Zero Punctuation: Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I'm not aware of one, but is there a way to suggest a game for review? Or just post about it in the comments of the latest review? I'd love to see a review of Vanquish because it's quite fun but there are parts where you want to kill yourself which seems like it would be a great target.
If Black Ops ends up being anything like MW2 for me (and it will) then I'd be getting more than my money's worth on just the multiplayer. The COD series multiplayer is something that provided me with hundreds of hours of entertainment. Definitely worth the 60 bucks.Fidelias said:
Yeah but if your gonna pay 60 dollars for a game it should be able to be fun on single player. Personally I think its rubbish that you have to buy the game then they give you a "now pay every month for internet and/or (depending) Live or you cant really play it" kinda deal. Guess that's just an opinion though.Sturmdolch said:
The thing is, there are so many games out there that have a purely exclusive single player experience, or some with tacked on multiplayer. Yet you never hear much about those.the sighing shoe said:
I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, because that doesn't really make sense. But why can't there be multiplayer focused games when there are so many singleplayer focused games? If we can judge Black Ops based solely on its singleplayer, is it not also reasonable to judge, say, Bioshock 2 entirely on its multiplayer? I don't watch Titanic and then complain the comedy wasn't on par with Shaun of the Dead.
So this is what an obvious troll looks like. Haven't seen one on the Escapist in a while.Nile McMorrow said:
Sturmdolch said:
Its true you never do hear about them and that's what kinda bugs me. Don't get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy the time I get out of multi player but I'm a collage student first so my budget means sometimes I go without Live or Internet and during those times I would like to have a somewhat... I cant really say decent cause that's not the right word... more lengthy campaign. You have a point with bioshock but generally when I play an FPS bio just doesn't fill that nich im looking for like the CoD or Modern Warfare games do and thats what bugs me about it. Im not saying there are no games that stand on single player anymore im just kinda mad they fly so far under the radar no one knows about them. That and if a games main selling point is multiplayer something you have to pay for anyway dont sell it for such a high price.
Wow... I mean wow. When CoD doesn't change it sucks but when Battlefield stays the same it rocks? Whatever.shurryy said:
Anyway, I don't understand how the story of Black Ops is supposedly this confusing mess. I found it quite easy to understand and found that everything fit together nicely, quite a bit better than lot of other shooters and even some story driven RPGs.
One of the biggest problems with Black Ops though, is the juxtaposition problem Yahtzee brought up. I find that it does have juxtaposition from the normal gameplay (The RTS bit, the two stealth bits, the WWII level, the pure story levels, the Helicopter level etc) but when it does this it holds your hands and doesn't really let go. The AC-130 level in MW put you in a gunners seat and pretty much gave you complete freedom. You still needed to do particular things to complete the level, but these weren't that different from the rest of the game. Black Ops on the other hand gives you the RTS bit and this is pretty much just clicking on white circles. I feel like the RTS bit could have been expended much more and almost be a whole level on their own. Same goes for the stealth parts which could have been made into their own level. Instead Black Ops will hold your hand and control what you do, which is great game design.
However I still love every part of Black Ops, including the campaign, and I feel that Treyarch have improved more than any other developer still in existence and should be commended for that.
You know, that reminds me of WaW, one of my favorite games of all time. One difference: you actually had to try and survive in WaW.Sneaklemming said:
Anyway, good review, I'm glad we agree on something, which happens so rarely you should probably get a raise.
i loved the review thought it was funny.
but i owuld like to thank the posters for stereotyping all us americans as war mongering gun toting rednecks thanks for that.
guess i will start taking all those euro stereotypes seriously to now, good to know.
but i owuld like to thank the posters for stereotyping all us americans as war mongering gun toting rednecks thanks for that.
guess i will start taking all those euro stereotypes seriously to now, good to know.
The French fighting soldier is one of the best in the world (as compared to the Norwegian suntanning soldier in particular), and quite capable of world conquest just so long as he (or she) is not led by an actual Frenchman.Stiffkittin said:I'd heard of some bloke called Napoleon 400 years later who might have won the odd skirmish or two but I might be wrong there
Seriously though, Yahtzee seems to be quite fond of the "war-mongering American" stereotype. So much so that it felt like it dominated the review to me. I wonder why he feels this way. Come to think of it, quite a few of his reviews seem to hold quite a negative view of the US. And not good-natured jabs, but arrogant, self-righteous attacks. I wonder what we did to make him feel like this. Then again, hating America is the hip thing to do these days isn't it? So what is it, Yahtzee? Bigot or conformist?