A Glorious Day For CoD Haters

MMGN.com writes: Today is a glorious day for CoD haters across the globe. The worldwide reveal trailer for the gaming industry's worst kept secret, Call of Duty: Black-Ops 2 has hit the internet with guns blazing, explosions flying and an insightful look towards future warfare. Why is this a glorious day for a CoD hater such as myself?

The trailer was a little bit shit really.

[Snookies12]

Wow... Yeah, I have no idea what the hell they are trying to do with this game, but they've got so many ideas flying every which way it's on a fast track to fail. That trailer was pretty bad, I do have to agree.

[EVILDEAD360]

Lol..so let me get this right..

If the trailer was exactly the same game as Black ops then the Internet would have exploded with a thousand 'it's exactly the same game' rants.

Now that they trying to do something different the haters are now saying they now have an issue BECAUSE it doesn't look exactly like every other COD game.

Basically like most things haters are going to hate no matter what the trailer or the game looked like.

Evil

[OcelotRigz]

Exactly, dont play cod anymore myself but the one reason i stopped and assumed why so many people hated the game was because the lack of any real change every year.
Now they seem to be making a major change to the game and people are still complaining. I know the graphics in the trailer look very dated, that's certainly one thing i noticed and is a bit annoying, but if the game plays great then that shouldn't be much of a problem anymore.

I know its "hip" to hate cod, but at least wait till we see some information and gameplay of the multiplayer till we judge it.

[StanLee]

It didn't matter what they showed. There is a segment of the media that likes to hate on COD. I think the new direction is a risk but the trailer at least piqued interests in COD for the first time in a long time. The writer is a douche, who know the one thing the brings hits and writing about COD. Good or bad, debate about the franchise draws crowds.

[Snookies12]

I'd rather it just keep being the same old Call of Duty rather than trying to rip off so many other games at once, to the point of it not even being a cohesive product.

I've payed a few CoD games, enjoyed the story for MW2. This however, just isn't great at all. I seriously doubt they're going to get all these things to work correctly in the game. My point is, I'm pretty sure some of these things are going to be half-assed when it comes time to actually play them.

[Asgaro]

It's the old game engine.
You get it?
The
engine
developed
in
1999

[Piegoose]

Looks like the same basic gameplay to me, but with robots instead of people and a new helicopter to fly along with the other 3 or 4. I wont buy cod again til they change, at least a decent amount, the core gameplay. I'm just getting tired of fps games in general. Imma be waiting for The Last of Us.

[Kurt Russell]

I haven't played COD since MW2 (found it a bit dissapointing) - I think this one I will give a go, looks different to me.

I think Evil hit the nail on the head.

[Welshy]

Having got frustrated with the amount of naive people screaming "herpy derp you wanted change but you still complain", i'm just gonn a throw a news flash out there.

When people (myself included) demanded innovation and change, this has clearly been misinterpreted as "we want a massive, unbalanced, clusterf*ck of rip offs from at least 20 other franchises".

MY version of "innovation and change", is the kind that COD4 done. define a genre, create a unique identity for your franchise. BLOPS 2 is definately not doing that, they have taken "change" too literally and just went polar opposite of current COD.

There are so many mixed up ideas and directions in this game, even the finest minds will have a rough time balancing any kind of multiplayer, even the most hardcore of yearly COD kids will have a rough time defending this.

[Karlnag3]

"There are so many mixed up ideas and directions in this game, even the finest minds will have a rough time balancing any kind of multiplayer"

This from one *singleplayer* trailer? Good Job.

[Fylus]

Karlnag, I think his statement comes from all the evidence, leaks, and confirmations by the developers. Not just the single player trailer.

[lilbrat23]

What changes have they made to the game? None that I could see except the story and campaign. From the leaked online play its still the same old stuff nothing new. Same graphics same engine same old sh*t just a different name.

[Hufandpuf]

IDK, I hate COD as much as the next guy, but at LEAST BLOPS 2 doesn't look like a rehash. Yes the multiplayer will be shit, but the singleplayer looks interesting, albeit shitty graphics.

