One of my favorite series' of games is Call of Duty, so when I saw the trailer for Black Ops I was left with mouth gaping wide. I couldn't wait to reserve it let alone own it.
Needless to say the next day Game Stop got my $5 deposit and I took to the net. I tortured myself daily with trailers and forums until I couldn't take it anymore which made me take to my older versions of COD.
I "trained" for weeks in eager anticipation of the release of Black Ops. The night of the launch I was there at 12 am in the freezing cold despite the fact that my 360 caught the red ring of death the night before.
I changed my reservation to the PS3 version and went on my way.
At first when I put the game in I thought I was watching a demo or trailer for a different game. I was waiting for it to end as I saw my Avatar attempt to annihilate Castro. WTF is this??
This isn't what I was expecting at all. There's something very 1990's doom generation about this game that makes me think I just flushed $65 down the toilet + the other $35 that I wasted on renting a PS3 until my 360 gets fixed or I end up buying my own PS3.
If you are a COD fan who enjoys the historically accurate "story mode" then wait until this game goes down in price. If you're a fan of the multiplayer then go ahead and grab your copy. The multiplayer itself has so many fantastic new options including the wager matches where you can wager points that you have earned in other modes.
I like being able to customize weapons and modes, classes, clan tags, etc more in this game than the other versions but I think all in all COD misses it's mark. From what I can see so far, the hype wasn't worth what I paid.
Rating: FAIL
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