Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced 110
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.
Bleh. (Score:0, Interesting)
End of the historical shooters? (Score:4, Interesting)
Too bad. I enjoyed World at War very much and was looking forward to the Korean War and/or Vietnam.
Honor Remembrance Day (Score:4, Interesting)
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:Never again.... (Score:4, Interesting)
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
Re:Predictions (Score:5, Interesting)
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 (Score:5, Interesting)
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.