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CoD Black Ops |OT| Always Bet On Black
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Dresden said:
You have to go PSG1 w/ high powered scope. Scavenger Pro, Scout Pro, and Ninja Pro. With the motion sensor as your equipment. On any large map like Jungle or Array I absolutely destroy. Obvious on maps like Grid sniping is basically useless. It all depends on the map.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
And my connection is back to being dogshit YAY!
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Yeah I got one earlier thinking "dammit, I don't want this crap." Then I went on a rampage of like 8 kills straight. :lol It's on my file share but it won't appear online for some reason..nimrod said:
Mr Sandman
Banned
Wow, the bunny hop + drop shotting shit is getting annoying. Though it is funny to see a bitch try to drop shot a flame thrower. They need to add some kind of shooting delay when you pull that shit.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Just finished the SP. Overall, I'm disappointed. I thought that Treyarch would take note from the Modern Warfare games and bring their own thing to it, but I found it was more a mix of their old game design and bad copying of IW's finest moments.
It was solid and enjoyable but there was no edge. Nothing impacted me like experiencing the AC-130 mission, dying in the nuclear blast, having to witness the Russian airport slaughtered or seeing America in tatters as the country is attacked. There were one or two dicey moments, like the
but even that wasn't too shocking. Infinity Ward knew how to shock me and push the envelope in some way, there was nothing like that here.
I also feel that IW do pacing better than Treyarch. The narrative structure made the game too disjointed. I know that IW games jump around different theatres of war and whatnot, but it was jarring to be in the middle of a mission in Vietnam, get flashed back to the interrogation room, then be 15 minutes ahead in the mission. It felt more like playing the greatest hits of a war rather than fighting through all of the action myself. There were also long stretches where you were just shooting guys. Yeah, I know that sounds stupid to say about an FPS, but I felt that every 3-5 minutes IW always threw something unique at you, whereas this was a lot more reliant on clearing out room after room, and throwing in some mechanics you'd already done in MW/2.
Also, I found the story to be even more ridiculous than the ones in the MW franchise. Yes, those are over-the-top and Michael Bay influenced, but nothing was as far-fetched or unsatisfying as
. I'll take a rogue US official orchestrating a war over that.
This may read like a fanboy IW post, but I did have high hopes for this game and it just doesn't have that edge or excitement that the Modern Warfare games did. Treyarch took the WW2 formula and perfected it with World at War, but here they fell a long way short.
It was solid and enjoyable but there was no edge. Nothing impacted me like experiencing the AC-130 mission, dying in the nuclear blast, having to witness the Russian airport slaughtered or seeing America in tatters as the country is attacked. There were one or two dicey moments, like the
game of Russian roulette in Vietnam
I also feel that IW do pacing better than Treyarch. The narrative structure made the game too disjointed. I know that IW games jump around different theatres of war and whatnot, but it was jarring to be in the middle of a mission in Vietnam, get flashed back to the interrogation room, then be 15 minutes ahead in the mission. It felt more like playing the greatest hits of a war rather than fighting through all of the action myself. There were also long stretches where you were just shooting guys. Yeah, I know that sounds stupid to say about an FPS, but I felt that every 3-5 minutes IW always threw something unique at you, whereas this was a lot more reliant on clearing out room after room, and throwing in some mechanics you'd already done in MW/2.
Also, I found the story to be even more ridiculous than the ones in the MW franchise. Yes, those are over-the-top and Michael Bay influenced, but nothing was as far-fetched or unsatisfying as
you being brainwashed and imagining your sidekick that isn't really there for half of the game
This may read like a fanboy IW post, but I did have high hopes for this game and it just doesn't have that edge or excitement that the Modern Warfare games did. Treyarch took the WW2 formula and perfected it with World at War, but here they fell a long way short.
Mr Sandman
Banned
Not diving, drop shotting. Bunny hopping is not that annoying, just when they jump sideways and go prone *and* get a recoil deduction (from proning?). I am starting to aim at peoples' legs it's getting that ridiculous.X26 said:
PC version, can't speak for the others (yet).
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Foliorum Viridum said:
America being invaded by Russia without anybody else noticing is more realistic?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
It was more plausibe that a piece of stolen technology could help that happen. I'm not saying that's realistic in the SLIGHTEST, but compared toNinjaFridge said:
brainwashing
GillianSeed79
Member
NinjaFridge said:
Yeah, I mean as a SP CoD campaign Black Ops was pretty good. The fact that its plot is coherent is a plus in my book. I honestly had no idea what the fuck was going on in MW2.
