Call of Duty: Black Ops (Campaign) Review

This is going to be a two part review in which I'll be doing the second part sometime soon. But, I'm going to be reviewing, Call of Duty: Black Ops' single player or campaign mode. So, commence the review!

The campaign begins in Cuba in 1961 where Alex Mason, Frank Woods and, Joseph Bowman are all participating in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Their main objective is simple: kill Fidel Castro. But, all they end up doing is killing an imposter and Mason getting captured and being put in Vorkuta, a Russian prison camp. Two years later, Mason and Viktor Reznov, a character brought back from 'World at War', are escaping the camp. Mason manages to escape, while Reznov stays back and is supposedly captured. Mason then meets Jason Hudson, a member of the CIA who brings him to the Pentagon to meet President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy orders the assassination of Dragovich, a Russian commander. Mason, Woods and, Bowman are sent out to kill him.  Five years later in 1968, Mason and Hudson are in Khe Sanh, now looking for two Russians named, Dragovich and Kravchenko and a German scientist named, Friedrich Steiner who created the infamous poison gas named, Nova 6. The two meet up with Woods and Bowman again who are fighting in Vietnam and they now must defend Khe Sanh. A few days later, they are in Hue City, fighting to control the city. There, Mason meets up with Reznov again and all of them are able to take the city together.

Reznov now becomes the commentator. Next, there is a flashback mission set in the fall of 1945 in the Artic Circle where you find out how Nova 6 began. Long story short, Dragovich, Kravchenko and, Steiner betray you and kill Dimitri Petrenko, another character from 'World at War'. There are a few more missions featuring Reznov but then it goes back to Vietnam. Mason, Woods and, Bowman have been captured by the enemy and while being interrogated, they kill Bowman. Mason and Woods escape and after a few missions, they are able to kill Kravchenko, but Woods is also killed in the process. On Rebirth Island, Mason and Reznov are also able to kill Steiner. In the final mission, it is revealed that in Vorkuta, Mason was brainwashed with numbers. This made him think that Reznov was still alive, but in reality, he died at Vorkuta. Mason and Hudson soon attack a ship and are able to kill Dragovich, eventually saving the world. 


The campaign in this game was pretty good, and it was better then MW2's campaign. All and all, the campaign was good but next, it will be time to review the multiplayer!


Gameplay: 8.5/10
Controls: 9.5/10
Graphics: 8.5/10
Overall: 9/10