Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Video Review

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chessmaniac
chessmaniac

Does multi player have dedicated servers?

Dredcrumb9
Dredcrumb9

the visible hitmarkers in the campaign ruined the single player for me. I am not stupid, I can tell when I shot an enemy dead from treyarch's beautiful blood and gore effects. hitmarkers should be left for  multiplayer only(even there they look corny IMO). Is there a cheat code to turn off the hitmarkers?

BeNOwNz
BeNOwNz

its on bestbuy for 40$ now sale

Thumbler76
Thumbler76

Could someone give me the title of the intro movie song? The one with the jung girl who gets crippled and the boy that tries to help her.

Lennen27
Lennen27

@Thumbler76 it's an elbow song first song of there latest album.

Phlanxion
Phlanxion like.author.displayName 1 Like

8 is not a good score. Waiting for that 10 to come out, which will prob be GTA. Prefer this over Halo. More realistic. Will wait to buy this. These shooters campaigns are too short. 

mediarays
mediarays

Installed played and arrested menedez and uninstalled.Back to ghost recon.

chessmaniac
chessmaniac

@mediarays I just bought Ghost Recon Future Soldier (still waiting for it to arrive)--I am assuming that's the game you meant. How good is it?

wexorian
wexorian

Nine make etter shooter than call of duty gamespot is fan service to craptivision :)))

Dragon_Holder22
Dragon_Holder22

i like the game only downfall is i keep losing gamesaves and have to start from the beginning

Legojake94
Legojake94

the guy forgot to mention teh emblem edior ;-;

Legojake94
Legojake94

yeah zombies was pretty bad tho this time around

Legojake94
Legojake94

This game felt like the First ACTUAL COD sequal in a very long time. COD4 got me into the series again, MW2 kept me in the multiplayer, but this game finally felt like a real sequal! they changed things and they were good changes. i love the campaign so much and how much replay value it holds. this is what a real game should be. MUCH better than halo 4

jollyjoel23
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meh....i think im gunna go play some mw1....this sucks.

chessmaniac
chessmaniac

@jollyjoel23 I have a highend comp, but still play CoD4 online regularly. Can't go wrong there. It is the best multi player in the series. Do any of the other CoD games have dedicated servers?

jollyjoel23
jollyjoel23 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Game is actually quite possibly the worst game i have evr played. The 1st one was good and I actually quite enjoyed it...this is literally the same thing and it takes place in the future like wtf? i played a quarter of the campaign and the online was no fun....if u ask me....a waste of 60 bucks....this shit gets a 3.5 and deserves no higher....i want my money back.

Arian9
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I was really ready to hate this game. Bought the game thinking id regret it and it actually blew me away they finally got it right. Anyone who complains about the single player is obviously just a troll  whoever bought this game hoping for a good single player is obviously a clown and theyre opinion shouldnt be taken seriously anyways. The multiplayer is fantastic, hitboxes are nice and small certainly not a noob friendly game. There isn't too much death from above. 

chessmaniac
chessmaniac

@Arian9 What do you mean to say? That single player does not matter any more? I play a lot of online, but also highly value developers like Crytek, THQ, Visceral Games, and others who produce solid single player campaigns. If you are merely pointing out that most games have lame single player these days--well, sadly that is true.

halabino
halabino

This game is plagued with awful lag and connection issues.

EpycWyn
EpycWyn

They rated this lower then MW3 XD.

hemp_ninja
hemp_ninja like.author.displayName 1 Like

Haha gamers are such whiny little nerds. I go in the comment section and all I see is "blah blah blah COD is so crappy blah blah blah." Aren't these comments supposed to be directed towards the video?  Instead all I see are a bunch of idiots shouting their obviously predetermined negative bias about this game for...oh yeah, no reason whatsoever

TenraiSenshi
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 @hemp_ninja Kinda like how you're spouting your predetermined negative bias about gamers, right? That's a nice little generalization you have going there.

 

I just find it amusing how you accuse others of commenting about the game instead of the video, when all you're doing is commenting about other people... instead of the video. Not only that, you accuse others of being whiny little nerds when all you're doing is whining yourself, which quite effectively puts you in the same category as those you are discriminating against.

