I figured we should take a bit of time to talk about the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC pack that hit Xbox Live last week, dubbed Uprising. Really I just want to talk about Mob of the Dead, included with the four new multiplayer maps for Uprising. But we?ll talk about the maps for a minute too because hey, they?re part of the package.
Not that the maps themselves are particularly awful. In fact Studio, a call back to the popular Firing Range map from the original Black Ops is pretty damn good. Granted it copies the layout from Firing Range, but spruces up the visuals with a Hollywood back lot look, giving you a few different movie genres to run wild in, including sci-fi, the Wild West, and medieval fantasy settings. There?s a lot of variety in pathways and elevations, making it a map that?s hard to hold down for campers, and forces you to be sort of fluid in your approach. On one hand it?s sort of a shame to see Treyarch going back to the well to bring us a solid DLC map, but it?s hard to deny that the map is a lot of fun.
Encore, the third map featured, is a step up though. It?s a small outside concert arena based in London. The center of the map is dominated by the concert stage, making it a coveted position if you can hold it, but making it ridiculously tough to do so due to all the elevated seating surrounding it. The edges of the map are mostly interior to exterior switches, running through concession like areas indoors to outside locations that give you paths to the center of the map, along with the exterior elevated seating. I like this map a fair bit, but it?s still outclassed by Studio.
But there?s Mob of the Dead, which really makes Uprising worth the purchase in my opinion. And I?m a guy that doesn?t generally give a damn about the various Zombie modes Treyarch has introduced in their Call of Duty titles.
There?s a lot about this mode that I love, and I think it?s one of the better objective based Zombie maps we?ve seen thus far. While the zombies still attack in progressively harder waves throughout, you?ve got a lot of Alcatraz to explore in a few different ways. The idea is that you?re trying to find enough parts scattered about to build a small airplane, done by reaching the roof of the prison in order to make an escape. But finding those parts can be pretty tricky, most are well hidden, and involve secret passages that need to be uncovered by literally killing yourself and using a ghost form to charge up electrical conduits in different spots. Teamwork is important here, as in most zombie modes, so random groups are going to have a lot of trouble. But the added mechanics really sold me on this map, and it actually makes me look forward to whatever Treyarch does next in regards to zombie maps.
I definitely feel like Uprising is a piece of DLC that?s worth your money, if for no other reason than the Mob of the Dead mode. But Studio is an excellent addition to the maps featured in Black Ops 2 so far, and while Magma and Vertigo fail to excite, Encore certainly has some merit. If you haven?t already picked this pack up, then I?d definitely suggest doing so, even if you?re not a huge zombie fan. I think you?ll be surprised with how fun Mob of the Dead ends up being, I certainly was.
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