Call of Duty: Black Ops II Super-Guide (Update 5/6)

[BlackOpsTiger]

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Superguide

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*NOTE: This thread contains everything that has been confirmed to be in Call of duty: Black Ops 2, 100 % confirmed, no speculation or theories, just facts.

**NOTE: CODZ has a strict policy against leaks. Nothing that Treyarch hasn't intentionally released will be included in this guide

***NOTE: There will be minor spoilers about MP details, but nothing major about Campaign or Zombies will be listed that would spoil the gameplay for you.

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Latest Updates

May 6, 2012

I have finally gotten around to updating the Guide completely.

From here on out all information will be updated on time as it is released.

*(If you have anymore finds please post about them and I will get them added or fixed)*

May 1, 2012

- Black Ops II Reveal Trailer Released

- A series of Interviews by Treyarch were released with the trailer:

Chapter 1: How Far We've Come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 2fe_97fvE0

Chapter 2: It's Not Science Fiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... hedLuFO7_k

Chapter 3: The Oops Moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... PVGWathp-A

Chapter 4: When the Enemy Steals the Keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... JUVej7enHg

Chapter 5: Black Ops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... me18xVSoeY

Synopsis: We're Not Ready

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rWTXI8_Nnk

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- Roll Call Episode Interviewing Activision's Mark Lamia Released (zombies confirmed!)

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-Lots of New information revealed as we get our first look of Gameplay

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Release Date: November 13, 2012

Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC

Rating: NR (Probably M or 17/18+ depending on country)

DLC/Elite: Yes

CLICK HERE TO READ AN ARTICLE FROM THE VERGE ABOUT A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE OF BLACK OPS II AND DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THEIR INTERVIEW WITH TREYARCH (BASICALLY EVERYTHING CONFIRMED SO FAR)

Game Summary (For Now)

"With Black Ops 2, Treyarch is pushing the boundaries on every front.

So, on the CAMPAIGN we're going to be going to be going to the near-future a little more than a decade out. It's an entirely new setting with all kinds of new game play.

We've done a lot of research into making this plausible near-future scenario really resonate with players. And we're really excited about it we're going to have branching story line, new non-linear elements that we've been designing into the campaign that's just going to make for new experiences for people who like to play the campaign.

If you like ZOMBIES, you'll be really happy with Black Ops 2. It's our biggest most ambitious zombie effort EVER.

We are really pushing the boundaries on MULTI-PLAYER we're not revealing all that right now because it's its own reveal. We know guys out there who are still playing Black Ops and we're paying attention to what's going on in the community and the guys are looking at all of our systems. We can't wait to tell you about what we've been designing in Black Ops 2.

As far as it goes on the ELITE front you can expect some really deep integration into Black Ops 2.

- Treyarch would also like to thank everyone for their support and for being a great community.

- Mark Lamia, Head of Treyarch

Campaign Details

Call of duty: Black Ops

- The Black Ops II campaign is a Direct Sequel to

- The Campaign is non-linear and will have different outcomes.

- The Game will be set in the Near-Future. specifically 2025.

- The Game will also feature flashbacks with some of the old Characters from Black Ops to explain the connection between the two cold wars, most likely in the 80's, you will play as Alex Mason in the Flashback missions.

TheOnlyShapeShifter discovered that in the trailer the date 7/23/1986 is found, likely a flashback mission

- The Game will be narrated by Frank Woods. The Main Character will be Alex Mason's son. David Mason in the year 2025.

- The Black Ops still exist and now have more technology at their disposal, but more technology to be used against them as well.

- The Game will focus on a Cold War between the U.S. and China. The War is being Instigated by Raul Martinez.

- The Antagonist Raul Menendez has a history with the CIA and developed a plan to hack the drones and machines of the U.S. and China to start a war with his own Agenda. (Trailer showed the hacked Drones attacking the U.S.)

