Author Topic: Call of Duty:Black Ops 2 (Read 16752 times)

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #60 on:** August 16, 2012, 01:02:14 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on August 16, 2012, 12:44:40 PM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on August 16, 2012, 11:54:55 AM
I've switched back to Black Ops for my cod fix instead of MW 3 which I just can't tolerate outside of that Chaos Mode. I've noticed the population has increased for it recently also from back when I stopped playing it. Like I said its got its own flaws but I can tolerate those flaws more than the MW 3 flaws. Also it has the wager matches which are still incredibly fun.

That's surprising since I remember people being disappointed by Black Ops after MW2. I assumed the general audience preferred the madness and speed of those games.

Yeah. Treyarch understands how to make a quality multiplayer game. What's happening with BO2 sounds neat and I'm considering it after skipping MW3 entirely. Well, except for a Steam free weekend, where it seemed like a more chaotic MW2. I think Infinity Ward (don't know about MW3) makes better campaigns and bonus modes. Couldn't get into zombies, but arcade from CoD4 and spec ops in MW2 are pretty fun.

Are wager matches still in Black Ops 2? those were all I used to play before I stopped. Always played them for fun; never for points.

I think you have two camps. There are people who enjoy the "craziness" of the infinity ward games with stuff like MOAB's and nukes and easy quickscoping and stuff like that. The Treyarch games are generally slightly slower pacer and more balanced but some people don't care about balanced. They just want to rip shit up. I'm not part of that camp but I know some people who are.

The wager matches are supposed to be coming back although I don't think the currency system is so they may not be called Wager matches. I think they are waiting to show off that stuff along with the zombie stuff later.

And yeah I played wager matches all the time. They were the perfect thing to play when the normal modes were pissing me off. They were chaotic and fun and not super serious which is a good change of pace and great to play with friends.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #61 on:** September 26, 2012, 02:58:55 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #62 on:** October 16, 2012, 04:00:01 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #63 on:** November 08, 2012, 10:22:46 PM »

Brehvolution · « **Reply #64 on:** November 09, 2012, 09:56:39 AM »

Couple more days.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #65 on:** November 09, 2012, 11:35:23 AM »

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #66 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:37:07 PM »

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #67 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:42:55 PM »

I have a few people on my friends list that are already playing this. I want to get my hands on that new create a class. 360 and WiiU copies are mine! I'm only getting the WiiU version cause I want to have a MP FPS to play in bed.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #68 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:47:02 PM »

I really have hopes of this being the best one since COD 4. All the stuff they've done to the game I really like.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #69 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:56:05 PM »

Yeah same here, especially after the lackluster MW3. I really liked MW, and Blops was an interesting departure for the CoD franchise that really worked. Granted stretching the story from W@W into Blops was the strangest damn thing ever, it certainly had some charm to it. It might also have worked cause I love the cold war setting and alternate history.

Only thing I don't like is the futuristic setting, as long as they don't over do it with that stuff it should be fine. I'm still not convinced that Zombies is a good addition to these games, and people like it too much.

bork · « **Reply #70 on:** November 12, 2012, 08:23:22 AM »

MW3 was a huge disappointment (so much so that I bought Black Ops back...something I never do with these types of games), but I'm looking forward to this. Treyarch is now the CoD "A" team.

ManaByte · « **Reply #71 on:** November 12, 2012, 03:09:53 PM »

They've been the A Team since W@W.

demi · « **Reply #72 on:** November 12, 2012, 11:59:14 PM »

So all first run copies of this come with Nuketown? LOL, so everyone out there who preordered standing in line is wasting their time?

Gonna dump some trade fodder at GS and pick it up after work...

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #73 on:** November 13, 2012, 07:56:45 AM »

read some of the reviews and the SP sounds interesting. may pirate.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #74 on:** November 13, 2012, 08:14:56 AM »

some of those MP modes look like a lot of fun

maxy · « **Reply #75 on:** November 13, 2012, 08:46:55 AM »

http://www.pcgamesn.com/callofduty/black-ops-2-pc-s-second-disc-copy-mass-effect-2-report-gamers

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Those players - the same who’ve queued through the night to pick up a retail copy of the game - have reportedly thrust Black Ops 2’s second disc into their CD drives to find that it reads as something entirely different: EA’s Mass Effect 2.

Redditors and Steam users have rightfully leapt on the problem. We haven’t been able to verify the mix-up ourselves, but we’re working on it.

It’s okay to laugh. While the second disc is necessary to complete installation, affected players can enter the serial number on the box into Steam’s product activation window to activate the game. But they’ll have to wait umpteen hours for the download to finish and do their best to avoid eye contact with their Friends list in the meantime.

