Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced

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.

Comments

Predictions

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Predictions

[WrongSizeGlass]

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

Re:Predictions

[PopeRatzo]

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.

Re:Predictions

[KDR_11k]

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.

DRM

[Das Auge]

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

Coming from COD MW2

[JaCKeL 1.0]

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

Re:Coming from COD MW2

[EnsilZah]

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.".

End of the historical shooters?

[taxman_10m]

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

Re:Treyarch?

[alexhard]

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

Honor Remembrance Day

[failedlogic]

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.

Re:Honor Remembrance Day

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Honor Remembrance Day

[Toonol]

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?

Re:Never again....

[coolsnowmen]

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

Hooray!

[mmaniaci]

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!

It's not really Black Ops...

[TSRX]

If you announce it to the world.

No, no,your interpretation is not correct

[Motard]

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.