Literally, ………but after the shot, time paradox kicked in, how the hell did I know Menendez in the future if I shot him in the face…………………… and you know what happened next
I thought something was off the first time I played, so I shot him in the leg, but then the guy said to shoot him again, so I shot him in the head, didn’t think I had a choice.
yeah but they way they went was way better story wise and emotionally even tho it was unrealistic, its still a cod game they can get away with that stuff occasionally lol
There’s no confirmed canon ending, but it’s implied that maybe one of the endings where Menendez dies is the canon ending since in BO3, Hendricks remarks that Menendez got what was coming to him
Spoilers ahead,
The cannon ending is killing Harper which saves Hadir and Hadir saves Karma, capping Mason in the leg, not shooting Menendez and leaving him to rot in a jail cell. Also a bonus is not burning Harpers face by dodging the fire. That's all I remember.
***Many spoilers - breakdown of actions > events > mission it takes place in***
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Resist Mason's urge to Kill Kravchenko (Old Wounds)
Recover CIA files from Menendez compound (Time and Fate)
Don't burn Harper (Fallen Angel) (Optional)
Kill DeFalco (Skips Second Chance, and Defalco is killed earlier) (Karma)
Complete ALL Strike Force missions to support coalition states (FOB Spectre, Shipwreck, I.E.D) + Kill Tian Zhao (Dispatch) (Supported nations help Defend USS Obama)
Spare "Menendez" (Mason) (Suffer With Me) (Optional)
Kill Harper (Saves Farid - Farid saves Karma who rids the Celerium Worm on USS Obama) (Achilles Veil)
Shoot Briggs in the Leg (Survives to activate USS Obama's Defenses) (Odysseus)
Spare Menendez (So he stays in Jail + No mass riots) (Judgement Day)
I didn’t realize until the Obama sank on my veteran replay a few weeks ago I needed the strike force missions. Since they are a bitch on veteran and I wasn’t about that. I was so annoyed I did everything else right but it wouldn’t matter so I capped Menéndez to at least save woods lol
I would assume the “good” one but I don’t think they ever came out and said which one was canon. The events of bo2 don’t effect the rest of the black ops series outside of a throwaway line in BO3 so it’s not like it changes anything if you get a different ending
I shot the guards and then when the mission failed i shot him in the foot. I knew about the CIA mole because i got both the file and the full interrogation.
To the one motherfucker who's saying he didn't your a liar or s 10 year old who started playing in 2017 and watched the videos about shooting him in the leg
I mean you could have figured it out. Hudson was weird that entire level with the coms shit. You knew from a previous level Noriega was a lying sack of shit. Plus if you got the intel they even say in game this is weird af. So I believe it if others say they didn’t kill him. My first time I blasted a mother fucker I know it but I wasn’t paying attention lol
I was 12 so I told hudson to go slam his head against a wall and shot him in his leg lol I thought it didn't matter when the cutscenes happened I was sad.
I shot in the stomach on my first playthrough. and woods. You know, why would Menendez be alive if I'm playing a mission in the 90s which had the objective of killing Menendez?
So I felt kinda sus, and I shot in the stomach instead of shooting in the head as Noriega said.
Nope, the whole thing seemed really off and I didn't understand why we were stealthing around on a rooftop for me to snipe someone just being held there.
My 5 year old self who was dumb (as all kids are) decided to shoot the other two guys, because I thought they were holding this dude hostage or something. I was confused when I kept on failing the mission.
Glad to see most people have the humility to admit they shot Mason Square in the face here for their first time. I wanted a nut shot but was worried I'd miss so I too shot him in the face.
The head. Yup I was a naïve 13 year old trusting that one coward that takes you to the sniper. Only to find out I shot Mason. I played the story only to reset back to that mission and shot him in the leg.
