My Review on Black Ops

[Ilyich Valken]

I don't think Black Ops re-invents the wheel or anything, it isn't special.
I was really disappointed in it. Can't believe Infinity Ward and Treyarch are now in turn churning out games every single year, it's just the recipe of a ****ing fail game.

Technically, there are two years between the games being released, at least in terms of game developers. IW would release one every other year, then Treyarch would release one the next year, and then develop the next while IW released theirs.

I don't mind Infinity Ward doing this, but Trey Arch I have a problem with. They are not a good game maker in my mind. They either need to spend more time on their games, or just stop all together.

Treyarch are a LOT better at making good games in the long run as they actually listen to the community and fix problems swiftly, unlike IW did. And now that IW has been gutted, ravaged and torn apart by that money-hungry pig Kotick, they're not going to be releasing anything resembling what they once did.

MW2 wasn't a massive hit though in terms of how many people actually loved it. It sold so much due to pre-orders and curiosity, and people played it just because it was the latest version of the game. I racked up more hours on Blops in a month compared to what I did on MW2, after a full year of owning the game.

Makes me sad that they're losing touch
IMO, they skipped through the ages far too fast. I mean, wtf happened to a Vietnam dedicated game? Sure, Vietnam was a feature in Blops, but not enough of a feature! They need a Call of Duty: Vietnam.

Vietnam is interesting as ****. So much **** went on regarding the actual operations in Vietnam and the media influence in general; mix that with Nixon's **** ups, controversy and the violent and reserved strikes made by students and others, then you have yourself a really good game to be involved in!

Again, not to be an ass here, but it was never meant to be a Vietnam game. They said there would be some gametime in Vietnam, but that for the majority of it, that you would see a variety of venues from the Cold War.