

Sadly, the multiplayer maps were hugely disappointing and, alone, do not deserve such a steep price tag. However, ultimately if you do not enjoy zombies this Map Pack is a severe waste of money. Ascension is by far my favorite Zombie map (introducing an entirely new way to access the pack-a-punch, in addition to the very fun Black Hole Bomb) in any CoD game, and this map alone I would pay 1500 Microsoft points for. The Zombie map Ascension is the perfect blend of old and new, of close spaces but a large map. This brings us to the meat of First Strike, the one thing that carries the package and makes it almost worth the price. Every spot on the map, save a few, have multiple access points, which leads to dynamic gameplay. Hanoi is probably the most complicated map that Call of Duty fan's have seen yet. Hanoi is the one multiplayer map in the First Strike Map Pack that i really enjoy. These two extremes do not appeal to me in a map. Stadium is a close-quarters maps with ill-positioned objectives and next to no long distance fighting. Stadium suffers somewhat of the opposite problem. Needless to say, it is very dangerous to cross from one side to the other on Discovery, one thing its shares with Berlin Wall, which promotes over defensive play. Discovery, for example, as two sets of buildings on either side of a large chasm, with 3 bridges crossing it. Both maps have buildings with some kind of low ground in the middle. Both Discovery and Berlin Wall share similarities to maps such as Invasion in MW2. First are two maps that can be categorized together. With that out of the way, I will begin to review the content. To begin, while it may seem obvious, do not buy this map pack unless you play Black Ops a fair amount. This is a heavy price to pay for 5 new maps. The First Strike map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops is priced at a steep 1500 Microsoft points.

