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Title: black ops
Post by: Binary Shadow on November 09, 2010, 02:09:01 AM
Is epic.. that is all
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 09, 2010, 08:04:29 AM
Ive only just got mw2, completed it yesterday, but i am going to have to get this asap.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 09, 2010, 11:13:42 AM
Waiting for mine to arrive. Ordered with Amazon and it is being delivered by Royal Fail. I hope it arrives!

I wont be able to play till after 7pm tonight, but if anyone wants to pwn some PS3 noobs, my PSN is dustipher. That is of course if some Royal Fail employee isnt playing my copy of the game already.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 09, 2010, 11:41:06 AM
It has arrived.. phew..

Now I just gotta wait till I finish working. Gonna be a long afternoon...
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Bacon on November 09, 2010, 14:38:31 PM
Really dont know whether to buy this, i keep saying i wont buy them but looking at all the reviews it seems rather tempting
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: matt5cott on November 09, 2010, 16:13:42 PM
I wont put my token generic FPS but can someone in a nutshell highlight whats so good about this, what it brings to the table other FPS games have not? serious question.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 09, 2010, 16:48:34 PM
Quote from: matt5cott
I wont put my token generic FPS but can someone in a nutshell highlight whats so good about this, what it brings to the table other FPS games have not? serious question.


To quote a review:

"The multiplayer component is, as you would expect from this series, skilfully constructed and breathtakingly expansive. There are 14 maps, designed to explore and support a range of playing styles. The standouts, at least in terms of visual style, are "Jungle", with its winding paths, tree houses and hanging vines, and the brilliant, "Nuketown", designed to resemble one of those simulated neighbourhoods constructed in remote locations by the US military to test the effects of nuclear weapons. There are eerily authentic fifties houses and vehicles, and the streets are lined with spooky shop window dummies. The level was apparently inspired by the nuclear explosion scene in Indiana Jones 4 – though it also feels a lot like the scary test zone featured in Alexandre Ajas Hills Have Eyes remake.
  Elsewhere, there are military industrial complexes such as "Launch" and "Radiation", and dense urban settings such as "Villa" and "Havana". All offer decent combinations of cubby-holes, sniper vantage points and open assault arenas – though theres a greater emphasis on claustrophobic, close-quarters choke points than previous games. Add in some interesting new equipment like the camera spike (which lets you plant a spy cam anywhere on the map so enemies cant sneak up on you), decoy bomb and motion detector and you get a game thats really exploring the strategic depth of the multiplayer experience."

The game seems to have taken COD:MW2s faults and turned them into strengths. If this truely is better than MW2, then that is one hell of an acheivement. I shall wait till I have played it myself before passing judgement.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: matt5cott on November 09, 2010, 20:09:21 PM
Must be my lack of multiplayer thats doing it then :(
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: zpyder on November 09, 2010, 20:12:51 PM
Aye. Ive not bought any of the last series of CoD/MoH type games on the basis of preferring just playing single player, the drive to multiplayer just makes me feel cheated out of what used to be lengthy and involved single player campaigns. What used to be epic sagas are now more like a webisode, if that makes sense.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: shofty on November 09, 2010, 20:27:33 PM
Quote from: zpyder
Aye. Ive not bought any of the last series of CoD/MoH type games on the basis of preferring just playing single player, the drive to multiplayer just makes me feel cheated out of what used to be lengthy and involved single player campaigns. What used to be epic sagas are now more like a webisode, if that makes sense.



makes total sense.

but i work the wother way and i have to say im impressed.

buying gun upgrades and perks is clever, but the killstreak thats a radio controlled car is genius.
i play multiplayes cos its a proper laugh. i just cant wait til she goes to bed now.
shofty on psn if anyone wants to add me.

