[CoD Black Ops] - MegaBitch thread

Dave147

This is one of the worst games I've ever played..

Looked forward to it for so long and it was hyped up so much, it's complete **** and it's not going to get better, the graphics are ****, the fps lag is frightening, the sounds are ****, the guns are crap, the crosshairs are even rubbish. I can't pick one good thing about this game.

Professional Griefer

Honestly, that ****ing bull**** knife ****.

Knife should be a piece of equipment, not something everyone has.

Also the sniping wrecks my head, I don't care for that kinda stuff but when it comes to the snipers in gun game it takes me forever to get passed both of them. Whats worse is FINALLY, when I get past them, I get stabbed and back I go:mad::mad::mad:

I'm getting fairly sick of searching for a game then ending up in a private match with a few people I've never met on live.

maximoose

Dave147 wrote: »

This is one of the worst games I've ever played..

Looked forward to it for so long and it was hyped up so much, it's complete **** and it's not going to get better, the graphics are ****, the fps lag is frightening, the sounds are ****, the guns are crap, the crosshairs are even rubbish. I can't pick one good thing about this game.

I must say i'm with you on this. Wasn't too excited about this game, thought MW2 was a solid game but way overhyped, but I was looking forward to getting this all the same.

Black Ops is a severe disappointment. Granted I haven't played much of the single player so maybe it redeems the game a bit, but the multiplayer feels like a ****ty map expansion pack of MW2 with added in crap

• Sound is terrible
• That knife is ridiculous and the kills you can get/get done by are mental, its like a sword lunge on halo!
• graphics are pants
• Menus are very buggy and slow to get around - if i'm in the multiplayer menu and I try to join a friend in a multiplayer lobby.... why do you need to take me back to the start screen, then back into multiplayer before you try and join?! Takes too long
• RC Killstreak is too easy to get and results in them being everywhere on small maps
• Spawn points are insane.
• Horrible connection issues
• This cash system is bollox

/rant

Hercule

3/5 PC users have an unplayable fps lag - needs a hotfix. The moment where for the moments I am not stuttering around the game seems great!

Kev_ps3

No wonder it looks so ****

The game runs at 540p which is less than non-HDTV standard PAL vertical resolution.

Lab_Mouse

Hercule wrote: »

3/5 PC users have an unplayable fps lag - needs a hotfix. The moment where for the moments I am not stuttering around the game seems great!

Hercules did you look at some of the pc threads..they have some tweaks for the config files that might improve your fps.I'm lucky that I havent got it.

Way too many bullets to kill and I never reaslly used SPP in any of the CoD's

Once they get the patched I think the playing experience(hopefuly)will improve.

W.Shakes-Beer

My list of things treyarch need to sort:

Sounds need to be way more dramatic. A grenade going off sounds like a door being closed.

The spawns - please don't spawn me in a building full of the other team.

Sort the menu out - its like buying insurance on line.

Give us a nice big bright open map like wasteland or terminal. So far almost all maps I've played feel like favela with a makeover.

Other than that for me the game is pretty good.

raheny red

mise wrote: »

Its a bit stupid that you can't name your custom class assault as its considered profanity

I got the same message when I tried to name one of classes as 'cold blooded' - wtf?

Cossax wrote: »

Trying to get a game going with a party = :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Snap! This has been the most annoying aspect so far for me. Can't even get a game going with 3 or 4 mates!

maximoose

raheny red wrote: »

I got the same message when I tried to name one of classes as 'cold blooded' - wtf?

yup thats far too heavily restricted, especially since you're given free reign in the logos to make whatever you like, I have a perfectly constructed swastika.

Paparazzo

Lag is the only real problem for me.
Am I the only person who thinks the sound is a big improvement and actually realistic?

maximoose

Paparazzo wrote: »

Lag is the only real problem for me.
Am I the only person who thinks the sound is a big improvement and actually realistic?

you're the first ive heard of anyway :pac:

r3nu4l

My copy from Amazon arrived last night and I got four games in. More that I thought I would

Initial thoughts from playing 4 games.

