Call of Duty Black Ops 2- Trailer/Leaked Info!

Yesterday, on May the 1st 2012, Treyarch released the official reveal trailer on the long anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. And, much to gamers’ surprise, it had a new unexpected campaign. It started off with Woods, who was thought to have died, talking and explaining how technology has become stronger over the many years, but people have become weaker, and were completely relying on their computers, drones, robots, missiles, and all other warfare devices that have been created to protect the people. But, then he asks an important question: What do we do when the enemies take over them? It then goes on to show how a huge battle is fought once again against their own technology to get everything back. It does look epic, but then again Modern Warfare 3’s trailer did to, but was it really? No. Being a big fan of Treyarch and not so much of Activision, I’ll still hope that Black Ops 2 will be as awesome as it looks like. I must admit though, it does sort of like a sci-fi game, more like Crysis style, meaning that the Call of Duty series are running out of ideas, and have already turned to futuristic shooters. Check it out for yourself, and tell me what you think in the comments. I’m not sure if I will buy it, but some of you guys might.

There’s also been some leaked info revealed on the official Call of Duty forums, but was later on removed by mods, meaning that the information was true and Treyarch/Activision doesn’t want people to know about it just in case it may lead them to think that the game will suck and they won’t be willing to buy it. But anyways, here’s some of that deleted info for you. This may be false info, but there is a 99.9% it is true.

Gamemodes:

– There will be a new gamemode called ‘Escort’, where there will be a V.I.P./president who will need to be escorted to a certain area of the map (there will be 2-3 areas depending on the map size), without getting killed. The enemy team will need to take him down. Seems like a fun idea. It will be slightly similar to ‘Search and Destroy’, so maybe the games were be more slow paces with no respawning, or maybe a limited  amount of rounds. Let’s hope there is a small time limit to keep it face-paced.

– Modern Warfare 3’s gamemodes called ‘Dropzone’ and ‘Kill Confirmed’ will be in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

– ‘Team Defender’ and ‘Infected’ will not be there.

Point Streaks/Killstreak:

– Bomb plant will be 2 points

– A Neutral flag is worth 1 point streak.

– Capturing an enemy flag is worth 2 points.

– A Flag assist capture is 1 point.

-The RC-XD will not be in Black Ops 2. This is a bit relaxing as I was constantly being killed by random toy cars. It was fun, but wasn’t when you were a victim of it.

– There will be a new Heat Vision killstreak reward. When you get enough kills, your player will put on an infrared scope on your primary gun, excluding shotguns. It will be able to see through some walls.

– Some kind of new care-package like killstreak, with 5  points needed but will include things such as ammo, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, a minigun, or body armor (hopefully only explosive resistant). The ammo in the new special killstreak might mean Scavenger will leave, but I certainly hope not.

Perks:

–  This is confusing, but the Specialist streak has been modified, and since it is not a point streak this is strange, but who knows- maybe it is in CoD 9.

– 2nd kill in Specialist gets you one (1) perk.

– 4th kill in Specialist will get you two (2) more perks.

– 6th kill will get you three (3) more perks.

– 8th kill will get you four (4) more perks.

– There will be a new perk called Speed which reduces the time it takes to ‘aim down the sight’.

– There are two versions a perk can upgrade to, each requiring its own challenges. Once one of them is unlocked, the player can select that as his/hers perk pro. Once selected, the only way to chose the other option is to prestige.

Ranks:

– There will be 15 prestiges, with 50 ranks in every prestige.

– Every 2 prestiges, there is a 5 rank increase. This means that in the last prestige, there will be 90 levels.

Removed:

– No M.O.A.Bs/Nukes.

– No Last Stand/Second Chance.

– No more death streaks.

– There is no longer a flamethrower attachment.

– Aim assist for sniper rifles will be gone. There will be less sway.

– Your character’s look won’t be based on the perks you chose (see below for more info)

– There won’t be any more grenade launchers in hardcore mode. Only vehicle guided rocket launchers will be allowed as well. No more camping noobs with RPGs. Awesome!

Combat training:

– It will return in Black Ops 2.

– Its difficulty is no longer based on how long the bots take to start shooting.

– Bots now have an advanced A.I. system.

Other:

– Your chracter’s look will be a combination of all perks/killstreaks.

– Elite will be returning as Elite 2.0. Combat recording has been changed/renamed as ‘Elite Stats’. Specific lobbies for clan matches to level up clans, and clan tournaments will now be there. Sweet!

