[CoD Black Ops 2] News and Discussion

hightower1

On a monthly business there is a report of one kind or another of how used games are ruining the industry and its clear as day that Activision and companies like it are the ones doing real tangable damage to both the people within the industry and any snuff or creativity left.

They are the industrial revolution eqivialnt that put the artisans out of business.

Big business, mass production on a hugely fast scale focused soley on profit margins sucking up any spark of a good idea and milking it into the gears of the big machine for every penny its worth then move on to the next.

Nuri Sahin

Connection was grand for me early on in BOPS life cycle tbh.

senordingdong

hightower1 wrote: »

On a monthly business there is a report of one kind or another of how used games are ruining the industry and its clear as day that Activision and companies like it are the ones doing real tangable damage to both the people within the industry and any snuff or creativity left.

They are the industrial revolution eqivialnt that put the artisans out of business.

Big business, mass production on a hugely fast scale focused soley on profit margins sucking up any spark of a good idea and milking it into the gears of the big machine for every penny its worth then move on to the next.

Yes! And we want MOAR!

ugglasdav

senordingdong

Not bad but not official either.

Shifty Shellshock

senordingdong wrote: »

Not bad but not official either.

Thank God it's not official. It's terribly bland

Shifty Shellshock

This picture was posted on twitter and has something to do with Zombies in Black ops 2

http://twitpic.com/9qtvyx/full

ugglasdav

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

This picture was posted on twitter and has something to do with Zombies in Black ops 2

http://twitpic.com/9qtvyx/full

go back 2 pages

minidazzler

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

This picture was posted on twitter and has something to do with Zombies in Black ops 2

http://twitpic.com/9qtvyx/full

It's just promotional art to give us a boner for zombies.

Shifty Shellshock

ugglasdav wrote: »

go back 2 pages

I can't go back, I've already went forward and there is no stopping me now

Headshot

I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call

Mr. Manager

Headshot wrote: »

If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call

Nuri Sahin

Headshot wrote: »

I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call

Weirdo.














Read that in you're singing voice. Guess that makes me a weirdo too. Sigh

senordingdong

Re-watched the trailer again last night and have to say I liked the comment about how the military become too dependant on 'modern' technologies. Their stab at IW perhaps?

minidazzler

-Ade- wrote: »

Weirdo.

Read that in you're singing voice. Guess that makes me a weirdo too. Sigh

The weirdest thing about it is that you are apparently serenaded so regularly by him that you know his voice from memory...

PerrinV2

Black ops single player on at E3 now

iMuse

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Black ops single player on at E3 now

Thought it looked rubbish, that Xray scope better not make it into multiplayer

Headshot

iMuse wrote: »

Thought it looked rubbish, that Xray scope better not make it into multiplayer

mg if that makes it in MP it has to be one of the dumbest thing cod has ever done and man they have many of them already

Spike2010

Where are you guys watching this? Has anyone got a link? Thanks.

LaVail

When is microsofts stream happening? Has it already ended?

docdolittle

LaVail wrote: »

When is microsofts stream happening? Has it already ended?

Yup, its finished.

PerrinV2

Ya thought it was pretty meh myself,more of the same really.

LaVail

docdolittle wrote: »

Yup, its finished.

docdolittle

AGB_Ghost wrote: »

If I may say so myself, the guy playing was meh. Trying to use the Quadrotor gun run at random and silly times. Timed it wrong and didn't show it off all that well.

I was thinking that myself... They didn't show off the action bits very well and even using the drone seems like a lot of effort. You'd think it would only be a one button press to tell it to move up (Like up on the D-Pad) instead of putting away your weapon to use something on your wrist.

I'm not sure which one I'll be playing come November, Halo or Blops...

Headshot

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVw_lpZhqTY

MW4?

Nuri Sahin

I presume Activision renewed their contract with Microsoft, correct?

As for the vids, meh.

Nuri Sahin

I'll take that as a yes so.

senordingdong

That video was alarmingly uninspiring.

_Gawd_

The reason people are finally being thrown off this year is the realisation that "Call of Duty" is no longer Call of Duty. Simple as that.

Is that a bad thing? It depends how you look at it. The foundations, theme and atmosphere of a CoD game has been eroded over the last number of years to the point where instead of that novice, inexperienced private in a boatload full of horrified kids storming a beach in France amid ablaze of gunfire during one of the most documented events in our history has transformed into a science fiction Terminator-esque sequence in Hollywood Los Angelas where you're a James Bond super soldier taking five minutes out of your busy day to save the world single-handedly with a straw and piece of cardboard.