PC gaming

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #76 on:** November 13, 2012, 08:51:38 AM »

Buying PC games at retail

maxy · « **Reply #77 on:** November 13, 2012, 09:01:04 AM »

At least we still have something to queue for.

Has anything like this happened this gen,i don't think so

ME2 is awesome game,much better than Call of Doody

Momo · « **Reply #78 on:** November 13, 2012, 10:30:08 AM »

So I played this a bit today.

dislike it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #79 on:** November 13, 2012, 12:19:50 PM »

Not worth 60?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #80 on:** November 13, 2012, 12:41:22 PM »

got mine on 360. waited in line for 10 minutes. there were 10 people behind me when I left. The 5 people in front of me were getting it on PS3.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #81 on:** November 13, 2012, 01:13:35 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on November 13, 2012, 12:41:22 PM

got mine on 360. waited in line for 10 minutes. there were 10 people behind me when I left. The 5 people in front of me were getting it on PS3.

Picked mine up at a gamestop. At least 20 people were in front of me when I entered and the line never shortened by the time I left. I'll post some thoughts on the game in the evening.

bork · « **Reply #82 on:** November 13, 2012, 01:39:13 PM »

Quote from: Momo on November 13, 2012, 10:30:08 AM

So I played this a bit today.

dislike it.

But you played it on PS3, right?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #83 on:** November 13, 2012, 02:07:28 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 13, 2012, 01:13:35 PM

Quote from: Zero Hero on November 13, 2012, 12:41:22 PM
got mine on 360. waited in line for 10 minutes. there were 10 people behind me when I left. The 5 people in front of me were getting it on PS3.

Picked mine up at a gamestop. At least 20 people were in front of me when I entered and the line never shortened by the time I left. I'll post some thoughts on the game in the evening.

I'm only letting my son play zombie mode so you shouldn't hear anything from him.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #84 on:** November 13, 2012, 02:09:42 PM »

Preordered a hardened at my bestbuy and since I didn't wish to go to the midnight release they sold out of the hardened. Wtf is the point in preordering if you don't hold them? Now it's not on the site and non of the local stores have any, argh!

Brehvolution · « **Reply #85 on:** November 13, 2012, 02:11:25 PM »

From the gaf thread, sounds like the PS3 version is blurry and there are a lot of disconnects/console freezes.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #86 on:** November 13, 2012, 04:09:54 PM »

Got the vita version (Lol) annnnnd....

Hey, it's not bad! Played about 45 mins - played a few of the modes. Had a game of 8 player free for all. Everything is cut down in terms of options but the single player stuff is handheld focused : story mode is done in small ops, time trials is there, survival modes with online ladders, etc

Expected much worse than what we got - wont win any awards but significantly better than it could have been.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #87 on:** November 13, 2012, 06:32:34 PM »

fuckin cracked version aint working. bullshit

demi · « **Reply #88 on:** November 13, 2012, 06:42:29 PM »

Get a job, poor.

Game is much better than H4LO

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #89 on:** November 13, 2012, 06:45:53 PM »

oh i can easily afford to buy it. just don't wanna. would rather complain cuz my crack dont work

bork · « **Reply #90 on:** November 13, 2012, 07:30:33 PM »

Quote from: DCharlieJP on November 13, 2012, 04:09:54 PM

Got the vita version (Lol) annnnnd....

Hey, it's not bad! Played about 45 mins - played a few of the modes. Had a game of 8 player free for all. Everything is cut down in terms of options but the single player stuff is handheld focused : story mode is done in small ops, time trials is there, survival modes with online ladders, etc

Expected much worse than what we got - wont win any awards but significantly better than it could have been.

Just posted my thoughts on it in the Vita thread and I agree. Maybe it's because we all had ultra-low expectations, but Declassified is good!

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #91 on:** November 13, 2012, 08:48:59 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 13, 2012, 06:32:34 PM

fuckin cracked version aint working. bullshit

Did you do the clock trick?

Try setting it to (UTC+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

demi · « **Reply #92 on:** November 13, 2012, 09:16:05 PM »

Strike Force Missions are aboslute garbage... why

bork · « **Reply #93 on:** November 13, 2012, 10:32:51 PM »

Multi is great. Loving the levels and map designs. Better than Halo 4 MP.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #94 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:09:34 AM »

Put in a good number of hours this evening into the multi. My initial verdict is I like it alot.

There are things I miss from Black Ops. Mainly the recoil. The recoil in this game is much more traditional to the COD series. By that I mean COD 4 or MW 2. Blops 1 was like this very original thing because most of the guns actually took a little bit of skill to use in all situations. The guns in black ops 2 are much more of the traditional low recoil cod variety. Not an awful thing by any stretch and something most people actually prefer but I really respected blops 1 for changing that stuff. Also not a fan of the un-nerfing of the snipers from Blops 1. I preferred that.

