If you are a fan of gaming, no doubt you are very aware that the next installment in the Call of Duty series, Black Ops will be released on November 9th, which is tomorrow. Or for those hardcore peeps who don’t have anything to do during the day, midnight releases are everywhere.
Video game release events have now equaled, or even exceeded movie premier events. I have no doubts that will be the case with this game as well. As I type this, the UK is already having release parties that are grand in scale, attendance, and every other way – all the way up to legit SAS troops as security.
There is a buzz about this game that is even larger than the new Halo game that released a few months ago. Last year’s Call of Duty release (Modern Warfare 2) has been one of the best selling video games of all time, and stakes claim to having the biggest entertainment launch of all time. Yes, that is all-time. As in Guiness Book of World Records. That is big. And it is a video game, not a movie.
Many experts are saying tomorrow’s release of Call of Duty: Black Ops could top that. I will not be surprised if it does happen. Now, to be honest, I still have some skepticism, mainly due to the fact that the makers of Black Ops have dropped two duds in their last two attempts. That is a perfect score of crap. Treyarch, the company with the cool looking trinity-like symbol for a logo did not do well with Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty World at War. Their games have not been able to touch the Call of Duty games of Infinity Ward (Modern Warfare 1 and 2). That being said, if you are familiar at all with Black Ops, you by now know that their new ideas for multiplayer games sound like an absolute blast! It appears, thanks to Youtube and countless other gaming sites, that Treyarch has done it right. By Jove, they might have it!! It looks similar to Modern Warfare 2 in play, which is a good thing since Modern Warfare 2 is amazing in its own right. But what Treyarch did was listen…listened to those who would be buying the game. What do you guys want in a Call of Duty game? Much of the feedback they received went right into the game.
I am not excited enough (read: I don’t have 60 bucks expendable cash right now) to get the game tomorrow at launch, and I still have my reservations due to past Treyarch games being a bust. But I have gone from swearing I had no interest in the game to secretly watching little pieces here and there on the game to planning on watching a buddy play it at some point tomorrow night just to see if it really is that amazing. And unless all the Youtube postings and reviews are completely bogus, this game appears that it will be just that…and once someone buys my Halo Reach copy on Ebay, I will most likely be adding Black Ops to my library.
Are you getting the game tomorrow? Tonight at midnight? Let me know in the comments. I am curious to hear all of your thoughts on the game!
I will post a follow-up once I have seen the game in action.
Peace
Yeah, I’m sceptical as well. I’m waiting to see what the hubub will be.