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The Call of Duty franchise begins to show its age.
posted by Sideshow (JACINTO CITY, TX) Nov 13, 2012
Member since Sep 2004
56 out of 71 gamers (79%) found this review helpful
I've been really hyped up for this game since it was first announced but now that I'm actually playing it I can't help but feel a little disappointed with some aspects of the game.
The Bad -
LACKLUSTER MAP DESIGN - Totally symmetrical maps really hurt what could have been a good MP experience. I was really hoping that the maps would be like the maps from BO1 where they had a nice balance of ranged combat to CQC. Instead you will constantly find yourself spraying and praying around corners and running into campers like you wouldn't believe.
CORE MECHANICS FROM BO1 ARE GONE - I really felt like I was playing MW3 when I first started playing and that is not a good thing. Where did the great game play mechanics from BO1 go that made it fun to play?? I didn't really enjoy MW3 and now that i'm seeing glaring similarities to it in BO2 its really making me feel slightly disappointed.
STILL FEELS LIKE THE SAME OLE THING - I know no one wants the Call of Duty franchise to make any drastic changes but i'm seriously running out of reasons to keep buying these games. I put my faith in this game because of how ambitious it looked but in my opinion its all polish and no substance.
NUKETOWN AS A PREORDER BONUS - I thought this was really stupid and kinda greedy on Activision's part. If I pay $60 for a game I expect ALL content to be in there when I get it.
The Good -
CAMPAIGN HAS REPLAY VALUE - The campaign continues the BO1 story line and actually turns out to be pretty enjoyable just like the last game. The introduction of the story arc makes the campaign even more fun, giving the player different choices to make that affect how the game ends and how the story goes.
ZOMBIES ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER - So much detail has been put into the Zombies part of the game and to me it shows that Treyarch understands how much people love that part of the game. There is a Zombie based campaign, traditional Survival and even a Pvp vs Zombies addition.
BO2
The Bad -
LACKLUSTER MAP DESIGN - Totally symmetrical maps really hurt what could have been a good MP experience. I was really hoping that the maps would be like the maps from BO1 where they had a nice balance of ranged combat to CQC. Instead you will constantly find yourself spraying and praying around corners and running into campers like you wouldn't believe.
CORE MECHANICS FROM BO1 ARE GONE - I really felt like I was playing MW3 when I first started playing and that is not a good thing. Where did the great game play mechanics from BO1 go that made it fun to play?? I didn't really enjoy MW3 and now that i'm seeing glaring similarities to it in BO2 its really making me feel slightly disappointed.
STILL FEELS LIKE THE SAME OLE THING - I know no one wants the Call of Duty franchise to make any drastic changes but i'm seriously running out of reasons to keep buying these games. I put my faith in this game because of how ambitious it looked but in my opinion its all polish and no substance.
NUKETOWN AS A PREORDER BONUS - I thought this was really stupid and kinda greedy on Activision's part. If I pay $60 for a game I expect ALL content to be in there when I get it.
The Good -
CAMPAIGN HAS REPLAY VALUE - The campaign continues the BO1 story line and actually turns out to be pretty enjoyable just like the last game. The introduction of the story arc makes the campaign even more fun, giving the player different choices to make that affect how the game ends and how the story goes.
ZOMBIES ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER - So much detail has been put into the Zombies part of the game and to me it shows that Treyarch understands how much people love that part of the game. There is a Zombie based campaign, traditional Survival and even a Pvp vs Zombies addition.
BO2