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4	The one that...''[[ObviousBeta kind of]]'' brought ''Black Ops'' to handhelds.
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6	''Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified'' is an {{interquel}} serving as a prelude companion game to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', bridging the gap between it and the original ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''. It was developed by Creator/NihilisticSoftware, published by Creator/{{Activision}}, and released on the Platform/PlayStationVita in 2012, alongside ''Black Ops II''. To summarize the game, it's basically a mobile port of ''Black Ops''. Years later, another interquel, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' was released.
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8	!!''Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified'' provides examples of the following tropes:
9	* TheSeventies: This is the time period of the game, in between TheSixties of ''Black Ops'' and TheEighties of Alex's side of ''Black Ops II''. Subverted in the final mission of the game, which takes place on May 21st of 1982; the day of Jose Luiz Menendez's assassination.
10	* ArtificialStupidity: A common criticism of this game amongst many is its poor AI. Enemies will very often spot you and hesitate to shoot, allowing you free kills. Other times they will shoot at you when there's an object blocking their fire-[[TooDumbToLive even if said object is explosive]].
11	* CanonDiscontinuity: [[BroadStrokes Downplayed]]. It's more or less gotten this treatment from the very start. ''Black Ops II'' doesn't acknowledge it at all despite being designed to fill in the gaps between it and the original game, and ''Black Ops Cold War'' basically rewrites Jose Luiz Menendez's assassination, contradicting how it plays out here. ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII Black Ops III]]'' however does drop a FreezeFrameBonus cameo containing Ryan Jackson's documents.
12	* DramaticIrony: The CIA operative witnesses Raul Menendez escape after witnessing his father's assassination. His superior tells him that he's not a target, and lets him go. A few years later, he will become quite a bit of a target.
13	* FirstNameBasis: Hudson calls Woods "Frank" occasionally. Usually only Mason seems to have that privilege.
14	* GaidenGame: Of the ''Black Ops'' series. It acts as an interquel between ''I'' and ''II'', with Mason, Woods, and a random CIA operative all being playable.
15	* MissionPackSequel: It's essentially a [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Spec Ops mode]] for ''Black Ops''.
16	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A double whammy. In the final mission of the game, the CIA launches an attack on the Menendez Cartel, resulting in the death of Jose Luiz Menendez. When the playable operative sees his son Raul escaping in a truck, his superior tells him to leave him be, as he is not a target. [[ForegoneConclusion We all know how that turns out..]]
17	* PromotedToPlayable:
18	** Ryan Jackson was a background character that was only referenced in unlockables in ''Black Ops I''. Here he is the player character.
19	** Woods, who was not playable in ''Black Ops I'', is playable here, as he is in ''Black Ops II''.
20	* ShoutOut: CIA Operative Ryan Jackson's name is an inverse of Literature/JackRyan.

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