More Reviews
REVIEWS Resident Evil: Revelations Review
While 3DS gamers have been enjoying the franchise's best game in years for some time now, does the experience translate for Resident Evil fans on console?

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Review
Gamers have gone bananas for Nintendo's 3DS, but can this port of Retro Studios' 2010 Wii game make the jump to your portable?
More Previews
PREVIEWS The Last of Us Preview
With Naughty Dog releasing a new IP in just a few short weeks, we got hands-on one more time. But don't worry: This is a spoiler-free preview.
Release Dates
NEW RELEASES GRiD 2
Release date: 05/28/13

Fuse
Release date: 05/28/13

Remember Me
Release date: 06/04/13

The Last of Us
Release date: 06/14/13


LATEST FEATURES Being A Console Is Actually Xbox One's Worst Asset
Microsoft's newest console has lots of different features, but video games might hold the device back from the software giant's true intentions.

Everything I Learned About Call of Duty: Ghosts Last Week
I wasn't allowed to talk about the new Infinity Ward game last week when I met with Activision, and I don't have much to say now that Xbox One spilled the beans.
 
Coming Soon

LEADERBOARD
Read More Member Blogs
FEATURED VOXPOP Bras
On the future of some gamers
By Bras
Posted on 05/22/13
Before Microsoft and Sony do something regarding their future in the video game business, I wanted to write, and I've wanted it for a long time now, but other things kept getting in my way, and fearing that tomorrow might be too late, today will have to do.   Months ago,...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified Review

Heath_Hindman By:
Heath_Hindman
11/30/12
PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
EMAIL TO A FRIEND
GENRE First-Person Shooter 
PLAYERS
PUBLISHER Activision 
DEVELOPER nStigate Games 
RELEASE DATE Out Now
M Contains Blood, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Violence

What do these ratings mean?

Mission Incomplete.


Gttin excit fo a nw Call of Duty game on PS Vita was undrstandble; popula shoote ha ten of milions of fan worldwid. The problem wih Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified, howver, is tat it constntly fels incomplet. Frm its painflly shrt campn to its mesy mutliplaer, it's obvius tht thi gam wa rshed to markt wit key cmponents missig.

Okay, I can't continue writing like this. So maybe it's best if I let these images do the talking for me:


















Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified doesn't just lack a storyit lacks an attempt at a story. It doesn't just lack good multiplayer stages; it lacks stages. It doesn't just have a few occasional bugs; it has entirely too many gltiches, disconnections, and crashesthough I must admit, seeing a chopper spawn inside a house is good for a few laughs.

This kind of crap is a slap in the face to Activision's entire audience and should not be tolerated. The publisher of this game wants you to pay full price for a game that seemingly required only a small fraction of the work that most games do, and that is far from being a finished product. Don't reward the practice of sending unfinished games to market for full price. Buy something else.

Copy provided by publisher.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified
halfemptyemptyemptyempty
  • Multiplayer provides some quick, simple fun...
  • ... which fades quickly because of the small selection of stages
  • ...some of which are tiny, tiny, tiny.
  • You can't pick teams online.
  • Team Deathmatches max at 4-on-4. The PSP has done better...
  • Frequent disconnections and even the occasional crash.
  • Short campaign with non-existent story.
  • Don't interrupt my mission to tell me I'm not online. That's why I'm playing campaign mode, genius.
Reviews by other members
No member reviews for the game.


More from the Game Revolution Network




Comments
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
    This was a sad situation. This game needed at least another year of development work. I'm sure Nihilistic pleaded with Activision to give them more time but obviously, they were denied. Nihilistic is so ashamed of this product that they actually changed their name and left the console game making business.
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
    So much for Call of Duty saving the Vita. Loved the review Heath.
  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
    Good use of words, didn't expect any less from the hindman
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte

    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
    Holy @ this review. GotY candidate!
  • Axelownz
    Axelownz

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
    My friend was gonna get a Vita, and was looking at bundles. He was gonna get the declassified bundle since he liked COD, then i showed him all the reviews. Changed his mind on that bundle real quick.
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow

    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
    I wish I had a friend like you for when I went to see Transformers 2.
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
    I'm glad we didn't write 12 paragraphs about how bad the game is. That's entirely too many words for such a game.

    Pass.
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
    haha best review i've ever seen
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow

    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 7:46 pm
    Please see Survivor: The Interactive Review.
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
    haha oh yeah, i've seen that one before! that review had more interactivity than cod
  • xclant
    xclant

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2012 at 10:27 pm
    I remember that lol the first review to be more fun then the actual game....
  • slothrock
    slothrock

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
    Loved the slide show. Told me all I needed to know.
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
    Not to mention it's $10 more than other Vita games. So much for this being the Vita's killer FPS app. I'm still waiting for one...
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2012 at 5:02 pm
    Did you guys see the commercial for this?

    Absolutely hilarious. It was terrible.
  • hanzhands
    hanzhands

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Dec 2nd, 2012 at 4:17 am
    Poor Vita... when its big games are this consistently bad I just feel bad for the little guy.
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Dec 2nd, 2012 at 7:30 pm
    Fantastic use of Hot Rod. Such a funny movie. And I assumed Declassified had to be as lame as its TV spot, which is to say, really ****ing lame.
  • AcidTk03
    AcidTk03

    Joined: Mar 2011
    Posted: Dec 3rd, 2012 at 12:30 pm
    and this is yet another reaon why nintendo handhelds (3ds) will always be better. this game proves it

Post a Comment
LOGIN or REGISTER to post a comment or rate this article.

 


More information about Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified
Also known as: Call of Duty Vita


More On GameRevolution