Last night (May 1rst 2012) Call of Duty officially announced the new Call of Duty Game Black Ops 2. This is a huge departure from the first game as they have taken it to 50 or so years into the future. I don’t know if they should have used the name Black Ops as it looks more like “Future Warfare”. But I guess that doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. (I’m teasing of course – the title does make sense)
Take a look inside as I break down the Roll Call/Announcement YouTube Video. I’ll go over everything from the story, the vehicles, weapons, and touch on Zombies/Multi Player. Read on to see how I pick it apart!
Story Arch
Treyarch is progressively moving up in time with each game it puts out. From their first installment World at War they presented their game during WWII. With Black Ops they introduced us to the Cold War and Vietnam. Now with the introduction of Black Ops 2 – they introduce us to the very near future.
Which again makes sense – since they are unable to impinge upon the current “Modern Warfare” series put out by Infinity Ward. It would be too close to just copying Modern Warfare 3.
Introduction
We are given a narration of the general story and introduction by Sgt. James Woods USMC Ret. from a Vault Video dated June 19,2025. He goes on about how we created robot armies and how it is all fubard. And what would happen if the enemies were somehow able to gain control of them?
Black Ops II - Set into the Future
So the whole premise of the story is what is Terrorists were able to gain control of the armies of the world – how would they be stopped? Of course the uber secret Black Ops group of soldiers will have to come out and save the day.
Sgt Woods is quoted in the trailer saying:
They’ll always need Men Like Us! – Those who are willing to do, what others cannot.
Men Like Us
We get glimpses of different locations, the tech, guns, bits of the Campaign, and of course Horses(?). Which strangely enough would make sense if your trying to fight off advanced weaponry that has been taken over by the enemies. What do you have left but low tech?
Hi-Ho Silver?
Vehicles
In this near future we get a glimpse of some of the crazy futuristic vehicles both on the ground and in the air. From bipedal unmanned sentries, to Star Wars inspired quadruped tanks, quad rotor helicopters, and futuristic turbine jets – this Call of Duty has it all. Take a look at the screen shots below to see what I’m talking about.
Unmanned Sentry
Quadruped Tank
Turbine Jet
Jets
Weapons
With this release trailer we get small glimpses of the guns being used. And none of them are great shots. I can catch a glimpse of the following: A handgun, Shotgun, Assault Rifle, and a Light Machine Gun. Although we get a glimpse of a few weapons – we won’t really know what is included until they do the Multi Player announcement. (Which will probably happen at COD XP 2012 in London this year!)
Handgun
Shotgun
Assault Rifle
Light Machine Gun
Locations
The reveal trailer really doesn’t go into great detail. But as usual this is an epic battle across the world. You do get a glimpse of Los Angeles. And the other parts that they show from the Campaign appear to be from Afghanistan possibly? Of course the game is still in development so we will get glimpses of the different locales at a future date.
Afghanistan?
Los Angeles
Zombies and Multi Player
Unfortunately there is no real information about Zombies or Multiplayer (Well not entirely true… Read my article on Black Ops II Rumors about Multiplayer). This is just a reveal trailer for the Campaign mode for the game. I will make sure to post more information as I receive it. The irony is that people (i.e. me) don’t really care about the Campaign. I turn on the game and immediately figure out how to get it to launch as Multiplayer only 
There was an interesting quote from Mike Lamia -Treyarch about Zombies though:
It’s out biggest and most ambitious Zombies effort … Ever!
We will need to wait and see what Treyarch has up its sleeves though to find out what he means by that.
Reveal Trailer
Below is the Reveal Trailer just in case you missed it.
What is even better than the reveal trailer? If you go to Call of Duty YouTube Channel for Black Ops 2 you can see their interactive reveal trailer – which is used to justify why they used the technology they have in the game in “Documentary” snippets with some real interesting sources. Go check it out!
Availability and Pre Order
The Game will be available November 13, 2012 for the masses. I know I will be grabbing a copy. What do you think? Is Treyarch going in the right direction with Black Ops 2? Or should they have kept it in the present?
Oh – and you can pre-order the game now!
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