I think the Steam d/l was a mistake in hindsight, forgot to turn off sleep mode on the PC overnight so had to restart it this morning 
Still, it should be there by the time I finish work...
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Call of Duty:Black Ops
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It's not a BBFC 18 Only as your shooting other people, there are plenty of other shooting games which are BBFC or PEGI rated suitable for younger age groups. The language, violence and themes in the game are what makes it an 18+. The themes in the game are reflected to an extent in the news and mirrored in films, however watching TV you are not participating in the action, you are observing it. The language is no worse than you will hear in any playground but the effect of a parent giving the game to minor suggests that those methods of expression are tolerated. I'm
not saying don't buy it for your son, just be aware of the content. For me it seems silly that at 16 you could be a married man who is in the armed forces preparing for combat, mortgage and driving licence, but can't legally play 18 games.Posted 1 year ago # -
So is it any good?
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I'm off ill today.
How many people at work do you think will believe me when I say I really wasw ill?
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so anyone sad enough to camp out for the midnight openings?
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So what's the verdict? I'm resisting buying it on Steam so far, but fading fast. Shame Eyefinity isn't supported (again), although a fix will no doubt be sorted by the community sometime soon.
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How many people at work do you think will believe me when I say I really wasw ill?
They know you'll be waiting until it's £2 so all of them.
so anyone sad enough to camp out for the midnight openings?
Why do that? I got mine yesterday through the post and for a lot cheaper.
Verdict so far is very good same format with some nice tweaks such as you have to buy perks and guns you don't just get them unlocked with XP.
I now have the RC car bomb it's bloody ace.
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DavidB - Member
My son is 13. I don't let him play this game as it has an 18 rating. Am I being harsh?
Yeah, i'd say so.. He'd witness far worse at school in Dalkeith
I let 8yr olds play and they kick my ass (I just make sure the online voice chat is off on anything other than kids games) and only let them play 18s I've played first so I know the content. The only 18s I don't let them play are GTA and Kane and Lynch.
PS ratings are way OTT.. a 15/16 PS rating is really more like a 12A film IMO and an 18 PS = 15 film (watched plenty 12A films with my 8yr old kids and 15s with the 12yr old)Posted 1 year ago # -
After watching the Video I posted it looks like the developers have done a good job of revamping the format, but i guess only time will tell. The wager matches do look like they could be good fun.
Have my copy next to me with the TV booked for this evening so looking forward to being the customary cannon fodder tonight!!
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So where's got offers? I MIGHT be getting a freebie but I waited last time and it cost me £40 in the end at the supermarket because my mate didn't come good.
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My son is 13. I don't let him play this game as it has an 18 rating. Am I being harsh?
Don't think you're being too harsh, its nice to see a parent take responsibility for a change. I'm not saying violent video games are the cause of kids growing into murderers or rapists, nothing like it, but kids need to be kids for a little while longer, they don't need violent imagery rammed down their throats.
I remember standing in the queue in Game buying Halo a few years back being held up as the shop assistant was being shouted at and threatened by a woman. The assistants crime? he wouldn't sell her 10 year old a copy of Grand Theft Auto Vice City - Too many parents these days think a video game is a babysitter.
Rant over - But Black Ops does look awesome
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So where's got offers? I MIGHT be getting a freebie but I waited last time and it cost me £40 in the end at the supermarket because my mate didn't come good.
No where really all involve purchasing something else with them to get discount.
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Wagner mode! Interesting X-factor link up but I'd happily shoot him up a bit...
Anyone tried it on the Wii yet (yes, I know it won't be as good as Xbox/PS3/PC but I don't have those so not interested, thanks
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Oh dear. Predictably, the servers have gone down so everyone's (well, certainly all PC players anyway) locked out of the game at the moment. Tons of people whining about poor performance (I'd agree based on what I've seen). Pretty typical high profile game release then!
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Boba I used to sell games, the penalties are severe for selling to a minor. I refused a kid with no ID a BBFC 15 rated game, his dad came to the store ready to start a fight. Turned out the kid was 16, but a bit pubey looking. Prison, huge fines and sacking, never worth the risk. Intresting case, if rockstar hadn't put the cocaine use in Red Dead Redemption nor some of the harsher swearing it would have been rated much lower, Rockstar basically said they wanted an 18 rated game as they sell better.
Oh and black ops on xbox is ok, it's not a revolution but a good evolution.
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I bought it today at sainsbury's while doing the weekly shop. Spent £30 in store then got the game for £27.97. First impressions are good, multi player has been improved, less noobs about. And campaign is pretty good so far.
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Downloaded it from Steam yesterday, just sat down now for a play and it's doing an update really slooow, then pausing. Why couldn't it do that yesterday. Very frustrating.
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the update was probably the final section of the game which completed the download and let you log onto the servers.