Matt
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 09, 2010, 20:30:59 PM
I am playing through the campaign now and it is awesome, great story. dont know how long it will last though.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 09, 2010, 22:00:55 PM
Black Ops is sitting next to me unopened but Im looking forward to it.  Not the MP though - the last one didnt work for me - couldnt even get online - but even if i could, the bunny-hoppers and aimbots just kill MP every time. :(

And if Black Ops is Epic in scale, Im quite sure Fallout New Vegas is...

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Title: Re:black ops
Post by: zpyder on November 09, 2010, 22:47:16 PM
Quote from: Eagle
Black Ops is sitting next to me unopened but Im looking forward to it.  Not the MP though - the last one didnt work for me - couldnt even get online - but even if i could, the bunny-hoppers and aimbots just kill MP every time. :(

And if Black Ops is Epic in scale, Im quite sure Fallout New Vegas is...

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It is, but I get the feeling Im now mopping up the side quests before finishing the main story after what seems like maybe 1/3 of the time it took to get this far in FO3
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Quixoticish on November 09, 2010, 23:13:53 PM
Between Black Ops, Fallout New Vegas and Assassins Creed Brotherhood its going to be a peaceful Christmas holiday season.  8-)
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 10, 2010, 01:23:21 AM
just completed the single player on regular level, my brain is fryed now, need sleep
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 10, 2010, 02:34:31 AM
Quote from: zpyder


It is, but I get the feeling Im now mopping up the side quests before finishing the main story after what seems like maybe 1/3 of the time it took to get this far in FO3[/quote]
Im doing it in Hardcore mode + Hard difficulty setting so its taking some balls, planning and time! ;)
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Bacon on November 10, 2010, 02:38:54 AM
It seems the best feature of the new games is Dead Ops a top down shooter (Easter Egg)
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: neXus on November 10, 2010, 10:02:31 AM
It is messed up on the PC.
Online play and server lists is screwed and works sometimes if you leave it for half a century to populate.
Lags like hell even on decent machines Frame Rate wise because it is shoving everything at the CPU and hardly touching the graphics cards for some reason.
Patches coming apparently but a lot of people saying its crazy how they launched the PC version with so much jank.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 10, 2010, 10:25:26 AM
After a couple of hours of online play last night I am pretty sure this game is going to last the test of time. Havent played single player yet. as the online play is for me, utterly fantastic. I am going to struggle to do anything constructive in the evenings for this week!

Only criticism so far is party play seems a bit awkward. I have so far been invited to three parties and not been able to connect. MW2 had a much better system, where party play was all dealt with on the PS3s home screen. Using an in-game menu feels a step backwards for me.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Bacon on November 10, 2010, 12:49:55 PM
Quote from: Tek_Ed
After a couple of hours of online play last night I am pretty sure this game is going to last the test of time. Havent played single player yet. as the online play is for me, utterly fantastic. I am going to struggle to do anything constructive in the evenings for this week!

Only criticism so far is party play seems a bit awkward. I have so far been invited to three parties and not been able to connect. MW2 had a much better system, where party play was all dealt with on the PS3s home screen. Using an in-game menu feels a step backwards for me.


Its only going to last until they churn the next re-hash out :)
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 18, 2010, 17:23:38 PM
First update available!

This update apparently includes
    * Improved matchmaking to find matches significantly faster
    * Improved matchmaking to ensure that players are more effectively matched to games with the best networking conditions
    * Improved host selection to ensure that the best host is always selected in the pre-game lobby
    * Improved party system to ensure that parties don’t get broken apart
    * Disable ability to join Private Match, Combat Training and Theater lobbies when searching for Player Match games
    * Server-side and game-side changes to decrease the amount of failed Film uploads
    * Weekly and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by this)
    * Prevention of Combat Training stats getting crossed with Player Match stats under rare conditions
    * Prevention of temporary loss of functionality when a button was being held down at the point of a disconnect
    * Additional fine-tuning of audio levels and ranges for footsteps and gunfire
    * Additional fine-tuning of audio levels for bomb plants/defuses
    * Additional online security enhancements
    * Optimization to prevent friends list from spamming user while in game – will improve game performance for users with large numbers of friends

I should be able to stick in my party for more than 1 match at a time now!  :cheers:  
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 18, 2010, 19:17:09 PM
loving this game, played the whole single player the day I bought it and played at least a couple of hours online each night since.

my favorite fps since CS1.5, shame there isnt a mouse and keyboard for the 360 as I am crap to be honest.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: soopahfly on November 18, 2010, 19:18:11 PM
Ive only played the Zombies minigame.

