Call of Duty®: Black Ops II

BO2 has an absolutely stellar campaign, never thought this would top BO1 but it has for me. Menendez is tied with Makarov for CoD's best antagonist, there's this neat contrast with past and present/future missions, even more fan favorite characters than the last game, it's honestly fantastic. Even your decisions affect the narrative and outcome of the story, which may warrant a second play-through from me.

Zombies though, eh. I've heard negative things about Tranzit and I think I feel the same way, and I'm not interested in buying DLC maps as of right now. I'll stick with BO1 on that front, thank you.

campaign is fun and multiplayer is fun but it's also hard and thats good for challenges

Absolutely one of my favorite games, by the way it works perfectly on the steam deck, just change the screen size and it works out of the box so yeah it's great

good game, the multiplayer is fun but you should definitely use plutonium to play, the campaign is pretty good but not as good as bo1 and the zombies is pretty good too but it is way overpriced so you should not buy without sale

Game is fun and all, as long if you play it on Plutonium. (servers are dying slowly)

Please download Plutonium before playing this, playing the vanilla version of this game without being in Steam Offline mode. + This game's server is hacked, and people can rce or rat your computer.

This game is a fantastic cod game, one of the best campaigns, great Multiplayer and zombies. However I don't know where the actual fuck Activision gets off raising the price to $90 CAD ($70 USD) 12 years after release while simultaneously not providing anything new. Sheer greed. Do not buy this game unless its on sale

There is nothing to do outside of a basic survival do i recommend spending 60 dollars on a watered down version of black ops 3 no if you wanna just get into the feel of bo2 then its exactly the same.

This is the First ever COD i've played and lemme tell you something.

The fact that you have to install a client made by the community to play multiplayer cause Activision doesn't care about the old COD's is actually crazy to think about.

Looking at the prices and the PC requirements, what you get for it is not as good as you could expect in 2025. I was expecting some good content cause a lot of people in my class kept saying that it's really good but in fact looking at the graphics, the security problems and a lot more.

This is not worth 60€, not even 20€ and if you look on SteamDB's website you can see that the lowest recorded price was at 17,49€ in 2014, so don't ever expect Activision or the devs (idk at this point) to make their historical price lower than 17,49€ for old COD games such as BO2 and 3.

Don't waste your money unless you're rich.

behind the rose tinted glasses and fond memories the game legit holds up a decade later. interactive and immersive story, innovative and dynamic story elements, plenty of challenges, achievements, easter eggs and secrets to keep it fresh. truly the last of the golden age of the franchise.

Still fun to play in 2025. It runs great. But there is periodically a launch issue where it simply doesn't launch. You just have to reinstall the game to fix it.

From what I've heard, multiplayer is overrun with hackers, so it's really only good for the campaign. What does the campaign have? Strike force missions. I don't care how good the rest of the game is.

If your looking for a great game this is where its at, its very reliable, multiplayer may be a bit shabby though.

Some I.E.D missions are important, tutorials are lifesavers.

Played this around the time of release and I've gotta say its never let me down.

Very well made, not a huge cash grab like modern CoD's, I would say it is very good for it's time and it gets the well deserved respect for that reason, it has an amazing story line and the multiplayer experience is a bit iffy, i have not played to much but i would not recommend online multiplayer if you are new. But overall, i would recommend for so many reasons, it has created so many memories among all of us players.

Banger Campaign. Don't bother with multiplayer, it's deserted and unsafe. Plutonium isn't as good an option as it would seem.

Fire game that definitely doesn't have any major security vulnerabilities or anything.

One of the best campaigns in the series, just fire all the way through. The story telling in old COD games is a sight to behold.

In this game you get a call to do a duty, but this time there is a black ops for the second time

multiplayer is dead and i got the base game for 19 dollars wich is still too much

i killed a lot of people in this game lol while running a 4060 gpu with a core I9 cpu, also with a 240hz monitor cuz why not

1000/10

It is criminal that this game is still $60, and also the muliplayer is plagued with constant disconnections these days.

Campaign is awesome, multiplayer is fun & the zombies is a real blast from the past.