[hellerphant]

To make a successful futuristic shooter I feel you need to have a unique setting. Syndicate and Deus Ex: Human Revolution do this really well. BLOPS 2 looks like a rip off across so many franchises, and it feels like it will just be CoD but with some futuristic gadgets. DEHR was in 2027, and it managed to be bad ass.

[Nate-Dog]

You don't really think it's going to be any different from the usual campaign mode full of the same set-pieces and dull story and multiplayer mode which has been the exact same for 5 years straight, do you?

I still don't know how people can enjoy these. A few years ago maybe, but even for the CoD-only players surely paying $60 for the same game 6 years in a row is getting old?

Probably not, I underestimate how stupid people are at times. (That's not aimed at you by the way, I can see why you may think it with the way I worded it.)

[christian hour]

Agree with you completely Nate, and I dunno if its because my sound card is busted and i had to watch the vid with no sound, but it seemed to me like the physics in the game worked on the same principles as magic. Just the way things exploded and moved, seemed totally weird to me, but again it may have been the lack of sound.

One thing is for certain though, 75% of the dialogue will be swear words and cool army slang, because apparently thats how your write gripping dialogue :P the other 25% will be "war? war never changes... except when it changes... but even then... war.. is... war... change... future? future change-war... never... futures? war never futures... yes, war never future changes... expletive deleted... AMERICA!"

I havea couple friends who buy COD every year, I've long given up trying to show them the light, though MW3 definitely changed a few peoples opinions, so hopefully BLOPS2 will convert the rest into not wasting 60 quid on a game they already own 6 times.

If COD:MW was a PC only game, its sequels, as well as black ops and WAW, would have been 15-20 euro expansion packs. When did it all go FUBAR?

[kevnb]

Cod has 60 fps, which is much better than pretty graphics at 20-30 fps. Its why many people don't even play anything else still.

[dazzrazz]

I rather play something with 30 frames than 60 and looks of raw 3d models

[christian hour]

@kevnb

I don't even know where to begin to start pointing out how flawed that argument about fps is, but there is no defending charging 60 euro for a game running on a 6 year old engine that has seen little to no improvement at all.

Would you watch one of those shoddy movie sequels that have less production value than the original, nearly an entirely new cast, new writers and released straight to a dvd bargain bin?

You know the kind I'm talking about, terrible sequels that doesnt have the original creators behind it, any passion behind the original project is nowhere to be found and thus it lacks the essence of everything you loved about the original.

Thats exactly what COD is now, Treyarch are just a dev company brought in to work on COD games so they can throw one out every second year, whilst Infinity Ward do the same and fill the gap.

And infinity ward isnt even a shadow of its former self, any of the original creative minds behind COD have long since gone, they're at Respawn ENtertainment now, its their next game that should get your money, not this tired series that should have been put down long ago.

[TekoIie]

@Christian hour

I love how you talk about a flawed argument then make your own flawed argument...

The development of games and movies are incomparable on so many levels.

[kevnb]

lol at the haters, you know its true and you probably are all getting every cod game every year. Its just cool to hate something so popular.

[Euthanasia78]

@kevnb, looks like one person (probably you) agrees with you. Lets see how many people disagree with you. I bet everyone

[Hicken]

60fps is pretty pointless if the game is boring. And being not very exciting is something the CoD franchise has done a lot of in recent years, for a lot of people.

It's all well and good if you enjoy it, but you're being silly if you think the same, tired old engine is better than a certain new engine because the new one is 30fps and the old one is 60. A game is about so much more than that, but it seems like that's the only thing CoD fans really have left to cling to.

[christian hour]

@pekolie

I wasnt comparing the development of games to movies, I was saying that COD games are now comparable to those bargain bin staright to dvd movie sequels in that the only reason they exist is because "money!". None of the original passion remains behind the series anymore.

[_LarZen_]

COD haters...subgamers.

[Welshy]

Implying that COD lovers, those gamers who spend £45/$60 a year, for the same game, for 6 straight years are the lesser gamers?

If buying "lesser" games, implied by low sales, makes me a "subgamer", then quite frankly, i'll proudly hold that title as long as i should play video games! =)

[Ser]

We're subgamers because we actually like a miniscule amount of diversity in our gaming experiences? PLEASE, SON.

