Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 – the first impressions are good (Activision)
GameCentral starts the review process for this year’s new Call Of Duty, with the story campaign having some unexpected influences.
A lot is riding on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The newest title in the once untouchable juggernaut has more than a few spectres looming over it. For one, the franchise’s once insuperable dominance over the medium has waned in recent years. While 2019’s reboot of Modern Warfare provided a boost, sentiment has been souring for the last few iterations, especially after last year’s dire Modern Warfare 3.
This is also the first in the franchise to release day one on Game Pass (except the cheapest Standard tier). Microsoft’s eye-watering $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard took a herculean effort by all parties to get approved, and this is one of the first times we’ll will see that union bear fruit. Now, Call of Duty isn’t a mandatory upfront purchase of at least £70, but rather a feature for those that subscribe to Microsoft’s service for just £14.99 a month. It feels like a big moment for the subscription service, but also for Xbox as a brand.
That’s why it’s no surprise we’re seeing the return of one of Call of Duty’s most beloved franchises. If you need a big moment in Call of Duty, putting a Black Ops subtitle on it usually helps. The game is now out for everyone, including Game Pass subscribers, so we dived in for an initial blast to get our first impressions to you.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 story campaign first impressions
Since we’ve already covered the basics of the multiplayer, in our coverage of the beta, we’ll dive into the story campaign first, which hasn’t been seen at all outside the trailers. There’s been no previews and, unusually, there was no early access to play it a week early. Thankfully though, it doesn’t seem as if the single-player mode is anything to be ashamed of. Far from it, in fact…
One of the tricky aspects of the Black Ops lineage is that after five games, the sub-franchise’s story has jumped all over the place. To call this timeline convoluted would be an understatement as the first two Black Ops games span from 1961 to 2025. Besides Black Ops 3 and 4, which set themselves in the far future, bypassing the timeframe of original series leads Alex Mason and Frank Woods, the games have had to exist within an already established timeline.
Black Ops 6 nestles itself into 1991, placing it in-between the time jump in Black Ops 2, exploring an unresolved mystery of who betrayed Woods and Mason. So, if you’re hoping to be able to follow what’s going on, even as someone who has played these games before, you may want to consume a story recap of the Black Ops timeline before jumping in.
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Source:: Metro
