User blog comment:Damac1214/Opinion: Why I truly am excited for Black Ops II/@comment-4312627-20121002052343

I will try to be as non-biased as I can to disagree with some points...

The Campaign Actually Sounds More Interesting Than Any Other Call of Duty Game Before
While your personal opinion of whether you find the new story interesting or not is not something I can possiibly argue, I can say you should reconsider how you view the campaign "formula". Now with the exception of CoD4, WaW, and those games before them, the more recent CoD's have been based off of their storylines, thus actually provided some extent of a "background" to each character or main villain in this case. For example, Makarov's and Shepard's backgrounds in MW2 were understandable in terms of their roles in CoD4, which then happened to carry over. BO2 is merely doing that exact same thing, similar to MW3, but with a much wider gap in storytelling.

The Story Itself is one I've Never Heard Of
So is any made up story in videogames in general. Yes, they are over used cliches of course (War in Iraq, Russian terrorist, whatever), but they all have an extent of creativity.

I Don't Particularly Care That Woods is Alive
Ok, so not caring leads to excitement for a game? Worded weird I guess.

The Creativity Level are Off the Charts
There are 3 main games where Treyarch's creativity should be noted. CoD3, WaW, and BO.

CoD3 was the first game Treyarch developed that wasn't nesseciarly based off another IW game, though (in general terms) it's considered a let down, or below average.

WaW was a near complete copy and paste of CoD4, with the core system of multiplayer being almost identical to that of it's predecessor, with the obvious exception of weapons, maps, etc. However, they have proven to be innovative with zombies. Innovative, zombies isn't really THAT creative anymore.

BO1's creatively lead to... issues, mainly with CoD points. There ARE positives to BO such as gambling and private matches, but the negatives are something I wont go into.

Treyarch's creativity (over the long period of time) has not shown much promise, at least IMO, and we are always dillusioned by hype at EVERY CoD. Just something to note.

Pick 10 Create a Class and Scorestreaks Look Like They Will Change Multiplayer for the Better
I'll agree here, they definately will change multiplayer but who knows. I have played BO2 multiplayer at a Gamestop Expo this August and it seems the direction it's headed now is: Win with the loadout, not with the skill.

TOO MUCH customization can be bad too, but lets wait till November.

Expansion of Zombies
The real reason anyone wants BO2.

I haven't said whether I think BO2 is good or not (which is irrevelant as it would only lead to flamming), but these points are just things I've had to take a side on.