I can say I'm more impressed by this game than any other Call of Duty game I have played before. When I first heard about this game I was like… "What they're going to go into the future?" That means they will have to actually create a story and not just use historical references to build one around.

Lets cut straight to the heart of this particular situation we find ourselves faced with: There's a new Call of Duty game out and it's called Black Ops 2. ‘BLOPS2,' ‘CoDBlops2,' ‘the next king of multiplayer,' ‘the new game industry stomper' – they're all referring to this game.

Call of Duty is undeniably the biggest franchise of the current generation, both in sales and sheer amount of entries. With Black Ops 2 we are now on the eighth game of the generation (nine if you count the digital download version of the original), and quite honestly by this point brand fatigue is...

Outstanding value for money; Genuinely engaging storylines; It's fantastic gun porn; plain and simple; Occasional bugs and glitches; You'll definitely find yourself screaming through the TV at everyone during multiplayer

COD has been getting worse since MW2, which to me was the best of all of them, bar maybe COD4. This one was probably the worst since world at war. Terrible graphics, poor game play, Maps are bland, all in all very disappointing.

Blast Factor: In the end, Black Ops 2 is another Call of Duty game. One can hate it for being the same thing every year, but the fact is that what it does, it does to near perfection.

Or to put it another way, it's Call of Duty time. This year we assigned our review to someone that isn't very good at Call of Duty: me! I have played, completed and mostly enjoyed the campaign of every Call of Duty release this generation but when it comes to multiplayer my experience has been...

tries something new, from its all-new near-future setting to its branching campaign and some superb new multiplayer features, all while offering those same over-the-top, blockbuster kicks we've come to expect.

When I reached the end of the single-player campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and realized that I'd been having a great time and that I actually cared about the characters, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

Everything blowing up around you, buildings collapsing, bloodthirsty soldiers rushing at you with machetes, bullets whizzing past your ears, tanks appear over the horizon, choppers flood the skies, RPG fire, grenades exploding in your face, rifles firing in your face, blood gushing in your face,...

Concrete improvements and changes in a long-running FPS franchise; the Strike Force missions are fun and a nice change of pace; and even the story's starting to make sense; the direction is top-notch; the music kicks ass - thank you Trent Reznor and Jack Wall

You know what to expect and that's what you'll get; despite the few innovative components

This game is like a blend in modern warfare 3 and black ops. It feels more accurate, looks more polished and futuristic! Campaign mode is really fun and intense.

Good graphics, perks, guns, and killstreaks; Nuketown 2025 has it's own separate server which is pretty awesome; It includes all of the game modes; Interface is easy to navigate through

If you are playing two player it's hard to read your kills, deaths, and ratio; It might be better if you have a big screen