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Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Apocalypse
Released On: Aug 27, 2013
70
5.6
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
70
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
80% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
70
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
80% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Origins, a zombie-epic with giant robots, rivals TranZit for thrills. [Dec 2013, p.63]
Ultimately, the big contrast in excitement between Origin’s overt craziness and the more ho-hum moments that frequently pop-up throughout the four new multiplayer maps makes Apocalypse an uneven experience.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 41 User Ratings
5.6
44% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
22% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
34% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 41 User Ratings
5.6
44% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
22% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
34% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
I feel like I should even up the score a little bit.. Apocalypse is probably the best DLC that came out for Black Ops 2,
With this map pack we got two new fresh faces and two not-so-fresh faces who got an uplift. Let's begin:
Pod: This map takes place in the wonderful Utopia Treyarch has taken the time to create for us, to me personally this map offers some neat sightlines and personally as a sniping player, I have a killer time. Be careful though, not all the buildings are accessable and it's quite easy to be killed and wonder "Where did that come from?"
Dig: Courtyard with a facelift, any World of War veterans will have a grand old time on this map due to its familliar routes and flanks, however it does look proportionally better and will offer a neat setting to newcomers to the series.
Frost: This map is the one that interested me the most, frozen Amsterdam was always the one that I was excited for, however, there are a complete lack of sightlines for Snipers and CQB gets real tense, especially across the frozenr river.
Takeoff: It's Stadium from Black Ops.... I don't even think I need to comment...
Finally,
Origins: This is probably the best Zombies map Treyarch have ever released, the characters from previous games are back and it is a much welcome sight, they do tell a lot more of the story and are extremely vocal. The new weapons are gorgeous and the easter egg is phenominal, the giant Mechs and the Tank add interesting aspects to this map and I think any veteran of Zombies is going to appreciate this sendoff for Black Ops 2
Overall, 8/10 but it gets a ten from me due to some ridiculous reviews.
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Xbox 360
A very good final piece of DLC content for BO2. The four multiplayer maps are great, each with their own unique setting and twist as you play them. They actually keep variety of play up as your playing style is usually required to change. The zombies map 'Origin' is amazing very difficult, unique and by far the best one Treyarch have produced yet. Definitely worth buying.
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Xbox 360
Pod is an awful map, but the rest are very enjoyable. It does come off a bit cheap, with two of the maps being remakes of existing ones, but the Zombie-mode is once again original and offers a new piece of game, and the quality the series is known for.
Are you looking for fresh, new, and exciting multiplayer maps? If so, you won’t find them here. But are you looking for the most complete and sprawling Zombies experience ever to come out of Treyarch? If you answered yes, stop what you’re doing and get it. Now.
Same formula as ever: 4 new maps with and a new location for the zombie mode.
But if you are one of those who find the zombie mode better than anything else then you won’t want to miss this part of the long running convoluted story.
Sadly, two remakes practically no one asked for, and two maps that do nothing to transcend the typical formula aren't enough to justify the price unless you're a hardcore zombies fanatic.
As the final DLC, Apocalypse does a decent job of bringing us more content that adds to the fun with a reasonable price. The most interesting of this pack is probably 'Origins', the new zombie story and mode, featuring characters many years ago.
The two remade maps were definitely better than the first versions of them, but the idea was slightly unoriginal. Still, this is not to say that the overall quality of the four maps were quite decent.
Overall, Treyarch brings us a good, but not outstanding experience.
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Xbox 360
Basically with this map pack you're paying $15 for 2 maps you probably own (if you've been playing cod since Waw) 2 new maps that are alright but not astounding and 1 zombies map that makes up for 2 bad ones. The map pod has it's interesting moments but nothing to really tell your friends about, frost is somewhat small allowing for slightly fast paced matches, Dig is simply Courtyard from World at war a map that was free with the game and the launch pad (the name escapes me) which is a reskinned map from the last game that you guess what? Already paid $15 to obtain. Now Origins the new zombies map makes up for Die Rise and Buried bringing back the 4 characters that fans of zombies loved instead of the new 4 which are bland. The map itself is rather interesting as it brings CoD back to settings of old wars (and not the modern bull) by placing players in WW1 trenches. Overall the features in origins make it well worth your money if your're a fan of Zombies, and if you really need the maps well you've probably already purchased the map pack at this point.
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Xbox 360
I have slated this game in the past, but I do feel that this is the best DLC for Black Ops II multiplayer yet. At the very least, this did contain MP maps, and wasn't just a Zombie-only DLC like the last DLC in first Black Ops.
I especially like POD, which has a good balanced layout like COD maps of old and Dig, which is actually a laugh and suits my style of play. Takeoff seems a bit bigger than I remember Stadium being, but that's not a bad thing and Frost is also a good run and gun map. I do feel that including two remade maps were a bit of a cheat though, after all this is one of two or three top games for the current Xbox and it cheapens the franchise to just repackage old for new. Stadium was DLC itself so technically, Takeoff is a remake of 2 year old DLC. But in Treyarch's defence not everyone gets each and every COD and each and every DLC and Apocalypse is a good one. Now can we have a patch for the network code so that I can just play people in my country and not be grouped in with laggy, annoying, camping, unsporting, thick, **** Europeans that would be great.
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Xbox 360
Summary Apocalypse is Treyarch's grand finale to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, with two all-new multiplayer maps, two fully reimagined fan-favorite multiplayer maps from past games, and Origins, an epic Zombie experience.
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Xbox 360
- PlayStation 3
- PC
Initial Release Date: Aug 27, 2013
Developer:
- Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
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