So wait, ensuring that the work produced by two companies on the same IP doesn't conflict is douchey?

Also, note how everyone seems to be shouting about how this is IW's fault. Not Activision (even though the contract was in all probability written by their legal team), not 3arc. All IW.

You know, there's an easier way to do it. It's called "consulting each other".

Does anyone else think that Call of Duty gas been recycled way too many times with little legitimate differences between each game?

Yep. I still find it fun but I'm getting tired of it finally. Modern Warfare 3 may be my last COD game.

Well, Black Ops 2 is showing quite a bit of innovation, admittedly.

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Think of it this way: both companies are under the control of Activision. the top Execs in charge should've known about the creation of Black Ops 2, as well as it's whole marketing pitch since day one of it's inception. Yet they allowed it to get this far without raising a single red flag? Either their internal QA department is REALLY poor at communication, or Infinity Ward is trying to make another PR stunt related to that payment fiasco rise up again.

Or maybe they are just plain evil. Come on, think about it!

I don't quite follow. What ways in particular?

The future setting, branching campaign, and strategy elements. Sure, there'll probably still be explosions and shooting, but it looks like there's an effort to mix it up a bit.

Open-ended campaign. Strike Force. Control of multiple people during a single mission. 8 player zombies.

Found a pic of some Mo-Capping for Black Ops 2.◊ I will be disappoint if we don't get "I'm on a horse." or an MLP shout out.

Yes, because anything equine demands some manner of MLP meme be clumsily slapped on it.

Just some info I found on COD.◊ Isn't Raul Menedez from Nicaragua?

So that's why he wants revenge.

Black Ops 2 sounds like it is going to be fun.

I may buy it, and, if that is the case, I will probably have fun playing it

Why need spoilers? Is saying that you are looking forward to a new COD game seriously offensive?

Then again, what with people on youtube saying that even the fricken Battleship video game is of higher quality than Call of Duty, I'm not surprised. Look, I can understand that one wouldn't like the series. However the hate has gone way overboard here, in the same way that Revenge Of The Fallen made everyone turn on Michael Bay.

I liked Revenge Of The Fallen.

I saw a trailer for Battleship for the 3DS and it actually looks pretty interesting.

You explained the joke, You Fool!

edited 23rd May '12 4:50:36 PM by VutherA

I guess most of the hate for this going towards it not being another recycled, linear shooter like all the ones before it in the series? Just looking at the feature list, there's a lot of stuff that just hasn't tried or implemented in the series before.

It doesn't matter. The haters will still avoid and flame the game and its fans just for it daring to have the words Call of Duty in the title.

I've played trough MW 2 and was not impressed. I've played MW 3 and Black Ops with friends before. Its fun aside from the fact that the weapons are all laser-accurate. I may actually consider purchasing this myself, now that the setting might get even remotely interesting.

To be fair to IW and Treyarch, there isn't much that they can do to the COD formula without alienating a good chunk of their fan base. A greater degree of character customization in multiplayer would be nice, and there are a few other relatively minute things that need fixing, but really, unless Activision manages to pull something truly special and unique out of it's ass, I won't be buying this next one.

Alright, maybe I will, but I can give up anytime....

edited 3rd Jun '12 9:32:54 AM by Calloway

So there's multiple endings, an RTS segment, zombie mode is returning, and China is the main enemy? Yeah, I'm definitely buying this.

BUT IT'S CALL OF DUTY! IT WILL BE NOTHING NEW BUT JUST A FEW GUNS!!

Normally I would agree. This time, however, is different.