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Veteran PS3 CoD Players Speak Out About Black Ops and Patch 1.04

RipTen: Everyone knows what a disaster Call of Duty Black Ops has been for Ps3 owners. From being an inferior port, on the short end of timed exclusive DLC and now the infamous Patch 1.04. Our readers responded to our most recent Black Ops stories with such vigor, emotion, and wanted their voices heard.

jaredhart4899d ago

Well I own it for the Xbox 360 and I'm still dissapointed.

blitz06234899d ago

I never liked the COD series but I thought to give this one a try since most of my friends were getting it too but it just never worked out for me. Didn't get to finish the campaign, which was good anyway IMO, and didn't get to prestige in MP.

What I basically hated the most is how this game tends to be repetitious. Sure I enjoy it for some time but honestly I get tired real fast and I personally don't like how people abuse it. Can't wait for KZ3, KZ2 was the only FPS that impressed me and I'm an RPG fan.

Flashwave_UK4899d ago

Yeah ^^ top comment killzone is more original and it appeals to us hardcores more than cod and haddock (se what i did there?)

barom4898d ago (Edited 4898d ago )

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I haven't had any issues at all (got PS3 version btw). Except for perhaps some mic problems with my friends but it was possible to work through it.

I think people are making this bigger than what it is.

FFXI1014898d ago

Just because you don't have the problems like others do doesn't mean they are making things up or there's no problem at all.

Single player-- No trophy after I beat it on veteran and the AI in the game is just as worst as in WAW.

Muti players-- Party disband, mic problem, spawn in front of the enemy or surrounded by them, getting kick from the game.

These just few problems that happen to most people, so I don't know why you'd think people are making this bigger than what it is. I think either you have no idea what you were saying or you just trolling.

kunit22c4893d ago (Edited 4893d ago )

I completely agree they messed up this game with such simple things, like the kick button in a party doesn't work, I can almost never mute someone in a party, the option just isn't always there its there sometimes but mostly not. Also in zombies if I have a full party and I click find a game so its online, ranked and so we have the best host it just says cannot find a game, well it should just start up our own lobby if that isn't obvious we have a full party. Now the thing everybody is talking about is the lag and yes there is ALOT of it you can almost never get in a game without lag, and the host migration is terrible it almost never goes through, and the game can seriously not pick a host to save its life it always picks probably the worst possible host and only the host has a four bar and everyone else has a 1 bar and it either doesn't migrate or it does and the game gets lagged out. Also I have no clue what the framerate is but it is so much lower than MW2's 60 fps. And the hit detection is so random I could start shooting first and be right on him the whole time but still die and sometimes you could not even be on them and hit them and vice versa. Anyways back to the choosing the best host, in zombies all my friends connect to me just well and they never get lag on my connection or get lagged out but for some reason this retarded ass game chooses one of my other friends and when hes host we all have a 2 of us have a 2 bar and 1 has a 1 bar while he has 4. This game just makes me appreciate MW2 more because atleast it got MOST of this shit right. Also you can't lock a lobby, those privacy settings are useless. Also everybody can't always hear everybody and that is what gets me the most because that always happens in zombies when you need communication most we have to fucking telephone because one person can here a guy but nobody else can and its so fucking stupid.

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KingZFlipper4899d ago (Edited 4899d ago )

@jaredhart I'm also disappointed. Back to COD4

Run_bare4898d ago

Modern Warfare is a much better game. For some reason i feel cheated. I sold it after finish it and swap for Vanguish.

iPad4899d ago

Call of Duty fanboys are astonishing.

r1sh124899d ago

Totally agree the xbox version is not perfect...
Although most people might as well play COD on the xbox becuase its at least playable, i truely feel sorry for ps3 players. I was gonna get it on my ps3 also but its at a much worse state compared to MW2.
I think activision act like the xbox version is an exclusive and the ps3 version is worth 'less'.
Its a shame that these large publishers are soo cheap, but I guess its the way it is.
Im done with call of duty after this game.
GTA 5 anyone? Killzone 3? in the past 2 years look at what activision have allowed to be put out. MW2 terribly overpowered, blur and Black ops on the PS3 is broken.

Masterchef20074899d ago

What i hate is when people say "The 360 version is flawless" when it has a ton of problems just like the PC and PS3 version

r1sh124898d ago

@mastercef2007....
The xbox version is definitely not flawless, it has its issues.
For the most part the majority have been fixed, but there are still a few which they are working on.
What I can say on the xbox, is that they seem to be updating it quite regularly via hot fixes.
I think the design on the server/ lag compensation system sucks, the hit detection is still not that good.
However I have played the ps3 version and the xbox version is playable.
I noticed frame drops on the ps3, didnt get into a game for like 20 mins with an open nat type?

madpuppy4898d ago

Blur? I have Blur for the PS3 and it plays fine, I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever.

princejb1344899d ago

i like the fact the game is balanced, but the connection is horrible for this game, not ones have i had a game that disconnects me so much during every single match
i went back to play uc2 for the time been

i see a law suit coming in for treyarch soon
we paid $65 for a game thats suppose to be of quality
you dont be seen new windows or apple computers with missing features, that makes your computer not run

Dave13514898d ago

seriously man this game is so fun to play when you can actually play it. at least 50% of my games drop and host migration is no where to be spotted.

princejb1344898d ago

lucky you
80% of my games drop when the game is about to finish
so i lose most of my points for winning

HungPHATx4899d ago

Same here ! It doesn't hold a candle to COD4 , fyck Black Ops !!!! KZ3 will destroy it

CrzyFooL4898d ago

"Josh Olin said there was a dedicated PS3 team! A team of what? Homeless guys you hired off the street?"