Jack Scofield
Member
NinjaFridge said:
Who cares if it's realistic? It was a nice change of pace from the Middle-East/Russian environments found in most modern shooters today. Like that poster said, seeing Washington DC in ruins was pretty interesting, and the battle to retake the White House was incredibly fun.
IW did a great job of making the Washington DC levels feel like an actual war. I couldn't care less if it makes sense in real life.
crimzonflame
Member
I added someone from GAF on PSN and he and his friends ran around with [HTLR] tags. I deleted him after.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I think the location plays a big part of why I find this SP disappointing. The Russian levels were nothing new, and the Vietnam sections weren't as horrendous and gritty as they should've been. It felt like a WW2 design with the Vietnam setting pasted on top of it.Jack Scofield said:
Foliorum Viridum said:
You can
brainwash
GillianSeed79
Member
Foliorum Viridum said:
Yeah, but the spoiler is more in line with the whole 60's cold war/spy motif they have going. I mean the CIA and KGB did some crazy experiments back in the cold war with psychics and all that. Is it plausible? No. But it's easier to swallow than the Red Dawn scenario in MW2. I honestly liked when IW and Treyarch focused on actual conflicts, though. Now it seems like the CoD series is a Michael Bay film in video game form.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Foliorum Viridum said:
You're willing to buy an impossible scenario where not one country bothers to tell America that some crazy shit is on the way, that nobody notices the entire Russian army preparing for a massive war, but you're not willing to buy brainwashing ala MK ULTRA was successful?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Okay, maybe "far-fetched" was the wrong term to use. I know thatsubversus said:
brainwashing
I was just rambling as the credits were rolling in that post, so it wasn't the most articulate pieces of prose. :lol
The thing BO has over the other (non-ww2) cod campaigns is anticipation. You want to keep going and find out more about what's going on with mason and what the numbers mean. In the other games there's nothing like that.
Not necessarily a good or bad thing either way, but it does set it apart
Not necessarily a good or bad thing either way, but it does set it apart
MarshMellow96
Member
One thing that does annoy me about the game, though I think it's probably more to do with where I'm standing.
Opponent's view (I'm under the arch furthest left).
My view...
Feels like I'm in cover behind the wall and still getting shot. Maybe I just need to get used to where I'm standing...
Opponent's view (I'm under the arch furthest left).
My view...
Feels like I'm in cover behind the wall and still getting shot. Maybe I just need to get used to where I'm standing...
Mr Sandman
Banned
:lol That's exactly why I kept playing the whole campaign in a few sittings. Other CoDs the story kind of bores me, so it might take me a week or two to finally complete the sp, but on this one I just wanted to know wtf was going on. I enjoyed it.X26 said:
I'm really enjoying this game, its by far my favorite in the series. I unlocked the Stoner63 gun and wow its pretty freaking awesome. I'm also surprised how good and how much I enjoy using the AK74U, great gun.
The file share system is nice, Treyarch really hit it out of the park.
The file share system is nice, Treyarch really hit it out of the park.
MarshMellow96
Member
Uploading videos seems difficult. I've linked my account and everything and my rendered file still doesn't show up on the website. =/
EleventhDoctor
Banned
I wonder if Treyarch will unveil a paid system to have more slots for File Sharing. Theater page on callofduty.com is still listed as "beta".
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
See my previous post for clarification on what I meant, but that was an interesting read. Thanks!NinjaFridge said:
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NinjaFridge
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Foliorum Viridum said:
Hope you didn't miss the awesome video at the end of the credits!
Foliorum Viridum
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Haha, no, that was pretty damn good!
Patrick Bateman
Member
"All the years in the Navy, never smelled something that fishy!"
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EleventhDoctor
Banned
I think that if you deploy a UAV/Spyplane, and your teammates get a kill while it's up in the air-you should get a small xp bonus. Maybe +10 or so-maybe that would encourage more people to use the Spyplane as opposed to the RCXD?
You do realize a lot of those grand scenes in MW are references to other stories, right?Foliorum Viridum said:
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Yes, I've seen The Deer Hunter. That's hardly the most subtle intertextual reference!
It was still well done and cool to witness from that perspective.
It was still well done and cool to witness from that perspective.