User blog comment:Ebon Shadowshot/Pre Black Ops II Hype/@comment-3967954-20120823193735

I actually think that BOII deserves the hype it's getting. MW3 was generally poorly recieved upon the release of the first few trailers, mainly due to the fact that it didn't look like that much of a step forward (plus the BF3/MW3 fanboy war didn't help) whereas with BOII, Treyarch are undoubtebly trying something new. That alone deserves some credit. Whether or not their approach to new grounds will pay off is another matter.

As for my opinion on BOII, I'm reasonably excited, but I'm not going to get my hopes too high - there's always a chance that the new features could be a total disaster. That being said, I am pretty hyped for the storyline, which is shaping up to be interesting.