Just a couple of the many drones that suddenly become our worst enemies in Black Ops 2
Activision / Treyarch
It's hard to look at the basic plot structure for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and not see some sort of overarching political message. This is a game that imagines the year 2025 where autonomous and remote controlled drones have become a ubiquitous part of war. As the lead voice in the game's trailer puts it, "technology got stronger while we got weaker." When antagonist Raul Menendez takes control of our drones and turns them against us, the human side of the formula seems substantially outmatched.
Meanwhile, in the real world of today, drone warfare is coming under increasing attack both from a legal and moral perspective. By limiting the personal risk to remote-operating soldiers, and by giving the military the ability to conduct "targeted killings" from across the globe with limited oversight, drones are already changing the way we think about traditional armed conflict. The obvious message of Black Ops 2 seems to be that these rapid changes to the basic nature of war might not be entirely positive.
Treyarch Studio head Mark Lamia, insists that his team "wasn't going after any sort of political stance" in focusing on drone warfare in Black Ops 2. That said, he sees the game's plot, in part, as a classic, cautionary tale of the unintended consequences of technological advancement.
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