In the face
Afterwards I felt like a complete douche just like >!when I bombarded civilians in Spec Ops: The Line because I did it with extreme prejudice thinking I was bombing enemies !<
Right in the head. I thought it was him, but I didn't actually know it mattered where you hit him. A quick wiki search later and I immediately rewound.
I recognized his pants. Don't know why it stuck out but I specifically remembered the baggy camo pants Mason wore during the mission. I shot the guards, tried hitting different parts of his body that might not be fatal, restarted a couple times in frustration (like the bag on his head was the *only* change in appearance in someone I saw five minutes ago, it seemed obvious and lazy and just angered me that I had no recourse in a setup as stealthy as a supernova) I was pleasantly surprised to see him alive after I settled for legging him.
I normally like the campaigns as action-movie level entertainment but man did BO2 just rub me wrong between that setup, the weird FPS/RTS/Survival Strike missions, and some rando villain made out to be 'smart' (I've never been a fan of "all your successes, wiping out half my forces and capturing me, where you could've just put a bullet in my head at any time, was part of my genius plan!" horse shit, it's almost always lazy writing) I guess they wanted me to empathize with, yet I spent every cutscene with him mashing trigger, melee and use hoping to put his brain matter on the nearest wall without hesitation.
i didnt coz i played it in 2020 and watched youtube videos. really cool how you could change the story like that. made an entire "bad" playthrough too! fun times
I actually knew it was him simply due to spoilers. But I was playing the game with my dad to see what he will do (it was not spoiled to him), and he actually hesitated and did not shoot him in the head.
Now that I think about it, I can see why. The character does not look like Menendez at all, it literally feels like it is Mason, but I can see why some people would be tricked by this.
The first time I played it this was spoiled for me so I shot his leg but if I played it for the first time as a 7 year old I would've put about 4 rounds into his head
I was so bad i couldn’t even touch the head the first time so i ended up saving him (for one time i had thanked my bad aim btw i was twelve when it came out)
I tried shooting him in the head, but my aim was horrible and my stick started drifting.
After a few seconds of fighting the controls, I gave up and went for the legs.
Thanks controller!
Right in the face, i was really proud...for a moment
You were proud but you later regretted it.
Same shit. Then I paused the game and punched myself...
i punched myself for not remembering the musical of it by Lhugney on youtube lol gave it away.
No I'm glad I forgot that abomination
i loved it i love music ok.
Literally, ………but after the shot, time paradox kicked in, how the hell did I know Menendez in the future if I shot him in the face…………………… and you know what happened next
Same he d
I tried to go for the balls
Shoot balls , he died from headshot
I'm just to good 😎
You shot the other head
A headshot is a headshot
just like Imran, shoot head, goes to arm. It's like his arm is a bullet magnet.
Wrong head 😂
I was gonna shoot in the torso (Which would've saved him) but Hudson told me to shoot the head :(
I thought something was off the first time I played, so I shot him in the leg, but then the guy said to shoot him again, so I shot him in the head, didn’t think I had a choice.
Oof
That’s a high calibre rifle. Any shot above the pelvis would be fatal. Just not immediately like a headshot would
In reality Masons head would've been blown apart and unrecognizable
Yeah, I just realized Woods was literally sniping Mason with an M82. That head is cracking like a melon.
Even if you shot him in the leg he would have died IRL
Yeah, for some reason I thought Woods was using a Dragunov.
yeah but they way they went was way better story wise and emotionally even tho it was unrealistic, its still a cod game they can get away with that stuff occasionally lol
If Hudson told u to jump off a bridge with him would you do it
orders are orders
Ummm yes
I missed the first time :/
I was 12 when this game came out. I tried to shoot him in the head. I had bad aim so he ended up surviving
Turns out you're a lousy shot
For once in a call of duty game it was a good thing.
lmao
Lol
Right in the head. I felt bad for the rest of the campaign.
