Call of Duty: Black Ops

[BD2003]

Or to left 4 dead, or basically any other game that does a team based horde mode style game, zombies or not. I would have much rather had spec ops.

 

[Anubis]

Gonna try to get a TDM AT party going on tonight on PS3, who's up for a few rounds? Hit me up with a reply and the best time to get together, give me your PSN also if i haven't added you yet.

ill join you guys if my work buddies aren't on but feel free to join as as well, we had 5 guys on on Weds night and tore shit up

 

[SR1729]

This is exactly how I feel about it. It doesn't hold a candle to gears' horde mode.

I still play Horde to this day... it's actually the only reason I bought GoW2 and it's the only piece I played/play at length. Never really got in to L4D. I honestly don't get the fascination with zombies.

 

[Analogsoul]

I also gave Zombies a try last night...and i just don't get it. I think I'm missing something. My buddy and I never made it past wave 5 with the dogs. They are tough. But more than that I just kept feeling like I didn't "get" it. Everyone says its a lot of fun, but for me i just felt confused. What is the strategy? Why is it that I sometimes go down after just one hit? Why can i aim right at their heads and shoot five rounds into their face and not get a "headshot"?

Can anyone provide some help on the zombie mode?

Zombie mode is definitely tough, you sort of have to explore around to figure out what to do. Since there are dogs every 5 levels, make sure you have a decent gun or shotgun and find a place where you and your teammates can easily take them out. you will get a max ammo box after you kill the dogs, so don't worry about using all of your ammo.

Once you find the random gun box (and turn on the power) a good strategy is to try to trap one zombie behind a window where one person is constantly building while the zombie is trying to get through. Just be careful that you are just out of reach in case the zombie tries to grab you. That way everyone can go and upgrade their guns and perk up, have everyone take turns trapping the zombie until you're ready to start the next level. Finding a spot on the map where you can funnel the zombies towards you is ideal, unfortunately I haven't played the new zombie maps enough to find that out.

On the old zombie maps in W@W there was a glitch where you could place a bouncing betty in front of a perk machine, then right before that animation shows your gun again, you buy a perk. What happens is that you hand will be empty and you can buy another gun and have an extra slot, so you could have up to 5 or 6 guns at one time. Not sure if this still works in Black Ops yet.

Hope this helps.

 

[JoPh]

I also gave Zombies a try last night...and i just don't get it. I think I'm missing something. My buddy and I never made it past wave 5 with the dogs. They are tough. But more than that I just kept feeling like I didn't "get" it. Everyone says its a lot of fun, but for me i just felt confused. What is the strategy? Why is it that I sometimes go down after just one hit? Why can i aim right at their heads and shoot five rounds into their face and not get a "headshot"?

Can anyone provide some help on the zombie mode?

the more rounds you play the more bullets it takes to kill. thus makin it harder.. dogs rounds u just need the hole up and let them come at you.. its all about finding the right spot.. always trying to keep one alive and the end of each round so u can run around and buy things / repair.. 4 people is key to lastin long.

 

[velillen]

Gonna try to get a TDM AT party going on tonight on PS3, who's up for a few rounds? Hit me up with a reply and the best time to get together, give me your PSN also if i haven't added you yet.

Ill be on tonight. At the latest by 8pm pacific. most likely around 4-5pm pacific though. Should be on most of the night unless i go out to eat

The worst part of the game so far has been the spawn system. It is nowhere near as good as MW2. I can't tell you how many times i've either spawned right in front of a baddie, or they spawn one right behind me. Its gotta be a bug or messed up because i dont see how they meant it to be that way.

i actually feel the spawn system is way better. in mw2 every game id end up spawning within 10 yards of an enemy. or the guy who just killed me id spawn literally 2 seconds from being at him in the game. in black ops i havent had that happen really. Sure sometimes when im "behind enemy lines" ill get a crappy spawn on top of me. but for the most part i feel the spawn system is way better.

I wish people didn't like repeating nuketown over and over and over and over again. That gets annoying. Its a fun level for every once in a while, but I didn't buy CO NUKETOWN[/quote[

hate that map and you are right it gets stuck in peoples mind. All it is is a nade fest. Played it 4 time sin a row with friends last night an di hate that map.

Instead of noob tubes everyone just lobs grenades and puts claymores all over >.<

 

[coldmeat]

The only maps I've noticed really bad spawning in is Cracked and Summit. Somebody always spawns behind me in those maps.

I've kind of fallen in love with claymores. Sometimes they are useless, I've noticed a few times where an enemy just runs right over them, even in the killcam I saw it on the ground and it never even blew up. I generally don't put on behind me and hide, but I'm learning where the best place is to put one and it usually gets me a kill if I just leave it there and run away.

 

[digiram]

The only maps I've noticed really bad spawning in is Cracked and Summit. Somebody always spawns behind me in those maps.

I've kind of fallen in love with claymores. Sometimes they are useless, I've noticed a few times where an enemy just runs right over them, even in the killcam I saw it on the ground and it never even blew up. I generally don't put on behind me and hide, but I'm learning where the best place is to put one and it usually gets me a kill if I just leave it there and run away.

I like claymores to. I plant it randomly, and get free kills with it all the time.

 

[jman19]

The only maps I've noticed really bad spawning in is Cracked and Summit. Somebody always spawns behind me in those maps.

I've kind of fallen in love with claymores. Sometimes they are useless, I've noticed a few times where an enemy just runs right over them, even in the killcam I saw it on the ground and it never even blew up. I generally don't put on behind me and hide, but I'm learning where the best place is to put one and it usually gets me a kill if I just leave it there and run away.

Seriously? Nuketown spawns are awful. Or maybe the map is just awful.

