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Recording summary · October 2024

Why i HATE Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

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Overview

Daniel expresses strong disappointment with the newly released Call of Duty Black Ops 6 content, characterizing it as bland, repetitive, and essentially identical to prior entries aside from increased mobility like jumping and diving.

Daniel criticizes the gameplay modes, the weapon progression grind, the large download footprint, and the £70 price tag, assigning the title a 2.5 out of 10 score and planning to obtain a refund.

Daniel skips the campaign under the view that players prioritize multiplayer, and finds battle royale games such as Warzone tedious because of time spent looting.

Themes

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 mobility mechanics compared to Max Payne, contrasted with the slower tactical play and immediate weapon customization of Rainbow Six.

Evaluation of multiplayer modes like HVT and 6v6 Mosh Pit as basic deathmatches prioritizing endless respawns and running over tactical teamwork.

Criticism of the weapon leveling and customization system as excessively grindy, requiring hours of play to unlock basic attachments such as optics, magazines, and suppressors.

The installation structure and pricing of Call of Duty Black Ops 6, requiring a roughly 200GB base game download on top of a 30GB DLC file for £70.

Multiplayer focus over campaign gameplay, and the perceived tedium of looting in battle royale formats like Warzone.

Developments

Daniel downloaded the base Call of Duty game over 20 hours followed by the DLC download.

Daniel played the newly released Call of Duty Black Ops 6 DLC and subsequently shut it down.

In-game audio announcements reported tactical objectives including tracking and eliminating the enemy HVT and protecting the friendly HVT.

Uncertainties & gaps

Whether Black Ops 6 has a story campaign or what its content entails, alongside speculation that it might resemble an action movie.

Whether Warzone has been released yet for Black Ops 6.

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