I was writing a review of Splinter Cell: Double Agent (both the PS2 and Xbox 360 versions) however due to a death in the family I haven't had the time to finish it.
So in the mean time I'll ask a question. Modern Warfare 2 or Black Ops, Which is better?
Showing posts with label Black Ops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Ops. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Modern Warfare 3 achievement list revealed.
Modern Warfare 3 is out November 8 and for those of you itching to see what you need to do to get that gamerscore below is the complete list of achievements. Reading through the list there are achievements for both the single player campaign and Spec Ops mode but no multiplayer ones. Maybe Infinity ward are confident that players need no further encouragement to play online and I don't blame them.
*WARNING: SPOILER ALERT* The single player achievements go into quite a bit of detail about the games story line so if you want a spoiler free experience then just skip past the first 20 odd achievements on the list and read the rest.
- Back in the Fight - 5G: Start the Single Player Campaign on any difficulty.
- Too Big to Fail - 10G: Destroy the Jamming Tower. Complete "Black Tuesday" on any difficulty.
- Wet Work - 10G: Take back New York Harbor. Complete "Hunter Killer" on any difficulty.
- Carpe Diem- 10G: Escape the mountain safe house. Complete "Persona Non Grata" on any difficulty.
- Frequent Flyer - 10G: Defend the Russian President. Complete "Turbulence" on any difficulty.
- Up to No Good - 10G: Infiltrate the village. Complete "Back on the Grid" on any difficulty.
- One Way Ticket - 10G: Make it to Westminster. Complete "Mind the Gap" on any difficulty.
- Welcome to WW3 - 10G: Save the US Vice President. Complete "Goalpost" on any difficulty.
- Sandstorm! - 10G: Assault the shipping company. Complete "Return to Sender" on any difficulty.
- Back Seat Driver - 10G: Track down Volk. Complete "Bag and Drag" on any difficulty.
- We'll Always Have Paris - 10G: Escape Paris with Volk. Complete "Iron Lady" on any difficulty.
- Vive la Révolution! - 10G: Reach the church. Complete "Eye of the Storm" on any difficulty.
- Requiem - 10G: Escape the city. Complete "Blood Brothers" on any difficulty.
- Storm the Castle - 10G: Discover Makarov's next move. Complete "Stronghold" on any difficulty.
- Bad First Date - 10G: Find the girl. Complete "Scorched Earth" on any difficulty.
- Diamond in the Rough - 10G: Rescue the Russian President. Complete "Down the Rabbit Hole" on any difficulty.
- The Big Apple - 25G: Complete "Black Tuesday" and "Hunter Killer" on Veteran difficulty.
- Out of the Frying Pan... - 25G: Complete "Persona Non Grata", "Turbulence", and "Back on the Grid" on Veteran difficulty.
- Payback - 25G: Complete "Mind the Gap", "Goalpost", and "Return to Sender" on Veteran difficulty.
- City of Lights - 25G: Complete "Bag and Drag" and "Iron Lady" on Veteran difficulty.
- The Darkest Hour - 25G: Complete "Eye of the Storm", "Blood Brothers", and "Stronghold" on Veteran difficulty.
- This is the End - 25G: Complete "Scorched Earth", "Down the Rabbit Hole", and "Dust to Dust" on Veteran difficulty.
- Who Dares Wins - 40G: Complete the campaign on any difficulty.
- The Best of the Best - 100G: Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.
- Strike! - 20G: Kill 5 enemies with a single grenade in Single Player or Special Ops.
- Jack the Ripper - 20G: Melee 5 enemies in a row in Single Player or Special Ops.
- Informant - 20G: Collect 22 Intel Items.
- Scout Leader - 35G: Collect 46 Intel Items.
- This Is My Boomstick - 20G: Kill 30 enemies with the XM25 in "Black Tuesday."
- What Goes Up... - 20G: Destroy all the choppers with only the UGV's grenade launcher in "Persona Non Grata."
- For Whom the Shell Tolls - 20G: Destroy all targets during the mortar sequence with only 4 shells in "Back on the Grid."
- Kill Box - 20G: Kill 20 enemies with the Chopper Gunner in a single run in "Return to Sender."
- Danger Close - 20G: Take down a chopper with an AC-130 smoke grenade in "Bag and Drag."
