flipitj

I listen to the sounds of the game

I have a 360 and I got the update this morning when I played a couple of matches, I didn't know what it addressed so I didn't really pay attention to the sound of footsteps. Can't wait to get home and test that out...

... or maybe I just want to leave work, go home and play video games

After playing it for over a week, I have a better understanding of the game and here are things I really like about this game:

1. customization - there is tons of it

2. favorite ARs are silenced Galil, ak47 with RDS, and the g11(best for long range), favorite smgs - ak74u with extended mags and the Kiparis with grip

3. maps comes in all shapes and sizes, good variety

4. wager matches - not really good with one-in-the-chamber, but I like all of them, current favorite is sharpshooter

5. codpoints system, I am no longer penalized by being a low level, so many things are available, i just choose what I want, when I want it

6. zombies - played it a little, but I do love the new maps, just into the MP side of BO right now

there are many many things I love about this game, but the above are favorites

7. very glad that QS is much more difficult to do

things I don't like:

1. spawns - while it is easy to understand that on small maps the spawn system will be very erractic and hard to determine once your team is spread out on it, however the spawns on the bigger maps just sometimes don't make any sense. too many times enemies will spawn right behind me, they kill me and move to my position, then I spawn right where they just spawned at, I kill them, move up to where they just were, then they spawn behind me again, and again, and again, and again...

here is a video of a great example of what I am talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihokTlcwUs

BUT, according to david vonderhaar, it is supposed to be addressed in an upcoming patch

2. almost no sounds with footsteps and it doesn't matter what perk you are using. supposed to be addressed in upcoming patch as well

3. LMGs - these guns are really there for people to use when they want something more challenging, otherwise they just don't make sense.

for example, the stoner makes you move very slow, has fair amount of recoil, does same damage as most ARs, but you get hardly any ammo with it! lmgs are supposed to be slow moving sprayers and youcan't do that without ammo

4. Hopefully when they release the patch, that it will take away the ability to vote for "previous" map. Every other game I get into is being voted for nuketown. so I stay around and play it, game ends, and guess what, they vote for it again, and again, I leave after that, and this happens with firing range as well. Just show us what the next one is or give us option for random, just not "previous", or at the very least limit how many times you can do a previous map.

bo doesn't allow me to use any special characters at all, is this supposed tobe like that or do we get that unlocked at a certain level?

all i wanted to use was the "!"

The spawning sucks, try playing Nuketown TDM.

the smaller the map and the more your team is spread across it, the worse the spawns will be, especially on maps such as nuketown, rust, shipment, dome, etc.

Galil with suppressor, has a fair amount of damage and the supressor cuts down on recoil a good bit.

I haven't unlocked anything higher than that yet, so I also like the Enfield with the smiley rds and also the ak47u with grip(once again, cuts down on recoil a lot)

I have yet to unlock other attachments because I am still trying to get a good sense of the maps first.

However, what I thought was a pretty cool/funny kill cam was watching someone with the flamethrower attachment roasting me, I might unlock that one next

F ign and their stupid low rating review.

I absolutely am having a great time playing this game.

Wager matches are a blast, my favorite is gun game.

I am loving Barebones tdm, core mtdm, and CTF mtdm. Nuketown does get pretty intense because it is so small, matches go very quickly, SMGs are going to be a better choice for this map.

Zombies - I love this new map Kino der Toten, reminds me a lot of der riese, just a lot bigger. Variety of zombies(ones that give off noxious gas) and guns = fun times, so far I have made it to round 9 in a group.

doa - a very unexpected but fun game, I can't get past round 6

sp - because the online portion of it is so fun, and that there is so much to do, I haven't even peeked at it yet.

Sorry to bother you, but I have a few questions about the concerns I have heard over at the Callofduty fourms before I go buy it in about 3 and a half hours.

1. I have heard that there are many hacks already out. True or false?

2. I have also heard that the game is OP'd and only as good as Mw2. True or false?

3. There is also a CP glitch that gives you unlimited CP's. True or false?

and

4. The audio is compleatly messed up, and if someone shoots from like five feet away it sounds like they are 50 feet away. True or false?

Sorry for wasting your time, I just wanted to clear some thing up before I got the game and find out if i wasted my money or not.

1. Seen some on youtube videos, but after a day of playing, I have yet to see any during a match

2. OP'd? some of the higher killstreaks are a bit overdone on small maps such as Nuketown, but then again, it is more difficult to get that higher killstreak now

3. I haven't seen any cp glitch done

4. I have had any issues with volume

My review of this game is this: Awesome!

I am blown away by just about every aspect of this game, and the more I play it, the better it gets. I can't see myself going back to any other COD game any time in the near future(or any other game for that matter), there is just so much to see and do.

I don't think a 3 second clip of me ripping open the plastic wrap on a dvd case would be that entertaining to watch

I have heard though that sound whoring is almost impossible, due to ambient noise. I wish they hand an option to turn that off.