The "Am I going to survive? " has turned into the cheesiest of action movies. CoD has now left the genre completely with this iteration that nobody can deny there is now a niche in the market strangely. I honestly thought Medal of Honor looked like a better game overall. It's all so bizarre - fans have been haggling for a return to the CoD4 gun-on-gun gameplay for years but it just seems that with each passing edition, that request becoming a reality just looks further and further away. And why wouldn't it? There have been so many studios involved in it to this point that it could be called the village bicycle - Infinity Ward don't even make the maps anymore, Raven do. It's just a brand name at this point - the mechanics and feel of a CoD game are long gone.

senordingdong

Yeah, I will be gladly waiting a while, maybe summer to pick this one up on the cheap.

Headshot

I hate that it's going far to futuristic

AdamD

People either give out about it being the same every year, or there being too much change. lol.

LaVail

Any news on respawns cod killer?

LaVail

Just watched blops2 there and didn't think much of it...Gonna wait till I see multiplayer gameplay before making my mind up though.

LaVail

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Nope.West and Zampella were there alright but didnt take the stage. EA gave them a congatulations :rolleyes:

God I thought we were gonna see some bit of a presentation from them at e3. Regardless of whether its a cod killer or not, I am interested to see what they come up with. Guess we have to wait though.

hypermuse

Meh.. nothing exciting! same old america is under attack..

American hero's will inevitably win!

Just bring on the MP stuff so we can start bitching about whats wrong with it!!

_Gawd_

Some new info about Zombies.

1. There's only going to be 1..... YES....ONE!!!!!!!! MAP. It's going to be huuuuuuuuuuge, apparently.
2. No more space monkey sci-fi stuff. The new setup is in the American countryside with small dotted towns in a post-Apocalyptic world ala Left4Dead.

KERSPLAT!

Can't watch the vid till later but the idea sounds kinda cool

senordingdong

Booooooooooooooooooooo

Nazis or GTFO

krudler

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVw_lpZhqTY

meh, I like that they've moved away from the WW2/Vietnam era stuff but it just looks like any generic future set fps now. oh look a mission beginning with you in a vehicle thats attacked,same old same old. if the MP turns out to be good I'll pick it up but this may be the first COD since MW2 that I wont be buying on launch

_Gawd_

krudler wrote: »

meh, I like that they've moved away from the WW2/Vietnam era stuff but it just looks like any generic future set fps now. oh look a mission beginning with you in a vehicle thats attacked,same old same old. if the MP turns out to be good I'll pick it up but this may be the first COD since MW2 that I wont be buying on launch

Yup. In fairness unless you're a CoD nerd or hardcore fanboy past the point of pathetic (trust me, they are out there) *shudders*......there is no reason whatsoever to have anyone gnawing at their nails over this in November.

Just look at what is coming this year - first we have Far Cry 3 in September and that is supposed to have an unbelievable multiplayer (you can even create your own maps - something Activision would laugh you out of the building with if you asked them for a map editor being the money grabbers they are). Then Battlefield is releasing some serious DLC (biggest map ever with AC130's). Then you have Borderlands 2 in towards the end of the year if that's your thing, Halo 4, Resident Evil 6, Assassins Creed 3, Hitman Absolution, Metal Gear Solid are all releasing around the same time as BLOPS2. Not to mention after Xmas with more FPS's like Bioshock. Don't forget GTA5.

More than enough entertainment to get you well into the new year so that you can pick this up on ebay for a couple of quid - and keep the money in your pocket when this Elite scam is being built up again. By that time they'll already have everyone's money and the hype will well and truly be over with some new info be released on the grand spanking new CoD on Xbox720.

Nuri Sahin

This is a CoD Black Ops 2 thread...

everlast75

-Ade- wrote: »

This is a CoD Black Ops 2 thread...

hightower1

Reddit points something out about the quality of blops 2....


360 head spin? Cutscene fail.

Headshot

Could be an owl man

senordingdong

Some sort of augmented future warrior?

everlast75

Clearly possessed!?!?

Vargulf

Call of Duty: XP won't be coming in 2012

Call of Duty: Experience (Call of Duty: XP), a convention hosted by Activision to celebrate the Call of Duty series, will not be running in 2012.

The convention, which first began in 2011 in Los Angeles, allowed Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games to showcase their upcoming game (at the time it was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) to fans as well as host a $1 million gaming tournament.

The event also offered live performances, Call of Duty multiplayer matches, paintball, jeep off-loading, and a full scale replica of Burger Town from Modern Warfare 2.

An Activision representative confirmed to Polygon that there will be no Call of Duty XP event this year.

"Last year's Call of Duty XP was a great way to celebrate our Call of Duty community and reveal Call of Duty Elite," the spokesperson said. "Each year we try to surprise and delight our fans and this year we are planning to host some new experiences for our fans around the globe including at Gamescom later this summer in Cologne, Germany. While its possible we may host another XP in the future, we don't have plans to hold the event this year."

The next Gamescom will be on the 15th of August I think.

krudler

Vargulf wrote: »

Call of Duty: XP won't be coming in 2012


The next Gamescom will be on the 15th of August I think.

prob so people wont see how broken the MP is until launch day :pac:

senordingdong

Well people saw how broken it was last time and what was done to fix it?