is executed in a similar fashion again, how does that make the game any less good? Also, Treyarchs (spelling?) COD games have lower averages on gamerankings than those made by Infinity Ward. It would seem to me Infinity Ward just knows how to make a good shooter if there are discrepancies between COD's handled by different developers, and the differing review scores reflect that.

[PotatoClock]

Thats not succumbing to the hype? Calling a game thats
the exact same mechanics as every other COD 'revolutionary'?

Honest reviews don't exist for COD.

[nycredude]

When it comes to COD you have to look at user reviews cause the "professional" all get their panties twisted up when COD releases and they are temporarily insane.

[creamsoda]

Wait about 2 months after release to see REAL reviews not payed to give high scores reviews from places that only play 10 minutes of the game.

[Caithness]

Well, the review was written after 10 hours of multiplayer gameplay alone. The campaign is supposed to be around 10 hours as well.

So, where are you getting 10 mins from exactly? Did you bother to read before you bothered to comment?

[chilled2m]

haha, you got two disagrees for a great response. You better get used to it my friend, a lot of people will vote you down simply for saying anything positive regarding the game. Unfortunate, really.

[WildWild]

No doubt. Haters gonna hate.

[nycredude]

10 hours of MP is hardly enough to judge a mp heavy game especially when the servers are full yet.

Just saying.

[Megaton]

"It’s a gigantic release and because of that it deserves a review from a gigantic Call Of Duty fanatic, not some videogame journalist who will play through the campaign and then spend five hours in the online multiplayer before calling it a day."

YEAH! We need reviews from hardcore fans with their bias towards the franchise! Not those stupid JOURNALISTS with their fancy degrees and unbiased opinions!

(yes, I realize more than half of the reviews that are submitted here come from biased bloggers claiming to be journalists who haven't a clue about actual journalism, i just thought that line was pretty funny)

[Crake]

Game Informer went down, played 5 hours of the game, went back to Minneapolis and then released their "Full Review"

... that's bullshit, pr spoon fed gaming journalism right there if you ask me... from one of the biggest names in the field too.

[Close_Second]

...Black Ops multiplayer is so deep that it needs more than 5 hours to see what its all about?

[TekoIie]

Close_second gets the idea. COD games are more or less the same these days, each and every year they feel the same but with a new atmosphere which is why i will continue to buy them EVERY year no matter how many haters the franchise has.

[Crake]

Well if you read the review it basically says you can't even unlock half the multiplayer options in under 10 - 20 hours of gameplay... so, um... ya, that's exactly what I'm saying.

[visualb]

its a COD fanboy fapp off....

[MGRogue2017]

That is a pretty awesome review.

Can't wait to grab my copy & get started on digging in. :P

[Trunkz]

lol @ review.

Hardcore Nintendo fans will give a Mario game 9.5, this is why JOURNALISTS are there, they are the refs of the gaming world like refs at a hockey game - they can't favor one side and not everyone will like the call they make.

That doesn't mean this game still can't get 9.5's and stuff, and I'm glad as a CoD fan you enjoy it but you can't knock on Journalists just because they have to make tough decisions.

[visualb]

wildgunmen give COD 9.5

crazysimdrivers give GT5 9.5

loonyplatformerjunkies give any nintendo game 9.9

Its fair to say CODBo will get inflated reviews, but this one can't be taken one bit serously

[irepbtown]

GT5 will get 9.5 from even people who aren't 'CrazySimDrivers' (My opinion).

Still have to agree,

[cmrbe]

lol!.

[Crake]

????

[frankymv]

Exactly what I was thinking......

I doubt wildgunmen.com has much credibility. Probably some 12 year old sitting n his parents basement.

[irepbtown]

Or a 40 Year old sitting in his parents basement.

[YeungLee]

Or a 40 year old with a 12 year... together!!!

LOL!

Actually, they seem pretty legit, they don't do much, but what they do cover is pretty big, sounds like a group of journalists writing geek stuff for a hobby... which isn't bad.

[-IronMan-]

No thanks. The reviewers gave MW2 high scores and look how that turned out.

I will pass on this game.

[TekoIie]

Oh so now because of MW2 every other COD game that gets good reviews is gonna be bad?? So when they get bad reviews they are the game for you are they? Grow up retard...

[Shackdaddy836]

No, hes saying because MW2 got a good score from this guy, there is no credibility. BO can still be scored high, but the only credible reviews are from the people who scored MW2 lower because of its mistakes.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

But that.... Meh, don't think I will even bother.

[TheBreezyBB]

Every other game suck compared to COD series /s

[Anti-Fanboyer]

"It's borderline revolutionary..."

"This is easily the game of the year..."

After reading all that, of course it's gonna get a fucken high score- from a fanatic who couldn't view it any other way.

