While the default has the GamePad act as just a controller, leaving the touchscreen display unused, the Wii U version also allows you to play the entire full, HD, console quality game on the GamePad. Being able to plug in headphones and play the full Black Ops 2 campaign away from the TV is an excellent feature. It’s what sets the Wii U apart, and Treyarch has found a few good ways to incorporate that into the game. The real difference though, is of course the GamePad. It balances out, but the highs are a bit higher than the lows. In other instance like dense foliage, there are some slight degradations and anti-aliasing issues.
In some instances the animations and design noticeably better, especially in some of the facial expressions and designs of characters, as well as the the particle physics in smoke and light. The majority of the time they are identical (or near enough) to the other versions, but there are a few exceptions. The graphics in the Wii U version are somewhat odd. Some of the flaws that affected the game, most notably the lack of innovation, may actually be less of an issue for those that have stuck by the Wii only and missed the last few years of CoD games, but that is subjective. With the Wii U now available on shelves (or at least on eBay), Nintendo fans will finally have the chance to experience all the rage and disappointment highlighted by moments of sheer gaming ecstasy that the rest of their gaming brethren face as Call of Duty: Black Ops II heads to the Wii U.įor the most part, the game is the same as the version on 360 and PS3, complete with all the highs and lows. That may change this holiday season though.
There have been plenty of Call of Duty games on the Wii, but they are shadows of their 360 and PS3 cousins, with online traffic to match. With the annual release of Call of Duty coming in early November, the Thanksgiving week is traditionally a time of heavy CoD online gaming – as any gamer that has suffered the dreaded delay of trying to find a game during the heavily trafficked hours can attest.īut typically this has been something that has been the providence of Microsoft and Sony console owners. This Thanksgiving millions of gamers all around the country will show their thanks by tossing a grenade at their fellow man (or woman), and then screaming that the lag is BS and that the game cheats. Along the way he gets into violent and sometimes downright sexy adventures with the likes of the mage Yennefer, the jolly bard for a hype man in Jaskier who penned the certified bop, Toss a Coin to Your Witcher and a kikimora, a djinn, a stryzga, a dragon a hedgehog knight and every other kind of folkloric monster you can think of. Here is everything you need to know about The Witcher Timeline.Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, the Butcher of Blaviken, is on his way to find his destiny, Princess Ciri of Cintra. Plus, with the animated prequel Nightmare of the Wolf exploring the origins of the mentor to the White Wolf himself, Vessemir at Caer Morhen, there's plenty to catch up on. With tricky timeline very much NOT in chronological order, season 1 can use some unpacking.
Netflix is dropping season 2 of The Witcher this month so now's the time to brush up on Geralt of Rivia and his adventures across the Northern Kingdoms.