Im hooked on Red Dead Redemption.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 18, 2010, 20:38:38 PM
Now that Im playing it; its purty - but meh....
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 18, 2010, 21:09:42 PM
MP is good but the gay little bunnyhoppers are still there.  Aim-assist is also very much evident.  :disappointed:

Is there any way to guarantee getting an MP game without having console cheats involved i.e. PC only)?

.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 18, 2010, 21:23:45 PM
how can you cheat on a console?

I think the update has f**ked somthing up, I just played about 10 games and 8 of them had all the best players on one side.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Quixoticish on November 18, 2010, 23:05:18 PM
Its a piece of crap on the PS3 for me. One game in five will freeze the system completely.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 19, 2010, 02:37:12 AM
Quote from: DEViANCE
how can you cheat on a console?

Aim-assist?

That gives consolers a distinct advantage/cheat over mouse so never the twain should meet on a server.  I know a console user when Im shot by one.  Usually because theyve shot me in the head from 200m away while they barrel-roll or bunny-hop around a corner.  That kinda sh*t just isnt humanly possible without aim-assist.

Oh, by the way - silky glassy smooth (maxxed-out) on my four year-old rig (see sig).  :nana:

.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: shofty on November 19, 2010, 10:11:42 AM
i wasnt aware it was mixing consoles and pc gamers...

i very rarely see aim assist and when i do its the red dot holoscope sight, which is supposed to aim assist.

tbh im not massively into this game. graphically, out of game its hands down better than predecessor, but in game it feels like vietnam did 5 or 6 years ago.

with GT5 out next week i just dont know if im going to be found playing something else on an evening.

Matt
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 19, 2010, 14:10:59 PM
... and while Im at it, why do I feel compelled to open lockers and search for Sarsparilla bottle caps?  :gag:
Title: black ops
Post by: Mardoni on November 19, 2010, 15:41:23 PM
^ I dont think youre playing Black-Ops Eagle :s

PC and Consoles are not mixed. The PC version has dedicated servers whilst consoles still rely on  P2P hosting; no way youll ever get them mixed on the same server.

The XBox patch may have just done enough to keep me involved. I was getting frustrated with the crappy party lobby handling, shoddy host selection and shocking in game lag. Last nights patch seems to have solved those problems. I can now get into games with my m8s, first time ! And my "last 10 games" stats show a marked score and K:D improvement (scord around 290ppm, 2.2 K:D) which tells me that the lag is fixed.

Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 19, 2010, 21:19:41 PM
Ok, cheers.

Do we have any Tek meets for PC here or are you all console?
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 24, 2010, 10:17:17 AM
WTF is with the party/lobby/matchmaking in this game? I have never had problems with MW2 and rarely played without my buddies alongside me, but in Blops I have yet to get into a game with my party. I can join/be added fine, but then when the party joins a game I get booted out. Cue lots of swearing and severe annoyance.

When the 1st patch came out, I noticed it is much quicker to join a party, but I am still getting booted once a game is joined. After being booted, I cannot rejoin the game, through invite or through my friend list.

I also have problems playing on my own, getting disconnected errors and host not found errors probably 1 in 3 games/lobbies.

How can Treyarch mess this up, when MW2 had the whole party/matchmaking system down to a tee? Why would Treyarch not keep a system that is in no way flawed? Party play is at least 50% of my enjoyment when it comes to COD, and this situation is VERY FRUSTRATING!!!  

