User blog comment:Damac1214/Review of Call of Duty: Black Ops II/@comment-25496444-20121129134839

Mini-review:

Campaign: A huge improvement over the previous ones. Not only is the story along with its characters and details fucking awesome, but the sandbox style, customizable loadouts (and a huge number of weapons), challenges and career record make it just right, and it unlike many other campaigns (remind you of Portal 2) has much replayability.

Multiplayer: I was not very hyped over multiplayer pre-release. However, after playing it, it feels like one of the best ones I've played. I personally enjoy the weapon level system, weapon prestige, new weapons (MTAR and M27 <3), balance, Pick-10, Scorestreaks and what not. For the first time in a while, to me it feels that the Scorestreaks are more balanced; while they are easier to destroy with FHJ-18 and Black Hat, they are somewhat easier to obtain (and even easier if you're a team player), a lot more powerful and the countering perks are not as soon unlocked (finally UAV is useful). One thing that bothers me is how the maps are a little linear and SMG-based, giving sniper rifles less of a chance.

Zombies: To be honest, I expected more. While it looks a little different, is a bit more difficult, has TranZit and settings you can customize, it actually isn't much of a change over World at War and Black Ops. The same concept resides; max four (eight on Grief, which isn't very graceful) players fighting zombies who perform almost identically as previously. Then you get to higher rounds and need better weapons instead of M1911. One of the best is obviously Ray Gun. Then there's Pack-a-Punch and Perk-a-Colas. The four characters on TranZit aren't very unique, and while I understand developing characters isn't an easy job, Treyarch failed to make them interesting in my opinion and I haven't grown a bond with them as I did with the four "original" ones, particularly Richtofen. While there are some changes, such as the perks being a bit different and of course the new array of weapons, Zombies actually disappointed me this time. It's somewhat fun to play and I plan on getting every trophy as well, but I see little difference other than maps and weapons to play Zombies in this game or the other two.

Overall 9.2/10.