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Call of Duty: Black Ops - Singleplayer Trailer Analysis

A couple days ago, Treyarch has released the all mighty singleplayer trailer of Call of Duty: Black Ops. So, I'm going to tear it down and show you every nook and cranny in this video.

1) At 0:06, a freighter fires upon a convoy of Huey helicopters with heavy machine guns. One of them flies into the camera. This might be the daytime equivalent of Crew Expendable from Call of Duty 4. But, it at least shows the intensity is high.

2) The next scene, starting at 0:08, shows some lone soldier, probably one of the protagonists, milling about some parts graveyard. In the distance, you can see a missile's prepped for launch.

3) The same rocket launches at 0:10. You can tell it's the same rocket because the placement of lights are exactly the same. Note the Communist star on the rocket, indicating it's Russian.

4) At 0:12 is a pretty interesting scene. Some person in everyday clothes runs up to a police car and starts spraying everywhere inside. Maybe Treyarch is taking that controversial element from Modern Warfare 2's campaign and turning up the notch.

5) You see the Pentagon at 0:15, and it's probably around the '80s. You can tell because of what appears to be those hippie caravans you see down in the parking lot.

6) A couple bad arse guys walk through hallways in the Pentagon at 0:16 with super reflective glasses. They're obviously integral to the plot. Why? They have super reflective glasses. That's why.

7) One thing to note, in the same scene, at 0:17, you can see in the light blue patch, it says something like 1985 or 1995 or 1975. It's pretty small, but this indicates the game goes waaay beyond the Vietnam War. This was already confirmed, but now we see gameplay evidence of it.

8) At 0:18, you see some underwater base. This totally reminds me of the old James Bond games, specifically Agent Under Fire, where you had to infiltrate an underwater base. It looks unnatural with the red and blue lights, as well as the white spotlights. If only we had a green light somewhere, we could be playing Red Light, Green Light...

9) At 0:23, IGN pointed out that this man looks a lot like a younger version of Zakhaev. If that's true, then that means Black Ops, World at War, and the Modern Warfare series might finally intertwine. World at War is included because without that, there would be no Reznov.

10) You see the same guy with the super reflective glasses at 0:28, except now he seems to be in some sort of military HQ. IGN pointed out that in the map at the bottom, it seems there was activity in Brazil, Australia, as well as Eastern Europe.

11) This scene at 0:30 reminds me of F.E.A.R. a lot, primarily because it's a long corridor with papers strewn about and odd lighting. Alma is back!!!

12) Some poor soul is being tortured at 0:34. It seems like an American is torturing someone else. I have to say, because this sort of lighting just means American. Shortly thereafter, Alex Mason's name is crossed out in black ink, possibly indicating their interrogating him because he knows too much.

13) At 0:35, that rocket in the beginning of the trailer seems to go haywire and just explodes.

14) At 0:37, some Huey helicopters attack a dam.

15) What does CCCP stand for? It's a Russian abbreviation for the USSR. This man is obviously not Russian, as he attacks his fellow soldiers. Or should I say enemies? Gahh, I'm confused.

16) The Models return!!! At 0:43, you can see the protagonist riding a motorcycle alongside his friend and shooting people on a bridge with his Models. Don't know why, I'd personally much rather use an AT4, considering how many powerful weapons Call of Duty characters can now carry in one hand.

17) What appears to be an A-1 Skyraider at 0:44. Two of them.

18) A scene probably from the mission WMD at 0:45. Some teammate falls of a plane presumably. It seems like he HAD a parachute on.

19) At 0:46, absolute chaos erupts. A radio tower (or something along those lines) falls upon a Russian base (once again, note the star).

20) An interesting scene at 0:49. You see a Chinook helicopter being attacked with rockets. One man flies out and the spotlight of the helicopter is erupting from the belly of the helicopter, where there is no spotlight at all. This was produced in 1961, so this should be pretty early on in the game.

21) Alex Mason, one of four (I believe) protagonists, is being held hostage at 0:50. They hand him a revolver, presumably similar to Two Face in The Dark Knight, where you can choose your fate. If it doesn't have a bullet when you shoot, you're lucky. If it does, well, you're done.

22) At 0:52, you can see Mason looking down at the revolver. Two men holding rifles appear behind him. It's kind of hard to tell what weapon they're carrying, but judging from their uniforms, probably Korean.

23) Shortly thereafter, Mason is smacked in the face. Went by too quickly for me to see what he got hit with.

24) Shortly thereafter that, Mason begins screaming. Possibly because of a torture scene? I don't know, but that sets the tone. A lot.

Trailer ended. What'd'ya think?