Black Ops PS3 Fixes "In Progress"
Call of Duty: Black OpsLet's face it- the numerous technical issues kept Call of Duty: Black Ops from attaining elite status in our eyes. That, along with poor ally AI and 100% opponent accuracy...from nine football fields away with an Uzi.
But the game really is great and if Treyarch's new patch for the PlayStation 3 version can clean things up, Black Ops will be even more worthwhile. The good news is that community boss Josh Olin has confirmed at the Call of Duty forums that multiple repairs are on the way. In fact, they've already applied a number of updates since the game's launch and listed as "in progress" are the following fixes to the multiplayer action:
- Improved matchmaking to find matches faster
- Improved match and host selection; will result in much better networking conditions for all games (a.k.a., decreased lag)
- Weekly and Monthly leaderboards stats reporting incorrectly for kills, deaths and assists (All Time leaderboard not affected by this)
- Additional improvements to party system
If you hadn't noticed, the game is doing extremely well, despite any glitches and hitches. Activision revealed this past week that Black Ops had surpassed last year's Modern Warfare 2 to become the single biggest entertainment launch in history at 5.6 million copies sold in the US and UK (translating to $360 million) on its first day of availability.
Related Game(s): Call of Duty: Black Ops
Tags: call of duty, black ops, black ops ps3, cod problems
11/13/2010 10:28:01 AM Ben Dutka
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 10:53:26 AM
Win.
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Norrin Radd
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 2:19:50 PM
I gave you a thumbs down. I'm 43. Nothing personal - i just can't stand stereotyping.
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to_far_apart
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 4:32:55 PM
maybe just put a tattoo, which read CoD. haha
Last edited by to_far_apart on 11/13/2010 4:33:30 PM
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Zorigo
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 6:50:09 AM
i was walking with some guys who were major COD fans and they were literally saying just that. and i was like... um not the best game ever and they just wouldn't listen.
Oh and to give you an idea of their dream game collection... its pretty much COD and FIFA...
:/
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Fabi
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 9:27:48 AM
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Snaaaake
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 11:30:51 AM
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I wonder if the DLC will arrive first.
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hobgoblin
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 1:29:58 PM
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Took mine to HMV yesterday for in-store credit.
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frylock25
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 1:40:38 PM
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hobgoblin
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 5:55:15 PM
"already? why did you spend the $60 then? did you even get store credit close to your $60?"
Believe me, I asked myself exactly the same question last year after I got MW2. I even said that I wouldn't bother with Black Ops this year, but got caught up in all the hype surrounding it.
I paid £29.99 for it, and got £35 store credit, so can't really complain about that.
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FatherSun
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 1:35:32 PM
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Who am I kidding. The words Call of Duty have an almost hypnotizing effect. COD=Cash on Demand.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 4:01:32 PM
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Deleted User
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 6:34:16 PM
BTW, I saw that "Soldier in all of us" commercial. Very tasteless and an insult to anybody who is in the Armed Forces anywhere in the world.
As I said, I'll never outright pay for an Activision game. I'll trade games for their titles but I will not give them any actual money. Call me a hypocrite for me having Black Ops but I didn't give Kotick a cent for it and that's all that matters in my book.
Microsoft and Activision are in bed with each other. Sony and EA, you can say, do the same thing. It doesn't bother me. It's business.
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frylock25
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 1:39:01 PM
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Dreno
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 2:36:38 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 4:03:21 PM
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Clamedeus
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 12:24:49 AM
Last edited by Clamedeus on 11/14/2010 12:30:31 AM
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xenris
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 9:13:05 AM
Basically they sucked and couldnt control worth shit. MAG has a little aim assist for the SMG but other than that its up to you and I love that about it.
On a side note, Ruta I am really enjoying CoD black ops and I'm not a CoD fanboy in the least MW2 was trash to say the least. The last one I bought was CoD4 and it was at the time a big change of the shooter multiplayer model.
