You get to rain death from above in "Call of Duty: Black Ops," but don't expect to be able to fly that helicopter anywhere you want. Though the ending was a bit of a letdown, the seven-hour journey was worth it. The game features terrific voice acting from the likes of Gary Oldman, Ed Harris and Ice Cube, plus some of the best visuals you’ll find in a game not optimized for a particular console.Īs a lifelong keyboard-clacker, I have a tough time empathizing with the gruff, macho soldiers who save the day in most military-themed shooters, but I found myself looking forward to my “Black Ops” sessions so that I could find out exactly what happened to Mason, who was interrogating him and what their motives were. The story, told in level-long flashbacks bridged by in-game movies that revolve around the interrogation, boasts Hollywood-level production values. For nearly all of “Black Ops,” Mason’s strapped to a chair in an interrogation room, reliving a top-secret past that includes an attempt to kill Fidel Castro, an escape from a Russian prison and covert operations in Laos during the Vietnam War. The single-player campaign in “Black Ops” (rated M, $60 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $50 for Wii) revolves around Alex Mason, a Marine who’s part of the government’s classified Studies and Operations Group. Prospective initiates into the church of “CoD” could be forgiven for deciding that being called profane names by 14-year-old kids isn’t for them.īut as a busy skeptic who’s largely missed the “Call of Duty” series until now, I can report that Treyarch’s latest offering serves as a great refresher course or introduction for anyone who’s skipped Infinity Ward’s “Modern Warfare” games or Treyarch and IW’s earlier, World War II-themed fare.
If you didn’t jump into the “Call of Duty” pool back when “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” was released in 2007, you might find the annual series’ latest entry, “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” a little daunting. "Call of Duty: Black Ops" looks fantastic for a game that hasn't been optimized to run on one console.
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