BO Reviews? Opinions?

It's fast, it's loads of fun. The Customization is just MAD -
I can't wait for Level 31 or so where I can change facepaint and all that.

The LAG issue is present even in single player. Treyarch are aware of and currently busy with a patch - so a fix is inbound prurdy soon.

It's a great change of pace for now.

The Single player campain is the best (so far) I've seen in any FPS game!

As for Servers, well there are about 400 billion servers in South Africa alone. The Friends join/invite/view thing needs a little work though.

All in all, I'd say this game is a MUST. If you've been ANTI-COD for years, you should still give it a go, it's the best they've produced, so if you still don't like it after seeing this one, then you'll never like a COD game EVER.

True, that there are a lot of Good players and you're likely to get your ass handed too you...but, even then, I still find I'm having a shed load of fun. (read: I'm getting my ass kicked)

You'll also find it's sporadic, you'll get absolutely pwned one round, then suddenly the next round you're pwning everyone else.

IF you're a a CODobia sufferer, I'd suggest you go spend an hour at a friend with CODBO and watch for a while, you might just be cured.

** EDIT ** Note that levelling up is QUICK @ 1st, then the point requirements scale RIGHT up, so what used to take you 1 round to get 4 levels, now takes 10 rounds of HARD WORK to get 1 level

(BTW: I don't know if anyone noticed that I coded in that you can RESIZE your reply window vertically, hover your mouse over the bottom edge of the reply window and see the cursor change to a RESIZE cursor, there's some useless info for you)

I have it. But will only install it on Sunday.

I'm taking a few days off from gaming.

And believe it or not , but i have started to swear less. I like it! :jig:

http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/...roblems-fixed/

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We are listening to you and we’ve been busy working on updates based on feedback from the community. We have already deployed a number of updates, and there will be many more to come. Stay tuned right here for all the latest info.

LIVE FIXES

11/10
* - GameServers.com has bumped sv_maxrate to 25000 across all servers to reduce lag.
* - GameServers.com continues to improve official server distribution in various worldwide regions.

11/11
* - Friends fix for join in progress and Friends tab in server browser.
* - Performance improvement for dual and quad core.
* - Improved connectivity with Black Ops Rcon tool.


IN PROGRESS

* - GPU hitching on certain graphics cards.
* - Incomplete server browser results.
* - Improvements to Quickmatch joins (results with better ping and reduced lag).
* - Zombies "The game session is no longer available" error.

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I used StoneCold's recommended CFG tweaks (as per the SGS thread) and saw a small increase in FPS and much smoother gameplay.

Apparently, this patch does wonders for everyone and reports of a 100% playable/non-laggy game are coming through.. Unfortunately, the patch was launched while I was asleep, but as soon as I give it a shot, will report back on performance increases.

We should get SP complete sometime too.. I say "WE" because thats how you unlock ZOMBIE MODE!!

I found one thing that reduced my lag quite a bit... having Lep turn off his damn uploading!!!

Last night for da first time, I actually got a killstreak long enuff to call in da choppa! *wootles* That was lovely - ended up wiff a 20/7 kd :D

The more I play this game, the more I love it! Lep finally bought it tonight too :)

I have had it since Tuesday, but it was my week away from playing anything. But come Monday its back to the business of killing noobs.

So, MP has become really hectic with guys bringing the pain left, right and center.. Still trying to find my style because "run-n-gunning"'s results are sporadic, while cautious play gets you jumped too often. Having an absolute blast playing though and dishing out a good beating to most. Its a shitload of fun and bound to last a good few years.

Also finished the SP campaign last night and all I can say is WOW. Best SP I have ever played. The missions, the story-line, the style, the things that you do are all :eek: ...
Like Lee said last night, its like playing a movie!

I'll wait for everyone to finish before highlighting my favorite moments, but there were so many times that I had goose-bumps from "HOW F*CKING COOL" something I just did was.

Metacritic user score for BO... 3.7 out of 10 out of 275 ratings.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ca...duty-black-ops

I have installed and have started playing a bit. The game looks ok sovar.

I will be available to play more from next week.

I'm still recovering from a Grade 2 Calf musile tear. Stupid me. I have started to play rugby again. ( should have kept to drinking as a team sport. )

I'm looking forward to play more games with my fellow clan chomps.