Black Ops 2: 5 Reasons It Will Be the Best Call of Duty Ever

2. They€™re Rebalancing the Multiplayer

If you€™ve ever played Call of Duty online (statistics show that at least all of you have) then you know that it sucks to be the new guy. There€™s nothing quite so disheartening as gleefully heading onto the field for the first time, only to be met by some Prestiging bumhole€™s fleet of Harriers. CoD€™s online mode has less balance than a pissed QWOP: try as you might, your keen aim and tactical thinking is no match for a level seventy and his laser-sighted, akimbo, gold-plated Predator missile. Black Ops II will be different. Weapon attachments and killstreak perks are being rebuilt and rebalanced from the ground up, so whatever gadgets your opponent is using you€™ll always have some way of fighting back. Theatre Mode is coming back, too, so if you€™re having trouble with a certain map you can just head online and catch a how-to video of the best vantage points. Add that to the revamped Nuketown map, and the new game modes that Treyarch are promising, and Black Ops II€™s multiplayer is shaping up to be the best CoD experience ever.
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