Review: Cold War gets reheated in 'Call of Duty'

The latest edition has even drawn the wrath of the Cuban government, thanks to a mission based on an attempt to assassinate a young Fidel Castro.Call of Duty: Black Ops" (for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99) has plenty of other elements that are engineered to trigger protest. It's mostly set during the Vietnam War, still a touchy subject for any pop-culture treatment. There's some entirely gratuitous torture. And there's a weird post-game fantasia in which Castro joins President John F. Kennedy and future President Richard Nixon in fighting off a zombie invasion. All the free publicity - day-one sales totaled $360 million - tends to obscure the question of whether "Black Ops" is actually any good. The short answer: If you're a "Call of Duty" fan, you won't be disappointed. If you're not a fan, this installment won't change your mind.


genre games,news,entertainment
source http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111602491.html
by  LOU KESTEN