Black Ops Playthrough: Day One (spoiler free)
I’ll be the first to admit that I truly had no idea what this game was about when I bought it. I’ve played several of the Call of Duty games including the first Black Ops several years ago and I got about half way through the second but never finished it. I purchased this game solely on the fact it was part of the same franchise and I had enjoyed when I was younger. Plus let’s be honest, I can say I bought this to play the campaign but everyone knows you play COD for one of two things: Multiplayer or Zombies.
That being said I have decided to play through the storyline first before I do any of the other activities. So far I honestly believe this storyline is the most interesting thing that Activision and Treyarch have come up with. The developers have taken the question of “what can technology do next?” and let their minds run wild in this future based society. The DNI abilities allow the player to do things that are unprecedented in FPS games. For instance, while going through the tutorial on of the DNI power you possess is one called “firefly”. This ability allows you to send off these moth swarms to attack your enemies and catch them on fire. My description does not do this justice for how cool it is- or for any of the powers for that matter. I don’t know how many times I’ve already caught myself thinking “Oh my gooooood. That would be so cool if I could do this in real life”. Also the moment Commander John Taylor appeared on screen I had to fan girl out a little as he looks almost identical to his voice actor Christopher Meloni from Law and Order: SVU. I didn’t get that far into it tonight but hopefully I can get a good chunk of it done for you tomorrow and upload some screenshots for you guys!