2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 comes at an odd time for the COD franchise, as team-focused games like Overwatch and the battle royale craze threaten the enduring cultural dominance of the COD franchise. it. The current, a new report from Insider Gaming claims that Black Ops 4 was completely reconfigured towards the end of development because the developers were concerned that it was too far fetched for core fans.
That lengthy report, compiled from various anonymous sources, details an ambitious plan to recreate Call of Duty in the form of team shooters, especially Overwatch. This new directive will do away with well-established batch features like breaking scores and layering in favor of a hero-based system.
A new system called “Escalation” will slowly power up the game’s heroes in battle, allowing them to level up and gain new abilities like MOBA characters. As the report notes, this is quite similar to how the perks work in the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 and may have inspired it to some extent. Another planned mode called “War” will combine the series’ cinematic mission design with an offensive and defensive multiplayer scheme.
However, negative feedback from early testers ruined these plans, and multiplayer was remade into the familiar half-step between old and new Call of Duty. Given that some of the ideas described have been added to subsequent entries in the series in some form, it cannot be called a complete failure. However, it remains to be seen whether the reworked perks system in Modern Warfare 2 will please or disappoint fans. Modern Warfare 2 release October 28. However, you can play the campaign earlier than that time, so check our guide if you are interested.
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