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Can we replace "Zombie God" with the Giant one? I noticed it wasn't on the list at any stage. Overall, I agree. However, should we possibly swap Napalm Zombie & Him around? I think Napalm's are much harder than the Him...

PS3 received this patch today, the 28th February 2014 (in Aus at least.) Same description, but since when has it ever said "New Cool Features Added"? I think this could be the TranZit update to "finish" the quest, but I HIGHLY doubt it. Might try and do some tests, see if things are there or are new. Side note: Has anyone ever seen the numbers on the Garage doors at Diner? Never noticed them until today...

OH MY LORD Thank the gods I get paid today and I get BO2 for 360 on Sun. This brings hope for more DLC! SO MUCH HOPE!

Me thinks that the user bars are the way to go with this. They are quite compact, fit well with all the info on the member pane.

Gonna be honest, the Tallies look the best in that example. The Bottles look very strange and the Perk Emblems would look better if they were smaller and weren't so squished.

I think brains should stay as they are. We already have them as Brains, I think they should stay as a numeral. I think everyone's heading in the right direction with the whole Perks thing...

I've never once stopped to think about the door to Jugg on Green Run, or the door to Power on Die Rise. It's like second nature. Even if I don't have enough points for Jugg I'll still open it.

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I don't feel like writing a long intro, so let's cut to the chase: What's your final opinion on the Black Ops 2 story? What plot elements did you like and/or not like? How could it have been better? This is just story-related things, not "They didn't put enough proper traps in" I think their main mistake was dropping the N4 so quickly. I really would have loved the final map to really set the scene for the next game, giving us a major event (set in stone, such as Richtofen's control grab) for which we could begin to really get some things happening. Instead, we were given a terrible ending. I could compare Origin's ending to a frayed rope. It has many different paths to take, and I mean, that's a great thing. But it answered no huge questions of ours. It's like in this game, they focused on gameplay over story, whereas in Black Ops they gave us an equal mix. That's really just my opinion, but I really think they could have done much better. Come on, why is Marlton in Nuketown? What is Broken Arrow? Is Misty Dempsey's daughter, like many think? The N4 were potential, and Treyarch wasted that.

Great, great read Shooter. I may not agree with it entirely (but it's definitely altered my view), but I think you've really hit the nail on the head with this. However, I have one problem. How did Sam get from Moon to Agartha? If she somehow was transported there after she died, how come the other 3 didn't travel to Agartha as well? There is no possible way that Richtofen would let Sam enter Agartha after all that, so she must have found another way to get there. I just can't think that the Moon crew died there without doing some unknown thing. Possibly, with all the technology located on the Moon, Sam/Maxis found a way to harness the power of the 115 Excavation Drill from Nuketown, because we know that Nuketown's loading screen takes place at the same time as Moon's, so that could be possible. Anyway, great job as always.

Have some more time, so now I can make a full list. I just cannot for the life of me play with a pair of shoes on. I also push my feet against the back of the desk when stuff starts getting intense. I find it hard to play with music on/without game audio at the best of times. It feels just wrong to me. It's also why I, like Speedo, play solo with no parties, unless I'm just messing around with some close friends who don't talk much. However, sometimes I'll run my earbuds into one ear and just keep the headset half on, I do this often because my ears get reeeeeeeaaaaaaalllly hot and I need to air them out. Only do the earbuds in Solo. I also cannot play a long game then jump straight into another. I need time to cool my ears down I also MUST, without a single doubt in my mind play in a refrigerated environment. This is very important in the Aussie summers (I mean, it's damn hot all year, but when it's summer here it keeps at an average of 40o C) and it also helps me sleep. I have a 60-inch flatscreen hanging on my summer bedroom wall, but still play on my 23 inch monitor. I just like to have everything compact and available via peripheral vision.

I seriously wish they would add a Pause feature for Solo. Seriously, some people have things to do and can't continue a game.

I also have the smaller screen thing as well. I just have problems on playing with such as large area.

