[CoD Black Ops 2] News and Discussion

Nuri Sahin

Bit too early for this to be stickied for the time being but there have been whispers about the game, codename - Ironwolf for little while now and now Activision has purchased the domain blackops2.com.

Activision prepping for Black Ops 2

Activision has purchased blackops2.com, suggesting that a sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops could be in the works. The publisher previously purchased domains up to Black Ops 6, with 2 being noticeably absent from the list, but that domain has now joined Activision's collection.

According to a report by Fusible, the domain is owned by MarkMonitor, an "internet brand protection company" that "caters to over half the Fortune 100, of which Activision is a client." The domain's WhoIs data shows that it was last updated on January 6th.

This could be as simple as Activision protecting its copyright by grabbing the domain early, but considering that Black Ops sold over 14 million copies, a sequel is certainly not out of the question. A recent job listing suggests that a Call of Duty game is in active development, though we don't know if it will be Black Ops 2 or something different entirely.

Black Ops 2 can only be considered a rumor for now, but we've reached out to Activision and will update with any comment we receive.

zero19

Here's hoping for a big overhaul of the game.

PerrinV2

Tmart has a video here about the possible new perks which there thinking about adding to the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn2wYpWyNmY

Headshot

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Was it my imagine or where did my post go ?

Ade are trying to drive me over the edge?

Magill

Owned, That'll teach you for hating headshot !

Lets hope they don't **** with the perks too much, and just remove the ****ty ones from blops. Then the usual new guns and whatever and lots of colourful maps !

iMuse

I could put my house on treyarch making a better game than mw3 anyway

ugglasdav

im hoping that the next game is World at War based

Shifty Shellshock

Next November will be a cluster-free zone. Thank God.

krudler

ugglasdav wrote: »

im hoping that the next game is World at War based

nah, WW2 set first person shooters have been done to death at this stage, WAW was only 4 years ago and even that was stale at the time. wouldnt surprise me if its more Nam era stuff.

Magill

Slim i'd imagine. Don't think PS4/xbox3 will be out until at least Q4 2013. Would imagine there will be at least 2 more CoD's this generation with the 2nd probably being released on the new consoles aswel..

gimli2112

Still don't think COD has reached it's peak. I know a lot of you, particularly those staring from COD4 are consistently dissappointed but the franchise seems to be growing in popularity at each release (going by sales figures). The hatred for the series is growing too however.
I prefer the IW games I don't know why I just do but am looking forward to blops2 even though the first one eventually crushed my soul.

everlast75

So long as Floyd P gets a copy of this I'll be happy..

I miss his "stream-of consciousness" type ramblings intermixed with copious statistics..

minidazzler

krudler wrote: »

nah, WW2 set first person shooters have been done to death at this stage, WAW was only 4 years ago and even that was stale at the time. wouldnt surprise me if its more Nam era stuff.

To me Iron Wolf sounds like a WW2 game where the main character is Russian. But that's just a pure guess.

justsomebloke

I really hate WW2 shooters

yimrsg

Treyarch pretty much covered WW2 with WaW and going back to that would be a regression. Vietnam and the cold war was done in black ops and other games so I can't see the appeal in re-telling the same story but Treyarch aren't that adventurous in selecting the theatre of war as IW. They are better at making the major battles and set pieces seem less on the rails, IW's standard plan is to place player in a Humvee and drive him around for a few minutes before it explodes and the players screen goes all fuzzy.

I'd love for some of famous battles or engagements throughout history to be included, stuff like the Zeebrugge Raid from WW1 where there was the largest number of victorian crosses awarded for a single event and would make for a fantastic level.

Starts at 3 minutes in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6YdwiRwI_4

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

The submarine base is too far inland for a raid by ground forces, and the base is too well protected from aerial bombardment so an alternative plan is needed. The allies assaulted a port by sea, cut off the pier which is defended by a german destroyer from reinforcements by blowing up a part of it with a submarine, and block the harbour opening by sinking ships packed with concrete to stop the german u-boats from leaving and ultimately attacking allied convoys in the atlantic. Admittedly WW1 has limited appeal so they'd have to transplant it and it's probably better suited to the Halo universe than CoD.

x43r0

everlast75 wrote: »

I miss his "stream-of consciousness" type ramblings intermixed with copious statistics..

