Hardly skimp. One could get 40 minutes out of it or one could get 40 hours out of it
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Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified |OT| Ad-Hoc Summary: It Is Not Terrible!
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Hardly skimp. One could get 40 minutes out of it or one could get 40 hours out of it
Nihilistic were originally making SC Ghost.
He thinks the game is so bad he's happy Ghost never came out because it would have been bad... or something.
He's a terrible reviewer, no matter the platform.
I thought Swinging Ape worked on Ghost?
Depends if playing one hour of gameplay 40 times over sounds worth it to you.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Eh.
To be honest this game looks like it's being sent to die. Not sure why Acti didn't let Treyarch do a full Blops 2 on Vita (ala Need For Speed and Criterion).
Kind of like how Kirby Air Ride had 60 hours of content, right?
test_account
XP-39C²
Nihilistic worked on it first, then developement was moved over to Swining Ape.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Buuuuh. I guess Resistance still will be my first Vita FPS whenever it drops to a reasonable price.
Ugh. I don't know why I cared. That guy has always seemed like being snarky is more important to him than enjoying things.
Goldenroad
Member
Or 360 or Nintendo for that matter. He just apparently doesn't like bad games...who'd have thought?
BTW I'm fucking terrible at this game. The control sensitivity has to go way down for me not to over-steer. Graphics are kind of ugly so far too. Not a great first impression but I'm going to remain optimistic.
*****EDIT***
Ok, I'm checking back in to retract that statement. It looks fine. The opening room is not much to look at and I kept dying in it. lol Now I'm out and through the 1st mission and I think it looks fine. Not great like Wipeout or anything, but perfectly serviceable and not like a PSP game or anything.
Also got used to the controls once I turned the sensitivity down. Way down! But now I'm busting caps and tossing back nades with ease. Not bad at all. I feel bad for jumping the gun earlier.
*****EDIT***
Ok, I'm checking back in to retract that statement. It looks fine. The opening room is not much to look at and I kept dying in it. lol Now I'm out and through the 1st mission and I think it looks fine. Not great like Wipeout or anything, but perfectly serviceable and not like a PSP game or anything.
Also got used to the controls once I turned the sensitivity down. Way down! But now I'm busting caps and tossing back nades with ease. Not bad at all. I feel bad for jumping the gun earlier.
test_account
XP-39C²
To be fair, about how much single player content a game has, this is a very subjective thing. It goes for every game. The most important thing in my opinion is how much fun you have with the game overall. More content does not always equal more fun (this is not an arguement for COD: Declassified, i'm talking about every game).
The "less than one hours of single player content" could sound negative, but it doesnt necessarily have to be. It depends a lot on how much enjoyment one get out of it.
The "less than one hours of single player content" could sound negative, but it doesnt necessarily have to be. It depends a lot on how much enjoyment one get out of it.
What is the "other mode" hes referring to, the Hostile mode? I thought that was basically like hoard mode, and that is not something that you exactly can beat.
leatherhat
Member
Ill pick this up when I can find it for 30- 40 bucks
iLLmaticV3
Member
I just bought the Blacks Ops: Declassified Vita bundle this morning, and it does not come with any special logo on the back or a special case like Europe. Left me disappointed. Now I have two regular black Vita's in the house lol.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Heard its 1 hr of story mode. Really?
Edit: tweet quoted above. Yep!
Edit: tweet quoted above. Yep!
kobashi100
Banned
that's a pathetic effort on the developers part.
check if you got a download code for the psp cod
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well, you can say the same thing for shmups.
So like shmups one has to fully master the intricacies of declassified to get the most out of it.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Telling my friend about this now! Sorry you were expecting a special system.
That was a pathetic effort from Activision, which gave this developer 6 months to build a full game.
In any case, that tweet is incorrect. The game has 10 missions (which will take more than 45 minutes, since you'll die a few times), a horde mode and competitive multiplayer.
Suppose, but then you could do it the other way around to.
Tetris has only 5 mins of gameplay
So he beat "Hostile"/"Horde" mode in 5 minutes .. that possible?
I think he means time trial and didn't even realize Hostiles was a thing
kobashi100
Banned
I get the feeling that the people defending the lack of SP content are seriously clutching at straws!
its okay to come out and say
its okay to come out and say
chickdigger802
Banned
So what's the replay ability?
Do enemies spawn differently? How does score work?
I mean I can replay sp mode of every other game ever, but it doesn't mean I want to.
Do enemies spawn differently? How does score work?
