Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It’s generally considered the sixth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series after the storyline of the previous title, Call of Duty 5: World at War. Call of Duty: Black Ops was released on November 9, 2010.
CoD: World at War features a more mature theme than previous instalments. The game is also open-ended, as there are different ways to complete objectives. The gameplay shares several features with previous iterations of the game franchise. Players fight with help from AI-controlled teammates. They help during the game’s missions by providing cover fire, clearing rooms for entry and shooting down enemies.
The CoD4 sequel had a lot of expectations since its predecessor is tagged as its enhanced version. However, the graphics wasn’t as good as what was expected. All figures in the game should have looked real or three-dimensional. But what critics weren’t expecting, the trees looked flat as if it was a drawing in the scene. Graphics have a major role in the enjoyment of the game. It makes a game enjoyable and virtually real. Failure to provide outstanding graphics would be a huge disappointment to CoD fans who are expecting to see a more improved game from the previous version.
Some of the fans ascribe the short-delivered graphics from its current developer, Treyarch, who may have used their old graphics from their old games making it short of expectations from the original developer, Activision. Game players which are critic to Treyarch have seen the similarities of some scenes in World at War with some games previously developed by Treyarch. They describe the World at War graphics as refurbished graphics from old Treyarch games making it a big disappointment to online gamers. Some gamers criticised on the gadgets used in the game. The radar described as thermo, was bashed since there was obviously no thermo radars way back in the 1940’s. The guns were distinguished as lousy and nothing new compared to its predecessor, Modern Warfare.
World at War was not as sensational as expected and some there are some doubts about the sequel, Black Ops. With players disappointed at World at War, I just hoped Infinity Ward will regain the good reputation of CoD games and not disappoint as what Treyarch have come up with World at War. But after reading a few decent reviews of Black Ops, I think I’m going to grab a copy of the game this weekend.
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