Call of Duty: Black Ops' fabled 'Mannequin Easter Egg' revealed
by Griffin McElroy 
on Nov 15th 2010 10:37AM
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:42AM Ashkental said
Aww...
I was expecting a Nuke to drop into town... Would be awesomer...
I was expecting a Nuke to drop into town... Would be awesomer...
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:43AM ZigmaTheEliminator said
I like the fact that they added this Easter egg, but I have to admit that it's pretty lame. I'd prefer, say, zombies? Or a special cosmetic unlock for your character?
Eh, song is cool, I guess.
Eh, song is cool, I guess.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:50AM Jack Kevorkian said
@ZigmaTheEliminator I thought it was kind of neat that it's playing over that loudspeaker. Other than that meh.
Graphics really are a downgrade from the IW games I noticed as well.
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Graphics really are a downgrade from the IW games I noticed as well.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:45AM AL7AIR said
@Jack Kevorkian Don't measure the visuals on Nuketown, it's a very stylized map to reflect the atomic bomb test cities they build back in the day, so you get a very plastic look and feel, bright color schemes and even sparkles in and around the houses old commercials used to have. Other maps are looking just as great as the ones in MW2 if not better.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:57AM Pigeonreaper said
@AL7AIR
Nah man, I played MW2 yesterday and was startled by how much better it looked.
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Nah man, I played MW2 yesterday and was startled by how much better it looked.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 1:21PM Brian Griffin said
@Jack Kevorkian
Play more than Nuketwon. This game is an upgrade on MW2 in just about ever department. Thank goodness.
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Play more than Nuketwon. This game is an upgrade on MW2 in just about ever department. Thank goodness.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 3:47PM DrChristopher said
@ZigmaTheEliminator
The graphics are on par with MW2 I would say. Regardless, Black Ops is a far, far better multiplayer experience compared to MW2.
The non-stackable Killstreaks have really balanced out the matches, and the stat tracking... good lord so many stats.
BTW, had this awesome RC Kill last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvaO2qG53io
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The graphics are on par with MW2 I would say. Regardless, Black Ops is a far, far better multiplayer experience compared to MW2.
The non-stackable Killstreaks have really balanced out the matches, and the stat tracking... good lord so many stats.
BTW, had this awesome RC Kill last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvaO2qG53io
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 4:13PM SaunJay1 said
@Brian Griffin The graphics are definitely worse than MW2, by far to me. Guns look worse, characters look worse, texture mapping in some areas is terrible. As far as the more "stylized" look, with more colors, I call BS... Reach looks better, and Halo has always been more colorful.
Overall, I really disliked Black Ops; the only things I found fun were the wager matches. To me, if they spent more time creating new experiences, like that, instead of copying/implementing the standard CoD things, the game would have been better.
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Overall, I really disliked Black Ops; the only things I found fun were the wager matches. To me, if they spent more time creating new experiences, like that, instead of copying/implementing the standard CoD things, the game would have been better.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:45AM SuperWoody64 said
All that to hear a rolling stones song? Odd.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 12:18PM Dustin F said
@SuperWoody64
I bet it happens on accident at some point, and some of the players are very confused by it.
That would have been pretty funny. When you find easter eggs on accident, it's usually a lot more amusing.
My easter egg would have been one team being unable to move, and the other unable to fire, switching back and forth every 30 seconds.
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I bet it happens on accident at some point, and some of the players are very confused by it.
That would have been pretty funny. When you find easter eggs on accident, it's usually a lot more amusing.
My easter egg would have been one team being unable to move, and the other unable to fire, switching back and forth every 30 seconds.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:45AM theasp18 said
Exciting. I'll stick with Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:48AM Dao Jones said
Anyone else think it would have been more exciting if no one told them about this Easter Egg and when people accidentally found it out, they would relive a 'nam flashback via the song? :)
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:35AM ytilanigiroon said
@Dao Jones
Vietnam flashbacks aren't really anything to joke about, Mr. Jones.
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Vietnam flashbacks aren't really anything to joke about, Mr. Jones.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 12:08PM BrokenTriforce said
@ytilanigiroon
I've seen some things man... And some stuff.