Me too strangely enough

Thomasheen

Well if it is going to be Black Ops 2 rather than a new title more than likely it will stick in the cold war era. Theres an easter egg in Blops somewhere

that shows Reznov is still alive so maybe he could return

I think Masons story wrapped up rather well in Black Ops but characters like Hudson could make a return

yimrsg

everlast75 wrote: »

So long as Floyd P gets a copy of this I'll be happy..

I miss his "stream-of consciousness" type ramblings intermixed with copious statistics..

x43r0 wrote: »

Me too strangely enough

Sadists.

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

DanTheMan91

I would love to see Call of Duty go back to the World War 2 setting.

Nuri Sahin

gimli2112 wrote: »

Still don't think COD has reached it's peak. I know a lot of you, particularly those staring from COD4 are consistently dissappointed but the franchise seems to be growing in popularity at each release (going by sales figures). The hatred for the series is growing too however.
I prefer the IW games I don't know why I just do but am looking forward to blops2 even though the first one eventually crushed my soul.

Power of advertising innit

Resentment is certainly growing, even from the MW2 crowd I've noticed at least on a personal level talking to friends of mine who only properly sampled COD in 2009 by purchasing said game.

Despite my seemingly long winded disappointment in the series post-COD4, I was reasonably pleased with BOPS especially going in what low expectations of it due to COD3. I got 4-5 months of fun out of BOPS so again, it exceeded my expectations. I just became bored of repetitive style type gamers - Ghost + Famas/74u rapid fire. New maps bar the first map pack were disappointing too but even then not everyone I played with had them which admittedly was bit frustrating - I really liked Stadium and Kowloon.

I might give an IW game a rent in future but I have more faith in Treyarch producing a decent COD and thus am looking quite forward to it. Vahn is throwing out some good ideas if you, or others aren't following him. It's refreshing instead of having to listen to that hyper, bull****ter Robert Bowling.

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As for the theme, no WWII please. Beating a dead horse and all that. WaW it was considered by many to be past it back in 2008, hell that's half the reason I didn't buy WaW myself. Cold War as period in history I've always been interested in, I wouldn't mind them sticking with that again.

Magill

The actual timeframe doesn't really bother me. I don't play CoD SP and as long as the guns shoot bullets.. im fine. Last WW2 shooter i played for a good amount of time was probably CoD2 and before that RTCW... so those style of MP games aren't really overdone for me.

I imagine they'll keep it the same timeframe as Blops tho.

hypermuse

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

having to listen to that hyper, bull****ter Robert Bowling.

I think this every time I see his gimpy looking head!! He really is full of BS, but you gotta give it 2 him! He knows how to tell people what they want to hear! Even if its all Bull!

Tallon

http://blackops2clans.com/call-of-duty-bo2/black-ops-2-will-be-the-game-to-watch-in-2012

If you’re a frequent visitor to any of the large gaming news sites like IGN, you’ve probably already heard that Activision recently acquired BlackOps2.com. Are they just protecting their trademark, or are they actively developing the sequel and gearing up to an official announcement in the next few months? We think the latter, so we’ve started to let our minds wander on what we could expect from Black Ops 2 in 2012, which without doubt will be the game of the year if it happens to find its way onto our shelves.

The Call of Duty franchise began back in 2003, and since then almost yearly releases have caused the game to build up a huge following of hardcore gamers looking to keep up-to-date with the latest thing to cause a stir in the gaming world. For that reason alone, any new COD titles are going to be bought by the masses, regardless of whether or not the release is met with rave reviews. This has certainly rang true in recent years. Both Black Ops and, more recently Modern Warfare 3, received mixed reviews from gamers, with some suggesting that the company no longer cared about releasing quality games, instead just releasing as many games as possible to maximise revenue from the proven cash cow.