I hate CoD. I've been CoD-free since MW2, and I feel like a million bucks not being weighed down by my peers to buy the next cawadoody title year after bloody year.

Did I mention how old the engine is?

[_LarZen_]

Why use time and energy on a game you dont like? It's not like COD is the only FPS out there, there are alot of great FPS games.

People that cant deal with a game series that millions love and that gets so much PR that they start to "hate" the game and use so much time letting others know about it is in my opinion subgamers.

Its like the ever going battle of angry nerds with Android vs iOS. Android fans so angry everythime there is an article or Apple comes with something new.

I gues people cant handle that something they dont like is so popular and getting so much PR.

It aint like most games launched are evelvong is there? Most are just the same over and over again, with a few exceptions now and then.

Not many close to so popular as the COD series tho, hence all the angry subgamers.

Black Ops 2 is even adding new elements to its series, much cant be said to many other fps games out or on the way.

So, yeah...COD haters are subgamers. Angry sad little nerds that cant handle that a game series they dont like is one of the world's most popular fps games of all time.

Deal with it.

[Ser]

Who said anything about using time and energy? Did you miss the part where I said I haven't touched a CoD title since MW2? If you consider typing and reading articles to be a task that consumes "energy," you must get tired from breathing and blinking.

I can't handle CoD being popular? Yeah, man, you sure pegged me right! I toss and turn and lose sleep over CoD's popularity every single night! I wake up in cold sweats dreading the next rehashed title. I'm a mess, bro.

Pfft, take your little superiority complex somewhere else, kid. These "subgamers" you speak of are the ones that aren't following blindly like a bunch of lemmings.

It's funny how you're calling people that don't play CoD nerds. Because it's not like the millions of people running around online on CoD going "PEW PEW PEW UAV INCOMING! PEW PEW PEW!" aren't nerds at all, right? Spare me the drama, poser.

You're just a sad brogamer that's butthurt because his favorite gaming series is being hated on by people who actually play other things. Expand your horizons, go play something else besides that mindless run-'n'-gun drivel. It might do you some good.

I was playing FPS titles long before cawadoody came out, and I can assure you that I will still be playing them long after CoD dies face down in a puddle of dirty garbage in the gutter.

Let me spell something out for you, buddy:

Tony Hawk, DEAD...Guitar Hero, DEAD...I think you know what comes next. :)

[TekoIie]

Lol what do you expect them to do? N4g is being bombarded with COD articles they gotta keep themselves busy...

[SneeringImperialist]

Nice avatar man!

[Jio]

I don't like CoD, but this guy has the worst reasons for hating it -_-

[Asgaro]

I assume you wish it were ponies, and not horses?

[Jio]

You know it!

[Moncole]

Rainbow Dash would make it 20% cooler.

[Dojan123]

I did not get MW3 due to the same reason people have listed above. This SP mode does sound like they added new game play. I will keep an open mind. However, I will not preorder. Since I am mostly a PC person, I hope BO 2 keeps the ranked dedis like the first one.

[neutralgamer19]

I feel sorry for the people that dont see what a rip off the COD franchise is lol They make millions of profit every year not changing much and using tge same exact formula. Yes if something works dont fix it but this a total abomination of tgat sense. All they do is change locals, put in a few extra kill streaks and lately with the elite service charge extra for services that should be free. Ppl dont see nothing wrong with that? Lol Not only are they making a gazillion in profit but they show their loyalists appreciation by bringing out a service that they might not force you to buy, but if you want all the services you
must by elite. Oh then charge exhorbetent amounts for dlc packs lol

Well COD exp has been stale for me for obvious reasons and ppl will continue to support this trash with their thinking. The trailer was nothing different and you can tell of coursr engine us the same one used every singke time. Thanks COD for sheing your fans appreciation by putting out same bs year after year. Oh i forgot its different this year because theres new uber cool killstreaks and some cool glitches jaja

[christheredhead]

"Insert troll comment here."

[ChunkyLover53]

I think people are more upset that the game changed things up and that the trailer actually looked pretty good. I know people wanted to say it was copy and paste and all the other ignorant things that they say about COD.

