I haven't played this game, and probably won't be any time soon, but I saw this commercial on TV last night and though it was too HILARIOUS to not share . . .
Black Ops Commercial Spot: Kobe & Kimmel "There is a Soldier in All of Us" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1JQ_tfbHM#ws)
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Nice find, mate :-X
HAHAHA, did you see the inscription on that bazooka? "PROUD N00B" ^+-+
that's a great commercial. This is the first COD game I'm buying although I rented (free coupons) MW2 for a bit.
My RL friend is a big COD fan and he's convinced me to get in on this one. So I'll be getting it today. (The $20 video game credit at Amazon helped seal the deal for me)
That commercial just made me more psyched for it!
does that "RL" in "RL friend" stand for "Rocket Launcher" ?
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lol Art. :)
If he gets on the other team I'll have him Riddled with Lead!
Quote from: Art Blade on November 09, 2010, 05:46:56 AM
HAHAHA, did you see the inscription on that bazooka? "PROUD N00B" ^+-+
That´s because the rocket launcher is often called the "noobtube" :-()
LOL that's a funny expression :-X ^+-+
and lol, space ;D
Did anyone notice that the weilder of the "noob tube" is none other than late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel? And right before that we see NBA star Kobe Bryant firing an M16 with "MAMBA" written on the under-barrel grenade launcher. If I was a betting man, I would guess these are their real-life handles in online gamer-world.
I haven't watched TV for more than 10 years (apart from occasional sports events like Olympic games) - so no, no idea. Nevertheless, cool observation there, mmosu :)
I don't believe the commercials/show biz industry. I don't know if those stars play online games at all and if they do, I don't expect them to reveal themselves like that. I think it is just a funny gag in that over the top ad :)
Could be, but I don't think they would be revealing themselves too much by giving their screenies away - other than giving someone the chance to realize they just got close enough to Kobe Bryant to barrel-stab him :-D
P.S. - this is post 666 . . . :-[
Ask me about it, I already surpassed 6,666. ;D
you must have slipped in another post somewhere by now.. I see it's 667.
huahuahuahuahuahuahauahuauha ^+-+ ^+-+ ^+-+ :-X
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great time had on MP last night in this game. There are a ton of maps, all very enjoyably laid out - much better than what I saw in MW2 when I played that for a bit last year. The graphics and sound are great. The gameplay and guns feel just right. I'm impressed.
Haven't started the SP yet, but will soon enough.
Let us know how the SP goes, space (as you know, I can't do MP) :'(
Oh . . . wait . . . we're talking about the game for real now . . . what . . .yes? . . .Ok, ehem :-[
Yes Space, let us know about SP. So far I haven't fallen into that black hole that COD appears to be for some players (they check in but they don't check out) but if you give it rave reviews I may have to reconsider.
I won't be in the black hole for sure. I've got too many other games that interest me. But for my first foray into owning a COD, it's good so far. It goes back to ownership I think. Since I rented MW2, I had already made my mind up it wasn't my cup of tea - fun for a bit but not a buy.
Since I bought this, I know I'll be tempted to think it's better by nature, but also, this one just tempted me more based on what I'd read. The same friend tried to get me to buy MW2 and I'd resisted.
I'll chime in as I play more. :)
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If Black Ops is anything like the recent CoD titles, the SP game will be very short and linear. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong :-\\
What I know so far is that BO is causing a huge fuss due to a mission where you have to assassinate Fidel Castro in the 1960's Cuba.
I assume you play different times and places on independent missions with only specific goals, loadout, strategy etc... if this is it, I don't think it's really good on a SP perspective but should be a blast for MP
you're right JRD, so far I've done a few levels and its basically you playing flashbacks of one guy that is currently under interrogation. Honestly I'm hardly following the story itself. SP gameplay is a bit too streamlined so far. Fun enough, but, you know... MP was more fun. Hopefully SP picks up more.
Although the idea of playing missions in different places and in different times gives player good variety, I doubt that dev's can successfuly fit a plot to connect them all. Therefore the story probably lacks immersion as it doesn't gives you the sense of continuity. Why should you do a little more if there's no evident benefit like better guns, armor or upgrades and perks?
