In what may be the greatest thing I have ever heard of in my entire life, a trailer depicting John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon and Foreign Secretary Robert McNamara joining forces (and guns) against the zombie horde in Call of Duty: Black Ops has surfaced. GamesRadar had the trailer, but it has since been removed due to Activision’s long arm of the law smacking them down. We will update when we get the video back up.
Personally, I think this might be the best game of all time at this point. At least, the best game I have never played. As a history buff and someone who likes shooting things, being able to shoot the undead as any one of these 4 people is a dream that I never realized I had come true. Are you pumped about this? Do you think it might be disrespectful to JFK since he was killed by (at least 1) a gunman? Would you rather play as faceless soldiers?
Is this too over the top? Or just the right amount of cheese? Commence!
Source: GamesRadar
From a non-American’s perspective, hasn’t JFK been fair game for a while? I mean, they showed him getting shot pretty graphically in Watchmen.
Other than that, this is amazing news. I watched the trailer, and when Kennedy said “don’t pray for easier lives, pray to be stronger men” (paraphrased)and then loaded his gun, I kind of got excited.
If you’re going to have zombies, might as well go all the way.
[quote comment=”14415″]From a non-American’s perspective, hasn’t JFK been fair game for a while? I mean, they showed him getting shot pretty graphically in Watchmen.
Other than that, this is amazing news. I watched the trailer, and when Kennedy said “don’t pray for easier lives, pray to be stronger men” (paraphrased)and then loaded his gun, I kind of got excited.
If you’re going to have zombies, might as well go all the way.[/quote]
Good point, Mitch, but remember, the rules of other, more respected mediums do not apply to video games, which we all know is a hobby of shut-ins and degenerates. Least, that’s what the news tells me.
Yeah I think a campaign mission showing him getting shot or whatever would be riding the line but its been long enough to let him be badass and kill some zombies.
I see at most yahoo news writing some idiotic article (the only kind they can nowadays) trying to make it out to be controversial when all they are going on is a screenshot (they wont even put the time into watching the trailer).
Calling out to Castro to pick me up while Nixon covers the door sounds like one of the strangest yet greatest coop moments possible. DLC Presidents wanted: Washington, Lincoln, and throw in Roosevelt
The trailer was cool this is actually making me want to try black ops which I was going to ignore for other things(mainly giving my life to new vegas) but now I’m slightly more interested.
Also I call JFK
[quote comment=”14417″]Yeah I think a campaign mission showing him getting shot or whatever would be riding the line but its been long enough to let him be badass and kill some zombies.
I see at most yahoo news writing some idiotic article (the only kind they can nowadays) trying to make it out to be controversial when all they are going on is a screenshot (they wont even put the time into watching the trailer).
Calling out to Castro to pick me up while Nixon covers the door sounds like one of the strangest yet greatest coop moments possible. DLC Presidents wanted: Washington, Lincoln, and throw in Roosevelt[/quote]
FDR in this game would rock my world.
I managed to catch this before Activision’s Ban-Hammer came down. That opening is really quite funny especially Kennedy saying “Eh, er, zombies!” He sure grasps the situation quick.
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This looks bad-ass but if the Kennedy family makes a stink about it I won’t blame them. Hopefully Activision has other playable character skins.
It seems Treyarch is trying a little hard, but oh well, I guess it’s kinda cool.
The possibilities are endless for this one:
“Nixon! Did you take that health box I needed?”
“I am not a crook!”
When I heard about this the other day, the first thing that came to mind was how many times I would end up saying, “Back and to the left,” every time Kennedy gets killed. It makes me want to go watch the movie JFK to collect one liners in preparation.
Oh, and does Castro get to use exploding cigars instead of grenades?
I had absolutely no interest in this game previously, but now…
And Anthony, FDR should only be added if he gets to use a wheelchair equipped with rocket launchers and miniguns.
And where’s Andrew Jackson? He killed people in duels for crying out loud, I think that earns him a spot as a zombie slayer.
Since the game is themed around the Cold War, it seems like we should have Truman, LBJ, and Reagan in there as well.
Oh, and don’t forget Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev for the Ruskies!
I guess you could throw in Gerald Ford and Andropov as zombies too.
If you’re going to be politically incorrect about this, we should just go all out.
At the mention of FDR I thought of the Blitzkrieg from Dead Rising 2. Oh my God…
They listened! This is great! The characters in L4D were atrocious, and in L4D2 they were even worse. I can’t wait to play as any of these 4!