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Looks like Activision finally remembered what made Black Ops cool in the first place. Just dropped into Black Ops 6 on my Xbox, and honestly? This feels different – in a good way.
Remember that “buying CoD is like going back to an abusive ex who swears they changed” meme? Well, this time they might actually mean it. The new spy thriller vibe hits different from the usual “shoot everything that moves” approach. You’re not just another soldier – you’re playing in the shadows with Adler and Woods in this wild 1991 conspiracy involving something called The Pantheon.
The game’s new “omnimovement” system is absolutely nuts – one player already called it “doing Palpatine barrel rolls for kills,” and they’re not wrong. You can literally sprint and shoot in any direction, making you feel like you’re in a John Wick movie rather than a military sim.
Sure, there are some launch day headaches (that launcher interface is a bit of a mess), but the actual gameplay? Smooth as butter on current-gen consoles. The visuals are insane, especially during those slick spy mission sequences. You can go full stealth or guns blazing – your call. There’s this one casino heist mission that’s pure adrenaline.
The campaign is surprisingly meaty too – none of that three-hour nonsense from recent CoDs. Even the zombies mode, though it only has two maps right now, feels solid (though one player hilariously noted they “still felt longer than the whole MW3 campaign”).
Full review coming soon, but for now, I’m actually having a blast. And that’s saying something for a franchise that’s been more hit-or-miss than my multiplayer aim lately.
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is now available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam – just be ready for some chunky updates(250GB) before you can jump in. Because apparently, that’s still a thing in 2024 and will be likely worse
