The developer is aiming for an authentic, grounded, “100 percent boots on the ground” combat experience.Ĭhanges to the multiplayer experience come in smaller tweaks, like a new “guns up” approach to weapons. But Treyarch’s Dan Bunting and Dave Vonderhaar say Black Ops 4 is its most refined, most ambitious attempt to date. While Black Ops 4 looks like a refinement of Treyarch’s previous multiplayer outing and the Call of Duty competitive formula. A few additions to Call of Duty that Treyarch is known for, including swimming and flamethrowers, will also be back.

Many Specialists will return from Black Ops 3, including Seraph, Ruin and Firebreak, Treyarch confirmed, though they’ve been “totally reimagined” with new abilities. Each will have its own set of abilities, including newcomers like Crash, a medic class soldier who can heal allies, and Torque, a “master at disrupting flow” who can lay down razor wire and pop up improvised cover for his team. Like last year’s Call of Duty: WWII, which signaled a return to more traditional Call of Duty multiplayer, Black Ops 4 combat will focus on “boots on the ground” action, Treyarch said.īlack Ops 4 will see the return of Specialists, the class-based characters Treyarch introduced in Black Ops 3. Players also won’t be running along walls or double jumping with thrusters. There will be some futuristic technology in play, but players won’t be fighting as or against robot soldiers. Black Ops 4 will be set between the events of Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3, sometime between 20.

The narrative setting for Black Ops 4, which is primarily a multiplayer-focused game and will not include a traditional single-player campaign, is near-future modern combat. Treyarch is going back to the future - but not too far - for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s competitive multiplayer mode.

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