{"id":5407,"date":"2024-10-25T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/25\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-zombies-review-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:05:05","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-6-zombies-review-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/10\/25\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-zombies-review-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Review in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This review specifically covers the Zombies mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. For our thoughts on the other modes, see our <\/em>single-player campaign review<\/em><\/a> or our <\/em>multiplayer review in progress<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You ever wonder how we got here? Not in an existential, \u201cwhere did we come from?\u201d kind of way, but more specifically \u201chow did a one-off, co-op survival mode in a video game that used to put quotes about the horrors of war on screen when you died turn into this<\/em>?\u201d 16 years on, it\u2019s hard to reconcile what the original Nazi Zombies mode from 2008\u2019s World at War<\/a> used to be with the outrageous, Resident Evil 6<\/a>-inspired campfest I spent several red-eyed hours playing late last night. I\u2019m not saying any of this in a bad way, mind you; Black Ops 6\u2019s take on the mode is thrilling and unique thanks to all new movement mechanics and good map design. Zombies hasn\u2019t been the thing it was in World at War for a while, and I still have a lot more of this year\u2019s version to play before I am ready for my final review, but that one thought has still hit me pretty hard so far: How did we get here, man?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s carve out the bloody guts of this thing, shall we? Black Ops 6\u2019s Zombies mode features two all-new maps: Terminus, a prison complex-turned-bio-research-station, and Liberty Falls, a small town in West Virginia whose slice of quaint Americana is about to test itself against The Worst Day Ever (spoiler: it doesn\u2019t seem to be going well for the Americana). The story itself is a direct sequel to the Zombies campaign in 2020\u2019s Black Ops Cold War<\/a>, and if you, like me, have largely forgotten what happened in the intervening four years, there doesn\u2019t seem to be much attempt to catch you up. That means you\u2019re going to hear a lot of proper-noun-filled dialogue that could <\/em>be important or fun references, but instead had me going \u201cI vaguely remember that person,\u201d a little too often. <\/p>\n

What we said about Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies mode<\/h2>\n

Operation Deadbolt’s attempt to reanimate Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3\u2019s Zombies mode by merging it with the machinery of DMZ isn’t always successful, but it’s not an inherently bad idea. When you start hitting on the right combinations of difficulty, planning, and random chance, it leads to fun, intense moments that leverage some of the best ideas from both. But what’s fun here is frequently undercut by way too much time spent grinding for gear needed to survive the intense enemies in the center of the map, busywork story objectives, and crashes that can kill any desire to play. Operation Deadbolt has great moments of tough battles against gross monsters that had me full of panic and dread, but only if I was willing to put in a lot of time and effort to make them happen. – Phil Hornshaw, November 16, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Score: 6<\/h2>\n

Read the full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mostly, I wanted the voices in my ear (and the characters I was playing) to shut up. They have what I\u2019m going to call The Modern Video Game Character Problem\u2122, which is to say they all talk too much \u2013 especially since half the time they\u2019re just broadcasting their thoughts out loud. I\u2019m not saying each and every one of them is a deeply annoying, terminally unfunny, outrageously unlikeable person, but I\u2019m not not<\/em> saying that, either. Their mid-combat banter is like something compiled from a Schwarzenegger film penned by ChatGPT \u2013 I\u2019m not expecting poetry here, but at least give me Gears of War-level banter, you know? I can only hear lines like the one where someone is complaining about how the zombies make them so mad they \u201cboil their piss\u201d or how we need a mop to clean up all the brains we\u2019re splattering everywhere so many times before I want to turn my gun towards my allies instead. <\/p>\n

So the story is a mixed bag so far, but you know what isn\u2019t? The gameplay. The biggest change here is Omnimovement (Zombiemovement?), Black Ops 6\u2019s complete overhaul of Call of Duty\u2019s basic movement mechanics. You can sprint, slide, and dive in every direction, even chaining these moves together. You\u2019ve also got a full 360 degrees of motion, which means you can do sick stuff like sprint backwards, pull off a retreating dive, mow down the zombies approaching you from every angle, and then get up and keep moving before they even get close. We haven\u2019t seen zombie-killing moves like this since Resident Evil 6, minus a few suplexes here and there. (Dear Treyarch, please add suplexes. Love, Will.) Even if Treyarch misses what might be the easiest post-launch, patch-introduced layup with that, though, the point I\u2019m making is that this feels good<\/em>, and I like it. I like it a lot.<\/p>\n

The story may be a mixed bag so far, but the gameplay feels good<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I also like the maps themselves. I think I prefer Liberty Falls over Terminus so far because I dig its height, with extremely entertaining ziplines that let you zoom from roof to roof. I also enjoy its more traditional structure of \u201cpay Essence to open doors and access new places\u201d over Terminus\u2019s \u201crestore power to the generators and defend them from zombies so you can earn the ability to open doors\u201d twist, but that\u2019s not to say Terminus doesn\u2019t do anything cool. At one point, I found a little outboard-powered raft that allowed me to venture to the smaller islands around the main area. I died pretty promptly, because when I landed on a beach a horde of zombies popped out of the ground like a bunch of really angry, undead cabbages, but c\u2019est la vie, right? C\u2019est la undead? I don\u2019t speak French.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a bit more mixed on the way the maps handle progression through the story. Based on what I\u2019ve played so far, you don\u2019t really do much \u201cdefending\u201d in Black Ops 6\u2019s version of zombies. Instead, you\u2019re constantly moving, unlocking new areas and trying to complete that map\u2019s Main Quest during rounds. You can pretty much do this however you want. In my experience, that means a lot of running for your life and trying to earn enough Essence (which you get from offing zombies) to open the way to the next area, buy a new weapon, or upgrade a gun you like at a Pack-a-Punch Machine, which does exactly what it sounds like. Treyarch plans on providing an optional, more guided, story-focused version of the mode later on to preserve the sanctity of the Easter Egg hunt (whatever that means) \u2013 that will disable Easter Eggs and Side Quests, but I kind of wish it was here now so I could see the difference it makes. These maps are really big, and as someone with an absolutely terrible sense of direction, I\u2019d just like to get a feel for where I\u2019m supposed <\/em>to go and how to get there before I focus on optional stuff.<\/p>\n

One thing I really don\u2019t like, at least so far, is the meta-progression. You don\u2019t unlock the ability to make your own loadouts until you hit level four, and even then, you probably haven\u2019t unlocked anything fun to customize on any of the guns you have yet. What\u2019s more, progression feels painfully slow; I hit level four after an hour and a half of game time, which feels too long to wait for that basic functionality. I\u2019ve only played by myself as of now, which I\u2019m sure has slowed me down, but the delay still doesn\u2019t feel great. What\u2019s more, the lack of customization in the early going made my runs (two on Liberty Falls, one on Terminus) feel samey in a way I didn\u2019t like. Hopefully, playing with friends will solve this problem, but it\u2019s something I\u2019m wary of as I continue.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot I haven\u2019t touched on yet, like in-map progression and upgrades (my early impression is actually \u201cthere might be too many mechanics here\u201d), so I want to spend more time with this year\u2019s Zombies mode before I finalize this review and put a score on it sometime next week. For right now, I\u2019m excited to play more, and still kind of in awe at how we got here. Undeath sure is strange, huh soldier?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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