Call to action
The ‘Call of Duty’ gaming franchise brings out the big guns with the release of ‘Black Ops 4’. Here’s a look at the latest instalment of this ambitious multiplayer gaming experience
Fans of first-person shooter Call of Duty
— who affectionately refer to it as CoD — couldn’t ask for a more ambitious (or manic) multiplayer experience than what the series’ latest instalment Black Ops 4 delivers.
tabloid! got to try the game out a day before launch at an exclusive event in Alserkal Avenue.
“We managed to take the frenzied, typical CoD way of playing and combat and mixed that with the biggest map ever in the history of the game,” says Marc Yammime, who is regional spokesperson for Activision Blizzard, which publishes Call of Duty.
“You’re playing against 100 players, With sea, air and land vehicles [involved]. You have a recipe for one of the most entertaining modes you can have in terms of Battle Royale.”
He’s referring to the game’s Blackout mode, which sees you compete against up to 99 other players in a bid to be the last (wo)man standing on a shrinking map. Meanwhile, the traditional Multiplayer section of the game encourages players to assume unique roles in the form of Specialists. Each of these characters has their own back story and customised training simulation.
Finally, there’s Zombies. A staple inclusion in any Call
of Duty game, Zombies mode sees you fend off increasingly difficult waves of monsters, either alone or with three other players or bots. In Black
Ops 4, you can dispatch zombies in locations spanning from the Titanic to Rome’s Colosseum.
“Black Ops is maybe the darker, grittier side of Call of
Duty,” says Yammime. “It has its own universe and its own way of developing stories and characters, and goes into uncharted territory for the series.”
“Black Ops is maybe the darker, grittier side of Call of Duty.” MARC YAMMINE | Spokesperson, Activision Blizzard