Overall 7.8 Graphics 8.5 Sound 8.5 Addictive 7.5 Story 7 Depth 8 Difficulty 7
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This game was a little disappointing tgags123
Hello Vizzed users and welcome to another tgags123 review! As I was adding games to my Game Collection, I noticed that the Video Game Room has PlayStation Vita games now. So I decided that I want to review them since none of them have reviews. This review is about a PS Vita game that wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be. The game is called Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified. It is the PS Vita version of the popular Black Ops game in the Call of Duty series. Now that we have an introduction out of the way.... let's start with the review!
Overall (8)
I was very excited to get Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified for my newly acquired PS Vita system. I immediately popped in the game and started playing. But then I realized something. It was nowhere near as good as the Black Ops game for the PlayStation 3. It didn't have the same feel, was lacking in a lot of areas, and just wasn't as fun. I am not saying it isn't a good game, but it is disappointing for people that have played the Call of Duty games on the PS3 or Xbox 360. This game may have it's cons, but it definitely has it's pros too.
Graphics (10)
It is hard to find a PS Vita game with bad graphics. The Vita has the best graphics of any video games system I have ever seen. The picture is very sharp and clear. The characters are extremely well-detailed and a wide variety of colors are used. The background, as well as the foreground, is extremely detailed. This game looks very realistic. The characters movements are not choppy or robotic looking. Everything about this game looks great and is very detailed.
Sound (9)
The sound is awesome in this game too. You can footsteps, whether they are your own or your enemy's, you get messages from "HQ' about what is going on in the game, and each gun has it's own unique and realistic firing sound. You can hear people grunt when they die. Just overall good, well placed sound. The music during loading screens and menus is pretty good too.
Addictiveness (7)
This game doesn't give you that strong feeling that you have to play again, but you will probably come back to it. I have played it around 10 to 12 times. I might come back and play it again in the future. It is pretty addictive, but there are a lot of other PS Vita games that are more addictive and I am more likely to play again than this one.
Story (N/A)
I decided not to put a rating for story. There isn't really a story like there is in the PS3 and Xbox Call of Duty games. There is no campaign mode, but there are single player missions that you can do that sort of follow a story, but not enough for me to give it a story rating. The fact that there is now campaign mode is another reason why I am not the biggest fan of this game.
Depth (7)
There is a decent amount of things to do in this game, but definitely not as much as the regular, non-Vita, version. There are three game modes: Single Player, Hostiles, and Multiplayer. Single player is a bunch of missions that you can complete. Hostiles is the same thing as Survival on Modern Warfare 3. There are a bunch of enemies and you have to try to kill them all and survive for as many waves as you can. Multiplayer is the same as the regular version. You play online with other players with the choice of six maps and five different game modes. Aside from there being less maps and multiplayer games, there are other things missing also. Anyone notice that there is not campaign? That's right. No campaign mode. There are missions, but no campaign. No actual story to follow or continue from the previous games. There is also no Zombies mode. Black Ops games are known for the Zombies mode, but apparently Treyarch decided to copy the Survival game mode from MW3, rename it, and put it into Black Ops Declassified. This is one of the things that disappointed me the most. I really wanted to play Zombies on my PS Vita, but you can't.
Difficulty (9)
You really cannot rate the difficulty on a game like this that has more than one game mode. I rated it a 9 because of a few factors. The first one is the controls. The controls are much more difficult than the PS3 and are a lot harder to master. They involve the top buttons, touching the screen, and touching the back of the Vita. The missions are pretty hard too and so is the Hostiles game mode.
So I guess it's time for a conclusion now. This game isn't bad, but will definitely disappoint Call of Duty players. It is a pretty fun game, but is not as good as the games for the PlayStation and Xbox. The graphics are outstanding, and the sound is pretty impressive as well. This game lacks some of the most fun Call of Duty game modes such as Zombies and Campaign and has less maps and multiplayer games than the console versions. The controls are pretty annoying and hard to learn and the game is pretty hard overall. In the end, it is still a pretty fun game that I recommend trying out. If you have a PS Vita, go ahead and see if they have it at the nearest Game Stop or Best Buy. However if you do not have the Vita, do not get it specifically for this game, because it isn't as great as it could be.
