For many members of the Call of Duty community, Call of Duty: Black Ops holds a special place of esteem. Due to the memories associated with the classic title, it is increasingly important that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War includes a set of memorable classic stages from the original Black Ops experience. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has a chance of alienating the community that wants this title to succeed as a sequel to the original fan-loved experience without some form of callbacks in its stages.
The original Call of Duty: Black Ops game released in 2010 for a variety of platforms. This title allowed players to experience a darker side of war and introduced Black Ops fans to Mason, Woods, and conspiracy-themed deniable operations. It has been 10 years since the game hit the market, and for many fans, this was a different time of their lives. Now, with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launching soon, the developer has to contend with fan nostalgia over a traditionally themed title.
To be clear, fans are not expecting Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to be a clone of the original title. Instead, they are hoping that the new game will respect the image of the original franchise, and with these few maps, it can bring back some of those classic memories that fans have from this popular series.
There never was as famous a map in Call of Duty: Black Ops history as Nuketown. To many fans, the design of this map is almost perfect for short-range engagements. The map has a strong emphasis on close-quarters combat and has made an appearance in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The map’s design is based on a 1950s suburb in the U.S. and was designed as a testing site for nuclear weapons in residential areas. Players will find mannequins scattered across the map which in the past have been the key to several Easter eggs.
This is a map that has something for every style of play. The nearly symmetrical design gives neither team an advantage, and both teams spawn on opposite sides of the map in the back yards of the two main houses. Snipers often take positions in the upper windows and the middle segment of the map becomes the conflict point for assault-style players. While there were many popular maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops, many fans would agree that it’s not a Black Ops title without Nuketown.
Firing Range is a medium-sized multiplayer map that originally debuted in Call of Duty: Black Ops. This map is set in a military practice facility somewhere in Cuba, where players would often take advantage of the map’s long-range capabilities bringing in Light Machine Guns, Assault Rifles, and Snipers. The scattered buildings made close-combat situations an occasional hazard, while the expansive side allowed fans multiple options when it came to paths throughout the map.
While not as well-known as Nuketown, this map has provided hours of both competitive and casual play. Known as one of the most versatile mid-range maps by the community, this map can host a variety of game modes without reducing the action. This map saw a remastering in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and 4, but many fans reported that the original was much more to their liking.
It would be expected that Firing Range would receive an update in either texture of designs or map functionality. While Nuketown is best left as is, Firing Range could be redesigned as a CIA training facility without much work giving its relevance in the current atmosphere of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Summit has been brought into the recent discussion as one of the many maps referenced during the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Teaser Site hunt. After hours of puzzle-solving, players eventually found that the real-life slides coordinated with the in-game clocks in a subtle update across all the versions of Summit. Due to this entire scenario, the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War placed an extra emphasis on the importance of this classic map.
Originally, Summit debuted back in Call of Duty: Black Ops, but it did see a remastering in later entries. This map is a medium-sized narrow map with severe drops on all sides. It takes place in snowy terrain and has a variety of buildings, bridges, platforms, and routes to explore. Most of the combat happens in the central building, but that does not stop teams from pushing the enemy back to their relevant spawns.
While this map does not hold the reputation of Nuketown or Firing Range, it has unusual importance to the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Over the course of the promotional campaign, the developers have made very focused references to this map and its implications within the title’s fictional reality. The map’s actual location is set in the Ural Mountains within the USSR. As Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has a heavy Russian focus, it would not be surprising if Summit made an appearance in more than just multiplayer. Still, this is one of the most important maps from Call of Duty: Black Ops and for many fans, the new game would be lost without its addition.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War seems to be taking a trend at making things bigger, more intense, and flashier but that will not be the key to winning over the Call of Duty: Black Ops community. For many, returning to the roots of the franchise would be a more powerful and impactful addition than any high-tech cinematic could ever achieve. The developer needs to remember to keep the action on the ground, keep the weapons lethal, and ensure fast responses to fan concerns in this upcoming title’s lifespan.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is set to release on November 13th for PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, and Xbox Series X.
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