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Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII Blackout Beta |OT| A New Era Has Begun
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I.. don't think I'm into this. Something about the COD movements and gunplay doesn't translate well into BR, imo. Moving through open spaces feels weird and fights are way too quick. I was looking forward to this a lot so I'll give it another go tomorrow but I'm beginning to regret spending £60 on this..
I am 100% sure there will events like that. Fortnite has them all the time. Like 50vs50, sniper only, five 20 people teams against each other etc.
They are already doing it with fast collapse
I won my first match of solo. Not bad. I found some good guns and made pretty short work of everyone. I had like a Vapr or something with the pump shotgun as a secondary. The shotgun thrashes fools if you're in a house or something.
I get this worrying feeling that this is a one and done deal as far as this map goes
Content drops for new weapons and gadgets here and there, but it almost seems too easy to just make the next cod have its own exclusive br mode with its own exclusive twist like jetpacks or something
Id really like to know activisions intention for the future with this. Theres zero real promise in the black ops pass too so what can we even expect?
And if they dont decide to fill the gap, then please let Ubisoft or someone release some Tom Clancy BR game. I want something that guns for PUBG—maps, modes, content, etc
For this to really succeed on PC, they need to support this a lot, but does it really matter? Its clear COD can rule PS4 BR especially. Id just really like to see a neck and neck competition between BR games gaining these insane million concurrent players
Content drops for new weapons and gadgets here and there, but it almost seems too easy to just make the next cod have its own exclusive br mode with its own exclusive twist like jetpacks or something
Id really like to know activisions intention for the future with this. Theres zero real promise in the black ops pass too so what can we even expect?
And if they dont decide to fill the gap, then please let Ubisoft or someone release some Tom Clancy BR game. I want something that guns for PUBG—maps, modes, content, etc
For this to really succeed on PC, they need to support this a lot, but does it really matter? Its clear COD can rule PS4 BR especially. Id just really like to see a neck and neck competition between BR games gaining these insane million concurrent players
When you're outside the circle you start to see hallucinations, who you're seeing here is Samantha Maxis, a key character in the Zombies story.
Just had my first solo win :D Did almost nothing until the very end, then had 5 of the last 6 kills to end the game.
Made a video without the long waiting stretches:
Finale starts at 5:00. For some reason there is a high pitched whine throughout :(
-Landed at Turbine (far East)
-Killed one guy, got pretty much all the loot I needed, except armour I think
-First circle is on the left side, so I quad bike all the way to Array
-Killed one guy camping on the roof, finished looting and then hid inside
-Long wait...
~Video starts here
-Circle shifts over to the cliffs on the far west of the island, so I head over there by foot.
-Kill one guy along the way, don't risk trying to loot him as he's out in the open.
-Hide at the very end of the cliff for another long wait.
-As we get into the final 10, the circle forces me back in land.
-Approach a small building and get three kills in quick succession. The Spitfire tears through two guys with level three armour, one of whom had been camping at the top of a ladder.
-Circle is shrinking to nothing, forcing us back onto a beach and a small rocky ledge.
-Drop onto the beach and kill one guy hiding in a bush
-Two enemies left, one of whom is on the ledge right above me. The circle is almost nothing now so they must both be up there somehow.
-As the circle shrinks to nothing, I dart out onto the beach to shoot the guy above me. Just as I do this he finds the other guy (kind of half way down the ledge between us) and kills him also, giving me the win :)
Spitfire is really unbeatable at close range, thought I was doomed when I met the armoured guy camping the ladder.
Made a video without the long waiting stretches:
Finale starts at 5:00. For some reason there is a high pitched whine throughout :(
-Landed at Turbine (far East)
-Killed one guy, got pretty much all the loot I needed, except armour I think
-First circle is on the left side, so I quad bike all the way to Array
-Killed one guy camping on the roof, finished looting and then hid inside
-Long wait...
~Video starts here
-Circle shifts over to the cliffs on the far west of the island, so I head over there by foot.
-Kill one guy along the way, don't risk trying to loot him as he's out in the open.
-Hide at the very end of the cliff for another long wait.
-As we get into the final 10, the circle forces me back in land.
-Approach a small building and get three kills in quick succession. The Spitfire tears through two guys with level three armour, one of whom had been camping at the top of a ladder.
-Circle is shrinking to nothing, forcing us back onto a beach and a small rocky ledge.
-Drop onto the beach and kill one guy hiding in a bush
-Two enemies left, one of whom is on the ledge right above me. The circle is almost nothing now so they must both be up there somehow.
-As the circle shrinks to nothing, I dart out onto the beach to shoot the guy above me. Just as I do this he finds the other guy (kind of half way down the ledge between us) and kills him also, giving me the win :)
Spitfire is really unbeatable at close range, thought I was doomed when I met the armoured guy camping the ladder.
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Ok for some reason I thought it was underwater and they saw a giant face. I was about to be scared as hell.
As someone who hasn't played CoD since BO2, I have to admit the battle Royale mode looks like a lot of fun. I could never get into PUBG (PC) because of jankiness, but this looks great.
I've redeemed a code and linked my cod account with battle.net, is there anything else I need to do for the early Friday PC beta, or will I just see a download on the battle.net client pop up?