One of the Main Characters fighting in Los Angeles as the Drone attack begins

- China and the U.S. are fighting over limited rare earth metals as they run out. (According to Treyarch 95% of the World's rare earth metals exist in China right now)

Rare-Earth elements China and the U.S. will fight over

The Campaign Also introduces a new type of Gameplay known as

Strike Force

- Strike Force are missions where the player gets to choose which mission they want to play.

- Strike Force will allow for a branching style campaign where the player alters the story and will have different outcomes for the game.

- Strike Force missions will be based in Hotspots where you are a leader of a Black Ops mission and you either die or succeed and the story changes based on your decisions.

- Strike Force is designed to be a sandbox-oriented tactical strategy based mission. The player can switch from players in the squad, to drones, to overhead displays of the map.

-Below is a video interviewing Mark Lamia about Strike Force

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A picture highlighting how many playable characters are in this strike force mission

Confirmed Locations

- Los Angeles (During Drone attack) CLICK HERE TO READ A DETAILED ARTICLE ABOUT THE DRONE ATTACK MISSION

- Afghanistan (during 1980's Flashback)

- Singapore (A Mission in Strike Force)

The President of the United States in 2025 is being escorted by two secret service agents during the attack on L.A.

Zombies Details

"If you like Zombies, you're gonna be really happy with what we're doing with Black Ops II. It's out biggest most ambitious Zombies ever."

— Mark Lamia, Studio Head of Treyarch

- The Zombies Mode will be returning but in a different way.

- The Classic Mode with rounds of survival will be returning, with the name "Classic"

- The Zombies Engine is now running with the multiplayer engine allowing for 8-player zombies gameplay

- Nothing has been released regarding Storyline infromation

- The Zombies Pre-order poster is shown below

Some believe this to be Samantha. She is holding a skull and standing on what seems to be rubble from a destroyed street.

Multi-Player Details

- The Full Multiplayer reveal is not expected for another month or two.

- David Vanderhaar (Head of Treyarch Multiplayer team) has mentioned the following about Mutliplayer:

- The Mode is being looked at and re-vamped, some sacred cows may be killed (to improve the experience and innovate)

- 60 FPS with PC-like Graphics running on the console

- The Game will be made "fun to watch" so competitive gaming with things like E-sports will be possible (hinting at new features for competition and social integration)

2 Confirmed Maps

Name: Socotra

Location: Yemen Island

Description: It's reminiscent of the Modern Warfare 3 DLC map Piazza.

The houses are small and appear to be constructed from clay and stone, filled with dozens of electric fans to keep out the heat. Tight alleyways lead up and down the hilly terrain. A sneak-way grips onto the side of a cliff that cuts into the emerald ocean below. In the center of town is a tree.

Name: Unknown

Location: Downtown L.A.

Description: following the single-player campaign's drone attack. On a street sign are the words Figueroa. This is literally where E3 takes place every summer.

The geometry is manic. The idea was for players to fight through a building that's been toppled over. It's like a vertical spin on Wall Street in Modern Warfare 3, filled with fire, smoke, sparks, rebar and thin streams of light.

There's parking lot, a garage, ripped up street, fire escapes, elevator shafts and flooded lobbies. Across the street are coffee shops, fountains and a two floor shopping area. It's incredibly intricate and chaotic

Confirmed Weapons, Drones, Vehicles, etc.

YELLOW INDICATES UNKNOWN IF IT IS A PLAYABLE WEAPON OR DRONE

GREEN INDICATES THE WEAPON OR DRONE IS PLAYABLE IN-GAME

Weapons

Assault Rifles

M16

Weapon variant is unknown

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

XM8

Designed to replace the Standard infantry M4A1 and M16, but failed. Looks like it has been brought back successfully as the standard rifle of the future U.S. Army or Marines.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

A-91

A Russian Bullpup Rifle developed and used by Russian forces since the 1990's.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

AN-94

Planned to be the future standard issue for the Russian Army. Has a unique two shot burst with a fast fire rate, to aid in stopping power and armor penetration.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

AK-47

Not Much of a description required, popular world-wide since 1947, because of it's reliability and cost. Seen on the Mujaheddin riding by horse in the trailer.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

unknown

Looks like a Triple Barreled Assault Rifle, not much else is known about this gun.

