LogFAQs > #948905890

Alright, it's good to have that out of my system. Let's move onto the next game:

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Playing on: PS3
Previous Experience with Blops: Might have played the Wii version
Expectations for Blops: Low

This is the last game of 2010 to make the contest, and the only representative of its series. If the bracket had been populated by the 128 best-selling games of the decade, though, I think there would've been 10 CoD games. I'm glad that's not the case, because I've never been fond of this series. It's been years since I played Call of Duty, come to think of it. The last time must have been when I was around 14 years old. I think it was the Wii version of Modern Warfare. By the time I got a PS3, I had decided the Call of Duty was not for my ears. I've never been a big FPS guy, or multiplayer guy, and I guess the aesthetic of Call of Duty is just a little dull. We can probably all agree that it's one of those iterative, commercial game franchises. You can't really accuse it of having much artistry (except perhaps at a few points - people stick up for some sequences from Call of Duty 4's singeplayer.) Its main value is as a way for young men to keep in touch and spend time together - I think my stepbrother (he's 14) still gets the new one every year and plays with friends all the time, talking over the voice chat. I appreciate that about it, but it's never served that purpose for me, because I have no friends.

I bought a used copy of the PS3 version for $9.99 the other day. I don't know if the servers even run for the PS3 version any more, but I don't think I'll venture into the multiplayer either way. That might be kind of unfair to the game, since multiplayer is what it's all about, really, but I did the same for Halo. I expect I'll find it to be a similar experience to Reach, but not as good. It's always possible it will surprise me.

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Currently Playing: Call of Duty: Black Ops