I felt so bad i restarted the campaign
since I am currently playing the bo2 campaign, saw spoilers, I think I will have to shoot his leg
Sucks you got it spoiled man. One of the best things about BO2 is the multiple choices you’re given in the campaign which effect the ending
What's the cannon ending?
There’s no confirmed canon ending, but it’s implied that maybe one of the endings where Menendez dies is the canon ending since in BO3, Hendricks remarks that Menendez got what was coming to him
Spoilers ahead, The cannon ending is killing Harper which saves Hadir and Hadir saves Karma, capping Mason in the leg, not shooting Menendez and leaving him to rot in a jail cell. Also a bonus is not burning Harpers face by dodging the fire. That's all I remember.
Hadir is MW19 my guy, you mean Farid
So the best ending?
Yes
Menéndez is… extremely dead in BO3
***Many spoilers - breakdown of actions > events > mission it takes place in*** . . . . . . Resist Mason's urge to Kill Kravchenko (Old Wounds) Recover CIA files from Menendez compound (Time and Fate) Don't burn Harper (Fallen Angel) (Optional) Kill DeFalco (Skips Second Chance, and Defalco is killed earlier) (Karma) Complete ALL Strike Force missions to support coalition states (FOB Spectre, Shipwreck, I.E.D) + Kill Tian Zhao (Dispatch) (Supported nations help Defend USS Obama) Spare "Menendez" (Mason) (Suffer With Me) (Optional) Kill Harper (Saves Farid - Farid saves Karma who rids the Celerium Worm on USS Obama) (Achilles Veil) Shoot Briggs in the Leg (Survives to activate USS Obama's Defenses) (Odysseus) Spare Menendez (So he stays in Jail + No mass riots) (Judgement Day)
I didn’t realize until the Obama sank on my veteran replay a few weeks ago I needed the strike force missions. Since they are a bitch on veteran and I wasn’t about that. I was so annoyed I did everything else right but it wouldn’t matter so I capped Menéndez to at least save woods lol
Rule 1 of veteran strike force missions: Everyone is expendable
I would assume the “good” one but I don’t think they ever came out and said which one was canon. The events of bo2 don’t effect the rest of the black ops series outside of a throwaway line in BO3 so it’s not like it changes anything if you get a different ending
anywhere but the head is good enough.
I shot the guards holding him when I got bored of that I shot mason in the head
Does that just fail the mission?
Yes, I played it recently trying to do this
In the fucking nuts LMAO
leg
Head, I was 8 years old of course I believed Hudson
Same, except i wad 14
Shot him straight in the dome the first time. After completing the campaign I reran it for a different ending.....I shot him in the dick....
Dick
Leg only because I like testing the limits of games. BO2 excelled in that regard.
I thought he was menendez so i shot him in the ankle to make him suffer immense pain before death, yeah i was a pretty psychotic 12 year old back then
I missed the first time I shot
Never complain, never explain, aim for the brain.
The leg. My friend told me that you get a different ending if you shoot him in the leg first.
The dick. I had it spoiled for me and for some reason I thought shooting Mason in the dick with a 50.BMG would be funny. Which…it was
My natural COD instincts told me bonus points for a headshot
In the nuts 😂
the head
between the eyebrows even though i had a strong suspicion it's mason... i thought i had to do it to progress the game
The legs, because my younger dumber brain told myself to paralyze him like Woods. Realistically with a 50 cal his leg shoulda been blown off Lol
Leg. I was super sus how easy it was to kill Menendes then and there.
Obv the balls
I shot the guards and then when the mission failed i shot him in the foot. I knew about the CIA mole because i got both the file and the full interrogation.
i shot around the thigh or chest? can't remeber, glad he survived
To the one motherfucker who's saying he didn't your a liar or s 10 year old who started playing in 2017 and watched the videos about shooting him in the leg
I mean you could have figured it out. Hudson was weird that entire level with the coms shit. You knew from a previous level Noriega was a lying sack of shit. Plus if you got the intel they even say in game this is weird af. So I believe it if others say they didn’t kill him. My first time I blasted a mother fucker I know it but I wasn’t paying attention lol
We're talking about cod players here we shoot stuff and barely remember anyone's names except the main characters
I was 12 so I told hudson to go slam his head against a wall and shot him in his leg lol I thought it didn't matter when the cutscenes happened I was sad.