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Have played multiplayer for a couple of hours. I'm wanting to love but deep down I know its not as good as mw2. Does not look or sound as good. More depth to the game though.
Is it just me?
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The servers are not coping very well on PS3. Like the maps, much prefer it so far to MW2 - less noisy, less flying nonsense, more proper fighting.
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was ok for me last night till 2am
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After an all day and all night sesh I think this is the best game in the COD franchise so far.
No lag whatsoever on the 360 just takes a while to find available games.
Love it, my life, degree, bike is over for the foreseeable future.
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Had about 5 hours on it last night.
I really liked the different format of being able to buy perks/ attachments etc. It makes it alot easier to customise your player to suit your own game style. Not sure about the maps yet. but I guess it's just a case of learning them. Do like Jungle in Free For All though and Nuke Town can be a bit mental in Team Deathmatch!!
The challenge system is better than the old format too. It will maybe force you to play other game types that you might not have played in the past.
Favourite player config at the moment is; Ghost/ Sleight of Hand/ Ninja with a silence Enfield and Camera Spike.
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Bit old/OT, but is MW2 any good on the PC? I seem to remember people moaning about something to do with servers.
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Arse - going to have to buy this now.... glad to hear there is less aircraft stuff.
Have they sorted spawn camping? Nothing pisses me off more than get killed, respawn dead immediately, respawn dead again etc... someones got a chopper gunner and is just shooting the spawn spot.
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Bought this yesterday and installed it only to find that Steam wanted to download 8GB of patches before it'd let me play. Left it running overnight as the servers were struggling and hope to actually get to play the game tonight!
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There's not really any less aircraft, it's just now you also have to pay for items with game credits not just unlocked at at a certain level.
* 3 Kills – Spy Plane: Shows enemies on the mini-map. Can be shot down
* 3 Kills – RC-XD Explosive RC Car: Remote controlled car strapped with explosives
* 4 Kills – Counter Spy Plane: Temporarily disables enemies mini-map
* 4 Kills – SAM Turret: Airdrop a placeable SAM turret that destroys aircraft
* 5 Kills – Care Package: Airdrop a random killstreak or ammo crate
* 5 Kills – Napalm Strike: Airstrike that covers an area in napalm
* 6 Kills – Sentry Gun: Airdrop a placeable Sentry Gun
* 6 Kills – Mortar Team: Target 3 locations to bombard with Mortar Strikes
* 7 Kills – Attack Helicopter: Call in a support helicopter
* 7 Kills – Valkyrie Rockets: Launcher with remote controlled rockets
* 8 Kills – Blackbird: Shows enemy position and direction on the mini-map. Cannot be shot down
* 8 Kills – Rolling Thunder: Carpet bombing airstrike
* 9 Kills – Chopper Gunner: Be the gunner of an attack helicopter
* 11 Kills – Attack Dogs: Attack dogs that hunt the enemy down
* 11 Kills – Gunship: Pilot an attack helicopter
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YEAH BUDDY
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*Very Jealous*
Do you get screen burn on the projection screen?
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My son is 13. I don't let him play this game as it has an 18 rating. Am I being harsh?
After playing for a bit, I don't think so no. Theres quite a few gory bits, like shooting someone with a shotgun close up makes a bit of a mess.
I think you can turn that off in the options though.
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@poppa - MW2 is good on the PC it's just there are no longer dedicated servers, one of the people in the game runs the server part (and if they quit it takes about 30 seconds to bounce to another person before resuming again, which can be a pain). As there aren't any dedicated servers you just enter a lobby and get chucked in the first game available of the type you select, rather than being able to browse available servers and chose the one you want (based on ping etc.). You can set up groups of friends in the lobby so you all get put in the same game but that can take longer to find a game with enough slots free for everyone.
I think it's a step backwards and hated it at first but have gotten used to it now and although I still find lag more variable than dedicated server days it generally works OK as a system.
Back to the original topic - the Black Ops single-player is a revelation, I bought the game for the on-line play thinking I'd spend 5 minutes in the single-player but I haven't actually been on-line yet and have had the game for a couple of days now. Probably a mistake delaying in hindsight though as by now everyone will know the maps and best weapon/perk combos
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My bro' has been playing BO and then went back to MW2 - says the graphics are much better on MW2 (but maps bigger on BO).
Comment?
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So whos on PS3 on this? PSN 'FerryTuckwit' if anyone fancies a game!
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I did a few hours playing Black Ops last night and while it's fine I also though the graphics were better in MW2.
For online gaming on the PC MW1 is probably still be the best - before it was dumbed down to the same level as the consoles. Some of the team deathmatches had huge player numbers and were excellent.
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My bro' has been playing BO and then went back to MW2 - says the graphics are much better on MW2 (but maps bigger on BO).
Graphic wise I'd say there's not a huge difference and anyway it's gameplay that counts and BO has plenty of that. Yeah the maps are much better I reckon.
PSN here 'Dracy'
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