Anyway... it can be good fun though, I'm not complaining about a game I barely saw, don't get me wrong. I'm just saying that as all CoD games, BO is aiming at the MP audience!
Like many action movies which seem to be explosions first and plot second, it unfortunately seems that many FPS's have become an opportunity for programmers to show off and put together a really slick MP mode and then a half-baked plot is tacked on almost as an afterthought so that marketing has something to w@&k with.
I would love to see someone come out with a killer MP shooter and then actually admit they completely phoned it in on the plot, or even better neglected to create one altogether. Actually, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I just describe MAG? ????
It described Quake III Arena.
Are you sure? The way I remember it Quake III Arena was MP only with no SP at all. ????
I was referring to this:
Quote from: mmosu on November 12, 2010, 01:16:18 PMI would love to see someone come out with a killer MP shooter and then actually admit they completely phoned it in on the plot, or even better neglected to create one altogether.
QIIIA never had a plot, when it was announced it was already clear that it would be MP only.
That´s what I get for completely misreading mmosu´s post :-[, I thought he meant something completely different. Must remember to have some coffe before I post in the morning ^-^
I know what if feels like, starting the day without coffee...
so, allow me to say humbly and carefully and with all respect, ARE YOU CRAZY?! \:/
hehehehe, NEVER skip coffee ;D
Well, then the best thing you could do was to say something.. talking helps ;)
Quote from: Art Blade on November 13, 2010, 09:13:37 AM
so, allow me to say humbly and carefully and with all respect, ARE YOU CRAZY?! \:/
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Nice avatar, Art :-X
deadman: ;D
cheers, PZ :)
Quote from: fragger on November 11, 2010, 01:56:38 PM
If Black Ops is anything like the recent CoD titles, the SP game will be very short and linear. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong :-\\
No, you're not wrong. I bought it yesterday afternoon and finished it late last night -- and that includes a trip out of town to eat with the wife.
Honestly... it was more of a chore than an enjoyable game and I was happy to see it end.
The
rogue Russian with an evil plot scenario has grown very tiresome. I guess voice actors who do Russian and Russian accents are cheaper and easier to find.
ACOG sights on an M-16 type rifle during The Bay Of Pigs invasion in 1961? Puhleeese... That absurdity set the tone for me and it went downhill from there.
Directing a ground squad from an SR 71 Blackbird in real time? Seriously...these guys [developers] have run out of ideas and have reverted to nonsense.
At least they did get McNamara as JFK's Sec of Defense. His appearance in the game was pleasantly surprising.
It would be interesting to time the cutscenes versus gameplay. I have a feeling people would be shocked at how high the cutscene / gameplay ratio is in this game.
And the cutscenes were annoying...after the 4th or 5th segment with the flashbacks, I got the point. They were a good time to go to the bathroom or get a bottle of water--and not worth much else to me.
And the numbers station shtick...really cool concept but they screwed that up. I am familiar with shortwave numbers stations and used to listen to them as a hobby. The transmit 5 character groups consisting of letters and numerals -- not one or two digit numerals. A small detail, but the real thing can be as interesting as fiction at times.
This seems to be the year that the major gaming franchises went to the well once too many times, IMO.
In the game's defense, the weapons play (although at times ridiculously inaccurate from a historical perspective) was good.
I played it on Normal difficulty and it was challenging. I died...a lot. Pretty chaotic...and made even more so by the dumb AI that makes it possible for an enemy to casually walk past one of your squad mates, and flank you. This is a real pet peeve of mine in gameplay. Is it too much to ask that a squad mate shoot an enemy that walks in front of him so I don't get shot in the back while in cover and dealing with a dozen enemies?
I'll admit to putting myself in some really bad tactical situations because I was rushing the gameplay. Most battles don't have a time completion element so there isn't a need to rush in spite of the feeling that you must.