It should come as no surprise then, that with the increased speculation surrounding Black Ops 2, gamers began to question and speculate on the quality of the potential sequel. With the last two games in the franchise failing to please everyone, it would appear of the utmost importance that Activision get things right with Black Ops 2, and focus on creating a ground breaking first person shooter, rather than releasing sub-optimal games in an effort to make a quick buck, otherwise there seemingly indestructible followers may just become, well… destructible.

So, looks like the new game is Black Ops 2... 'sigh'

PerrinV2

Thread already here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056511488

krudler

fcuk it, set it in Napoleonic era, big square formations of people marching slowly towards each other unloading muskets and single shot rifles. perks could include sleight of hand, which reduces reload time down from 3 minutes to 90 seconds. extra ammunition meaning 6 bags of shot powder instead of 4.

Tallon

Cheers, had a quick look, but didn't see it

everlast75

krudler wrote: »

fcuk it, set it in Napoleonic era, big square formations of people marching slowly towards each other unloading muskets and single shot rifles. perks could include sleight of hand, which reduces reload time down from 3 minutes to 90 seconds. extra ammunition meaning 6 bags of shot powder instead of 4.

bi-plane strikes for 6 kills and reviving someone from last stand will involve leeches

Duff

everlast75 wrote: »

bi-plane strikes for 6 kills and reviving someone from last stand will involve leeches

lol'd

klose

In fairness its hardly surprising that blops 2 would be coming given the success of blops itself.

Id buy a game for all its content unlike some people who only buy for multiplayer which is a tad stupid IMO and blops had a great campaign, I prefer mw multiplayer but blops isint too far behind however blops campaign is much more interesting and fun to play.

Of course theyll bring back zombies which could of course been released as a sperate game nearly at this point its became so popular, be interesting to see what they do with that this time round.

Magill

whippedcream wrote: »

In fairness its hardly surprising that blops 2 would be coming given the success of blops itself.

Id buy a game for all its content unlike some people who only buy for multiplayer which is a tad stupid IMO and blops had a great campaign, I prefer mw multiplayer but blops isint too far behind however blops campaign is much more interesting and fun to play.

Of course theyll bring back zombies which could of course been released as a sperate game nearly at this point its became so popular, be interesting to see what they do with that this time round.

How so ? I got plenty of gametime out of BLOP's multiplayer to justify the price, i tried the SP till after the first level and thought it was boring as fook.. its fair to say a lot of people do the same. Personally i hate shooters on rails like the CoD/BF SP games which is why they bore me. Too many GOOD SP games on the backlog as it is !

Probably why im not all too concerned about the time period of these CoD games and don't think WW2 is overdone in games ! :P

hypermuse

I buy them for the multiplayer/spec ops tbh!

SP doesn't really hold my attention that well at all.. find them quite boring regardless of storyline!

klose

Magill wrote: »

How so ?

Just the fact games cost so much because of the input etc.. and im guessing campaign takes more time to complete then multiplayer?? Id only do a campaign once and maybe revisit it a second time on vet, I just like getting me moolas worth :P

senordingdong

Well SP ftw and the Treyarch series have infinitely better campaigns than the Infinity Ward batch.

everlast75

hypermuse wrote: »

I buy them for the multiplayer/spec ops tbh!

SP doesn't really hold my attention that well at all.. find them quite boring regardless of storyline!

This.

Only finish the SP usually in October before the new game comes out

Even on Bops which I sold after a couple of months I had more than enough playtime to justify buying it. Compare buying cod to buying a cinema ticket and you'll see real value for money.

Socialist_Pig

krudler wrote: »

fcuk it, set it in Napoleonic era, big square formations of people marching slowly towards each other unloading muskets and single shot rifles. perks could include sleight of hand, which reduces reload time down from 3 minutes to 90 seconds. extra ammunition meaning 6 bags of shot powder instead of 4.

and if you get 25 kills with a bayonet without dying you get to call in an air strike...from balloons

Socialist_Pig

AdamD wrote: »

Even on Bops which I sold after a couple of months I had more than enough playtime to justify buying it. Compare buying cod to buying a cinema ticket and you'll see real value for money.

