I like the change of setting, Ill give it that much. But im reeeeeeeeally reserving judgement for the "branching story" and "in depth characters" bits. Considering this is coming from the team that made Black Ops 1.DustlessDragoon said:The leader of this group is Menendez and instead of the usual black and white style evil guy he will have a fleshed out backstory which is being created by the guy who did Heath Ledgers Joker for the recent Batman films. Yay no more one dimensional bad guys.
They've improved the engine with special attention given to characters and facial animations. Also gone is the linear, scripted story of old. Instead there will be branching story paths where things like failing a mission will have consequences.
A critics skill in making games has nothing to do with the validity of their opinion. 99% of game reviewers dont know how to make games, so are their opinions completely invalid?-Samurai- said:-snip
Zombies was in World at War back in 08... Blops in 10, and now your suprised that the new game has it?Doom-Slayer said:I like the change of setting, Ill give it that much. But im reeeeeeeeally reserving judgement for the "branching story" and "in depth characters" bits. Considering this is coming from the team that made Black Ops 1.DustlessDragoon said:The leader of this group is Menendez and instead of the usual black and white style evil guy he will have a fleshed out backstory which is being created by the guy who did Heath Ledgers Joker for the recent Batman films. Yay no more one dimensional bad guys.
They've improved the engine with special attention given to characters and facial animations. Also gone is the linear, scripted story of old. Instead there will be branching story paths where things like failing a mission will have consequences.
Oh and also...zombie campaign...really....really???? Are we really scrapping the bottom of the barrel this much to get attention?
A critics skill in making games has nothing to do with the validity of their opinion. 99% of game reviewers dont know how to make games, so are their opinions completely invalid?-Samurai- said:-snip
Also nothing in their statements was actually hypocritical. If you're going to have a fanboy rant and swear and call names at least be accurate.
I'm surprised that they have DEDICATED zombie campaign. As in a separate campaign entirely about zombies to the normal campaign. As far as I know zombies was just a mode in WaW and Blops.Korten12 said:Zombies was in World at War back in 08... Blops in 10, and now your suprised that the new game has it?
Well I haven't heard anything about a campaign. So far they only announced that its returning with some new stuff which was kept secret.Doom-Slayer said:I'm surprised that they have DEDICATED zombie campaign. As in a separate campaign entirely about zombies to the normal campaign. As far as I know zombies was just a mode in WaW and Blops.Korten12 said:Zombies was in World at War back in 08... Blops in 10, and now your suprised that the new game has it?
I don't know, the enemies in Metal Arms are nothing but robots and they are ridiculously fun to kill.GethBall said:CoD and the word innovation in the same sentence. And here I thought the 2012 apocalypse wouldn't happen. Well I guess their trying to fine a niche market perhaps.
btw, robots are not fun to fight, they don't have all the pleasure of killing a squishy organic.
Images or links please, otherwise everything you said is just words on a screen.DustlessDragoon said:-SNIP-
It's pretty fucking obvious that it's not new for the gaming industry, and only new for Call of Duty.Ultratwinkie said:1. Cold war with China in the future over resources = Fallout 1, 1997.DustlessDragoon said:So Black Ops 2 just got announced and with it a vast majority of info. Sorry about the wall of text but I just thought I would outline the new things coming in to a franchise that is getting rather stale.
Firstly it'll be set in 2025 where the US is in a new Cold War with China, a newly risen super power, over precious materials. Then the US is attacked by cyber terrorists who somehow get control of the US drones and uses them to lay waste to it's own cities. New time, new setting.
The leader of this group is Menendez and instead of the usual black and white style evil guy he will have a fleshed out backstory which is being created by the guy who did Heath Ledgers Joker for the recent Batman films. Yay no more one dimensional bad guys.
They've improved the engine with special attention given to characters and facial animations. Also gone is the linear, scripted story of old. Instead there will be branching story paths where things like failing a mission will have consequences.
A new feature is something called "Strike Force". These are special missions where you control a black ops group consisting of soldiers, UAVS and robot walkers. You can change between these units at will by zooming to an overhead view and putting yourself into any unit you want at the time. You can also issue orders from this view to units making it almost RTS like.
The enemies and allies will also be more diverse in campaign with you teaming up with and fighting against UAVs and Walkers as well as normal soldiers. The technology isn't too OTT but there are many interesting things such as wrist mounted explosive launchers and sniper rifles that let you see through walls.
So is this too little too late or is it a much needed breath of fresh air?
2. Cyber Terrorists = Deus Ex, 2000
3. Branching mission structure = True Crime: Streets of LA, 2003
Their ideas may seem "new" but these ideas were tested by games almost 10 years old. Even in innovation Black Ops seems slow. Sorry to say, but I doubt they will actually innovate.
Ed130 said:Images or links please, otherwise everything you said is just words on a screen.DustlessDragoon said:-SNIP-
With that out of the way, the setting and "Strike Force" sounds like a mash of Homefront, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142.
http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/5112395?latest=1DalekJaas said:Links to info please