One battle is pretty screwed up from a design standpoint. You are fighting in the trenches of Khe San in Viet Nam and being overwhelmed with huge numbers of enemies. The game portrays the chaos of the situation very well but it is almost impossible to figure out where you are supposed to go and what you are supposed to do to progress the game. After 10 minutes of killing hundreds of VC attackers with a mounted machine gun, I figured out they were going to spawn endlessly unless I moved on.
The Marines direct you to a bunker but after you fight your way there you really aren't much closer to the objective. Apparently you can hang out in the bunker, killing the enemy until you get bored or run out of ammo. It has no effect on progressing the game.
The objective is marked as a point in a trench down the hill and after you fight your way to it, the music changes but you don't know where to go and you are getting shot to Hell. The enemy keeps spawning and shooting you from above. After dying about a dozen times and having to restart from the top of the hill, I got online to get some help and found that several players have gotten stuck there. Apparently if you move forward in the trench from the marked objective, you reach a dead end and at that point the enemy miraculously stops spawning and the Marines advance toward the next objective.
So in this battle, moving to the next objective has more to do with going to the right spot than killing the enemy but your stated mission objective is to push the attackers back. It was pretty confusing to me.
I ran into a glitch that forced me to restart an entire level. A member of my squad decided to "hang out" somewhere rather than join the rest of us and the game would not progress as a result.
The gore was strange-- shoot someone with half a clip from an light machine gun and they peacefully fall over dead. Shoot a guy with what appears to be a .357 mag revolver in a tunnel and it blows his arm or legs off. And guys... the tunnel rats in Viet Nam were typically armed with M1911 .45 ACP pistols, not large bore revolvers. Kinda hard to reload a revolver in the dark, you think? Oh, but in the game you do it with one hand. LoL
And if you could sit through the dumb cutscenes, the storyline and plot twists that emerge are pretty good, in spite of the execution. However, the story line borrowed HEAVILY from films. One cutscene is so similar to a famous one in the "The Deer Hunter" I think the author of that screenplay should have been credited.
The only redeeming part of the game in my view was the Epilogue and prelude to the now standard Zombie siege. I actually laughed at that.
I hope the mutiplayer is awesome, because in my opinion the SP campaign doesn't rate more than a 7.00. But I am sure the loyal franchise fans will clamor about it being the "bestest" FPS, evah!
Thank´s for that eor :-X yours is not the first revue I´ve read that says the game is a disappointment. The MP seems to have some serious lag issues and with a short SP campaign I think I´ll wait until I can find in the bargain bin. I have my hands full with BFBC2 MP anyway >:D
I'm sure I'm too hard on the game as I tend to set the bar pretty high -- probably too high.
But for a game to really impress me, it has to be very immersive [ Far Cry 2] have an engaging story [Red Dead Redemption] be stupid fun [ Bad Company or Just Cause 2] be a non stop adrenalin rush [ Killzone 2] be visually stunning or cinematic in its scope [ Uncharted 2] or a combination of all those elements [ Half Life 2 or Mass Effect 2].
COD Black Ops just comes up short in pretty much all those categories and the sum isn't particularly greater than the all the parts in that instance. The SP campaign is short and linear and overburdened with cut scenes...once again all just my opinion for what it is worth.
Well it's worth a lot to me, cause all the things you just mentioned are pet peevs of mine too. Thanks for the review Eor :-X
Great review in my opinion - it is good to see the other side of the coin. Although I've not played that much in the way of Call of Duty, my brother had Modern Warfare, and I have World at War - they were far too linear (and short) for my taste. A single play through was all she wrote. In fact, I remember finishing World at War and thinking to myself: "that's it???" because I'd seen marketing videos which indicated there was so much more. There was, only it was specifically for online, not SP.
Quote from: eor123 on November 14, 2010, 05:12:20 PM
COD Black Ops just comes up short in pretty much all those categories and the sum isn't particularly greater than the all the parts in that instance. The SP campaign is short and linear and overburdened with cut scenes...once again all just my opinion for what it is worth.
