Like every other fan of the Call of Duty franchise, I have been patiently waiting for the release of “Call of Duty: Black Ops.” I already had the game preordered.
At around midnight on Nov. 9, I drove over to Gamestop to go pick up my copy of Black Ops.
Immediately when I got home I jumped online and started to play one of the new modes for Call of Duty, “One in the Chamber,” which was one of the most talked about multiplayer modes for the beta testing.
The point of “One in the Chamber” is you have one bullet in your chamber and if you kill your opponent you get a bullet back but if you miss you’re only left with your knife, which increases the game play and thinking of the game.
Something new that Treyarch Productions (no longer Infinity Ward) brought to the online experience was the customization of your character, which is a plus.
You are still able to customize your weapons as well.
Once I was done testing all of the online modes and game play, I began to lean more toward the single-player campaign mode.
In this game you play as CIA agent Alex Mason, who is a big-time hotshot in the agency.
He is trying to remember his past experiences throughout his time in war through flashbacks, and the player gets to relive them.
The campaign starts off very strong. The player’s vision is blurred and there is a deep, anonymous voice asking questions about the past and “where it all began.”
Also for the first time ever in a Call of Duty game the player gets the opportunity to fly a helicopter, which was very exciting and what a lot of fans were looking forward to.
The graphics and the cut scenes for the game were not meant to blow anyone away.
The focus of the game developers was not to emphasize graphics but to emphasize the campaign and multiplayer modes.
Being a bag fan of the Call of Duty franchise, I was not disappointed at all with Black Ops. Treyarch really upped the multiplayer fun and the campaign was not as dull as the previous campaign in Modern Warfare 2.
Overall this is a great first person shooter, and if you’re a gamer and you do not own this, you should save up and go out to buy it, because this game will do everything except disappoint you.