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Call of Duty: Black Ops II's most nonsensical, knee-jerk, rage-filled user reviews

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By GamesRadar Staff published 15 November 2012

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Worst best game ever

Worst best game ever

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is out in the wild, and many are calling it the best Call of Duty in years. As we said in our Call of Duty: Black Ops II review, we loved it. Some disagree, and have taken to message boards and User Review sections of Metacritic and Amazon to sound off, flooding the services with the lowest reviews possible. While some have mildly valid complaints, others, well... some seem a bit unfair. Or knee-jerky. Or rage-filled. We've assembled ten of the "best," and shown what it would look like if Activision decided to promote its game based on these loving reviews.

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Lap - 0/10

Lap - 0/10

"Aside from a good story line the rest of the game is yet another CoD franchise disappointment."

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trentdarby - 0/10

trentdarby - 0/10

"An awful display of how corrupt and stupid the gaming media are."

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Revanchist "L.R." - 1/5

Revanchist "L.R." - 1/5

"Game is great once you get used to it. I gave it a one for it being the Number 1 Best Game Ever."

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PricklyPear30 - 1/5

PricklyPear30 - 1/5

"I am disappointed in this game and am really disappointed with Treyarch."

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xXIGNreviewerXx - 0/10

xXIGNreviewerXx - 0/10

"...stop buying these "games", they are the Reason why every Developer tries the Same to get Money and Games aren't getting better."

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CharmCitysKing - 0/10

CharmCitysKing - 0/10

"How this game gets more hype than Halo 4? GOOD QUESTION."

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vinny - 1/5

vinny - 1/5

"They try to make it seem cool but its really not."

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January "January" - 1/5

January "January" - 1/5

"They put no effort into improving the Call of Duty series."

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AwesomeGamer - 0/10

AwesomeGamer - 0/10

"...the campaign is 4 hours long, zombie mode is worse than it was in the first one, there is nothing good about this one, stop lying to yourselft and wake up..."

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StrikerFIN - 0/10

StrikerFIN - 0/10

"And NO I didn't buy it, I borrowed it for from my friend, who hated it too..."

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Someone is chugging haterade

Someone is chugging haterade

So, yeah, they didn't like it... did you? Let us know in the comments below, and who knows: you might end up being added to the list.

And if you're looking for more Call of Duty stuff, check out our Call of Duty: Black Ops II review and five troll classes to ruin others' COD fun.

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