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Treyarch has some big shoes to fill with the next Call of Duty and it looks like they have a good handle on things based on this reveal trailer for Black Ops. The Vietnam conflict will bring some new weapons to the mix like the crossbow with explosive bolts and some missions that will let you blow sh*t up from a helicopter.

However this game turns out, I'm just glad we're not playing yet another World War II game. What do you all think of the reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops?








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DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 00:35
DrRockso
About what I expected.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:24
wanderingpixel
It looks interesting. I don't know, I'm just tired of FPS's right now is all. I need a break this summer to recharge before Halo: Reach.
wildcatfan87's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:25
wildcatfan87
"pre order on xbox 360 " sigh
aminoaccident's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:27
aminoaccident
Did Michael Bay direct this bullshit?

Also, most Viet Nam games have failed. I like to believe some kind of ghost made up of American morality influences the developers to make bad games. Hopefully one day it will work and the shit will stop. My dad was a Marine in Vietnam and Korea, and it fucked him up for awhile. When you lead a village of frightened children across a minefield in the dark, and lose a couple, I guess it does that.

Yay war. AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!
Oishidesu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:34
Oishidesu
Dear people, can you please talk about the Vietnam War tomorrow and Thursday. I have to do a project about it and I'm too lazy to do any researching. I want accurate info, though! If you don't, you'll receive a magical slap in the face!
wutang4ever's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:36
wutang4ever
For offline play, I preferred COD WAW due to the zombie mode and the split screen co-op was nice. If you can still blow off limbs and have split screen co-op I'd buy this. It looks good. The storyline from WAW was better than MW2 IMO but thats not saying much.
ndschroede23's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:37
ndschroede23
@agentarsenic

Regarding your first comment, if you don't want gratuitous, unrealistic action in your video games, you shouldn't be looking at trailers for the next Call of Duty game (and that's not meant to be a criticism of the franchise).

And yeah, I think most Vietnam games failed at being anything terribly interesting beyond fun, but there haven't been that many attempts - at least, not compared to WWII or modern Middle East conflicts. If I were a betting man I wouldn't put my money on CoD bucking that trend, but I think it'll do something at least a little bit interesting.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 01:47
Niero
pew pew pew, part 8. sold!
dfielder's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 02:02
dfielder
I have to say It's fucking heart breaking that they appear to be making the Vietnam War out to be an action movie. REALLY........I'm disgusted.

Vietcong (for pc) was a decent game that gave you some perspective as to how terrible it was.
madman0017's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 02:03
madman0017
Explosions in the beginning looked really bad, especially for a game this far in this generation :S
Spaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 02:03
Spaz
So I see they have played Turok 2: Seeds of Evil a lot from the looks of that bow. Or did it first appear it the first Turok?
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 02:11
Rammstein
Niero: Part 7. :D
SteezyXL's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 02:18
SteezyXL
Has caught my attention even more. I'll be watching this one.
KirbyMcDope's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 03:00
KirbyMcDope
The only FPS game I'm looking forward to right now is Brink.
Korolev's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 03:25
Korolev
A lie is a lie is a rip-off of a speech that Price gave at the end of MW2. Just because they write it down doesn't mean it's not derivative.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 03:28
Sexualchocolate
Meh, I second the opinion that Brink is the only FPS to look forward to for the time being.
llort het's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 04:06
llort het
Just how many...
How many first person shooters do you people need? You're going to stop stagnating the video game industry soon, right?
SF Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 04:07
SF Legend
A cake is a cake.
Volomon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 04:55
Volomon
Looks like total garbage, also does this really take place in Vietnam I saw all kinds of mixed era weapons and vehicles in this. Maybe not different era, but almost piratically not used during that war. They were still using the old M16 the one that jammed constantly until replaced by the M16A1, and there showing all these weapon varieties like they were just available, like the SPAS-12 (WTF). Hell they were still using the old infantry doctrine from WW2, along with some of WW2's weapons.

This video is an insult to anyone with intelligence. Also is that fucking AH-1 Helicopter which is a two person cockpit vehicle transporting people?

It looks like a Huey, but it has Cobra paint on it and a gunship weapon on it's sides, even though anyone intelligent will tell you a transport vehicle can transport more if it doesn't have a load of ordinance on it, hence why its a fucking transport. Don't get me wrong though they have been known to carry out special missions, normally with no one on board but the pilots as far as I know.
Live by the Sword's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 05:30
Live by the Sword
YAWN!
Still no cover system for what is supposed to be THE premier FPS?
Daniel Wales's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 06:13
Daniel Wales
It amuses me that their big catchphrase is a reference to one of the lines Price says before the final mission on MW2.
Sanious's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 06:41
Sanious
Call of Duty: Black Ops At War.