The actual moment to moment gameplay is much better though. The movement feels tighter and more crisp. The Treyarch games always felt a little bit sloppy control wise compared to the infinity ward games but they really nail it here. Movement and aiming is silky smooth. The graphics and sound are also now better than the infinity ward games at least on the 360 which is the first time Treyarch has surpassed iw in that regard. The maps are really colorful. And so much better design wise than the shit that was passed off in MW 3.

I like how in objective modes they actually reward you more for doing objective shit. First COD to actually get that right. I like some of the anti-camper tools that have been implemented. Camping will always exist in every shooter but I like that Treyarch has actually given you some tools to handle some of the worst of it.

Theater mode is back and is great. Just a real good and solid all around effort. No death streaks. No last stand. No martyrdom. No huge lunge on the knifing. No MOAB's. No nukes. This is a good way for COD to go out on these set of consoles. They finally got most of the stuff right and took out the crazy annoying shit that kept lingering.

Treyarch is just so much better than IW that the quality comparison between the two is not even in the same league. Now if you are burned out on COD this isn't the game to revolutionize it and bring you back. This is just a refined version of all the lessons that have been learned by the devs. So for me that's great. For others on the surface it will simply look like just another cod game but the secret to a good shooter is sweating the small details.

I didn't even get around to the campaign. I'll give that a try tomorrow and give some thoughts there.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #95 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:10:40 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on November 13, 2012, 10:32:51 PM

Multi is great. Loving the levels and map designs. Better than Halo 4 MP.

I really think its just a good time for mp fans. I think they both are really fun. And this comes from someone who was really disenchanted with Halo in general but 4 has brought me back.

Beezy · « **Reply #96 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:27:25 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 14, 2012, 12:09:34 AM

Treyarch is just so much better than IW that the quality comparison between the two is not even in the same league. Now if you are burned out on COD this isn't the game to revolutionize it and bring you back. This is just a refined version of all the lessons that have been learned by the devs. So for me that's great. For others on the surface it will simply look like just another cod game but the secret to a good shooter is sweating the small details.

I'm guessing you mean what was left of IW after MW2?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #97 on:** November 14, 2012, 01:22:33 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on November 14, 2012, 12:27:25 AM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 14, 2012, 12:09:34 AM
Treyarch is just so much better than IW that the quality comparison between the two is not even in the same league. Now if you are burned out on COD this isn't the game to revolutionize it and bring you back. This is just a refined version of all the lessons that have been learned by the devs. So for me that's great. For others on the surface it will simply look like just another cod game but the secret to a good shooter is sweating the small details.
I'm guessing you mean what was left of IW after MW2?

There is no doubt IW made a truly amazing and revolutionary game with Cod 4. Looking back on it though MW 2 on the mp side at least was a bit of a jumbled mess. And that's strictly speaking from the design side. We never got to see how IW would have tuned the game post launch because all that crazy shit went down and the company imploded. So I mean yes but I'm curious to see if Respawn's next game is balanced rather than the throw everything but the kitchen sink style they had for mw2.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #98 on:** November 14, 2012, 02:40:11 AM »

Single player so far is actually pretty good. I kind of like the branching story stuff. I mean I have no idea if it will pay off or anything, but I mean the choices are not that obvious.

Game is good.

FatalT · « **Reply #99 on:** November 14, 2012, 04:19:09 AM »

I'm enjoying this as much as I enjoyed Halo 4's multi (I ended up renting it). I'll eventually buy Halo 4 as well.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #100 on:** November 14, 2012, 04:56:00 AM »

Quote from: demi on November 13, 2012, 09:16:05 PM

Strike Force Missions are aboslute garbage... why

That's how I'm feeling and this is coming from someone who's played a lot of CoD on Veteran and Xcom lately. That shit is horrible, sorry it'll take you longer to get you 1000 demi.

ManaByte · « **Reply #101 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:17:12 AM »

The Vita reviews are sad. They're all basically: "Activision didn't send me a free copy of this game! FUCK IT! 1/10!"

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #102 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:51:43 AM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on November 13, 2012, 08:48:59 PM

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 13, 2012, 06:32:34 PM
fuckin cracked version aint working. bullshit
Did you do the clock trick?

Try setting it to (UTC+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

huh, that worked. cool.

well i played a bit last night. only to where it shifts to the future. seems... ok.

i forgot that i kinda just don't like the way COD plays anymore. everything feels hollow. the guns sound super hollow. theres no weight to any movement.

bork · « **Reply #103 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:02:47 AM »

Quote from: ManaByte on November 14, 2012, 08:17:12 AM

The Vita reviews are sad. They're all basically: "Activision didn't send me a free copy of this game! FUCK IT! 1/10!"

Which reviews come off like this?

