Best COD, classic multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“No battlepass, not too much grind for weapon unlocks, there are gold camos but idk it just doesnt feel like a chore like the modern games”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Treyarch2012FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A beloved classic COD multiplayer with zombies and a campaign, but official PC servers suffer from hackers, security exploit fears, a tiny playerbase and a full price. Skip it if you want safe, busy public lobbies.
Great for
Nostalgic COD fans who will play via Plutonium, or want the campaign and zombies
Main risk
Official online play is hacker-ridden, has security exploits and few players for the full price
What players love
Nostalgic and still fun today
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Amazing game, burst of nostalgia everytime I play it.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Great maps and balanced weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“The maps were goated, the guns and attachments felt balanced. And every single map had its own playstyle”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Zombies and campaign add value
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Call of duty multiplayer alone is not worth it but with zombies its worth it”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Plutonium community servers keep it alive
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“the servers are dead, but there are still lot of active players on plutonium community servers”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Rampant hackers and cheaters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Only good if you like to play againt cheaters almost every match”
Steam review · 76.5 h played ↗
Security exploit (RCE) makes official servers unsafe
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There's an exploit if you don't use Plutonium that will genuinely allow a player if they so wish to control your own PC.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Dead playerbase and long matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's almost impossible to even start an original TDM match due to low player number.”
Steam review · 103 h played ↗
Broken servers, disconnects and Steam auth errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Servers are broken. you get kicked for no reason, not really a kick but it just says steam authorization failed.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Full price for an old, neglected game
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“after 12 years its still 60 bucks and they dont keep up with the servers anymore so there is no reason that it should be 60 dollars anymore”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Crashes and launch errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Game will not run and will immediately crash with an "Unhandled exception"”
Steam review · 1463.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista SP2 or Windows 7. Windows XP is not supported
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
Memory2 GB for 32-bit OS or 4 GB for 64-bit OS
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Storage16 GB
OSWindows Vista SP2 or Windows 7. Windows XP is not supported
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
Memory2 GB for 32-bit OS or 4 GB for 64-bit OS
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Storage16 GB
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