COD: Black Ops

[.Griff.]

Just purchased from Steam and Pre-loading ready for next Tuesday.

FTTC comes in handy yet again!

[Lance]

Ah shuddup! 

[Glenn]

£28 form Shopto for new customers http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/call-of-duty-black-ops-pc-version-2/791665

[Barndog]

I have this ordered for pick up tomorrow but worried my pc dont meet the requirments, according to can you run it site i fail on cpu, i thought if i could run mw2 and bf bad company 2 on high then i can run this, my specs are

amd athlon dual core 64x 5000+
2.61ghz
2gb corshair gaming ram
9600gt nvidea

[Gary]

Should arrive tomorrow 

[wecpcs]

Should arrive tomorrow 

Mine as well. 

[psp83]

Got mine today and the SP is good so far.. not tried MP and probly wont get time until the weekend to try MP

[zimmerframe]

I had issues installing it when I got home yesterday evening.  Updates got to 97% and then I got a message saying "Steam servers are busy please try later"  Hmmm.

I eventually got it running and spent a while configuring the controls but havent yet played it. 

What kind of anticheat does it have?  If like MW2 its only updated infrequently, then, (like MW2) online play will be hopeless.

[Niall]

As per all of these games, reports of cheats and glitching will be abound on the various forums. The cheats are sadly, often too easy too adapt for new versions of games.

[Gary]

The game got press in Cuba 

[pctech]

for what? displaying the best traditions of the revolution?

[Gary]

for what? displaying the best traditions of the revolution?

Well you could say that, but showing an attempt on Fidel even in a game is bad press, what happened to 'its a game' 

[wecpcs]

Got mine today and the SP is good so far.. not tried MP and probly wont get time until the weekend to try MP

Mine duly arrived on the 9th and I have completed it already on Campaign mode Regular difficulty (8 hours). I think it is an excellent game but just as short as Medal of Honor, I was expecting it to last a little longer. At least I can try again on the 2 higher difficulty levels, but I do not play online at all.

Colin

[Gary]

Mine duly arrived on the 9th and I have completed it already on Campaign mode Regular difficulty (8 hours). I think it is an excellent game but just as short as Medal of Honor, I was expecting it to last a little longer. At least I can try again on the 2 higher difficulty levels, but I do not play online at all.

Colin

I play online it can be great fun, and Zombie mode is always good, it is a great game but most games are short, I like to play and have a few breaks not hammer it all in almost one or two sittings, saying that I completed Bioshock 2 on hardest level in two days so about 12 hours  I;m enjoying the undead nightmare version of Red Dead Redemption right now as well as Black ops 

[.Griff.]

Made a quick vid... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEfF4Uh7uM&feature=player_embedded

[psp83]

Made a quick vid... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEfF4Uh7uM&feature=player_embedded

Was that a silenced ak47 or just no attachments? didn't have sound on when watching.

What perks does everyone use?

[.Griff.]

Was that a silenced ak47 or just no attachments? didn't have sound on when watching.

What perks does everyone use?

AK47 with silencer.

As for perks I normally use Lightweight Pro, Steady aim and Ninja Pro.

[psp83]

Silenced AK47 is a great weapon but as soon as you attach a red dot or reflex scope it recoils like a b***h.

I'm trying to level up perks at the mo but its harder to do than in MW2 (a good thing)

[zimmerframe]

Anybody suffering from "Stutter"?

A couple of patches have now been released.  The second to try to alleviate the reported stutter.  It seems that the game, (or Steam) really hogs the CPU but not the GPU.

I can play the game but barely as my processor doesnt meet the minimum spec, (a dual core) even though I am fine with the lies of BF Bad Co 2 amd the new MoH.

[.Griff.]

Almost everyone I know suffers from stutter and hitching ingame Zimmer.

It's annoying as hell I know that much!!

I've got a fairly decent PC too - Windows 7 Ultimate x64, i5 750 @ 3.6ghz, MSI P55-GD80,Geil Ultra Series PC3-17000, Nvidia GTX 480, Samsung 24" T240, Crucial M225 SSD, Logitech G15, Razer Salmosa

[Gary]

Have not been impressed with some of the frame rates in Assasins Creed Brotherhood, but wow what a game, saying that maybe  a few more patches on the PS3 will make it run a tad smoother.

[pctech]

I've noticed a bit of stuttering on TrackMania Nations Forever recently which is Steam based but quite long in the tooth now.

I wonder if recent Steam client releases have started to work the CPU quite hard.

[Gary]

I've noticed a bit of stuttering on TrackMania Nations Forever recently which is Steam based but quite long in the tooth now.

I wonder if recent Steam client releases have started to work the CPU quite hard.

Shouldn't games push the GPU harder now?

[pctech]

supposedly, I know the game runs fine on my CPU (a Pentium D running at 3.4GHz with 2MB L2 cache per core)

[Gary]

supposedly, I know the game runs fine on my CPU (a Pentium D running at 3.4GHz with 2MB L2 cache per core)

The new Assassins creed Brotherhood (console version) is a good game, a bit easy compared with Assassins creed II, but screen tearing and bad fps are real issues on both machines, Ubisoft were meant to have polished it this time so that would not occur. Other games like Red Dead Redemption and COD Black Ops managed it fine. 

[Technical Ben]

Interactive gameplay story?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RULv6HbgE

[.Griff.]

Invalid link Ben.

The URL contained a malformed video ID.

[Technical Ben]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RULv6HbgEjY
Sorry, missed the last digit.

[Niall]

Well that just made my mind up about buying it or not.

[Technical Ben]

This kind of game could have a market. But even Time Crisis had lifes/points to play against.