


It's kind of a bummer that Treyarch didn't take their new Strike Force mode and totally integrate it to work with the Wii U gamepad. Since this is such a reactionary game everything needs to be on point, and Treyarch, to their credit, has made playing exclusively on the gamepad a nearly flawless experience. It's actually surprising to find almost no lag when playing online using the Wii U gamepad. This allows both players to have a full screen experience and works quite well in practice. Players can also play online multiplayer with two players with one using the Wii U gamepad and another using the Pro controller. This works great in Hardcore games since it gives you a full view of the map. During multiplayer the gamepad display will show a map of the current level, and when the UAV is active it will display where enemies are on screen. Having the gamepad screen display mission objectives is quite useful during the course of the campaign. Using the Wii U gamepad to play Black Ops 2 isn't that much different from playing with a Dual Shock or a 360 controller, there are some different button mappings which are initially confusing, but after getting over that it felt like second nature.