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Fair warning **DO NOT** go on multiplayer without plutonium. vanilla bo2 has been taken over by hackers and they can mess up your pc. if you want to play bo2 multi or zombies get plutonium t6. otherwise, you have an exceedingly high chance of getting a virus on your pc. The game is still peak with plutonium tho. hope a remake or smth comes out soon, I miss bo2.

Other than the rampant hackers on vanilla servers, the game still holds up and it is fun as BALLS. I haven't played search and destroy in years, and trying it again today has resulted in nothing but flagrant happiness.

love you, black ops 2. i will never forget

This game is pretty great, if you want to play online modes such as multiplayer and zombies I'd recommend installing the plutonium client (which is why i have no hours on this game)

Also only get it when it's on deal.

Childhood Game i played with my cousins on 4-splitscreen co-op zombies (TranZit) i played it every time they come over for the holidays and pull out their XBOX 360. i never knew how to play zombies at the time and throughout playing it more and more, i realized what perks were (yes i was that stupid but come on, i was a kid.. xd) i knew how to use them, i knew how to beat zombie maps, i knew about the easter egg songs and other shenanigans and whatnot. i'd give it a try again but the classical nostalgic way....The 360 Era..

while i do not agree with the price being what it is to this day. if this game is on sale, definitely give it a shot (mainly for the campaign). the campaign at most is the only reason i play these older cods to this day but i mainly find myself coming back to play this one from time to time, almost like a tradition lol. very interesting and chaotic campaign, thats basically all i recommend it for.

This review will be separated into 3 sections about each gamemode. Hours are not accurate since they don't include my console time. Don't ask me why I'm reviewing this in 2025.

Campaign
Easily the most replayable campaign in Call of Duty history, with story elements that change from your actions, a good story with lovable characters continuing from Black Ops, and customisable loadouts, it provides a solid casual single player experience. Difficulty isn't ridiculous even on veteran and is very easy to grasp for newcomers.

Multiplayer
Surprisingly a lot more active than I expected it to be. Given you're probably gonna need to search at weird hours and play on high ping depending on your region but you can definitely still find games of tdm. Wouldn't recommend getting this game solely for the multiplayer though unless you really feel like a nostalgia trip or happen to live in the US/UK

Zombies
Black Ops 2 offers some decent zombies maps if you are willing to fork out more money for the dlcs. The only on-disk map is the infamous Green Run, starring TranZit, Town, Bus Depot and Farm survival. While these can be fun every once in a while with friends or just a casual game, they don't have much replayability and feature many tedious mechanics. The dlcs are a definite improvement but still have their flaws. Do not buy this game if this is your first zombies experience, Black ops 1 and 4 offer a better time for both casual and seasoned players, and I only recommend it if you want a complete zombies experience or are looking for more content.

I played this in late 2012 to 2014 on PS3 with over 700 hours (Campaign - Zombies - Multiplayer), I fully nostalgic and have many flashbacks in Raid, Nuketown 2025, Slums, Town, Tranzit, and more...

The sad thing now about this game is that it's no longer based on the future .

A classic for sure. make sure to turn your graphics in game up though.

friggen goated, friggen loved this one so friggen much makes my heart all butterflie

Dear Treyarch, you and your nasty patty company, have brought me nothing but grief and emotional trauma! WHy you choose to sell your 40 year old grandpa game for 60 Gigadollars. Get the hizeck outta here yo! Issa good campaign tho, u remember raul menedez, goshdarn.

Please bro ||(This is a joke)||

1000/100.. nothin but pure nostalgia when it comes to BO series

It was good for a while until I started to play again the first match was fine until the second one starts I get booted for so called Timed out when I was actively moving then after a few more of those I got a steam server failure message so I hoped off went to CS:GO and started to rubber band for no reason in several different lobby's rendering me useless even though my whole team was fine and I had good connection. I assumed I got hacked and uninstalled bo2 but I'm still rubber banding. Why hack peoples accounts to steal card info and mess up others account what what perverted feeling's do they get from this. Whats next steal my account that will not be bought because the people in their crappy third world country can't afford video games. so if I was hack good for them they got two dollars off my account and removed a real player of of bo2.

Its been 13 years and its still #1

-| Sei nicht traurig, dass es vorbei ist, sei glücklich, dass es passiert ist |-

This game is still amazing. Although the game is a massive security risk. Hackers have breached the servers and can execute code on your computer.

