Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

40 to 100 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Almost, but not quite"

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Platform: Xbox 360
Developer: Treyarch
Released: November 13, 2012

Gameplay:

The singleplayer campaign isn't in the same league as its predecessor, or even the first two Modern Warfare titles, but it does include some features unique to the series, such as non-linear missions and objectives, and customizable loadouts. Online multiplayer is as fast and addictive as ever, with quite a lot of new improvements, but gameplay and weapons are unbalanced, and overall still promotes selfishness and rewards bad techniques.

Offline: B
Online: B

Visuals:

Certainly the best looking CoD release to date, although the graphics still feel negligible somehow. 60 FPS framerate is always appreciated however.

Then: N/A (Current)
Now: A-

Audio:

Not much had to be done to be an improvement over MW3, but this goes above and beyond. For starters, every weapon no longer sounds exactly the same. Music is simply there, it doesn't impress or get in the way of the action.

Sound: A-
Music: C

*All aspects of the game, visuals and audio aside, are included and combined in the gameplay score. This includes features expected in the genre, replay value, technical performance, and others.