 

[SunnyD]

Okay, in love with the FAMAS... as evident by the 1.70 ratio I just pulled. (First ever 1.0+ match for me)

 

[PimpJuice]

I like claymores to. I plant it randomly, and get free kills with it all the time.

Speaking of free kills, I played Nuketown last night and thought I would put claymores down every time I spawned. I would walk forward like 2-3 steps, turn around and plant. Then we'd assault the enemy base and once that was cleared, obviously they will respawn back at our original base. Most people just start running/moving straight as soon as they spawn so......

I think I got 3 spawn kills with the claymores It was quite funny.

 

[PimpJuice]

Okay, in love with the FAMAS... as evident by the 1.70 ratio I just pulled.

I actually like the Galil, but will have to try out the Famas based on your enthusiasm.

 

[coldmeat]

Seriously? Nuketown spawns are awful. Or maybe the map is just awful.

I think that's just because it's really small, or they did it on purpose to keep it fast paced, but I think I'm kind of learning how to stay alive a lot better and to keep myself from getting shot in the back from spawning enemies. My last game on Nuketown I went 10:1. I only had 10 kills, but still lol.

 

[SunnyD]

I actually like the Galil, but will have to try out the Famas based on your enthusiasm.

To put the 1.70 into perspective... my average ratio at this point is about 0.45. The 1.70 came from the FAMAS on iron sights. Definitely a happy camper now.

 

[Anubis]

Speaking of free kills, I played Nuketown last night and thought I would put claymores down every time I spawned. I would walk forward like 2-3 steps, turn around and plant. Then we'd assault the enemy base and once that was cleared, obviously they will respawn back at our original base. Most people just start running/moving straight as soon as they spawn so......

I think I got 3 spawn kills with the claymores It was quite funny.

yea ive been planting claymores in the most random places where people dont expect them to be, works like a charm

 

[RavenSEAL]

I also gave Zombies a try last night...and i just don't get it. I think I'm missing something. My buddy and I never made it past wave 5 with the dogs. They are tough. But more than that I just kept feeling like I didn't "get" it. Everyone says its a lot of fun, but for me i just felt confused. What is the strategy? Why is it that I sometimes go down after just one hit? Why can i aim right at their heads and shoot five rounds into their face and not get a "headshot"?

Can anyone provide some help on the zombie mode?

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/708575/Black-Ops-Zombie-Mode-Guide.html

 

[bucwylde23]

I found this video on youtube of one of the spawn issues in Black Ops. I think the spawns have issues at times, but overall I don't have any problems. the video is pretty funny though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ZWYXqbQWc

 

[RavenSEAL]

I found this video on youtube of one of the spawn issues in Black Ops. I think the spawns have issues at times, but overall I don't have any problems. the video is pretty funny though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ZWYXqbQWc

It honestly isn't that bad if you know how to play out the maps, that dude is just a whiny little girl

 

[GrantMeThePower]

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/708575/Black-Ops-Zombie-Mode-Guide.html

Thanks dude! I'll check that out when i get home!

 

[Malak]

To put the 1.70 into perspective... my average ratio at this point is about 0.45. The 1.70 came from the FAMAS on iron sights. Definitely a happy camper now.

Yeah the FAMAS has been the gun I'm most comfortable with. Been trying to use the AK74 though, with a suppressor. At the end of my MW2 career I would go around the map with a suppressor and rock the house because people didn't notice the green dots disappearing behind them. And I use ninja, which requires the use of suppressor to get pro.

Right now my perks are hardline, steady aim, and ninja. I don't see myself switching hardline ever, steady aim is pretty solid, ninja I could switch with almost anything in perk 3. I just might unlock pro for everything and see what I like.

 

[SunnyD]

Yeah the FAMAS has been the gun I'm most comfortable with. Been trying to use the AK74 though, with a suppressor. At the end of my MW2 career I would go around the map with a suppressor and rock the house because people didn't notice the green dots disappearing behind them. And I use ninja, which requires the use of suppressor to get pro.

Right now my perks are hardline, steady aim, and ninja. I don't see myself switching hardline ever, steady aim is pretty solid, ninja I could switch with almost anything in perk 3. I just might unlock pro for everything and see what I like.

I'm using Ghost, Steady Aim and Hacker. Though I may swap steady aim for warlord and go red dot + flame thrower.

 

[bucwylde23]

It honestly isn't that bad if you know how to play out the maps, that dude is just a whiny little girl

Yes, he is a whiny little girl. Especially since he complained about the sniper rifles in the game at the end of the video. Love it that all the cheap ass sniping is gone.

 

[BD2003]

To put the 1.70 into perspective... my average ratio at this point is about 0.45. The 1.70 came from the FAMAS on iron sights. Definitely a happy camper now.

Famas is definitely a higher tier weapon. Fast fire rate + low recoil + equally strong bullets to other ARs is a clear advantage. Running out of ammo can happen with the fast fire rate, but dual mags gives you two extra clips of ammo + fastest every other reload. the aug is basically the same with higher recoil but it's more of a spread than a recoil in a particular direction. It's a bit of a wash between the two, but they are mathematically basically the best two full auto ARs.

If the weaker ARs were 20-30 I couldn't say that, but the baffling decision to make them 25-35 puts them basically equivalent to the 30-40 rifles for anyone capable of comprehending 2nd grade math.

 

[boomhower]

Campers are starting to drive me crazy. It seems every level with several building everyone just finds a window and hangs out. I've just been playing everything but deathmatch for this reason.

 

[chorb]

Campers are starting to drive me crazy. It seems every level with several building everyone just finds a window and hangs out. I've just been playing everything but deathmatch for this reason.

likely because they dont know the map well enough yet and are afraid to move around blindly. I like to make my rounds through the buildings and put my knife to good use.