This is very enlightening. I am still a bit disappointed when I see videos of Modern Warfare 2, because I remember my anticipation for the game, come to find that it had a great deal of problems that ruined the game play experience for me. A game that I had expected to play for over a year ended up being a game I only played for a few months.
While I don't want to get too excited for this title, it does seem like Treyarch is giving this go all of their effort, which is great. I'm not sure how much effort was put into World at War, so I really can't compare this scenario to that of World at War's to see how big of a change in effort put forth is actually taking place.
I do, however, hope that Treyarch does keep their promises, and that Call of Duty: Black Ops reaffirms my liking of the Call of Duty series.
Nice post, Caspa.