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Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance

Vengeance is a downloadable content pack (DLC) for the 2012 game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It includes four new multiplayer and one new zombie map: - Buried (the zombie map, taking place in an underground…

73 2 July 2013 ESRB M

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance is a shooter developed by Treyarch, released 2 July 2013 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.

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What Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance is

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance is a shooter game developed by Treyarch and released in 2013. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vengeance is a downloadable content pack (DLC) for the 2012 game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It includes four new multiplayer and one new zombie map: - Buried (the zombie map, taking place in an underground western town) - Cove (takes place on a small tropical island) - Detour (takes placeon a bridge in New York City) - Rush (takes place in a paintball outfit) - Uplink (takes place at a satellite control facility in Myanmar) It also contains the new weapon Ray Gun Mark II, useable only in the Zombies mode.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Call of Duty series

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance is the 82nd of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Apocalypse in 2013. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.

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How it was received

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 16GB.

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What it launched against

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance launched on 2 July 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy and Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance — frequently asked questions

When did Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance come out?
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance was released on 2 July 2013 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance?
At minimum, Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance needs Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB graphics, 16 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance?
The main story of Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance takes around 4 hrs, or 7 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Vengeance?
The PC version needs about 16 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("16 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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