Call of Duty: Black Ops

[Steel5]

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[fishepa]

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I'm really having trouble playing on my new Samsung TV. The input lag is just horrendous. I've been playing on a 19" computer monitor where there is about 4ms lag to about 30-40ms on the Samsung. Really frustrating.

[kc10785]

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I've had probably 5 opportunities in the last 3 weeks with sentry guns. They are extremely rare. When the opportunity finally presents itself, I either get shot trying to get there or a teammate destroys it before I can.

im on my 5th pre. I never have a problem taking out sentry guns now all i do is put on harden and put a clip in the sentry gun by shooting at it through a wall so it won't shoot at u and you want get shot at from the other team trying to run up and stab it.

[pietasterp]

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Not sure if anyone's touched much on this (or if anyone cares...seems people mostly do multiplayer), but what are everyone's impressions of the single-player campaign?

Honestly, I think it kinda sucks; I never got into the whole Infinity Ward vs Treyarch thing, but having played both studio's games, I have to say there is a definite difference in at least the single player portions of the game. I think the Black Ops campaign is sort of boring and bland; it almost looks/feels like it came out before the original Modern Warfare (COD4). The graphics are worse, the missions are boring, and worst of all, it doesn't seem like Treyarch understands how to make a game challenging without it being cheap (see: Executive Order, Defend Khe San...two of the worst mission designs I've ever played). I've beaten COD:MW2 and Black Ops on Veteran, and I just felt that Black Ops was frustrating as all hell whereas I never felt really cheated on MW2. Also, there is just no variety in the missions on Black Ops; it's pretty much the same blast away on-foot through a corridor type missions, whereas IW's COD games give you really cool/cinematic moments like the AC150 mission from COD4, the snowmobile run and the run-like-hell mission from MW2 (in the favela). Yeah, MW2 is way over-the-top in a Michael Bay-like sense, but it's at least really fun and ****. Black Ops is just totally blah and frustrating.

I only bring this up now because I just went back and put MW2 in the ol' Xbox just for fun, and I was surprised by how much better it looks, more fun it plays, and how it just seems generally better in every aspect than Black Ops....I'd say the multiplayer is a wash, but I'm by no means a multiplayer connoisseur - I pretty much get blown away 25 times a minutes whenever I jump on.

[fishepa]

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I haven't touched the SP campaign.

[AUChase]

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I haven't even played much of the SP.

I don't care for the "One Man Army" type of shooter. Why put soldiers and people around me if they can't kill anyone ?

[Dirty Turtles]

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Very excited for this map pack. All the maps look interesting and I'm excited for some more wide open game play.

[Feared]

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I'm really having trouble playing on my new Samsung TV. The input lag is just horrendous. I've been playing on a 19" computer monitor where there is about 4ms lag to about 30-40ms on the Samsung. Really frustrating.

Oh yeah 4ms input to 30-40 is pretty huge.. on a side note I hate those games where I fire like half my clip into a guy and nothing happens, then I die.. watch the kill cam and he shoots and kills me almost instantly without me even firing a shot.

The map pack looks intriguing... Kowloon peaks my interest the most. It seems to me like it's going to play out like a "Favela" type map but with ziplines. With Rooftop, to Rooftop gun fights, and another level of close range fighting inside the buildings, attics..etc. The gloomy, rainy? night time atmosphere is right up my alley is well. I can see a lot of XBox live whiners complaining about getting shot on the Ziplines, those really don't seem like a Safe way to travel. (You know people will have their sights up watching them) There should definitely be alternate points of travel like ladders and such though, which I will be taking even if it is longer.

I'm guessing Stadium might be like Broadcast from Cod4? Lots of interior, exterior run'n'gun type game play.

You know there's going to be some poor souls that sprint right through the No man's land on Berlin Wall... and proceed to get slaughtered, then learn their lesson. That's probably where the B flag in Domination is going to be. That's going to be pretty brutal to get...

[TracerBullet]

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Not sure if anyone's touched much on this (or if anyone cares...seems people mostly do multiplayer), but what are everyone's impressions of the single-player campaign?

I'm with you on all points. And both of the missions you listed were awful. Khe San doesn't give you a clear objective at all and the infinite enemies are a signature of Treyarch apparently. They did try to give some excitement with the helicopter level, but even that wasn't actually all that fun and flying a helicopter in BF:BC puts it to shame. Just bad campaign design all around.

[SinisterAlex]

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Cannot wait for this map pack. Honestly, I LOVE LOVED LOOOOOVED the map pack designs in World at War in these maps are no different.

[AnArtofWar]

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I can't wait for the map pack...but why 1200...why couldn't it be 800 ...10 bucks is alright...but 15 is REALLY up there imo...

[Giants4Natic]

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I'm really having trouble playing on my new Samsung TV. The input lag is just horrendous. I've been playing on a 19" computer monitor where there is about 4ms lag to about 30-40ms on the Samsung. Really frustrating.

I have a Samsung 55 inch LED and input lag is terrible. But try game mode that should help but still no as good as playing on a monitor

I bought a Samsung LED 23 inch monitor and no lag. Works perfectly for all timing games and looks amazing

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

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Cannot wait for this map pack. Honestly, I LOVE LOVED LOOOOOVED the map pack designs in World at War in these maps are no different.

ANYTHING so I don't have to play Firing Range 60% of the matches I play will make happy.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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ANYTHING so I don't have to play Firing Range 60% of the matches I play will make happy.

Yeah I really have no clue how it manages to come up so much.

Firing range, Firing range gets voted for again as usual, random map, then back to firing range for 2 more matches.

Always happens.

[sven]

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I can already tell that I'll be camping on Stadium like a mofo.