Light-Machine Guns

M-249 SAW

The Standard lightmachine gun for United States Infantry units. Developed with Belgium-U.S. partnership in 1984.

CLICK TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

Sniper Rifles

Rail-Gun

Confirmed to be in a strike force mission and likely multiplayer. The Railgun allows for a charge period to shoot through walls depending on the material, equipped with a thermal scope allowing to see through walls.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

Pistols

M1911

The Classic Pistol developed in 1911. Still widely used today among everyone, and popular among civilians.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

FN 5-7

Semi-Automatic pistol named after it's bullet diameter. Popular among military and polic, especially among SECRET SERVICE agents.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

KARD

Developed from the KRISS Family. Possibly a full-auto pistol, scheduled for a future release date, based on VECTOR technology.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WEAPON INFO

[BlackOpsTiger]

I will be adding new information to this thread and organizing it the rest of the day.

Please feel free to post anything you have found, Weapons, Characters, etc. and I will update this everytime we find something new.

[BlackOpsTiger]

**Reserved**

[BlackOpsTiger]

**Reserved** Last one, just to be sure that when we get more details these first posts don't run out of characters.

[PFCSNAFU]

heres some guns i found and notes about the guns

-XM16E1 or M16A1

-XM8

-AK-47

-M249 SAW

-heavy duty pistol

-futuristic shotgun

[Risiiii]

Character Charlene is confirmed :D

[Shapeshifter]

Character Charlene is confirmed

FPSRussia called his Charlene.

Tiger, these are for YOU.

Found and posted by ME.

Possibly confirmed 80's gameplay?

[BlindBusDrivr]

Here's my observations from the trailer:

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I'll keep you all posted on any new finds.

[BlackOpsTiger]

Thanks for the finds you guys. I'me making a list and then I'll put them on this thread with things that can be confirmed. I will do my best and put all of your observations into a simple and easy to read thread with pictures and videos and the whole package. But please remember I can put your observations in, but if it is questionable I may have to clarify it by putting an asterick next to it with a note to prevent arguments about what something really is.

And thanks for the pic of the quadrotor with Charlene Snafu and Shapeshifter, I remember FPSRussia calling his that too, clever, i'm sure it's a character so i'll include it.

Good video Bus Driver, nice finds in there.

[BlindBusDrivr]

Possible TACITUS logo on this plane?

I searched it and couldn't find it on any other airlines.

[Rickety Cricket]

Here's my observations from the trailer:

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I'll keep you all posted on any new finds.

1:32 look to the right. It looks like the light from the box. Lol I know that's probably not what it is but it looks exactly like it. :lol:

[BlackOpsTiger]

Interesting logo there, Tacitus could be the enemy. The Call of Duty interactive video shows descriptions for each part of the video. It tells us the enemy is going to be cyber-terrorist hacking into the technology we've created and attacking our cities.

http://www.youtube.com/CALLOFDUTY

L.A. is one, their was also a middle east location, and I assume that the Russians will be bad guys, so perhaps the russians hire a middle eastern force to do the personal combat while they stay in Russia and launch missiles and hack into our drones and unmanned vehicles and attack from there.

One more thing I found interesting, looks like that's Wood's son or grandson in the trailer with the M16.

[BlindBusDrivr]

More about that logo:

It's on the control panel of these, except it's a full eagle.

Also notice that it's a hologram

We're going on space age tech. boys!