[Fishy Fingers]

I prey for good scores, for one reason alone, to see the COD haters spin it :)

[Jack-Pyro]

Disregard one of those disagree's Fishy, my hand slipped on the trackpad.

[big_silky]

no, games like gow3, castlevania, vanquish, etc, deserve high reviews or goty, not some friggin fps that has been the exact same shit for 4 installments. i'd give cod no higher than an 8 at this point, that's the best recycled games should get.

[Chnswdchldrn]

truth

[TekoIie]

Yeh i agree with this dude! Lets go back and change the review scores on every other sequel/prequel of other franchise to 8.0 yeh!

[Crake]

I disagree, how many Castlevania games over the years have been identical to one another? Tons!

The two are no different, Castlevania might even be worse for producing the same game more than once.

[Chnswdchldrn]

Black Ops isn’t just a good game, it’s borderline revolutionary.

borderline revolutionary

wat

[frelyler]

They say in the MP review section that they don't need to say anything if you have played the series before. That is not revolutionary to me. This is crap. There are so many other reviews for sequels that give major points off for not changing enough. Yet a COD game gets pumped out every year and still gets a 9. It's the SAME GAME with a new skin on it, WTF. Gaming going main stream has done one thing, dumbed it down because of all the mouth breathers who have no idea what innovation or imagination are. They will gladly be spoon fed by the mass media, pathetic.

[VenomProject]

I'm still getting the Sly Cooper collection instead.

lololol

[STIKUP ARTIST]

Thanks for reminding me about those games, I never got to finish playing them on the ps2, thats a good series.

[Dark-Cloud]

this game doesn't deserve 9.5
cod Mw1 DESERVE 9.0
cod waw DESERVE 8.5
cod Mw2 DESERVE 8.0
cod Blakops DESERVE 9.0

this is my opinion , i already have black ops :) , it's good and i enjoy playing it ( actully im not >.< , exams T_T ) but i played it for 2 hours :) ...
im comparing cod games not with the other games ....
cod games shouldn't get more then 9.0 because there is alots of good games out there and you can't even compare it to the others ...

[RockmanII7]

so your saying Black Ops is as good as CoD4? If so that's incredible. Maybe we'll see Black Ops 2 in a couple years.

[Dark-Cloud]

yes because black ops have alot more stuff in the game , and the gameplay is good enouph to have fun , but the problem in this game is the weapons , i don't feel that they choosed the right weapons , only few weapons are good , i mean the weapons not the attachment or perks or anything else ... they should put more weapons , it will be alot better if they put weapons , i even going to buy the dlc if it have weapons and they should put the old maps in cod 4 for free , they are the best maps in cod (in my opinion ) ...
i didn't play the single player , i still don't want too , i just want to play the multiplayer :) ..

[SpitFireAce85]

as gamers keep buy COD games there will be
another COD in the making every year.So here
is the release date for MW3.. Nov 8th 2011

Here are some COD fans

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[irepbtown]

COD4 should get 9.5 because its the perfect FPS (My opinion also).

MW2 was horse shit 7.5
COD5 i hated, i wont even do anything for it.
Black ops looks like 9.0 or even LESS.

But ofcourse everyone has their opinions.

I will have to agree though,

[RevXM]

Waw is more like an 6 /10.
It is one of the most unpolished games Ive played as well as being very uninspered and ugly looking.

I think these Reviews are bullshit, "fanatic" reviews game...
It is like giving some kid a shiny bike and ask him what he thinks.
"THAAANKXXX UUU IT LIEK THE BEST SHINY SUPER METALLLLZ BIKE IN TEH WORLDZ!" (exaggerating)

Ill wait for some decent reviews to come.

[Koromaro]

Why am I not surprise

[seinfan]

Because surprise is a verb and you can't be a verb.
It's like me saying "I'm a pull."

[El_Colombiano]

LOLOLOLOL

[vhero]

Who would have guessed at this kind of score? Does the game deserve it? Definitely Not.. But all the review sites will give it glowing reviews even though its nothing innovative and the same old thing we have basically been playing in a MW2 box with new skins and maps. I hate how review sites get high over these games there main selling point is the fact you know your friend is gonna get it and that's important when buying an online mostly FPS. As you wanna play with your friends. It's the only reason I will be getting a copy and most other people.

[Caithness]

Wild Gunmen Magazine gave Modern Warfare 2 a 7/10.... so, ya.

[Senden]

I love how this article started with the person saying that instead of getting a journalist who completes sp and spends 5 hours on mp and wraps it up, they got a cod fanatic... and tbh it shows the reviewer loves cod only cod and apparently plays nothing but cod.

It started nicely however I lost all respect and took everything else with a pinch of salt after they called the theatre mode revolutionary. Clearly the reviewer doesn't have much experience with other fps games or they'd know it's been about for over three years now.