Samantha's Dark Side Buried Alive Song Analysis Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare Welcome one and all to my analysis of the Avenged Sevenfold song Buried Alive, a song previously thought to have no relations to the story of Zombies at all, and with good reason too. It has never appeared in a map. However, while listening to this song after my MPD revelation, it just stuck out to me. I am now going to try to persuade you to share my views. Here is the original post where I came up with the MPD theory: Firsts things first, what would this song analysis be if you didn't have a means to listen to the song? Let's amend that, shall we? '>Link Now that we have that out of the way, the song analysis shall commence. Thank you. I believe this song to be from the point of view of Samantha's dark personality, the Ancient Evil. Take the time just to listen When the voices screaming are much too loud, Take a look in the distance, Try and see it all Lines one and two are telling us that we should try and listen, even if it is too loud. On lines two and three, the voice is commanding us to take a look at the bigger picture. We must look at this on a larger scale. Chances are that ya might find, That we share a common discomfort now I feel I'm walking a fine line Tell me only if it's real The voice is telling Samantha that however distant their personalities may be, the voice and her are the same person and they share a common discomfort: the state of not being in the Aether. In the Aether, Samantha's 3 personalities could divide freely, but now that they are once again trapped in the same body, they now share the hate for Richtofen. They are now walking a "fine line", which means there are no grey areas. Straight and simple. The voice feels they are walking along a path with no deviations. Line four refers to the fact that Samantha is the real one in control, and though the Ancient Evil thinks it knows all, it doesn't know whether certain events are true or not. Still I'm on my way, On and on it goes, Vacant hope to take This stanza tells us that they will continue on the path, however dangerous, and that however false the hope is, they will still take it. Hey - I can't live in here for another day Darkness has kept the light concealed Grim as ever Hold on to faith as I dig another grave The voice is now fed up with being held captive within Sam's body. The whole fact of having a shared body has kept the truth from it's eyes. The Evil is as grim as ever, meaning it is very grim... It is telling us in the fourth line that it must keep faith as it makes another kill. Meanwhile the mice endure the wheel Real as ever And it seems I've been buried alive The "mice" are the other members of the Post-EE Moon crew, who the Evil always saw as beings who just kept on going, repeating the same tasks over and over again. It is now saying how it feels everything is finally real, being down here in the situation of fighting the Zombies, instead of controlling them. It has been buried alive under the power of the other two personalities. This is where the Evil looses its hold on the body, and the personality switches. I walk the fields through the fire, Taking steps until I found solid ground Followed dreams reaching higher Couldn't survive the fall The voice is telling us how it walked the long distance through the hardships which burned like flame. The Evil has found something to hold on to finally. Lines two through four are talking about how it found a hold, then followed it's dreams, reaching higher, and when it was finally taken from the MPD, it felt it couldn't survive the fall from power, much like how a drug addict would feel if you took away their substance. Much has changed since the last time And I feel a little less certain now You know I jumped at the first sign Tell me only if it's real The Evil has learnt much since it was last in the position of controlling a body, and now it feels uncertain with what would be pushing the body too far. It jumped at the first sign of pushing the boundaries, and now it is not sure whether it actually pushed too hard. Memories seem to fade On and on it goes Wash my view away The memories are beginning to dissipate, and it is growing, consuming more and more memories. It has washed the view away, giving the Evil a standard opinion. Now, the chorus repeats, and I believe this to be another point where the Evil's control is relinquished. However, I am going to point out a few lines which have changed. And I'm chained like a slave, trapped in the dark Slammed all the locks, death calls my name And it seems I've been buried alive The voice has found it's shackles (a possible reference to Abracadavre?), it's restraints. It is trapped in the dark, the truth once again obscured. All the locks have been turned, sealing the Evil in. Death is calling for Samantha. At this point, the Evil has been securely barred from control. Here, the viewpoint changes. We are now seeing it from the point of view of the original controller of the Zombies, the one who controls the Templars in Origins. We know it is not Richtofen because of Eddy saying he did not get his turn in the Origins Ending. Take you down now, burn it all out Throw you all around, get your fuckin' HANDS OFF ME! The controller is talking to the group. He is demonstrating the power he orchestrates in this area. He is telling them to get away while they can. What's it feel like? Took the wrong route Watch it fall apart now you're knockin' AT THE WRONG GATE! For you to pay the toll, a price for you alone The only deal you'll find, I'll gladly take your soul The controller is telling them that they made a wrong turn by coming into his domain (Origins). He is telling them that their plan has failed, and their pleads will fall upon deaf ears (knocking on the wrong gate) To escape, once must pay a toll; Their soul. While it seems sick, sober up quick Psycho lunatic crushing you with HANDS OF FATE! He is now giving them a quick decision. They can either pay the toll or die by Richtofen's hands (since Richtofen is a psycho lunatic) Samantha then offers herself up. Shame to find out, when it's too late But you're all the same Trapped inside INFERNO AWAITS! It was a shame for Sam to find out too late that her 3 personalities were all the same, trapped inside, fuelled by the fires of revenge. Evil thoughts can hide, I'll help release the mind I'll peel away the skin, release the dark within The controller is exacting the process of absorbing the soul. However, the "dark within" is much more than he expected, and the Evil is now released at full strength. The Evil takes control of Origins, and the song's view changes back to it's. Samantha is now in control of Origins, and as a whole, they force the controller down below the surface. This is now your life Strike you from the light This is now your life Die, buried alive The Evil has taken over control. Now, the controller is "struck from the light", left to only control the zombies left in the Templar tombs. The controller has a new life. He shall die, buried alive. The controller was guarding a gateway to Agartha. Samantha enters and is now trapped in and out of dimensions, all three personalities free to roam once again. Now in full control, Samantha wipes the memories of the Post-EE Moon crew, making them forget their hatreds of each other. Since Richtofen's body now contains no soul, she places a new soul in there, based on the Richtofen she knew before he went mad. She gets them to free her from Agartha, and we do not know whether they really succeeded or failed. Thanks for taking the time to read this very very very long post, and I hope you have enjoyed reading it.

I've just done the first (and long overdue) update to the OP. I added all the people who went to the large effort of constructing a long post about a certain question or topic into the OP. If you want your work removed, please do not hesitate to ask.

What of, now bear with my craziness for a minute, Samantha was referring to herself when she said there was something much eviler than her in there. What if there was her soul? This would cause me to believe that Samantha may have Dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as Multiple personality disorder or MPD!!!! This leads me to believe Sam has 3 personalities: The "Real" Samantha, the German one. Her "evil" counterpart who control's the Zombies on Origins and tries to kill the players. Her American version, seen throughout Origins. When someone with MPD switches personalities, they have separate minds and memories. They will not realise they have switched because they believe they are truly that version of themselves. This would explain why our Samantha in Origins has no recollection of the events from Moon. When some unknown event on Moon caused her to enter Agartha, she switched to American Sam and tried to escape back to her home... This is definitely going to be expanded upon later by me.