Customer Reviews

Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition

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4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Alright, I'm a serious COD fan and I logged almost a month on Modern Warfare 2, and a little over a half a month on all the other COD titles. You all know what the prestige edition comes with, as it is all listed above, but is it truly worth the extra money?

It's hard to say. It certainly cool and I waited outside of my local Best Buy at 9pm before the midnight release to get in line to make sure I got a copy. The ONLY thing that comes with the prestige edition that is not included in the hardened edition is the RC-XD killstreak remote controlled car. That being the only thing different-I'll go over it a bit.

--It feels cheap and very light (not complaining, exactly what I would expect-I didn't expect a serious quality RC car).
--It takes 12 AA batteries, 6 in the remote and 6 in the car, which drain pretty fast. (especially if the camera is on)
--The car zips around pretty well but won't do well in the grass at all.
--I've played with RC cars all my life and this one is a little difficult to handle. The turns are crazy sharp with the steering dial on the right of the remote, it takes a very steady hand to carefully steer the car.
--The camera (as expected, not complaining) is very low quality and it is impossible to drive while just looking at the screen on the remote. The lens is faced upward and if you're driving it on the street or in the house you cannot see the ground to see where you're going, you see the top 2/3 of a level of a house.
--The microphone is pretty sensetive so if it is on, you'll constantly hear the gears and mechanisms from inside the car and will come through on your remote and it sounds like a cheap $5 toy car engine sound.

As far as gameplay goes, it varies, and truly, it's all depending on what COD games you like the most. I've read other reviews and I do agree with others that it feels a lot like World at War with some minor additions. The online play is not as smooth as IW's Modern Warfare 2 or even COD4.

ONLINE GAMEPLAY

I think the online gameplay takes some adjusting to after playing MW2 because MW2 was so fast paced and sometimes predictable. The spawnpoints on Black Ops from my experience have been all over the place. I very regularly find myself spawning behind people and saying "man I'd be pissed if I was that guy" and many times I AM that guy. The refresh rate is not that of MW2 and the graphics in multiplayer really suffer. I thought that with the popularity of the COD franchise that they would only stride to make each addition better than the last, but truly I think this one falls short. You buy all of your attachments with bets (or contracts) wagered, and that's actually pretty fun. It's like the same thing as challanges, but it puts a little more pressure on you because you have a time limit. Stopping power and danger close are gone, as is one man army. But because there aren't really noobtubes with one man army or people using stopping power and trailblazing, I find that there are MANY MORE campers in here, sitting back trying to achieve their higher killstreaks. Killstreaks do not count toward other killstreaks, so if I get my RC-XD remote controlled explosive car, and get 2 kills..that still doesn't mean I get my carepackage--I still have to shoot/knife/grenade someone myself. This was apparently a complaint of "the rich get richer/poor gets poorer." I personally think if people are having troubles with a game they shouldn't cry about it on blogs and complain to creators because they cannot personally do well in a video game-that's your own fault. Multiplayer in conclusion, not what I expected. I'm getting used to it, but I'm going to miss the pace of MW2 and the way you unlock attachments for weapons instead of having to buy them.

CAMPAIGN
The compaign mode is great. The graphics are MUCH better and I really wish they would have focused on making their graphics better for online play instead of stupid things like putting your clan tag on your gun and things that most people could do without. One thing I loved about World at War was the super satisfying shotgun to the legs during campaign where they blow off, and there's plenty of that here. A great assortment of weapons and plenty to do, including the use of vehicles. I really have no complaints about the campaign, it's very fun and you'll absorb it right away.

ZOMBIES
Of course zombies are great! I think they focused harder on zombies than they did multiplayer also, atleast as far as graphics go. Automated turrets and all kinds of fun stuff to do! Plus, with the prestige or hardened edition, you get the 4 original maps-which is a great value considering what I spent on WAW mappacks in the past. It's fun playing the old maps with the additions of the new guns. I loved playing on Nacht der Untoten and going upstairs and cornering myself in and lining up headshots with the new guns. Of course everyone will like nazi zombies. I personally think Treyarch should be responsible for COD-Nazi Zombies and release a Nazi Zombie based game with a campaign and everything.

