CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 2 to be released on 13 November 2012
Call Of Duty series of games has been on of the best series of games that has been released. This year Call of duty Black ops 2 is to be released. It face a tough challenge this November.
While it’s not staring down the barrel of many hardhitting shooter competitors – Halo 4 is pretty much its only competition – it is tasked with going one better than the biggest selling COD game of all time. In this case, that would be the first COD: Black Ops game, whose global sales currently stand at around 14m.
While it’s not staring down the barrel of many hardhitting shooter competitors – Halo 4 is pretty much its only competition – it is tasked with going one better than the biggest selling COD game of all time. In this case, that would be the first COD: Black Ops game, whose global sales currently stand at around 14m.
To even stand a prayer of competing, Black Ops 2 needs to mobilise the franchise’s community, and this means its online mode needs to be rock-solid.
The game is based on cold war of the 21st Century. It is expected to be released on all platforms.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Plot
Unlike its predecessor, which was set during various intervals during the Cold War, the story in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 takes place in the not-too-distant future. The game’s weapons are more advanced, the gadgets are very high-tech, and a lot of the USA’s defence systems have become automated.
The story kicks off when terrorist group hacks into the system that controls these robot defences and turns them on their users. Then all hell breaks loose.
The sequence of events Treyarch reveals to T3 in the first-look demo is mind-blowing. The COD series has always had a reputation for mixing authentic shooter action with epic action set-pieces, but even so, Treyarch have outdone themselves here.
The sequence of events Treyarch reveals to T3 in the first-look demo is mind-blowing. The COD series has always had a reputation for mixing authentic shooter action with epic action set-pieces, but even so, Treyarch have outdone themselves here.
The reveal begins inside a Hummer speeding down the Los Angeles freeway. The game’s protagonist, Mason, tries to save the life of a presidential aid choking to death on his own blood. The President Of The United States is sat beside him, talking to one of Mason’s comrades, Harper, about getting her to safety.
Overhead, UAV drones are firing missiles into the LA traffic, and cars are being blown off the road. Suddenly the entire screen shudders and the POV tips sideways as a missile hits the Hummer.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Gameplay
Mason scrambles from the wreckage, leaps onto the back of the car,
and takes control of a missile turret. He quickly targets the UAV drones
overhead, as Harper covers the president. After shooting a fair number
of enemies down, he has to abandon the turret, as UAV shoots a hole
in the raised freeway beneath the Hummer, and the vehicle goes
tumbling through it.
The action comes thick and furious. We watch, open-mouthed, as Mason and his troops avoid flying cars, rapel into the streets, commandeer a car and then hurtle into downtown LA as explosions detonate all around them.
They then have to shoot their way through a shopping mall; here, the demo showcases some of the hardware players can expect to use, such as remote drones that strafe enemies, and guns sporting bullets powerful enough to shoot through a building’s support columns.
The battle spills back out onto the street where T3 watches as a skyscraper comes crashing down into the middle of the street. After a brief exchange between Mason and Harper, the former leaps into a jumpjet and takes to the skies, firing missiles and explosive rounds at the unmanned bombers attacking the city
The battle spills back out onto the street where T3 watches as a skyscraper comes crashing down into the middle of the street. After a brief exchange between Mason and Harper, the former leaps into a jumpjet and takes to the skies, firing missiles and explosive rounds at the unmanned bombers attacking the city
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Multiplayer
Black Ops 2 is building on solid foundations. The smooth handling, high-octane action and frenetic gameplay from the last Black Ops is present and correct and the interface has been barely tinkered with. All the maps revealed to T3 at a recent hands-on event are exquisitely details, atmospherically varied, and all of them favour the close-quarter run-and-gun style of play that COD is famous for.
Most of the new tweaks and tucks to the mode are focused around giving players a ton of customisation, so they can approach the game’s multiplayer in the style that best suits them. To that end, the Character Classes have been re-fitted. Players now pick weapons, perks and equipment using a Point System.
Most of the new tweaks and tucks to the mode are focused around giving players a ton of customisation, so they can approach the game’s multiplayer in the style that best suits them. To that end, the Character Classes have been re-fitted. Players now pick weapons, perks and equipment using a Point System.
They’re assigned 10 points and they can use them any way they choose. There’s also a separate Wildcard feature that allows players to fit up to three attachments to their guns, carry extra grenades, and double up on perks.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Features
On the battlefield, Kill Streaks have been replaced by Score Streaks. This means that equipment rewards like Care Packages and Attack Dogs aren’t solely based on kills.
Rather, if players string together a series of cool moves – such as capturing a flag or Hotpoint zone – they’ll earn towards a Score Streak tally. Each reward has a numerical value and once the player reaches it, they can deploy the equipment.
The new gear tallies with Black Ops 2’s near future aesthetic. Items include, The Guardian, a microwave-emitting turret thatslows down enemies allowing players to pick them off, the AGR, a four-legged armoured tank and the MQ-27 quad rotor drones,which swarm around enemies peppering them with bullets.
The new gear tallies with Black Ops 2’s near future aesthetic. Items include, The Guardian, a microwave-emitting turret thatslows down enemies allowing players to pick them off, the AGR, a four-legged armoured tank and the MQ-27 quad rotor drones,which swarm around enemies peppering them with bullets.
Older equipment such as UAVs and Gun Turrets are still available, although players can now take control of them to better direct their bullets.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Community
On top of the new customisation and weapons of death, Treyarch is also targeting the eSports market. To that end they’ve introduced ranked matches, online league play and a host of commentating tools so that players can offer a play-by-play on matches their mates are playing.
Treyarch has also revealed they have a Live Streaming service in development, allowing players to watch matches on their PCs, consoles and tablets.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2: Verdict
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 has a multiplayer that can certainly hold its own with the greats of the shooter genre. Whether the developer’s foray into eSports proves to be lucrative remains to be seen, but the pieces are in place for another huge- selling title. The online mode offers players an intuitive way to try out playing styles and create load-outs around them.
It then holds out a carrot to entice them to level up as quickly as possible. It’s an addictive, compelling but also very accessible, and it should draw the COD faithful in likes moths to a flame.
It then holds out a carrot to entice them to level up as quickly as possible. It’s an addictive, compelling but also very accessible, and it should draw the COD faithful in likes moths to a flame.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 is already one of this year’s most anticipated titles. With its online mode reveal, the biggest hype in gaming just got bigger.
Minimum System Requirements:
| CPU: | Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better |
| RAM: | 2GB |
| VGA: | Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better |
| DX: | DirectX 9.0c |
| OS: | Windows® Vista / XP / 7 |
| http://gamesystemrequirements.com/ |
| HDD: | 12GB |
| Sound: | DirectX 9.0c-compatible |
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