10 Things in CoD: Black Ops that will Drive You to Murder

EX: "While I readily confess that the only way I'll achieve a respectable kill streak is if everyone takes pity on me and stops playing for about ten minutes, there are other things about “Call of Duty: Black Ops” that will, without fail, make you grind your teeth and contemplate the merits of homicide. Here are ten of them."

[poopnscoop]

Should be titled "Ten reasons why Halo: Reach: is better than Call of Dooty: Black Oops.

If you have skill, you play Halo. I LOL at the people who think KIllzone 3 or this game is going to be able to topple Halo. There's no chance --sorry, the best FPS of 2010 and 2011 already came out.

[Chuk5]

1st-Black Ops campaign as far better than reach's campaign.
2nd-It's preference.
3rd-KZ3 had nothing to do wtih this article.
4th-This is why KZ fans call halo fans idiots on this site.
5th- your one bubble is up.

[Motorola]

OWNED^^^

[sdtarm]

CoD Black Ops Sux

Reach is the same sht i hate this gaming generation :/

[gamesmaster]

ownage of the day award goes to Chuk5. 1up

[antz1104]

True that man, he needs to scoop that poop right atta here!

[MMFGaming]

Haha, Call of Dooty: Black Oops.

Better than Halo: Reach Around?

It's a toughie.

[im-12-years-old]

-skill
-halo

You can only choose one

[Ducky]

I dunno. I actually like halo since it takes more than one-burst to take someone down. You need some consistent aiming instead of the typical point-n-click one-shots that seem to be getting more and more popular.
It reminded me of Quake and UT... which had a form of gameplay I enjoyed, fast-paced with large amounts of health.

Obvious troll was obvious though. =/

[TheIneffableBob]

The thing about Halo Reach is that the skill ceiling seems kinda low. I admit that I haven't invested hundreds of hours into the game and know everything about it, but in the several hours that I have played it, it was pretty easy keeping my crosshair over the heads of my enemies and killing them with the DMR because of the aim assist.

[FragMnTagM]

All console shooters have some sort of auto aim.

[Mystickay86]

Holy. Creature - Halois Fanborius. A creature who considers Halo to be the golden grail of gaming. Will lash at any FPS game that is non-halo. Proceed with caution.

Oh and CoD > Halo. "In my opinion".

[Anorexorcist]

A very strange, blind, deaf creature that speaks of Master Chief with the same fondness that gay men speak of Barbara Streisand.

Proceed with caution, as it may be in need of deodorant and hot pockets.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

you are literally too stupid to insult.

[Redlogic]

has been watching "The Hangover" a little bit too much hahah

[Sgt_Slaughter]

true ha

[BeOneWithTheGun]

It might not have "teh salez!" of Halo but it (for me) will be a much better game. Halo is fun when my nephew is over (he's 10) and we go online and do some split screen. However, when I want a graphical and technical masterpiece to play with actual adults, I have to say Halo is not that game.

Have you seen the beta for Killzone 3? You would actually say that Reach is better (graphics, technically, etc) than KZ?

You, sir, are on crack.

[DaBadGuy]

Wow Scoop...not one agree...I mean....not one.

I mean, my god I love Reach and I have a lot of fun with it and Black Ops, but Killzone 3 looks great too. I haven't played the beta, but it looks very cool. But Halo Reach is out right now and yeah it is good.

The best shooter of 2010-2011?

Nah.

Duke Nukem Forever hasn't been released yet.

Better be the best damn shooter ever released.

[solar]

this comment failed when i saw "skill" and "console shooter" in the same breath.

what i hate about Blops, is i hate the feeling of someone always behind me and not being able to make a squad with friends.

but im a Battlefield fan so i guess i should just take Blops for what it is.

[kparks]

there is no way a explosive kill streak shout be at three kills.. 2 with hardline all u hear all match is enemy rcxd.. heads up rcxd spotted. enemy rcxd in your area!!! and so on. and they need to fix the crappy ps3 version every time i die i fall through the map. i actually spawned off a cliff and died one time! and the servers suck and disconnection and leg they need a update now not sure how the other versions are but the ps3 one is crap!when they fix all the problems the game should kick ass

[Cevapi88]

you are the number 1 reason why i would never buy Halo:Reach

[Psychic_Waffle]

I can relate to this.

Odd as it may seem, the impression a specific gaming community has on me influences whether or not I play certain games or whatever.

That said, my last PS3 game was MGS4. This site in particular is a big turn off to the PS3, but it doesn't seem like I'm missing much.

Relating to Black Ops, however, so far I'm liking the game, but the negative opinions toward it seem to devalue the game for me (the multiplayer aspect). I've yet to try it for myself, but I'm hoping I enjoy it more than MW2. The rest of the game felt mostly solid, so thumbs up for that.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

the bullet lag,ugh

[soundslike]

im pretty sure the reason those "wtf i shot you" moments happen is to avoid the dreaded double kills (you kill him he kills you same time) that happen CONSTANTLY in most unpolished MP games. Yet those doublekilldeaththings barely ever happen in COD...suspicious, no?

DAYYUMMM YOUUU NETCODE!!!

[vickers500]

Getting killed right at your home flag base within a f*cking inch of capturing it, then having the enemy return their flag while taking yours after you are dead and eventually capturing it while the rest of your team is off playing team deathmatch somewhere in the far corners of the map, not even attempting to capture or escort the flag or even defend the base.