I mean I can replay sp mode of every other game ever, but it doesn't mean I want to.
Seriously.
I don't get the defense here. To be fair though, it's mainly one person.
It's not good enough, but isn't a deal breaker for me.
Is there a time limit on MP? I mean, let's be honest that's usually the biggest focus of COD games - not the SP. Is this a game that people can pick up and play MP for a few hours while waiting for a flight? I'd say yes. It's certainly not perfect, but Nihilistic seems to have delivered solid gameplay and the only good FPS MP experience on a handheld ever. I'm impressed, due in part to the low expectations I had based on Resistance.
Don't play it on easy..
Lol. I'm not defending it.
Just think it's a bit unfair to say the game has one hour of content when it's a high score chasing game and the idea is to replay levels over and over.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Ahhhhhh smg plus silencer ownage. Been a while since I done this.
All while in bed to. Hurray
All while in bed to. Hurray
xKilltheMx
Member
Seeing these impressions....kind of want it.
But knowing full and well MP is what it's for 50 is a lot. Will get on the cheap. 25 - 30 seems fair. Maybe. ehhhh
But knowing full and well MP is what it's for 50 is a lot. Will get on the cheap. 25 - 30 seems fair. Maybe. ehhhh
Agreed. Single player is lacking. Disappointed in that. Adding modes for free will make up for it considering the time of dev this game had and the high cost up front. More DLC missions and Zombie mode. Even offering them for free via PS+ would go a long way.
I'm buying for the multi-player and even on the go, I have a little mifi 4G LTE card to enable on the bus. I will easily put in 200 hours in multiplayer considering the amount of time I put into the other COD console titles.
I'm buying for the multi-player and even on the go, I have a little mifi 4G LTE card to enable on the bus. I will easily put in 200 hours in multiplayer considering the amount of time I put into the other COD console titles.
Please, none of that is happening. Activision is glad the game is finally out so they can stop getting questions about it.
AgentOtaku
Member
So does the SP Mode have a ranking system ala Unit 13? IE: stars, points, etc.
Is there any reason to replay the SP missions?
I've just about wrapped up Unit13, though will never Platinum it due to having no one to swap intel with or a friend to beat on the leaderboards
Still got my moneys worth and then some!
Is there any reason to replay the SP missions?
I've just about wrapped up Unit13, though will never Platinum it due to having no one to swap intel with or a friend to beat on the leaderboards
Still got my moneys worth and then some!
test_account
XP-39C²
A time limit in the multiplayer rounds? If so, yeah, each round/match has a time limit that will end the round if the number of total points isnt reached.
I think the defence is mostly based around the "it has less than one hour of single player content". For most people, i'd assume that this comes of as something quite negative, but it inst necessarily something negative because the levels are designed more around scoring, which could add replayability compared to if the levels were more straight forward story based. How much replayability it will have is very subjective though.
AgentOtaku
Member
Also,
Hows the sound quality? Is it compressed and shitty ala Burning Skies?
Hows the sound quality? Is it compressed and shitty ala Burning Skies?
xKilltheMx
Member
Yeah pretttyyy much. Anybody expecting any DLC or Zombie mode is about to get slapped in the face with reality. Nihilistic is going to pop out patch 1.02 and fix any problems that they catch in it...after that Activision will not support this AT. ALL.
feint_ruled
Member
Well, Nihilistic seem to have some pride in their creation at least, and there is one more patch to go, LOL.
Here's a bit of out of the box thinking - a procedurally generated rogue-alike level, but for FPS. Infinite SP gameplay!
(Actually, I joke but Yakuza Dead Souls already did something a little like this)
Here's a bit of out of the box thinking - a procedurally generated rogue-alike level, but for FPS. Infinite SP gameplay!
(Actually, I joke but Yakuza Dead Souls already did something a little like this)
Sound quality is better but still average overall.
chickdigger802
Banned
How many hours can you play mp on battery?
Can't speak to the Single Player content as I have only played 3 missions. The Multiplayer is much better than burning skies. Definitely feels like a COD game. Frame rate holds up nicely and looks fine. 1.0.1 patch should be rolling out which addresses all aspects of the game, waiting for that patch.
I had full power and played for around 3 hours flat out then the battery died. The fact that I played a Vita game for 3 hours straight is a win, game is fun online no doubt.
It's easy enough to randomly generate 2D content, but in a 3D world it becomes more complicated. You could of course do it in a modular way, but then you have repeating areas. In any case, Call of Duty is such a simple game that you could very easily generate content for it if you had a good world generator.