48 Things You Should Know About Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Here you go :Pcharizard1605

I must be missing a key portion of this whole thing because unless China figures out how to hack into military drones using lasers, I don't see how any of that sh1t could help them at all.

So its more difficult for the rest of the world to make camera lenses and lasers, I don't see how that triggers WWIII (or as Treyarch calls it Cold War 2).

...of course this is Call of Duty and I'm wondering why I am set aback by the fiction they have chosen.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Here you go :PR3FURBISHED

I must be missing a key portion of this whole thing because unless China figures out how to hack into military drones using lasers, I don't see how any of that sh1t could help them at all.

So its more difficult for the rest of the world to make camera lenses and lasers, I don't see how that triggers WWIII (or as Treyarch calls it Cold War 2).

...of course this is Call of Duty and I'm wondering why I am set aback by the fiction they have chosen.

No, rare earth elements are used in electronic devices like cellphones. China controls 95% of the world's reserves. In this game's setup, the USA tries to gain control of Chinese reserves, setting off a Cold War 2. The drones have nothing to do with thischarizard1605

Right, so how does a country the size of China somehow accumulate 95% of the worlds recourses of these elements?

The trailer alone hyped me big time.. just look at my sig and you'll know how excited i am for this baby :cool:

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]No, rare earth elements are used in electronic devices like cellphones. China controls 95% of the world's reserves. In this game's setup, the USA tries to gain control of Chinese reserves, setting off a Cold War 2. The drones have nothing to do with thisR3FURBISHED

Right, so how does a country the size of China somehow accumulate 95% of the worlds recourses of these elements?

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]No, rare earth elements are used in electronic devices like cellphones. China controls 95% of the world's reserves. In this game's setup, the USA tries to gain control of Chinese reserves, setting off a Cold War 2. The drones have nothing to do with thisR3FURBISHED

Right, so how does a country the size of China somehow accumulate 95% of the worlds recourses of these elements?

USA is choosing to fight china over some metal? seriously?

surely oil is more useful...

USA is choosing to fight china over some metal? seriously?

surely oil is more useful...

FashionFreak

The premise is that the world has moved away from fossil fuels and now everything incorporates electronics.

Also, they don't declare war, it's a cold war.

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"]No, rare earth elements are used in electronic devices like cellphones. China controls 95% of the world's reserves. In this game's setup, the USA tries to gain control of Chinese reserves, setting off a Cold War 2. The drones have nothing to do with thisR3FURBISHED

Right, so how does a country the size of China somehow accumulate 95% of the worlds recourses of these elements?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MauEg9vqh9k

Video about China and rare earths. Pretty interesting issue actually.

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USA is choosing to fight china over some metal? seriously?

surely oil is more useful...

Cherokee_Jack

Humanity is moving from one fleeting, hard to obtain resource to another. Phenomenal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MauEg9vqh9k

Video about China and rare earths. Pretty interesting issue actually.

Cherokee_Jack

One Word

Amazing !!!

Can't wait to see what they do with the Zombie mode

They sure know how to make a video game trailer that gets you pumped up for this game

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USA is choosing to fight china over some metal? seriously?

surely oil is more useful...

R3FURBISHED

Humanity is moving from one fleeting, hard to obtain resource to another. Phenomenal.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MauEg9vqh9k

Video about China and rare earths. Pretty interesting issue actually.

Lucianu

Philistine.Cherokee_Jack

Learn something new everyday.

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[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] The premise is that the world has moved away from fossil fuels and now everything incorporates electronics.Cherokee_Jack

Humanity is moving from one fleeting, hard to obtain resource to another. Phenomenal.

I think I'm getting it now - US doesn't produce REEs because of fear of certain metals and what they could be/do (Throium). While China is monopolizing on the REE market and basically hoarding all they acquire.

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Humanity is moving from one fleeting, hard to obtain resource to another. Phenomenal.

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I think I'm getting it now - US doesn't produce REEs because of fear of certain metals and what they could be/do (Throium). While China is monopolizing on the REE market and basically hoarding all they acquire.

