Say what you want about Activision's evil empire or the money-making steamroller that Call of Duty has become, but no one can say Treyarch didn't pack the stuffing out of this game with hidden content.
Call of Duty: Black Ops' Nuketown multiplayer map holds many secrets
by Mike Schramm 
on Nov 13th 2010 1:30PM
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Say what you want about Activision's evil empire or the money-making steamroller that Call of Duty has become, but no one can say Treyarch didn't pack the stuffing out of this game with hidden content.
Reader Comments (87)
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:34PM Omnistatic said
i love those little hidey holes, there's a few on Hanoi that are awesome on domination.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:33PM flashpointzero said
@Omnistatic There is some in the buildings on Grid
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 6:35PM Lucky The Fox said
@Omnistatic
An article about nine secrets. You have The Count as your avatar and you're the first commenter. ...and you don't do the obvious joke?
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An article about nine secrets. You have The Count as your avatar and you're the first commenter. ...and you don't do the obvious joke?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:25AM Levi said
@Omnistatic
First post hijack to link to the first video of the mannequin secret:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzRcJfC8WU
SPOILER!
If you blow off all the heads super quickly, it plays that Rolling Stones song. I agree, mannequins turning into zombies would have been awesomer. But it's still pretty cool that they threw that in. I wonder if it will ever happen in a random game!
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First post hijack to link to the first video of the mannequin secret:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzRcJfC8WU
SPOILER!
If you blow off all the heads super quickly, it plays that Rolling Stones song. I agree, mannequins turning into zombies would have been awesomer. But it's still pretty cool that they threw that in. I wonder if it will ever happen in a random game!
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 5:07PM Omnistatic said
@Lucky The Fox
1! 1 disappointed fan! Ah ha ha!
...
On the real: I've been trying to change my avatar for months,but it won't let me, I will be forever be typecast as the numbers guy ...
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1! 1 disappointed fan! Ah ha ha!
...
On the real: I've been trying to change my avatar for months,but it won't let me, I will be forever be typecast as the numbers guy ...
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 5:08PM Omnistatic said
@Levi I'm sure it's possible.. I shoot them from time to time (not always on purpose).
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:35PM Hoaxs said
I've noted these holes on other maps too, Radiation has several.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:35PM EDZiLLUH said
in Nuketown, if you shoot all the manicans heads off in a certain period of time, you get a special surprise. & i'm talking bout ALL MANICANS
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:40PM CrimsonRyan said
@EDZiLLUH
Yeah, it was on that Gamespot video with David Wonderbread. He said that you'd most likely have to have an entire team dedicated to shooting off their heads in record time for something special to happen. He didn't say what though. I really hope the rumors that they all turn into zombies and attack everyone are true. That'd be so boss.
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Yeah, it was on that Gamespot video with David Wonderbread. He said that you'd most likely have to have an entire team dedicated to shooting off their heads in record time for something special to happen. He didn't say what though. I really hope the rumors that they all turn into zombies and attack everyone are true. That'd be so boss.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:40PM Unreal Armos said
@EDZiLLUH I heard if you push the truck 100 times you have to fight Mew.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:41AM ShadowXIII said
@Unreal Armos
I heard that you have to beat the game all the way through on the hardest difficulty without getting shot once, 3 times in a row, order to fight Sheng Long!
For reals.
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I heard that you have to beat the game all the way through on the hardest difficulty without getting shot once, 3 times in a row, order to fight Sheng Long!
For reals.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:37PM Tamushrek said
I am still waiting for an xbox live update so I can actually be placed in a match. I wait 10 minutes for it to find 50 games, get match quality, and then start my own game in which no one joins :( Yes my nat and all that is fine, this is the only game it happens to.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 6:06PM BananaBoat said
@Levi - I have absolutely no problems, with it taking about the same amount of time as MW2. Are you guys sure you don't have NAT problems?
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Posted: Nov 14th 2010 2:07AM DrChristopher said
@Tamushrek
Hardly takes any time to get into a match on PSN... Matches have been completely full too
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Hardly takes any time to get into a match on PSN... Matches have been completely full too
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 2:32PM Tamushrek said
@DrChristopher
I am 100% sure it is not my connection. All my ports are open, even place the xbox in the dmz seeing if that would help. My NAT is open so there shouldn't be any problems there. I am lucky enough to have friends who have the game so I can just jump in with them.
The only problem jumping in with the group is that the party systems tends to be in and out and we usually get disconnected after a few matches. Like i said this problem only occurs in this game and I am sure it will be worked out soon enough. I'll just wait a week and play some Need for Speed come Tuesday :D
P.S. Not trolling, i actually like the game haha
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I am 100% sure it is not my connection. All my ports are open, even place the xbox in the dmz seeing if that would help. My NAT is open so there shouldn't be any problems there. I am lucky enough to have friends who have the game so I can just jump in with them.
