Call of Duty: Black Ops\n\n The first Black Ops game is technically a sequel to World At War and the first to push gamers into the expansive world of Alex Mason, a CIA operative whose memories we have to navigate in order to progress. It's a clever way to approach a story and a fantastically fun gameplay experience.

The story takes place in the year of 2011 when a radical leader has executed the president of an unnamed country in the Middle East, and an ultranationalist movement ignites a civil war in Russia.