While the last time Call of Duty: Black Ops was posted was one of the most infamous in Back-Blog history, hopefully this time goes a little better. The last few CoD games I had played left me a little underwhelmed. Boring generic World War II FPSes, two of which were Treyarch's previous entries in the series. For Black Ops, I wasn't expecting much. Let's get this out of the way now- my expectations were completely shattered. Black Ops was awesome and sits alongside the Modern Warfare games as shining achievements in first-person shooters. Drawing upon World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, Black Ops has some wildly varied missions all over the globe that combine to tell actually tell an interesting coherent story. There's some running and gunning, as to be expected, but it never feels like you're doing the same thing for long. The battle scenes are frenzied and chaotic with Bay-level explosions happening constantly. You'll drive boats, pilot helicopters, assassinate major political figures, use stealth in the dark, and have a lot of fun doing it. It's got a great cast of voice talent (Sam Worthington, Ice Cube, Gary Oldman) and has some actual rock tunes playing during some missions- 'Fortunate Son' and 'Sympathy for the Devil' may be a little cliche, but they add plenty to the action. The big plot twist may have been a little easy to see coming but it's still a good one, better than the typical betrayals that happen in so many other video games. It wasn't until late in the game that I discovered this was an actual sequel to World At War- as far as I can tell it's only because one character makes a cameo appearance- but there's really no comparison between the two. Play Black Ops.February 16, 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops
While the last time Call of Duty: Black Ops was posted was one of the most infamous in Back-Blog history, hopefully this time goes a little better. The last few CoD games I had played left me a little underwhelmed. Boring generic World War II FPSes, two of which were Treyarch's previous entries in the series. For Black Ops, I wasn't expecting much. Let's get this out of the way now- my expectations were completely shattered. Black Ops was awesome and sits alongside the Modern Warfare games as shining achievements in first-person shooters. Drawing upon World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, Black Ops has some wildly varied missions all over the globe that combine to tell actually tell an interesting coherent story. There's some running and gunning, as to be expected, but it never feels like you're doing the same thing for long. The battle scenes are frenzied and chaotic with Bay-level explosions happening constantly. You'll drive boats, pilot helicopters, assassinate major political figures, use stealth in the dark, and have a lot of fun doing it. It's got a great cast of voice talent (Sam Worthington, Ice Cube, Gary Oldman) and has some actual rock tunes playing during some missions- 'Fortunate Son' and 'Sympathy for the Devil' may be a little cliche, but they add plenty to the action. The big plot twist may have been a little easy to see coming but it's still a good one, better than the typical betrayals that happen in so many other video games. It wasn't until late in the game that I discovered this was an actual sequel to World At War- as far as I can tell it's only because one character makes a cameo appearance- but there's really no comparison between the two. Play Black Ops.
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This game seems more fun than that one http://www.spankthellama.com/hashbrowns/main.php/d/11674-1/carl+of+duty+black+cops.jpg
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it didn't suck, because I was actually kind of looking forward to this one, even if only for the sake of mixing things up. With all due respect to WW2 and "Modern Warfare," why did it take until the seventh installment of this franchise to offer something in between? It's not as if the Cold War and its various offshoots don't offer enticing environments and mission types. Anyway, I'm still CoD3 and CoDMW3 away from completing my CoD backlog, but it looks like a safe bet that this eighth and final game ends up on my shelf at some point thanks in part to your non-scatching review.
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