Call of Duty - Black Ops

[teddymeow]

Just finished Blood Stone so I'll trade that for CoD.

I'll finish the SP then get rid of it.

[jimtendo]

Well, the care package glitch is apparently back in Black Ops...
yaay... ¬_¬

[charlesr]

Well, the care package glitch is apparently back in Black Ops...
yaay... ?_?

For real? If so, wtf.

[Neon Ignition]

Based on MW2 I can live with that one, the killstreaks aren't as extreme in this one as they were in MW2 and it never really affected my game in that one. There's bound to be issues with this one as WAW was probably the most glitched COD there's been but it never ruined my enjoyment and after MOH's multiplayer this'll be a god send regardless.

[Family Fry]

This looks like fun.....

[Neon Ignition]

Ha ha, on one hand it's unusual that there appears to be a single spawn point on that map rather than it moving around as is usual but on the other how thick does the other team have be to keep letting themselves get killed so blatantly.

[Flabio]

Apparently men armed with machine guns held up a gamestop over the weekend just to steal their 100 or so copies of this.

Call of Duty. Serious Business.

[nonny]

That guy is playing against bots. No way are people that stupid.

Best thing about this game is going to be the video theatre mode. Not just for showing mates so jammy moves but for sharing proofof glitchers to the developers so they can act quickly on any moron who thinks it's clever to cheat.

They've already said they've hired people specifically to trawl through video footage and that they'll be supporting the game against, what was is the dev called them? Oh yeh, douchebags.

[Skull Commander]

Looking around at the launch "deals" I think I will give it a miss. ?30 is my limit at the moment, and I'm not as hyped for the game as I thought I would be.

[Flabio]

Yeah, most of the deals involve trading in very recent games:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-08-where-is-the-price-of-cod-cheapest

[Lebowski]

Also It could be gash as its the team that brought us cod3 and world at war, for me this is turning into another fifa type scenario yearly updates but with the added sting of premium dlc. It's not as if its main selling point the multiplayer looks much different to modern warfare 2 either.

[Neon Ignition]

Depending on how your fixed the Game deal in the bargains thread isn't too bad where you can get Black Ops and a recent release title for ?65. It's a fair bit to stump up but means getting the likes of Fallout New Vegas for ?20-?25.

[Prototype]

It's £59 actually if you use the discount code.

[Uli]

blockbuster releases get more and more ridiculous - there isn't even a review out but half of my friends list is already playing the title online...

Game Informer apparently gave it a 9/10, stating the game finally has improved sound, more vehicle sections and lasted about 8 hours on hardened difficulty. major weak points are unfair checkpoints and non-interactive un-skippable cutscenes lasting up to 10 minutes.

Der Test im Detail (+/-)

+ Das Spiel sieht unglaublich aus und klingt soundtechnisch mehr nach Battlefield: Bad Company 2 als nach Modern Warfare 2. Der Soundtrack ist ?berraschend gut und passt zur Atmosph?re.

+ Es gibt viele unvergessliche Momente, die man immer wieder spielen will - besonders die Kampfszenen in Vehikeln, wo richtig viel abgeht.

+ Das Spiel ist l?nger als gedacht. Auf dem Schwierigkeitsgrad " Hardened" dauerte es rund acht Stunden.

- Auf dem Schwierigkeitsgrad "Veteran" ist das Spiel fast unm?glich, weil es mehrere Stellen gibt, an denen endlos Gegner in den Level str?men, bis man etwas Bestimmtes getan hat.

- Die R?cksetzpunkte sind schlecht, genau so wie damals in Uncharted 1. Es ist unverst?ndlich, warum die Entwickler einen R?cksetzpunkt genau vor einer Szene setzen, in der ein Charakter f?nf Minunten lang am quatschen ist.

- Es gibt Stellen, an denen der Spieler f?nf bis zehn Minuten nichts zu tun hat und sich nur etwas anschauen muss. Diese Szenen nerven unglaublich, wenn man sie immer wieder erleben muss. Dann gibts' auch Szenen, in denen Gegner pl?tzlich aus dem Nichts irgendwo auftauchen und sofort schie?en. Auf "Veteran" ist das Spielen deshalb auch eine Qual.

- Die Handlung ist nicht so durchgeknallt wie in Modern Warfare 2, doch ist sie schon sehr fr?h durchschaubar.

- Die Karte "Nuketown" ist ein totaler Fehlschlag und es ist unverst?ndlich, warum sie es in die finale Version geschafft hat

[Spatial]

Dunno what they're afraid of with a late embargo, from what I've played of my copy so far it's the annual CoD update, albeit a bit more interesting than MW2 so far. Oh and with some Lost style obsession with numbers thrown in for good measure.