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Call of Duty®: Black Ops II

2012

Should you play it?

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War

What works

  • Engaging and branching campaign story
  • Addictive multiplayer with customization
  • Best zombies mode in franchise
  • Nostalgic and immersive gameplay
  • Good graphics and sound design for its time

Things to keep in mind

  • High price for an old game
  • Multiplayer and zombies playerbase diminished
  • Security risks with vanilla multiplayer
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Lack of official support and dlc issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops

  • Destiny 2

  • SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition

  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops II but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Borderlands 2

  • Titanfall® 2

  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2

  • Battlefield 4™

  • Gears 5

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Call of Duty®: Black Ops II: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026