«Call of Duty: Black Ops Review: Seventh Verse, Same As The Sixth». charge-shot.com. 17. november 2010. Arkivert fra originalen 29. desember 2010. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «The only thing really separating the game from rail shooters like Time Crisis is the freedom to swivel your empty, purposeless virtual head(...)This is Call of Duty’s credo: love it or hate it, Activision’s money-maker shows no signs of taking risks, innovating or changing even slightly»
«Call of Duty: Black Ops Review». Game Rant. 11. november 2010. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «it becomes a little disappointing when you’re forced to sit there and watch scripted walkthroughs of story moments. Going to the Pentagon is something that should be pretty exciting, but it’s essentially a rail-shooter without the shooting.»
«Silence on joue! Isla Dorada, Black Ops...». Libération. 26. januar 2017. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «I found that scripts were sometimes not well done, they were not always triggered at the right moment(...) For the 3 first hours of play, I had the impression I was in a rail shooter. Even Modern Warfare 2 did not go as far regarding linearity»
«Call Of Duty: Black Ops Review». Edge. 26. januar 2017. Arkivert fra originalen 25. november 2010. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «That’s clearly enough for millions of fans, but it makes it far from a must-have – you probably own the best bits already. As polished and pretty and fun as Black Ops often is, it feels more like a yearly update than a sequel, a new campaign with old multiplayer. The game isn’t distinct from its predecessors in any important way, and fatigue sets in quicker than before.»
«Call Of Duty: Black Ops Review». Edge. 26. januar 2017. Arkivert fra originalen 25. november 2010. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «That’s clearly enough for millions of fans, but it makes it far from a must-have – you probably own the best bits already. As polished and pretty and fun as Black Ops often is, it feels more like a yearly update than a sequel, a new campaign with old multiplayer. The game isn’t distinct from its predecessors in any important way, and fatigue sets in quicker than before.»
«Call of Duty: Black Ops Review: Seventh Verse, Same As The Sixth». charge-shot.com. 17. november 2010. Arkivert fra originalen 29. desember 2010. Besøkt 26. januar 2017. «The only thing really separating the game from rail shooters like Time Crisis is the freedom to swivel your empty, purposeless virtual head(...)This is Call of Duty’s credo: love it or hate it, Activision’s money-maker shows no signs of taking risks, innovating or changing even slightly»