GameZone writes, "The haters are out again in force this year; this time for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. For the second year in a row, there seems to be a large disparity in the reviews for a Call of Duty game between critic reviews and user score on Metacritic, bringing into question the legitimacy of the website's review process. Now, normally, I'm all for everyone having their own opinion of a game, but Metacritic has become known as a place for angered gamers to go and slam a game's score."
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Wow, good games never get old I guess.
CoD will always be a beast of a franchise, and how awesome is it that you can just boot it up or pop it into your Xbox and play, MS BC is really a neat feature.
Many players on social media are now reporting unannounced matchmaking fixes have been put in place by Activision ranging from Call of Duty 3 to Modern Warfare 2 to Black Ops 2, on Xbox 360. Players are reporting that player counts are updating, lobbies forming, and matchmaking times have been reduced. Neither Activision nor Microsoft have commented on the matter when reached out to at this time. This is currently impacting both 360 and BC versions of the games. PS3 is not affected at this time.
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Multiple users coming forward saying the games are finally working again after years of server issues. Note that not all issues such as player counts are totally fixed at this time however matchmaking is fully working again. With legacy Call of Duty games releasing on Game Pass within the next 2 years, it does make sense for these servers to eventually be corrected. Good to see the preservation of these legendary games. Hopefully PS3 receives the same treatment for these legacy titles!
“Activision Unexpectedly Fixes Old Call of Duty Servers, Just One Day After FTC Verdict”
Imagine that.
Conspiracy theory: MS have been planning on purchasing ABK for a long time. They let Sony outbid them for having console-exclusive CoD stuff/being first for certain dlc so the PlayStation player base would increase.
Years later, MS buy ABK, with plans to make CoD either exclusive/platform exclusive features etc with the release of a new console (Xbox Series X2?) So the established CoD player base migrates over to their platform, taking a huge percentage off Sony?
Wild theory
Game Rant Writes "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been available for 10 years, and in that time, no other entry has topped its weapon balance and variety."
Although Black Ops 2 is one of the more loved entries in the series, there seemed to be an overall lack of recoil when I played back in the day, which made the guns feel toy-like. The overall art style didnt really sit well with me at the time either. A bit too cartoony. I think zombies could have been cool, but on the PS3, playing splitscreen made the frame rate drop to unplayable levels.
Well at least its less scored than Halo 4 .I would facepalm myself if that didnt happen.
Wel yeah...it's Call of Duty
Site/Mag Reviews are always possitive I'd rather hear a review from a gamer on a site like this one then someone like IGN who in my opinion are like many other sites out there who are s*** scared to bad mouth the game and be truthful because if they p*** Activision off there will be no more exclusive reveals, behind the scene gossip, first look previews, interviews for their magazine/website, plus lets not forget with it being a hot game to talk about because of it's social gimmick like elements it's not something they can just ignore, they NEED that info off Activision so they have to play nice.
They should disable user feedback on games like COD and BF as it brings out the worst gamers there is. They dont represent the gaming comunity in general and it confuses normal people that want to check how a game score.
The majority of people are reckless and claim Call of Duty to be this mess. I hat being in the majority most of the time.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
So let me get this straight. COD Black Ops 2 which the reviewers from game sites have given high marks is getting slammed by 'users'.
However a game that will probably be ridiculed by reviewers like Declassified is getting pretty good user scores.
This is a strange world we live in...