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Title: black ops
Post by: Mardoni on November 24, 2010, 11:14:17 AM
Are you playing on a PC or XBox ?

Ive not had any problems since the patch on my 360. Last night I was quite happily in a 4 person party and we had no problems getting games / moving between games :s

If youre on a XBox Id suggest you all do a NAT check and make sure your entire party have OPEN NAT. Oh and makes sure that youve all got the additional ports that Blops on the Xbox needs open: UDP 33233 and UDP 22728 (http://www.callofduty.com/blackops/help)
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Quixoticish on November 24, 2010, 12:35:37 PM
Since the last patch its awful for me on the PS3, moreso when it get busier in the evening. Lots of freezes unfortunately, and the matchmaking seems to be a bit patchy at times.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 24, 2010, 12:39:17 PM
Im on PS3. I also play in the evenings Chris. The problems are defo not fixed since the update then.. What are Treyarch playing at!?
Title: black ops
Post by: Mardoni on November 24, 2010, 15:27:27 PM
Do you guys have all the necessary ports forwarded to your PS3s ?

PlayStation 3 - TCP [80, 81, 443, 3074, 5223] UDP [3074, 3075, 3478]

I know this sounds stupid but until Blops, XBox Live! only used ports 88 and 3074. I dont know about the PSN though.
Title: black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 24, 2010, 15:50:31 PM
Quote from: Nimrod
Do you guys have all the necessary ports forwarded to your PS3s ?

PlayStation 3 - TCP [80, 81, 443, 3074, 5223] UDP [3074, 3075, 3478]

I know this sounds stupid but until Blops, XBox Live! only used ports 88 and 3074. I dont know about the PSN though.


 :shock:  :x  :whoops:

erm... Give me a minute...

GOOGLE!!
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on November 24, 2010, 17:12:43 PM
a lad in work has been moaning about never being able to connect to games and it dropping out alot when he finally does on his PS3.

weired thing is that is only does it on normal matches, he can play wager matches with no problem.
Title: black ops
Post by: Smugs on November 24, 2010, 19:26:27 PM
Quote from: Nimrod
^ I dont think youre playing Black-Ops Eagle :s

PC and Consoles are not mixed. The PC version has dedicated servers whilst consoles still rely on  P2P hosting; no way youll ever get them mixed on the same server.


So they listened to us after all, the lack of dedicated server support was the main reason I never got MW2.
Title: black ops
Post by: Quixoticish on November 24, 2010, 22:04:39 PM
Quote from: Tek_Ed
Quote from: Nimrod
Do you guys have all the necessary ports forwarded to your PS3s ?

PlayStation 3 - TCP [80, 81, 443, 3074, 5223] UDP [3074, 3075, 3478]

I know this sounds stupid but until Blops, XBox Live! only used ports 88 and 3074. I dont know about the PSN though.


 :shock:  :x  :whoops:

erm... Give me a minute...

GOOGLE!!


Did you try this to see if it helped?

Ive never ever had to forward any ports with the PS3 before and its a pain in the arse faffing with port forwarding on the Netgear control panel so if it works Ill just set a static IP for the PS3 and set it as the DMZ.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: neXus on November 25, 2010, 09:30:47 AM
Chris, there are documented issues with this game on all platforms in terms of online play and the servers. While doing things improves this they are working on multiplayer fixes to address all these issues.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 25, 2010, 09:48:30 AM
From what I have read, UPnP should avoid having to mess around opening ports. I didnt try it myself as I am not at all clued up when it comes to networking. I was also busy last night trying to improve my network connection (keeps spazzing out with DNS errors) with the help of a more clued up friend.

Changed my wireless channel (found there was a fair amount of noise) and moved my router a little closer. If I still have problems tonight, I am wiring the PS3 to the router.

To be honest, I dont think there is any need to change the settings on the router to open up ports. From what I hear, MW2 had just as many MP probs on release. For now Im just going to complete the campaign at a leisurely pace and then hopefully the MP engine will be patched up when I finish. I started the campaign last night and tbh I thought it was pretty good.. Fast paced and really quite difficult on hard. Extreme should be a challenge!