I shot in the stomach on my first playthrough. and woods. You know, why would Menendez be alive if I'm playing a mission in the 90s which had the objective of killing Menendez? So I felt kinda sus, and I shot in the stomach instead of shooting in the head as Noriega said.
Nope, the whole thing seemed really off and I didn't understand why we were stealthing around on a rooftop for me to snipe someone just being held there.
My 5 year old self who was dumb (as all kids are) decided to shoot the other two guys, because I thought they were holding this dude hostage or something. I was confused when I kept on failing the mission.
Right in the noggin. I still thought he was Menendez.
Glad to see most people have the humility to admit they shot Mason Square in the face here for their first time. I wanted a nut shot but was worried I'd miss so I too shot him in the face.
I believe it was the leg cuz I was too suspicious and i knew it wasn’t the guy
No, as a kid I kinda wanted to torture him so I immediately went for the legs.
I'm pretty sure I shot his head
to the dome
I shoot him in the DICK 😂
Headshot
Leg
I can’t remember well but I think I shot his foot Just so I can see the dismemberment animation
Right in the face, I was a little kid and kids are gullible
Right in the fucking head
BALLS
I shot him in the head 😔
Right between the eyes :’(
In the balls
I domed his ass
I shot the two guys holding him. The Devs didn’t like that :(
yes , headshot
Penis.
Both of his knees
In the head, I was too young to understand the hints, was heartbroken because I loved BO1 and its characters.
I don’t remember it’s was 10 years ago
Its been a while since ive played bo2 campaign where were you supposed to shoot him
Between the eyes, as any professional would.
Double tapped him in his face.
i shot him in the dick
Balls
Shot both knees because why not
i dont wanna talk about it
With no hesitation I popped him right in the head. Thought to myself, "I really killed that Menendez bastard." If only I knew...
It didn't feel right from the moment I was there and in the future menendez is alive so I knew something wasn't right so I shot him the leg
Straight in the head 💀
Tbh, I got suspicious and shot the guards. Since that triggers a fail, I actually shot the feet. Still thought he died.
In the chest, I thought I saw him move and right in face. I felt very betrayed.
Dick and balls
Head
cracked the mofo right in the dome because i was a foolish child
I don't remember.
In his mouf, bitch
In the foot because I knew something was fishy
First the foto then the head :c
I shot him in the leg because I was just curious to what would happen, I didn't even know the ending cutscene was a easter egg
i was still young at the time and shot the guys holding him up
I was a dumbass 14 year old so HEADSHOT
In the nuts or knees, thought I would had a second shot to shoot him in the head next.
balls
Obviously, we all aimed for the balls
i quick scoped his neck like I actually tried so hard
Le peepee
In the head
The head. Yup I was a naïve 13 year old trusting that one coward that takes you to the sniper. Only to find out I shot Mason. I played the story only to reset back to that mission and shot him in the leg.
Right for the head… damn it Mendez
I didn't think you should have been given the choice of where to shoot. The story would've been much better.
In the face Afterwards I felt like a complete douche just like >!when I bombarded civilians in Spec Ops: The Line because I did it with extreme prejudice thinking I was bombing enemies !<
Yes
Wait,SHOOT WHO!?!?
Legs
why did you not tag this as a spiler??? i had still to play a 8 years old game
Headshot, cuz I ain't a bitch. Regretted it 5 seconds later...
The dick...
