Black Ops 2 Campaign Trailer

Black Ops 2 Campaign Trailer

So, as it turns out, Treyarch have graced us with a new Black Ops 2 Campaign Trailer and I have to say, it looks pretty decent to say the least.


It's one of those things that I'm really hesitant to say something on just yet - we all know how everyone reacted to the last Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3. We all also know how reactions to the game were when everyone actually played it.

I'll give Treyarch their due however, whilst I usually can't stand Call of Duty Campaigns, Black Ops' campaign was good and World at War was phenomenal so they've got that proven track record. Taking it to a new timeframe (modern-future) may also work in the game's favour since they can do sniper missions with X-Ray scopes and exploding ammo or something, or have RC drones command troops throughout a mission instead of the AC-130 watching them from afar.

The new sandbox aspects and the 'choose your action' aspects will also play well for the game - Call of Duty is one of those titles where it feels like everything is force-fed and pre scripted so having that freedom to choose different plans of action and alter the story will make it feel so much more authentic and really make it feel as though you're playing a game, not watching an interactive movie.

Again, I'm not going to say definitively whether it's worked or if it's the best game ever until I've actually played it myself but Black Ops 2 really is shaping up to be the Call of Duty that changes it all and brings back that 'Call of Duty 4' sense of freshness and originality. At the end of the day, all the titles past CoD 4 have tried to be CoD 4 again - Black Ops 2 seems to throw that mentality out of the window and starts again from the ground up. In fact, the only negative I can see at present is that it's not released until November. A week after Halo 4.

This is going to be a very long Summer indeed...