Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

20 to 40 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Ambitious"

Black Ops 2 is easily the most unique campaign Treyarch has ever done. It takes some real chances in terms of pacing and mission design that the other CoD games haven't. Personally I loved the changes and feel Black Ops 2 is a great step in the right direction for CoD. Unfortunately, everything else outside of the campaign: the zombies and multiplayer literally made me feel exhausted after just a short time.

Pros:
-Varied campaign with awesome variety of missions and excellent pacing that leads to a sensational climax
-Strike Force missions offer intense & unique challenge whether in FPS or RTS mode
-Can unlock and customize weapons/loadouts for campaign missions (Awesome)
-Decisions in the campaign are often very difficult and impact the story in ways you won't see coming
-Future weapons and attachments add a new flavor to traditional CoD
firearms
-Campaign mission challenges give plenty of reason to replay and unlock some awesome special weapons for campaign use

Cons:
-Multiplayer is DULL, DULL, DULL
-Multiplayer maps offer nothing in the "future" vibe, feel more like MW3 than future
-Boring perks and boring killstreaks
-Zombie mode is same, dull co-op mode it always has been, play Left 4 Dead 2 instead, seriously...
-No co-op mode outside of Zombies (What happened to campaign co-op that was in WaW?)