The upcoming seventh game in the Call of Duty series (entitled Call of Duty: Black Ops) was announced a few days ago, for release on November 11th this year. It’s being developed by Treyarch (of Call of Duty 3 and World at War infamy). Let’s hope they don’t screw up this time.
Well, the trailer was revealed last night (first on Spike TV, then a few hours later on the official Black Ops website). The short video clips in the trailer show several different locations as well as a variety of weaponry. It’s a bit hard to really tell what’s going on most of the time, as everything happens very quickly. However, in the beginning of the trailer, it looks like you’re in some sort of operating room. You hear a man say “This should help you remember everything…” And then you see several clips of warfare.
This leads me to believe that the bulk of the game is in flashback form. You’re just controlling the memories of this person (sorta like Assassin’s Creed, kinda).
It’s an interesting theory, and I’m looking forward to seeing how accurate it is.
On GAME’s webpage for the game, they had a description up (now removed) that may have jumped the shark in a huge way. It said,
Now you will witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done. From Cuba to the Arctic and the jungles of Vietnam, Call of Duty: Black Ops features stunning cinematic graphics and intense gameplay that puts you right at the heart of the action!
The way the last sentence is put makes me believe that this game may not just be a copy/paste of Modern Warfare 2 with a different setting, like World at War was to the original Modern Warfare.
While I am looking forward to this game… Keep in mind, this is Treyarch. Don’t get your hopes up too high for anything game-changing or really significantly different from the last iteration at all.
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