This looks like... Modern Warfare 2, just like World at War did when it came to MW. So obviously it's going to be a not as good version of MW2. And since MW2 is a not so good version of MW... you see where this is going.

90% of this trailer is explosions. Did not do a thing for me, it's going to be a crappier version of MW2 and people are going to buy it up just cause it says Call of Duty.

This game does not look good.
NiNFAN1990's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 06:52
NiNFAN1990
^^

LOL!!!!

This is considering MW2 sucked ass, yes?
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 06:59
Kif
If I'm not playing MW2 when this is released, I'll probably end up picking this up. It doesn't look as bad as WaW at least.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 07:00
Chronic Logic
@ Live by the Sword

cover system? You mean like the system used in Gears of Wars?
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 07:21
EternalDeathSlayer
I love all the haters. I'm not interested in this game because I'm not very interested in FPS anymore. The market became saturated with too many of them a long time ago.

But to nitpick and say "oh the explosions suck" when they clearly look fine, or saying MW2 sucked ass so this one will be worse, even though we all know you only hate on MW2 because it's more popular than some shitty game you like better.

If you say MW2 sucks, you've got no respect for the craft of video game making. You can dislike it, as I do, but to say it sucks? That's just ignorant. Gameplay was tight, game was technically impressive.

I didn't care for the characters or story much though.

Amazing how many people hate a game that sold like 12 million copies. No wait, we do that with EVERY popular game.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 07:25
HEL105
A lot of people are going to crucify this game, just based on the situation that preceded it's creation.
AlphaJC's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 08:03
AlphaJC
@ Etenaldeathslayer

No it was not technically impressive. Yes the controls were there, the excitement was there, but what it really lacked was a good story, good multiplayer. People still play it and they put up with all the bullshit , not just the Camping to get killstreak garbage (which ruined the whole point of COD) but the network problems and hackers that I seemed to run into on a constant basis. Cod has a become a casual pew pew pew hide in a corner game that requires hardly any skill to win a match. Its really stupid. I have had some fun games but the bad ones far outweigh the good ones because of people being ignorant online, little kids that shouldnt be playing the game screaming in the mic, lagfest garbage, people hosting lobbies, wanting to play regular free for all but running into parties of 20 on rust, im sorry but if you find a game with that many flaws impressive i would question your intelligence.
AlphaJC's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 08:04
AlphaJC
A shitty gmae is a SHitty Game Come on treyarch make your own game.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 08:30
DaedHead8
@AlphaJC

Your statement does nothing but support what EDS said. You've done nothing but outline why you don't like MW2. But you simply disliking a game is not enough to say it sucks. MW2 is a successful game, whether you like it or not. Millions of people bought it and millions of people play it everyday. You don't like some aspects of it's design and I respect that, I too don't like a lot of the things you mentioned. But again, that's not enough to make it a bad game. It's a good game that you don't like.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 08:33
Sexualchocolate
Big yawn.

Wake me up when this CoD is GoD trend is over.

There was a time where new IP's were all the rage, anyone remember those sweet days. Days where the odd sequel was an exciting thing. Yawn.
Ninja In Distress's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 08:53
Ninja In Distress
^Uh, no not really. I think you're talking out of your ass again(something you're prone to do, anyway)
FrankSino's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:08
FrankSino
Unlike the MW2 trailer which was, for the most part, cool camera angles of the AI enacting scripted movements, this CODBO trailer seems to be showing more of what the player does/can do. I think just because Treyarch decides to show more in this trailer, it already has my buy.

I just hope this isn't them showing all the cool parts in the trailer, then leaving us with nothing new when we actually play the game.
Faust's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:11
Faust
Considering that this has dedicated servers...I'm getting it.
D Chap's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:14
D Chap
I'm more and more impressed by each game Treyarch does, this looks like it could be their best CoD yet

Also finally getting away from WW2 is a relief
Sanious's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:17
Sanious
@EternalDeathSlayer "Amazing how many people hate a game that sold like 12 million copies. No wait, we do that with EVERY popular game."

This is not why I'm 'hating' on it. The trailer did absolutely nothing for me and this is Activision wanting another Call of Duty for the sake of having a new one out there. I did not like WaW at all, and I liked MW. This looks like it will be the same re-skinned type deal and I'll doubt I'll be into it.

