3. Strike Force Missions. More Zombies
For all its rambunctiousness and bombs, the Call of Duty single player is painfully straightforward. Whether youre dropping airstrikes from a Cold War jet or slotting terrorists with a silenced M4, the campaign mode leads you around by the nose. Not anymore. Black Ops IIs Strike Force missions mean that at last, players have a say on the action. Taking place between the main missions, Strike Force puts you in charge of your squad via an RTS style interface, as you guide them from objective to objective. Screw things up and theres no rowing back: characters that die on Strike Force missions stay dead, and any big decisions you make impact on the narrative. With different ways to play and multiple endings, Treyarch is looking to inject their campaign mode with the same replayabilty that keeps the online servers packed, and Mountain Dew in business. And thats not all. The beloved zombies mini-game that kicked off in World at War is finally getting its own feature-length story mode. Details are sketchy at the moment, but the
few pictures that have sprung up on Treyarchs website suggest a Left 4 Dead style co-op mode. Future zombies? At least we wont have to argue over who gets the Ray Gun anymore.