Anyway people are mostly complaining about Black Ops because its more balanced and the Aim assist isnt nearly as strong as it was in MW2 but if you play this game after playing MAG you will suck because if you dont let the aim assist work for you you end up fighting it and dying.
Anyone who doesn't notice this either hasn't played MAG or a PC shooter and only knows console shooters since Halo 2 created the aim assist. If you have played MAG and PC shooters well.....your kinesthetic sense is probably broken.
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xenris
Monday, November 15, 2010 @ 10:13:38 PM
I would recomment renting black ops or if you can afford it buying it until KZ3, because im sure it will give you a couple months or enjoyment. Also the zombie mode is loads of fun and really challenging.
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sha4dowknight05
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 3:07:37 PM
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MadKatBebop
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 3:32:03 PM
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tlpn99
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 3:37:50 PM
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Put in MW2 smooth as a knife through butter, black ops it's stuttering kicking people out all the time.
I hope the fix comes soon as a lot of my friends are quickly losing patience with this game!
Last edited by tlpn99 on 11/13/2010 3:38:28 PM
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MadPowerBomber
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 4:08:34 AM
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Killa Tequilla
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 4:13:55 PM
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Highlander
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 5:29:10 PM
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to_far_apart
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 5:48:12 PM
..Money talks.
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Zemus101
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 7:02:41 PM
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Temjin001
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 9:12:43 PM
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FYI to those multi-platform gamers out there: To answer a question I asked a few days ago concerning whether, or not, the 360 version had the same technical hang-ups. I ended up renting the 360 version and was curious if it had the same sort of technical performance hiccups mentioned in Ben's review. And, thankfully, no such problems have arisen thus far. No awkward pauses in action, or game crashing glitches, everything runs as smooth as any prior CoD I've played. It's also worth noting I did opt to install the game to my 360 HDD before playing which also optimizes texture streaming. So much so, I've detected virtually no texture draw in.
And btw, that chopping movement animation I observed previously was, in fact, the game going through mild bouts of slowdown while heavy action populated the screen. While I couldn't really detect the frame drops from the controller, the characters were moving less fluid than normal which raised the cause for concern in the first place.
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Clamedeus
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 10:43:50 PM
But i like the single player and the customization on Multiplayer for the weapons and emblems you can make which is pretty neat i have a pretty awesome looking emblem right now.
Last edited by Clamedeus on 11/13/2010 10:45:59 PM
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Temjin001
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 12:45:16 AM
I've only done one online match, I'll get some more time with it tomorrow and monday.
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Clamedeus
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 1:55:17 PM
It only happens to a few so i don't think it'll be a problem though.
EDIT: this was in multiplayer i heard from someone that it happens to some, but I'm not sure about campaign though.
Last edited by Clamedeus on 11/14/2010 1:57:43 PM
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Dreno
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 10:40:16 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, November 15, 2010 @ 9:22:46 AM
You don't even know how to use auto-aim... LOL. It's there... trust me.
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Qubex
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 11:28:48 PM
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Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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just2skillf00l
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 12:48:44 AM
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However, as the world is, we all enjoy different things. Some merely have the time to jump into online matches or only play video games to connect with distant friends. Who knows? From the looks of it here most of us enjoy the single player campaign where we're engaged in a unique story boasting humanity's highlights and major flaws. I enjoy a deeply rooted single player campaign like Heavy Rain because it's emotional, creative, and an amazing narrative ingeniously utilizing choice as its charm.
Sometimes though people just want something immediate, something thoughtless. Online multiplayer is fun because we're constantly rewarded for our successes with a "boom! headshot" message or a killstreak when we've managed to mow down multiple enemies in succession without being mowed down ourselves. Multiplayer brings players together and actually is a driving force in the gaming industry. I understand why some people despise the COD franchise for their twitchy and thoughtless gameplay profiles riddled and run by racist teens and 2nd prestige-players-on-the-first-day-of-release-guys but I understand the charm that is Black Ops.
