Should we support black ops 2?

[Shoggoth2588]

I don't care but then I've never been on the CoD band wagon to begin with. If they introduce lasers or, shrink rays I'd grab it in a second. Also, it doesn't sound like there's going to be much change from the perspective of an outsider who's watched the releases of Modern Warfare, World at War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3...and then Black Ops 2. It already sounds and looks very similar to me but like I said: outsider looking in.

 

[Woodsey]

It's been through several time periods already. It's gotten more and more restrictive as time has gone on. Why is this indicative of innovation?

They've also been using that Oliver North guy in their ad campaign, which is in fairly poor taste. Not to mention the fucking horrendously paranoid-patriot vibe they've got going.

It's like being inside one of Michael Bay's fever dreams.

Then we might get an original CoD title in, oh, about 20 years.

... It's still going to be around in 20 fucking years, isn't it?

 

[Flailing Escapist]

It's still going to be too linear, gray and boring no matter what time period it's in.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They love it when we release the same game every year, let's do it with all our franchises!"

Don't buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They hate it when we change things, let's keep making the same game every year!"

Yeah, either way, lose-lose. CoD will do fine though.

 

[eggy32]

I actually plan on buying this CoD. The last one I bought for myself was Modern Warfare 2 and I wasn't pleased with it.

BLOPS 2 actually looks like it's changing things. Future warfare means they'll have to come up with guns that don't exist so there'll be some creativity there. Not to mention the whole idea of having a branching story campaign with choices sounds pretty cool too.
The new mission mode they have that I can't remember the name of (Strike force, I think) also looks good. Big, open maps with tactical combat and the ability to man big futuristic robots. That sounds pretty awesome to me.

I was skeptical at first until I read this article
http://kotaku.com/5906808/48-things-that-you-should-know-about-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii

It's about time they actually did something new with the CoD franchise and now they actually are.

 

[Reaper195]

From what I've read on BO2, this could be the best CoD game ever. Even better, it's set in the Future, what I was hoping a CoD 5 was going to do instead of continuing (And then ass raping) the story in Modern Warfare...which didn't really need to continue.

I also like haring that the zombie mode will have it's own campaign. Pure awesome.

"Treyarch ruined cod by making it halo!"

...people have been saying this? But...but no Treyarch game was even remotely similar to Halo aside from the general FPS gameplay. If anything, they made their CoD games more like CoD 4...

 

[daveman247]

Well, the fact that i did a double take with the trailer is something. The first time one of the games has made me go "ooooohhh" since cod 4.

I shall stay on the fence for now until more is revealed.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I don't think I will I promised myself I was done with the franchise after Black Ops unless it either does something radically new and cuts all the bullshit OP and imba stuff that has crept into the series since CoD 4.

 

[MrFalconfly]

Does it actually feature any covert Black Ops?

No?

Then no I wont buy.

 

[Phlakes]

I'm actually a little interested, too. Vietnam didn't do anything for me and urban Middle East had been getting old for years, but this look like it might be a little more of a change. The secondary single player thing sounds interesting too going for more sandbox style missions.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I think anyone interested in the game should buy the game and those who are not interested in the game shouldn't buy it. Not everything needs to be an en masse movement with global repurcussions, especially when you consider how likely it is that CoD will continue to do well regardless of how many groups band together and decide to not support it.

 

[gigastar]

Nope. Unlike most anti-supporters on the subject i wont dirty any of my systems by letting a compatible disc anywhere within 10 meters of them.

Buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They love it when we release the same game every year, let's do it with all our franchises!"

Don't buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They hate it when we change things, let's keep making the same game every year!"

Yeah, either way, lose-lose. CoD will do fine though.

Erm, EA makes Battlefield and Medal of Honor, Activision rereleases Call of Duty.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Nope. Unlike most anti-supporters on the subject i wont dirty any of my systems by letting a compatible disc anywhere within 10 meters of them.

Buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They love it when we release the same game every year, let's do it with all our franchises!"

Don't buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They hate it when we change things, let's keep making the same game every year!"

Yeah, either way, lose-lose. CoD will do fine though.

Erm, EA makes Battlefield and Medal of Honor, Activision rereleases Call of Duty.

My bad, replace EA with Activision then. But EA is just as big an offender with EA sports.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

How DARE anyone compare CoD to Halo? I mean, don't get me wrong: I don't hate Call of Duty. It's sort of fun, and the stories are sort of engaging. It's really not that bad, not as bad as the intelligent gamers like to pretend it is because the gameplay is all reflex-based without any real thought involved. That's true, but it's also true of fighting games like Mortal Kombat (and you don't see people disregarding THAT as nonsensical garbage).

But like Halo? Halo's gameplay is based heavily on the careful selection of certain weapons against certain enemies, nothing like Call of Duty, which consists of shooting the same enemy with the same gun OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

 

[daveman247]

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People seem to pigeonhole FPS's all in the same hole for some reason. Once you have played one, you have played them all. But thats not true, there are many subgroups to the FPS just like with RPG's or racing games

I wouldnt compare them either, one focuses strictly on the on-foot actions (cod) While halo dabbles in vehicles as well. And customisation (games rather than classes). And building levels etc

 

[Aeonknight]

Nope. Unlike most anti-supporters on the subject i wont dirty any of my systems by letting a compatible disc anywhere within 10 meters of them.

Buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They love it when we release the same game every year, let's do it with all our franchises!"

Don't buy Blops2:

EA guys: "They hate it when we change things, let's keep making the same game every year!"

Yeah, either way, lose-lose. CoD will do fine though.

Erm, EA makes Battlefield and Medal of Honor, Activision rereleases Call of Duty.

My bad, replace EA with Activision then. But EA is just as big an offender with EA sports.

Except no one expects innovation from a sports game. They expect it to play like it has before, with tweaks to team rosters and maybe a new feature or two in the menu. That's it.

It's a damn Activision thread and people like you still manage to find some way to trash EA in the process. What's next, EA is the cause of obesity in america? Seriously, you try way too hard to dog them. It actually devalues any legitimate criticism you have of their games.

 

[TK421]

Lol, CoD won't fail.

Like every other year, people will whine, then promptly go out and buy it. Granted, BO2 looks like it's going to be doing a lot differently, but the fans won't change, and neither will the sales.

Indeed. I think that those who are interested in how the game looks should give it a try. That doesn't mean buy it on release day necessarily, but give it a chance. For those of us that aren't too interested, there will be other games that come out this year.
(GW2-YAY)

 

[rob_simple]

I love this collective 'we' in gaming. Most people don't give a shit about what happens to a series; they'll play it regardless.

Hardcore fans will do it out of sheer pigheaded determination and casual enthusiasts like myself will do it because a game's a game.

The impotent mewling of the middle area that dislike change (or occasionally the lack therein of) will mostly be silent upon release when they realise they've got nothing better to do with their lives and buy it anyway.

Gamers are tiredly predictable that way.

 

[Korten12]

It's been through several time periods already. It's gotten more and more restrictive as time has gone on. Why is this indicative of innovation?

Because they're actually changing how the foundation of the Single-player works by adding choice and consequence where there is none. Picking between various missions to go on and based on fail or win change things. Also multiple endings.

Barely any FPSs have this, hell I don't think any recent one's do.

 

[mezorin]

I didn't care for (or buy) MW2 and MW3, but I enjoyed World at War and Black Ops 1, so I figure "why not?" on this one. It definitely has a BF2142 near futuristic combat sort of vibe and an interesting premise, and attempts a lot of things people (like you guys) have been bitching for the COD series to try (such as more open ended maps, future setting, etc). Haters are going to hate, but Treyarch has yet to let me down with one of their games so I'll see about picking it up in November.