Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Xbox 360)

62 reviews

May, 2013

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 61 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the value for money and design. The gameplay and single player gameplay also get good feedback.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Xbox 360 Games the Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Xbox 360) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 96/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by: Nathaniel Cohen (gamingnexus.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

At this point, do people even read Call of Duty reviews anymore? I imagine that the percentage of people who just now decided to give Call of Duty a try is pretty slim and everyone else has long since made up their mind about whether the franchise is...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has got to be one of the year’s best first person shooters. It’s got enough to give every kind of gamer more than enough to keep them happy.

Dec, 2012

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Expert review by: Mike Morgan (dignews.com)

Call of Duty Black Ops II

Do you remember back in 2003? I do. It was the days when Normandy was starting to be stormed in every other shooter or military sim or alt world whoop-de-doo. How does a game make itself stand out? Call of Duty stuck out as quality through bringing...

Graphics are great ; Easy to play ; Good story ; Great multiplayer ; More open gameplay

Some uncanny valley issues ; Might be to gory/intense for some

Its the next Call of Duty game. It has zombies. You know the drill.

Dec, 2012

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Expert review by: Andrew Passafiume (snackbar-games.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II: The future-shooter is now

When you think about the Call of Duty franchise, you think about the explosion-filled campaigns, the intense firefights and the increasingly popular competitive multiplayer. You may also think it's a franchise that is beginning to show its age and is...

Well-executed story, strong use of player agency, multiplayer is as fun as ever

Flawed A.I. and tactics in strike force missions, Zombies mode is a bit dull

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: Richard Wakeling (thunderboltgames.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Ever since the groundbreaking success of 2007s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activisions flagship franchise has maintained a familiar formula for prosperity, selling gangbusters year after year despite a lack of substantial iteration. Going from...

That a full third of Black Ops II is substandard doesnt seem to matter, though, because the rest of the package is so extensive and enjoyable. Those who have grown tired of the COD formula will find little reason to return here because so much of it...

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: Chris Carter (gamerlimit.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Another year, another Call of Duty

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: Lee Abrahams (xbox360achievements.org)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

As you hurtle through a drug cartel owned village, guns blazing with your squad sweeping alongside you providing cover fire, suddenly a technical van comes screaming around the corner. “Take out the driver,” your buddy Woods screams and you duly...

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a decent successor to the original but despite the flashy tricks up its sleeve, this plays in pretty much the same way. Fans will find plenty to enjoy in each of the three main modes and the online arena is still up there...

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: (gear.ign.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Review

This is not simply "more Call of Duty." This is a step towards new beginnings for the most gaming's biggest annualized franchise.

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: Chris Watters (gamespot.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Review

A sinister villain, some tough choices, and a new kind of multiplayer arena invigorate the reliably intense action in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Great campaign scripting ; Story choices are often tough and encourage replay ; League play offers a new stage for the familiar multiplayer combat

Zombies mode is stagnant ; New codcasting tool is hamstrung

These are two extreme examples, but tweaking your loadouts with the gear you've chosen to unlock still confers a sense of getting more powerful and better equipped for combat. These are still the fast and deadly battlefields that have drawn millions of...

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: Jeff Buckland (atomicgamer.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Review

If you're reading reviews for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, you've either bought the game already and are looking to see if you agree with reviewers, or you're on the fence about it. If you love it, you're not bothering to look up reviews, and if you...

Treyarch aimed to widen the scope of Call of Duty with this sequel, and they did, but I don't feel like it turned out to be the vast success they hoped it to be. Everything's still limited by the technology, and while the new timeline offers plenty of...

Nov, 2012

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Expert review by: (cheatcc.com)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Review

Black Ops 2 May have the fanfare of a standard Call of Duty title, but this time Activision and Treyarch have given us something different.

In a lot of ways, it feels like Treyarch is giving a gigantic middle finger to Infinity Ward, the Modern Warfare developer that always seems to dominate the spotlight. Black Ops 2 isn't just the culmination of the Black Ops series, it might become the...