What is This 'Teen' Rating That You Speak Of?

You know things just got real when a soldier is carrying four weapons at once!

Ah Call of Duty, a military shooter that is well known for the realistic yet fun approach found in just about every game in the franchise. You will never find gratuitous amounts of pew pew laser beams and portals to other worlds here, for CoD as it is called is all about using real life military hardware to dish out the carnage in actual to somewhat actual real world settings, where there is no such thing as energy shields saving your butt from a quick and painful death. There is also very little being held back in terms of violence, as there is plenty of blood, explosions, and dismembered limbs to be found in these series of games, and Call of Duty: Black Ops is no exception by any means. Taking place after World War 2, Black Ops takes everything about its predecessor (Modern Warfare 2) and seemingly ups the ante in all possible aspects, right down the sheer amount of 'M' rated violence that one can see and in some cases partake in. It should be noted, however, that I have not had the chance to play this game myself, for I have only seen it being played on You Tube videos as well as on campus, so the best that I can do is give you an idea on what you may expect from this thing.

The graphics, true to CoD form, scream of realism across the board, with plenty of details to be found in practically everything visible. Epic explosions, beautiful weather effects, incredibly well crafted vehicles and characters, the works! Heck even the guns that you utilize are very well done, as they seem to match their real life counter-parts quite well along with the previously mentioned vehicles. The audio aspect is top notch from what I can gather from the videos, as everything from the voices to the gun sound just about right to me, especially the guns and their realistic gunfire. Gameplay, from the on-looker's experiences, looks to be quite fun in terms of singleplayer, with plenty of action occurring in the one level that I got chance to witness for myself, though that alone probably says volumes for the rest of the campaign. Multiplayer on the other hand, I never got a chance to observe enough to give opinion, though I have heard that it is an nice upgrade from the previous game's offering.

Given what has been said above, I would recommend this game to you, though it would be wise to rent it if you are looking for any of the console versions (Xbox 360, PS3 to my knowledge), the PC version you would have either buy or borrow on the other hand. It would also be beneficial to look up videos and information of Black Ops, so that you would have far greater idea of to expect upon purchase/rent/borrow. When taking my previous experiences with the Modern Warfare series for example, I honestly think that you would find something to like about this game, though do NOT quote me on not, if you please!

WARNING TO ALL POTENTIAL ONLINE PLAYERS: There has been some serious issues regarding internet lag during release, and it is unknown to me AS OF THIS WRITING if it has been fixed in all versions yet, so please double and triple check to make sure that it is before considering Black Ops, for you may have to wait a little while before the lag is taken care before it hasn't been already!

Here is some singleplayer footage from IGN (mind the volume please):