I lol'd

zeddy4898d ago

went back to modern warfare 2 today and blows the shit outa black ops.

floetry1014898d ago

speaking of blowing the shit out of stuff, how are those noob tubes handling?

DARK WITNESS4898d ago

@ floetry101

At least you can still shoot and kill the noob tubers if you actually shoot first... unlike blackops which will see them magically absorb three or 4 rounds before it has even crossed their mind to pull the trigger.

then watch them drop you as if you were wasting your time even trying - then you have the joy of watching the kill cam only to find you never did shoot them, no, all that time you was hitting the trigger button it was all in your imagination ! they actually knew what you was going to do before you did it and had already killed shot you first.

SephireX4898d ago

I don't own it for any console and I'm still disappointed also.

Undeadwolfy4898d ago

@Barom, oh hoh hoh believe me. It really is as bad as it sounds. Once you have a petition going, thats saying something. Let me give you an example of my personal experience.

6 Hours of Black Ops
MW2 = 25-30 games average
Black Ops = 5-15 games if im lucky

Plus PS3 freezing every 2-4 games
Constant "Connection Interrupted" messages
Signing out of PSN constantly
Slow XMB compared to any other hardware intensive PS3 game (Killzone 2, Uncharted games)
Couldnt even complete a zombie game with 1 other person.

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KingNintendoFanboy4899d ago

I guess they don't prefer the Wii version.

dagamdagee4899d ago

It's as if they don't understand the rules of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Welcome to the world of the Maddenization of video games. Madden has been at it for over 20 years and they STILL haven't gotten it right. Derpa derp, I hope you don't miss your $64.

Batmau54899d ago

They only just made the PC version playable yesterday for me at least, the PC version was really hit and miss.

Ninja-Sama4899d ago

Good for you, I'm experiencing even worse stutter than before now on the PC...

Treyarch have all but confirmed their B-Team status.

scar204899d ago

What are these folks over at Treyarch and Activision doing?

Ummmm, i believe they are counting your hard earned money and saying we got you're money so now screw off and leave us alone as we get ready to make another glitchy game for next year for which many of you will still buy until then bye.

mrv3214899d ago

People compalined that MW2 was glitchy and buggy, and they'd never buy another COD... one year later those same people say 'All the problems have been fixed, IW sucked' a few month later 'Black Ops sucks, I will never buy another CoD.'

Save yourself money, buy Bad Company 2 and have more fun.

vickers5004899d ago (Edited 4899d ago )

Bad Company 2 is not a good substitute for Call of Duty because Call of Duty is a fast paced shooter, where as Bad Company 2 is not. I have both games, but I'm smart enough to understand the difference between the two games, and the difference is huge.

There aren't many other fast paced reaction based shooters out there on consoles, and that's the reason why you see people are still playing Call of Duty games, is because Call of Duty is one of the very very few online fast paced shooters out on consoles, and the other ones that are there usually suck (like UT3), so saying to a gamer "just play bad company 2 instead" is like saying to a food lover "just eat steak instead of chicken". Sometimes I'm not in the mood for steak, and sometimes I'm not in the mood for chicken, just as sometimes I'm not in the mood for huge maps that take 2-3 minutes of running just to get to the action (while more tactical, it's more slower paced), and sometimes I'm not in the mood for fast paced games and just want to relax.

Both Call of Duty and Battlefield provide unique styles of gameplay and are completely different, so suggesting that a game like Battlefield should fill the void of Call of Duty or that Call of Duty should fill the void of Battlefield is ridiculously stupid, as people who REALLY love FPS will know that they are two completely different games.

You want to suggest something to me other than Call of Duty? Find me an online FPS which is fast paced, modern (as in not outdated) and has as much customization as Call of Duty and is CONSOLE ONLY. I doubt you will be able to name even one, and that's the reason core gamers still buy CoD games, is because no other console fps provides that fast paced shooter action.

princejb1344898d ago

vicker is right
the reason i have battlefield, is cause the maps are way to huge, is a whole lot of running around, and than if you die, they spawn all the way back to start running again
i dont even like big maps in call of duty
they get on my nerves

Szarky4898d ago

"just as sometimes I'm not in the mood for huge maps that take 2-3 minutes of running just to get to the action"

"and than if you die, they spawn all the way back to start running again"

It sounds like you guys aren't taking advantage of squad spawning? Okay, yes once in a while you whole team will be dead and you have to start from the beginning but if your squad is decent you should be in the action the majority of the time.

newflesh4898d ago

Well said, vickers.. well said..

vickers5004898d ago (Edited 4898d ago )

"but if your squad is decent you should be in the action the majority of the time."

I don't know how your experiences usually go, but my squads are almost never decent. It's always plagued with some problem. The squads I usually get paired up with are the selfish snipers who sit in the back picking people off and it's actually just faster to spawn at the base, or there's usually only about one or two people in my squad (who are dead like 99% of the time when I actually need to spawn), or sometimes I don't get paired up with a squad at all, or my squad are a bunch of run-n-gun idiots who don't understand that the game they're playing isn't Call of Duty, and then I mostly have issues with combinations of all those problems.

For me, one of those problems or a combination of them make up about 90% of my squad mate experience, so I end up either having to find a vehicle to move me forward (while getting me killed on the way there, since when you're in any type of vehicle, you're a moving target with a bullseye painted on your head) or spend a couple of minutes running.

That's my experience, I may just be one of the unlucky ones, but the problem of not being able to get into the action very fast still exists for me and I don't see that changing any time soon based off of personal experience.

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