Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Continues the Story and has Many New Features
By: Matthew Martinez
The developers of Black Ops 2, Treyarch, have big things in mind. They want to give gamers new ways to play this hugely popular game — ways that will make Black Ops 2 even more addictive.
Black Ops 2 will have the game modes of campaign, zombies, and multiplayer giving gamers an experience that will leave them satisfied. They want to expand the campaign story and the zombie story. They also want to add new killstreaks and weapons for the Black Ops 2 multiplayer. Black Ops 2 will be released on November 13th, 2012 for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii U.
When designing a game, you need to focus on what the players want and that is more or less what Black Ops 2 developers are doing. One of the executives at the company recently said, “When they (the developers) tell me about the new direction for Black Ops II multiplayer, they’re confident and excited”(www.ign.com).
Many gamers, like LASGS Sophomore Leonardo Martinez, are excited. When asked, “Do you think Black Ops 2 will be a good game?” he answered, “Yes, because Black Ops 2 has a better variety of weapons and it has better killstreaks.”
The infamous zombie game mode brings excitement to many gamers. The zombie game mode was made for gamers to use strategy and survival to survive to a higher wave. After a few rounds the levels start to get longer and more complicated I asked eighth grade gamer, Alex Zuniga whether he prefers campaign, multiplayer or zombie mode. “I prefer zombie,” he replied, “because I am a big fan of the storyline.”
David Vonderhaar is the game design director of Black Ops 2. In an interview, he answered, Zombie Mode is one “of the major topics. It has been running rapidly through the Call of Duty community, as many fans are desperately craving further information on the implementation of zombies in Black Ops 2” (www.examiner.com.).
Another game type that the game developers are focused on is multiplayer. Black Ops 2 wants to give equality to the ranks and the stats. One of the developers said, “Competition is fun at any level, which is why Treyarch has introduced Leagues, offering skill-based matchmaking and seasonal ladders” (www.examiner.com).
By the looks of this Black Ops 2 the creators are focusing on what the community of gamers want. Now, gamers will just have to wait until November 13, 2012 to acquire the game and play it.
Citations
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/14/black-ops-2-rebooting-call-of-duty-multiplayer
Finally, they reused exactly everything and reskin the weapons. Oh wait, they always do that hehe, lazy game developers.