Call of duty Black Ops 2: 2025 setting violates IW contract — report

[Heisenberg]

Black Ops 2 Engine Upgrades Include “More Destruction,†Better Lighting"

Treyarch’s director of online Dan Bunting goes through some of the engine upgrades Call of Duty fans can expect in Black Ops II, including better lighting techniques, more detailed environments and “more destruction.†Speaking with OXM, Bunting explained that â€lighting is the first area of emphasis,†when it comes to engine upgrades. He added, “lighting is everything, lighting is what brings the room together, so to speak.†Thanks to the integration of lighting effects like high dynamic range lighting, bounce lighting and ambient occlusion techniques, players can expect much more immersive environments in Black Ops II. On the other hand, Bunting added, “we also have the ability to [add] shadows within shadows which is a really important part of getting a photorealistic look to things.†This also applies to the weapon models, which Bunting explains will be much more pleasurable to look at this time around. â€All our weapon shaders have been completely overhauled, so you can get a lot more of that natural reflective surface,†he mentioned. Fans can also expect much more detailed environments, including areas that are “off-map.†Bunting details improvements Treyarch has made in this regard, stating, â€we’ve optimised our pipelines, optimised our tools so we can just get a lot more out of the scene than we were able to in the past.†Also, the addition of reveal mapping will allow textures to blend much more convincingly. Improvements in the department of destruction have also been made as Bunting stated that we will see â€more destruction than we’ve ever had before.†Though we are not sure to what extent, exactly, this fact is intriguing considering it could possibly play a role in the gameplay, especially when it comes to multiplayer. Will players be able to destroy walls and structures, or will it be more of a visual thing?

Source: MP1st – Black Ops II Engine Upgrades Include “More Destruction,” Better Lighting and Richer Details

All I can say, this could be ridiculously good or terribly bad. Modern Warfare 3 took the old engine of MW2 and said "Hey lets make another game with this." That didn't work out very well. But a new engine = A completely new game with the fact that this storyline is taken in the late 2000's.

Good news with the more destruction though, seems as if they're taking an approach similar to the Battlefield game series.

They need to improve sound too. Both voice chat and in-game sound. Headsets became useless after Call of Duty: World at War and voice uses an old codec.

 

[ljepilo]

Re: Black Ops 2: New engine isn't necessary - Treyarch

Yeah same for me.
I still play their games just because of the fact I am pretty good at them, but Battlefield 3 was the real deal this year.
What about you? You prefer CoD or BF? Or something different?

I used to prefer CoD before , but from everything I've seen I'm starting to hate them. They release CoD series ever 9-10 months ,which only proves that they are not into the game anymore ,but rather into the money !