Call of Duty: Black Ops II — beyond the standard delivery

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is not the revelation we’ve been waiting for, but it makes bold new changes to a very stale formula, including mission goals that affect the overall game, real-time strategy levels, customisable loadouts before each mission and the slickest multiplayer of 2012. Lock and load.

Harrowing tale

I need to speak about the story first, because it’s incredible. While it may dive into torture porn in some places to hammer the point home, it’s still leagues above the flag-waving plots of previous titles.

Read more on Gearburn.