 

Basically, the bottom line is that your comment is one massive self-contradiction.

adam20121998
adam20121998 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

i love call of duty black ops 2 good  Review

Sp3ncerK
Sp3ncerK

MW 2.5.5

Dredcrumb9
Dredcrumb9 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

 @Sp3ncerK not really. treyarch's games are more brutal than IW games. With IW games you don't see arms and legs getting ripped off, no chopping off heads, and the guns don't paint enemies red like in treyarch's games.

Dredcrumb9
Dredcrumb9

The Resistance fall of man style X hitmarkers during campaign, made the campaign feel less immersive  than past COD campaigns. X Hitmarkers are cool for MP but make them invisible in the campaign, FPS gamers are not stupid, we can tell from Treyarch's beautiful blood effects when we hit a digital soldier. Also the campaign on veteran was far too easy and short. This game had so much potential but they dumbed it down so much.

CheekSqueaker
CheekSqueaker like.author.displayName 1 Like

Lots of haters but around 500K people playing anytime i turn it on !!

Thumbler76
Thumbler76

I was not able to play the first on pc, too many crashes and savegame loss. I'm loving the second. Both the campaign and the multiplayer.

R104980
R104980 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 3 Like

Black ops 1 was great...disappointed with the 2

 

erwingameon
erwingameon

I've been a fan of Call of Duty since the first game. Then came MW3 wich was totally crap. But hey at least i still had Black Ops. And now i find that Black Ops 2 makes all the same mistakes that MW3 did. Like Treyarch just copied everything from Infinity Ward without checking wheter it was good or not. So now i'm forced to re-sell this game to Gamemania cause it's that bad.

 

A little advice  to Treyarch. Try making your own game instead of badly ripping off onother.

Dredcrumb9
Dredcrumb9

 @erwingameon I agree, black ops was great! After MW3, i also went back to Black Ops. Black ops 2 really is a let down compared to the first game. I wish Black ops 2 campaign didn't have the annoying hitmarkers, Bo1 campaign worked just fine w/o them

ChocolateAddict
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all subsequent call of duty games including this one should get a maximum of 5/10 due to lack of originality.

RabidBurp
RabidBurp

IGN has the EXACT SAME video footage in their review.

 

What the actual fuck?

-JMD-
-JMD-

 @RabidBurp No one plays the game these days!!! And that is just sad...

i_like_pie223
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The last CoD game I bought was MW2, and after that I vowed to myself that I would never by another CoD ever again, however I folded and gave this one a chance, and have found it to be quite enjoyable.

 

My only two major gripes with this game are as follows (SPOILERS):

 

Why is 'Menendez Mode' not a valid scorestreak in multiplayer?

 

Why give me the suppression knuckles if I can't capture Defalco with them? :/

BradBurns
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I'm not a big Call of Duty fan, but I'm not a hater either.

 

I will say that upon a casual glance,  the story looks like a hot pile of American nonsense and backwardness.

 

Can any fans of the games narrative tell me if the games ever mention that most of the dictators (specifically in Latin America,) mentioned in the game were backed by the US?

 

It seems to have something to do with Nicaragua during the Cold War, and well.. does it mention all the awful things the US did over there? Or does it simply portray the victims as the villains? 

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BradBurns
BradBurns

 

 

Ah, thanks for the response. 

 

I didn't really get the way these games carried themselves story-wise. I've pretty much been agnostic towards the series. 

 

Since they all pretty much play the same, I couldn't help but wonder if the story was any good.

adnanshaikh
adnanshaikh

i dont know what people want in FPS games ,is they want a mission in which you can play a football match or want any circket match too  ? people please get grow they cant do every thing in a single game i dont like much this one just because of timeline and unneccessary vedios ...

REXLAWNMOWER
REXLAWNMOWER

This is the deal.  This is a game.  It is for enjoyment.  This game is all new.  It has innovative score streaks and well done.  You missed with the 8.  It is a 9.  Hard work and originality should be rewarded.  It is enjoyable because there is new stuff.   It does not equal BF3.  But is good in my opinion.

 

Andrak_Vol
Andrak_Vol

Fellow Gamers! hear me!Which game has the better campaign, BLOPS 2 or MW3?I don't want anti COD comments, I'd like to buy one of these 2 games and I'll be playing solo-play for a bit. 

Dredcrumb9
Dredcrumb9 like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @Andrak_Vol Black Ops 1 has a better campaign than BO2. Bo2 campign is much better than MW3 though.

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