On November 9th of this year, developers Treyarch released the next installment to Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare franchise with Call of Duty: Black Ops.

The game takes setting during the Cold War with the American, Russian, Cuban, and Vietnamese forces colliding.

With a title like “Black Ops”, Treyarch’s new installment can be taken literally with its introduction to a darker side of modern warfare throughout the Cold War.

While the the Modern Warfare installments have all brought first-person shooters to another level, Black Ops puts another twist on the gameplay in the Campaign mode.

Starting as Alex Mason, a soldier held in captivity for interrogation, the Campaign mode sends you on various missions from being taken prisoner and escaping to the front lines going head-on with the Vietcong and everything in-between,as a variety of characters to ensure the prevention of the next World War.

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New to the Modern Warfare franchise is Zombie mode. In Zombie mode, you are held back against the wall against wave after wave of zombies for your survival. Zombies come in rounds (round 1, round 2, etc.), ammunition, new guns, health, and opening doors come in points. Points are earned by killing zombies and repairing your barricades. In order to survive you must earn your points, buy necessary weapons, and keep earning points to save for health and ammo.

Call of Duty: Black Ops takes you on a first-person adventure with more guns, more explosions, and more first-person action sequences that will leave you on the edge of your gaming chair with a (multireview), and the new Zombie survival mode to add depth to gameplay.

Call of Duty: Black Ops gets a 4/4 stars.