Thursday, November 25, 2010

A Review of Call of Duty Black Ops

By Christina Francis


Fans from the Call of Duty franchise certainly won't end up disappointed by Treyarch and Activision's seventh release of the CoD franchise. Released for the X-Box 360, PC, Nintendo Wii and DS, and Ps3, Black Ops is a first-person shooter that plays out during the Cold War, giving you the option from a broad range of weapons, including exciting new additions with much more amazing ammunition Black Ops outdid its forerunner, Mw2 in it's opening week - selling nearly millions of copies more!

There are many new exciting locations for you to fight through, including Cuba, Russia, and Laos, and is as much an innovative progression forwards from Modern Warfare 2 as Modern Warfare was for Cod 2. Though the controls are familiar to those who've played the CoD franchise for years, there is lots more stealth involved with Black Ops than any game in the series up to now.

However the real meat and potatoes of any Call of Duty game, and particularly the newer ones, is of course, Multiplayer - and also the hallmark of any great multiplayer game is it's ability to make multiple hours disappear whenever you pick up the control; often without your notice. The brand new zombie multiplayer mode is as much fun and engaging as it is slightly silly.

It's obvious that this portrayal from the Cold War is just a fictional mock-up, but it is certainly entertaining. The gigantic explosions, story arcs and twists, and the 'missions' all indicate a colorful re-imagining of what things might have been like when the Cold War had played out like an explosive action movie. It's easy to separate the very fact in the fantasy, but that doesn't alter the fact that there are certain lines and scenes that are gripping and designed to evoke a visceral emotional reaction, especially the scenes of torture.

Black Ops is both a cinematic and gaming success, artfully rendered despite the fact that out, with the masterfully considered storyline that merely a big name studio and lots of investment behind you are able to create. The tale may be a bit faster paced than previous Call of Duty games, but this doesn't detract from the game; instead of a single goal that you simply work towards for an extended period of time, you might find yourself flowing from goal to goal with little time for you to pause and wonder in between - a certainly thrilling experience for me which i highly recommend for all first-person shooter fans!




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