Call of Duty®: Black Ops II

Call of Duty®: Black Ops II

Steam Deck Unsupported

Treyarch · Multiplayer · Nov 12, 2012

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $13.19.

86%
Very Positive
49k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 140 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 49k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The gameplay in this game feels amazing, the items don't feel too futuristic (and at the time of writing is actually dated) and there is a lot of replayability.
160 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Great Campaign, Zombies, and Multiplayer.
140 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The audio mixing is busted, with voices playing at about 20% volume, while music and explosions are maxed out, so you can barely hear characters during gameplay, or in some cutscenes.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The casual player base however doesn't understand that concept and prefers adding more cool attachments to their weapons and that's why the Gunsmith system provides the ability to run up to 5 attachments in Modern Warfare 2019, 8 in Black Ops 6 and 10 in Vanguard!
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This is a good game,good graphics and good gameplay,it's maybe one of the best CoD games,i have it on ps3 and was waiting for a Switch release to have it in portable form,unfortunately it never was released on Switch even though it could have been released,so i bought it on Steam Deck now that i have one.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters160 reviews
Multiplayer140 reviews
Gameplay49 reviews
Combat22 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking25 reviews
60%
Performance15 reviews
80%
Cheating14 reviews
50%
Audio13 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes30 reviews
33%
Monetization10 reviews
60%
Bugs9 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $13.19.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.