Call of Duty: Black Ops II [Hardened Edition] - Xbox 360

Overall, this game earns a five-star rating based on five categories: graphics, campaign gameplay, multiplayer gameplay, zombies gameplay, and extra features. Graphics: 4 Stars The graphics in the game are not as beautiful as other games on the market, but they are still incredible in their own right. When you have three major, feature-packed gametypes on one disc, you may not be able to have the best-of-the-best graphics. However, Treyarch clearly improved on them from the first Black Ops. From gunfire and weapon detail to facial expressions and maps, the detail in the graphics are awesome. Campaign Gameplay: 5 Stars Without spoiling any of the story, the campaign mode is great. Treyarch implemented a few decisions for the player to make which can alter the storyline throughout the game. The story itself is as immersive and compelling as the first Black Ops. As you play, you will be drawn into the story as if you really are the characters you play. Multiplayer Gameplay: 5 Stars Improvements to the multiplayer aspect of the game are immediately apparent. The "pick 10" addition to building custom classes makes it so that the player can precisely tune their loadout to fit their exact playing style. For example: if you only use your primary weapon, you can forego a secondary for another attachment on your primary. There are many more ways to mix-and-match, which can only be explained through playing for yourself. The revamped prestige system now gives you the option to permanently unlock a weapon, grenade, perk, or wildcard per prestige level which is helpful to those who want to prestige without losing their "golden child". Other improvements include gamecasting, improved theater mode, and much more. Can be played split-screen up to two or online up to four. One guest per Live account is allowed. Zombies Gameplay: 5 Stars The flagship improvement to zombies mode in this installment of the Black Ops series is "Tranzit" mode. This mode allows you to ride a bus between four different maps (which can each be played in survival mode on their own), all while building items which can aid you in the fight for survival. "Grief" mode allows players to team up to see who can survive the longer individually, or as a group. Custom games allow settings like "headshots only", inclusion of "hellhounds", and an "easy" mode for more relaxed gameplay. Can be played split-screen up to two or online up to four. One guest per Live account is allowed. Extra Features: 5 Stars Nuketown 2025 for online play, Nuketown 2025 Zombies, two avatar gears (including a zombie suit), and a soundtrack are all included in this purchase. For the Black Ops nostalgics, the two Nuketown maps are a must-have. However, they will be offered as DLC for those who can wait.

the game is fun just like all other cod games fun fun fun but don't buy the hardened edition I don't recommend it it's not worth the extra money because you spend the extra money to get things that others didn't you get nuketown zombies and nuketown multiplayer but then the season pass drops and it's the first drop is zombies nuketown and multiplayer that you have to repurchase practically you get a Camo that's not even all that great so you practically pay 20 bucks for the avatar outfit and the cd which isn't worth 20 bucks the game is fun but this product I feel is a ripoff by tre arch

For those who enjoyed the first Black Ops know one of the best maps was Nuketown. If you pre-ordered Black Ops 2 hardened edition, or prestige, you will get a bonus Nuketown 2025 map and Nuketown Zombies which should be exciting..If you did not pre-order there will be no other way to get those bonus maps. The game will ship on Tuesday, november 13th. and should be delivered in 1 or 2 days depending on what shipping you chose. This will be the best game of the year, i already know it.

I have to admit I wasn't sure about the leap to future warfare but the game is a lot of fun. The single player was solid and the multiplayer is great. I really enjoy the new create a class set up and the new toys. I will admit I have yet to play the zombie mode but I'm sure it will be good as well if they put the same amount of time and effort on it.

This is after a year of having the Hardened Edition. I knew for a fact I was going to play the heck out of zombies and so I did. Excellent campaign, cool multiplayer with the new "future" theme. Zombies are back and better than ever with new perks, levels, design, secrets. Overall value is excellent with this being 3 different game modes. Zombies alone is worth getting not to mention the huge call of duty multiplayer experience. Treyarch is legit, IW however... I might not ever buy from again.

