See you have me confused with other gamers. I haven't owned any copy of CoD so Black Ops was my first game from the whole line. I watched like MW played with my friends. I just didn't get to into it. But when Black Ops came out I figured what the hell. Just so we are clear i'm not a big MP online fan so I'm actually getting the game for the Campaign mode. I found this one to be pretty easy. I did enjoy the graphics and what not but the simple fact its so damn easy . This fact makes it a buzz kill for a game at $60 before tax. I think its a better value of money at the $30 range. I play other war type first person shooters as well. I have Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising that I still haven't completely beat on my first run of the Campaign game but was able to do Black Ops pretty fast.
That is pretty much my reasoning it isn't worth $60. If you can beat it in 12 hours or whatever time it took me, then the price tag shouldn't be so hefty. So we are also clear...we have a limited service for internet. We can only use 25 gig per month for the normal allotment. We went with the $10.95 more and you get an additional 30 gig for a total of 55 gig per month and since we have 3 users on the internet, playing online is a real kill buzz kill for sure. We can get this wireless one but it costs $100 for the apartment to place the box up on the building and then $300 installation fee for the place of service. Then the first 2 months for the plan upfront. Its like $500 or so to just get unlimited service. Thus I can't judge Black Ops by the MP online and only by the Campaign mode.