Black Ops Wii review

Anyone concerned that the Wii version of Black Ops is just a garbage port shouldn't worry. Black Ops on the Wii is more or less identical to its HD brothers in terms of game modes (all-though, it's graphics may not be as good).

Black Ops is set during the Cold War (1960s) so you'll be fighting through communist countries such as Cuba, Russia, Vietnam and you will come across Fidel Castro and President Kennedy. It's an interesting setting and the globe-trotting keeps things fresh.

Black Ops, fixed many issues with the earlier Modern Warfare 2. It has less ropey textures, and much smoother frame rate (all-though are there are some "issue" areas).

Grenades, and bombs still don't look too good, but much better.

The AI all although, is fairly garbage. The AI has almost no skill when it comes to cover (this applies to all versions of Black Ops, not just Wii).

While I have to admit, the single-player was fun, we all know multi-player is better (at least when is come to Call of Duty). Oh, and it handles lag very well (and by that I mean, no lag).

We all enjoyed earning XP, and getting perks (probable one of the more addicting things), but now we have "CoD Points" - a virtual currency - which we can gamble via wager matches (four different types).

Oh, and remember Nazi Zombies from Call of Duty: World at War? Well, they make their Nintendo debut in Black-Ops!

Sadly, it does not support WiiSpeak (yet), although you can use a Wii Headbanger Headset (assuming you have one, or else you got to fork out $24.99)...

Also, unfortunately there is no split screen, but besides the the regular multi-player has goto be the best for Wii ever made!

Overall, while we think the game is great (especially online), we dislike the lack of WiiSpeak Support, and Split-Screen, but still, it has goto be the best Wii game we've played!

The Three State's Score: 8/10

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Early Opinions About Kinect

Here at The Three States, we've had a Kinect here for about a week, and we've been playing around with it. Here's our early opinion of Kinect;

• It's fun.
• Tracks movement very accurately.
• As most already know, hands-free.
• Nice piano finish!
• Future potential.
• Enhanced, Microsoft version of Eye-Toy.
• Takes a lot of ground-room, you'll probably have to rearrange all your furniture before you play.
• The games aren't too good (but okay, for now), best probably being Kinect Adventures (Kinectimals just being creepy).
• Most games have been already done on other motion controller systems, such as Wii, or PlayStation Move.
• No feedback, no controller to physically hold makes it feel awkward (although, that's just my opinion).
• Pricey, costs $150 (might be worth it when more games come out).

Overall, we weren't to satisfied, but there is potential behind Kinect, but for now, $150 just isn't worth it.

Note: This is not our official review! These are just early impressions the Kinect made on our staff!