Graphics are terrible, worse than COD4 and MW2, that's a real pity.
Some of the sounds are great, some not so good

The menu system is diabolical, seems like it takes forever to navigate between them.

Not sure about respawn points yet, haven't played enough.

I played three maps in four games, I can already see where the main action points will be on those maps, meaning that large portions of some maps will hardly ever be played.

craze7

I can't believe how much of a step down from MW2 this is!
The sound of hit-markers is driving me mad (meaning they happen that much) ☺

kendragon

Trying to like the multiplayer in this game but I find myself pining after MW2. I dont know how many times I've felt hard done by in a shootout. I know it sounds like sour grapes but It just feels too unbalanced compared to MW2. Some of the killstreaks, such as the gunship and Dogs last way too long.

Bitch bitch bitch moan...

Seriously though... I definitely wont be trading in my copy of MW2 any-time soon.

krudler

MW2 for all its faults aint looking so bad now is it :pac:

Mr. Manager

krudler wrote: »

MW2 for all its faults aint looking so bad now is it :pac:

+1

El LoCo Ade

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

going solely on campaign. Rushed or lazy, it's poor.

Multiplayer I'll judge in a month or two. No point giving a definite opinion atm.

I would say it was rushed. Their last COD effort was world at war, and that was actually a a pretty solid and enjoyable story with good mechanics for the most part, so it's not like they don't know how to do it.

yimrsg wrote: »

the limitless waves of attackers till you get to a certain area/ checkpoint; was also tedious (read f***ing awful), it was done to death (my countless ones) in COD2 and it's still there, whoop-de-f***ing-dooo. It was lazy game design then, it's very lazy/poor game design 5 years later.

THIS, THIS, THIS!!!

I couldn't put my finger on what else was bugging me last night but after reading your post it makes sense. I thought they had completely done away with infinite enemy spawns in COD alltogether, but I guess they just removed it for MW2 and didn't tell treyarch. It's incredibly annoying. It just means you can't approach any of the scenarios strategically or take things at your own pace.

No matter how much you try to hang back and thin the enemy forces out a bit to help you to move a bit more freely or achieve your objective, all you can ever do is burn through tons of ammo and hold a position, and they JUST KEEP COMING, all day long!!! As soon as you take a breath, or step out of cover there are STILL millions of enemies ready to kill the sh1t out of you.

If you ask me, its a pretty poor way to design a game :-(

krudler

I have a feeling I'll be going back and forth between this and MW2, this might sound like a minor gripe, but even the way the scores and menus were displayed on MW2 was better, when you got killstreaks it was more dramatic the way the game told you, on BO the menus are all in small font and tiny pictures, much better designed in mw2, the callsigns suck now as well.

kendragon

Deleted User wrote: »

I would say it was rushed. Their last COD effort was world at war, and that was actually a a pretty solid and enjoyable story with good mechanics for the most part, so it's not like they don't know how to do it.



THIS, THIS, THIS!!!

I couldn't put my finger on what else was bugging me last night but after reading your post it makes sense. I thought they had completely done away with infinite enemy spawns in COD alltogether, but I guess they just removed it for MW2 and didn't tell treyarch. It's incredibly annoying. It just means you can't approach any of the scenarios strategically or take things at your own pace.

No matter how much you try to hang back and thin the enemy forces out a bit to help you to move a bit more freely or achieve your objective, all you can ever do is burn through tons of ammo and hold a position, and they JUST KEEP COMING, all day long!!! As soon as you take a breath, or step out of cover there are STILL millions of enemies ready to kill the sh1t out of you.

