The DLC will sell for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the customary Call of Duty map pack price point.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 'First Strike' map pack strikes Xbox Live first on Feb. 1
by JC Fletcher 
on Dec 19th 2010 10:50PM
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The DLC will sell for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the customary Call of Duty map pack price point.
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Reader Comments (137)
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:51PM IggyFandango said
I ain't even mad.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:54PM Chiklay5 said
$15 is pricey for a few maps that will probably be the same size and nuketown or worse.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:02PM IsItInYet said
@Chiklay5
I was actually hoping for smaller maps. I hate walking around for the first few minutes of a match because they're too big. Especially when it's 3-on-3.
And maybe it's just me but I noticed that Nuketown gets voted on a lot. I'm gonna infer that a lot of players like the chaos of a smaller map.
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I was actually hoping for smaller maps. I hate walking around for the first few minutes of a match because they're too big. Especially when it's 3-on-3.
And maybe it's just me but I noticed that Nuketown gets voted on a lot. I'm gonna infer that a lot of players like the chaos of a smaller map.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:06PM Shadowbender said
@Chiklay5
I actually love Nuketown's size, everything about the map. It looks great with the time period, it's small, which allows for quick, right-into-the-action gameplay, and when there's a massive amount of players, there's a massive amount of chaos.
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I actually love Nuketown's size, everything about the map. It looks great with the time period, it's small, which allows for quick, right-into-the-action gameplay, and when there's a massive amount of players, there's a massive amount of chaos.
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 12:45AM kentuckyfried said
@Chiklay5
We need to collectively start voting with our wallets to get these map packs back down to $7.00. I was hoping Treyarch wasn't going to follow mw2's pricing structure but I hoped for too much and ultimately it's Activision's greedy call.
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We need to collectively start voting with our wallets to get these map packs back down to $7.00. I was hoping Treyarch wasn't going to follow mw2's pricing structure but I hoped for too much and ultimately it's Activision's greedy call.
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 2:28AM aea0a095 said
@kentuckyfried
Treyarch won't be doing the maps for the map packs. I forgot the name of the company, but some smaller company will be in charge of developing them.
And yea $15 is outrageous, I already paid more than I'd ever pay for any other game on PC, I'm really hoping this is free for pc gamers, but that'll be highly unlikely, MW2 charged for em', and the pricing is entirely controlled by that large, greedy company called Activision.
And I can't stand nuketown, a good half of the servers are 24/7 HC nuketown servers on the pc, unskilled people like them because it's a camper's heaven, nade spam almost always gets a kill, and most people camp in their own spawns. It's incredibly boring.
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Treyarch won't be doing the maps for the map packs. I forgot the name of the company, but some smaller company will be in charge of developing them.
And yea $15 is outrageous, I already paid more than I'd ever pay for any other game on PC, I'm really hoping this is free for pc gamers, but that'll be highly unlikely, MW2 charged for em', and the pricing is entirely controlled by that large, greedy company called Activision.
And I can't stand nuketown, a good half of the servers are 24/7 HC nuketown servers on the pc, unskilled people like them because it's a camper's heaven, nade spam almost always gets a kill, and most people camp in their own spawns. It's incredibly boring.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:56PM leobebes said
This game is downright unplayable with lag sometimes. The lag was so bad for me I called in a spy plane and at least 30 seconds went by without ever showing up on my screen.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:28PM leobebes said
@Kage25
Nope, I thought so at first, but none of my bullets were making contact with the opposing team too. The game is really messed up. There are games where I have a k/d ratio of 5.00 or more for 5 straight games and then I go .50 for 5 more in a row. This happens with the same group of guys too. There are games where I am invincible and then there are games where no matter how many times I shoot the other team it takes a clip and a half to take them down. I know lag has always been part of the COD experience, but Black Ops takes the cake as the most noticeable. I've heard they have done some crazy things to host advantage and turned it into host disadvantage. The host lags on purpose now. I know they are trying to be more fair, but it has really affected the consistency of connection on Black Ops.