If you're just playing the campaign boot the game whilst Steam is in offline mode. If you want to play Multiplayer and Zombies without cheaters, your best bet is to use the Plutonium client.

Play this classic safely now!

If you can find this on deep discount its cool. Classic single player with awesome battles and set pieces. The story flashes between the past and future! Very cool!.....Multiplayer is dead and hackers will use it to take over your PC. SINGLE PLAYER ONLY!

The best COD of all time in my opinion. This game was a huge portion of my childhood besides YouTube but I mainly watched Vannos and the crew so I guess it was still the game lol.

I liked the story line and the action. I recommend this game.

This so called "Masterpiece" is unplayable. A year ago this game worked just fine. Now, it refuses to launch even though I've tried every single "fix" out there.

AND I still can't believe that they haven't lowered the price of older COD titles including this one.

na minha opinião um dos melhores Call Of Duty já lançado e meu jogo favorito de todos os tempos!!!!

good story, good mechanics its pretty good to do on veteran, but its way too short its only 11 main missions which is the shortest cod ive played so far

I don’t even have to say anything.
The game speaks for itself.
It’s 2025. Play this game.
I 🄵🅄🄲🄺🄴🄳 with this game since November, 2012 on release day for the Xbox 360.
Play this 🄵🅄🄲🄺🄸🄽🄶 game NOW.

Black Ops 6 scans your face through your webcam and listens in through your audio devices even when disabled btw.

Play Black Ops II.
Thank you.

Overpriced DLC and base game, overall still kicks ass like it did back then. I'd only recommend it whenever (and if) it goes on sale.

the most overrated of the series, but the negative review is actually for the price, the game is fine.

Black Ops 2 imo was always the most overrated one, it was more of the same CoD formula, with the future war stuff i never really enjoyed, and basically none of the cool Black Ops vibe. That said, its does notable things for the series that get buried under the veneer of same-old, same-old.

pros:
-story branches. for the first and basically only time in the series, the story involves a few key choices. They do little affect the rest of the immediate level but do a lot to change the course of the story and their are endings that reflect basically every choice.
-same old tight gameplay
-side missions with proper planning and permadeath.
-great voice acting

cons:
-story and characters kinda suck no matter what, save its villain, whos really compelling
-same old boring gameplay, this time with less immersion than ever. You cannot turn off hit markers or similar HUD markers in SP, despite no previous game ever using hit markers in SP. Kinda destroys immersion.
-choices are overly signalled and unintuitive.

love the game

$60 MINIMUM for a 13 year old piece of fucking garbage that's riddled with exploits, RCEs, and so much more, more than your local hooker riddled with STDs. LITERALLY dangerous ones too might I add, to the point where running this game on your machine AT ALL, ESPECIALLY when it's anywhere near an internet connection, is literally a severe risk without using a 3rd party launcher / patch (the game also not launching what so ever 95% of the time without the patch btw lmao) for which BY THE WAY multiplayer is STILL an absolute hazard, is literally so dipsh!t r3t4rded that I have ZERO idea why this actual, literal disease is allowed to exist on steam in the first place, without being removed and banned off of it. Genuinely amazing.

BO1 and 2 especially, as well as 3, for years now have been nothing more than 40-60+ dollar, pure zombies games, which obviously needless to say the parts of are absolutely incredible, and obviously why these games are with a shred of life still to this day in the first place, and obviously this "review" is not at all directed towards them, just everything else that is utterly fucking disgusting. Why exactly does valve allow such dangerous garbage, especially with ZERO disclaimer, AND for such a fraudulent price again? Can someone explain to me lmao. And people are still convinced that valve and steam are "tHe GoOd GuYs" when they routinely do horsesh!t like this, and with this being the hilariously MINIMAL scale of dumbassery they have always, and still always get up to, and with the number of it also being quite large.

Long live zombies.

Yes it's a COD but... 60€ for a 13 years old game? AIN'T NO WAY!


---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☑ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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games good but have to leave a negative review for the price $90? Get it on G2AGAMES for cheaper.

the graphics are bad zombies is kinda fun not like a remember tho honestly buy the newer ones thye have better graphics