If you ask me, its a pretty poor way to design a game :-(

yeah.... I have to agree with this.. constantly spawning enemies. Also did you notice that each level is really really small. You go point A to B in no time and your just getting into it when it cuts to another headache inducing cutscene. its all noise and flashing lights... Not that impressive... I felt the same way about WAW when it came out. They just dont have the finesse of Infinity Wards

Magill

krudler wrote: »

I have a feeling I'll be going back and forth between this and MW2, this might sound like a minor gripe, but even the way the scores and menus were displayed on MW2 was better, when you got killstreaks it was more dramatic the way the game told you, on BO the menus are all in small font and tiny pictures, much better designed in mw2, the callsigns suck now as well.

Yeah... going back to mw2 because of how the menus looks is kinda stupid



My only major gripes with the game is the lag (lets be honest... it has to be expected on the first few days of release, im pretty sure mw2 was unplayable aswel when it was first released.) and the sniping, but im not really a sniper anyway, so i can wait on them to beef them up a bit.


When you actually get to play a few games lagfree... its just so much better than MW2, in almost every way imo. The fact that my ears dont be ringing after a game of groundwar because of all the noobtubes and rockets is just amazing. The matchmaking system seems alot quicker aswel, although theres a few bugs with it, it seems to fill up the lobby alot quicker (especially when your with a group).



There was like 300k-350k people on the game yesterday, you just have to expect some lag and ****. You should try playing world of warcraft on patch days !! And blizzard are one of the best developers out there when it comes to bugs and ****.



As for single player... i could give a **** tbh, i cant remember any of the call of duty series single player. As long as they support the MP properly and iron out some bugs faster than IW (Lets be honest... thats not very hard).

Nuri Sahin

I think people need to take a step back before giving a definite opinion. So many people have been so used to living in that MW2 bubble where you could lunge from 50ft, blast someone with a Spas from a similar distance, the UMP(one of the most overpowered guns in any COD game(at least that I've played), easy spawn trapping and lastly, immensely over powered killstreaks.

Anyway, my complaints so far -

• the random music that plays in the middle of the match. Pointless and annoying.

• the appearance of the maps in general are too dark except for Nuketown. COD4(didn't play WaW) was very similar but they had the Crash, Strike and Showdown to counter balance that. I personally loved the look of the maps if not the design in MW2.

• I'm not a fan of the map size in general. Even my favorite maps such as Havana(ie: Crossfire more or less), Cracked, Sumit(still haven't play MP on it!) and Launch are probably a bit too big. They are all suited to Ground War. eThere seems to be no real middle ground with the maps.
  
• Then there is Nuketown which is a joke of the most extreme end of the spectrum.

Raphael Mc Enroe

any players here on ps3,it got ylod when i was 2 levels away from 10th prestige,will be getting it fixed rapidly and getting the new game.

Robby91

So many people have been so used to living in that MW2 bubble where you could lunge from 50ft

From what I've read, that is still a bit of an issue (although it might be 40ft )

one of the most overpowered guns in any COD game(at least that I've played)

I'd say most (if not all) of the guns in Modern Warfare 2 were overpowered to a certain extent - having a machine gun with a foregrip and an ACOG/Thermal scope could make for a fairly effective makeshift sniper (if you're good at handling recoil...)

One small (and what'd seem fairly insignificant) thing that's annoying me is the placement of the Create A Class menu on PC. I can't remember what else was under the Operations tab (so it may actually make sense from some perspective), but I really wish it was in the Play menu or Server Browser considering that customized classes are such a huge part of the multiplayer.

Also, anyone else annoyed by the fact that it takes aaaaaaaaages to connect and fetch data after starting the Multiplayer game on PC? Everything else I've played recently takes about 2 seconds to go through that.

FutureGuy

Hmm, I'm still in the "new game glow" phase, but alreaady I feel this is very inferior to MW2. Don't get me wrong, it's still a really good game, but I have a number of gripes with it.

-Firstly, the spawning is an absolute joke. The number of times I have killed people who spawn on top of me (or vice versa) is unacceptable. There are times when I can't even get to basic cover without being shot. I played the gun game on nuketown last night. Spawn and you can see 2-3 players in the very same area. You can go upstairs in the house overlooking the back garden and pick off newly spawned players.