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Nope, I thought so at first, but none of my bullets were making contact with the opposing team too. The game is really messed up. There are games where I have a k/d ratio of 5.00 or more for 5 straight games and then I go .50 for 5 more in a row. This happens with the same group of guys too. There are games where I am invincible and then there are games where no matter how many times I shoot the other team it takes a clip and a half to take them down. I know lag has always been part of the COD experience, but Black Ops takes the cake as the most noticeable. I've heard they have done some crazy things to host advantage and turned it into host disadvantage. The host lags on purpose now. I know they are trying to be more fair, but it has really affected the consistency of connection on Black Ops.
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 1:10AM Brian Griffin said
@leobebes
Been playing since launch day with friends. None of us experience any lag. Oh well!
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Been playing since launch day with friends. None of us experience any lag. Oh well!
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 1:45AM Invigilator said
@Brian Griffin
More accurately, none of you notice the lag you experience.
This is the same as people insisting that a game is 60 FPS when it is in fact 30 and they don't know what 60 is. Every game has lag, it's a question of how much.
And yeah, Black Ops definitely has the worst netcode of any COD game since COD4. 4 bars of latency is beast mode, 3 bars is usually ridiculously bad.
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More accurately, none of you notice the lag you experience.
This is the same as people insisting that a game is 60 FPS when it is in fact 30 and they don't know what 60 is. Every game has lag, it's a question of how much.
And yeah, Black Ops definitely has the worst netcode of any COD game since COD4. 4 bars of latency is beast mode, 3 bars is usually ridiculously bad.
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 8:31AM xreadmore said
@leobebes
You can blame cheaters for the lag. If you notice an exceptionally laggy match, call up your player-list and keep an eye on the ping bars. You'll most likely notice that everyone will suddenly drop to a single tiny bar except one person who remains at full connection. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure it means they are using a lag-switch. Personally I think if your ping is too low you should be dropped from the game or put into a lobby with all the other low-connection people.
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You can blame cheaters for the lag. If you notice an exceptionally laggy match, call up your player-list and keep an eye on the ping bars. You'll most likely notice that everyone will suddenly drop to a single tiny bar except one person who remains at full connection. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure it means they are using a lag-switch. Personally I think if your ping is too low you should be dropped from the game or put into a lobby with all the other low-connection people.
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 7:41PM KingOfGods said
@Invigilator
"More accurately, none of you notice the lag you experience."
If I never noticed it...was there any lag at all?
If a tree falls in the woods.....Hmmm
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"More accurately, none of you notice the lag you experience."
If I never noticed it...was there any lag at all?
If a tree falls in the woods.....Hmmm
Posted: Jan 12th 2011 3:53PM Brian Griffin said
@Invigilator
No, most likely there isn't any lag for us to notice. You do realize it's quite possible that some of us just simply don't experience any? I know the difference between 60 and 30fps, and I know the difference between lag and no lag when I'm playing. Please don't group me in with the uninformed.
So again, no lag for our parties online.
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No, most likely there isn't any lag for us to notice. You do realize it's quite possible that some of us just simply don't experience any? I know the difference between 60 and 30fps, and I know the difference between lag and no lag when I'm playing. Please don't group me in with the uninformed.
So again, no lag for our parties online.
Posted: Jan 12th 2011 3:57PM Brian Griffin said
@leobebes
Disagree entirely. I think perhaps your game experience is not the norm and/or you have an ulterior motive for the criticism. As a whole, the Black Ops multiplayer experience has been much more enjoyable than the last fiasco, and I can honestly say lad has never been a noticeable issue among my fellow gamers. I guess YMMV.
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Disagree entirely. I think perhaps your game experience is not the norm and/or you have an ulterior motive for the criticism. As a whole, the Black Ops multiplayer experience has been much more enjoyable than the last fiasco, and I can honestly say lad has never been a noticeable issue among my fellow gamers. I guess YMMV.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:56PM darthinfamous said
5 maps for $15, seems reasonable
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 11:19AM Doctor Who said
@beckerist
True, but you can do more with a Reach map. You can forge them into as many different maps as you want. Thus, your actually paying for more content than is listed, and the price per map is almost non exsistant.
