With gaming company, Infinity Ward’s, Call of Duty Modern Warfare one and two have been the number one shooting game for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With the first Modern Warfare that sold 5 million copies first day and Modern Warfare 2 selling 7 million copies the first day. Between these two extremely popular video games, Treyarch released Call of Duty World at War which had the game play of Modern Warfare with a World War 2 setting. The game wasn’t bad but wasn’t good either, and when Infinity Ward came out with Modern Warfare 2 just one year after World at War, World at War got pushed aside. Now it’s Treyarch’s turn to make it’s comeback with Call of Duty Black Ops. Will this be a ground breaking game, or will be another screw up?
Lets begin with story line, the entire takes place in flashbacks when you are being interrogated.You play as Alex Mason, special operative in the 1960’s. You are everywhere throughout this game at one point you will be in a Russian prison break to Cuba to the deep jungles of Vietnam. You even have a flashback to the final days of WW2 where you kill Nazis in the Arctic Circle. Reznov, from World at War has a huge role throughout the game, and Demitri, your Russian character from World at War also makes a appearance. The games story has multiple twists and turns, that are quite shocking. The one thing about this game is that is completely different then all the other Call of Duty games is some of your objectives are just right down personal. This game at some points feel more like an action movie then a video game. With memorable characters this is the best Call of Duty storyline in the series. Gameplay, just like in all other Call of Duty games, is top notch controls are simple and easy to learn. Call of Duty has been famous for the game’s multiplayer. Unlike the other Call of Duty games, multiplayer is based on credits. Everything you unlock you must buy with credit you earn in games. This is a good thing, in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 you had to get 300 kills and difficult challenges to unlock extended mags. In Call of Duty Black Ops you can purchase extended mag first thing when you purchase the gun. Everything is extremely customisable. You create your own emblem, and their are thousands of designs you can create. You can even design your red dot site, change the color, change the lens color, even change the dot itself to different symbols such ad a square, triangle, star, skull, and many more. Contracts are also a new add on to the game, where you purchase certain challenges. Contracts cost money, but if you complete them in the given time limit, you get more credits. Black Ops also brings new wager matches where you bet to see if you win. Wager games do not have the typical game like in normal multiplayer. One of these wager game types is gun game like in Counter Strike by Valve. Gun game is a free for all where every one has the same weapon. Every kill you get you upgrade by receiving a better gun, who ever goes through all the guns win. Also if you need practice for multiplayer, Combat training puts you up against A.I. bots which can be entertainment if multiplayer is stressing you out. Just as its popularity in World at War, the famous nazi zombies are back. With two awesome levels the nazi rampage is more fun than ever. One of the levels you play as Nixon, Castro, secret agent, and John F. Kennedy. When playing as those characters they will blurt out comments when slaying zombies that made me bust out laughing.
This game is unbelievable, with a breath taking storyline, very detail customization in multiplayer, fun combat training, hilarious zombies, and entertaining new multiplayer game types. This game has everything, and personal it’s better than Modern Warfare 2. Treyarch really picked up their game and is the game this holiday season. Without a doubt this is a for sure buy.