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[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] I think rare earths are relatively common actually.charizard1605

I think I'm getting it now - US doesn't produce REEs because of fear of certain metals and what they could be/do (Throium). While China is monopolizing on the REE market and basically hoarding all they acquire.

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I think I'm getting it now - US doesn't produce REEs because of fear of certain metals and what they could be/do (Throium). While China is monopolizing on the REE market and basically hoarding all they acquire.

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[QUOTE="001011000101101"]COD story is bad by videogame standards? Really? Only a few games have decent stories. The rest is nothing but crap. There is no such thing as standards in videogame storytelling.. yet.Lucianu

Yes, really.. What the f*ck have you ben playing all these years? Try playing some PC games. Like, say, The Longest Journey and Planescape Torment. The height of video game stories have ben long since reached in the 90s, and have ben going in the gutter since then as technology progresses.

Why oh why is that strike force not co-op?

It could be like CoD Garys mod. Hours of fun to be had pratting around with a buddy manshooting things with drones and VTOLs. Silly Treyarch.

I remember once making a list of things that would make a Call of Duty game change and make me excited again a while ago. That list included side missions, branching story decisions, more open ended levels, a focus on narrative, and more unique set pieces.

I don't want to overhype, but this game is pretty much straight from my boner's dream journal in offering all that I would never have imagined would make it. I haven't been excited for a Call of Duty game since MW2.

Why oh why is that strike force not co-op?

It could be like CoD Garys mod. Hours of fun to be had pratting around with a buddy manshooting things with drones and VTOLs. Silly Treyarch.

D1zzyCriminal

This also makes me sad, especially since it sounds like Special Ops from MW integrated right into the story. But hopefully they can put that into DLC or something.

I'm interested in this because I liked Black Ops, but lol at the people that weren't interested before suddenly getting excited! I'm hearing nothing about changes to the core gameplay. If COD supposedly got too stale for you then there is no logic in anything about BO2 that has been revealed so far that should interest you. If when gameplay comes out and it appears to play massively differently(which I seriously doubt), get excited. But otherwise, a new setting really shouldn't be enough to turn you if you really were bored of the COD gameplay before.

the worse possible thing they can do is change the gameplay. There is a whole lot of stuff they can innovate on or scrap, without touching the mechanics.

The people who want a complete overhaul are in the minority, trust me. There is popular catch phrase that relates to this.

I cant believe I am saying this, but this actually looks marginally interesting and I utterly despise modern shooters. Will wait for more info though.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Well, I'm a StarCraft/Diablo fan, so... :PDarkLink77

Heck Yeah!

At least Half Life 2 still beats Uncharted and *shudders* Portal.

I cant believe I am saying this, but this actually looks marginally interesting-

Maroxad

:lol: I do not care. I like the idea of a sequel for a sequel though. Inception game design. But, really, :lol:

I was gonna be a dick and say "I didnt need to know any of that stuff!" But then i read it...and have to say sounds pretty damn good. Thanks for the post.

Thats 47 too many :P

Hm.. not bad.

System Wars is converting to CoD it seems, I feel lonely on the other side of the hype spectrum charizard.

System Wars is converting to CoD it seems, I feel lonely on the other side of the hype spectrum charizard.

Yangire

I don't think people are converting, we are just happy that CoD actually might be different this time around. The series has really changed since CoD 4.

where are the dinosaurs!?

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System Wars is converting to CoD it seems, I feel lonely on the other side of the hype spectrum charizard.

EliteM0nk3y

I don't think people are converting, we are just happy that CoD actually might be different this time around. The series has really changed since CoD 4.

Yeah honestly, it feels good to see a series start to do away with the things everyone complained about most. Nonlinear gameplay? Check. Story focus? Check. New setting? Check. New mechanics? Check.

Its just looking like the biggest change since CoD4 right now.

Could be the first COD game I've bought since MW2. Heil68

I won't believe it 'till I see it. They can talk big and make a lot of promises but this is activision we're talking about.

i trust treyarch in this game it looks really good

I won't believe it 'till I see it. They can talk big and make a lot of promises but this is activision we're talking about.

KungfuKitten

Actually, this is Treyarch we are talking about.....