Maybe these people that were complaining didn't notice there was a headset audio option

quite a few directors on youtube that got the game early have all said that "sound whoring" is going to be very hard to do, namely because of ambient noise as bob mentioned, but also because you get silent footsteps right out of the gate with Ninja. you won't really be able to make use of your headset until you get Ninja pro.

*sigh* I have to wait until I leave work today to pick it up. Thankfully, I planned this out and will have the entire day off tomorrow

It is too bad that you are having it that time of day. I actually took the day off and will be on it all day on the 10th, and the time that you are holding it is when the wife gets home

lol

in case you change the time to a much earlier time

xbox gamertag: flipitj

time zone: Central

See I am the opposite. I have school from 8 in the morning till about 4:30 and you are probably wondering why I do not just start at 5. Well it takes me a while to get home because I walk, then I have to eat dinner.

no worries dude, I kinda guess that you either worked or had school and couldn't do it during the day.

I am not great at organizing things or otherwise I would do one for during the day, so I guess I'll wait and see if someone else is willing to put one together for during the day,

anyone else out there willing to do that?

It is too bad that you are having it that time of day. I actually took the day off and will be on it all day on the 10th, and the time that you are holding it is when the wife gets home

lol

in case you change the time to a much earlier time

xbox gamertag: flipitj

time zone: Central

I have to say it will be a toss up between MP and zombies. That was how it was when playing Waw. But I think initially I will play MP more.

A lot of people who get the game early a week or two every year do it because they know of a "mom and pop" type smaller store that sells game. Idon't think they are supposed to be doing it, but oh well. Just a couple more days!!!!!

Every new video means i need to change pants again!!!!!!!

I can't wait for release day!

any chance someone has this posted on youtube somewhere?

good ole webfilter at work has the OP's link blocked

Yeah...even some guy is live streaming his playing of COD Black Ops from his iPhone. He's offline right now but said he would be on later today.

That sounds like f1stdacuffs. That guy somehow manages to get legitimate copies of COD about 2 weeks early every year. LOL, what is funny is I have seen a few videos come up of single player zombies with his trademark "fist" icon somewhere in the screen and someone else is trying to pass the video off as their own.

For those of you who want to see a well thought out discussion on video about why QS is not a great idea, check out Wings of Redemption's latest upload on youtube. I know not a lot of people really like or even think this other guy is credible, but F1stdacuffs makes some pretty good points on why qs is not a great idea either.

Personally, I feel that it should be made harder to do. Not taken out, just harder to do, which is what I think Treyarch is attempting to do.

QS exploits the game mechanics of how the cross-hairs come together very quickly when you ADS, thereby allowing you to be on target without being fully scoped in for more than a fraction of a second, which is something that the developers never intended to happen. Hutch complains about how it is getting "gimped" because this is his playstyle that made him so popular to begin with.

MW2 made this whole QS thing much worse by giving us SOH pro. Now, it seems like 2 or 3 people on every team I come across is trying to QS, noscope, and throwing in a 360 every once in awhile, which is I think is just a ludicrous idea.

It is not an overpowered tactic, but it is an exploit. I think that treyarch is doing the right thing, in its best judgment, is trying its best to bring us a game with as few exploits as possible and to make it more balanced.

The more important thing that I am concerned with is how powerful the SMGs will be. Anyone recall the mp40 and how useful it was at ANY range? I could snipe with it across a map. MW2 brought us the updated version of it in the form of the UMP45. And it looks like Black Ops will once again give us SMGs that you can probably snipe with.

Nerfing the animated violence blows!

Next thing guns will get nerfed so much that it is actual nerf guns being used!

That sounds about right, thanks for the responses.

I actually thought of something else I should have asked or pointed out.

Ghost - Undetectable by Spy Planes and Blackbirds -

Does this mean that this perk is only effective towards spy planes and blackbirds, or is effective towards all Killstreak Rewards in the same way Cold Blooded is in MW2?

This is specifically about Steady Aim and Scout, what are the pro versions of them?

If you have the answer, can you post what they are and the link to them as well?

It is really just a matter of trade-off, which one do you want more?

As an attachment, you give up other attachments in its place, but you gain that perk slot.

As a perk, you give up other perks in the same tier, but you can user any attachment with it.

thanks for the info!

as far as someone getting the game early. There is this one Machinima director that brags about getting Cod early, at least a week to 2 weeks early every time the new edition is released. He is even selling t-shirts and promoting that if you buy one, you get to buy the game early through him, that is contacts can get him as many games as he wants. So expect a ton of "leaked gameplay" very soon, lol

I'll take a look at everything for a few min, but then jump into MP for a few hours, that is unless zombies, co-op, or sp looks so good that I can't decide. Damn you Treyarch for making me drool at work!