Shut your damn stupid brain up and just go with it. 11 year old school boys might find it believable, nobody who ever read a book will but – like I say – that isn't the point of Call of Duty. That in itself may be every Vietnam war movie cliché right there in a nutshell, but, my – with head phones on and not another care in the world – there are worse things in gaming, there really are and the whole things it's done with a knowing wink. There's a bit where you going down river by boat, taking out enemy targets while the Stones play “Sympathy for The Devil” at full blast. You can be creeping through the Vietnamese jungle one minute, blades only and flying a Hind D gunship the next. The locations are many, varied and honestly lovely. The combat system is fast, fluid and very responsive. If approached on that basis, Call of Duty: Black Ops is a hoot. You don't want choice, you actually want just a fixed objective and the freedom to attack it however you want. But sometimes, often actually – all you really want is something to shut your mind off with and just clear whatever fixed objective. Like lots of late gamers, I've got lots of really smart, intelligent open world games that have great characters, great story lines that immerse you totally for weeks. The graphics are lovely, the voice acting talent (including Ed Harris, Sam Worthington and Gary Oldman) really is top notch and – although you're still non-the-wiser vis-a-vee plot and what ever the hell it's supposed to be about (something to do with a planned Soviet chemical attack on US soil using a nerve agent developed by the Nazi's late during WWII called Nova 6) you do come to realise, actually – that doesn't matter. Once I realised it was basically by the same people I popped Black Ops back in the PS3 and ripped through the whole thing, couldn't get enough. After having read so many bad things said about that game, thought I'd give that a try and actually found myself really enjoying it. What changed for me wasn't Black Ops, it was actually 007 Legends. I got to this bit in either Laos or Saigon, still non the wiser about what I was doing or why I was being shouted at while doing it and just ejected the disc and played something else instead. It only starts to make sense the further you go along with it.Īnd that for me, initially, proved a sticking point. There is a reason for this – the character you play is being interrogated, he doesn't know why or about what – so your confusion is Alex Masons confusion. And the story as a consequence, kind of hard to follow. Mostly stuff that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense. Doesn't matter where you are – or when (the game is set between 19 and you keep reliving flashbacks of the story's main protagonist Alex Mason) – everyone shouts stuff at you, all the time. Have to be honest, the first impression the game leaves you with most immediately is everyone yells at you. The 60's Cold War setting of Black Ops sounded a bit different so, on a whim, thought I'd give it a try. I have to be honest, never really seen the point of Call of Duty. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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