Call of Duty: Black Ops (Microsoft Xbox 360, 2010)

Well, to be brutally honest it's nothing like the new one and I don't really think has anything on the new one. I feel that this game is somewhat worthwhile to play but at the same time fun. You can't beat the classics but I prefer the new one. anyway all up this is an ok game in the standards that it has been around for a while and it was one of the popular games. the player vs bot gameplay is pretty hard but the campaign is also hard too.

Ok, let me begin this review by saying I love shooters and have been playing them ever since I was a kid and Wolfenstien was on PC. That evolved to Goldeneye on Nintendo 64. That all changed when Metal Gear Solid came out for PS1 and I now wanted a good story to go along with my gameplay. I have always kind of liked the COD world war series, but never got into it. When MW1 came out I was blown away, I loved the game and it had a good story to tell. My only complaint with MW2 was that the story was not only lacking, but down right stupid. I never got into multiplayer because I don't have the time to train myself to compete with a bunch of 5th graders who spend 40 hours a week playing the game.

This all leads me to Black Ops, as with all 1st person shooters the campaign is short, yet good. The action is intense and the overall gaming is fun. What made the campaign even more fun was that I felt fully drawn into the game due to the compelling story. I actually wanted to check out zombies but I could not draw myself away from the campaign in order to check it out. The story was that good; I wanted to find out what happens. I'm not going into detail what the story is about because you probably already read that somewhere else. As far as the graphics, I thought they looked sharp. The scenery was not as sharp as MW2 because their seemed to be a haze in the air everywhere I went but it was still looking good. My favorite part was in Vietnam they started playing rock music from the time of the Vietnam War, which made it fill even more authentic.

As far as zombies go, it's fun to shoot zombies every now and then when I have a few free minutes so it's a nice add-on bonus.

Bottom line, if you are a lone wolf player like me, this is definitely the game for you. If you are a strictly on-line player, read someone else's review.

I bought this product so that I could play with game before getting Black Ops 2.

I liked the game in that its story line was full on with plenty of action.

I would recommend to anyone who is into first game shooter games.

A decent COD game, but the graphics and sound effects are a downward step from Modern Warfare 2 (which would be PERFECT if not for the a$$ hole hackers).

The gameplay is good at first, but you get a bit sick of it after awhile. Nevertheless, the normal multiplayer online is still quite fun and enjoyable (in small doses). All the maps look a bit too cartoonish and i didnt really warm to them like i did with MW2. Nuketown seems to be the Terminal of Black Ops, and is one exception. For me however, the best part of Black Ops is definitely the zombies mode. Its great, and a welcome change from the usual multiplayer. I love working with friends and online randoms to stop hordes of zombies tearing us to bits. The gameplay in zombies is just superb, which involves building barriers to stop the zombies and of coarse running and gunning when you start to get overrun! My favorite map is FIVE. The thing i really like about this map is the elevators as well as the modern indoor setting (oh and the teleporters). The elevators can save you and they can also be fun to play with (shutting out your team mate and leaving him to die lol). Most of my Black Ops game time is definitely on the zombies mode (FIVE in particular).

So, i do recommend this game overall, but the real value for money is in the zombies mode. Normal multiplayer (free for all, domination, search and destroy etc) is great too but FIVE zombies is the best! Without it, Black Ops would be 3 stars.

Awesome Game, Zombie mod is super awesome in multiplayer, split screen or online mode. Standard game runs great, looks great and is heaps of fun.