It offers a host of customization tools, fine map layouts, and literally nonstop fun (unless glitches or host disruption ensues). I figure I can hate it for being such a regular powerhouse this time of the year, every year. Certainly I wished more money would go to creative high-polished single player campaigns focusing on human interaction rather than games that simply involve military agendas. Yes, I truly would.
But sadly, as we all know, people love action. Explosions, gunpowder residue, the works. The more flashy the scenes and gameplay the higher
the payout. That's why I truly relish titles like Heavy Rain because it really says something in the industry. It says that amidst endless gunfire and incessant smoke clouding the horizon, a glimmer of hope lives on. Emotionality and creativity can be as engaging and enriching as c4 and claymores. Much more so indeed.
Last edited by just2skillf00l on 11/14/2010 12:51:43 AM
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___________
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 12:57:19 AM
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gone are the days where games were built properly, because they could not be patched afterwords.
now developers stitch together something that could be called many names, than release it and fix it after people of paid 100+ bucks for it!
no, how about you fix the game, than i pay 100 bucks for it?
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MadPowerBomber
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 4:15:52 AM
God of War and God of War II had clipping issues on the PS2; on Final Fantasy VIII, I got stuck behind a truck in some town and literally could not escape from behind it -- which is why I never finished the game -- so on and so forth.
Hell, I even have a picture on my phone from my last playthrough of God of War III where the ground completely disappeared from under Kratos and a video of the journalist girl from Heavy Rain walking up into the clouds.
Games have bugs. Always have, always will.
I think people are blowing the bugs and issues that Black Ops has out of proportion just because it's Call of Duty.
I've been playing it since Monday night when I got it, and maybe I'm just lucky, but I've not encountered any of the issues that I've read in reviews and complaints and such aside from my own internet connection problems.
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___________
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 6:13:29 AM
ive never played a ps1 or ps2 game where i could not continue in the game because of a glitch, thats happened to me a few times lately.
like MoH on the last mission where your suppose to bust the door down than it cuts to a cutscene, instead of that i walk through the door and everythings black.
everytime i loaded my save that happened, i had to delete it and start all over again so i could finish it.
nothing like that ever happened to me in the ps1, ps2 days.
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Underdog15
Monday, November 15, 2010 @ 9:28:55 AM
I remember in Kirby's dream world, I was flying under ground, but couldn't finish the level because there was no way to get back up. Had to restart.
I remember in the Ninja Turtles 2 arcade game for NES getting my foot caught in Beebop after a drop kick. It continually hurt him until he died. lol. Wherever he walked, I followed, foot in head like a tumor.
Final Fantasy VII, I got stuck inside another NPC. Luckilly he walked inside a house which changed my screen to the next location. lol At Icicle Inn, I got trapped behind the kid and his snowboard before you're allowed to take it. Had to restart that time.
Games have always had bugs, _____, and many of them have always been game ending.
I have negative feelings towards CoD because it seems to have rampant bugs and plenty of them. More than there should be. The occasional thing you expect to run into from time to time, but BO has a TON of problems.
I can handle 1 or 2 bugs in a game, but when I encounter more than my fair share, I chalk it up to an unpolished game.
Last edited by Underdog15 on 11/15/2010 9:30:18 AM
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DazeOfWar
Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 3:00:50 AM
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I just don't understand the bashing about it being the same old crap every year. Ya it doesn't change much but neither did say God of War. I loved playing all 3 of them but the button smashing gameplay did feel old on part 3. Nothing really changes on GT except for mainly new tracks, cars, and maybe a few new features. It's always just racing.
Yes Activision(Bobby Kotick) is a money hungry scab on society but it help the gaming business with these sales. I know a few people who started playing games because of COD4. Now they play many other games too.
Just so you know I do own MAG, BF:BC2, KZ2, and Resistance 2 and love all those just as much. Looking at the big picture though is that they are helping people have fun.
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DjEezzy
Monday, November 15, 2010 @ 2:23:29 PM
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 8:59:22 PM
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