It is a shame about the PS3s party problems, but I did have an awesome Blops online night last night, with some great kill:death ratios, despite the rest of my random team being generally sh*te most of the time. I must have scored at least +100 k/d by the end of the night.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Quixoticish on November 25, 2010, 10:12:14 AM
Quote from: Tek_Ed
From what I have read, UPnP should avoid having to mess around opening ports. I didnt try it myself as I am not at all clued up when it comes to networking. I was also busy last night trying to improve my network connection (keeps spazzing out with DNS errors) with the help of a more clued up friend.

Changed my wireless channel (found there was a fair amount of noise) and moved my router a little closer. If I still have problems tonight, I am wiring the PS3 to the router.

To be honest, I dont think there is any need to change the settings on the router to open up ports. From what I hear, MW2 had just as many MP probs on release. For now Im just going to complete the campaign at a leisurely pace and then hopefully the MP engine will be patched up when I finish. I started the campaign last night and tbh I thought it was pretty good.. Fast paced and really quite difficult on hard. Extreme should be a challenge!

It is a shame about the PS3s party problems, but I did have an awesome Blops online night last night, with some great kill:death ratios, despite the rest of my random team being generally sh*te most of the time. I must have scored at least +100 k/d by the end of the night.


The annoying thing is I never had any problems whatsoever with MW or MW2 when they were first released. The matchmaking in MW2 seemed a bit slower compared to the first in the series but nothing detrimental to the gaming experience. But then this is the first of the Treyarch Call of Duty games Ive played so Im not sure if this kind of thing is commonplace with them.

Hopefully a patch or two will iron it out.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Eagle on November 25, 2010, 20:29:39 PM
MP (PC) has gone to sh*t now, following some alledged "update" (which I never saw download anyway).  Crashes, freezes, lag from hell.  Had a game last night and I died over 30 times in one game without getting a single shot off... its borked.  :disappointed:
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 26, 2010, 11:28:52 AM
Quote from: Eagle
Crashes, freezes, lag from hell.  Had a game last night and I died over 30 times in one game without getting a single shot off... its borked.  :disappointed:


That must have been frustrating!

I have got my wireless connection sorted now and I am having a much better online experience.. I actually managed to get in a party and join a game with the party last night :nana:
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 29, 2010, 11:30:12 AM
News just in

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Hey PS3 gamers,

We are listening to you and we’ve been busy working on updates based on feedback from the community. We have already deployed a number of updates, and there will be many more to come. Stay tuned right here for all the latest info.

IN PROGRESS
• Resolved several issues with PS3 parties getting disbanded for next patch (1.04)
• Investigating reports of “Transmission error” message on PS3
• Investigating PS3 hard freeze reported to happen for a small number of users in multiplayer
• Investigating reports of VOIP icons not always appearing for some PS3 party clients
• Prevention of Valkyrie rocket exploding upon release under rare conditions
• Prevention of Gunship failing to give player full control under rare conditions
• Prevention of a rare issue where a player will get teleported outside the map boundaries under very specific circumstances


 :nana: Sounds like the party play issues could finally be getting resolved on PS3  :nana:
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: shofty on November 29, 2010, 14:21:49 PM
about time, the disconnections has seen me take to zombies more than multiplayer.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on November 29, 2010, 15:39:53 PM
Zombies is cool, but I have yet to find a game where players actually use comms to their advantage. Usually ends up being every man for himself, which is way too difficult past about wave 6. The one game I have had where people were pretty reactive and acted as a team was great fun. Once the party system is fixed I will definitely give it a go with my mates.
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on January 14, 2011, 20:13:01 PM
anyone playing this still? I am only just getting half decent (mostly +1.0 ratios etc) but dont see many other Gamertags from here online.
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: XEntity on January 14, 2011, 21:09:18 PM
I haven't been on it since before Christmas, but only because I have a pile of games to play from Christmas and Jan sales, but no doubt I'll go back to it when I'm not playing the new games, I think I was running at a 1.4 ratio, just completed the main story in the new assassins creed (awesome game btw, good additions from the second and far far better than the first!)
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on January 17, 2011, 11:26:23 AM
I'm still playing on PS3, though mostly wager matches - I have become addicted to tomohawking on sticks and stones. My current credit balance is ~100K. I still have a lot of problems getting in a party, I think my NAT settings are to blame but have no idea how to solve this!