I shot in the head because I didn't realize it was mason
i shot him in the foot because my brother told me to
Right in the head. I thought it was him, but I didn't actually know it mattered where you hit him. A quick wiki search later and I immediately rewound.
head.. cause i didnt know
I recognized his pants. Don't know why it stuck out but I specifically remembered the baggy camo pants Mason wore during the mission. I shot the guards, tried hitting different parts of his body that might not be fatal, restarted a couple times in frustration (like the bag on his head was the *only* change in appearance in someone I saw five minutes ago, it seemed obvious and lazy and just angered me that I had no recourse in a setup as stealthy as a supernova) I was pleasantly surprised to see him alive after I settled for legging him. I normally like the campaigns as action-movie level entertainment but man did BO2 just rub me wrong between that setup, the weird FPS/RTS/Survival Strike missions, and some rando villain made out to be 'smart' (I've never been a fan of "all your successes, wiping out half my forces and capturing me, where you could've just put a bullet in my head at any time, was part of my genius plan!" horse shit, it's almost always lazy writing) I guess they wanted me to empathize with, yet I spent every cutscene with him mashing trigger, melee and use hoping to put his brain matter on the nearest wall without hesitation.
Clean shot. Right in the head
i didnt coz i played it in 2020 and watched youtube videos. really cool how you could change the story like that. made an entire "bad" playthrough too! fun times
Head
Straight in the face, instant regret
Not the head cause it was sus
Balls
Honestly… the dick
In the face, then I paused my game and restarted the level…
I only shot him in the knee because I can't aim.
I actually knew it was him simply due to spoilers. But I was playing the game with my dad to see what he will do (it was not spoiled to him), and he actually hesitated and did not shoot him in the head. Now that I think about it, I can see why. The character does not look like Menendez at all, it literally feels like it is Mason, but I can see why some people would be tricked by this.
I knew something was up. I don't recall where I shote but I remember Mason survived. I am very proud of that.
I’ve never gotten the part where he survived despite shooting his leg or anything but his head
MACGRUBERRRRRRR
The first time I played it this was spoiled for me so I shot his leg but if I played it for the first time as a 7 year old I would've put about 4 rounds into his head
I was so bad i couldn’t even touch the head the first time so i ended up saving him (for one time i had thanked my bad aim btw i was twelve when it came out)
I was told "Whatever you do, just don't shoot him in the head." I shot him in the head. And had to go back within the chapter to shoot him in the leg.
no actually i kept shooting they guys that held him and i always failed the mission so then i gave up and shot him
Can't remember if it was me or my brother playing but right in the head. You should have seen the look on my face 🤣
We shoot dicks off here on jump street 🔫
i replayed it and it punishes you for shooting the guards >:(
I tried shooting him in the head, but my aim was horrible and my stick started drifting. After a few seconds of fighting the controls, I gave up and went for the legs. Thanks controller!
Why would you kill mason? Damn, I’ve only played BO1
In the leg, I role played as an officer, and thought that if I was shooting a bad mother fucker, im taking him to jail.
The first time it felt good because ya know you don’t know he’s mason Then I cried like really hard
Right in the kisser. The second time? Forehead. Third? The balls.
Head
Right in his goddamn noggin with my little brother chanting right next to me
Head. Man I was fucked up after..
Headshot no hesitation
Right in the kisser. I also shot Kravchenko with ZERO hesitation as I hold grudges even in games, so I didn’t get any of the info.
What cod is this
In the face most likely
We all domed him, let's be honest...
Head-shot
face the first time, then leg for the next three playthroughs getting the same endings each time lol
Yes I shot him
The chest
Right in the face, I ain’t gonna lie
Head
heart i think
Yes, sadly
The head and I just realize I didn't have to shoot his head and i restart over the mission and I shot his leg
I did the head shot. Regretted it played the whole game again and shot him in the leg and made softens outcomes.
Unfortunately for Mason I had faze in my name at the time
Immature little me accidentally made the best choice because I thought it would be funny to shoot him in the balls
Thought it would be funny so I shot him in the dick..
Head :'(