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I've seen some things man... And some stuff.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:49AM TylerDurden102680 said
Wow......for some reason I was expecting something way cooler than that. Don't think I will be killing myself to do that anytime soon.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:51AM The Pork said
Garden dance party FTW! Hilarious!
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:51AM Emil K said
All that hard work and all you get is the Rolling Stones???
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 12:08PM LaughingTarget said
@Emil K
Could be worse, could have been a Ke$ha song.
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Could be worse, could have been a Ke$ha song.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 1:24PM Brian Griffin said
@Emil K
Could have been worse-- could have triggered a mode where you play Modern Warfare 2 within the game. Yikes ;)
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Could have been worse-- could have triggered a mode where you play Modern Warfare 2 within the game. Yikes ;)
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:54AM The1stMJC said
Thought it would be something cooler, but this is pretty neat I guess.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:55AM Barkley610 said
I'm not really a fan of COD anymore, was burnt out from it after the 2nd one. But that's a pretty cool Easter egg if I do say so myself!
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 10:56AM Drakkenfyre said
A song? Lame. And from what people have said on that video, it's used elsewhere in the game.
I expected them to attack. I wouldn't have even publicized an easter egg like that. Because everyone is going to find it lame, when you made it sound like something special. (Talking about the company, that is.)
I expected them to attack. I wouldn't have even publicized an easter egg like that. Because everyone is going to find it lame, when you made it sound like something special. (Talking about the company, that is.)
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 12:11PM BrokenTriforce said
@Drakkenfyre
I guess it's a shame if when you pay for the rights to use a song, nobody even knows its in the game.
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I guess it's a shame if when you pay for the rights to use a song, nobody even knows its in the game.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 1:14PM Drakkenfyre said
It's already in the game.
Not only is it a lame easter egg, but the song is already played in the game elsewhere, it's a recycled easter egg.
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Not only is it a lame easter egg, but the song is already played in the game elsewhere, it's a recycled easter egg.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:01AM WatTsu said
And why wasn't Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", exactly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5s6V8rQH4
I love Sympathy for the Devil (as do all clear-thinking people) but what a wasted opportunity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5s6V8rQH4
I love Sympathy for the Devil (as do all clear-thinking people) but what a wasted opportunity.
Posted: Nov 16th 2010 6:00AM phizzyphizzy said
@WatTsu You seem to be suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:11AM Jechtshot78 said
Who gives a shit? Why is this even a post..
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:14AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
@Jechtshot78 I was just wondering the same thing about your comment.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:30AM Riley Freeman said
@WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco
Oh the irony.
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Oh the irony.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 1:47PM LENSconcept said
@Jechtshot78
When is fewer posts a good thing? More posts = more readers = more ad space sold = Joystiq being alive for a long time. While I admit I was a bit disappointed in the video, obviously some people liked it, making it worthwhile.
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When is fewer posts a good thing? More posts = more readers = more ad space sold = Joystiq being alive for a long time. While I admit I was a bit disappointed in the video, obviously some people liked it, making it worthwhile.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:30PM TheDarkWayne said
@Riley Freeman nope, sorry, that's not irony. Lrn2engrish
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:12AM TsunamiRising said
3DR did this first, albeit an hour or so before nextgentactics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6buQQH240k&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6buQQH240k&feature=player_embedded
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:17AM superfrog1993 said
What an anti-climax.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:31AM def PD said
TRE, I AM DISAPPOINT.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:38AM Superevil said
Well that was extremely underwhelming
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:44AM knetworx said
Would be worth it if it were Rick-Rolling Stones.
"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..."
"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..."
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 2:46PM knetworx said
@trefactor I believe you mean Rick Astley. Anyway, Rick-Rolling Stones is where they get the Rolling Stones to do a remake of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" specifically for this Easter Egg, culminating in the most monumental Rick-Roll ever: Rick-Rolling Stones.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 3:26PM kentuckyfried said
@knetworx
It would've been funny had the mannequins started dancing to that song. ;) Now that's easter-egg worthy.
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It would've been funny had the mannequins started dancing to that song. ;) Now that's easter-egg worthy.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 11:44AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
I want that three minutes back.
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