Black Ops - Escalation. Next Map pack. 3rd May.

03-05-2011 02:31PM

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Leeg17 · 03-05-2011 02:35PM

You'll get that for the first few days, people are too worried about their precious K/D to actually venture past the first comfortable corner they spawn in.

mcgovern · 03-05-2011 03:00PM

Enigma IE wrote: »

Is there a dedicated playlist for the new maps?

Yeah, only 4 gametypes though. TDM, Moshpit and I forget the other 2.

swampyk08 · 03-05-2011 03:06PM

Dom & Hardcore

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Nuri Sahin · 03-05-2011 04:22PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6j2YU4J6VQ

So knew I was going to like Hotel

Love the colour pallet used. Agree with the people who have commented that there is a Wetwork (and Highrise) feel about the map. But unlike Wetwork, this is lit up, the colours are very distinctive and best of all, it won't be a grenade fest like it was in COD4 due to 3x frags and martyrdom which made for one huge cluster****.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0orhGDxgCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBQyNLbN-U

Very underwhelming.

Smcgie · 03-05-2011 07:01PM

Played them all for a couple of hours today.. I'm actually enjoying them apart from convoy. Maybe its because I got hammered a couple of times by big clan.

Zombies is cool though the big fella makes it more difficult as you can't kill him. Layout and map is different but really enjoyed playing it.

yimrsg · 03-05-2011 07:02PM

I know I'm probably going to regret shelling out for these but since I've already got the ms points in my account, might as well put them to use. From watching the vids above Hotel looks like a halo/rainbow 6 level, Zoo seems like a complete ripoff of carnival and a gears of war map. The others just seem like they've shamelessly re-used Mw2, remember Salvage anyone?

Nothing strikes me as anything special, I'd be far more interested if Treyarch reworked a old goodie from COD3 (*cough* ROUEN *cough*) rather than try give us something like discovery to appease snipers who've had the sh*ty end of the stick. The colour schemes just seems a little bit pointless, like they've stuck one Halo's forge ambience light balls in a corner.

For all IW's mess-ups, Crash and Overgrown are fine maps in cod4 and added to mw2 nicely maybe some licensing issues stopped treyarch from revisiting a classic but i'm still underwhelmed. I think we've just seen why plain as day treyarch don't have the map making skills of IW and have resorted to shamelessly borrowing ideas from other games.

Smcgie · 03-05-2011 07:09PM

I think treyarch get awful abuse from the COD crowd, the more they give the more people want want want.

Dear Treyarch Smcgie would like to thank you for the new maps and all the hard work and effort and users feedback that was taken into account to make them.

If you don't like (or going to regret buying) the new map because COD4 is better and infinity ward are the equivalent to the jesus of map making... Then play WM2 and stop moaning about everything.

Simples..

Tommy_NDX · 03-05-2011 07:17PM

Smcgie wrote: »

I think treyarch get awful abuse from the COD crowd, the more they give the more people want want want.

Dear Treyarch Smcgie would like to thank you for the new maps and all the hard work and effort and users feedback that was taken into account to make them.

If you don't like (or going to regret buying) the new map because COD4 is better and infinity ward are the equivalent to the jesus of map making... Then play WM2 and stop moaning about everything.

Simples..

Wodern Marware 2?? Sorry:p

I agree with you though. People just love to whinge.:)

Smcgie · 03-05-2011 07:24PM

Oh sorry that was a glitch... Ill blame treyarch

Nantastic · 03-05-2011 07:29PM

Downloaded it, only had time for one game. Jumped into moshpit and ended up with sabo.

Zoo came up. Usual WTF is going on when you land in a new map, but liked it. Liked the little alleys and cover you have when going for an aul jog with me Aug.

The mono rail track is a definite drinking dare game.

yimrsg · 03-05-2011 07:48PM

Smcgie wrote: »

I think treyarch get awful abuse from the COD crowd, the more they give the more people want want want.

Dear Treyarch Smcgie would like to thank you for the new maps and all the hard work and effort and users feedback that was taken into account to make them.

If you don't like (or going to regret buying) the new map because COD4 is better and infinity ward are the equivalent to the jesus of map making... Then play WM2 and stop moaning about everything.

Simples..

Being the better out of 2 doesn't make you Jesus.

Many people think that the IW made, COD4 and MW2 are the yardstick for the series, Treyarch have often been seen as the weaker of the two. You can only tell how far you've come from looking at your progress, hence people compare old titles to new.

