Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

[Alok]

Done....

^^I am damn sure those are not Original BO2 screenshots.

lets see at E3

[topgear]

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Thread Re-Named

[axes2t2]

[gameranand]

Are these screenshots of BO2. Looks very different from league.

[desiJATT]

OMG the game is looking ****. Same engine FFS. Moreover, that future crap? In Black Ops? Ohh please. Big fail it is gonna be.

[dingdong]

looks interesting.Maybe this time they went to make something different.

[Sujeet]

Done....



lets see at E3

I lost IMO
IMO BO2 has acquired a completely distinct Visual Style when compared to its Predecessors.Treyarch Cooking Something.!

[abhidev]

this one is walking on the lines of Terminator....man vs machines....the gfx are crappy....

[thetechfreak]

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is official

[Terabyte]

this one is walking on the lines of Terminator....man vs machines....the gfx are crappy....

Agreed!

[gameranand]

so BO1 goes to past and BO2 in future. Terrible.

[puneet sharma]

Actually DEv said that they have changed it quite story choice making just like bioware games,able to control robots and fly planes,zombies are also confirmed,treyarch had said that they changed game mechanics very much.but the graphics sadly are same

[Alok]

Actually DEv said that they have changed it quite story choice making just like bioware games,able to control robots and fly planes,zombies are also confirmed,treyarch had said that they changed game mechanics very much.but the graphics sadly are same

Bioshock , i guess.

[Sujeet]

There is a clip in the mid of trailer of Horse Riding which looks interesting.
Rest of Trailer is Visual Crap Nothing more.
Actvision has even stopped Using Enegetic Songs in Trailers ,Like in Previous Game trailers.

This Frame is sort of EPIC!


ACTIVISON has promised for a Meaningful Innovation with Black Ops II.

Black Ops II will Feature a Branching StoryLine!!!! COD Haters And RPG Fanboys Cheer Up

Ironically a BreakThrough Change for the first time in the history of COD.

Black Ops II will be the first Call of Duty video game to feature branching storylines, in which the player's choice affects both the current mission and in turn, the overall course of the story. The game will feature special 'Strike Force' missions that are offered as a choice to the player during the campaign. Choosing one of the missions locks out the others unless the player begins a fresh campaign

Other Big Change:
The Cold War in 2025 is B/W China And US.


Zombies mode will return for Black Ops II .

[101gamzer]

EXCLUSIVE: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Preview

I settle into my leather La-Z Boy with a drink in hand, feet propped up, and staring at a 103-inch plasma screen. No, I’m not at a private cinema screening although it feels very much like that. I’ve been gracefully invited for a press event at Treyarch Studios in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and we’re all eager to see what this award-winning studio has in store this afternoon.

After a brief introduction from the lovely PR folks (i.e ‘film anything and you’re flying home’), Mark Lamia, Studio Head at Treyarch, strides into the room. “Welcome”, he begins “to the Internet’s worst-kept secret.”

Lamia is of course referring to the recent Internet leaks that have pointed to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and today we get to be the first ones in the world to officially see what the studio has been up to. Treyarch has enjoyed plenty of success with the Call of Duty franchise – the studio reception area holds a large screen that displays in real time the hundreds of thousands of gamers logging in to score some headshots. Lamia credits the studio with pushing the boundaries of the franchise, and promises that they will always deliver a ‘complete package’ to fans. Without getting into too much detail, he said that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will receive a massive technological push to take advantage of DirectX 11 and deliver a COD experience like never before. The original Call of Duty: Black Ops opened to phenomenal success, selling an estimated 4.2 million copies in the U.S alone within 24 hours of going on sale.

A COD story like never before
The story for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 initially sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but Lamia assures us that as with previous titles, the game is based on hard facts. While the present day sees the battle for oil being a key political driver, in a number of years attention will be shifted to something called “rare earth elements”- seventeen chemical elements that fuel most of today’s consumer devices. From screens to smartphones, every modern device has some degree of rare earth elements in it. And it turns out that China currently has the largest deposits of rare earth elements in the world, making it a hot topic of discussion.

Tank running on feet WTF!!!!
Lamia’s short geography lesson is intertwined with press clippings and even a statement from President Obama in March 2012 stating that the United States is planning to look into China’s iron grasp on its export of rare earth elements. It’s also revealed that rare earth elements play a big factor in military technologies, especially heavy weapons and unmanned military drones. Which leads us to the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ moment about the storyline in Black Ops 2.

The game starts off in the ‘80s, where you play as David Mason, son of Alex Mason, the main protagonist in the original Call of Duty: Black Ops. Rather than just introduce a roster of familiar characters in Black Ops 2, Lamia explained that the team had to sit down and think about ‘why does so-and-so character need to come back to COD?’ I’m not saying that every single character you meet will be someone from the original game, but (HUGE SPOILER ALERT AHEAD) as a tip, fans will be happy to know that Woods does return to the franchise and that most of the game is told through him. Having said that, each and every character you meet will be vital to your character and story progression.

