Black Ops 2 customization and 'League Play' brings Call of Duty to the future

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The most important shift for the Call of Duty franchise was when developer Infinity Ward transformed the World War II series into a modern era military shooter. Infinity Ward changed what it meant to be a Call of Duty game: it became a game focused on action and not the war itself. Treyarch, the developer that brought the series to the Vietnam war in 2010, pushed beyond the timeline boundary set by the original developer and rests much of its next game – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – firmly within the year of 2025.

For its multiplayer experience, Black Ops 2 takes place exclusively in this near-future time period.

Despite going to "the future," the setting of Treyarch's latest effort isn't as drastic a change as it was when Infinity Ward made the period shift in 2007, but many of the features found in Black Ops 2 are just as crucial as the franchise's modern era setting change. Based on these new features, Treyarch – once thought of as the series "B" team – may be the studio dictating the future of Activison's annualized Call of Duty franchise going forward. And the new position suits them.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/14/black-ops-2-customization-and-league-play-brings-call-of-duty/#comments

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EmazedPosted:

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Mazur
Iglesias A bit too futuristic? What's wrong with more modern or past times?


there aren't many more past wars they can cover, i think they've done them all...


Well they could do the Civil war :P
Yeah but that would be in 1861 and the game is set to year 2025 but I like the idea of CoD being a futuristic game.

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Mazur
Iglesias A bit too futuristic? What's wrong with more modern or past times?


there aren't many more past wars they can cover, i think they've done them all...


Well they could do the Civil war :P

MazurPosted:

Iglesias A bit too futuristic? What's wrong with more modern or past times?


there aren't many more past wars they can cover, i think they've done them all...

IglesiasPosted:

A bit too futuristic? What's wrong with more modern or past times?

-Meow-Posted:

i cant wait till this game comes out

Activez-Posted:

Moo_Ima_Fat_Cow they just need to fix cod4 and everyone is happy except the kids without ther mods


Seriously. Maybe update the gun sounds and maps a little and I'll be fine with it.

Moo_Ima_CowPosted:

they just need to fix cod4 and everyone is happy except the kids without ther mods

MazurPosted:

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Scanty
Mazur
Scanty
I dislike a lot about MW3, there is a lot of things that they could of done better.


very true, i hate the spawn system and the kids that sit on the game 24/7


The spawn system is one of the worst things. I don't mind the people who play it all the time, except they piss me off when they talk trash about YOU having no life.


yeah that's another really annoying thing that makes me want to trade the game in. kids on there are the ones that need to get a life
That's why I mute them and just enjoy the game.


sometimes they send you messages though, which can get really annoying as well

Third_EyePosted:

I just want a new shooter. This seems cool but might end up getting people called stat whores.

LimbPosted:

Looks good, but I'm skipping this one
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