They should've called it
Black Ooops :-D
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Lol JRD :-D :-D :-D
Eor, thanks for posting that great review :-X and for unfortunately confirming my doubts >:((
For this particular SP gamer, this franchise has overstayed it's welcome. Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I like to actually play a game, not be a spectator for half of it. MW2 SP had too much scripting and too many specific tasks for my liking, and BO sounds worse in those respects. I won't be bothering with it.
I agree with above assessments. The single player is really lackluster and lots of hand holding. The MP is fun enough for sure. But even that, if it weren't for a friend convincing me to get it cause he wanted it, I would've passed. It effectively was $40 for me with the amazon discount offered, so in that sense, I'm not upset I picked it up.
Well after reading all your reviews of Black Ops I'm glad i didn't buy it myself. I got it as a Christmas present so it won't hurt my gaming feelings any if I play and do not like. After all there are a lot more games out there. Too many games not enuf time, even for a retired guy.
I must preface this with the caveat that I hate CoD games. Theres a review here somewhere by me, of CoD MW2, slating it iirc.
I thoroughly enjoyed BO, I thought it was everything that MW2 wasn't, there were no BS missions like All Ghillied up, where you spend more time travelling to a mission and away from it, than in the actual mission.
I liked the story, sure, it telegraphed the ending quite early and it was a bonkers plot, but nowhere near the league of the degrre of madness that was the MW2 plot. :)
As regards realism or rifle sights, I dont know from adam, I was playing a game, as regards Khe San, I only know about it from a Springsteen song, but I had no problems on where to go next.
As regards directing the OP from the plane, there was a similar mission in one of the other MW games that bored the beejeesus out of me, but I loved the way that you gave the commands like a strategy game, then zoomed down into the squad immediately, into the action.
Actually that last paragraph summed up my thoughts on the game, there was no dicking around, you were whisked from set poiece to set piece and era to era, with no let up, it was one long constant firefight, I really enjoyed the pace/momentum of the game.
And ZOMBIES!!!!! I LOVE ZOMBIES, there are iirc 3 different zombie modes in the game.
Bbbbrrrraaaaiiinnnnsssss..... :)
But again, its just opinions, I hated MW2, but (as shown by its sales) many millions of people LOVED it.
Either way a great and well written review , cheers :)
Oooooh, didn't read all reviews allready but i've spent quite a while on this game. I also LOVE them zombies. It's so damn thrilling surviving all these waves together with a bunch of good players.
And off course, again, I got challenged with these damn achievements....
The Zombie-related-achievements were the toughest, and damn I was happy when I finally could 'C me, Stab me, Heal me' ;)
I survived 'til round 22 so far, and that was complete madness. Took me allmost 2 hours of constant gaming (lol, remember the coop times in Bulletstorm) to get that far.
Bad thing about the Zombie mode is them cheaters, f*cking around with them endless ammo cheat.
Hi all. I finally started this game and agree with most of the reviews here. I only came into see about getting some advice on a tough spot. It probably is easy once I find out but as there is not a "help" area I'll still ask.
What is the sequence to get thru the area of the comm station when the catwalk outside is blown up?
Any help would be appreciated. I've checked some walk thrus but of course they don't mention what should be done.
Sorry mate, its been so long I cant remember :(
Hope you are enjoying the game, I liked it alot :)
IIRC the russian guy appears in CoD WaW as well.
Is it when you escape from this 'satelite-station' during this mission somewhere in russia? I mean one of the 'jobs' that are part of the mission with the spyplane?
You just get out of it, and have to follow your friends... but indeed the cakewalk crashes. All I remember is that you have to be fast. Only run, run and run. And at the cakewalk you might have to jump then. It's just simple, but you gotta be fast.
Then, continue running thrue the snow and you'd make it out in time. ;)
Thanks for the answers. Indeed you gotta run jump quick and run and run fast . It took me about 20 tries to get the right combo but then success.
I did enjoy the game and now I can go back to a particular mission(s) that I liked.
The Zombie end is ok but I prefer an ending where eventually you get somewhere and not end up as zombie entree.
