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| Call of Duty: Black Ops | |
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| Developer(s) | Treyarch |
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| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Series | Call of Duty |
| Release Date(s) | November 9, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, OS X |
| Successor | Call of Duty: Black Ops II |
Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released on November 9, 2010 for the Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS. In September 2012, the game was ported to OS X.
It is the seventh title in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War.
Plot[]
Set in the 1960s during the Cold War, the game follows CIA operative Alex Mason as he attempts to recall certain memories of combat to locate a numbers station, which was due to transmit broadcasts to Soviet sleeper agents instructing them to deploy chemical weapons across the United States.
Mason and CIA operative Jason Hudson are the game's main playable characters, as is Red Army soldier Viktor Reznov in one mission.
Zombies[]
Gameplay[]
Black Ops retained the same gameplay mechanics as previous Call of Duty titles. The player assumes the role of a foot soldier that can wield various firearms, throw grenades and other explosives, and use other equipment as weapons. A player close enough to an enemy can kill with one knife blow. The player can stand, crouch, or prone; each affects the rate of movement, accuracy, and stealth. The screen glows red to indicate damage to a player's health, which regenerates over time. When the character is within the blast radius of a live grenade, an on-screen marker indicates where it is in relation to the player, helping the player to move away or to throw it back. Among the weapons new to the series in Black Ops are crossbows with bolts and explosive ammunition, Dragon's Breath rounds and ballistic knives.
The player assumes the role of various characters during the single-player campaign, changing perspectives throughout the story. These playable characters are covert operatives conducting black operations behind enemy lines. Each mission features a series of objectives that are displayed on the heads-up display, which marks the direction and distance towards and from such objectives, just like in earlier versions. The player is accompanied by friendly troops throughout the game. Despite being a first-person shooter, certain levels feature sequences where the player pilots a Hind helicopter and guides friendly troops from an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. The campaign also feature several scripted cinematic events.
Multiplayer[]
Reception[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops received "generally positive" reviews according to Metacritic, who rated the Xbox 360 port 87 out of 100.