I keep saying that...seriously its 60€.play the sp and and a few hrs of the MP and its paid for itself.


Every CoD game thats released will have a megab1tch and sunshine and loolipops thread.Its not as if people have invested there life saving in the poxy game.

in fairness at this stage im getting p1ssed off emailing activision about having dinosaurs as a killstreak:pac:

yimrsg

whippedcream wrote: »

In fairness its hardly surprising that blops 2 would be coming given the success of blops itself.

Id buy a game for all its content unlike some people who only buy for multiplayer which is a tad stupid IMO and blops had a great campaign, I prefer mw multiplayer but blops isint too far behind however blops campaign is much more interesting and fun to play.

Of course theyll bring back zombies which could of course been released as a sperate game nearly at this point its became so popular, be interesting to see what they do with that this time round.

Completely disagree with you there. There is sod all replayability in the CoD campaigns. I doubt there are many who have finished any CoD campaign bar CoD4 more than 3 times. The only way CoD keeps buyers coming back iteration after iteration is for the multiplayer. Every single player campaign in the series after CoD4 has felt secondary, tacked on and devoid of originality. I like CoD campaigns but developers have gradually moved resources away from single player to prioritise multiplayer and it's showed. It's comes down to the simple fact that designing a multiplayer map takes a lot less effort (or money) than a campaign level which is exponentially bigger and requires more hidden costs such as voice actors, script writers, creative team etc. A DLC map brings in plenty of money in the CoD franchise, there is a financial reason why campaign levels aren't available as DLC.

It took me a little over 2 hours to finish the campaign in mw3, blops campaign was closer to 3 but both have zero appeal to replay for me, the campaigns were dour and clichéd compared to what has gone before. I was really interested in how it mw3 would end up but (like mw2) it fell short. Black ops campaign was awful in parts, tediously longwinded and never really immersive (getting into the limo to the pentagon felt like I was playing Driver 2). It went back to COD2/3 formula of waves of infinite respawning enemies unless you reach point X through a hail of bullets and grenades. This quote from Predator sums it up:

So you cooked up a story and dropped the six of us in a meatgrinder?

Why buy a game for the solo experience if the only change in the course of 4 years is superficial? If game buyers want a solid solo player experience then you'll have to change genre.

Say you bought blops for €60, and you only play the campaign through twice, call it 6 hours, so the game kept you amused at €10/hour. Now say if you play multiplayer and over the course of the year you play 15 days or 360 hours and the game costs you well under a €/hour. I know guys who've got 40+ days played on mw2, I'd hazard a guess and say that is comparable to the amount of man hours IW spent on the campaign.

I honestly believe that over the next 3 or 4 years CoD campaigns are going to continue getting less and less resources till they totally atrophy and are done away with altogether.

iMuse

It won't be too long before you will be able to download the COD multiplayer on its own off xbox live/ PSN on day 1, the campaigns are becoming increasingly irrelevant to me anyway.

DaveNoCheese

First night I got MW3, I played handful of multiplayer games, to get a feel for 'em. Didnt get a chance to touch the game then for a few days.

When I did, I tore through the campaign before even going back to multiplayer. Have always done the same for previous Call of Duty titles. That's just the way I work though. Love the campaigns (especially on veteran, love the challenge)!

gimli2112

@Dave

Veteran (my opinion)
WAW - No, just no!!!!!

COD4 - a few painful moments. That sniper level everyone loves when you shoot the guy's arm off springs to mind. Even on normal there were several levels where I was thinking, "Why am I dying all the time here?"

BLOPS/MW2 - pretty easy

MW3 - no problems as yet but am dreading the bit where you are in the tank. Haven't played it in a while.

