Xbox 360 My personal favorite Call of Duty game

[BitesizeCrayons]

Black Ops was simply a great experience for me. The multiplayer is balanced by Call of Duty standards; the guns all have ample and unique recoil, and it adds variety as well as makes spraying more of a non-option. The perks are balanced decently, and the only terribly-conceived perk is Second Chance Pro. The customization options are great, and no Call of Duty since has been better in that department. The maps are varied and versatile, and spawning, while not perfect, is better than in any other Call of Duty in my experience.

I also prefer the Zombies mode in Black Ops to the other Call of Duty games. W@W served as the foundation, and it was refined to perfection in Black Ops. Each Black Ops map has the level of complexity of Der Riese, and nothing is overdone (which I think is the problem in Black Ops II Zombies).

The campaign is one area that I thought Black Ops II improved on, but Black Ops has a great campaign nonetheless. The setting is unique to Call of Duty, the tone is darker, and the presentation is gripping.

Overall, I have to applaud Treyarch for Black Ops; I'd gladly put this game in my Xbox anytime.

 

[CrispyEggos]

I only focused on multiplayer and still had a great time. I did enjoy the Modern Warfares, but Black Ops ranks up there, It got stale ONCE IN A WHILE, but overall I always enjoyed playing it.

It was overall very balanced, and that's what I liked about it.

 

[BitesizeCrayons]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought Black Ops was balanced, at least by CoD standards. Another thing for me is the core feel of the game feels so smooth to me; the controls are tight in every CoD game, but they just feel perfect in Black Ops. This makes me return to Black Ops frequently to play Zombies as well.

 

[Claptrap]

I really didn't like playing Black Ops multiplayer and never beat the campaign... my favorite is actually Modern Warfare 3, because of the specialist streak!

 

[7R0114Li|=3]

I didn't get that one; I went straight to Black Ops 2. Do you think it would be worth going back to play it, or should I just continue to stick with the ones I have, in your opinion?

 

[GetFresh]

I couldn't agree more! This was my first Call of Duty game and my favorite one so far. I was such a beast at that game, i'd pull 100+ kills a lot of times. I especially liked Combat Training, it was my way of relaxing after raging the game before. Zombies was a great to play if you ever got tired of regular multiplayer, it had the best DLC maps in my opinion.