Black Ops adds a new layer on top of this system with Contracts, which are a special set of tightly focused, time-limited challenges. Longtime Call of Duty players are familiar with the game’s built-in challenge system, which rewards players with bonus XP for grinding out specific types of kills, or doing something particularly difficult and badass. To compensate for the extra prestiges, the max level has been dropped from 70 to 50 reaching 15 prestiges in Black Ops should take roughly the same amount of time as 10 prestiges in Modern Warfare 2. The first five will unlock extra class slots, and the remaining prestiges will continue to unlock special bonuses (for example, Gold camo becomes available for purchase at Prestige 14). There will be 15 levels of prestige this time around. You can now replay your recently played matches, build clips and gameplay videos, and upload them to a central file share for all of your friends to see. It’s a feature that fans have been clamoring for, and Treyarch has delivered. Your progress in combat training does not carry into regular multiplayer, but you can consider this a good place to learn maps, practice with new weapons, or play with friends who are afraid of hopping online and getting their asses kicked. This is really just a fancy term for “bots.” You can now play through the entire multiplayer progression, either solo or with friends, against bots. The player with the most points at the end of the time limit is the winner. Kills with the crossbow and ballistic knife will add to your score, while killing someone with a tomahawk will drop their score to zero. Perhaps the most bizarre of the modes, each player is given a crossbow, ballistic knife, and a tomahawk. This will challenge players to be consistently competent with each gun in the game. The first player to get one kill with each of the 20 weapons in the rotation is the winner.Įach player spawns with the same, random gun, and every 45 seconds that gun is randomly changed. You’ll go through pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, submachine guns, light machines, and sniper rifles, before finishing with a crossbow and ballistic knife. Each time you earn a kill, you’re given a new, slightly more powerful gun. Learn to trust your instincts, take a deep breath, and make every shot count.Įach player spawns with a pistol. Every time you kill an enemy, you’re given another bullet. The bottom three will lose everything.Įach player spawns with a pistol and a single bullet.
The top three players finish “in the money” and will earn back their ante, plus a hefty bonus. These are specialized, 6-player free-for-all matches which require you to ante up some of your precious CP in order to participate. In short, your level gives you access to new items, but you have to spend money to add items to your arsenal.Īlongside CP comes a brand new playlist known as the Wager Match. As you rank up, you earn more CP per match and are given the right to purchase more items. This currency is used to unlock everything from weapons and attachments to killstreak rewards and perks.
In addition to earning XP and ranking up from multiplayer matches, you also earn a currency called “COD Points,” or CP. The unlock system for Black Ops has been re-designed from it’s predecessors. This includes a number of fundamental changes to both the basic gameplay as well as the persistence system. This iteration aims to tone down the air support that overshadowed Modern Warfare 2 and restore emphasis to gunplay and situational combat in many ways, it aims to be a successor to Call of Duty 4 and World at War as opposed to following in the footsteps of its much-maligned predecessor.
The fast-paced, customizable, class-based multiplayer combat that the series is known for returns again. Here is a handy little break down on the main features for Black ops including new game types, maps and perks.