For the first time in the series’ history, Black Ops 2 will shift the time-frame halfway through the game, fast-forwarding the action to the year 2025. Now of course Treyarch could have gone all Terminator and flooded the world with killer robots and deadly lasers, but they’re far too sensible to do that. They instead employed the thinking of a man called Peter W Singer, author of the book “Wired For War”, which essentially details how warfare is going to completely change in coming years. Singer’s job is essentially to advise world leaders on any growing concerns in the coming decades. His first divination is what Lamia talked about at the start of the presentation – who is going to control the rare earth elements in the years to come? The second statement was more of a play on what is already happening on the battlefield today; the use of robotics in warfare. Drones, automated turrets, and bomb-diffusing robots are just some of the things that troops use every day in battle.

So naturally Treyarch thought they would play on this ‘automation invasion’ and see if they could work this into the game. And they did it beautifully – in 2025 huge waves of American drones and equipment have gone on the fritz and are now bombing and attacking various cities. It turns out the machines aren’t out of control at all, but are being manipulated by the game’s villain, who Lamia describes as “the most comprehensive three-dimensional character we’ve ever created”. That’s saying quite a lot, but the beauty of that statement is that you get to see for yourself if it’s true – when the game is set in the 80s you get to learn of this villain’s character, and you gradually see events unfold that created the monster you confront in 2025. To him everyone else are merely pawns in his twisted game; whether he wants to achieve world domination or unadulterated chaos is for you to discover. The story unfolds in spectacular fashion, thanks to the writing skills of David Goyer, who consulted on the storyline for the original Black Ops. Here’s a short video from Dave Anthony, Game Director, on how the story is setup in Black Ops 2:

BTW there is also a trailer in youtube you can watch it IN youtube (lazy for posting link)

Some more Screen shotz

[Sujeet]

^^Just One Word for GFX.
SH#T

[sunnyhj]

here is a new link that black ops posted in its Facebook page

Documentary - Official Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - YouTube

IMO this is B.S...i really like the COD but this future warfare is full of crap really..and there are Horses ?? WTF?!? its like they choose some random clips, added some music and made a horrible trailer.. i was waiting for BO2 thinking it will be cool in its own way like the previous one but all they give us is some future boohooing with crappy engine. I mean just LOOK at the screenshots. They should be making games to compete with BF3 but looks like they are going in the opposite direction.

Its like Nokia choosing Windows platform instead of android all over again.(No wonder they lost huge market)

This is like a mix of star wars and bulletstorm with worse graphics ever

[Sujeet]

Its like Nokia choosing Windows platform instead of android all over again.(No wonder they lost huge market)

This is like a mix of star wars and bulletstorm with worse graphics ever

And so will Activision.
Just Wait And Watch.

Even Bulletstorm has much better GFX than this.IMO its far ahead of BOII.
IW Engine aka COD Engine-><-UE3.

[topgear]

How many of you wants to make a public petition to change CoD series engine or BO2's gfx - if anyone is interested then just do it ( at-least for pc version which is more flexible to make changes before release ) or else end the BO2's gfx discussion.

[gameranand]

Hmm... Story is kinda different and I wonder how it will be presented to us. Just deja vu of other games with new characters and all or something new.
About the graphics yeah they arn't good as expected.

[cyborg47]

ACTIVISON has promised for a Meaningful Innovation with Black Ops II.

Didnt they say the exact same thing for Modern Warfare 3?

[dingdong]

Trailer seems lame.

[gameranand]

Didnt they say the exact same thing for Modern Warfare 3?

Yeah they did. Always do.

[Sujeet]

Why the Fu#k arent they Upgrading Their Engine.!!???
Perhaps it will cost a few millions from Billion Dollars they earn within few weeks of COD Release.Activision=EA.
EA Atleast makes proper investment in DICE's R&D Projects.

[rchi84]

Treyarch are certainly trying to do something new.

Will reserve judgement till the game comes out.

For all the bashing, I enjoy playing the COD games for their short SP campaign, which unfolds like a brainless action blockbuster. Total time pass, and forget it afterwards.

[theserpent]

Its looks Okay.Wont be surprised if its not a great hit.COD BO 1 wasnt that good i heard.

@Kola you might really become a Section MOD of gamerz one day

[Alok]

Its looks Okay.Wont be surprised if its not a great hit.COD BO 1 wasnt that good i heard.

@Kola you might really become a Section MOD of gamerz one day

thanks ..for your wish

@thread whatever they gonna earn coins as they did with mw3. It holds a "call of duty", no matter game is good or bad.

[abhidev]

for me... i think the action sequence on horse is gonna be epic....rest of the elements of the game doesn't seem interesting...

[Alok]

Do anyone smells Cowboys ?

[Sujeet]

^^
I Do.
Neglecting that its 2025