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Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:7.5

    Review from a competitive COD player since 2003..

    By tenz01 | Review Date: Nov 09, 2010 | PC

    Single player: The story is one of the best in the series, and the series has been known for a cinematic single player campaign of "holy s*!t" moments. However, Treyarch tries a little too hard with the cinematics whi... Read Full Review

    53 of 60 users found the following review helpful

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  • Rating:8

    very good, but I expected more.

    By phantomdark | Review Date: Nov 19, 2017 | PC

    Call of Duty: Black Ops is yet another beginning of a line of games in the Call of Duty series, which in this case is Black Ops. is a game that many people like, I think a game very good, but I find it tiring in many mom... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Great story, multiplayer, Zombies and everything!

    By curt_doge678 | Review Date: May 03, 2017 | PS3

    Call of Duty Blacks is the best Call of Duty I have and every will play. It was what kicked of the Black Ops series, introduced tons of characters, and weapons. The game was a huge step forward in the Call of Duty Franc... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Call of Duty Black ops 1

    By juan_knight | Review Date: Jul 05, 2015 | PC

    Just finished the second run through for Call of Duty: Black opsSo Here's my review on it:For starters, the story line is the best in series. It gives you the feel for both the crudeness of world war sequences and the mo... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    Too short campaign & nothing new to offer.

    By marker_1988 | Review Date: Apr 08, 2015 | PC

    Call of Duty, Black ops is an average and dull perspective on war time shooters and this time the conspiracy goes global as you fan out across the globe to catch the mastermind of a chaotic plot.Mostly you run and gun wi... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    The Best Call of Duty

    By goldenagegaming | Review Date: Apr 08, 2015 | X360

    Call of Duty Black Ops is the best Call of duty ever! I really enjoyed Mw2 and was hoping the the next COD was going to be even better and it was. Zombie Mode is great Multiplayer is great campaign is the best one yet. ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Perfect

    By azulz_1519 | Review Date: Nov 01, 2014 | PS3

    Every game play for every person. This allows players to kill targets however they like along with them being able to choose to go stealth or go guns blazing. I think even though I like the Battlefield series and the MoH... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    The coming-of-age of Call Of Duty campaigns.

    By Chirodip_08 | Review Date: Mar 06, 2014 | PC

    Not many of us noticed that Treyarch took over from Infinity Ward to make a CoD game a few years back, even though they did go back to the tried-to-death formulae of WWII shooters. Well that can be considered to be a wa... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    What are the numbers? They all add up to the best Call of Duty since Modern Warfare.

    By PrincessChaser | Review Date: Nov 13, 2013 | PS3

    Call of Duty needs some new life. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare burst out of the gates firing with it's revolutionary multiplayer and World at War brought us back to World War II and let us put an end to the war in spec... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Best ever call of duty made for the wii.

    By Wiicodmaniac | Review Date: Aug 31, 2013 | WII

    When call of duty black ops was confirmed to have a port for the wii, people looked back at the previous call of dutys released for the wii. COD3-no multiplayer, world at war-only team death match and free for all and la... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    this game was more than i just expected.

    By tjakn | Review Date: Aug 30, 2013 | X360

    thought it would be like all the other cod games but it had major storyline . This game should be played atleast once .The controls were really flexible.Iwas amazed by the all over walk through.at the times of explosion ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful