I know I’m not alone in having a history with the Call of Duty games over the years! There were so many nights playing hours of Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops on Xbox Live that were some of my best memories in gaming and will be with me for the rest of my life! I feel the franchise has been stale since the Xbox One and PS4 came out, and I fell off for a few games. Black Ops 4 was one my biggest surprises of 2018 and it gave the series the adrenaline it needed to get back in the conversation as top FPS game. Blackout alone could be the mode that did it but the multiplayer was great too! It has a bit of a Destiny feel to it and I love me some Destiny! Now, having said all that, it🌞’s been out a while and needs some updates and to cut ties to some old bad habits.
In a gaming landscape where games like Overwatch and Fortnite exist, games have to keep up with them and sometimes straight-up copy them. I do think that Black Ops 4 hit a ton of positives, but stumbled a bit and they are a tad behind with content. This list will focus on issues I have with the game that need to change going into 2019. It sold very well so I know a ton ofꦡ people like it and that’s why these changes need to happen, to keep them liking it!
25 Confusing Main Menu 🌳🎃
I’m all in favor of making the main menu of a game super simple, but it can be so simple that it’s confusing, and that’s what we have with this game⛄. The main box to Zombies, Multiplayer, and Blackout will take you to a specific g♔ame-type instead of just to the menu of that mode. To go to that mode, you need to go to the tab under that and it’s confusing for no reason. I like the look of the boxes, but just make them more straight forward!
24 🔯 𝔍 Specialists Need To Feel Different
I know that CoD needs to feel like CoD, but it would be nice if playing individual specialists felt more unique. They 🌱all have different special weapons and equipment, but I want them to have different play styles.
The basics of gameplay are the same with all of them.
I’m not saying that this game needs to play like Overwatch, but just minor things cou𒉰ld change. Like, give them the ability the use their equipment in a few different ways instead of just one.
23 ⛄ Microtransa♋ctions…
Well, this is a game in 2019, so we all know that it has microtransactions! They are totally cosmetic, but they still exist and they have kinda put them in your face. You can buy Call of Duty points to get 🎐certain skins, even a red dot for a gun, or you can speed up the leveling process to get skins or calling cards. The option to buy them is on-screen anytime a preview of the stuff is on-screen, and that’s unfortunate. They don’t ruin the experience, but seeing them go away would be for the best.
22 More Weapons Across All Mode🔜s
They pitched this game as something they want to keep going past 2019, and if that’s the case then they need to start getting more we📖apons. It has a decent amount now, but with every new piece of content, they need to have some new weapons.
Kind of like when Destiny 2 has new content.
As long as th🎶ey keep the content coming and they update this game, then it can go for a while. It’s slipping a bit at the moment, though.
21 🔥 Zombies Are Lame In Blackout
I hone❀stly don’t get why zombies are a part of the Blackout map. It sounded cool at first, but seeing it in action just makes it a whole thing that isn’t worth it unless you get the ray gun. The huge beam of light, and fighting the zombies just makes them a huge “hey I’m over here” spot. Unless you drop at Asylum, then there are never enough for them to be a big threat, so it’ꦿs not for that. I hope they make those spots something different in the future.
20 No Campaign ༺
This is honestly a good and bad thing. Even if I didn’t get into the multiplayer of the Call of Duty game that year, I always played through the campaign and they were always just dumb fun. I thought they made a lot of smart decisions in WW2 and I hope that this was a one-off and Black Ops only thing. On the other hand, it was really smart to have a battle royale mode and m💮ake the game online only. Zombies is the closest thing they 🅘have to a campaign.
19 𒊎 Mo꧟re Customization In Blackout
As fun as Blackout is to play, it really needs to have more customization options. An aspect that makes Fortnite and PUBG so popular is that you can full💝y customize your character and make them feel unique.
You can choose male/female or one of a few Black Ops characters when you unlock them.
It just seems odd to have so much limit in this mode when this is the mode that having microtransactions would make sense. I do have a feeling this w🦋ill change, but as of now, it’s very limited.
18 More Unique Vehicles In ꦛBlackoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚut
When you play a game of Blackout, you will notice that there are a decent number of vehicles to use but after a while, it would be nice to have some more options. I’m not saying that it needs to be Battlefield 4 and give us jets but… on second thought, yeah, I want jets! Yeah, they would be stupidly hard to control, but man that would be so much fun, and that’s what I want out of a Call of Duty game! I doubt it happens but you never know!
17 They Need To Consider Free𒈔 To Pla꧑y
I know that it’s a big ask for a company like this to make something free, but them making Blackout free would be a huge step! It was one of the most talked about things in gaming in 2018, and giving it out to everyone would be such a win for them! They could litter that thing with so much stuff to buy and it would be fine then! I know that Black Ops 4 is a great deal for all you get but people like me will hardly touch zom♛bies so it would be cool if they did this.
16 ♛ Not True Boots-T꧒o-The-Ground
One of the big selling points ℱthey made about this game during its reveal was that it was going to be boots-to-the-grouꦡnd and well… it kind of is. You can’t run on walls or anything like that, but you’re still flying around the map.
Each specialist has a Destiny-like move that is not grounded.
I actually like these moves in the game, but Call of Duty WW2 🅺was truer to this promise. I know it’s a turn off for some 🐻and I get why.