But my favorite so far is playing Black Ops campaign on veteran. That's one that will most definitely drive you to a murderous rage.

[writersblock]

I hate getting it, but its kind of ironic
The care package is actually an ammo crate, which is designed to carry (you guessed it) ammmo.

And thats the last thing anyone wants from it

[solar]

unless you are out of ammo....

[JeffGUNZ]

worst is when you get the 5th kill and then get killed. You then drop the care package and it's ammo. Pointless.

[solar]

you must be a CoD only player jeff. ammo helps the team, but CoD isnt a team game....

[sickbird]

I HATE the knife kill situation he mentioned, drives me F%*king nuts!!

[StarScream4Ever]

The Veteran glitch trophies! How many times must I endure the tunnels of doom in Executive Order or SOG just for trophies that doesn't go 'blink'.

ARGHHHHH!!!

[MajestieBeast]

RC-XD never use it, its annoying and doesnt help the team at all. Also on the list noobs that cant take a second to revive someone but instead walk passed. i want a team that works as a team for once.

[sickbird]

how doesnt it help the team? it gets the team points for killing someone. This is call of duty, its not a team tactical game.

[FragMnTagM]

I don't use it in regular deathmatch. I use it on objective type modes like CTF. Say someone has the flag and you know their general area and you know you can't catch up to them. If you have the RC-XD, you can catch up with him and stop him buying your team valuable time to retrieve your flag.

It also works great on Domination and Headquarters. When a whole squad of guys is taking a point and you run that car in there, you can usually stop them from capturing the objective.

I'll admit that I hate being the guy that gets killed by it, but I love catching someone with their pants down with it. Or that annoying camper who has been sitting in that one building the whole match! :)

[ambientFLIER]

The sound drives me pretty nuts. It's bad compared to previous COD games. Everything sounds the same, every explosion, every grenade, every claymore, etc. Guns don't have any real "oomph". Etc etc. Just play MW2 and Black Ops right after and you'll see what I mean.

Horrible spawn points are...horrible. No need to explain this one.

Most levels look either cartoonish or just bland and boring.

Graphics are a slight downgrade from MW2 as far as multiplayer detail and animations go.

However, the game is still pretty fun, just a bit disappointing for what I was expecting.

[FragMnTagM]

You must not have a surround sound system. I have a nice surround sound system and the game sounds great. I can tell the difference between every explosion used, what direction it came from and how far away it is.

Just because the sounds were over the top in MW2, doesn't mean the sounds in Black Ops sucks.

BTW, did you adjust your audio settings for your type of setup? It has options for headsets like Turtle Beach, TV, and Surround Sound. Make sure that is on the right option and the sounds sound great to me.

P.S. I definitely agree on the spawning. THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW!

[karlowma]

Funny :)

I <3 Black Ops.

[jjank11]

If it wasn't for the stupid ass knifing and completely ridiculous lag, as mentioned in the article, then this game would be enjoyable.

Makes me want to go play MoH

As for best shooter...BC2 takes the cake in 2010, IMO

[Livin_in_a_box]

Bad Company 2 would have been so much better if DICE had actually released some more maps for it a few months after it came out. Instead, they just put the old maps on different game modes. Ridiculous.

[Grimhammer00]

Playing BO's....and loving it.
I wish I could say I could buck the masses (if sales are an indication of consumer demand based on desire)...but I can't.

Sure it has issues. Nowhere near as bad as MW2.

As for Halo being better. Hmm, I like reach.
But I've been spoiled by reward systems and leveling that gets me stuff, useful stuff.
I lost my desire to play Reach after a solid 30hrs of mp. So that's pretty good.

I'll say this- I'm really excited for brink, bulletstorm, crysis2 & kz3.
2012 is going to be crazy for fps!

[AgileNate]

Reach on the other hand isn't as good as the other competitive Halo games. There is always hope in that one day(better be soon) Bungie can fix the problems with an update but I dont think they can because the problems with Halo Reach, in my opinion, is to much. Halo 2 and 3 improved but not once did I see it as broken like I see Reach.

Black Ops was played safe and only improved on MW2.

[Raptura]

Playing on veteran causes me to be SO much homicidal than any of those reasons they stated.

[Koromaro]

should be 11 with SMG(Ak-47u) > Everything

[FragMnTagM]

I like using the AK74u, but it is just no good on some of the larger maps. On Nuketown, I use AK74u and on Launch. The rest I either use the Famas, Galil, or AK47. I am not good at sniping and I have been trying to improve, but I just stick to machine guns.

I also love using the ballistic knife. It takes some skill to use that thing. It is so satisfying when you get a kill with it though.

Another weapon I like is the Stoner. Man that thing rapes.

[dead_eye]

The fact that it takes 2 missiles to take down a chopper yet you only get 1 because people use it as a main weapon. So really there's no point it using it

[FragMnTagM]

There are other launchers that have two shots.

[dead_eye]

well that doesn't make sense. Why gimp just one??

[Acquiescence]

People giving money to Activision.

[never_waste_a_bullet]

Nazi zombies arent on a dedicated server---BS!
The maps arent very good
Theres only 2 nazi zombies maps right now, and on pc it takes forever to get a group online!
The camping--well it is cod...

the way they set it up is the person who camps the most wins, so.. everyone camps and its no fun that way..

[TacoBurrito]

With the care package one. Getting a care package is awesome. After all that work just to get ammo? F*&k ME!!