I wasn't a fan of vanilla Black Ops, but I really like Hardcore TDM and hardcore DOM. A quick death, lack of radar, etc all adds a lot of strategy and takes away from the run / gun aspects of the game.
Did you make this thread so you could passively promote the term "CoD: Blops"? If so, you're a dumbass. If not, you're still a dumbass.
Yes thank you I agree, where is hardcore mode though how do I play it?
When you go to the Server Browser, look at the bottom where it says "Filters." In that, they'll be an option to display on Hardcore games.
Be ready to die quite a bit at the beginning, particularly if you're used to vanilla Black Ops.
Also, fear the Chopper Gunner.
After a couple more patches it will be better than MW2. That's assuming they actually make the changes everyone says they should make (fix spawns, bring back party system).
Modern Warfare had a much better single player campaign, and I actually preferred the multiplayer portion over Black Ops. If they would just have given Modern Warfare dedicated servers it would have been perfect.