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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. Predictions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This game will:

    * have at least half of the playable characters dead by the end of the plot

    * have a "shocking" sequence for that extra controversial touch

    * not have any dedicated servers

    * have a multiplayer section with unbearable lag and bugs exploited within the first hours after the release

    * still be most successful game of the year

    1. Re:Predictions by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      You didn't mention any DRM ... won't someone think of the DRM?

    2. 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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    3. 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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  2. Nice one by wulfmans · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Slow news day eh' ?

  3. DRM by Das+Auge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let me go get some Astroglide before I have to deal with the DRM that will come with that game. :(

  4. Coming from COD MW2 by JaCKeL+1.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fool me once, shame on you, you won't fool me twice.

    1. Re:Coming from COD MW2 by Nested · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.

    2. Re:Coming from COD MW2 by EnsilZah · · Score: 4, Funny

      Geeze, what a terribly mangled misquote, the actual saying goes "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.".

    3. Re:Coming from COD MW2 by furball · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me thrice I break your fucking neck.

    4. Re:Coming from COD MW2 by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, my version goes like this:

      Fool me once, ... I break your fucking neck. (Then shame on you.)

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  5. Ohhh! by WSOGMM · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if I get to kill terrorists instead of join them this time! ... who am I kidding, I liked gunning down civilians.

  6. Re:Bleh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can never shoot enough Nazis, Russians, and/or muslims.

  7. End of the historical shooters? by taxman_10m · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Too bad. I enjoyed World at War very much and was looking forward to the Korean War and/or Vietnam.

  8. Re:Bleh. by Svippy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only one that's completely tired of these war games? I think we've shot enough nazis/russians/muslims.

    Yeah, when can we get to play the Nazis and shoot some Russians and Americans? That might even make these game exciting!

    Wait, I'm shooting at the Nazis? That's not how I remember it.

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  9. Re:Treyarch? by alexhard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    None of the last 3 or so have even been good, so what are you talking about?

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  10. Re:Bleh. by Svippy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Umm, not in single player, you cannot. Only Silent Hunter 3 has a decent single player campaign from the Germans' side. I don't really care about multiplayer when it comes down to it.

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  11. Honor Remembrance Day by failedlogic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is really pissing me off. This game launches 2 days before Remembrance Day. MW2 launched the day before. I have more than enough respect for veterans and people serving right now, that I'm not going to respect any company that employs such cheap and tasteless marketing tactics. Even if it is the best game ever - they will never see one cent from me for this game nor will I ever play it.

    Should they decide to move the release date, I might consider it at some future point. I realize that it is being released Christmas so there is some logical reasoning. It would be welcome to hear from the publisher exactly why this particular date was chosen to launch the game.

    1. Re:Honor Remembrance Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Without the "paid murderers" fighting on your side, "paid murderers" from the other side would have killed you or your ancestors a long time ago. Keep that in mind.

    2. Re:Honor Remembrance Day by Toonol · · Score: 4, Insightful

      i don't know what country you live in but it's been a long time since anyone has invaded the US.

      Thank those 'paid murderers'; we've got great ones, and without them we'd have long since been (successfully) invaded. You really don't see the cause and effect?

  12. Re:Never again.... by coolsnowmen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I get boycotting a company, but Sony is a brand, all of their subsidiary are manages by different people, I had a great experience with sony's digital camera company but a horrible one with their PlayStation. I'ld consider them different companies when it comes to specific products and not over arching policies.
    Jon

  13. Hooray! by mmaniaci · · Score: 5, Funny
    And the world will stand still in anticipation as these leaders of the gaming world release another of their ground-breaking Call of Duty games. This game is sure to push the envelope of the first person shooter genre of videogaming with its amazing new features:
    • Crosshair (patent pending) - In Call of Duty: Black Ops, players will enjoy the revolutionary new crosshair feature, unseen by any FPS game to this date.
    • Enemies that hide (USPTO D772719) - For the first time EVER enemies will duck and hide behind boxes, sandbags, and other cover!
    • Realism - Because we know real-life isn't real enough!
    • A full-featured single player game - Experience an unprecedented 5 hours of gameplay in the new Call of Duty: Black Ops! Travel through ONE tileset and fight ONE type of enemy in the expansive and immersive new world that looks and is the exact same as our previous game.
    • AntiSkidRow (tm) DRM - With an always on DRM system you can rest easy knowing that the evil terrorist pirates pedophiles are not undermining the American Way Of Life. (note: all DRM servers will be down for scheduled maintenance starting on November 9th. Downtime unknown).
    • Downloadable content - Unluck multiplayer, tactical nuke launcher, achievements, a rootkit, much more from the XBox live store! No downloads are required since this content is already ON YOUR GAME DISC.

    I don't know about you, but I'm pre-ordering my copy of Call of Duty: Go Fuck Yourself today!

  14. It's not really Black Ops... by TSRX · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you announce it to the world.

  15. Re:Bleh. by matunos · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean like in RTCW and Enemy Territory? Schnell! Schnell!

  16. No, no,your interpretation is not correct by Motard · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see why you would assume this is a game about covert action, but in reality, it's about combat in total darkness.

    They saved a ton of time and money on the graphics.

    1. Re:No, no,your interpretation is not correct by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Ah so it is basically Doom 3 :D

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