Needless to say, Nathanial Rumphol-Janc had played a lot of this game already before purchasing it for the Wii U, so he sort of knew he would enjoy it if for other than the fact he didn’t need to borrow the game anymore. Sure, part of him felt guilty playing the game because it’s supposed to be “generic and unimaginative”. It’s definitely no Borderlands 2, and Nathanial would hesitate to say it’s better than other IP’s out there. But man, after all these years Nathanial not only understand why Call of Duty is so appealing, he now has a definitive view into why Nintendo is so high and mighty about the Wii U being as good if not better than whats available for hardcore games. To put it bluntly, of the console versions of Black Ops II… the Wii U is simply the best of the bunch. Period, end of story.
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The only thing I was disappointed about was Treyarch didn't include the Stereoscopic 3D mode in the Wii U version. Why they left it out and made the rest of the game identical is beyond me. I played Black Ops 1 on my 360 in 3D mode and loved it. Even AC3 on the Wii U has the Stereoscopic 3D mode available to use, so it's not like the system isn't capable of doing 3D. Ubisoft clearly got it to work no problem. Just lazy on the part of Treyarch I guess.
Other than that, a great version of the game and definitely worth purchasing for any Wii U owners.
The lack of developers willing to optimize their codes is the reason that 99% of multiplats look worse on the PS3 over the 360. And reasons why games like Skyrim are unplayable. Developers are always in a rush to get things out, and they build all their games off the 360 platform first. Not a smart way to port a game to a system (Wii U) where the GPU is designed to perform calculations that would normally be done by the CPU.
Hijacked - dual screen local multiplayer. This.
If you want to play multiplayer, you'd get it on another platform.
It's kinda ironic/
ps3 version 4 me
Oh wait.....
A wireless connection will be better than my wired connection.
If you have Comcast 50mb you will report being hit faster than someone with bottle necked on a wifi connection.
I've got this coming from eBay here in the next few days, can't wait to try out the Wii u version. The only complaint I am hearing is the smaller community which may be a blessing. I can do without all the cheaters, thugs and Internet tough guys. The game pad option is what I'm looking forward to most to see how well it integrates while playing on the tv and to see what we have to look forward to in the future games
1. Better overall community online. No 12 year old wankers.
2. Achievements that what, tell you that you killed this and did that. I don't need a trophy to tell me I "played a game". Progress and completition of the campaign should be it's own reward. Also, it's Activisions fault if their aren't achievements, not Nintendos. They are optional.
3. The most important part: The controls are superior. It cannot be understood unless you play it for yourself.
4. Less lag.
If there is anything I would call, it is for the wii u owners, to buy the game... cause, although I can play domination without any problem on the core, there is no ppl to play on the hardcore at all (at least here in Japan)... I heard the sales was around 20-30K around the world for the wii u... I hope it reaches at least 100K so find ppl to play at any mode would not be so difficult...
But I am still enjoying the game :)
"True, Treyarch have had years to optimise the COD engine for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and would not have had this luxury in preparing the game for Wii U. Furthermore, on a basic level, Black Ops 2 itself would have been designed with no regard for the Nintendo hardware. That said, we find it hard to blame the developer here - we have seen generational leaps in CPU, GPU and RAM technology since the launch of the Xbox 360 seven years ago, and for the Wii U hardware to under-perform to this extent on such a crucially important game doesn't look good for future prospects. Bearing in mind the specific areas that are causing the most noticeable dips in performance, once again it looks like the CPU is the main bottleneck."
True, the statement above here is just their opinion, but the performance and FPS measurements in the face-off are not opinion but real data.
There is a difference.
Talking about the Wii U version:
"Still, on the plus side, the multiplayer component of the game has emerged unscathed - if that's your focus, and you're willing to be patient for the online audience to grow in number, Black Ops 2 on Wii U is still worthy of consideration. "
If you want your your 360 to run better.. Lag your connection speed (everyone is doing it now)... or go wifi on Xbox.
What you say is true with connection speeds and client side servers but not so much with systems.
Agree with pinpointing and just about everything else.
A good example is the technical comparisons between versions that suggested the 360 version was better than the Wii U version also suggested the Wii U version was a little better than the PS3 version.
Finally, I'd like for you to show me even one online shooter that doesn't suffer from at least a few latency problems.
"The COD experience fails to impress on Nintendo's new hardware."
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
Edit: It must be sad to buy a new console in 2012 that struggels to keep up with a 7 year old console?
It must be difficult to make games on brand new (and changing) hardware over the course of eight months?
Fixed.
MW2 ran perfectly fine on ps3. Agree on all the others though.
Besides, who the f*ck will play CoD with the tablet controller? So you have to buy the pro controller if you want to play CoD. So that's extra money. Best version right? lmao
And you can check on mii verse how many people have the game and Europe I've seen 15K, USA 35k not seen Japan but that's a lot there's and everyone is forgetting the ps3 and Xbox has 70 million users each wii u 2 million so ratio is pretty good. I'm no fanboy I have every console and think the wii u is the best purely for off tv play!
1) The game is focused around it's multiplayer, and the community on the Wii U is nearly non-existent at this point.
2) One of the main draws of the Call of Duty series is the butter smooth gameplay, which includes the tight controls, mechanics, as well as the framerate. The framerate is a huge part of that, and the framerate on Wii U regularly sits at around 20, sometimes climbing up to 30. That negatively impacts the feel of the game, which is supposed to run at a smooth and consistent 60fps.
The Wii U version is still fun to play though, and as long as people enjoy the game then it's ok. But don't call it the best console version when it isn't.
This is definitely the most fun version, and that's all that matters to me.
If the Wii U was able to provide a fun online experience and has good looking graphics, and it's only the U's first COD entry..I'd say it's only gonna get better in the next few years if gamers continue to support it.
Plus, there are some cheap, 40 dollar copies of the Wii U version on Ebay, probably the only franchise I'd ever want to buy used.
if you want a version with virtually no community, worse graphics, and an inferior controller for shooters.