The fact is between the Treyarch & IW games there is a game approaching FPS perfection, IW abandoned their lovingly crafted work on MW2 straight after release whilst Treyarch released a game that needed fierce amounts of work done post release and did a job in improving it. The fact that neither has completely vanquished the other from the series speaks of stagnation, they've got a convenient duopoly and won't alter that.

It's more a case of Activision not realising (or deliberately teasing us) that they've got pure gold and won't produce the game that brings about all that's best in the series in a single game.

Dues Bellator · 03-05-2011 08:09PM

Zoo = Revamped Carnival from MW2

Hotel = I like it , will be good for objective games.

Convoy = Thumbs up also , (reminds me of a map from Homefront)

Stock pile = Revamped Scrap yard with a dash of W.M.D

just my opinion . looking forward to the DXP the weekend . gonna really push for 12th prestige currently on 9th.

03-05-2011 08:26PM

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Smcgie · 03-05-2011 08:32PM

Good post and I agree with you. My issue is neither with IW or Treyarch its with the people that cannot accept change. I'm just sick of people moaning about MW2 being a better game. I play too much COD... Far to much and BOPS is way ahead in terms of enjoyment for me.

Anywho I didn't intend in derailing the thread .. New maps are cool

Nantastic · 03-05-2011 08:37PM

Played a few games now.

Zoo = Never played Carnival as i jumped from CoD4 to Black Ops. Like it.

Hotel = Need more time on it, looks deadly but lost as f*ck on it.

Convoy = Yeah, Homefront except good. Couldn't get over how much it felt like homefront with the added bonus of being CoD

Stock pile = Didn't like this one. Nothing new.

03-05-2011 08:39PM

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smythwicks · 03-05-2011 08:52PM

I really wish i could play this, bought the microsoft points for it and everything but im in the wrong location to the buy the feckin maps :rolleyes:

If any of you live in the uk and are trusty or have a ik vpn could you maybe help me out because microsoft certainly wont and its doing my head in

ondafly · 03-05-2011 08:56PM

Anyone else unable to download the pack ?

I'm getting "this item is not available from your current location"

My account is in Ireland, my points bought in Ireland, my location is Ireland. Everything is set to Ireland, even xbox.com.

03-05-2011 09:00PM

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Dues Bellator · 03-05-2011 09:30PM

AGB_Ghost wrote: »

Zoo is basically Carnival, Hotel is F*cking amazing, im about to upload a video now of it, Convoy is fun with a M16 and running perks, and Stockpile is just plain stupid, would have preferred a weird map like a Nuketown variant , kind of that weird cartoony map type

holy crap , this is a total shock for me , more than one person on boards agreeing with me, (runs outside to see the flying pigs):D

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FlawedGenius · 03-05-2011 10:21PM

AGB_Ghost wrote: »

BTW guys were nearly at 200 subs, it would mean a lot to us if we could get there

Please tell me your American?

:eek:

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Oafley Jones · 04-05-2011 12:31PM

AGB_Ghost wrote: »

Eh nope sorry ^^; 100% Irish flame grilled beef

What's the story with the yank accent then?

FAILSAFE 00 · 04-05-2011 01:18PM

Here's a quick vid I made of convoy yesterday, it's a really good map, I made the video on my first run around the map but after playing it last night I realised that there is even more areas that I didn't. Catch the first time round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpouZhwggpI

yimrsg · 04-05-2011 01:20PM

Played a fair bit of hotel last night, seems a good mix of high up areas with excellent lines of sight and a lower level that offers more confined lines of sight. With one flank raised and more covered, and the other flank lowered and more open, it seems to have a nice balance and should allow all sorts of guns to win out in the right area. Lifts are already annoying, place equipment in them and if you try pick it up in the door you'll hurt yourself as 'X' doubles as pick up Jammer and crush player in doors, if you're inside and pick up the equipment then you're taken to the other level. If it had an analogue in mw2 it would be Highrise.

Only played Zoo once and it was awful, far too dark and seems like a complete ripoff of Carnival. Rollercoaster is now a monorail. It's even in the same area of the map as in Mw2. B dom is in the middle of a crossroads so it's a pain to cap, like B in Stadium. Plenty of dark hidey corners for ghost pro gits. It really is so important to get that first blackbird in so you can put them on the defensive.

Haven't gotten to play the other maps yet. A group of us played domination in the new map pack and nearly all the other team(s) are using ghost sitting on their equipment suppositories not coming near B dom. Expect the same for a while till you know the camping sites.

It's too early to say if they're any good or worth 1200 points but if there is a 2nd decent map (along with Hotel) then it's better than the last map pack.

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Black Ops - Escalation. Next Map pack. 3rd May.

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