i never actually played black ops because i assumed it was stuff like the rest of the call of duties, but i guess i'll have to give it a try since my opinion on the first MW and WaW is pretty much the same as you guys' opinion of CoD
also, I played CoD:G for free on steam very briefly, and tbh it sucked and it didn't. i liked the squad points system because it gave you the feeling that rather relying on your level to get you the good guns you could just buy them with the points you earn by completing challenges etc. but what i didn't like was, of course, the people playing it.