Though the game doesn’t launch for another month, the newest trailer for Black Ops 2 has all the makings of an official launch trailer. Packed to the brim with spectacle, explosions, and cool new gameplay mechanics; laced with a pounding rock ‘n roll soundtrack; and featuring choice quotes about how great the game is going to be, this trailer is anything but subtle.
More importantly, though, this Black Ops 2 trailer gives gamers a decent-sized taste of the type of action in store for them in Treyarch’s newest title. While it doesn’t provide closer looks at the game’s redesigned (sort of) multiplayer or the new story-based zombie mode, the trailer highlights a few of the game’s new gadgets.
Since Black Ops 2 takes place partly in the future, 2025 to be exact, players will have a wide variety of near-future tech at their disposal – things like the quadrotor, controllable mechs, and that new RC spider. To top it all off, the game apparently uses some advanced versions of current technology – like the two different versions of “wing” suits seen in the trailer – to create some pretty bombastic sequences. Will they be on rails? Probably, but that won’t stop them from delivering the high octane Call of Duty experience that millions of gamers love.
Unfortunately, as these launch trailers are wont to do, the footage doesn’t set up the game’s story, which sees David Mason (son to Black Ops 1 star Alex Mason) working with an aged Frank Woods to stop terrorist Raoul Menendez from using the United States’ technology against it. Based on the first gameplay trailer – the one that features a war torn Los Angeles – we’re guessing plan and execution diverge at some point, but that should make for an exciting video game.
Additionally the trailer details the Black Ops 2 pre-order deal that grants access to the game’s Nuketown 2025 map – homage to one of the first game’s fan favorite maps – and a double XP weekend. Just recently Activision announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be teaming with Mountain Dew for presumably a ton of double XP weekends, so it’s really the map that fans are going for.
What do you think of the launch trailer for Black Ops 2? Which sequences are you most interested in playing through?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases November 13, 2012 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, and November 18th for the Wii U.
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Fxcking amazing!!!!
it’s downright depressing how some people would determine whether they’ll buy this PoS or not based on a trashy cliché trailer that does nothing but show guns and big explosions
they dont even have to try at all with CoD trailers b/c every reject and their mother will be buying the game regardless b/c most human beings (contrary to popular belief) have an intellectual disability which forces them to do the same s*** over and over again regardless of wtf is going on around them, for instance CoD players will buy the game every year no matter what b/c they bought it the year before and the year before that.
it’s only when people become aware of wtf it is they’re doing that they change and stride away from
Man you have no clue, i usually dont care and go past comments like these but when you are trying to call me a reject for buying a game i want its not on. if anyone here is a reject its yourself for coming here.
Why bother wasting 5 minutes writing that. Insulting people about something you do not give a damn about? Cod is fun, Fifa is fun, Madden is fun… Thats why they can get away with it every year. COD is not the same every year. If it were people would not be saying mw1 is the best and the others suck. Get it?
Black ops 2 is a different game… really what are you talking? why is the same? the game has story which are all different. The multiplayer is different. hell do you even know whats happening in the game are are you just trying to be a troll? You really come off with “intellectual disability” when i read what you wrote. Do yourself a favor, go away and never go on anything cod related again.
“cliché trailer that does nothing but show guns and big explosions” Have you ever considered that sometimes that is all people want in a game? Like certain action films? Sometimes I like to sit down and play a game where I don’t have to have much particular skill at or think about it too much, just mindless explosions and action, regardless of whether or not it’s the same thing over and over again.
*”it’s only when I become aware of wtf it is I’m doing that I change and stop talking” – jwalka
There, I made it more intellectual for you!
Hater’s gonna Hate!
Jwalka is the Truth!
Although the insults are a bit unnecessary since it applies to many, He does have a point…
@HelghastUser
“…He does have a point…”
You spelled it wrong, he does have an OPINION. I could see his point, to a point lol but I just can’t agree.
A vocal minority is louder than a content majority.