Also I don't know if people are misinterpreting what I said, but I don't think MW2 sucks, I just don't think it's as good as MW was.

And if I wanted to hate things that are popular, I'd be a hypocrite since the only thing I've been playing lately is SSFIV.
jawshoeuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:17
jawshoeuh
I'm not planning on picking this up, but I thought the trailer was pretty well done. If I was looking forward to another COD this would have gotten me all riled up.
Denvarte's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:21
Denvarte
um... doesn't this take during the cold war? not vietnam?

and if I'm right YAY ESPIONAGE!!!
ndschroede23's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:25
ndschroede23
@AlphaJC

It seems you're not criticizing MW2 for being technically faulty, but for not being as tactical as you want it to be. The game is solid and enjoyable - if it's the type of game you're looking for. I'm not gonna say the Civ series sucks because there aren't enough flashy explosions. MW2 does wear me down and I do get frustrated with it, but that happens with any game you overplay.

There's enough incentive for a person to keep playing and despite what people think, not all games are camping killfests. If you play Team Deathmatch or Domination, yeah, you'll get that. But pretty much every other gametype, people are pretty focused on accomplishing the objectives.

Yeah, the game is a little unbalanced. Some perks (OMA, Commando) are unfair and too easy to use. But opinions vary as to whether or not those are actually gamebreakers.
Bolduk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:34
Bolduk
Sanious: Sorry but did you play it? I'm gonna risk it and say no.
Corbanski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 09:56
Corbanski
how about we wait for acctual game play videos to judge the game based on World at War. Also if you learned how to read you would know that not only does it take place in Vietnam and the cold war but also other wars from the past to apparently the future.
Live by the Sword's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 10:31
Live by the Sword
@ Chronic Logic
I was thinking more along the lines of Rainbow Six Las Vegas since it is a FPS!
Aurvant's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 10:31
Aurvant
@Mattrodroid & @agentarsenic: Shut The Fuck Up And Just Play Games.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 10:43
mix
Not really feeling the video...well see though.
AlphaJC's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 11:25
AlphaJC
Mw2 can be enjoyable for some, but for me it was not as enjoyable as COD 4, there are waaay too many things they added that broke the game, the online is bad and faulty due to connection problems because of bad matchmaking, the matchmaking is a poor excuse, there are still tons of hacks and glitches that wont be fixed, because why should activision care there going to release a new cod out every year, its just a pathetic excuse for a game now, its a bunch of cool ideas taken from paper and slapped together in a sloppy manner and the game generates an aura of "oh its amazing because the last one was". MW2 only sold well because of hype. Do you realize when i went to go trade in MW2 i couldn't because all the gamestops in my area said they had too many used copies of the game, yeah tell me now thats a good game, if its such a great game people wouldnt be trading it in less than a year later. Maybe treyarch will do what infinity ward didnt do, but from all i can see form the trailer was more of the same, a copy and paste, it looks like the same super hollywood action game same type of setting IW had but just in a different timline. Treyarch has shown little talent when developing there games, all they have done is copy IW, copy and paste their shit. Its a shame activison wont let them do there own type of Ip but thats what you get when you sell your soul. and so far they are considering a beta but that dosn't seem likely as it probably doesn't fit in with activisions bucget.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 12:00
Holyetheline
looks really good,this will probably be Treyarch's best.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 12:00
Mr Andy Dixon
@Sexualchocolate

You yawn a lot bro. Little tike keeping you up at night?

@Trailer

I think this looks pretty fun. I've always had a great time with the Call of Duty single player campaigns (even the Treyarch ones), so I'll be renting this to play it through and then returning it after the weekend.
ZetA RE UP's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 12:39
ZetA RE UP
Yes, please and thank you.
puppy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 12:41
puppy
Man that was a really badly edited trailer. I remember the MW2 trailers having a rising action. This one just shoved everything in there.

"We live in a world..." stupid script too.
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2010 12:45
AdamantiumHip
There's always some idiot hating on something popular, be it gears, halo or mw2.

Now MW2's campaign had it's problems, mainly story based...it just didnt make much sense or lacked logic in a lot of parts (how was price there again? what exactly was the main bad guy (note: the russian one)'s motive? and why does he disappear and we never find out what happens to him as a new ''shock'' (read: senseless) villain comes into play?

But as a game, it was fantastic fun, with great graphics, set pieces, and just intensity, it's hard to match.
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