This is by no means a deal-breaker but it is all the little annoyances that add up and make Declassified such a disappointment. I understand the missions are short but when you die 4-minutes into a 5-minute campaign, it can be a little frustrating having to go all the way back to the beginning of a level. Much like the DS Call of Duty game from last year, the controls just seem thrown together and you never feel like you are playing a Call of Duty branded game.Īnother frustrating aspect of the single-player campaign is the fact there are no checkpoints. The game just feels overly sensitive and I continually struggled to gain control of my character. Shooting and aiming with the trigger buttons is accomplished as it should but moving your character about the various levels never felt “Call of Duty-ish”.
Sprinting is done automatically to keep the pace of the game moving. Instead, it is replaced with some touchscreen controls for launching grenades and using the rear touchpad for aiming your sniper rifle. That smooth run and gun experience we have come to expect is gone. Ignoring the weak story, if you are still expecting a Call of Duty-like single-player experience, Declassified is anything but. After all is said and done the single player game should take you around an hour which is almost insulting when you consider the price of the game. It is literally a rush to the finish and at the end of each level you are awarded one to three stars and some XP. Each mission is timed and will take you anywhere from 3-5 minutes to complete. The cut-scenes look good and the game takes place somewhere between the events of Black Ops 1 and 2, but make no bones about it the storyline barely holds a candle to the story in Black Ops 2.
In terms of the single-player story mode, you get 10-missions out of the box with some cut-scenes intermingled in between each one. Unlike Black Ops 2, Declassified does not feature a particularly engaging storyline, there is no Zombies mode to be had, and the multiplayer portion of the game is only a shadow of what an online Call of Duty experience is all about.
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