The latest Call of Duty Black Ops 4 trailer has finally dropped, and it’s got fans of
the series jazzed.
The beta for the game’s battle royale mode only just closed, but fear not, there’s
a whole lot to look forward to.
This trailer featured some gameplay footage, and gave us a closer look at what we can expect
from its various game modes.
It was explosive, exciting, and jam packed with content, and really showed off how this
will be the first Call of Duty game to not contain a single player campaign mode.
So here’s what you missed in the Black Ops 4 Launch Trailer.
Multiplayer The biggest part of this trailer for some
was the glimpse of the return of Specialist missions, which take place in the game’s
multiplayer maps.
If you’re new to the game, specialists are unique soldier characters who have specific
special abilities and traits.
There’s 10 in Black Ops 4, with six of those ten being familiar faces, and four being brand
spanking new.
The returning characters are from Black Ops 3, and including Ruin, Prophet, Battery, Seraph,
Nomad and Firebreak, and the new four are Recon, Ajax, Torque and Crash.
In terms of maps, you’ll also recognize the return of several maps, remade for the
game; Jungle, Slums, Summit, Firing Range and good ol Nuketown.
What else is new?
Automatic health regeneration has been tossed out, with a manual healing system now in its
place.
Weapons are more customizable now, and have been given predictive recoil patterns and
a mixed ballistics system, which makes use of both hitscan and projectile damage rather
than just the former.
There are also tiers for your gear that provide bigger improvements to your weapons, and a
few of them have Operator Mods which allow you to change how your weapon works.
Now if you’re a tad bummed out about the single player campaign, fear not, there’s
a feature that may fill that void for you.
Multiplayer features something called Solo Missions which contain backstory on the Specialists
in the game, and are set between the events of the Black Ops 2 and 3 campaigns.
Zombie Mode You’ll notice that the Zombies featured
in the trailer are all from different time periods, which is part of the three to four
maps you’ll get on release day (four if you’ve purchased the special edition of
the game or the Black Ops Pass).
We got a better glimpse at the Ancient Rome arena map which is titled IX (9), the RMS
Titanic map called Voyage of Despair and the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary map, a soft
remake of the Black Ops 2 map Mob of the Dead called Blood of the Dead.
The fourth map is called Classified, and is a remake of the Black Ops map Five, which
will feature the original incarnation of Primis as your playable characters.
You may have also recognized some familiar faces; Blood of the Dead has the cast of the
original Aether storyline, Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo and Richtofen.
Whereas the Voyage of Despair and 9 maps feature new characters by the name of Scarlett, Stanton,
Diego and Bruno.
What else?
Ancient Rome showed off not only the arena and the eerie gold headed figures watching
in the arena’s audience, but also what is seemingly a zombie tiger, along with a solid
look at the playable characters you’ll be able to use in those modes.
Battle Royale The mode that everyone has been waiting for!
The Battle Royale mode, also known as Blackout, is said to bring the Black Ops universe to
life and feature a slew of iconic characters from the Black Ops series, with locations
from all four games available.
This means there will be locales from the 1960s Cold War era, from the second game’s
2025 setting and the third’s 2065 setting.
The battle royale will have up to 100 players in each match, and characters from this title
and previous titles will be available for players to customize.
You can drive around in land, sea AND air vehicles, too!
Like other battle royale games, you have the option of playing as solo, duos, or quads,
and drop into the map via a helicopter.
If you’re playing in a zombie themed location, AI zombies will spawn during your match, and
they also drop loot once they’ve been killed.
The recent Beta had some pretty decent reviews; despite it only featuring a small part of
what fans can expect, it showed off some pretty solid mechanics, and players were into the
remastered maps that the BETA boasted.
WHAT ELSE?
According to the developers, there will be free content and various events coming to
the game for the Zombies, Blackout and multiplayer modes, which they’ve called “the most
active calendar of events in studio history”.
In November, you can expect to see the return of the Nuketown map, and the following month
will have a new character reveal.
The game is set to be released on October 12th.
Are you guys excited?
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And if you got to try out the beta, give us a shout about what you thought too!
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