Black Ops 4's Battle Royale Mode 'Blackout' Will Be 'Well Balanced'

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When Treyarch first revealed that the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise was going to put its own spin on the Battle Royale craze, many were skeptical that it could break the mold with so many others trying to replicate PUBG and Fortnite's success. Then we got our first look at Blackout, and minds started to change. Now even more information has come to light regarding how the studio plans to handle the challenges of maintaining balance for a chaotic game mode.

Our friends over at PC Gamer recently sat down with some of the crew from Treyarch and Beenox to discuss how they plan to handle their new Blackout mode and what fans should be excited to check out for themselves with the upcoming beta.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that though this specifically is new, it is built with Call of Duty: Black Ops in mind. This is very much a part of Black Ops with inspiration from maps, weapons, vehicles, and play style.

"It's easy to understand why people see it as a patchwork, but all of the maps are built seamlessly together," said Treyarch's Thomas Wilson. "The environments are all inspired by classic maps, and you'll see moments from Firing Squad and Nuketown in there, but it's not like we just dropped them right next to each other and glued them together. It is still very much an environment build for Black Ops."


And there will be so much to do! Whether you want to take to the air, or find your sea legs — the environment will be incredibly immersive. Director of Communications John Rafacz had this to say about the diversification and balance:

"There's a range of vehicles that I think are well-balanced to match with the on-foot combat. It isn't like you're driving a tank, trying to fight against a dude with a scavenged submachine gun. They're all well-balanced. We've been having a lot of playtests at Treyarch over the last several months getting ready for this, and it's a blast to play. It feel great. It feels like Black Ops."


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36Posted:

I don't see the point in a Battle Royale mode. I probably wont be playing it much

ReckzXPPPosted:

Two_Faced People are sick of the same game over and over again. Sure, it's not exactly the same, there are a ton of changes but it's practically the same. Sales have been declining for CoD. What do they do? Steal a new and more successful game type and put their twist on it. Instead of being creative, trying something new and never don't before, they make the same style, and throw in a battle royal. I have zero respect for ANY call of duty released in th last 6 years. This is the same reason battlefield 5 isn't doing well.

Actually if you look it up cod breaks it's own record every single year. So definitely not declining in sales. Cod needs to re make bo2 and stop making sequels

TOXICPosted:

Loke i am actually really excited about this it looks like a ton of fun

Its gonna be a massive flop mate, wouldn't get your hopes up lol.

LokePosted:

i am actually really excited about this it looks like a ton of fun

MazePosted:

He range of vehicles and environments you can get in to seem to be the part that would make it unbalanced. Can't wait to try this out, but I really dont think I'll play it over fortnite.

coolbunny1234Posted:

I'll be playing it because I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going to try it out during the beta, but I'm not expecting to be impressed, nor do I see myself even buying this game upon release. It' makes me sad, as Treyarch is far and away my favorite CoD developer.

GodzookyPosted:

Will give this a try before I make a judgement on it, so hopefully it doesn't flop

ChatPosted:

Looking forward to the beta to see what they've got in store for us :) hopefully this does turn out to be a huge success

TTGPosted:

I hope this is not a huge flop, and they update the game frequently.

Two_FacedPosted:

People are sick of the same game over and over again. Sure, it's not exactly the same, there are a ton of changes but it's practically the same. Sales have been declining for CoD. What do they do? Steal a new and more successful game type and put their twist on it. Instead of being creative, trying something new and never don't before, they make the same style, and throw in a battle royal. I have zero respect for ANY call of duty released in th last 6 years. This is the same reason battlefield 5 isn't doing well.


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