Jimmy Fallon was joined by Activison CEO Eric Hershberg to demo Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on his talk show.
Black Ops 2 is attempting to create a less linear experience as the footage shows a Strikebox Mission where players can “go anywhere and play the level any way you want”. Here you can take control of any machinery or members of your squad, giving you more options on the battlefield. You can even command your team to move in to certain areas.
The game is set in 2025 and has the futuristic weapons to prove it. We see Fallon controlling a Cognitive Land Assault Weapon (which reminds us of a mech) and then switches to a Quadrocopter.
Hershberg also touched on the fact that the game will have “branching storylines” and that “if you accomplish this mission, it has one outcome in the story, but if you fail it has a different outcome.”