I'd like to make this post short but that isn't happening. XD
So I'll split it up.
~ Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser
Likes:
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Theater Mode
I've wanted this since... well since CoD4 (and that's when I started getting into online gaming). I loved it in Halo, you could record matches, go free cam, and so on. I really really wanted it in MW2, I think they should have cut a lot of the crap they put in it and took the time to have a theater mode. They said "Oh it's something we wish we could have had" well maybe if you didn't add a bunch of crap like riot shields, thermal, heart beat, tac inserts, and so on... then maybe they could have taken the time to work on a theater mode. But this one looks really good and I'm glad it's in the game. Because I've had many many good moments while playing CoD games that are just... gone because I don't have a capture card and there isn't a theater mode.
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Levels
The levels shown so far look pretty good. One is below a missile, another is in the snow and I think that's all that's shown so far. But I'm sure they'll have jungles and so on.
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Grids on map
I like callout spots like "Chopper Pad | They're in the 3 story" and I think I will still use them sort of callouts. But at least at first I like how it has grids and I'd be calling them out. Because some maps don't have big spots to callout, so I think grids will help.
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No more ammo graphic
Some people will dislike this... personally I think I might like it better not having the little bullet count. I know I'm used to having the little graphic there but I think I might like it better just having a "You have 10 shots left" thing.
Dislikes:
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Video Camera
Right at the top of the list I want to put that crappy, campy, thermal, non-killstreak thing.... at the top of this list. That thing will promote camping, not only for "Oh there's someone in the building" but also "Oh... there's someone behind me, I need to move from my camping spot, turn around and shoot that person before he gets me.". The example I use the most... playing S&D you can put that thing up at A and go over to B and camp there. And if the vid cam is taken out or if the person shows up on the screen you know the person is over at A. Takes all the skill out of Search.
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Care Package
I'm not happy that it's returning... Yes I'm sure it's nice that people can get 4 kills and get lucky with an AC130, Chopper Gunner, Pave Low or something like that... But if you didn't get the kills needed for that killstreak then you didn't earn it. You don't need an AC130 from a Care Package. Doesn't need to be in the game.
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Dive into prone
At around :37 the dude does some sort of dive... I can see myself (more so with a sniper) hitting someone and they just dive away.
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RC Car
Truth be told... I don't know what to think of the RC Car. If it does what it looks like it does (blows up and kills people) then I'll dislike it due to the fact that it's a 3 killstreak and I think it's too low to have a killstreak that kills. But what I don't understand is... it doesn't kill the people there. Yea you see it blow up, but it's like the person gets a hit maker but doesn't kill. You'll see the hit marker come up but the points doesn't show up for getting a kill. In MW2 even if you get a multikill it showed up right away. So I don't know what this little car thing does.
I just hope they remove a lot of crap. And I hope a lot of things are restored with the game (even if it's unlikely). Like for example... camping with a sniper. In CoD4 and WaW you didn't move around all that much with a sniper. I can remember on CoD4 on Creek... that was a good sniping map. And you didn't move on that map if you were a sniper. And rarely did people call you a camper if you were a sniper. It was a "You guys did a good job holding down that side of the map". These days you have every snot nose 13 year old (well it started off with kids, now it's grown into everyone) going "HARD SCOPE!" if you kill them while ADS... with a sniper... I hope there is no perk where you ADS faster, it's not needed (along with a bunch of other stuff).
One thing is for sure... I'm not going to get my hopes up, the game looks pretty good (not counting that stupid video cam), and Trayarch did a pretty good job on listening to people when it came to WaW (took out spawn tubes, fixed glitches, took out tanks in hardcore, etc). I just hope they're smart enough to have a beta, because IW said "Well we don't need a beta, we get more data from a closed beta" well they might have gotten more data but if they had an open beta I think MW2 would have been far better off.
And
GameTrailers has a lot better break down of the trailer.