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True, but you can do more with a Reach map. You can forge them into as many different maps as you want. Thus, your actually paying for more content than is listed, and the price per map is almost non exsistant.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:57PM Ollyh said
5 Maps, $15 (£10), No rehashed maps from previous games? Thats more like it, even though I still think this is a little bit early for DLC its better that your "actually" getting your money's worth.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:21PM YimYimYimi said
@Ollyh Early? Maybe, but a big reason MW2's map packs took a long time was because they were fixing bugs. And doing a half job at that. I mean, first it was the Javelin glitch, then it was the care package glitch, then it was the infinite rust matches (which were actually fun). Then they made map packs with, what was it, 3 new maps and 1 old map? It took them a long time.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2010 11:56AM Clydeftones said
@YimYimYimi
lololol @ Infinity Ward fixing stuff. It took them a month to patch that Javelin glitch, 6 weeks for the care package over 2 months for the 1887s to get nerfed and they never addressed OMA/Noobtube/Danger Close being game breaking.
Treyarch has been hard at work with patches since launch. There were 2 Care Package glitches found in this game and neither was around long enough to make note of.
Treyarch has done an incredible job with Blops, people are just whiners.
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lololol @ Infinity Ward fixing stuff. It took them a month to patch that Javelin glitch, 6 weeks for the care package over 2 months for the 1887s to get nerfed and they never addressed OMA/Noobtube/Danger Close being game breaking.
Treyarch has been hard at work with patches since launch. There were 2 Care Package glitches found in this game and neither was around long enough to make note of.
Treyarch has done an incredible job with Blops, people are just whiners.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:57PM VEX said
Look on the plus side, at least there are no rehashed maps from previous Call of Dutys. These seem to be 5 all original maps. Slightly better, at this price point.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:09PM Mustang Fanboy said
@VEX
ah my good old resistance fall of man, there was nothing better than that game to play online back then with all my friends. On topic, I'm not buying the maps.
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ah my good old resistance fall of man, there was nothing better than that game to play online back then with all my friends. On topic, I'm not buying the maps.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:22PM VEX said
@Mustang Fanboy
Agreed. Those were the days. Weapon wheel, huge maps, reactor core game modes, differing abilities for Chimera/Humans, awesome atmosphere. Let's hope R3 brings back some of that charm from the first one.
OT: Contemplating getting the maps because I have been playing CODBLOPS on and off, as opposed to always on with MW and (for some crazy reason) MW2. Zombies ARE addictive though.
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Agreed. Those were the days. Weapon wheel, huge maps, reactor core game modes, differing abilities for Chimera/Humans, awesome atmosphere. Let's hope R3 brings back some of that charm from the first one.
OT: Contemplating getting the maps because I have been playing CODBLOPS on and off, as opposed to always on with MW and (for some crazy reason) MW2. Zombies ARE addictive though.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:58PM Burnflare said
This is much better. No remakes. And zombies. I will buy this.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:58PM Rannxz said
Was hoping it'd be 800 MSP instead of 1200. I love how Activision is now gonna charge 1200 since they did it successfully with MW2. I mean, I probably will get the map packs, but I might wait in case they release a bundle like they did with WaW or when they go on sale. As much as I like this game better that MW2, I can't really afford an extra five bucks on DLC when I have almost 3 dozen games that I want for next year. At least Dice offers an entirely new perspective of their game for 1200 points.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:59PM xKalamityx said
This is great pricing. They aren't charging for a retro map and 3 mediocre new ones from MW2, and they aren't creating a map a like Halo did from its Forge World.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 10:59PM Danthaman said
So much for the price point hopes :/
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:00PM Synnyr said
or $15 for BC2 Vietnam.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:00PM AMH said
I hope they don't pull that 'random game type only'
so those without the pack dont cry
so those without the pack dont cry
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:02PM Goku1910 said
I'll pass. Black Ops sucks on PS3/PC anyway. I'll just play MW2 while I'm not trophy hunting waiting for MW3.
Posted: Dec 19th 2010 11:02PM ihaveascreenname said
I came in all prepared to throw a hissy fit about charging too much for a few crappy maps...but then I saw "hockey rink", and although I'm really not sure how that layout is going to work gameplay-wise, the fact that I can kill people in a hockey rink makes me happy, and I will gladly buy this map pack for that reason alone.
"THAT'S MY PUCK, BABY! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY PUCK!"
"Kid can't skate worth a damn, but MY GOD - WHAT A SHOT!"
"THAT'S MY PUCK, BABY! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY PUCK!"
"Kid can't skate worth a damn, but MY GOD - WHAT A SHOT!"
