User blog comment:Damac1214/Sales of Black Ops II are a "Cause of Concern" for Activision/@comment-5242921-20121202133337

Black Ops II so far for me has had exceptionally good gameplay, especially in contrast to Modern Crappy 3 which made me lose all my respect for Infinity Ward.

I knew that Black Ops II was going to be FAR less popular than its predecessors, because it just... looks the same. We have beautiful games like Assassin's Creed III out which completely revamp everything you've ever known about the franchise, while they're still using the old modified COD4 engine (which in itself I believe is a QUAKE engine) for Call of Duty.

I have to say though that, visually AND gameplay wise, Black Ops II is the best COD. The venues are just beautiful.