To then go on and claim the game to be borderline revolutionary... come on PLEASE JUST STOP.. while black ops looks fun there is absolutely nothing really in the game that innovates or is worthy of the premium pricetag fatty gives it. They've pretty much stolen all the "fresh" new stuff from other games. Everyone I know who doesn't love call of duty but loves fps games looked at it and said it looks like mw2.5 and I couldn't disagree.

[Caithness]

Theater mode has been done before, sure. But it's never been done properly in a way that was available for the masses. I think that's why they're calling it revolutionary.

Just think about all the kids who already upload millions upon millions of YouTube videos on Call Of Duty.

What could potentially be revolutionary about Black Ops is that it is accepted by all gamers, not just PC gamers.

My $0.02.

[bunfighterii]

If it's anything like Modern Warfare 2 with new maps, guns, modes and unlocks then I think it'll be awesome. If it ain't broke...

[xg-ei8ht]

Wildgunmen, x-files? lol.

It was something like that.

Just seems to me when watching the vids, every shot is a take down, no matter the distance,moving etc.

It's a arcade game that should indeed be played as such. So with that. Where do i buy,lol.

I may get this and then sell if i think killzone3 is worth it.

[Caithness]

X-Files lol! I remember that... man, does that make me old?

Killzone is no competition for Call Of Duty though.

[xg-ei8ht]

I'm sorry but you are an old man:) Seriously loved that program.

Mulder and scully.

Killzone3 won't do cod sales. But gameplay wise i'm not sure. They've added alot more. Graphics are off the charts. I just hope the sp and mp live upto it.

But i may still pick this one up.

[jjank11]

YES!!! Loved me some x-files, always looked forward to Sunday nights when that was airing!!

As for CoD to KZ3. KZ 3 will up the ante ten fold. KZ2 was, and still is, an awesome experience

[nano88]

Yeap I'm getting this

[Maini8000]

that he kinda gave the game a beating in the main body.... but then all of a sudden in the conclusion he was saying its a revolutionary FPS lol

[The real killer]

"Actually, the reason you were voted down was because you put a troll comment"

No, it's a opinnion from him. Problem is, allot of those famboys claim that for their sake of COD.

Also, COD games is always overated FPS just always, also you have many diehard COD fans here on this site.

My opinnion is, 9.5 is really overated. i will give a 8.

[Nightshadow]

It's difficult to go by reviews on the big release games these days and you are forced to try it out for yourself. Personally, to me it looks like more of the same thing, but even recycled sh!t can be made into drinking water.

I might wait a bit till all the excitement of release dies down and we see some more inline reviews.

[bumnut]

This is article shows why i don't make purchases based on reviews.

9.5 for cod? wonder what he spent his cheque on ?

I appreciate that some people love cod, but none of them have been worth a 9.5, maybe cod 4.

[Solans Scott]

"The strain on your console is significant and trying to access the menu while in a match can sometimes freeze the whole system. It’s happened to me three times already."

I actually more concerned about this part of the review.

[Stevo91]

Im a huge fan of COD but the single player is buggy and the multiplayer has a lot of problems not way is it a 9.5

[ramza04]

COD Franchise....Why Fix what aint broken? Well except for MW2...

[Baby]

I Bet That IGN Will Rate It A 9.0....

[Menzeldinho]

"Overview – The Black Ops campaign is a bit confusing. It suffers from the same symptoms that Medal Of Honor’s campaign did. It’s overly confusing and the narrative jumps you around between so many different characters, wars and decades that you’ll be hard pressed to follow along with what’s going on"

This is so inaccurate its untrue, the campaign follows Mason the WHOLE way through, you play 2-3 segments as another character but in no way does it jump around too many characters... did you actually play the game??

[WildWild]

The campaign starts in Cuba in the Bay Of Pigs, then jumps to Russia years later, then to Washington, DC, then back to Russia, then back even further to the end of WWII in the Arctic, then forward to just before the Cuban missile crisis, then back to Hong Kong before the crisis, then forward to DC, then back to Russia, then to Laos before the Viet Kong, then to Vietnam after the Viet Kong... and that's just the first half of the game...

... :S :S :S :S I'm already confused and I haven't even touched the game.

I 100% agree with the reviewer and not with you. Clearly they did play the game and it is YOU who have not. TROLL

[logen99999]

the review doesn't go into how long the campaign is. and it says the story and single player are OK at best. but then it says it's easily game of the year.

what the fuck?

can we p-lease get a real honest review here.

[xThe Tamingx]

It seemed like he was saying the game was just Average to below average, then at the end he says its Easily Game of the Year?

[yamzilla]

will take 2 seconds to get into a multiplayer match....i cannot stand the console peer to peer wait.....halo reach wait was the last time i will be doing that shit/