– Hardcore mode is focused on a bit more, so it will be a tad bit better.

I typed this all myself for you guys. I hope you find it useful. Feel free to use it, but please credit my blog with a link to it. It would help. Thanks.

The Walking Dead: Episode One: A New Day

The Walking Dead Xbox 360 Arcade Cover Art.

When it comes to zombie games, they’re usually mainly focused on weapons, and less about survival. However, this new four dollar game took out the guns and left a perfect zombie game focused on survival, and harsh decisions you must choose in order to survive. Today, I’ll be writing a review on the new Xbox 360 Arcade game called “The Walking Dead: Episode One: A New Day”.

This game is based on the graphic novel ‘The Walking Dead’, and is probably the reason its graphics are so cartoonish. However, just because it is so doesn’t mean it makes it less scary. In full honesty, the zombies are actually more detailed and frightening, making close zombie calls more intense, and realistic despite that zombies don’t exist and never will. The plot also is a bit more realistic apart from other games such as Resident Evil. The game begins with you, a 37 year old man named Lee, in a police car about to be taken out of Atlanta, the city you reside, and into jail for an unknown crime. The police officer starts a lively conversation, in which you will notice that you have many options to chose from as answer. After talking, the cop gets so into the discussion that he doesn’t even notice someone dark, dirty, bloody, and creepy on the road. You only manage to yell to him when it’s to late, and he swerves off the road. You then wake up, and get out of the car and begin your long journey of survival, in which you meet many people and nasty zombies. Roughly five minutes after the game starts, you’ll be introduced to its creepiness and heart pounding moments.

One thing that sets this game apart from most other zombie games is its freedom of player choice. As soon as the game begins, the player gets to choose one out of the two options which will affect how the whole story plays. Throughout the game, you will also have many dialogue to chose from, which based on how you speak will affect characters’ affection to you, the way you’re accepted, and even how the story is told and what happens in it. There is also many situations in which you must chose from, each choice with its own ups and downs. This is a feature that really caught my eye and convinced me to buy this game.

No gun? What do I do?

Another great thing that I really liked is that this isn’t just a game of mindless shooting and running from zombies. There are dozens of moments which will cause you to sit in fear as you slowly carry out your actions and see what happens afterwards. The player will also be introduced to many puzzles needed to be solved in order to escape certain places, which raises the fun and tension in several situations. To make it harder for more challenged players, there is an option to disable hints. I haven’t tried it, but I suppose it can add to a challenge.

Speaking of tense situations, this game has many. Apart from there being critical choices to be made regarding someone’s life, there are also many close calls in which you have to manually fight back. The majority of modern games will just tell you to press a button and your character will do all the actions needed to take out, but The Walking Dead takes it to a whole new level. When you are attacked, you have to manually aim toward the zombie, slowly crawling up to you, which scares you and makes you panic as if you were truly being tackled by an undead soldier, and then press the correct button for you to attack. Not only that, but to even add to more pressure you’ll have to sometimes find something to fight back, making the critical moment even more frightening. Are you scared yet? If not, then congratulations! You’re braver then me.

Oh no. Not good.

However, there is one thing I do not really like about this game. It’s that a lot of it is cut scenes. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still an awesome game, but it seems like you do to little and watch to much. If only you were allowed to do things yourself that they play in the cut scenes… But, that doesn’t really matter. It could also use multiplayer with game modes such as survival, but then again, that isn’t really necessary.

 

The Walking Dead: Episode one rating

With a mysterious storyline with many secrets and sad moments that you’ll uncover for yourself, a good eerie setting with many challenging puzzles and intense moments/surprises, AND with your own freedom to chose how the story will play, this game deserves 4 stars. ‘The Walking Dead: Episode One’ is extraordinary, it’s just that there are too many cut scenes. If you were allowed to play a bit more of the things in the game, than this would be a perfect game for every zombie fan.  This game is worth 400 Microsoft Points ($4), and I’ll be sure to buy all the other episodes when they come out (There will be five, this is the first).

The rage meter shows just how angry you can get with this game. The highlighted level is the one this game gets. Here are the levels:

Level 1) It’s all cool. I like this game. Not angry in the slightest bit.

Level 2) This is slightly annoying…

Level 3) It’s getting out of hand…

Level 4) OKAY… Starting to get angry..

Level 5) Excuse me while I go and smash everyone in my lobby’s console. $#@$@$#@$@$!!@#!!(~((!)