Black Ops: The Conspiracy

Black Ops: The Conspiracy is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed and published by independent studio Zero-G Software and it was released on July 10th, 2012 for the PS3 and on August 1st, for Steam. it was originally supposed to be released in 2011 but development issues kept it behind in the release schedule.

The game contains five operations as well as two DLC operations. The "Dirty Work DLC" was released on August 25th for the PS3 and Steam. Another DLC entitled "Faces of the Future" gave a new type of mask for each character to wear.

Gameplay
Black Ops: The Conspiracy is a first-person shooter objective game in which players work together to complete an "operation". Players control either four characters who run in a mercernary team and complete various illegal and dangerous jobs that involve theft, murder, kidnapping and counter-terrorism. Once the operation begins, the player is tasked to complete a list of objectives that revolve around one major objective. The player is then set against a never ending wave of enemies formed of law enforcement or criminals themselves. After objectives are completed each time in a game, money is added to the player's stock which levels them up. The maximum level amount is now 145+ since the latest fix patch.

There is no story to the game but follows a team of mercernaries named Ace, Decker, Slate and Bullwork who partake in a series of black operation missions funded by a third party person. Along to help the team is their advisor and planner Wayne who has many contacts to assist them with escape and other things as well.

Firearms are used as a mean of attack in the game and there is assortment of weaponry available as the player continues to level up. Continuing to level up adds also more upgrades to the guns such as more ammor or modifications. The "Dirty Work DLC" had introduced three new weapons such as the AK Rifle and GL40 Grenade Launcher.

Operations

 * Black Gold
 * Codex
 * Club-9
 * Revolution
 * New Vegas Casino
 * Shanghai 2025
 * Moonbase

Reception
-Metacritic: 79%

-GameRankings: 81%

-Darkstation: 83%

-Joystiq: 4/5

-ArcadeLord: 7.5/10

-PC-Gamer: 88/100

Black Ops: The Conspiracy recieved positves reviews from critics such as a 79% from Metacritic and a 81% on GameRankings. Most reviewers praised the game for it's engaging gameplay and amazing graphics while still having interesting and fun missions. The missions were given praise for there dynamic story and well done set up though some were considered "dragging" and "copy n' paste".

Negative aspects of the game focused on the loss of introduction, leading to players on their own to figure out the leveling up and other parts of the game. Some reviews noted that many of the missions were too similar in objectives and often got bored during gameplay.