Call of Duty - Black Ops - PC review

Call of Duty: Black Ops is pretty much the same as most other CODs.

Plenty of action, with minimum freedom of action (I miss the original Far Cry freedom to cover the objective in a dozen different ways!), and some nice shooting sequences from vehicles.

One thing I really hated about this COD is the annoying flipping sequences whenever you go back to a menu (or the repetitive video sequences on Zombie mode). Other than that it is regular COD - good with some memorable sequences.

What I really liked (although it gets tired fast) is the Zombie mode. Those are a few levels (at least with the full DLC - not sure how much and if any came with the original game) where you get attacked by zombies and slowly get extra "cash" to buy access to places and weapon. Pretty cool, albeit the hell dogs can be a bit though
for me - and I really hate the fact that they teleporting from nowhere.

A few levels have hilarious starts, such as the JFK/Nixon/McNamara/Castro pentagon level, and the Romero level with several famous zombie killers, including Buffy.

Having to watch a large sequence of the start videos before you can skip - every single time you start a level - is pretty annoying, though.

So as usual, a nice game, but not extraordinary.

Recommended if you are a COD fan.

Update: Lately I don't bother with Multiplayer, so I only noticed it months later - but Black Ops has a very nice bot mode, which I've really been enjoying lately.

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