
Multiplayer, on the other hand, is close to sublime. Gamers who play only the single-player component of Call of Duty games may come away disappointed. The third act is pure spectacle and packs a real wallop, but it takes a little too long to get there. Others, like a level set in Afghanistan that has players riding around a small, semi-open desert shooting rockets while riding horses, are missing the series' trademark tight, linear, cinematic pacing. Some missions are surprisingly deficient in serious action (expect to do a lot of walking and talking). Show moreĬall of Duty: Black Ops II 's single-player story mode is a little disappointing.

A second, more fantastical multiplayer mode called Zombies has players working cooperatively as they go up against hordes of undead creatures. They'll begin by training, then get sorted into league matches against players of similar skill where they'll begin the slow process of completing challenges and leveling up their character.

Most players will spend more time online than in the story mode. They'll also get to play with some high-tech gear, including wing suits, robots, and quadricopters while carrying out missions set in the future.

Players engage in standard first-person shooter mayhem throughout the campaign, occasionally taking the wheel of vehicles or manning emplaced turrets. As time goes on, his quest for vengeance grows, eventually transforming into an ideological war against the West. The story revolves around a Central American drug dealer who carries a grudge against a group of American soldiers for the death of his sister. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II jumps back and forth through time from the Cold War era to the near future.