Anyhows, dustipher is PSN ID if you fancy a game or two I'll be on tonight.  :cheers:
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: Eagle on January 17, 2011, 19:21:19 PM
Given up on Black Ops.  sh*te, all told.
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: Mardoni on January 17, 2011, 20:00:01 PM
I'm still enjoying it, especially the wager matches.

Not too happy about the 1200msp price tag on the upcoming map pack though :/


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Title: Re: black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on January 17, 2011, 20:40:08 PM
I'm still enjoying it, especially the wager matches.

Not too happy about the 1200msp price tag on the upcoming map pack though :/


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I dont think that is too bad, less than £10 and you get a 5 new SP levels and 4 new MP maps and a new zombie game.
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: Mardoni on January 17, 2011, 20:58:17 PM
Anything of over 800msp for DLC is too much imo. I was thinking about buying medal of honour (preowned) instead of the mappack but all of my m8s are CoD addicts, so I've no choice :s

Title: Re: black ops
Post by: TheMallrat on January 17, 2011, 21:33:43 PM
I'm still enjoying it, especially the wager matches.

Not too happy about the 1200msp price tag on the upcoming map pack though :/


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I dont think that is too bad, less than £10 and you get a 5 new SP levels and 4 new MP maps and a new zombie game.

There aren't any SP levels in the pack, it's just 4 new MP levels and a zombie level. It's the same as they've done on the previous games, 1200 points for 5 levels.
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on January 17, 2011, 21:53:47 PM
I'm still enjoying it, especially the wager matches.

Not too happy about the 1200msp price tag on the upcoming map pack though :/


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I dont think that is too bad, less than £10 and you get a 5 new SP levels and 4 new MP maps and a new zombie game.

There aren't any SP levels in the pack, it's just 4 new MP levels and a zombie level. It's the same as they've done on the previous games, 1200 points for 5 levels.

I must have missunderstood what they say in this vid then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEB0H90lt_M&feature=player_embedded

'it has 5 new levels in it, 4 new multiplayer maps as well as a zombie level'
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: Tek_Ed on January 18, 2011, 13:43:45 PM
I've never bothered with DLCs.. I prefer owning newcomers on the original maps!

So what maps are people preferring?

Maps I Wub:
Shooting Range (or is it training ground?)
WMD

Maps I like:
Nuketown
Crisis
Radiation

Maps I hate:
Array
Hanoi
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: DEViANCE on January 18, 2011, 17:28:48 PM
I've never bothered with DLCs.. I prefer owning newcomers on the original maps!

So what maps are people preferring?

Maps I Wub:
Shooting Range (or is it training ground?)
WMD

Maps I like:
Nuketown
Crisis
Radiation

Maps I hate:
Array
Hanoi

Maps I Wub:
Shooting Range (or is it training ground?)
Nuketown


Maps I like:
WMD
Crisis
Hanoi

Maps I hate:
Array
Radiation
Title: Re: black ops
Post by: shofty on January 18, 2011, 20:10:18 PM
ziplines in the pack look top. not had a zipline on a game before.

i must admit i heard it as new sp levels too.
Title: Re:black ops
Post by: neXus on January 19, 2011, 00:06:27 AM
just completed the single player on regular level, my brain is fryed now, need sleep

Tell me about the NUMBERS!

Nah, I will tell you about the time I was sitting on the loo..

Loved the game but the story was a bit out there.