Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
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ActionMultiplayerFPSShooterSingleplayerFirst-Person

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 153

Peak in the last 7 days: 228

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Game description

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

Basic info

DeveloperTreyarch
PublisherActivision
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateNov 12, 2012
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows Vista SP2 or Windows 7.
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
Memory2 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Storage16 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 394 reviews from the past 1 year

81.2/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (86%)

Metacritic: 74 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

A campaign with real choices and multiple endings brings players back to Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, which scores 81.2.

👍 Strengths

130 reviews praise the story campaign, saying it still holds up with meaningful choices and memorable characters. Story & World ranks 173rd of 1096. 118 say the game is fun, from the campaign to the zombies mode. 17 enjoy multiplayer with friends, and a few made new friends online. Gameplay ranks 318th of 1396, and Content Volume ranks 199th of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness appears in 35% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1270th of 1399. 76 reviews say the price is too high for such an old game, and some note it rarely goes on sale. 32 report bugs and crashes, including unhandled exception errors and broken missions in the campaign and zombies. Tech & Support ranks 1157th of 1399, and Multiplayer ranks 512th of 642.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“single-player campaign still holds up well” · 130 reviews
“loves the games, wants to play and beat them, fun campaign” · 118 reviews
“still priced at 60 dollars fourteen years after release; multiplayer has virus issues” · 76 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.02 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “pick 10 system allowed diverse playstyle choices and customization” · 5 reviews
Negative “class system kills fun in multiplayer” · 3 reviews

Progression 3% · Difficulty 5% · Onboarding 2% · Freedom 3% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.74 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “single-player campaign still holds up well” · 130 reviews

Characters 15% · World 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +3.30 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “zombies is still pretty fun” · 7 reviews

Volume 7% · Variety 6%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +3.19 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “great voice actors, great sound design” · 2 reviews
Negative “had problems with the audio” · 1 review

Visuals 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.80 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “dead game, significant time to find matches” · 11 reviews
Positive “still active multiplayer servers, zombie mode fun” · 2 reviews

Playing together 15% · Servers & Connection 11%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 35% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.86 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “still priced at 60 dollars fourteen years after release; multiplayer has virus issues” · 76 reviews

Anti-cheat 11% · Balance 4% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.43 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “game crashed with Unhandled Exception after 90 hours, unrecoverable” · 32 reviews
Positive “never crashes, runs smooth” · 1 review

Performance 4% · Developer support 14%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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