- Ménage à Trois - 20G: Destroy 3 tanks with a single 105mm shot in "Iron Lady.")
- Nein - 20G: Kill 9 enemies with A-10 strafing runs in "Scorched Earth."
- 50/50 - 20G: Complete a Special Ops Mission Mode game with the same number of kills as your partner.
- Birdie - 20G: Kill 2 enemy helicopters without getting hit in a Special Ops Survival game.
- Serrated Edge - 15: Finish a Juggernaut with a knife in Special Ops.
- Arms Dealer - 20G: Buy all items from the Survival Weapon Armory.
- Danger Zone - 20G: Buy all items from the Survival Air Support Armory.
- Defense Spending - 20G: Buy all items from the Survival Equipment Armory.
- Get Rich or Die Trying - 25G: Have $50,000 current balance in a Special Ops Survival game.
- I Live - 10G: Survive 1 wave in a Special Ops Survival game.
- Survivor - 20G: Reach Wave 10 in each mission of Special Ops Survival mode.
- Unstoppable - 40G: Reach Wave 15 in each mission of Special Ops Survival mode.
- No Assistance Required - 20G: Complete a Special Ops Mission Mode game on Hardened or Veteran with no player getting downed.
- Brag Rags - 10G: Earn 1 star in Special Ops Mission Mode.
- Tactician - 20G: Earn 1 star in each mission of Special Ops Mission Mode.
- Overachiever - 40G: Earn 48 stars in Special Ops Mission Mode.
- Secret Achievement - 20G: Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.
The modern warfare games (as much as I have bitched about them in the past ) I reckon are the best in the Call of Duty series. Then again the Modern Warfare games have had to compete with World at War and Black Ops. Which are good in the same way you praise a toddler for using the potty. So I'm really looking forward to MW3.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
GOTY 2010 rant (more like a Black Ops rant)
I was asked last night what I thought my game of the year is. If someone had asked me this question two months ago it would have been easy, I would have said it will be Call Of Duty: Black Ops. After playing the game (both singleplayer and multiplayer) I must say that it isn't.
Why? Because it was the biggest disappointment of a COD game since Modern Warfare 2, the previous game in the series! I am always willing to forgive game companies and let them try and make a better game. This is because most of the staff at many game companies are fired and others are brought in to replace them. Treyarch have had plenty of time to get themselves sorted out and make a really good game. What the hell were they doing the entire time they should have been making Black Ops (or COD Blops as my friend Bradly calls it), taking holidays and chucking sickies!
The entire game feels like its been rushed and while the multiplayer is good (because it's core mechanic hasn't changed since COD 4, all they have done is add pretty additions to it that don't effect gameplay too much) The singleplayer is crap. The plot is set in the first few levels along with some character establishment then nothing happens for most of the game then the Scriptwriters remember that there is a plot (I'm positive that the same guys that wrote the Resident evil movies wrote Black Ops) and mash it in in the last three or four levels. Its not like Treyarch couldn't think of a story. The game is set during the sixties through to the eighties, and a lot of characters and events are based on real people and events. So right there is half of the story done for them. So there is no excuse to make up a good story because that time was a very interesting period in America's and the worlds history. It was the height of the Cold War, the Vietnam war is raging and J.F.K is assassinated. I'll admit it had a good twist, but that was all it had. Once I had discovered the twist I wasn't intrigued nor did it peak my interest in the game at all. It was one of those meh moments. I didn't care.
Zombie mode was nice though. Basically it has everything wrong with Nazi zombies from COD World at War fixed. Although the cutscene for the start of the pentagon zombie level was (while amusing) a complete fail. It was better than nothing. Still zombie mode is impossible to complete without friends, unless you are one of those people with no life and all you do is read blogs and play COD in your mothers basement in which case have a Twinkie and get back to it.
