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It's been almost eight years since the original Black Ops released. Let me tell you, I didn't originally play the game for its multiplayer as I didn't have Xbox Live at the time, but I played the campaign and the zombies mode.
Let me tell you, other than the Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops had an amazing campaign. The story itself was interesting enough to keep you playing it and even gave us a few memorable characters that modern Call of Duty games no longer give us. Plus, the game had some meme worthy moments in it as well. Black Ops 2 also had a good campaign as well.
If you didn't already guess, I am disappointed that Black Ops 4 will not include a campaign. The whole "nobody plays the campaign" argument is bullshit because there are plenty of people who love to play their games with a story.
To some degree, I understand why Black Ops 4 doesn't have a campaign and that has to do with Black Ops 2. If you didn't know this already, Black Ops 2 introduced a non-linear campaign which is pretty goddamn innovative for a Call of Duty campaign. Of course, this already creates a mess in the timeline for the yearly shooter, so they had to go in a different direction for the Black Ops 3 campaign.
Personally, I didn't really enjoy the Black Ops 3 campaign. It was just too much of a jumbled mess to me. It's essentially a poor man's attempt at Halo: Reach.
However, I'd rather have some kind of story than no story at all. Sure, I may not have liked the story for Black Ops 3, but it did provide some pretty enjoyable levels. It also introduced a player-created character. Regardless, at least something new was being attempted.
Okay, now that I got my thoughts out on the lack of a campaign, let me talk about the zombies.
I'm not a huge zombies fan. I did play a lot of the zombies mode from Black Ops and Black Ops 2. After they started incorporating a story, I just lost interest as most people I played with were more into the lore than the actual gameplay itself. I have nothing wrong with it, but if I'm playing a horde mode I just want there to be elements that put emphasis on the gameplay itself rather than on the hidden lore.
It's pretty interesting that they are including three different modes for zombies, but it's really something that I'm not looking forward to.
Moving on to the multiplayer and Battle Royal.
This is where I see the most criticism being drawn to. How many times to I have to keep hearing "Wow, they are just copying _____"? Seriously, if we're going to go with that argument you might as well say that for every video game ever. "Silent Hill? It's just copying Resident Evil!". "Resident Evil? It's just copying Alone in the Dark!". "The Evil Within? It's just copying Resident Evil 4!". Believe me, I can go on for hours about how flawed this argument is.
At least Treyarch is trying something new for the multiplayer. They are trying to make it more team-oriented. I don't understand how people work. They complain that Call of Duty has copy-paste multiplayer, but the moment something new is actually incorporated people start bitching.
I'm not big on Battle Royal, but who the hell cares that Black Ops 4 includes one? Fortnite is essentially PUBG, but it includes crafting making it a completely different game than PUBG. If Black Ops 4 can do something different than PUBG or Fortnite, than who the hell are you to complain about it?
Look, people need to realize that this game is going to sell millions. You can criticize the game all you want, but I hope all you bandwagon haters realize that none of you haven't played the game at the end of the day. You can't say a game is going to be horrible based on a trailer. Just shut the hell up and wait for the game to release and then you can give your opinion on the game.
Now that I got that out of my system, let's call it a day. I know I'm going to buy this game eventually. Especially, if it pisses off all the bandwagon haters.
Till Next Time!!
