Call of Duty: Black Ops from Activision Inc

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Our Review (9.0)

Whenever a franchise continues to deliver extremely popular and very high quality games, each new game in the series comes with quite high expectations. Call of Duty: Black Ops had some very big shoes to fill and yet it came through with flying colors. This game is very filled with exciting and varied gameplay and is both intense and intriguing. The ability to have multiplayers combined with some fascinating new features make this one of the leading Xbox 360 games available. There is also a new training mode for combat which enables the beginner to engage in the competition while avoiding the slings and arrows of the more skilled veterans. Video editing tools, zombie killings and one of the best shooter games ever made make this one to definitely check out if you haven't already done so.

This single player game is largely set during the 60s and takes you to hot spots such as Russia, Cuba and even Vietnam. You are now an elite yet covert operative and your adventures across the world begin to form various pieces to the puzzle-a puzzle that your captors are desperately scheming to put together by means of intense interrogation. Each adventure into the field is but a memory and these different missions are slowing coming together while building momentum as each intensive interrogation begins to put yet another piece of the puzzle into its rightful place.

Although it is not a very original or unique mechanic, it does give a nicely coherent context to the action while some of the stronger characters and intense moments give the storyline that much needed realistic intrigue. The vague edges of your consciousness hide important information that needs to come out into the light, while the erratic visual effects and creepy audio sounds that seep into your interrogations sometimes begin to blend into your memories of your missions which thus creates a rather uncertain tone that then plays out into very satisfying yet surprising ways.

Your flashbacks of interrogation are not within the linear flow of time which allows for your missions to cover quite a variety of both gameplay and geography. A highly dramatic breakout from a brutal prison is just one highlight while later missions focus on frontline conflicts, mountainous incursions and still some urban fires. The richly detailed environments and campaign are not without the odd technical glitch on occasion; however these few and far between moments are not very successful in hindering your thorough enjoyment of this game.

Besides just the on foot action that takes place, you also use a variety of vehicle choices to get to your objectives. Some of the action puts you in the driver's seat and while the handling of the vehicle is less than remarkable, the sheer thrill of blowing up things and speeding your way through hostile terrain makes up for it! The core gunning and running mechanics keep this game as active and exciting as ever and the variety of gameplay throughout the campaign keeps the action moving at such an intense speed that it will be odd if anyone ever finds this game to be dull.

Manufacturer Description

The newest installment in the biggest action series of all time and the follow-up to last year's blockbuster Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops launches on November 9, 2010.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter with stealth and tactical play aspect that puts players in the role of a shadow soldier fighting in a variety of historically representative fictional Black Ops missions of the Cold War era. Created with the input of actual Black Ops soldiers from the time, the game mixes traditional Call of Duty tactical shooter gameplay with new gameplay options designed to expand the players' experience. Additional features include extensive multiplayer options, along with new vehicles and explosive new weapons.

Putting Out the Hotspots of the Cold War
Follow-up to 2009's blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops breaks new ground in the Call of Duty series and the video game industry at large by delving into the not-so cold conflicts of the Cold War.

Relive the Cold War COD style.

Inspired by the experiences of real Black Ops soldiers of the era, the missions of Call of Duty: Black Ops take the player to a wide variety of settings, ranging from snowbound mountain strongholds in historical Soviet held territories, to the jungles and urban settings of Vietnam War era SE Asia. Throughout all, care has been taken to maintain the traditional essence of Call of Duty style combat, while also introducing new types of player action that add to the gameplay experience. Additional features include co-op, versus and team-based multiplayer options, new vehicles like the SR-71 Blackbird and lethal new weapons such as explosive-tipped crossbows.

Key Game Features

• Seventh installment of the Call of Duty series, based on the live fire conflicts of the Cold War era.
• Diverse variety of play setting ranging from urban air and ground combat in SE Asia, to snow combat in Soviet region and jungle combat.
• Blending of traditional COD, and new first-person character scenarios designed to both retain the essence of the COD gaming experience and ensure constantly flowing and varied action.
• New arsenal of weapons and vehicles tied to the Cold War era, including the SR-71 Blackbird and sited explosive-tipped crossbows.
• Wide array of play modes including single player, local multiplayer versus and online co-op and multiplayer.

3-D Game Features

• Fully playable in stereoscopic 3D: the game will be compatible with 3D-ready HDTVs and 3D PCs utilizing state-of-the-art active shutter 3D glasses, delivering true depth of field and an unprecedented level of immersion that is perfectly suited for the Call of Duty action experience.
• Awesome 3D experiences: aim down the sights of your weapons, fly in helicopters, rappel down mountains, move through highly detailed environments and more.
• The experience is seamless to use with a simple menu option to enable stereoscopic 3D or disable it at any time whether playing in the single player campaign, multiplayer or Zombie mode.
• Playable in both 3D and non-3D on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Call of Duty: Black Ops for Windows PC is NVIDIA(R) 3D Vision(R)-Ready and supports stereoscopic 3D gaming using 3D Vision active-shutter glasses and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.   For Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system consoles, 3D features require a compatible 3D-ready HD TV.

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