First impressions:
The Call of Duty engine is still strong. We're seeing moderate quality console footage here, so if Treyarch continues to leverage the fatter balls of PC hardware, Black Ops should look noticeably better than Medal of Honor: Tier 1 on our platform.
Sound remains Treyarch's core competency. After the initial alpha-quality presentation, Treyarch patched the hell out of the sound system in World at War, improving it by orders of magnitude. They've revamped the whole thing this time around, and even with YouTube's crap audio, you can hear the difference.
The HUD is too goddamned busy. There's so much bling on the screen, it's like watching CNN in the early 90's. Which leads me to my next point:
It looks like Treyarch is intent on importing a lot of the balance issues from MW2. More killstreak shit. It seems that we're destined to continue down the road towards ever-more arcadey shooters, and old farts like me don't like it. Hopefully, Treyarch will include a more minimalist option. You know, where the game is about the game, and not gaming the f**king ranking system.
There is a "record" feature. This was already confirmed via Twitter (I think), but it's nice to see Treyarch throwing the competitive guys a bone. Especially since it looks like more than a bare-bones system.
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