Note: This review specifically covers the multiplayer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. For our thoughts on the other modes, see our single-player campaign review and our Zombies mode review in progress . Launch Update - October 25, 2024: No surprise here, but I'm still having a blast with Black Ops 6 multiplayer now that it’s out properly.
What is surprising to me, however, is how much more I'm enjoying it than I anticipated I would. I have around 220 hours into Modern Warfare III multiplayer, but so far BLOPS 6 just feels better in every way – from the maps to the movement to even the gunplay. Have you ever had a really fancy steak? It's kind of like that.
Steak rules, and you think "how could this get any better?" Then you have the fancy one and it's a revelation. I still have plenty more to play before my final review next week, but I am already excited to eat more steak. Movement on the battlefield feels excellent.
It's so smooth, and the new Omnimove system adds a dose of dramatic flair to the way you can flop around the map. I will say, I don't use the Omnimove system much yet, just because I'm having a bit of a time learning a new way to run, slide, and dive across the maps, but it looks like I’m not the only one still trying to figure it out. That being said, there are already clips out there of people who've mastered it and are now pulling off sick Max Payne-style moves, which is what it's really all about anyway.
I was a little bummed to discover my progress from.