okay, how about this: modern warfare 2 is an amazing game for people new to fps's, its fun and easy to pick up, and when theyve got some experience under their belt, then they can move up to black ops. I have noticed that it is harder to play black ops, especially how it actually takes time to master shooting down planes an helicopters, which i boasted as my job in the previous game. The one thing that I didnt like was that i personally thought that the graphics for black ops werent as good, but as you said, it does have a great campaign mode and an online that is harder to abuse.