-Secondly, I feel they have made an absolue balls of the level-up system. Being able to buy all perks etc from the get-go makes levelling up far less interesting.

-Some of the map sizes are completely incorrect for the number of players.

-I'm pretty sure that air drop crates can sometimes have nothing in them. Either that, or I'm going mad.

-I personaly think that the maps aren't half as good as MW2.

-The lag online is dreadful. I can actually see and hear I have shot someone but they keep going.

-Even though the menus and presentation are similar to MW2, they aren't nearly as polished.

Only time will tell, but when we look back a year from now, MW2 will be seen as the better game by a country mile.

wandatowell

Headshot wrote: »

spawning points are badddddddddddd

Ya I fell victim to the crap spawn points a few times, I'm guessing it'll sorted in a patch sooner rather than later

wandatowell

FutureGuy wrote: »

.

-Firstly, the spawning is an absolute joke. The number of times I have killed people who spawn on top of me (or vice versa) is unacceptable. There are times when I can't even get to basic cover without being shot.

-Secondly, I feel they have made an absolue balls of the level-up system.

-Some of the map sizes are completely incorrect for the number of players.

-I personaly think that the maps aren't half as good as MW2.

-The lag online is dreadful. I can actually see and hear I have shot someone but they keep going.

-Menus aren't nearly as polished.

I think thats Medal Of Honor your playing there,

I hate the way the guns look in menu, they look poor and ultra-unrealistic

Mr. Manager

Just thought I would share my adventure in Tesco Dundrum with ye pleasant folk.

- Here is my shopping experience from last night -

walk in an see there is a few ps3 copies left,so i say any copies for the XBOX - man points to the ps3 and says "yea,there." I say that is ps3,he says "well then we have none left"

Me - But I just got off the phone and was told there was loads left

Him - Go ask the girl over there, I dont know anything about em

Me - So why did you tell me there was none?!

Him - I was unsure

*walk over to girl*

Me - Hi, can I get a copy of Black Ops for xbox please

Her - Yea, go ask that man over there to get it for you

Me - He just told me to come here

Her - Well go back to him and tell him I said to get you a copy from behind customer service desk

*walk back over to guy*

Me - She said you would get a copy from behind the reception desk

Him - But customer service desk is closed

Me - Is this honestly a wind up?

Him - I'm sorry sir but I dont know why she said that

Me - Can you have a look behind the desk please

Him - But I dont work on customer service

Me - Can I speak with a manager?

Him - Hang on I'll get the night manager

*Manager enters scene*

Me - Hi, I'm looking for call of duty Black Ops on xbox,was told there was loads of copies left.

Him - Hang on I'll go look

*15 minutes passes*

Him - Are you looking for ps3 or xbox?

Me - on the XBOX!!!!!

*10 more minutes pass*

Him - Sorry sir, we have no more xbox consoles left

Me -

Him - is there anything else I can help with

Me - Yea there is. Get me a fúcking copy of Black Ops on the xbox!!!!

Him - Ohhhhhhh.. sorry

*5 more minutes pass*

Black Ops arrives in my hands for €43.99

P.S: Was dead excited to play online only to find my internet had decided to give up. From a quick shot at the SP, looked and sounded a bit pants.

Will defo give the online a bash before I think about returning the game

Headshot

mg that's a joke of a service

everlast75

I woulda tomahawked the f*ckers

mufcboy1999

i enjoyed it the first few hours, time went by then i relised the maps are awful the worst set of maps in the history of cod without a doubth.

the guns are just shocking, they look and sound cat aswell as having to put in a whole round to kill someone no matter what gun you use, and since when does the famas shake and move more than beyonce's arse??

finally the most annoying thing i find is this whole new ranking system, its just awkward and complicated ruining the traditional simple to view leader boards where you could compare stats with freinds.

i was a critic of mw2 but this game makes it look a classic, in a nutshell black ops is a joke what a letdown.