COD: Black Ops Thread

Kilmory wrote:

Please tell me you can't buy these credit thingies with real money.

I have an addicitve personality and a credit card.

NO, you earn them in game.
BUT....I hear it has a few modes where you can "gamble" / bet your credits for a chance to win more credits. So dont fret.
They took your addictive personality into account.

But at the same time, you can penny gamble (18 to 24 CP a match) or play those modes using larger wagers.

I won't have this until christmas.

Same as myself, wanna leave Lisa with something to get me for Christmas

HA HA! WE SHALL BE BROTHERS IN NOOBERY! HA HA!

Only on Blacks ops, by then I shall be like a god of the Mojave.

Picked up my copy tonight. Woot.
In an uncharacteristic move for me, I've skipped the campaign for now, and I really won't be playing this much anyway until I'm done with New Vegas.
I can give a few first impressions of the multiplayer gameplay though. I've put in about 3 hours and hit level 21. It was nice starting out and being on generally even footing levelwise.
I feel right at home playing this so far. Nearly everything is like MW2, but without the constant noob tubing and Super Soldiers. It's actually funny. There are still people running around with Marathon and Lightweight, but without the Tac knife or Commando they keep missing! You can really see how much of a crutch it was for them.
I'm still looking though the weapons, but for now I've settled on the FAMAS, which is no longer burst fire. It's very accurate with middling power. I'm tempted to call it the new ACR, but the relatively low clip makes it the new SCAR instead.
Pro versions of the perks are now acquired by doing three separate challenges. No bumps so far there, but I haven't seen what all they want you to do yet.
I like what they've done with Scrambler...removed it. Well, it's actually an equipment called the Jammer now. You can drop it somewhere, and it blacks out radar in a big radius. If you want, you can also retrieve it and move it elsewhere. Probably best used while everyone has the mentality of "Scrambler = Someone's around" from MW2. Drop it, then pick them off from a distance when they start getting jumpy.

I do have a few complaints. (Of course.)
Lag is the same as ever. When it's bad, it's really bad. Rest of the time it's playable.
Lack of instruction here and there. I bought C4 as my equipment. I can pull out the detonator. I can press it. What I can't do is actually PLANT the stuff. Not particularly useful.
The maps I've seen are alright with one exception.
Nuketown is a small map consisting of two houses and a small yard. That's two and only two spawn points, both just outside 'nading distance. It's just too small, especially for 12 players.
The spawns are giving me some headache. I still seem to get spawned behind frequently, even more than in MW2. Seems particularly bad on Nuke Town too. Can't hardly spawn without getting shot by the guy who just spawned after you in your base.

Even with that, I am having fun.

I changed the title of this thread.