The thing is, I saw more people saying it peaked their interests then anything else.

The other thing is, you don't personally have to buy it, at the same time, Why waste time complaining about something you don't like and don't want to play? let other buy it if they want and enjoy it if they want. Play what you like.

I figured there would be uproar, but a lot of it actually has to do with the fact that the game looks good and is going in a totally new direction.

I think the moral is that the COD haters, are never going to be happy.

[icecoldfire]

the trailer looked shit because:
1.graphics are terrible and are getting worse( can u believe that)
2.Fooling people from all that Shit blowing up
3.Copy of Command&Conquer series technology, timeline etc and other games like deus ex human revolution, BATTLEFIELD 3, TC:Ghost Recon
4.the sheep people will be fooled by the 2nd reason.
5.the horses thing is most likely a copy of RED DEAD REDEMPTION and Uncharted 3

[Bladesfist]

I have not bought a Cod in the past 2 years however this one looks pretty good, I hope its not just a re skin though as I would love to enjoy a cod game again

[Euthanasia78]

After last year's MW 2.5, Treyarch comes back strong with its own version of Black Ops 1.5. They went out of their way to use the same engine from 2005, so people "used" to the yearly iterations of COD won't get upset that their only game has changed. I'll be here in 2013 for COD Black Ops 1.75 also. Bring it on. OLD ASS EXCUSE OF A GAME. Hopefully all the kids, girls, and jocks that don't play games loves it because real gamers don't. COD = N'Sync

[Imikida]

Ya I know right, all the brainless popular kids play it, and call themselves gamers. Its funny.

[Ares90]

No CoD hater here, but didn't find the trailer great neither appealing.
Also, the horses scene running in a desert (?) reminded me of Uncharted 3.

[icecoldfire]

it reminded me of RED DEAD REDEMPTION.

[Ares90]

I didn't know there were arabs on RDR

[Imikida]

I don't even care about COD anymore, I just ignore it now. I've gotten so used to kids talking about it in school likes the best game ever, I just tune it all out and enjoy the handful of games better then it.

[trenso1]

I think they took change to a whole other level. That jet clip remind me of BF3 the walking mechs reminded me or Metal Gear,idk why but the future thing reminded me of killzone and future soldier. It seems like COD is doing a mash up of other games shoe horning it into its own franchise losing it own identity. funny cause a lot of games where doing this too im looking at you socom4 and killzone3 cramming COD into themselves losing their identity in the process. Now it seems like the reverse is happening.

[icecoldfire]

this change is a very bad thing. they are cpoying other games and seeing if the formula works for their sheep fans or not

[Fire1792]

It's one thing to ask for something new aside from the same old same old.... This is just ridiculous, I laughed at the trailer. Glad I outgrew CoD =]

[mep69]

Not to mention that the horse scene resembles that of which is in Uncharted 3.

[mep69]

lol you can't deny.

[MYSTERIO360]

I seems like activition have finally tinkered with the engine a little bit but the game still looks a bit dated

[Blastoise]

Meh, I thought the trailer was pretty good to be honest. Im looking forward to it.
Also this article is terrible, "The reason that every man, woman, child and meerkat enjoys the fast paced nature of Call of Duty is because they can identify with it" Yeah, I remember the time when I walked into town one day and did a 360 no scope -_- what a load of absolute rubbish.

[Ima9er4Life]

I ain't no cod fan, but the trailer was sick tho bruh

[spektical]

the trailer was just a bunch of garbage put together. Now I love action movies.. such as transformers, nothing better than seeing mayhem, destruction and robots duke it out in a sandbox. I hardly care for the story. But thats $10, for a video game at $60, at least for me, I have to have more than mindless destruction.

[MaverickStar7]

I stopped reading when he stated he was a COD hater. COD haters are worse than hipsters these days. So you don't like COD, fine. Go away and play something else. Instead they would rather waste time an energy continuously hating COD rather than using that time and energy on better things. At that point I could care less about there opinion since its usually going to be very biased and far from reasonable.

[mep69]

CoD died when they released CoD 2.

[Orionsangel]

COD: MORE OF THE SAME...OPS II!