Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Gameplay #2) - Trouble in Paradise
3Say what you will, but as far as sheer cinematic spectacle goes there's nothing quite like these big Activision shooters. Despite the standard criticism of linearity and simplified gameplay, there's genuine craftmanship at display here which can't be easily dismissed. RPS writer Alec Meer sums it up nicely;
"There's this oft-repeated claim that Call of Duty games' singleplayer are mere throwaway nothings, simply box-ticking to help encourage more punters into the annual $60 purchase of an ever-more refined but never truly changed multiplayer mode. I see what CODBLOPS does with its single player, the magnitude of what it builds even if it all as surface, and I know that claim is dead wrong. Every time this game switches to a new location, I feel as though I've just watched a few million dollars burn away on my screen. Only a fraction of what was built for singleplayer will appear in multiplayer: these 8-10 hours of breathless blockbuster frenzy were clearly a huge and expensive project, not a routine one."
Link to article;
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/15/black-ops-2-pc-review/