Overature

This really is taking the piss, it will literatly just be another modern warefare

DaveNoCheese

gimli2112 wrote: »

@Dave

Veteran (my opinion)
WAW - No, just no!!!!! Don't own it so wouldn't know :pac:

COD4 - a few painful moments. That sniper level everyone loves when you shoot the guy's arm off springs to mind. Even on normal there were several levels where I was thinking, "Why am I dying all the time here?" By far the best CoD blah blah blah, it was f*ckin' hard but oh so worth it!

BLOPS/MW2 - pretty easy Blops, fairly easy yea, still enjoyed it. MW2 had its moments and places where I got bogged down but I really enjoyed it (close second to Cod4)

MW3 - no problems as yet but am dreading the bit where you are in the tank. Haven't played it in a while. I'm the same actually, finished it on hardened but have barely touched the campaign on Veteran.

On another note, if there is gonna be a Blops 2, would it be Nov 2013 before it's released??

Magill

Overature wrote: »

This really is taking the piss, it will literatly just be another modern warefare

lol ?

I guess you mean it'll be like MW3 in that it was practically the same as MW2 ? Only with BLOPs ?

gimli2112

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

On another note, if there is gonna be a Blops 2, would it be Nov 2013 before it's released??

Yeah, it's been released annually in November for a while now. Don't raise it with them though or we'll have a new COD every 6 months

Nuri Sahin

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

First night I got MW3, I played handful of multiplayer games, to get a feel for 'em. Didnt get a chance to touch the game then for a few days.

When I did, I tore through the campaign before even going back to multiplayer. Have always done the same for previous Call of Duty titles. That's just the way I work though. Love the campaigns (especially on veteran, love the challenge)!

Proper gamer mindset is what that is Do the same myself. I grew up playing campaigns from the early 90s, that part of me will always stay strong. Honestly can't help but smile reading some of the comments regarding campaign, not trying it is one thing but to play a mission if even two and claim it's boring is comical. Nicest way of putting it. I actually thought this year I'd try and jump head first into multiplayer it must be said but no could do. From those cinematic moments, the score and the the general storyline.. I love it all anyway.

Oh and MW3 veteran is simple btw. Few hairy moments, but compared to COD4, it was grand.

DaveNoCheese

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Proper gamer mindset is what that is

Cheers mate, really don't see the point in buying a game unless you play through the campaign and experience it!

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

I actually thought this year I'd try and jump head first into multiplayer it must be said but no could do. From those cinematic moments, the score and the the general storyline.. I love it all anyway.

Certain parts of it, between the score and whats happening on screen, could honestly say my jaw dropped. It just sweeps over me :eek:

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Oh and MW3 veteran is simple btw. Few hairy moments, but compared to COD4, it was grand.

Really? Need to find the time and actually get through it so. And go back to play MW1 + MW2 campaigns, epic

LaVail

Didn't read the thread but I'm mad looking forward to blops2 or whatever it's going to be called. Playing MW3 every day and still noticing bad aspects of the game..The lag is just horrible and there seems to be a new game breaking glitch every week now yet still no patches. MW3 seems like it was rushed and with no public beta it fails hard. Some of the maps such as downturn are just horrible and I'm also sick of bumping into team mates and getting stuck on random siht I can't even see.

Magill

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Proper gamer mindset is what that is Do the same myself. I grew up playing campaigns from the early 90s, that part of me will always stay strong. Honestly can't help but smile reading some of the comments regarding campaign, not trying it is one thing but to play a mission if even two and claim it's boring is comical. Nicest way of putting it. I actually thought this year I'd try and jump head first into multiplayer it must be said but no could do. From those cinematic moments, the score and the the general storyline.. I love it all anyway.

Oh and MW3 veteran is simple btw. Few hairy moments, but compared to COD4, it was grand.

Personal opinions, im sure the michael bay fan's love them. I find them boring,I didn't say everyone does. Like how you find RPG's and anything with a bit of depth to it.. boring. I can't stand over the top action/war films, i sure as hell am not going to enjoy a game with much less of a story and gameplay that is so linear and on rails that it would almost be a good kenetic game. Probably the same reason why i don't really like UC (Although the story is pretty good), it is far too linear for my taste.

