The soldier/spy intrigue was done well enough to keep me interested, but beyond that there isn't anything all that fascinating. Saying the story was enough to keep me from getting bored doesn't sound all that great, but it's the truth. While telling me where to go and what I need to do is certainly important, having my hand held nearly the entire time makes it feel extremely shallow.
Almost the entire game is spent either following one of my squadmates (who apparently don't care if a guy runs right past them to stab me in the back) or going to some sort of HUD marker. Combat in and of itself was sufficiently challenging, but the game was so overbearing it felt like I was playing an extremely long tutorial level. The firefights were enjoyable and intense overall. I ran through several hallways (or what amounted to hallways), shot bad guys with various types of weapons whilst they yelled things in some foreign language, took part in a few vehicle oriented segments, and watched some scripted events where I pressed buttons and cool things happened. The campaign is as standard as can be found in an FPS. Nothing profound, nothing grievously awful, and nothing particularly noteworthy. That one word was "competent." After a total of roughly eight hours with Black Ops that's the extent of what had jumped out at me. In fact when I finished the single player mode and had spent some time with multiplayer, I was a little surprised to find that I had written only one word. Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest entry in the long running franchise, is an anomaly in that this was not the case. Regardless, I usually have about a page's worth of scribbles that come to mind during my playtime. Sometimes the notes make it into the review, sometimes they don't. The subject of the notes can range from something important about the game to some witty saying that I just have to share with the internet. I have a notebook that I scribble notes in when I'm playing a game for a review. WTF: Why does the guy I'm torturing suddenly turn around and help me when the bad guys show up? LOW: The complete and total incompetence of my squadmates. HIGH: JFK spouting off one-liners while blasting zombies in the face. Mcnamara? Really? You Couldn't Throw Eisenhower or Truman in There?
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