Thanks for reading my review, I hoped you like it. I hope I wasn't too boring and I helped you out a bit. Any comments or tips are greatly appreciated. This is also my first review using my review layout, so I would appreciate tips on that as well. Thanks again!
~tgags123
Graphics 10 Sound 9 Addictive 7 Depth 7 Difficulty 9
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 09-26-13
Review Replies: 3
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Portable CoD zanderlex
Ever since I started playing Black Ops III, I found a new respect for the Call of Duty series, and because of that, even though I don’t like this game nearly as much and would have probably never played it in the first place, I have been able to o grow to like it. It’s a great game if you want to waste away an hour every now and then.
GRAPHICS: 7/10
The graphics aren’t entirely wonderful, but they are pretty good. The graphics work and give plenty of detail to the enemies and the environment, however they make the game look like it’s a few years older than it really is. Yeah, it’s a handheld game, so in a few ways, the quality does get a bit compromised, but other games have been able to make diminished graphics work to their advantage, just not this game. There are a couple cut scenes and they both take real life footage and game footage and look pretty sweet.
SOUND: 8/10
The sounds of the game are pretty sweet actually, just like what most other CoD games manage to pull off. You have some nice music, a nice array of effects, and some sweet voice acting. CoD is known for having some top dog voice actors for their games, and this game was no exception, but again, like with the graphics, having the game play on a smaller device makes it seem like the quality drops a bit from what it could have been on a console. Still fairly good though.
ADDICTIVENESS: 8/10
If you like FPS games and have a Vita, then you might as well give this game a shot because it can be fun, you have various survival style matches as well as a pretty interesting campaign mode to go through. You won’t have as much fun in multiplayer modes as the console games, but they still entertain you, and there’s a large number of different missions so you should never be bored. You might even find yourself doing some missions over and over just to try out different tactics.
STORY: 7/10
The story of this game works out like any other CoD game, with the campaign revolving around various missions and objectives whether it’s escorting, escaping, assassinating, or everything in between. The game mainly takes place in the 70’s through 90’s I believe and leads you through 10 missions before you complete the main campaign.
DEPTH: 9/10
I would say that the depth is the greatest strength of the game because there’s so much to it. First let’s look at the sheer size of the campaign mode. Of course, it’s not as big as the campaigns of the console versions or other games, but still has a lot to offer. The campaign has two different modes, you have 10 Operations and 5 different Time Trial games which all put you in various scenarios. Then you have the Hostiles mode, which is just a survival game, pitting you against rounds of enemies to see how long you can last before you are finally killed. Lastly you also have the multiplayer mode which is its own world of fun with other players. Overall the game has a lot to offer you.
DIFFICULTY: 5
If you don’t know how to play FPS games, then you might start off with some trouble until you get used to the game and even if you are an FPS pro, you still might have some trouble. Sometimes the controls are a bit off and every now and then, because of the size of the screen, you might misjudge something, and because of that, you could end up moving past what you need or not getting there at all, or just having a few problems with the sensitivity in general. Overall, the game is quite easy, but you need to understand that there will be a few times where it can be frustrating.
OVERALL: 8/10
The game isn’t all that expensive, you could get it new for $20 at Gamestop, and for the amount of stuff that you get, I would say that it’s definitely worth the price. Sure there’s a few issues here and there and it can be frustrating every now and then, but like I mentioned before, if you want to play the game for an hour at a time for some quick fun when you are bored, the game will be a great form of entertainment, especially if you are a fan of the FPS genre. Overall, it’s a decent Vita game and is worth a solid 8 out of 10 as a grade.
Graphics 7 Sound 8 Addictive 8 Story 7 Depth 9 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 07-02-16
Review Replies: 4
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