May 19, 2010 | Author: Neejoh

This is the video so many of us have been waiting for. It shows great graphics, many explosions and some great cinematic parts. Check it out!

So without further ado, here is the official Black Ops reveal trailer! We'll be updating this article, so please check back regularly.

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Trailer Analysis

Check out this video analysis by our friends over at CoD Black Ops News » Hey Ed!

 

Full analysis

Benkeeps has supplied us » with an awesome frame-by-frame analysis of the video on the DW24/7 forums ». So if you're not already, sit down and we're sure you'll learn something you initially missed!

Facts

0:05- Your in some tropical setting and there's an F4 Phantom that flies over head, dropping napalm bombs as is passes.

0:07- The explosion FX don't look too great, maybe even single layer graphics.

0:10- Another close-up of one of the game's characters. He looks like Bruce Willis (as per cmetal) and seems to be flying in a helicopter.

0:12- The same soldier with the tattoos is in front of you sitting on something. He's holding an MP5 Prototype (as per duke). Behind him there are two launch pads, with the one further back already launching its payload. The scape is very barren. There's what looks like a Hind flying past.

0:14- There are pictures of a nuclear, the moon, and a photo of the gun Lee Harvey Oswald used to shoot US President John F. Kennedy (the photo is in fact taken from the police report). As the images pass by the screen, there's a table with documents in the background, and there are aspects of each photo slide that are being blacked out. The slide with the moon has the title 'The Space Race'. If the Cold-War wasn't he definite era before, it is now.

0:16- The photo of the nuclear explosion pops up one more time, and behind it there's a man with a mustache. After that there's another document, this time fully opaque, and the date on it is July 21st, 1961. This is the date that the Liberty Bell 7 took the second American ever into sub-orbit space. The mission was a success aside from a malfunction with the hatch that almost killed the pilot as he was being retrieved.

0:18- The man with the mustache is seen walking again, until the screen is overtaken with a mass of photos. The clearest is in the bottom right and looks like a fish-eye, negative view of a space-craft cockpit. It's notated with 'C/26-7'. A final document comes to full opacity and the top has 'CIA' written on it. The CIA's involvement (not playability, though) is confirmed.

0:19- There's 3 men exiting a Huey equipped with rocket and gun pods. The last one to get out (who the camera closes on) is carrying some denomination of the Colt M16 series of rifles and carbines.

0:20- Your buddy with the tattoos is on screen again, and he's with someone else, both are carrying "M4s". Your witnessing some sort of hut explode.

0:21- Your seeing a white-uniformed soldier being tossed by an explosion. There is this exact scene in the teaser as well.

0:22- The tattoo guy is climbing through a window and is giving us a really clear view on the "M4". It has a box, 20 round magazine, retractable butt-stock and removed carrying handle that's been replaced with a scope. The 30-round M16-style magazine didn't come about until 1969, so the definitive truth is that this gun is a M4 prototype, most likely the early Car-15 Commando, the XM117. Also, an attachment is confirmed, a 4x20mm scope.

0:24- The rain is very heavy and does a serious job of obscuring the view. I don't think I've ever seen rain so torrential in a CoD before.

0:25- The same scene from the teaser where the tattoo guy is dragging his thumb across his throat.

0:26- This is the guy we saw earlier at 0:20, he was with your tattooed friend. His camo is tiger striped. The CAR-15 he's holding in his hands clearly has a Piccatinny rail with a detachable rear sight post, and the magazine looks to be 30 rounds this time. He blows something up behind a desk as he fires, leading to another scene from the teaser. Some really wonderful rag-doll effects can be seen from the guy flying off the explosion.

0:27- Yet another scene from the teaser, this time of the Cobra cockpit.

0:29- We see the snow environment again, two 'Russians' with AKs. You can see the breathe of the one on the left, and his movement and facial expressions look extremely real.

0:32- You and your tattoos buddy (though this time his tattoos are covered by winter wear) are prepping to break into the windows below. He is obviously a crucial member of your team, but it seems to be a more partnered relationship than even a Soap and Roach pair. Both of you are rocking silenced AUGs and have the 1.5x scope on them too. You can see how you one-hand the weapon as you rappel in. You can also see the winter camo up close (it definitely looks different from MW2, but again this is SP). It's easy to see that you're in control of firing to break the window so you can enter.

0:36- As you kick a guys chest his AK flies away.

0:37- A bunch of 'Russians' in a snowy forest, all seem to be outfitted with either Spas-12s or AKs. One of them, though, is carrying both, and enemies don't typically swap weapons.

0:38- A close up of the AK appears, it looks much more lethal than in previous games.

0:39- One of you, you or your tattooed friend, throws a 'Russian' off of the balcony while the other is still roping down. This was also a scene from the teaser (many of you will notice the 'turtle shell' on his back). Also, the noose can clearly be seen in this sequence.

0:41- The same tropical city seen so many times before, and a Huey is making a gun run, passing its search light as it goes.

0:43- The next sequence has your tattooed buddy roping out of the Huey, same scene as the teaser.

0:45- As you look up while roping down, the Huey your tied to gets shot, and as it spirals out of control, good graces are upon you as you are able to crash through a window to safety, Tarzan style.

0:51- A quick flash of turtle shell again, but a quick transition to an underground tunnel. This is particularly interesting, because during the Vietnam war one of the special tasks some soldiers undertook was to clear out the Vietcong caves that they found. They were armed with a 1911 pistol (which often tore out their ear drums) and their wits. This guy seems to be holding a 1911 in his right hand, and on his back there's a machete. If you ask me, he's down here to clear some f@!#in tunnels. You can also see the tiger stripe camo on him quite nicely.