The only problem jumping in with the group is that the party systems tends to be in and out and we usually get disconnected after a few matches. Like i said this problem only occurs in this game and I am sure it will be worked out soon enough. I'll just wait a week and play some Need for Speed come Tuesday :D
P.S. Not trolling, i actually like the game haha
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:38PM Prinnywithascarf said
+1 to Treyarch
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 3:38PM Phoenix654 said
@Prinnywithascarf And if there is a fedora wearing archeologist hiding in one of the refrigerators... +2. Not that Crystal Skull was good, but why miss a perfect opportunity/excuse to make fun of it some more.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 9:04PM wcarnation said
@PR0F3TA When you compare Black Ops to MW, and MW2 to MW, I believe its easier to see Treyarch really did a stand up job here. MW2 was an empty repetition, Black Ops builds on the original concept.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 10:16PM Jack Kevorkian said
@wcarnation Trayarch is incapable of creation.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:42PM MetaArmor said
My RC-XD always explodes after I use the ramp that is in that secret passage. I think I'm doing it wrong.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:45PM azzurriburns said
@MetaArmor boost right before the ramp to clear the gap
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 6:21PM ryukinkeeper14 said
@azzurriburns
Fire at the tentacles to open the core!
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Fire at the tentacles to open the core!
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:46PM Billlop said
damn news. I preordered form amazon (yes you heard that right PREORDERED). It got lost in the mail and im still battling with Amazon to either get a refund or get sent a replacement. Honestly though, i just wanna play the damn game
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:40PM BookishOwl said
@Billlop
I love amazon, so im sure it will be resolved... but if not you can always call up your credit card and report and non-delivered purchase and go buy it elsewhere...
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I love amazon, so im sure it will be resolved... but if not you can always call up your credit card and report and non-delivered purchase and go buy it elsewhere...
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 5:01PM kentuckyfried said
@Billlop
i've learned my lesson this round. Even though amazon has first day shipping for some of the bigger titles now, they're not really that early.
Luckily I lined up the night before at best buy for a pickup (360 version on discount @ $20), but yeah...amazon copy didn't even arrive until 3 p.m. on my day off. Better late than lost, but still. Lame. Amazon should get a special arrangement to allow evening delivery on the day before official release.
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i've learned my lesson this round. Even though amazon has first day shipping for some of the bigger titles now, they're not really that early.
Luckily I lined up the night before at best buy for a pickup (360 version on discount @ $20), but yeah...amazon copy didn't even arrive until 3 p.m. on my day off. Better late than lost, but still. Lame. Amazon should get a special arrangement to allow evening delivery on the day before official release.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 1:50PM Jawmuncher said
This game needs some patches single player wise. Me and more and more people are getting our veteran achievements glitches. I hope they patch it and not just work only on mp
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:08PM ayu78 said
I like the secret in Nuke town where the game constantly spawns you right behind a hand full of the opposite team camping in the back yards. Oh wait... thats not an eater egg? Its bad spawn mapping??!! no way!
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 6:11PM BananaBoat said
@Levi - The spawning is broken on a few of the maps. I'm constantly being spawned in front of enemies, or behind them. It's kind of understandable in a small map like Nuketown, but since it happens every time, it shouldn't be an option for some game modes. Nuketown is absolutely horrible for pretty much every gametype I've tried to play on it.
It's that little bit of extra polish that Treyarch's games seem to lack. Some of the level designs aren't very good, in both single and multiplayer. I spent an hour doing the same mission over and over because there was absolutely no indication that I was supposed to kick a barrel (the "GO HERE!" indicator was no where near it). It's little things like these that make an otherwise solid game (I really liked the narrative) slightly lesser. Nothing that can't be patched out though.
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It's that little bit of extra polish that Treyarch's games seem to lack. Some of the level designs aren't very good, in both single and multiplayer. I spent an hour doing the same mission over and over because there was absolutely no indication that I was supposed to kick a barrel (the "GO HERE!" indicator was no where near it). It's little things like these that make an otherwise solid game (I really liked the narrative) slightly lesser. Nothing that can't be patched out though.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 6:32PM mmmfishtacos said
@BananaBoat I only have this problem with nuke town, and learned to stay out of the other teams back yard. Stay in the middle and inside the house's. I had a 35-10 game last night on nuke town. With spawning problems aside, it's my favorite map so far.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:13PM Shadowbender said
I absolutely love Nuketown. Reminds me of Indy 4.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:14PM Grahaminator said
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a crystal skull hidden there somewhere. Has anyone checked in the fridge?
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 2:48PM incubeezer said
I don't call it packing hidden content, I call it packing love.
Posted: Nov 13th 2010 3:05PM MSKilla aka Sony4Life said
@incubeezer
You don't call it packing love, you call it packing fudge!!
:P
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You don't call it packing love, you call it packing fudge!!
:P
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