[BlackOpsTiger]

For those that haven't seen these yet:

Chapter 1: How Far We've Come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 2fe_97fvE0

Chapter 2: It's Not Science Fiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... hedLuFO7_k

Chapter 3: The Oops Moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... PVGWathp-A

Chapter 4: When the Enemy Steals the Keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... JUVej7enHg

Chapter 5: Black Ops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... me18xVSoeY

Synopsis: We're Not Ready

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rWTXI8_Nnk

[deathb4di2h0nor]

At 1:14 it looks like a zombie from behind. I don't know to many regular people who walk like that in the game. I know plenty of round 1-2 zombies that walk exactly like that.EDIT: NVM^

At 1:32, as mentioned before and I believe they are correct, you can clearly see a mystery box light. Also haven't seen anything like it in campaign or multi, and we all know we've seen it in zombies.

[Risiiii]

10/3/26

Maybe new mini map

D. Mason (son?)

Looks like he's with civilians also

[BlindBusDrivr]

Very interesting videos there.

It gives us an insight into the game.

I knew the drones played a big role, but I didn't think it would our own turning against us.

I did notice that they gave away many elements of the game.

First off, I noticed they kept showing that time lapse video of the US NAVY Rail Gun test.

A Rail Gun is a weapon which uses magnetics to fire a projectile, by using magnetics to toss it out of the barrel. Recent tests show that it can fire a projectile at Mach 7. And the craziest thing, is it can work in space. And if you put it on a satellite, and arm it with nuclear artilery, you can fire a nuke from space :shock:

The other thing was the planes, in the video I noticed that propellers, except on that one blue craft, are extinct.

Jet's are taking over, and thrust vectoring nozzles are on almost every aircraft, and by the design and maneuvers, it seems they've combined super-manueverability AND stealth, an engineering anomaly in modern avionics.

The other thing was the hacking part, and hacking missiles and such. Seems like much of this was inspired by the capture of Northrop's RQ170 drone (which SHOULD have had a self destruct )

But the focus on how fast technology advances and how we can't react or keep up, makes me think of the terminator. It's an obvious inspiration, that jet osprey was inspired by one of the Skynet drones. The tank with the 3 barrel metal storm cannon was inspired by that tank-like on in T3: Rise of the Machines. Maybe we should look back for more evidence?

But as for the overall summary of the game. It seems that we have become almost entirely independent on our unmanned technology and our enemy is hacking it to use back against us. And the black ops in the middle east, look like we're hitting our enemy, by taking out their hackers at the source.

[perfectlemonade]

At 1:14 it looks like a zombie from behind. I don't know to many regular people who walk like that in the game. I know plenty of round 1-2 zombies that walk exactly like that.EDIT: NVM^

At 1:32, as mentioned before and I believe they are correct, you can clearly see a mystery box light. Also haven't seen anything like it in campaign or multi, and we all know we've seen it in zombies.

Just the sun. ;)

[BlackOpsTiger]

Very interesting videos there.

It gives us an insight into the game.

I knew the drones played a big role, but I didn't think it would our own turning against us.

I did notice that they gave away many elements of the game.

First off, I noticed they kept showing that time lapse video of the US NAVY Rail Gun test.

A Rail Gun is a weapon which uses magnetics to fire a projectile, by using magnetics to toss it out of the barrel. Recent tests show that it can fire a projectile at Mach 7. And the craziest thing, is it can work in space. And if you put it on a satellite, and arm it with nuclear artilery, you can fire a nuke from space :shock:

The other thing was the planes, in the video I noticed that propellers, except on that one blue craft, are extinct.

Jet's are taking over, and thrust vectoring nozzles are on almost every aircraft, and by the design and maneuvers, it seems they've combined super-manueverability AND stealth, an engineering anomaly in modern avionics.

The other thing was the hacking part, and hacking missiles and such. Seems like much of this was inspired by the capture of Northrop's RQ170 drone (which SHOULD have had a self destruct )

But the focus on how fast technology advances and how we can't react or keep up, makes me think of the terminator. It's an obvious inspiration, that jet osprey was inspired by one of the Skynet drones. The tank with the 3 barrel metal storm cannon was inspired by that tank-like on in T3: Rise of the Machines. Maybe we should look back for more evidence?

