Players control squads of soldiers and equipment from a top-down “Overwatch" viewpoint. Treyarch created these missions in order to insert a level of sandbox-style RTS gameplay into an otherwise FPS experience. Also, the fact that Black Ops 2 also allows you to customize your single-player loadout (to a certain extent) makes playing throughout the campaign a second time almost as interesting as the first.Īnother one of BO2's defining elements is probably going to be its most controversial feature: Strike Force Missions. I ran through the campaign twice, making completely different decisions both times, and was genuinely surprised by the aftermath (literally, in some cases). However, the way that the Black Ops 2 plotlines interweave with one another will have a surprising effect on the overall outcome. A few weeks ago, I got that chance to sit down with Mark Lamia, Studio Head at Treyarch, and he mentioned that the game has roughly six primary endings. These choices will change the way the narrative progresses and can drastically affect the end game outcome. Throughout the campaign, you're going to make some difficult decisions about which characters live and which ones die. The thing that makes BO2's single-player campaign genuinely unique within the CoD franchise is Treyarch's decision to add branching plot lines. You might remember Alex as the guy who spent most of Black Ops 1 being tortured and interrogated. This time the narrative follows David Mason, who is the son of Alex Mason. The timeline in Black Ops 2 is split between the recent future (2025, to be exact), and the recent past (the 1970s and 80s). The story arc builds heavily on Black Ops 1, but where the first BO's storyline was incoherent at points, BO2 manages to stay focused without becoming monotonous. Goyer, who also wrote the previous Black Ops script and penned a couple of small, indie movies called Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. Obviously, there will be those who argue in favor of MW1's superiority, but the replay value in Black Ops 2 is what edges the competition. The single-player campaign, for instance, is arguably the most impressive in the Call of Duty franchise. Sure, Black Ops 2 has that unmistakable CoD flavor, but it's also a bit angrier, and it has more depth and more surprises than any of the previous incarnations. Now, I know that what I'm about to say will probably make me sound like a mindless Call of Duty fanboy, but Activision's latest outing is quintessentially different from anything they've ever done in the past.
But if you're one of the few people waiting until the review scores come in, it's probably safe for you to go and pick up a copy. If so, anything that I say in the following paragraphs will have very little influence on how much of your paycheck Activision is going to get their hands on. By now, even if you're reading this at midnight on launch day, you've probably already managed to get your hands on a copy of Black Ops 2.
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