As I mentioned earlier the multiplayer is essentially the same as previous titles in the series with a few tweaks. You don't unlock weapons when you reach certain levels, you buy them with in game "COD Dollars" you earn while playing. The setback is that you cant really customize your gun with all the cool stuff advertised on TV like your clan tag on weapons and custom emblems and reticules until about level 25. Which completely sucks. I can understand the custom reticule being one to unlock but the clan tag should be available right off the bat. Seriously how does your clan tag engraved into your gun make any difference to gameplay? It doesn't it is purely to pretty up your gun. So why not have it! Also (and this is what really pisses me off) I want the ability to have golden guns. But it is only unlocked when you reach the maximum level in the game. I don't have the Patience to dedicate six-odd months of my life to a game just for that one little thing. Totally not worth my time. Still I'll hand it to them that having everything unlocked in LAN and splitscreen games is a great idea.
This game was my number one contender for Game Of The Year 2010. But due to it being so rubbish and no other game catching my interest I'm giving it to DJ Hero 2. Even thought there was next to no storyline it had enough to keep you morbidly interested. The gameplay and the soundtrack is what makes the game so fantastic. The DJ Hero developers had decided to do what they do best and it shows. Black Ops had no direction both online and offline. Also DJ Hero 2 is just more fun to play. Don't get me wrong I'm an FPS fan boy but I want to play good FPS games, and if there is none I'll play something else. Treyarch really shot themselves in the foot with this one.
Why? Because it was the biggest disappointment of a COD game since Modern Warfare 2, the previous game in the series! I am always willing to forgive game companies and let them try and make a better game. This is because most of the staff at many game companies are fired and others are brought in to replace them. Treyarch have had plenty of time to get themselves sorted out and make a really good game. What the hell were they doing the entire time they should have been making Black Ops (or COD Blops as my friend Bradly calls it), taking holidays and chucking sickies!
The entire game feels like its been rushed and while the multiplayer is good (because it's core mechanic hasn't changed since COD 4, all they have done is add pretty additions to it that don't effect gameplay too much) The singleplayer is crap. The plot is set in the first few levels along with some character establishment then nothing happens for most of the game then the Scriptwriters remember that there is a plot (I'm positive that the same guys that wrote the Resident evil movies wrote Black Ops) and mash it in in the last three or four levels. Its not like Treyarch couldn't think of a story. The game is set during the sixties through to the eighties, and a lot of characters and events are based on real people and events. So right there is half of the story done for them. So there is no excuse to make up a good story because that time was a very interesting period in America's and the worlds history. It was the height of the Cold War, the Vietnam war is raging and J.F.K is assassinated. I'll admit it had a good twist, but that was all it had. Once I had discovered the twist I wasn't intrigued nor did it peak my interest in the game at all. It was one of those meh moments. I didn't care.
Zombie mode was nice though. Basically it has everything wrong with Nazi zombies from COD World at War fixed. Although the cutscene for the start of the pentagon zombie level was (while amusing) a complete fail. It was better than nothing. Still zombie mode is impossible to complete without friends, unless you are one of those people with no life and all you do is read blogs and play COD in your mothers basement in which case have a Twinkie and get back to it.
As I mentioned earlier the multiplayer is essentially the same as previous titles in the series with a few tweaks. You don't unlock weapons when you reach certain levels, you buy them with in game "COD Dollars" you earn while playing. The setback is that you cant really customize your gun with all the cool stuff advertised on TV like your clan tag on weapons and custom emblems and reticules until about level 25. Which completely sucks. I can understand the custom reticule being one to unlock but the clan tag should be available right off the bat. Seriously how does your clan tag engraved into your gun make any difference to gameplay? It doesn't it is purely to pretty up your gun. So why not have it! Also (and this is what really pisses me off) I want the ability to have golden guns. But it is only unlocked when you reach the maximum level in the game. I don't have the Patience to dedicate six-odd months of my life to a game just for that one little thing. Totally not worth my time. Still I'll hand it to them that having everything unlocked in LAN and splitscreen games is a great idea.
This game was my number one contender for Game Of The Year 2010. But due to it being so rubbish and no other game catching my interest I'm giving it to DJ Hero 2. Even thought there was next to no storyline it had enough to keep you morbidly interested. The gameplay and the soundtrack is what makes the game so fantastic. The DJ Hero developers had decided to do what they do best and it shows. Black Ops had no direction both online and offline. Also DJ Hero 2 is just more fun to play. Don't get me wrong I'm an FPS fan boy but I want to play good FPS games, and if there is none I'll play something else. Treyarch really shot themselves in the foot with this one.
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