I know us human beings are so stupid that we do the same stuff over and over like eating, sleeping, taking showers, and of course breathing. But obviously you Jwalka don’t do any of these because it is an intellectual disability.
use your f***ing head instead of interpreting it as it is stupid f***. jokes like you buy the game day one and cry about it for 11 months until the next one and us normal gamers – gamers who actually play things other then shooters have to deal with an overrated piece of garbage littering itself across all forms of media b/c bobby kotich wants to buy his kids $500k cars.
Lol jwalka you’re stupid
Didn’t realize how much I missed cod, since mw3 was trash I traded it in. Can’t say which part I’m most excited for, it all looks fantastic and exactly what us intellectually disabled human beings want.
If I want high octane action over brain tickling suspense, why can’t I have it? Do I have to be 12? Who says I’m buying this and not ArmA 3 too? COD bias and stereotyping is some of the most the uneducated crap someone can say. And these naysayers got the nerve to call us dumb…. after posting such ignorant rants.
Why can’t a game sacrifice graphics for a smooth performance? Or tweak fantasy and real life to make things fun? Why can’t gamers enjoy what they want without being treated like aliens or doing so to others?
Because COD has been doing that over and over, constantly appealing to players who don’t know what a good game is, which leads to the stifling of more original, and better games which can’t hold their own against COD. You know you don’t have a valid opinion when you buy a game constantly for the same explosion-happy campaign which doesn’t require any thinking, and an unbalanced multiplayer in which you win purely based on how good your reflexes are. Saying COD is a good game due to your reason, is basically like saying The Expendables was a good movie due to the number of explosions it had.
As long as these players stay in COD, I’m happy.
How is my opinion not valid? How is your opinion anymore valid than mine?
A “good” game is opinion, you can’t prove a game is good. If more people are buying it, obviously it’s a success and people enjoy it. So why fuss?
If someone likes a classic-styled action flick then why can’t The Expendables be good to them? Don’t act like your opinion is fact, majority or minority, makes no difference.
There are plenty of options out there, they don’t all have to be blockbuster’s to be successful. And just because I like Call of Duty, doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy many thinking man’s game too.
Well said ATG… my sentiment exactly.
Norris, my point is, I like options. I enjoy movies like Inception or No Country For Old Men, but I also enjoy a martial arts flick or the occasional Michael Bay movie.Same thing applies to games. I enjoy the product for what it is and don’t judge everything by the same standards.
Don’t act like one man’s opinion is lesser than yours or he is wrong.
This.
Hate when people “think” their opinions hold more weight. People like what they like, so let them enjoy. There’s nothing wrong with COD, I’m sure most people would love to make something that has millions of people enjoying it every year but most are stuck hating and therefore come to a post to comment on it lol.
Also like ATG said, sometimes you want a certain experiences. I LOVE Dishonored but sometimes I want to just shoot stuff so I play Borderlands 2. Both are great games.
if you want something diffrent go back and play timesplitters 2 and future perfect
now thats a HD collection i would buy in a heartbeat. why have they not donw that yet? madness.
This game actually has me excited for COD again! The single player has a branched campaign mode with multiple endings. Campaign create-a-class. A Zombies mode that could be sold as a separate game. Multiplayer that caters towards objective play instead of campers that rack up killstreaks. There really are too many things to mention.
On a side note, I will NEVER buy another Infinity Ward COD ever again. MW3 was a horrible excuse to take everyone’s $60. Treyarch takes the cake when it comes to a quality COD experience.
@Jim
Agreed, and back in the day I really enjoyed Infinity Ward’s COD more, but MW3 was trash. The only COD I didn’t like. Treyarch has really stepped it up this time around, only time will tell if it delivers.
Ye they added
few new things” but its still a Copy and Paste game.. Just saying B)
The campaigns have always been good by the looks of it, but other than that ppl are just stuck on a mindless adventure thinking that its a new thing like COD games..
That was pretty great… but then again AC/DC makes anything seem more awesome than it really is.
That’s for sure.
Yawn..ill pass on this one like all the other COD games.. but that zombie mode on multiplayer sure does look cool, but other than that COD is not on my list of games to ever play.
The only Call of Duty game that I played was the first one on PS2, Call of Duty: Finest Hour. This will be the second one. I’m thinking about getting this on Wii-U only because of 1080 p and 60 fps. The trailer looks good too.