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Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-aboard-the-hype-train dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "In amongst all the lawsuits and signings, Activision and Treyarch have found the time to announce the latest in one of the world's best-selling video game franchises: Call of Duty: Black Ops is due to hit shelves November 9." The official site has a trailer, which has been dissected for details by the folks at GameTrailers.

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  1. Re:Predictions by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the shooter-on-rails sections

    This is my biggest complaints about the direction that COD has taken.

    I'd much rather see a game with the same great mechanics but more open, like Far Cry or Far Cry 2. Let me make decisions about where to go and what to do.

    That "on the rails" experience made the "controversial" scene in Modern Warfare even more morally twisted. Civilians were sent at you like aliens in Space Invader and all you could do was keep walking and keep shooting. I found that more objectionable than the content itself.

    The best games give you decisions to make, not just buttons to push.

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  2. Re:Predictions by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually you didn't have to shoot in that scene, I know because in the German version it gives you an instant game over if you kill any civilian.

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