"Black Ops 2" Campaign General Quiz/Mechanics

Answer: Eight

There is a ton of player influence in how this campaign turns out. It isn't necessarily intuitive how the player influences the ending either, making it all the smoother narratively.

There are two ways the player can influence the ending they receive. The first is through completion of optional Strike Force missions. Choosing to complete these (or not) has a geopolitical impact on the campaign, determining how US relations with other nations such as China develop throughout the story.

The second way the player can influence their ending is through a series of decisions they have the chance to make. For example, the player can choose whether or not to directly kill Lev Kravchenko as Alex Mason, which has a major impact on the rest of the story.

Answer: All of them

Unlike its predecessor, this game features a loadout system, where the player can decide what weapons they spawn into a mission with. For continuity purposes, it initially is not possible to bring a "futuristic" weapon to a mission based in the 1980s. For example, the player cannot bring an MTAR to the Pyrrhic Victory mission since the MTAR is a weapon from the 2020s and that mission is based in the 1980s. However, even this restriction can be loopholed around.

Since an M16 or an AK-47 existing in the 2020s poses no continuity errors, the player can theoretically use these two weapons in every single mission in the entire game. They are unlocked right from the start, so the player doesn't have to do anything to earn them for loadout prep.

Answer: Six

Each of these six missions has a major narrative impact, but each is entirely optional in terms of eventually finishing the campaign. They are a tonal shift from a more traditional campaign mission, as they feature the player defending a large territory, or a series of allies trying to advance into hostile territory.

Answer: Father/son

According to lore, after the events of "Black Ops 1", Alex Mason remained on-call but otherwise returned to his home and eventually helped to give birth to David Mason. Their relationship is portrayed as having a degree of friction, as Alex would often have to leave home for extended periods of time to go do something military related.

The game implies that this is likely what caused Alex's wife, whose name is unknown, to leave him as well.

Answer: Raul Menendez

In the 'Suffer With Me' mission, the player briefly plays as an enraged Menendez, who is tearing through armed militants to reach his home and get to his dead sister Josephina. This is mostly a narrative sequence, as it is very, very difficult to actually die playing as Menendez, though actual gameplay does take place.

Answer: A human being

Karma is actually a woman, appearing roughly in her 20s, by the name of Chloe Lynch. Lynch is an expert hacker and gifted with technical equipment in general. She is sought after, both by the US military for protection and utility, and by Raul Menendez and his agents for elimination.

Answer: Salazar and Farid

Farid is a technical expert working within the CIA. At the time of the campaign, he has also been very heavily up to date with Menendez' network and general operations, making him a prime candidate to be a mole.

Meanwhile, Javier Salazar is a member of the Navy SEALs, who had also been secretly working under Cordis Die, Raul Menendez' trademark network.

In the end, both of these men are guaranteed to die in some way. Farid can either die by Menendez' hand in getting discovered as a mole, or he will later die to Menendez in "Odysseus"

Salazar's outcome is the same every time. He will be promptly shot in the head by an enraged, betrayed Mike Harper not long after his betrayal is revealed.

Answer: Jason Hudson

All four of these men can be killed potentially, but Hudson's death is unavoidable. Playing as Frank Woods, the player will be captured by him alongside Hudson. Menendez, opting to toy with his captives, forces them to decide which of them should be killed by his hand, leaving the other alive. Hudson will, after brief deliberation, volunteer himself. Menendez accepts his volunteering and promptly slits his throat as a result.

Menendez himself can potentially be killed a few different times towards the end of the campaign. However, the player can simply decide not to kill him, favoring more formal justice handling him instead.

DeFalco can be killed while the player is attempting to rescue Chloe Lynch in 'Karma'. However, the player could mess up shooting at him, or they could intentionally allow him to leave. It's actually possible to rescue Lynch without killing DeFalco, for those who may be interested in a 'pacifist' playthrough.

Alex Mason can potentially die being shot by his old friend Frank Woods, who mistakenly shoots Mason wearing a sack over his head, believing him to be Raul Menendez instead. Of course, the player can simply choose not to shoot Mason at all, or shoot him in the leg so that he survives the ordeal.

Answer: Admiral Briggs

Late in the campaign, Raul Menendez will breach the Admiral's quarters and will immediately subdue him. In tow with Menendez is Javier Salazar. The player very briefly takes control of Menendez in this sequence. They have the ability to decide whether to shoot Briggs square in the head, or in the knee. If they choose the head, Briggs dies. If they choose his knee, he will survive the entire campaign guaranteed.

Answer: No

Noriega was so dismayed by how he was shown in this game, that he actually straight up sued Activision over how he was portrayed, claiming that his appearance "caused damage" in how it shows him as a villain.

That said, this lawsuit is largely thought to have been a joke. Fittingly, it was almost immediately thrown out by Judge William H. Fahey. In his ruling, Fahey stated "(the campaign) is a product of Activision's own expression, with de minimis use of Noriega's likeness. Because the video game is transformative, economic considerations are not relevant."

As such, it is pretty clear that the real Manuel Noriega is not a fan of him being in this game.