ManaByte · « **Reply #104 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:28:07 PM »

Quote from: bork laser on November 14, 2012, 10:02:47 AM

Quote from: ManaByte on November 14, 2012, 08:17:12 AM
The Vita reviews are sad. They're all basically: "Activision didn't send me a free copy of this game! FUCK IT! 1/10!"

Which reviews come off like this?

IGN sort of, and PocketGamer started their review with complaining about having to walk to the store to buy a copy.

bork · « **Reply #105 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:34:06 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on November 14, 2012, 12:28:07 PM

Quote from: bork laser on November 14, 2012, 10:02:47 AM
Quote from: ManaByte on November 14, 2012, 08:17:12 AM
The Vita reviews are sad. They're all basically: "Activision didn't send me a free copy of this game! FUCK IT! 1/10!"

Which reviews come off like this?

IGN sort of, and PocketGamer started their review with complaining about having to walk to the store to buy a copy.

So the PocketGamer guy had problems with multiplayer (it's from the patch, which was pulled and has been re-uploaded) then trashed the game? LOL.

maxy · « **Reply #106 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:41:47 PM »

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #107 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:47:37 PM »

Quote from: maxy on November 14, 2012, 12:41:47 PM

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Sacred 2 did it better:

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demi · « **Reply #108 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:54:00 PM »

Yep. Game has officially... jumped something

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #109 on:** November 16, 2012, 02:47:20 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on November 15, 2012, 05:31:29 AM

The ending I got made me mad. Mainly because I'm sure people are dumb enough to fall for what happens.

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The fact that both Woods and Menendez are in purgatory with Avenge Sevenfold? It could have been worse, It could have been a Skrillex ending.

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My thoughts on the game's ending

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Why the hell did they go through all the trouble of making this protagonist only to have him kill himself? They should have just left it with him leaving the prison. Then that way they could at least come back to that character. I thought the lack of any of the previous games influences with the MKultra project sucked. I saw a lot of potential for them to use David as the enemy of the state, yet they didn't take it down that road.

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Am I the only one that thinks Treyarch should make a Terminator game? They've already worked with robots and Sam Worthington.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #110 on:** November 17, 2012, 09:31:17 PM »

jesus i really hate call of duty. i haven't played a cod game since MW2 and... yeah still plays like shit.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #111 on:** November 18, 2012, 11:40:30 AM »

lmao. this tower defense mission in india? this is completely terrible. fuck this game. to think this is supposed to be better COD game in years.

demi · « **Reply #112 on:** November 18, 2012, 11:41:47 AM »

STrike Force is doodoo, they seem to be only completable on Recruit... Veteran is bullshit impossible

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #113 on:** November 19, 2012, 03:13:08 AM »

Quote from: demi on November 18, 2012, 11:41:47 AM

STrike Force is doodoo, they seem to be only completable on Recruit... Veteran is bullshit impossible

There is a very small amount of people that seemed to be able to beat it on Veteran. I heard that they outsourced the missions to sledgehammer games.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #114 on:** November 19, 2012, 10:50:01 AM »

Loving the multiplayer.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #115 on:** November 19, 2012, 10:57:12 AM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on November 19, 2012, 10:50:01 AM

Loving the multiplayer.

Yeah I really like it also. I know some people who were beasts in prior cod games and are struggling now are hating it though including some mid tier YouTube commentators. Pretty funny.

I already prestiged once with the double xp weekend.

They do need to tighten up some of the network code though.

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G The Resurrected · « **Reply #116 on:** November 19, 2012, 12:15:49 PM »

I swear back when the game was announced and they were talking about multiplayer. That they said something about the points carrying through deaths, so even those that sucked would be able to make a difference and use the high point value stuff. That would have been awesome and I don't think it would fuck much up too.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #117 on:** November 19, 2012, 12:29:33 PM »

I'm not an amazing player but I run UAV, Hunter Killer, and Care package and I hit those pretty often. But yeah your points reset on death. Although you get more points for doing more supplemental actions.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #118 on:** November 19, 2012, 03:01:52 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 19, 2012, 10:57:12 AM

Quote from: Zero Hero on November 19, 2012, 10:50:01 AM
Loving the multiplayer.

Yeah I really like it also. I know some people who were beasts in prior cod games and are struggling now are hating it though including some mid tier YouTube commentators. Pretty funny.

I already prestiged once with the double xp weekend.

They do need to tighten up some of the network code though.

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I had to rush out of town for a funeral the day after I got it. That really put a damper on my play time. I should be in the mid 20's by the end of tonight.

My favorite thing so far is how they let you swap out a grenade for an extra perk. That's really cool.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #119 on:** November 20, 2012, 03:36:02 AM »

Come on guys join me and the 41 other people playing on Weeoo

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Author Topic: Call of Duty:Black Ops 2 (Read 16752 times)