Well, that's my review. conclusion- Campaign is great, multiplayer lacks in my personal opinion, zombies are great=4/5. If you're a serious collector, go for the prestige and get your RC-XD like I did and let me know what you think of it. I really hope it was helpful to somoene, please vote and let me know whether is helped you out and leave any comments or questions and I'd be happy to promptly respond. Thanks everyone!

Had a blast with this! The remote control car is about as much fun as the game! A must buy!

i bought this game at gamestop.for about 6 bucks cheaper than new, anyway when it came to campaign it was a good story that kept you waiting to see who was interogatting you, i beat it in likie 5 hours.. and the thing i didn't like was there was no huge fight or anything, (spoiler alert) you kill dragovich but no big fight except yo drown him. the story was ok as far as it goes but the ending left me a little disapointed.
MULTIPLAYER: online play is ok, ofcourse you can't get others with killstreaks to go for your kill streak which im ok with, as far as that goes, alot of campers and snipers. the graphics are pretty good and most players are at a decent level. if you play local the AI is dumb. when i played local the enemy ai ran past me for like 20 feet and then tried to shoot me.

ZOMBIES: fun, graphics are great but when you play online some ppl aren't at there tv and wont ready up.
OVERALL: good, ais could be smarter and the ending to campaign needs to be better.

To start I will say that this Call of Duty game is very good. I am a huge fan of all past games and this one is no diffrent. If you have played them in the past you know what to expect. This new one however does have a few changes and they pretty nice. The SP of the game seems somewhat short, im on lvl 11/15 right now only after 2 nights of playing. The action however if far from short though, alot of "movie" moments in the game. The MP is also pretty good, a lot of diffrent maps etc.

So the prestiege Edition comes with some nice downloadable codes, one for the original World at War Zombie maps which are great to have if you are a fan of Zombie mode and also a code for a pretty neat military Avatar Outfit. There comes in a plastic case a 2 prong Black Ops pin that is'nt to bad for anyone who enjoys collecting diffrent game swag. And lastly the big ol' RC Car... firstly I want to mention that this beast takes 12AA batteries lol. So with that said i will tell you that I have NOT tryed it out. It is sitting on its shelf as display only. Maybe someday I will fire it up and see how it rolls but to be honest the only reason I got this edition was I found it for a good price and I really wanted the download maps for Zombie mode. The other stuff is nice to have but the cheapest Hardend Edition I could find was just as expensive as the Prestiege.

I guess what I am saying is if you have no intrest what-so-ever of anything to game collecting or zombie maps then I would strongly suggest just buying the game itself and save yourself the price of what could be a whole other game. If you are like me though and really enjoy collecting game swag and get just as excited for the goodies as you do the game then you have already made your dicision.

I got this for my hubby and he loves it! the only downside was the price. Two weeks after i purchased it, it went on sale at best buy for $70.

This has to be the best bundle ever made for a game. The RC-XD is amazing. It drives really well and the camera is good enough quality for what it does. The microphone is kind of pointless though, it mostly pics up the sound of the car, but when it is sitting still it works good enough. The medal is cool and the 5 zombies maps are a nice bonus. Now onto the game itself, its the best COD. Hands down, the best COD ever made. The campaign is fun even if the story does not make that much sense, zombies is fun as always, and the multiplayer is amazing. It is extremely well balanced and will consume many hours. Its really addicting! Killstreaks do not play as big of a role as they did in MW2 so now you wont get killed by an AC-130 every other second! Overall, this is amazing. If you like COD, you NEED to get this! You wont regret it!

Best Purchase EVER!!! I ended up getting TWO copies in this box. Luck? Yes.
To my surprise there was another copy under the RC car. Really enjoyed this purchase

was well worth the price.They were more exspensive on other web sites. my son was surprised and his friends were too!! It was the talk of his party. Works great and was new!!!

Pulled the trigger on buying Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition. Was not sure at first if I should buy it seeing it cost double or triple what the standard version cost but I really wanted the RC-XD. To put it simple I was very glad and bought the CoD:BO Prestige Edition. The RC-XD and remote are a very good quality (the remote trigger is a little thin) with LCD screen and mic on remote and LCD camera and mic on RC-XD. As always the game and comes in a metal case and is great but I really wanted the RC-XD. The medal that came with the game also is a very fine quality and comes in it's own box so it would not get all beat up. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase and very surprised of the overall quality seeing that it came with a video game.

The game is alot of fun to play. With all the added maps it takes it to the next level, well worth it.