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    Call of Duty: Black Ops

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Nov 09, 2010

    The seventh installment of the long-running action franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops puts players into the early era of the Cold War (including the Vietnam War) as a member of the United States black operations unit known as the SOG.

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    Multiplayer Review
     
    Black Ops delivers more variety from the casual Combat Training Mode to Zombie 1-4 player offline/online
    right away you will notice that clearly the controversial MW2 Modern Warfare 2 last years Call of Duty 
    was a mere Beta if you will and expensive one at that 
     
    When you play Black Ops you can clearly tell their is a much better pace and balance play 
    thanks to major tweaks from TreyArch the developers this time around 
    the fame creators of one of  the most successful World War II games that being  World At War 
    giving the game a solid feel from a better hit detection system to actual recoil and those pesky perks from MW2 being no more
     
    One of the biggest improvements is the shut down of Quick Scoping which was major issue in previous installments as well other games 
    but TreyArch has taking a firm stance against it by making it nearly impossible to pull of those cheap quick scope kills
     
    Combat Training 
    is a very refreshing mode that allows you to take on either Free For All or Team Death Match types 
    where you alone or with invite friends take on AI Bots 
    the cool thing about this is it has it's own rank and progression system that mimics the online multilayer component of the game 
    casual players even hardcore players will be pleasantly surprised the AI Bots offer a solid challenge with 4 difficulty challenge to choose from as well as custom player count in a match and for each team 
    Combat Training allows new players to veterans to experience the way multiplayer was meant to be
     
    Zombies!
    There back there is not to much of a tweak of this game type your still fighting Nazis and well that's not a bad thing!
    the maps and the way they are setup are based off the last DLC map which introduced warping devices and weapon fusion machines from World At War which gave birth to this popular game mode that has become a entity of it's own 
     
    For what you get in this game their is plenty of content that will appeal to all!
    whether your a casual player Combat Training or Competitive player Multiplayer of course 
    plus for Co-Op or horror fans 
    Zombie Mode!
     
    Black Ops gets a easy 5 out 5 and the best in the Call of Duty series a instant classic that arguably surpasses all COD as well as FPS games and then sum
     
     Recap
     
    The Good
    4 ways to play the game Campaign MultiPlayer Zombie Mode & The new game mode Combat Training
    More recoil no more laser guns
    No overpowered an or combination Perks/Weapons  
    Near Impossible to Quick Scope with a Sniper Rifle
     
    The Bad
    Nazi Zombie Mode has no drastic changes just new maps/characters etc. 
    Theater Mode is limited to only MultiPlayer can't go back and watch Combat Training or Zombie Matches 

    Other reviews for Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)

      All must die 0

      Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh core Call of Duty game to be released in the past eight years, making it one of modern gaming’s most consistent franchises. And while each entry is generally solid, that ridiculously frequent release pattern is starting to dilute the overall product. Black Ops is a perfectly fine shooter, and an equally fine entry into this blockbuster series. But it also does so little that hasn’t been done to death already, making it increasingly hard to jump on t...

      7 out of 7 found this review helpful.

      Scripted bore. 0

      Everything in the solo campaign is scripted.  If you move up too fast, you can actually shoot enemies and they won't die because they aren't "valid" because their script hasn't started.  In that same theme, enemies will spawn in certain areas to supposedly make a tense event.  Sure is amazing how many guys hide behind a door even thou you can see that its clear until you walk thru.  The CoD series is no longer exciting.  You can see scripted events coming up, you can even guess what will happen ...

      10 out of 14 found this review helpful.

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