What does Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 need to succeed? What do you want to see?

I think in the past one of the problems they have had is the fact they put all their efforts into one part of the game and then the rest of the game seems like an after thought that they just added in for the sake of adding it in so if they have put plenty effort across all game modes it will help majorly.

Maybe a fresh spin on something like zombies would help give it a boost as well.

So I don’t really play a lot of call of duty I love playing Fortnite so I think my answer would be sort of relatively similar to what I think Fortnite is doing so well the only game mode I really like from call of duty was proper on because it was so fun and it was the less competitive.

I feel like one thing that Fortnite does so well as it has really engaged in Story so every time there’s a new season or a new chapter change is a bit of a backstory as to why there is so I think if they were able to find a bit more of a driven narrative that will help keep the game going and then maybe add more to this narrative as the season changes so you know you’re not playing the same game that you bought a year ago it’s good to switch things up offer updates things with guns you can only get in a certain timeframe or you can get a certain skin for your character

I think chap proximity was really good and useful, but I can completely understand why people would have abused that. I think co-op would be really good back on call of duty especially if you’re on the same team or maybe more multiplayer mode where you can play with someone locally a lot of the games now they’re going more towards co-op but remotely and I completely understand why, but I think the cosy games is what people are craving again now.

I never played a CoD game before, but this is probably the first one I'm actually interested in, because all the marketing so far, with shadowy cabals of famous historical figures, make it look like the game will actually have some teeth to it, because a bland toothless game is a great way to make it boring. Having a campaign that may as well have been written by someone like Alex Jones, that takes itself super seriously whilst also doing plenty of ridiculous things sounds awesome! So I just hope that it will lean into it as much as possible. We've seen already how well the internet reacted to the initial marketing, because it's something different, not completely obvious, and has plenty of potential for good old-fashioned controversy, which we all know is always healthy for a game.

The last 2 years I've been in the fortunate position to have been given the chance to review the last two COD releases and each time this has been the crux of my reviews; what can they improve on?

My take on it is that they need to stay true to the already loved formula, whilst also giving gamers the satisfaction of something new and not simply a reskin of every other COD game. I can't tell you what that looks like to me, because I simply don't know!

One thing that needs to be removed, not just from Black Ops, but everything COD affiliated, is SBMM. There is no conventional reason for it to exist in pubs, or unranked, if you will. SBMM totally ruined Warzone for many of us. Nobodies gaming experience is enhanced or improved by the existence of SBMM.

There is a trend to be hopping onto the latest game modes: battle royale, horde mode, hide & seek etc. but I think COD has the support and finances behind it to really explore new modes and be an industry leader rather than a follower of trends.

They could re-invent zombies to be somewhat competitive and have an enemy team also competing to get out of their bunker and into a helicopter that would get their team to safety all whilst CPU zombies attack both sides.

I think there is a gap in the market for a decent multiplayer too. Black Ops 1 had a great campaign surrounding mysterious numbers and an interrogation and although the conclusion wasn't as satisfying - I felt the plot was the glue that kept you going on through the skirmishes and missions.