How to Get Better at Black Ops: 5 Tips to Improve Your Game
5 Tips:
So you just bought Black Ops, and you are wondering why you are getting owned? Or maybe you are just striving to be better than your friends. Well here are 5 tips that are sure to help you improve your game/Tip 1: Switch your button layout to tactical. It might take some time to get used to, but trust me, tactical layout will help you avoid a lot of situations where you would normally be killed by making it easier to go prone/dolphin dive. If you are unfamiliar with what this does, tactical layout makes your right stick crouch and switches knifing to B on Xbox 360 or O on PS3. Think about it, is it more important to be able to aim while you are going prone, or while you are knifing? Going Prone of course because knifing does not take nearly as much accuracy as shooting.
Tip 3: Always stay near a corner of a wall or somewhere you can find cover. This goes along with Tip 2. In Modern Warfare 2, cover didn't do all that much. If you poked around a corner and the enemy got the upper hand in the fight, you were pretty much dead. Now, if they get the upper hand, you can just duck back behind that corner, and have another chance at the battle. It's all about giving yourself the upper hand. Again, I'm not saying always be crawling around under walls, I'm just saying you should always be aware of where you can run to if you start getting shot.
Tip 4: NEVER, EVER, EVER, sprint around a corner. Sure this may seem like a little stupid tip, but sprinting causes you to not be able to use your weapon for about half a second after you stop sprinting. You know how much time it takes for an enemy to kill you? About half a second. So if you sprint around a corner, and an enemy starts shooting at you, you are pretty much screwed unless he is a horrible shot.
Tip 5: Use your grenades! No, i'm not saying spam them over walls whenever you spawn. What I am saying, is say you are playing Search and Destroy, and you are approaching a high trafficed building. A good way to check if someone is inside is by throwing your concussion grenades inside and seeing if you get a hit-marker. This also goes along with Tip 2. Let's say you are walking and you spot an enemy, but he also spots you. He gets the upper hand. A good thing to do would be duck under some cover, and chuck your Semtex and maybe a concussion grenade at him. Again, always give yourself the upper hand.
In conclusion, let's go over a scenario where you use these tips to turn a disaster into something good. You are playing Search and Destroy. It is you vs. 3 enemies in the last round. You walk out of a door, and see 2 of them walking next to eachother. Instead of shooting right away, the best thing to do would be to throw a concussion grenade at them. Stunning them both. Now you start shooting at them. You kill one, but the other shoots back and hits you twice. You use your newly acquirred tactical layout to lay down quickly behind a cement block, and throw your Semtex. You kill one enemy, but notice you got a hit-marker on another. Now you throw your second concussion grenade. You don't want to pop up in the same place to shoot the enemy, because that is where he expects you to be, so you creep around the edge of the cement block, and shoot the enemy from your new location. Congrats, you just clutched the match. I garuntee that if you use these 5 tips, your gameplay quality WILL increse.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tips
Gears of War 2 players are a lot like players of other online shooters: hardcore. But many of them take it to a level surpassing that of just about every online console shooter on the market. The brutality and seriousness of the game make the competition extremely fierce because let's face it: no one wants to get sliced in half by a chainsaw, even if it is in a video game. It's just embarrassing. With that in mind, here are some tips for surviving online in one of the toughest console shooters out there, Gears of War 2:
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 1
Don't attack without an advantage-
In Gears of War 2, your characters have more life than those in other shooting games because of the massive suits of armor they wear. It can be tempting to rush in guns blazing but the best strategy is to keep your distance and chip away at an opponent's health first, then go in with the shotgun or other close-range weapon for the kill. It sounds simple but in Gears of War 2 online, many players wade in with the shotgun or go for chainsaw kills because they're so tempting and sometimes are easy to get. It won't always work as well as you think.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 2
Teamwork wins-
Why do you think the heroes of the game are called Gears and their unit the Cog? Because teamwork is the key to winning battles.
Once again, Gears is a game where it is possible to go on long killing streaks and the style with which you kill in this game can give you a false sense of power and security
How to Become Better at Online Shooter Videogames
If you are new to the videogame realm, and are unexperienced in all facets of the gaming mechanics, then check out this guide on how to become a better gamer.