I preorderd this game and it arrived on time on the day of release. this game is amazing, the graphics are so much better than MW3 and its a very fast paced shooter. the maps are well layed out and offer a great verity of terrains, from a nuclear power plant in Pakistan, to a yacht in the middle of the ocean. this game is sure to keep you busy for a few months. edit-8/18/2013 this game was fun when it came out but since then my opinion has changed. there's alot of stuff in here that make you call bull**** and get you angry but its honestly the games fault. there's no support for it, they keep buffing and nerfing the wrong guns, and i forgot to mention all the op things in the game. if you are a cod vet you most likely will not like this game. its catered twords new players so it takes no skill to play well. if i was to go back to the time when it was coming out i would not preorder it. let alone the hardened edition. my advise get a more balanced and skill based game like BF3 it will do you alot better.

Hello everyone! Setup-55" Samsung 1080p 120HZ LED LCD w/surround sound and Wireless headset. I'm going to start off with what came in the "Hardened Edition" first. The game came with a "steel" case with artwork on it. It's nice, sturdy and I know my disc is well protected. In the case were the codes to unlock Nuketown 2025, Nuketown 2025 w/zombies, a neat xbox zombie skin that turns your avatar into a zombie (one for male and one for female), and some sort of COD robot for the avatar that I can't get to work right. Also the box had two engraved COD coins which was kind of neat because I'm a coin collector. These two coins allow you to download the music for the game, a skin for your weapons, and a gamer tag. Single player action I had a small problem with the single player which may have to do with me more than the game itself. In the beginning, it was hard for me to follow who was who and what exactly was going on. The action in the game was fun and exciting most of the time. Although I felt like I've done some of the things in other games (hard not to feel that way if you play as many as I have) it really kept my interest. Some of the cut scenes seemed to not be lined up with mouth movement and sound. It kind of bothered me at first, but then I just ignored looking at the people speaking. There were also some glitches that I found. On certain levels no matter how many rounds you put into the CI, it never killed them, but they could kill if I stuck around. Over all-Single player was fun and exciting and extremely difficult while played on the hardest setting. Multiplayer I'm a big multiplayer person. I love knowing when I shoot someone, someone on the other end is mad about it. I also really enjoy having to know the other persons moves before they make them. Always a nice challenge to play against someone else. At first, the servers would not let me connect to play online and I spent the good part of 30 minutes trying to connect when I finally got in. This still occurs on a daily basis, but usually takes 2 or 3 times trying to connect before it lets me in. The graphics do not seem any better then Black Ops 1 and I was really hoping it would be better. The game play is fast and fun, but it seems like the hit boxes are off. Countless times I have stood behind an enemy player and shot them in the back and the bullets would not register. The new weapons and kill streaks are a lot of fun and my favorite is the Killer Drone. The sounds are awesome and is great with surround sound and/or headphones. The level cap is 55 now and you get tokens for each level you get. One of the things I do not like is in order to try everything in the game, you have to presteige 10 times to unlock everything. I don't usually presteige that many times if any. Overall the game has its flaws, but it is still fun to play. A lot of changes with kill streaks, weapons, but same graphics as the first black ops. Still has some glitches with server connection problems and hit box errors. I gave the game and package a 4 out of 5 because even with the problems it has, the good outweighs the bad. I hope everyone enjoys the game too!

The game showed up on the date of release and was in great condition. Now the game it self was OK not the best of the call of duty series, but I look at the developer on that one. Great game concepts but poorly executed software. I can not tell you how many dropped games I have had, and my systems have locked up several times while playing this game.

I was very glad I ordered the "Hardened" Edition of Black Ops 2. Delivery was very fast and the box came unopened and in excellent condition. The Hardened Edition will include Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map, Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map, Collectible 2-Sided Steel-book limited edition game case with artwork,2 Challenge Coins limited edition coins that serve as keys to exclusive digital content,Weapon Camo, multiplayer weapon skin,2 Player Card Backgrounds,the Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack, Xbox LIVE CLAW Avatar Prop, and Xbox LIVE Zombies Avatar Costume.

i would give it 5 stars but 2 of the codes were redemed already and idk why ... both nuketowns were redemed Rip off .. Stuiped WOW but over all it was a good game and everything . >:o

Liked the series a lot and I enjoyed it

Perfect