But as for the overall summary of the game. It seems that we have become almost entirely independent on our unmanned technology and our enemy is hacking it to use back against us. And the black ops in the middle east, look like we're hitting our enemy, by taking out their hackers at the source.

Yep, pretty much agree that the game will be based around drone technology and trying to stop the hackers from completely destroying the U.S. But knowing Treyarch they will find a way to make in interesting storyline fit in, and this time there is no historical accuracy they have to be within, this is their own story.

If you look at the technology they mention (invisibility, see through walls, lasers, small computers operating as flies) it seems to give away some of the attachments and gadgets we will see in Campaign and MP. Although the only thing I can list as confirmed will be the see-through technology in the trailer where the guys gun is highlighted red through a wall.

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Huge Update coming guys, if I get this to look good enough and can update it frequently enough I would be happy to have this stickied for those who don't like browsing through 20 different threads a day looking for new info, and yes I will be giving credit for finds that people get. :mrgreen:

[Rickety Cricket]

At 1:14 it looks like a zombie from behind. I don't know to many regular people who walk like that in the game. I know plenty of round 1-2 zombies that walk exactly like that.EDIT: NVM^

At 1:32, as mentioned before and I believe they are correct, you can clearly see a mystery box light. Also haven't seen anything like it in campaign or multi, and we all know we've seen it in zombies.

Just the sun.

Yeah after watching it again, i'm pretty sure you're right.

[TheBG]

Very interesting videos there.

It gives us an insight into the game.

I knew the drones played a big role, but I didn't think it would our own turning against us.

I did notice that they gave away many elements of the game.

First off, I noticed they kept showing that time lapse video of the US NAVY Rail Gun test.

A Rail Gun is a weapon which uses magnetics to fire a projectile, by using magnetics to toss it out of the barrel. Recent tests show that it can fire a projectile at Mach 7. And the craziest thing, is it can work in space. And if you put it on a satellite, and arm it with nuclear artilery, you can fire a nuke from space :shock:

The other thing was the planes, in the video I noticed that propellers, except on that one blue craft, are extinct.

Jet's are taking over, and thrust vectoring nozzles are on almost every aircraft, and by the design and maneuvers, it seems they've combined super-manueverability AND stealth, an engineering anomaly in modern avionics.

The other thing was the hacking part, and hacking missiles and such. Seems like much of this was inspired by the capture of Northrop's RQ170 drone (which SHOULD have had a self destruct )

But the focus on how fast technology advances and how we can't react or keep up, makes me think of the terminator. It's an obvious inspiration, that jet osprey was inspired by one of the Skynet drones. The tank with the 3 barrel metal storm cannon was inspired by that tank-like on in T3: Rise of the Machines. Maybe we should look back for more evidence?

But as for the overall summary of the game. It seems that we have become almost entirely independent on our unmanned technology and our enemy is hacking it to use back against us. And the black ops in the middle east, look like we're hitting our enemy, by taking out their hackers at the source.

Pretty sure the UGV is based on this and not T3:

TheBG out

[BlackOpsTiger]

Thanks for the Contributions you guys. I've made a list of the confirmed Weapons and Vehicles and have it on a piece of paper here, but I've still got to collect screenshots from the trailer and info about the weapons and vehicles, which will have to come tomorrow.

I've also taken note of the finds you guys have posted. I do have to get up early tomorrow and it's starting to get late. So as exciting as this has been I will have to wait until tomorrow to update the rest of this guide. So Stay Tuned.

Thank you to Treyarch very much for continuing this series and most importantly Zombies, you've got a great community here to work with. Thank you to those who helped point things out in the trailer, I promise I will update ASAP tomorrow.

[Feanaro]

I think this character is a mate of our team or commander:

[MixMasterNut]

I think this character is a mate of our team or commander:

I think you you are correct.

Good to see you back!

[raza416]

At 1:50 in the video you see two soldiers in a helicopter who are members of the secret service. The president of the united states or some other higher-up could play an important role in the plot?