Black Ops II – Treyarch Keeping Familiar Multiplayer Experience

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While Treyarch plans to “challenge assumptions” when it comes to Black Ops II’s multiplayer, developers assure hardcore fans that the familiar gameplay which they’ve all come to love will remain intact.

Already, rumors of a completely revamped create-a-class system have begun to surface which indicate that Black Ops II could use a point allocation system so that players can completely customize their loadouts.

Recently, X360A asked Treyarch’s John Rafacz if he thought experimenting or playing with the Call of Duty multiplayer experience could pose as a risk given how well established it already is.

Rafacz made it clear, “well, let’s be careful how we use the phrase ‘playing’ with it. When we talk about challenging assumptions [of multiplayer] at no point has anyone ever expressed any interest in throwing the baby out with the bathwater. But at the same time, as we listen to the community and make our level best effort to speak to the variety of expectations that 30-40 million fans have, we’ve evolved a few things and added our own spin on certain aspects. But to those that hold multiplayer sacred: we’re not ‘playing’ with it.”

Rafacz was also asked if developers felt restricted thanks to expectations and preconceived notions of what Call of Duty multiplayer should be. He explained, “I’m not even sure it has as much to do with multiplayer as much as it does with listening to what people are really asking for. Whether it’s from a random tweet or a forum thread comment, there’s hopefully the thing that someone loves, but if it’s something that someone hates and they’re complaining about, what is it that they’re really going after? It’s the art of being able to scoop those comments up, listen to them and really dissect the true intention of what the community is asking for. It’s really more about getting that right and then everything else follows.”

Still, very little is known about Black Ops II’s multiplayer. However, that should change by early August, according to gameplay designer David Vonderhaar. A few days ago, he tweeted that we should be learning more about the multiplayer in “7-8 weeks,” or “a long time from now, but far earlier than usual.” Perhaps during this year’s Gamescon, Germanym a gaming trade fair, this August 15-19? The original Back Ops as well as Modern Warfare 3 got their multiplayer reveals in September.

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Source: http://mp1st.com/2012/06/26/black-ops-ii-treyarch-keeping-familiar-cod-multiplayer-experience-intact-mp-reveal-this-august/

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FamousPosted:

I hope it isnt the same as B OPS

LoL-xJEWsPosted:

For all of the people saying that they won't buy it, people have said the same thing over and over again before each cod that there not going to buy it. But then you actually end up buying it at the end. In my opinion each call of duty has gotten better from the last. And it doesn't mean if Black Ops 2 takes place in the future doesn't mean its Halo or Crysis.

AndyPosted:

If it is like MW3 i will not buy it, I dont like MW3, I wont like this

MrShyCityPosted:

Rule34 The game looks like Crysis 2/Homefront mixed. What in the hell do they mean by 'familiar'?


idk why you think that but i think MW3 is mixed with Crysis 2 cause of the Kill Confirmed.
"just saying"

YoungyPosted:

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TTG_Flair wow same exact thing....again

They are just milking more money out of everyone, it's so annoying, in my opinion they should stop making cod and fix cod 4 and waw so there isnt any modders.


Yep, some games need to stop after the first few.


But the makers of Call of Duty know that people will buy the game. That is why they make them. Of course it's all about the money, and they make a lot of it. You wouldn't be complaining if you were the head of Treyarch, would you? You would want as many call of duty games made as possible.


Very true, but they always talk about how they are for the community, obviously they are not or they would listen to us and fix the best cod's that are now messed up.

Third_EyePosted:

The game looks like Crysis 2/Homefront mixed. What in the hell do they mean by 'familiar'?

AlbericiPosted:

Ya lets take out the good stuff and leave the bad. That is treyarch for you.

dodgers31Posted:

I'm glad they're keeping it similar. Cannot wait for this game!

LaidPosted:

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Andrew_Luck You'd think hardcore gamers would get bored playing with the same design for so long. This disappoints me, because currently multiplayer has gotten pretty freaking boring.


then don't buy it.. simple as that


He was expressing an opinion, chill out.

And I'm stoked for Black Ops 2. I hope the fact that it's futuristic will make it feel a little different at least. I'm getting it for sure.

HerpPosted:

i still cant wait