Call of Duty: Black Ops

[TracerBullet]

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The mission where you're sneaking around, that begins w/ you chocking a guy.....I'm stuck. Everytime we get behind a building and he waves his hand, somehow "they see me".

I think this is by far one of the worst campain's from the CoD series I've ever played

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The only mission I liked somewhat was the prison break. Everything else is bad for the most part.

[pietasterp]

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There could be a few reasons for this, but if this is your first Call of Duty, don't sweat it. Everyone is terrible in the beginning and it takes time to get better.

Cool man. Thanks for the tips.

Sadly, this isn't my first COD, but I don't usually multiplayer all that much. I'm just recently getting into that aspect of the game, so I'm starting appreciate that nothing from the single player carries over at all (in terms of skills/strategies).

Everything else is bad for the most part.

Agree w/ you and TheShiz...Treyarch just doesn't make good single-player campaigns. They are boring, repetitive, and frustrating, with no real climactic or memorable moments...there was maybe 1-2 missions that were okay (including the one you mentioned), but nothing in the single player compares with the Cliffhanger mission from MW2, the AC150 mission from COD4, or any of the best parts from either of those games.

[SinisterAlex]

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I beat the campaign on Veteran.... it was easy except for two parts really...

[SinisterAlex]

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[pietasterp]

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I beat the campaign on Veteran.... it was easy except for two parts really...

I beat it on Veteran as well, but for me it wasn't easy...very frustrating. But you are right, most of the frustration came from 2 particular parts for me, and I bet I can guess which parts you are referring to....

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1) Executive Order...I seriously considered lowering the difficulty at that hallway portion where you have to get to the locker room before the checkpoint registers. And it didn't even register the first time I finally made it there...

2) Defend Khe Sahn - almost lost a TV and controller on that one. Just piss-poor level and mission design. Basically, it comes down to getting lucky - you hit "x" and hope that your character's "stab the barrel" animation happens quickly enough so that you can get turn around and get back to cover before the enemy 1-hit headshots you by blind-firing from around the corner of a building. Maddening.

[SinisterAlex]

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I beat it on Veteran as well, but for me it wasn't easy...very frustrating. But you are right, most of the frustration came from 2 particular parts for me, and I bet I can guess which parts you are referring to....

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1) Executive Order...I seriously considered lowering the difficulty at that hallway portion where you have to get to the locker room before the checkpoint registers. And it didn't even register the first time I finally made it there...

2) Defend Khe Sahn - almost lost a TV and controller on that one. Just piss-poor level and mission design. Basically, it comes down to getting lucky - you hit "x" and hope that your character's "stab the barrel" animation happens quickly enough so that you can get turn around and get back to cover before the enemy 1-hit headshots you by blind-firing from around the corner of a building. Maddening.

My three parts were this:

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1) The part on the Kawloon level where you see those civilians run out... that took me FOREVER to get passed.

2) Same thing as you... that part was frustrating.

3) That hallway on the second mission where at the end the smoke comes out by the door and 5 guys come and kill you right away... very annoying

Sorry It's been awhile since I've done campaign so I forget the level names.

Everything else was relatively easy. Sure I might've died a few times on a few parts, but there was no part other than the parts mentioned in the spoilers, that I had to sit there for hours to complete.

[pietasterp]

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One more thought that occurred to me (while waiting out this interminable NFC Championship Game halftime....):

I feel like the matchmaking just sets beginners up for failure...surely there's a way for the game to try to put you into a lobby with the most number of players with similar levels (like Halo)? I'm sure there are people like me that are still like level 8 or 9 that are starting out, but I'm constantly in games with nothing but level 50+ players, and it just seems pointless because I get popped 80 times before I even get 2 steps into the map. It just seems to me that it would make for better/more enjoyable games if the players are essentially equally matched (or at least as much as possible). I wish it were at least an option...

P.S...I know this was touched on prior, but I'm on a hardwired cable modem, and I finally (FINALLY!!!) had a nice game the other night where I got on a good 7-8 killstreak and called in all this awesome air support, and what do you know? Host migrates, I get dropped, none of it counts...now it'll be another month before I get such an awesome streak....

[Feared]

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I think they should implement a system where it tries to match players in a lobby based on Score per minute, in the game type. So if you're in the 500-600 score per minute range in Domination when you go into that playlist it should try to match you up with players that have similar scores stat wise.

Obviously it wouldn't always be perfect matches because of people that play in parties, but it might be an improvement to give newer players a more level playing field.

[Speedy]

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I think they should implement a system where it tries to match players in a lobby based on Score per minute, in the game type. So if you're in the 500-600 score per minute range in Domination when you go into that playlist it should try to match you up with players that have similar scores stat wise.

Obviously it wouldn't always be perfect matches because of people that play in parties, but it might be an improvement to give newer players a more level playing field.

That is a really good idea.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

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Damn I came close to besting my 36-0 mark in a match. I went 35-0, I hate this game...a lot due to the annoying connection issues but I can't help but play it from time to time. One thing that really annoys me is when I call my carpet bomb an hide in a house sometimes it still kills me an other times it won't.

[fishepa]

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I'm getting worse at this game every day. Not sure what is going on. My k/d ratio is down to 1.51.

[65South]

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I think they should implement a system where it tries to match players in a lobby based on Score per minute, in the game type. So if you're in the 500-600 score per minute range in Domination when you go into that playlist it should try to match you up with players that have similar scores stat wise.

Obviously it wouldn't always be perfect matches because of people that play in parties, but it might be an improvement to give newer players a more level playing field.

I'm in the same boat as pietasterp and This would be amazing!

I'm getting worse at this game every day. Not sure what is going on. My k/d ratio is down to 1.51.

Sheesh. One man's trash is another man's treasure. I'd take that any day of the week! lol

[Dirty Turtles]

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I've been having some terrible games recently, I just can't get anything started. By the time I get into any kind of rhythm I'm already too far down to save my K/D for the game or help my team get the win.

[loloben]

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Anyone have advice for Zombies?

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

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I'm getting worse at this game every day. Not sure what is going on. My k/d ratio is down to 1.51.

I'm on a self-imposed hiatus for this reason. The last two weeks I was just progressively doing worse and worse, it just wasn't fun at this point.

I might sit out until the patch the Rapid Fire/Grip or put out the new maps.