To increase confidence levels of players who see more Kill Cam than game, Treyarch has focused its attention on Combat Training, the mode meant to introduce players to multiplayer basics against AI controlled bots.

In Black Ops 2, Combat Training users can earn experience points and level their online soldier in a mode dubbed ‘Boot Camp.’ In this mode, players face off against a mixture of human players and bots in matches of Team Deathmatch. Players can earn full experience points and level up to a maximum level of 10, which Game Design Director David Vonderhaar refers to as “graduating.”

If comfort levels aren’t high enough to jump into the fray online, players can stay within Combat Training and play through its ‘Objective’ mode, where two teams of six (3 players, 3 bots) compete in objective-based game modes. Players can rank up beyond level 10 in this mode, but are only given half of the usual XP they would earn online.

‘Bot Stomp’ is an experience point-free mode where teams of six players battle six bots in any gametype they choose. Playing this mode is a great way to practice skills, learn maps and modes, and is a “really good way for newer players to experience the high end game,” Vonderhaar says. All modes also include public matchmaking, to make finding optimal games easier.

I may be a little old school on this, but I really like being able to play against bots.  Some people may say it’s really easy but I always thought it was fun when adding bots in Perfect Dark on the N64.

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