So what DID I do with last week?
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Played a LOT of Call Of Duty Black Ops!
I mean aside from what I covered in my weeklyweek in review from last week, and spending a LOT of time with our new doggie I spent almost the rest of my time playing the new Call of Duty. (If there wasn’t a new doggie I would have prestiged instead of being level 43. Our new dog is full of awesome sauce though so I don’t want anyone to think that’s a complaint.) That and I only played it a couple times while Leah is home. I’m shocked. I must be maturing as I didn’t ruin my relationship by playing non-stop. (It’s a miracle or a sign of the end of days, your pick!)
What I Liked
- The customization of guns and look are the best thing done in a Call of Duty game to date. Neil and I used to complain about this constantly and now we can buy pretty much what we want, when we want it (once we’ve unlocked the gun levels.)
- The FAL. Anyone who can use a single shot automatic is going to LOVE how powerful it is
- The number of online game modes. YEAH! We’ve pretty much got everything I want covered
- The crossbow, how cool is it for ninja classes? That combined with the throwing axe makes for some creative kills
- Speaking of creative kills, the RC Car kill streak is hilarious
- Accuracy matters! Unlike old long distance shots you actually have to aim at people not fire and it just hits them
- “Contracts” to earn more in game money with
- The single player. While I haven’t beaten it yet (kind of slacked, I hear I’m 3/4th through) has a GREAT way to tell the story. I hope it ends well.
- The “drama” that killing a Castro impersonator in the first scene caused
- The Hardened edition being sold out online everywhere when I went to pre-order so not having more online maps yet
- No Hardcore Headquarters yet, never happens until the first map pack
- Lag time in kill cams
- Halo kids already started playing it. Oh god the whining
- A few glitchy parts on the single player so far where I’ve died for apparently no reason or from moving ahead of the abysmally slow ‘guide’ NPC’s
- Zombie Mode (I know, me of all people having not tried it?!)
- Online “gambling” modes
- Last 1/4th of the game