Chris Alix Christian Gamers review

Hey guys it has been a while. I know that many of you got really cool gifts from this past Christmas Holiday. One of those gifts might have been Call of Duty Black Ops 2. It has been over 2 months ago that it was released. This review has taken me sometime to think about this game and play it. I do not like to just give reviews with out spending sometime with the game. That being said lets get started.

Overview- Black Ops 2 is the second in the series. The Call of Duty series is split into 2 companies. The Modern Warfare series is made by Infinity Ward (Activision publishes them all). But Black Ops series is made by Treyarch. They are two different games with two different feels to the game. Black Ops series is set back during the Cold War then in Black Ops 2 bring that setting into the future. You need to play the first Black Ops to understand character development. Because even though Black Ops 2 is in the future it has links to the first one by diving into the past and creating a relationship to the future. In Black Ops 2 you play as a navy seal who is the son of the main character in Black Ops. Your job is to try and stop a crazy lunatic who is bent on bringing the USA to their knees. This game is full of secret missions with twist and turns. It is the future so you have futuristic weapons and support on your side. However, this game has an RPG (role playing game) feel to it. Depending on you decisions in the game, determines the out come of the war. These decisions are not so clear. For example if you do not get to a hostage in time that will determine your outcome. There are also 3 levels that you can play that if you win or lose the level determines outcomes of the game. As you can see this first person shooter is more than you expect from a Call of Duty game. There is also online play with Zombies and Multiplayer options. 

Pros-This game was amazingly better than I expected. Treyarch did a great job stepping up their game from the first games dull campaign. The RPG like style makes the game exciting and causing the player to question if you made the right choice or not. The graphics where good for a software that they used for one of the older Call of Duties. The futuristic game play is not so far out their that it allows for familiar feel to the weaponry. The game play is great and your partners in the game are not just dumb game intelligence but actually help you to achieve your goal. The online play is great. It is easy to figure out and in the multiplayer classes for soldiers can have such a variety there can be multiple times of trying new things out. You wont get bored as easy. Zombies, is different that before. They have added different things to make it more team based and fun to play. There are options of riding a bus from destination to destination. That is fun because you can build things to help you fight off the horde. Then there are the zombie maps that you have 4v4 CIA and CDC. The last team standing wins. 

Cons-This game is hard to complain about. There is cursing and war simulated violence. For the most part my biggest complaint is the zombies playing mode. The other games had a zombie like feel to the game and you have to fight endless waves of zombie hordes. The graphics of zombies is not as good as the game. The game play for zombies is hard but boring. You can get bored quickly with this part of the game. The game play is bad as well. But it is still worth trying to fight of a Zombie horde once and while. 

Christian Perspective--The game is rated Mature, for violence and cursing. This is a war based game meaning you will be killing. Remember that this is fake killing but if you or your family struggles with this than this game is not for you. There is this politic ideology that is running in the background of this game. That might cause you to turn away from this game. There is an Anti-America aspect to the villains but that it is not necessarily anti-Christian. There is cursing and use of the Lord's name in vain. The zombie aspect is full of a whole bunch different Christian topics. I recommend if you do not laugh at the zombie wave of media than please stay away from this game. The online play is not rated because you can not rate what people say but lets just go with mature for that as well. There are emblems that you can create and of course just as you can create a Christian emblem they can create an anti-Christian emblem. Just beware of the as you play. It could cause some to stumble. 

Conclusion-Please pray about playing games and which ones to play. These games can be used to spread the Gospel of Christ but if it causes you our others around you to stumble than please stay away. But if you are ok with these games and want to have fun while fellowshipping

 and evangelizing than please just be mindful. Game rating I give this game a 9/10. It surprised me in its campaign and has a great multiplayer aspect. But the multiplayer is sometimes a bit glitchy. Plus I am not a huge fan of the zombie game play. (Remember these observations are my opinion.)

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