I at least gave them a chance,Blops i finished the jail mission.. so i guess that's 2 levels ?) and MW2/CoD4 i think I finished most of the campaign. I'd rather be playing something like Dues ex or darksouls for my SP experience and leave CoD to what its good at(Most of the time).

Nuri Sahin

Magill wrote: »

Personal opinions, im sure the michael bay fan's love them. I find them boring,I didn't say everyone does. Like how you find RPG's and anything with a bit of depth to it.. boring. I can't stand over the top action/war films, i sure as hell am not going to enjoy a game with much less of a story and gameplay that is so linear and on rails that it would almost be a good kenetic game. Probably the same reason why i don't really like UC (Although the story is pretty good), it is far too linear for my taste.

I at least gave them a chance,Blops i finished the jail mission.. so i guess that's 2 levels ?) and MW2/CoD4 i think I finished most of the campaign. I'd rather be playing something like Dues ex or darksouls for my SP experience and leave CoD to what its good at(Most of the time).

I what???

No, I don't like Michael Bay movies. Sorry to disappoint you. We've discussed the TF franchise in the past and I ruthlessly slated that gob****e then for doing his damnedest in trying to ruin arguably my favourite childhood show. So yeah, not so much of a fan Fairly sure I discussed it at some point in the OTT too. Any stick to hit, etc

No, I've never said I found all RPG based games boring. Find me a quote saying otherwise. They aren't my cup of tea but I do appreciate certain aspects about them (Skyrim landscape for example, Fallout for atmosphere), and how some people like them even if I'm not keen into them. I'am not ignorant nor a troll to slate a particular genre entirely. Most games have something redeemable about them. Very few don't. Pokemon Red/Blue is considered an RPG by many, I did like that as you know. San Andreas had RPG elements in it and it worked very well in it.

I did say I hate dragons, wizardry and hocus pocus malark. Guilty as charged!

Anyway, this is going off topic. If you're that bothered, discuss it with me in the Off topic thread

Back on topic. As I said, one or two missions into a campaign is no way to judge a COD campaign. But in saying that, if you didn't like Korkuta in BOPS there's no point trying to discuss this particular facet any further.

Magill

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

I what???

No, I don't like Michael Bay movies. Sorry to disappoint you. We've discussed the TF franchise in the past and I ruthlessly slated that gob****e then for doing his damnedest in trying to ruin arguably my favourite childhood show. So yeah, not so much of a fan Fairly sure I discussed it at some point in the OTT too. Any stick to hit, etc

No, I've never said I found all RPG based games boring. Find me a quote saying otherwise. They aren't my cup of tea but I do appreciate certain aspects about them (Skyrim landscape for example, Fallout for atmosphere), and how some people like them even if I'm not keen into them. I'am not ignorant nor a troll to slate a particular genre entirely. Most games have something redeemable about them. Very few don't. Pokemon Red/Blue is considered an RPG by many, I did like that as you know. San Andreas had RPG elements in it and it worked very well in it.

I did say I hate dragons, wizardry and hocus pocus malark. Guilty as charged!

Anyway, this is going off topic. If you're that bothered, discuss it with me in the Off topic thread

Back on topic. As I said, one or two missions into a campaign is no way to judge a COD campaign. But in saying that, if you didn't like Korkuta in BOPS there's no point trying to discuss this particular facet any further.

I never said you were a micheal bay fan. Im sure people who are fans of his style of film are probably fans of the CoD campaign since they're sort of similar, lots of explosions, a little character development and more explosions.

RPG's/Dragons/Wizards...whatever.. the point is.. some games are simply not for you, like some types of games are not for me. I didn't have to play more of black ops to decide if i'd like the game or not, i could tell from the first level that it was just the same style of game as the rest and was bored. I don't see how thats comical. I Appriciate the main part of the call of duty games.. the multiplayer, i think thats more than enough to warrant a purchase.