Gord, just dropping a comment here for you: Glad you're dropping by once in a while :) You used to post a little more back in the days of FC2 and I miss that ;)
Thanks guys, you just made my mind up for me to not buy this game, oh well, back to BBC2 and MOH....... :-\ :-\
I found a MP vid which I think is amazing.. Although this is BO2 it shouldn't matter much. Never mind the Spanish commentary, he's basically just talking to himself trying to find enemies quickly and checking his score which in the end will be 117 kills and no deaths. ??? :)
117-0 ¿YA?!! - Black Ops 2 - Road to 100 bajas - sTaXx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZN_sBBstH0#ws)
117 kills and no death ? :o :o :o
Yep. I watched a couple other vids by the same player (staxx, or by staXx, or bystaXx.. same guy). A youngster but damn quick and amazingly skilled. :)
here, 128 kills, one death.. in half the time :-D well, vid starts at 50-1 when he just died. Actually, it's a patchwork of a few games, check the score tables in between. one shows something like 1150-8.
128-1 - Racha de 127 - Nuclear con 4 Enjambres - Black Ops 2 - sTaXx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7t9uqdLcO0#ws)
This guy is indeed amazing.
One reason I don't play MP is that I got killed every 5 seconds, sometimes just 1 second after being respawned ;D I have poor reflex and eye-hand coordination.
just edited, the previous vid is a patchwork, check the score tables in between. They are always impressive, though. He talks about killing streaks.
And yes.. MP isn't my cup of tea any more, either :)
Amazing indeed. I got really good in one of those MP games once, and it is so damn satisfying, but it takes too much time to get reallty skilled. The guy knows his environment and player's behaviour to detail. AND is a good shot. Amazing video, but horrible accent "tío" ;)
probably because your ears are used to a different accent -- to me he sounds just normal but anyway, as long as I can understand the language I don't mind the accent. :)
Quote from: durian on September 06, 2013, 02:37:23 PM
One reason I don't play MP is that I got killed every 5 seconds, sometimes just 1 second after being respawned ;D I have poor reflex and eye-hand coordination.
That's the main reason for me as well - no point in being the target for some fool that wants to elevate his self esteem at someone else's expense. :-()
Quote from: PZ on September 06, 2013, 08:47:56 PM
That's the main reason for me as well - no point in being the target for some fool that wants to elevate his self esteem at someone else's expense. :-()
Glad I'm not alone :)
and me :)
We single player only guys are an endangered species ;D
your "we" indicates more than one, so it must be multiple, which means we are multiple players = MP. :-D
We are a singular collection of multiple singles who are individually united in our conglomerate singularity.
you summed up that one fact rather accurately.
indeed :bow
Quote from: fragger on September 08, 2013, 06:52:10 AM
We are a singular collection of multiple singles who are individually united in our conglomerate singularity.
Well said, fragger :-X :-()
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I so hope that at least somebody will notice "one" (fact) and "summed" (up) was mathematical nonsense for the sake of a word play. :-D
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I did, just before I opened up your spoiler :-()
Same with fragger, the difference is that after I opened Art's spoiler tag ;D
:laugh: :-X
Apparently, there are some awesome zombie mods coming out for this game ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FemSKVdzLw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FemSKVdzLw) Dual wield Thundergun :-D >:D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oy3viAUNFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oy3viAUNFE) Dual wield the Mystery Box :laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJbyjVbH7A8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJbyjVbH7A8) AK-12 with Ray gun attachment :-()
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hc2wclcaLk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hc2wclcaLk) Wind staff from BO2 vs George Romero in CoTD :-D
I still haven't fallen victim to that bloody zombie mania and I don't think that I ever will >:D
May I remind you of Binn running thru the building, and 3 zombies behind him moment? 8)
LOL :laugh:
hehe, DayZ.. :) Well, Abletile donated that game to me so he wouldn't have to play it all by himself. To me it was more about the co-op aspect as well as some kind of a "find, discover and collect the best gear possible" obsession than about any type of devotion to fighting off zombies.
SR3 and the middle zombie infested island, if I recall correctly you wanted to go there alot just to kill zombies. >:D
agree, those SR3-Zombies actually were fun to fight off :) However, it wasn't a zombie-game. It was just one small secluded part of the map that was infested.