The first thing you want to do to become a better gamer, is realize that whenever you play an online game you are pitted against people who have been gaming for years and playing this specific game for longer than you. It is important to not get discouraged in the early learning stage of a new videogame just because one person keeps killing your character.
Besides getting an understanding that there are better gamers out there than you, to become a better gamer yourself, you need to practice. If you play an online shooter game, the best thing you can do to become a better gamer is run practice rounds against opponents until you see yourself catching on. Depending on the person's age and amount of time they can commit to a video game there is a range anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months of solid play until improvement shows through enough to get ranked in the end of match statistics.
Practicing and spending more hours playing a game are the only realistic ways to make yourself into a better gamer, however some are born with a natural talent that allows them to conquer a game with minimal practice. These types are common among todays youth, so if you want to become a better gamer, try playing against one of them. Playing against someone who is better than you at a game is the perfect set up to help you learn the tools of the trade. Similar to sports, to become a better gamer, you need to practice with people at, or above your level of play. Although it may be gratifying to win against someone who is not as skilled as you, you will never learn as much as you will when you lose.
Besides practicing the game, some people can find themselves becoming better games by watching others play. Similar to if you were to play against someone better than you, by watching someone better than you, you can pick up all the common trends they follow to help them win.
Overall if you want to become a better gamer, there is nothing more beneficial then time honored practice. Playing for at least a couple hours a day for a solid week can transform any novice into a pro.
Work the flanks, move as a team, and use your headset to communicate with teammates. It seems as if the casual player in Gears of War 2 communicates and uses teamwork far less than in other online multi-player shooters like Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3. That's a big mistake.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 3
Don't over-rely on the chainsaw-
The chainsaw can be tempting to use over and over again but it leaves you vulnerable and most players who rely it on primarily will get killed mid-attack after opponents catch on.
If the opponent is tied up fighting another team member or if you have cover from a teammate, go ahead and use the chainsaw attack but otherwise you should "stick to your guns" most of the time.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 4
Learn the weapons and maps-
Practice, practice, practice. Learn the timing on weapons and how to aim. Some weapons are great for headshots while others are inaccurate on them. Know where weapons are located in each map and have strategies planned ahead of time. Don't be afraid to deviate from them if things go a bit awry, either.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 5
Master using cover-
But don't just sit there behind a wall or a box because you're going to get sniped in Gears of War 2 many times.
Jump back and forth between cover, bounce off walls and come up shooting. Make yourself a hard target to hit and learn to shoot and move. Stay moving as much as possible and anticipate your opponent's move.
Don't relax mentally too much or you're going to get outsmarted and killed.
War is tough, even in Gears of War 2 online.
And don't forget to watch your back, either. It's easier to sneak up on people in Gears of War 2 Online multi-player games than in other shooters.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 3
Don't over-rely on the chainsaw-
The chainsaw can be tempting to use over and over again but it leaves you vulnerable and most players who rely it on primarily will get killed mid-attack after opponents catch on.
If the opponent is tied up fighting another team member or if you have cover from a teammate, go ahead and use the chainsaw attack but otherwise you should "stick to your guns" most of the time.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 4
Learn the weapons and maps-
Practice, practice, practice. Learn the timing on weapons and how to aim. Some weapons are great for headshots while others are inaccurate on them. Know where weapons are located in each map and have strategies planned ahead of time. Don't be afraid to deviate from them if things go a bit awry, either.
Gears of War 2 Online Multi-Player Tip 5
Master using cover-
But don't just sit there behind a wall or a box because you're going to get sniped in Gears of War 2 many times.
Jump back and forth between cover, bounce off walls and come up shooting. Make yourself a hard target to hit and learn to shoot and move. Stay moving as much as possible and anticipate your opponent's move.
Don't relax mentally too much or you're going to get outsmarted and killed.
War is tough, even in Gears of War 2 online.
And don't forget to watch your back, either. It's easier to sneak up on people in Gears of War 2 Online multi-player games than in other shooters.
