New, Futuristic Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Trailer Revealed

Written by: Austin Regimbal (@austinreg) | May 3, 2012 3:30 pm

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After accidentally confirming Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Tuesday, Activision and developer Treyarch have finally unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming shooter.

Instead of retreading the first game’s 1960s setting, Black Ops II opts for futuristic warfare.

The trailer starts out letting the viewer know that the narrator — Frank Woods from the first Black Ops — is in 2025. So throughout the trailer, and presumably the game, he is recalling events that are to take place in the next 13 years.

I have to say that I’m extremely relieved that Black Ops II isn’t just more of the same game we played in 2010.

One of the major problems in the Call of Duty series is how stale the games get with sequel after sequel. Taking a new direction with Black Ops II will give us a completely different setting as well as an unfamiliar arsenal.

On that note, why even name the game Black Ops II? It’s going to be interesting to see how the two Black Ops games will be connected despite taking place 50 years apart.

Is this what you wanted to see from Black Ops II? Does the new setting make you more or less excited for the next Call of Duty?

New, Futuristic Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Trailer Revealed

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http://www.facebook.com/benoit.chalifoux Benoit Chalifoux

After playing over 400 hours of Battlefield 3, I can’t stand call of duty graphic/esthetic/Style/visual
I look at it and its like i am looking at a old game ,

I am certain that the Story will be great like all other Cod, but not this time for me,

Great Trailer thought,
jayremy

“Black Ops 2: Future Soldier!”

I just wonder what changes they make or if will ever make to their engine. I mean I am no graphics nut, but they have done so many titles off the same engine keeping pretty much the same level of graphics and tech utilization. We don’t need some sudden overhaul like some Frostbite 2 realistic and graphically pushing as possible, it wouldn’t be optimal for consoles anyways but something significant.

Maybe in this title as well they can tell and show a decent campaign story and maybe bring much more to the multi-player field of gameplay.
http://twitter.com/OldDren Christopher

i stayed away from mw3 but this i could actually bring me back to the cod series, depends how they make with the servers/matchmaking for pc though, only bought black ops on xbox since mw2 on pc was ruined by all the cheaters and prestige hacks lol, but yah, i could see myself playing this game, in
the future.. tehee..
Revanhavoc

Lets not go so far as to say it re-invented.

But do we really care?

Yeah, I guess we do – Modern Warfare 2 was the last game for me, and that still hasn’t changed.

I feel like the title Black Ops 2 just means to me another 9 hour linear campaign. I have heard there are supposed to be branching ways to complete missions, but I am skeptical. Do you blame me?