0:56- Couple of Hueys bailing away from a explosion in the water. This setting was also seen in the teaser.

0:56- Your tattooed buddy gets a serious dose of explosion that seemingly came from no where. He's holding a CAR-15

0:57- You blow away some enemy with a Spas-12, and your shell breathes fire. This seems to be the spoken-of incendiary rounds you'll be able to use. It's nice to note that your enemy catches on fire. The setting seems to be the building you crashed into at 0:45

0:59- A ferocious battle scene in the same tropical city, there's soldier taking cover behind an APC. An RPG shoots by, blowing up a wall behind one of the soldiers.

1:00- Some American soldier under fire, gripping what looks like a radio. His face is tiger striped as well. Later is seen what looks like the same soldier dragging his buddy into an ally, the same scene from the teaser.

1:01- And now the crossbow makes its appearance. It's compound, it's scoped out, has arctic camo, and (seen later) has explosive tips. It does seem, though, that you have to load one at a time, and the arrow isn't lethal on its own, plus it takes awhile to explode.

1:05- And here is the M202... 4 times the fun. It's an RPG alright, but it comes as a clip of four rockets, and the reticle can be seen here as well. It takes out a hut, shredding it to pieces (must be loaded with HE).

1:06- The man on the boat, holding the AK, his hat seems to tell me he's Chinese...

1:08- Your tattooed buddy and you are being fired on through the windshield of your down helicopter. Your pilot gets killed and you are dragged under water.

1:12- The SR-71 again, way above the earth.

1:13- A 'Russian' firing a SPAS-12. He doesn't seem to have incendiary ammo. He looks like he is in the lab seen in the teaser.

1:15- A bunch of guys with AKs getting shot through the window. This scene was viewed from a different angle in the teaser.

1:16- The Huey that's apparently making the gun run is seen now, barrels full turn.

1:17- The same, one-dimensional explosion SFX are on screen again. I can't get over that

1:18- Your buddy is shown again, fighting amongst the flames.

1:19- A NVA gets blown up from behind. He's holding an RPK. A LOT of his flesh flies off, certainly the gore seen in WaW. A transition to you and your tattooed guy, he throws you a Spas. It looks like it's just after your crashed into the building after your Huey got shot down.

1:20- Your back in the Cobra and you shoot down what looks like a Hind. It's definitely lost to the forest.

1:22- The 'massacre' scene from the teaser, probably from the cockpit of the same Cobra. It's still unclear if its just combatants, civis, or both down there. There is an AMAZING amount of explosions regardless, tearing apart everything below.

1:23- A mad dash across the top of a cliff, and then you and your team base jump off. Those turtle shells are probably parachutes. Makes sense...

1:29- The Black-Ops title with the dubious soldier behind it, whose wielding two 1911s and two CAR-15s.

Speculation an reactions

0:05- Napalm was heavily used in Vietnam, so its very possible that's where your looking at.

0:12- If this game will in-fact be heavy on the prototypes, I may have to adjust my judgment on gun recognition.

0:16- This guy looks veryyy serious, and seemingly high ranking. That's just a gut feeling, of course.

0:19- Many seem to think that this is the XM117 or CAR-15, whatever you like to call it. I must say this makes sense, the weapon now seen in conjunction with a Vietnam-era Huey. But then I ask, why is the carrying handle missing? The CAR-15 certainly couldn't do that. Whatever it is, the specifics are at fault with Treyarch I'm sure. But what we can gather is that its an M16 style carbine capable of fully automatic fire.

0:26- Maybe he's holding an M4 now? I can't speak as to multiplayer, but who knows, perhaps we'll be seeing both prototype and production versions.

0:27- I'm pretty sure you're piloting and not gunning, but I could be mistaken. And for however cheesy the explosion SFX is, the entirety of the bridge heaving upwards looks awesome.

0:29- I may have already been numbed to the glory of MW2s graphics, but this game looks amazing.

0:36- This dynamic of flying guns seems to be occurring a lot. Perhaps its an added animation for when someone gets killed.

0:38- Is that a noose on his hip?! Hardly seems like a particularly useful piece of equipment, but hey, do I hear some options in MP? Tact. Insertion, Blast Shield, Noose...

0:43- I swear, looking as this trailer is very similar as analyzing the teaser. Maybe the random vid clips was a bad idea, because people like me just pick it apart.

0:55- 'A Treyarch Production'. It seems kind-of late in the video, but hey, there was probably purpose to it. Not analyzing it for the film qualities though...

0:57- Half-Life anyone? Stock up FTMFW!

1:00- Create-A-Class 2.0 has been announced in an OXM article, stating that it will have greater customization. It was kind-of common sense that your uniform would be customizable, but looking at this guy makes me wonder if face paint will be an option.

1:01- Now I KNOW they've been playing Half-Life a bunch. A crossbow? Come on now... Also, it's amazing you don't get hit by any of the guns firing on you.

1:05- I wonder if it'll be in multiplayer... M202 only game mode? And how fast can you fire it? And take a look at the rocket in flight. It's an RPG-7 warhead... Treyarch is getting SO much wrong, and this one is certainly more blatant that the RIS on a CAR-15.

1:12- One can only hope that there will be a mission up here...

1:18- He seems to be your main ally, but I wonder how many guys you'll work with in this game? Remember, 'a lie is a lie'. Truth might be hard to come by in this story, and that means trust.

1:20- If you're REALLY piloting this aircraft, that will be one badass mission. Attack helicopters FTW, the clumsy Hind is certainly no match.

1:29- God hopes I can be Akimbo wielding my 1911s in MP...