Review: Uprising DLC

G'day there guys and gals!

The second DLC to hit gamers hands, the Uprising DLC offers a lot more to not only the multiplayer

fans but the Zombie fans too this time around. Following the same principle style of DLC, the Add On features four brand new maps and one Zombie map, including a brand new mode to the Zombie fight.
Let's start with the main bulk of the DLC: Encore is centered around a London music festival and is by far my favourite map of the four. A wide map with many options of routes with some even being dead ends, Encore truly captures the motive of abandonment and even gameplay online. Magma is a small Japanese town with small volcanic activity, with lava flowing from beneath your feet. While this map too is quite large, Magma is much more of a beautiful and interesting map to look at. With the town overflowing, a train inches away from the lava and battles raging all around you, this map is both engaging and can leave you out in the open to die.
Vertigo is an Indian Helipad and Terminal set high up in the clouds. This map is very close quarter friendly, with very little room for mistakes. One wrong jump near the edge or even not paying attention can lead to your death. I quite enjoy this map but with it's low edges and many ledges, it leads way to all online gamer's best friend, the camper with the shotgun. Studio is a remake of the original Blops Firing Range, updating it with a Hollywood backdrops from the old west to Sci-fi. A fan favourite map, the remaking of this map left me in awe as I found myself as a giant amongst a small city, on a firing range fighting off aliens and more.
Onto Zombies! Mob Of The Dead sees four well known actors (Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano and Michael Madsen) play as convicted felons in the famous prison of Alcatraz, to which they find themselves fighting off the undead, both prisoners and guards alike. With different playing styles and a return to the team battle, Mob Of The Dead brings a fresh look to the Black Ops zombie genre and I hope for different styles with more upcoming DLC.

While the COD popularity continues to flourish, Uprising DLC adds in a new flavour to what is steadily becoming a bland gaming type. With new ideas and hordes of zombies to fight, Activision definitely made a right move with this add on and with a few more to go, I hope they continue this chain of events.

My rating for Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC: B+

Uprising is out now for 1200 MSP