Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

As one of the many longtime fans of Call of Duty who was disappointed by MW3 from the previous year, this was a refreshing change of pace.

You play as CIA Agent William "Case" Calderon in 1991, a member of a black ops team comprising of past characters reprising their roles, like Frank Woods (Damon Victor Allen). Newcomers include Troy Marshall (Y'lan Noel) the green commander of the team, assassin Sevati Dumas (Karen David) & tech expert Felix Neuman (Seamus Dever). They're all assigned to conduct covert operations against a paramilitary group named Pantheon, which plans to take control of the CIA.

The main campaign stretches across levels like a swanky hotel in the fictional city-state of Avalon, the deserts of Syria and Iraq, a black site in Washington DC, and a final showdown in Russia. The missions allow you to choose either fast paced and tense action or stealth and surprise. Besides your common weapons, you'll also use spy gadgets, like the new homing throwing knife and classic remote controlled exploding RC cars. There are cash deposits you can collect and use to purchase upgrades for your equipment. But the biggest highlight is the new "Omnimovement" system, a dynamic new addition to combat that allows you to sprint, slide, and leap in any direction to give you an edge over your enemies.

Multiplayer mode was a blast and is some of the best I've played in COD in years. There are already 16 maps (12 core 6v6 maps, and 4 strike maps). Scud is my favorite so far. It's great for beginners looking to get a feel of the game and well suited for almost any combat style, especially snipers thanks its long lanes and large number of windows. Smaller maps, like Warhead and Payback, are good for practicing with the Omnimovement system. It's still early in games run, so stay tuned for new maps that may strengthen your playing experience, depending on your combat style.

The leveling system rewards you for good performance and allows you to upgrade your weapons and equipment to increase your performance in battle. Level grinding is fairly quick and easy, plus any upgrades you seek make them worth the effort. I consider the XM4 the best weapon to start with and perhaps the best gun overall once it's fully levelled up. Otherwise, I suggest the Model L or the KSV that you can unlock at level 7. Of course, there will be some flaws, like lagging, but it didn't happen to the point where it ruined the entire experience for me. Hopefully these issues will be fixed in future updates.

Zombie mode returns and is as gruesomely frightening as ever. Slaughtering hordes of the undead may feel stale and unoriginal since it's been around since "World At War", but as a zombie fan, I still love it.

In the end, this is a great game with plenty to keep you busy for a while, and it's a breath of fresh air after MW3's failure and a must play for fans of the series.

Overall it is a great game after the appalling performance of modern warfare 3. The game containing the new omni-movement system has added better gameplay and more openness than any other call of duty games. When it is also available in the campaign you can enjoy diving off balconies in multiplayer. The zombies returned with round-based and it was ok but the map itself wasn't very "iconic". Last years campaign was terrible but the action-packed Call Of Duty BLACK OPS 6 lives up to its billling for sure.

Being one of the longest campaigns in history for Call Of Duty is a good thing having only 11 missions. But in between each mission there is what is called a rook mission where you go to the safe house and spend the money that you collect from the previous mission to spend on upgrades in your safe house.

This game is worth the money and the time but you will have to get used to the omni-movement in both campaign multiplayer and zombies enjoy BLACK OPS 6 play and like if you agree with me!👍

As much as I scoff when the annual COD rolls around I will admit I have a soft spot for the Black Ops entries. Most of them outside of maybe the 3rd and 4th entries are pretty good. The first will always be my favorite followed by the 2nd and I think dare I say the 6th entry here might be in my top 3 Black Ops campaigns to date. It gets the A for effort at the very least for trying to mix things up and not just have a completely guns blazing experience. Some missions felt like they were extracted and ripped straight from a F. E. A. R. video game, mixing in elements of suspense and even horror tropes which I thoroughly appreciated. There were even some lite puzzle solving in some of the more slower paced suspenseful levels while other levels when slowing things down felt like you were playing a Mission Impossible or Ocean's 11 style heist mission. And the final set of missions kept teetering back and forth between the high octane action and mysterious segments which I thought were pretty cool. Overall if you are curious about the COD campaign in between the online fray I'd say this is definitely worth a peek and since it's only the usual 6-8 hours to complete it can be blown through in a single weekend. Thanks Game Pass. 68 billion well spent Microsoft.

The campaign was pretty damn good. Multi-player is HORRENDOUS with lag even with lowered graphic settings. The store has many bugs that Activision hasn't fixed yet so don't waste your Cod Points or cash until it's fixed. SBMM is a mixed bag too. Some days you're golden. Others it's cancer. A few hackers too. Idk if cod does anything with reports but you at least can block them. I hope they fix servers to handle the game because it's great otherwise, even solo Zombies lags like a beast. Good luck trying to be a completionist if they don't fix the servers because I seriously can not stress how bad servers are lol but at least overall it's ALMOST a return to classic style black ops.

Modern Warfare 3 (2023) was an unsuccessful addition to the Call Of Duty franchise and so for the first time, I did choose not to buy this Call Of Duty game before it was released. Every year I pre-order. However, after being so disappointed with the last entry, I did not have high hopes for this new one. I heard it was going on the Xbox game pass and so I chose to try and give it a go! I thought it was going to be bad. I was proven wrong!

I managed to complete the campaign yesterday and I was really impressed! The narrative was unique. The story was intriguing. The involvement of horror elements worked well. The gameplay mechanics were smooth. Overall, I felt the campaign was really enjoyable!

The multiplayer was such an improvement over MW3's multiplayer! The maps are so much better! There is more variation when it comes to locations and environments. The omnidirectional movement works really well, making the game feel more fast paced and satisfying and the lobby music / soundtrack is awesome! Reminds me of Blacks Ops 2.

I have not played the zombies yet. However, my fondness for this game is so high, that i'm actually looking forward to playing it!

I was concerned last year for the Call Of Duty franchise. MW3 was such a disappointment that I was worried that maybe the franchise had had its day. Black Ops 6 has genuinely surprised me! It's a good game guys. Give it a go! You won't be disappointed this time!