Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
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Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
I told myself that Halo 4 would be the only online game I play this fall but that last trailer makes me wanted to buy this game....and I HATED the first Black Ops.
#102
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Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
Move over Frosbite2!
#104
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
A nice breakdown of the reveal trailer.....
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#108
Moderator
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
Here's the livestream videos from BlackOps 2 Gamescom. Lots of multiplayer gameplay footage.
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#109
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
HERE WE GO!
HARDENED EDITION: $79.99 (available for PS3 & 360)
DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION: $79.99 (available for PC)
CARE PACKAGE: $179.99 (available for PS3 & 360)
GODDAMNIT AMAZON, WHY HAVEN'T YOU PUT UP PRE-ORDER LINKS YET?
HARDENED EDITION: $79.99 (available for PS3 & 360)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map - Battle hordes of Zombies in this beloved 1960s nuclear neighborhood.
- Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map - Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map re-imagined in a 1960s visionary depiction of the "model home of the future."
- Collectible 2-Sided SteelBook - Limited edition game case featuring exclusive artwork.
- 2 Challenge Coins - Limited edition challenge coins that serve as your key to exclusive digital content.
- Weapon Camo - Rank-up in style with an exclusive multiplayer weapon skin.
- 2 Player Card Backgrounds - Liven up any killcam with two exclusive player card backgrounds, inspired by Nuketown 2025 and Zombies.
- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
- Xbox LIVE CLAW Avatar Prop - An exclusive avatar prop, deployable to a dashboard near you.
- Xbox LIVE Zombies Avatar Costume - Show off your pride with an avatar costume built exclusively for fans of the Call of Duty undead.
- PlayStation 3 versions include a dynamic multiplayer theme of the Turbine map as well as a dynamic Zombies theme that shows off Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies.
DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION: $79.99 (available for PC)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map - Battle hordes of Zombies in this beloved 1960s nuclear neighborhood.
- Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map - Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map re-imagined in a 1960s visionary depiction of the "model home of the future."
- Weapon Camo - Rank-up in style with an exclusive multiplayer weapon skin.
- 2 Player Card Backgrounds - Liven up any killcam with two exclusive player card backgrounds, inspired by Nuketown 2025 and Zombies.
- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
CARE PACKAGE: $179.99 (available for PS3 & 360)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Remote Controlled MQ-27 Dragonfire Drone - Command cutting-edge technology, exclusively for this once-in-a-lifetime combat collection.
- Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map - Battle hordes of Zombies in this beloved 1960s nuclear neighborhood.
- Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map - Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map re-imagined in a 1960s visionary depiction of the "model home of the future."
- Collectible 2-Sided SteelBook - Limited edition game case featuring exclusive artwork.
- 2 Challenge Coins - Limited edition challenge coins that serve as your key to exclusive digital content.
- Weapon Camo - Rank-up in style with an exclusive multiplayer weapon skin.
- 2 Player Card Backgrounds - Liven up any killcam with two exclusive player card backgrounds, inspired by Nuketown 2025 and Zombies.
- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
- Xbox LIVE CLAW Avatar Prop - An exclusive avatar prop, deployable to a dashboard near you.
- Xbox LIVE Zombies Avatar Costume - Show off your pride with an avatar costume built exclusively for fans of the Call of Duty undead.
- PlayStation 3 versions include a dynamic multiplayer theme of the Turbine map as well as a dynamic Zombies theme that shows off Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies.
GODDAMNIT AMAZON, WHY HAVEN'T YOU PUT UP PRE-ORDER LINKS YET?
#110
DVD Talk Legend
#112
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
I placed a pre-order for the Hardened Edition:
- You're guaranteed Nuketown: Zombies as Activision still hasn't confirmed if it'll come with the first pressing of the game (a la Nuketown 2025).
- You're guaranteed extra DLC with the challenge coins.
- You're guaranteed extra camo and card backgrounds (if you play multiplayer).
- You get the added benefit of the steelbook packaging, digital download of the soundtrack and the Live/PSN materials.
#113
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
One zombie map for an extra $20? BO1 gave us 4 redone maps. Also shitty since said maps were already bought once anyway.
I starting to find it kinda shitty that games in the same series can't use previous DLC. There's no reason BO2 couldn't read the DLC files for BO1, or Halo Reach couldn't import the maps from ODST and Halo 3.
I starting to find it kinda shitty that games in the same series can't use previous DLC. There's no reason BO2 couldn't read the DLC files for BO1, or Halo Reach couldn't import the maps from ODST and Halo 3.
#114
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
For the DLC of Terminal earlier this summer in MW3, the developers had to re-write the coding for it to use the new engine.
#115
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
CARE PACKAGE: $179.99 (available for PS3 & 360)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Remote Controlled MQ-27 Dragonfire Drone - Command cutting-edge technology, exclusively for this once-in-a-lifetime combat collection.
- Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map - Battle hordes of Zombies in this beloved 1960s nuclear neighborhood.
- Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map - Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map re-imagined in a 1960s visionary depiction of the "model home of the future."
- Collectible 2-Sided SteelBook - Limited edition game case featuring exclusive artwork.
- 2 Challenge Coins - Limited edition challenge coins that serve as your key to exclusive digital content.
- Weapon Camo - Rank-up in style with an exclusive multiplayer weapon skin.
- 2 Player Card Backgrounds - Liven up any killcam with two exclusive player card backgrounds, inspired by Nuketown 2025 and Zombies.
- Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
- Xbox LIVE CLAW Avatar Prop - An exclusive avatar prop, deployable to a dashboard near you.
- Xbox LIVE Zombies Avatar Costume - Show off your pride with an avatar costume built exclusively for fans of the Call of Duty undead.
- PlayStation 3 versions include a dynamic multiplayer theme of the Turbine map as well as a dynamic Zombies theme that shows off Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies.
#116
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
with my luck, my care package will explode. :/
#117
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
That's a huge step back from MW3. Last year for $20 more you got all of the DLC released. You don't even get that with the $180 package this year? That's just fucking greedy.
#118
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
However, this now puts into question the second-year of Elite and how it incorporates with BO2. Will BO2 follow MW3's year of content where DLC was released every month to Elite members before it was available for purchase or will Elite be a free subscription based service and we have to purchase the DLC in waves? Personally, I hope they keep the service the way it is.
#120
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
Disagree. Just as we've discussed in what we're expecting for the next-generation of consoles to deliver, games should be pushing the current-generation consoles to their absolute limit. While the mechanics of the game are similar year after year, you can't blame Infinity Ward and Treyarch for improving upon their game engines and pushing to make the games look as best as they can on the consoles. Treyarch has already posted what improvements consumers can look forward to in the new BO2 engine:
The upgrades are worth it, especially Zombies being moved to the multiplayer engine. I just hope Treyarch supports running the game at 60 fps similar to MW3.
With Halo Reach, Bungie rewrote the Halo 3 engine from scratch for the game to look far superior to the last two outings. With Halo 4, there's no word yet on if 343 made their own engine or if they're improving on the Halo Reach engine.
Originally Posted by Treyarch
- Reveal mapping (improved texture blending).
- Improved lighting effects.
- HDR lighting.
- Bounce lighting.
- Self-shadowing.
- Intersecting shadows.
- DirectX 11 for PC version.
- "Zombies" moved to the multiplayer portion of the engine.
With Halo Reach, Bungie rewrote the Halo 3 engine from scratch for the game to look far superior to the last two outings. With Halo 4, there's no word yet on if 343 made their own engine or if they're improving on the Halo Reach engine.
#121
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
But you're still talking every other game. Treyarch and Infinity Ward have their own things going but are under the same umbrella so why not create an engine that will be used in back to back games by both companies?
Same for Halo. Theoretically Halo 3 and ODST would be compatible. I'm not sure what 343 has in store for Halo 4, but it looks better than Reach.
Same for Halo. Theoretically Halo 3 and ODST would be compatible. I'm not sure what 343 has in store for Halo 4, but it looks better than Reach.
#122
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
Call of Duty 2 used the IW 2.0 engine.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops used the IW 3.0 engine.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 used the IW 4.0 engine.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 used the MW3 (IW 5.0) engine.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II uses the Black Ops II engine which was built using the IW 3.0 engine.
The weird (and sad) thing is BO2 is ultimately using an older engine. However, the million dollar question is Infinity Ward's work with the franchise done? I guess we will have to wait until next year to find that out.
#123
Moderator
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
I placed a pre-order for the Hardened Edition:
- You're guaranteed Nuketown: Zombies as Activision still hasn't confirmed if it'll come with the first pressing of the game (a la Nuketown 2025).
- You're guaranteed extra DLC with the challenge coins.
- You're guaranteed extra camo and card backgrounds (if you play multiplayer).
- You get the added benefit of the steelbook packaging, digital download of the soundtrack and the Live/PSN materials.
Too bad they don't have a pack which includes an Elite Subscription. MW3's Hardened Edition was a good deal.
#124
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
I've purchased the last three Hardened editions, but really struggle to see how this one is worth the extra $20 (of course, that might change depending on what is in the coin-based DLC). Two Avatar Props? That we'll never, ever see? Really?
#125
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012)
I pre-ordered the Hardened Edition, because I'm concerned it'll sell out like it has in the past. But I'll probably cancel before release date. None of that stuff is worth $20 to me.
Too bad they don't have a pack which includes an Elite Subscription. MW3's Hardened Edition was a good deal.
Too bad they don't have a pack which includes an Elite Subscription. MW3's Hardened Edition was a good deal.