So, I've finally put enough hours into BO to prestige. I have to say, the shine is wearing off really quickly on this one, quicker than any CoD in the past. In as many ways as they push the series forward, there are many regressions and things getting way too stale.
The wager matches are fun, but they still seem too much as an aside to the "normal" MP, and literally nothing has changed in the standard game modes. I would have liked to see some new game types for the "real" MP.
This time around, I know exactly which weapons I want, and which weapons are the best. Not which weapons are the best for me, but which weapons literally outclass the others. The homogenizing of the weapons is the biggest bummer to me - there's really no longer anything to look forward to while leveling up, because either you have the best weapon in a class already, or there's a *slightly* better version of what you already have coming up. Its funny how they allowed you to apply so much cosmetic customization to the weapons (most of which is detrimental to your game), while completely stripping away all the personality of the actual function of the weapons themselves. All the flavor and style of the different weapons is gone here, its just a very bland mix, even if they look vastly different from each other.
But the biggest disappointment is still the maps. You know why people keep repeating nuketown OVER and OVER? Because its the most tightly designed map. Its an arena-type map thats easy to get your head around, easy to think about how you're going to approach it, easy to know where the enemies might be showing up. The type of map that IW makes, and that treyarch doesnt seem to get. Just like the weapons, they homogenized the maps into this lifeless mess.
There's enough problems that they corrected from MW2 that I'll almost certainly continue to play BO. But thinking about it more, I'd honestly rather have the MW2 maps and guns (minus noob tube) combined with the perk structure, currency and other refinements from BO. It's not that I'm used to it, it's just that theyre simply better.