{"id":143580,"date":"2020-12-13T01:11:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T01:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/call-duty-black-ops-cold-war-good-moments\/"},"modified":"2020-12-13T01:11:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T01:11:58","slug":"black-ops-cold-wars-campaign-works-best-when-it-stops-being-call-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/13\/black-ops-cold-wars-campaign-works-best-when-it-stops-being-call-of-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Ops Cold War’s Campaign Works Best When It Stops Being Call of Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the course of the last five years, first-person shooter campaigns have come\u00a0a long way with games like DOOM<\/em>, Titanfall 2<\/em>, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus<\/em>, and even Borderlands 3<\/em> each offering unique ways to experience the genre. What was once relegated to 5-6 hour experiences tacked on to robust multiplayer games like Call of Duty<\/strong><\/em> or Battlefield<\/em> to help market the new title and sell more copies is now something that players look for\u00a0as single-player games\u00a0thrive amongst a landscape of multiplayer games, Battle Passes, and seasonalized content releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Call of Duty formula has remained relatively consistent throughout its decade-long dominance with only a few titles including the original\u00a0Black Ops<\/em>, Infinite Warfare<\/em>, and Modern Warfare <\/em>trying to break the mold\u00a0in the single-player department. Players are looking for a Hollywood blockbuster experience with high-budget setpieces and that’s what they get. When it comes to\u00a0Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em><\/a>, the new game\u00a0features a few missions that step outside of the box. In those moments when Black Ops Cold War<\/em> stops being Call of Duty<\/em>, campaign developer Raven Software offers players a glimpse at what the franchise could become and truly shines. SPOILERS AHEAD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As players progress through\u00a0Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em>‘s campaign, new missions are\u00a0added to the evidence board in the game’s new safe house location, allowing for early missions to be played in any order and some missed entirely. One of the missions is called Desperate Measures<\/a> and sees the player entering the KGB headquarters in order to gain access to a bunker key so that Adler and Bell can sneak inside and download a list of known sleeper agents. While the second half of the mission is linear and requires little more than shooting enemies, the first half of the mission seems heavily inspired by\u00a0the recent\u00a0Hitman<\/em> trilogy, which is concluding with Hitman 3<\/em> in January.<\/p>\n

After a briefing with the KGB Generals and a surprise appearance from a fan-favorite Call of Duty 4<\/em> villain<\/a>, the objective is to get ahold of a bunker key. Just like in Hitman<\/em>, the player is shown a number of ways to get a key and can choose which objectives to complete, including an optional side-objective that ties in a decision made in an earlier mission. It’s a refreshing change of pace to go from a standard Call of Duty<\/em> mission to a sandbox-style mission that offers complete freedom.<\/p>\n

One potential way to get ahold of the key is to take out one of the Generals but that requires the player to navigate the level and read through documents to find poison. Another option is to steal a blank key and reprogram it, requiring the player to find something to bride the guard, obtain a new key, sneak into a separate office without being seen, and reprogram the key. Raven Software crafted an exciting new mission that is unlike anything seen before in Call of Duty<\/em> and yet it felt like a natural step forward.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the campaign, players will come across a mandatory story mission called “Break on Through,” one that explores the idea of mind control and brainwashing,\u00a0while venturing into an exciting and outright weird direction for Call of Duty<\/em>. The beginning of the mission is fairly straightforward:\u00a0Bell was injured, and both Adler and Park are reading a mission report to try and jog Bell’s memory to find out more about Perseus. In terms of gameplay, this translates to the player\u00a0making their way\u00a0through a standard mission with Adler narrating and giving directions. Only the player doesn’t have to follow Adler’s directions and decisions made can lead down four different paths, with seven possible endings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because\u00a0the player\u00a0is brainwashed, Adler is reading through a programmed script, and each time one script fails\u00a0after the player goes in another direction, a new script is started, creating cracks in the world that slowly break the\u00a0illusion. For a mission that is fairly linear, the presentation creates a much stronger impression of player choice, and that’s exciting to play with. On one path, the player is making there way into a cave following Russian voices; in another, it’s a stealth fight with the Viet Cong using a bow and arrow. Taking one wrong turn along the way\u00a0could land players in\u00a0an old Boxing Arcade game or trapped in a pitch-black cave with only a pistol and a horde of zombies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Bug Lets Players Reload With The Force<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Although less experimental than “Break on Through” and “Desperate Measures,” Raven Software does offer certain choices throughout the campaign that can result in different endings<\/a>.\u00a0For the final mission, players are given the choice to help Adler and reveal the location of Perseus or to betray them and lie. It would have been easy for Raven to create a final mission and just give it multiple coats of paint depending on which ending the player\u00a0received. Instead, there are two final missions in completely different locations, each with its own characters, story, dialogue, cutscenes, and end.<\/p>\n

“Final Countdown” is the “good” ending<\/a> and sees the player head to Solovetsky, Russia to\u00a0stop Perseus before Project Greenlight can be activated. On the other hand, the “bad” ending\u00a0sends players to Duga, Russia in a mission called “Ashes to Ashes” and has Bell join forces with Perseus to take down the CIA including Adler, Park, Call of Duty: Black Ops<\/em> protagonist Mason, and Frank Woods. Neither of these missions are standout for\u00a0Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em> and end abruptly with cutscenes explaining the fallout of the campaign; however, its another great example of what the Call of Duty<\/em> franchise could do with the single-player portion of the game when the developer is given more creative freedom.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n

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