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Call of Duty: Black Ops for PlayStation 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops for PlayStation 3 is a first-person shooter about covert operations during the Cold War. The story follows Alex Mason as he tries to reconstruct memories of earlier assignments during an interrogation. You therefore travel between different moments and theatres of war while questions about his past keep returning. Fighting in places including Cuba and Vietnam sits alongside escapes, infiltrations and actions using special equipment. The interrogation framing means what you see does not always receive an immediate, clear explanation.
During assignments, you aim down sights, switch weapons and look for safe moments to leave cover and move on. Sometimes you follow a team, sometimes you capture a position or use a vehicle under pressure. The game determines the main campaign's order; you do not build your own open world of freely chosen missions. Variety comes from the terrain, your equipment and the way an operation changes direction. Checkpoints let you tackle a difficult fight again.
Alongside the story, Black Ops includes Zombies, in which you try to survive waves of attackers and allocate your resources carefully. The PS3 game supports local cooperative play here on a split screen using two controllers. The main campaign is single-player. The standard edition, Platinum and a Steelbook do not turn that story into a new game. Later map packs and bonuses are not automatically included with a used disc; online features are not described as guaranteed to be available.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Call of Duty: Black Ops for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Call of Duty: Black Ops
Treyarch developed Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Activision released it for PlayStation 3 in 2010. After World at War, the team chose covert military operations during the Cold War. This allowed room for espionage, political tension and a story in which memories are questioned. The interrogation scenes around Alex Mason gave the sequence of missions a recurring framework, allowing a battle to become a clue to what had happened before.
Within Call of Duty, Black Ops built on the established aiming, checkpoints and alternation between quiet preparation and intense action. Treyarch gave that foundation a different atmosphere from the Modern Warfare games of the time. Historical references were mixed with a fictional conspiracy. At the same time, Zombies, which had begun in World at War, became a recognisable part of the package. The story campaign and survival battles each had their own rules, so they did not have to provide an identical experience.
The original release also included competitive components and training options, which played a large role in how the game was used at the time. That history is not a promise about online services today. Black Ops later received several sequels, with Black Ops II extending the timeline and giving players more influence over the campaign's development. This first PS3 game keeps Mason's story in a fixed order. It therefore shows how Treyarch moved the series from the Second World War towards an ongoing espionage thriller.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare also uses special units and changing military assignments on PlayStation 3. The difference lies in the story: Modern Warfare follows a contemporary international conflict, while Black Ops connects memories of covert Cold War operations through an interrogation. Black Ops also has separate Zombies battles. In both games, the main campaign remains a fixed, single-player experience.
Killzone 2 has you land on the planet Helghan as Sev on PlayStation 3. You also fight in first person through a fixed sequence of story missions, but the alien war has a different atmosphere. Weapons and movement feel heavier, and the cover system helps you shoot from behind obstacles. This Call of Duty puts more emphasis on rapidly changing military action than on that weighty combat rhythm.
Resistance: Fall of Man on PlayStation 3 combines a war in an alternative 1951 with an invasion by the Chimera. Following a unit and switching weapons feel familiar. The main difference lies in the arsenal: alien weapons have unusual additional functions. The story campaign in this Call of Duty takes more recognisable military weapons and human opponents as its starting point.
Medal of Honor from 2010 follows soldiers on operations in Afghanistan on PlayStation 3. Its first-person combat, radio instructions and cooperation with computer-controlled teammates connect with Call of Duty. The campaign keeps its focus on one contemporary theatre of war. This Call of Duty switches more noticeably between different fronts, locations or perspectives, giving the sequence of missions a different rhythm.
Battlefield: Bad Company sends a group of undisciplined soldiers after gold on PlayStation 3. Both games combine shooting with scenes in which you follow a military squad. Bad Company gives more room to vehicles, wider combat areas and destroying buildings. This Call of Duty more often guides you along a predetermined route through tightly timed events and changing objectives.
