Bushape
"Give Black Ops a chance, it has only been out 9 days. You can't expect to just jump right in and have no problems. Sure there will be things that you are used to that Black Ops don't have, but that happens with anything that you buy. "
While this is true, they could have done a private or public beta test (as was done with MW). Instead, just as with MW2, they decide that they need to rush to market to get the Holiday Cash Cow rolling. Where is it written that they HAVE TO PUSH a new COD title EVERY YEAR.
The beta testing process obviously helps to detect and fix a lot of bugs before release. Somewhere along the way, the devs got into the mindset that the beta is somehow giving the public too much of a preview. Its as if they are scared the public won't buy the game if they don't like the beta. So, instead of beta and stress testing, they rush to release and deliver a subpar product. Hoping that all will buy only from title recognition and flashy 30 sec trailors. Mission accomplished in both MW2 and apparently BO.
I have not purchased BO (and not sure if I will). I am not a Treyarch fan. The disaster the was COD3 and WAW in my opinion are weak attempts at best. IW was miles ahead in design, production, and story telling.
My days of salivating at the thought of a new COD game are pretty much over.