I cant wait for the 100 player patch, though I hope they go over it and do 120
Someone tell me why they cant? If they can handle 89, I feel 120 isnt bad either
Theres also no tilted towers spot. Everybody spreads out
Someone tell me why they cant? If they can handle 89, I feel 120 isnt bad either
Theres also no tilted towers spot. Everybody spreads out
It should be available in the Battle.net client on the Black Ops 4 page - just choose it from the drop-down when the time comes.
Man I feel like even 88 right now is too intense, 100 is gonna be mental. Absolutely loving this beta tho, my favourite BR already
They sent a lot of friend codes out to players (to share). If anyone wants a NA PS4 code, I have 5 up for grabs. PM me.
I can't say yes or no that, sorry. There's a lot tied to the FOV on consoles. PC will give you a slider.
As a heads up the whine is your mic recording. I'm assuming you're using EarPods or Beats/Bose or some other kind of CTIA headphones. You can just turn off mic recording to avoid this or use different headphones.
Would really appreciate an FoV slider on console, nothing extreme like 120 degrees or anything but always great to have. Is always frustrating when the PC build has it but not the console, same goes for button rebinding.
I thought it was already in the graphics options...someone check, I won't be back on till later
Their servers probably can't handle it and you will probably start seeing performance problems at that point. Its amazing that this is running this great so maybe they can there is some magic going on here.
If I can ask a question— is it possible to optimize the game even further than what currently exists or is this as good as you guys can get? I ask because fortnite underwent radical optimization, and Im curious if things like framerate could be improved or if there are limitations
Thanks for response!
It would be really appreciated if one were to be included. It would strengthen the trend of console versions receiving one, and maybe some day it'll be a default option on all systems :D With a proper warning, of course.
You would be in good company :)
Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shadow Warrior
Doom
Killing Floor 2
The Witness
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Borderlands Handsome Collection
Rocket League
Battlefield 1
Battlefield V
Titanfall 2
GTA V
Warframe
No Man's Sky
Elder Scrolls Online
And a few more I'm forgetting
Anyway, thanks again!
Doubtful but someone check anyway!
Just like we look at data on gameplay, we also look at performance metrics to see how things are for people. Part of what I do is optimize art assets to load better and more cleanly without impacting visuals (among other boring things) - and there are other places we look at to provide a smoother experience.
So I love COD controls but hated the small tiny maps and very low TTK. I think I might actually try this out, seems like it's the best of both worlds.
Cool :)
I think everyone is in awe of the potential you guys have and I can only hope activision is going to let u guys do as much as you want with making br so strong
I really think you guys have made the premium experience as far as the pacing and mechanics go.
Btw, can u tell whoever is responsible for the red darkening screen when getting shot to tone it down some more? Lol
You will be blown away at just the insane detail and sheer size of everything
They could have made this so flat and boring but the structures in this game are huge, vertical and complex
It just makes me shocked that they cant design better mp maps
I just had the most amazing victory
Ran with randoms in a party
They were beastly
But they all died in the finals and it was me vs 2. I sniped a dude and his buddy hung behind a tree
It was a tense 2 minutes of waiting for this guy to peek.
His buddy slowly inched towards that tree and I actually missed. I had to rush them both and I just spammed everything I had in my equipment
Managed to LMG the last dude and grenaded the guy who was initially down
Absolutely exhilarating
Ran with randoms in a party
They were beastly
But they all died in the finals and it was me vs 2. I sniped a dude and his buddy hung behind a tree
It was a tense 2 minutes of waiting for this guy to peek.
His buddy slowly inched towards that tree and I actually missed. I had to rush them both and I just spammed everything I had in my equipment
Managed to LMG the last dude and grenaded the guy who was initially down
Absolutely exhilarating
Loving this beta have been playing it non stop since it released I mean spider who???? I just want to thank you for making a quality product that's still in beta which is insane. This runs ten times better then Pubg at full release and I'm impressed as hell with that.
Some feedback if you care:
Looting: my personal opinion is looting isn't the best in this game. You really don't know what gun is better and there are is to much loot. I feel like instead of killing the guy I can just loot the next building and find the same weapon he has. Make the better stuff a little more rare.
That's it. There was armor but damnit your quick asses are allready fixing that so that's covered. Everything else I love and the shooting just feels so damn good in this game. I love that I have the mobility to run towards a dude sniping me and shred him with my smg. From everyone that's been loving this beta I just want to say thank you!!!!!!
Looks real average from videos but looking forward to giving the PC shot a go tomorrow. Been many years since touched a CoD game.
This was the highlight of my night and the reason I love dropping in hot spots as I was laughing my ass off the entire time. The realization of "WAIT THAT ACTUALLY WORKED!?" took a bit to kick in before my brain slowly kicked in, cause man there was a lot of decisions I could have made better haha. The initial scramble is just way too fun though!
the xfinity handouts, didn't even know about that until the thread popped up, weirdly excited to see what cod's up to almost 7 years later O.o
How do i pull out the glider
Iz it bugged? Ive sprinted and held jump numerous times and just faceplant
Iz it bugged? Ive sprinted and held jump numerous times and just faceplant
Oh wow, I was under the impression it had been P2P. The net code is truly horrible, the black ops games tend to be better imo
Had my best game earlier. Saw a dude run into a shipping crate after plugging him once...litter here i was at and found a cluster grenade, got him on a Hail Mary toss.... shot a dude out of a truck, outgunned a guy who saw me then found a dude hiding behind a strut under a bridge. Lost the next engagement from long range because I didnt pick up an armor. Oh well. Top 10 finish and had a blast.
