Originality: This is a genre that is almost completely lacking in originality. It’s gotten to the point that people get excited about whether or not your shooting from a first person perspective, from the hip, or from a close range 3rd person perspective (which is sad). Black Ops 2 introduces nothing new (except for new skins and sound effects from devices) but it does return the series to something that has been lacking for a long time; a good story.
6/20
Graphics: Honestly this game looks quite great on the Wii U. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that I don’t need a graphical bump up to Xbox one/ps4/overlordpc level to think this game looks great. I can’t honestly tell much of a different between *insert ps3 game* and *insert ps4 remaster of ps3 game* so I could care less, this game looks beautiful graphically. It doesn’t have horrible glitches and loading errors like Assassin’s Creed III did on the Wii U. Yey!
10/10
Art Style: If an art style is fitting to the type of game it is (even if it is realistic) I will accept it as a good choice (as long as the art style is done well). This game is realistic looking and doesn’t offer anything unique in terms of art style ( in general or with the CoD specific series). Would I object to a more stylized CoD game one day? No, I would not.
8/15
Story: I’m impressed and shocked. This game had flashbacks to the first game (which I haven’t played yet), references to World at War (which I had no idea about prior to playing game this), an extremely emotional villain with very valid (in his eyes) reasons to why he is trying to blow everything up. I could feel the emotions of this story. It wasn’t forced or half attempted like other CoD games. You could tell they actually took time to put a single player into this game that had a good story. My only major complaint is the campaign felt too short for this generation of games.
25/30
Game Interface: Annoying or not? Nothing to complain about.
5/5
Controls easy and fluid or difficult and rigid? Very simple.
5/5
Is it fun? Yes! My family and I play it alongside Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. U.
15/15
Total – 74*/100
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – 100 + 5 = 105
Shovel Knight – 95 + 10 = 105
Shadow of Mordor = 95 + 5 = 100
Zelda Skyward Sword-98
Hyrule Warriors – 93 + 5 = 98
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 93
Zelda Minish Cap – 92
Portal – 87 + 5 = 92
Assassin’s Creed 4 Wii U – 86 +5 = 91
Zelda Windwaker HD – 86 + 5 = 91
Bayonetta 2 = 91 NR
Bayonetta (Wii U) – 91 NR
Zelda Oracle of Ages – 91
Metroid Fusion – 91
Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story – 86 + 5 = 91
Zelda Twilight Princess – 90
Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon - 90
Guildwars 2 – 89
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team – 89
Animal Crossing New Leaf – 84 + 5 = 89
Pokemon X – 88
Zelda: A Link to the Past – 78 + 10 = 88
Kid Icarus Uprising – 88
Darksiders 2 - 88
Fire Emblem Awakening – 88
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark - 84
Paper Mario Sticker Star – 83
Rome 2: Total War - 83
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds-83
Super Mario 3d land – 72 + 10 = 82
Batman: Arkham Origins - 81
Trine – 80
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze* - 68 + 10 = 78
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 74
Black Ops 2 - 74*
Rome: Total War-74
Red Alert 3 - 70
New Super Mario Bros. U - 66
New Super Mario Bros.Wii – 57 *
Assassins Creed 3 – 57 NR
Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition – 53*
Kirby Squeak Squad – 43
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3d – 42
* Means it was more fun than the score indicates. Scores judge the overall quality of the game (how fun it is only counts for 15% in my reviews)
NR means Not Recommended based on inappropriateness.
^Charm is rewarded to games that have an undefinable quality to them that makes them amazing and have high replayability value.
