PCGamer l-a luat la întrebări pe Mark Lamia, conducătorul Treyarch, studioul producător al noului titlu din seria CoD. Întrebările n-au fost deloc simple, subliniind “durerile” oricărui jucător care a intrat vreodată într-un multiplayer pentru un joc de PC.
PCG: Will Black Ops 2 have dedicated servers on PC?
Mark Lamia, Studio Head, Treyarch: We had it with Black Ops, so the architecture exists. But we haven’t yet announced exactly what that setup is going to be with Black Ops 2. The goal, for us, really, is to… We like the flexibility, just philosophically, of the dedicated server. We also like our game to be played the way we spent the last couple of years making it, and try to find that happy medium between the two. There’s a meta-game that we’ve created here in terms of allowing people to rank up with the experience points and everything. Trying to make sure that people can enjoy that meta-game is important to us too. That’s where we try to strike that balance on Black Ops as much as possible.
Will Black Ops 2 have LAN play? That doesn’t seem like a troublesome thing to implement.
ML: Yeah, so we’ll talk about, like, what network architectures and stuff we’re going to give you a little bit later. But I think it’s fair to say that we’re paying attention to the eSports scene, and the kinds of issues that you’re talking about… Forget the specific hardware, but the kinds of issues that you’re talking about are ones that we are paying attention to and are important to us.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II a fost anunţat chiar oficial printr-un trailer şi va apărea cel mai probabil la finalul acestui an.
Call of Payment revine in forta. Durata campaniei single player a fost scurtata la 30 minute din considerente de gameplay, iar multiplayer-ul o sa fie numai de tip DCCAHQ (Direct Cable Connection to Activision HQ) pentru a preveni piratarea jocului. Da, numai multiplayer-ul, pentru ca nimanui nu ii mai pasa de single player-ul mai scurt decat un episod de serial.
De asemenea, experienta multiplayer va fi de tip FPTBS (First Person Turn Based Shooter) datorita lag-ului si a fost inspirat din clasicul joc table-top Battleship. Optiunea de LAN este inclusa, insa poate sa fie folosita numai in interiorul Activision HQ (unde oricum nu va lasa nimeni sa intrati).
Primul DLC a fost deja anuntat si va fi disponibil inca din ziua lansarii jocului. Denumit sugestiv “Basics”, acesta le permite jucatorilor de PC sa foloseasca mouse-ul si tastatura pentru modica suma de 100$.
Epic win!!!