This question just popped up after watching in disbelief as WoodysGamertag makes a video on how Black Ops 2 is the best COD in the franchise so far, and while he is entitled to my opinion, we are all entitled to ours. With that said, I have a few things to say about the so-called "best" COD to date. I know this has been said enough, but there wouldn't be any complaints had they have had nothing to complain about.
The campaign and zombies were great. I have to give them credit on that one. But the multiplayer...how far have they fallen? This is the absolute worse multiplayer I have ever experienced in any Call of Duty. It's bad enough that it makes MW3 look good, which was the opposite of what they were supposed to be doing. There is plenty to complain about in terms of weapon balancing. No Treyarch fanboys, they are not balanced and you know that. The pistols are a prime example of why they aren't balanced (B23R and Kap 40 anyone?). The spawns are a freaking joke. Whenever you kill someone, you better watch your back because you're going to find them there. -_- The maps range from terrible to mediocre. While there are a few good maps like Grind, the game is dominated by the population of some of the worst maps I have ever seen. This is further infuriating by the presence of such tactics such as camping. I thought Call of Duty was supposed to be fast paced and not about who could set up the best camp. I would go to Battlefield if I wanted it to be more stationary. In addition to these fustrating aspects of the game, there is one problem that is inexcusable. The connection. I can't tell you how fustrating it is to shoot someone first and still die. Then when you look on the killcam, you're just standing there looking stupid while they kill you with no effort. If I do something on my screen, then it should have definitely happened instead of it showing nothing of what you did. I always wonder how a decent player will get decimated by people who aren't even all that great at the game despite you doing everything you could to win, but with all of the efforts made by the player detered by the game's faulty way of determining who wins gunfights, it isn't even worth the trouble. Sometimes it may even take you a disturbing amount of bullets to kill someone. One weird thing that happened to me today was when I shot at some guy whose back was turned away from me, then something pops up on my screen saying connection interrupted. Then when it finally returns to normal, I'm already dead, and the person I was shooting at just magicly killed me. Interestingly, on the killcam, he actually already had his back turned while I was stuck motionless. This leads to their security. I don't know what they're doing, but people can cheat on this game way too easily. No, I am not making this up for those of you who always like to challenge this. On more than once occasion, I check certain individuals combat records, and if you looked at their stats, you would know something is wrong. You tell me if having so many kills with a SMAW that you need for it to have a remainder at the end is legitimate. Don't even get me started on what the K/D was...
If you didn't feel like reading that long paragraph, here is the verdict. I feel like the game is way overpriced on what it actually provides. The multiplayer is terrible, and it is very fustrating for people to play. I believe Treyarch did a terrible job on the multiplayer side. I find little reason why people would have fun playing it despite all of the cool additions they added. The terrible connection, lackluster security, and failure to fix these issues makes a very irritating environment for people to play in.