Call of Duty Black Ops 4: Blackout - "Where we droppin, Reznov?" - Games

So with the recent Blackout footage looking promising, and the xbox and PC beta dropping soon, I thought we should make a thread dedicated to its discussion. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/211451/f23d27e9-f2c7-4995-998c-d2cbf588ab69/blackout-cod.jpg What is it? Black Ops 4 will feature a battle royale game mode called Blackout which will serve as a stand-in for the campaign mode. While utilizing the traditional Black Ops combat style, the mode includes the largest map featured in a Call of Duty title. Players compete against each other through locations appeared in previous Black Ops games. This mode will also feature land, sea, and air vehicles for players to use. The game mode features various playable characters from the entire Black Ops series, such as Alex Mason from the original game, Raul Menendez from Black Ops II, and the Primis crew from Zombies. Trailers/gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiaMBk6rHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TktjCqG4p7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpBf6lg0a3Q You can Redeem your beta code here: Log in

I have a lot of mixed emotions about this game. Wasn't super hyped by the multiplayer beta, and the season pass puts a bad taste in my mouth considering Battlefield V and Anthem won't have Season Passes and content will be free besides cosmetics. Just kinda wish COD could quit breaking MP by dividing the community with map packs, and weapons you can only unlock with RNG loot boxes. On topic to the actual thread, Blackout definitely seems neat. Lots of black ops maps placed in one giant map is a really cool idea. It would be cool if they made more maps for other games like MW2. A map made out of Wasteland, Terminal, Scrapyard, Rust, and Estate would be really awesome. In any case it looks like it'd be a fun mode to play Duos or Squads with friends. I'm still considering getting the game just cuz I have every other COD but i'm so afraid it'll be dead by next year when they release a new one :/

Yeah it's the main problem with their yearly system. I guess it works though because they're still doing it. It's even worse in the UK because they charge fucking £50 for them. It just isn't worth it imo.

Im actually somewhat worried about buying BFV because of that though, with there being no set in stone "we will deliver X map on date Y" they are effectively unbound to just not deliver any more content if they find that the cosmetics are not selling as much as they wanted. I feel like Bo4 has a bit more longevity than the previous CoD titles due to this BR gamemode, if they play their cards right it could be a major cashcow to keep adding to instead of cutting and running. Don't have massive hopes that will happen but its good to hope I guess. Definitely going to be trying this once pc beta drops, if its actually as good as im hearing from my mates i'll probably preorder.

Open Beta on PC announced, starts Sep 15. Pre-order'ers get in a day early. Prepare for ‘Blackout’ with the Next Call of Duty

For real though, I enjoyed the MP beta a hell of a lot more than the BFV one. I couldn't put it down. I can't tell if I'm changing, or EA is just sucking the soul out of BF. But for once I think I'm going to pick up COD instead this time.

I got my beta key redeemed for today yet it isn't showing up in my client for some reason.

You mean the game isn't showing at all? It should be there regardless if you redeemed or not.

No I mean't I can't play the beta. Doesn't it began today if you have the private beta key?

It starts at 10am PT, so in like an hour and 10 mins

Ah I thought it would've dropped midnight my mistake

your supposed to be able to get a code today by watching certain streamers for an hour How To Get Into The 'Call Of Duty

LOL i just won the first game i played and im a shitty player

It does feel nice to get back into this game after like 4-5 years and still manage to win.

The battle royale gamemode needs a little more polish with the inventory and stuff but I'm having WAY more fun then I ever have in PUBG, if it even remotely hooks on it's going to kill that game for sure. Been playing with randoms but if you want a fellow FPer to play with my tag is Stolid#1130

Got completely destroyed with 1 guy left because he threw a concussion grenade at me. Not only do they blind you and slow your movement speed to Prone-tier, they actually prevent you from going prone at all. They're basically freeze grenades. Pretty damn op.

So far off what I can say with this beta, the inventory system is a complete mess, the armour needs seriously reworking as it can make people total tanks, removing the headshot bonus if they've got lvl2~3 is just beyond retarded and don't get me started on the map UI, they've quite blatently just used a translator to convert the mouse input to gamepad because its way too sensitive and accelerates weirdly on movement. Then theres the fps being locked to the servers current so it feels janky as fuck on 144hz as it never goes over 80fps when my system can EASILY do 200+ Also servers crashing randomly when actually doing good, just a massive fuck you when that happens. Am loving the fact its got sliding and shit all in it, makes going after someone intense as hell because we end up doing this slide and jump spamfest while trying to hit each other. Short story, the UI and server performance is a mess but its still got that COD gunplay which is great.

Have you tried using nvidia's control panel or something similar or remove vsync and set the refresh rate to highest?

Beta is locked to 90FPS for "testing purposes" whatever that means, but it's locked only for the beta and won't be locked for the full game. I like the option to lock your menu FPS separate from your game FPS, that's a feature a lot more games should have. It's a weird small thing, but I love it.

Ingame FPS is locked to the servers, doesn't matter if vsync and shit is disabled at the driver level, it feels like ass as its 80~90fps on a 144hz panel and its all over the place because the servers performance fluctuates. You can't uncap the FPS currently in the beta and because of this, it feels janky as instead of being able to cap it at 145fps and let it run at that all day, I'm getting this weird ass fluctuating bullshit that causes visual stutters on the display as the game is having to forcefully adjust to the server. Its a dumb idea, should have just left it as the slider.

I have a benq 144hz monitor, and im getting 144hz ingame with 0 stutter, sorry it's not working for you

I don't think you're understanding, its 144hz on 80~90fps, its refreshing faster than the game produces frames. Also this level 3 tanked two shots to the head and was still intact when I spectated him, guys health was barely scratched.

Well im liking it so far but damn am I trash rn, been ages since I played a CoD game so the gunplay is going to take some getting used to again. At least I can still get kills with the shotgun

Why does fisting have aim assist lol

melee in cod games has always had aim assist

A match ended with the zone at the docks with the containers and hoooly shit does the fun ramp up. Got 8 kills solo and won. Think I might upload it later that was INTENSE.

they should really have some sort of indicator that shows that you can deploy your wingsuit because it sucks jumping off somewhere you think you can and take damage instead.

Got down to a 1v1 and I lost. They didn't even have armor. 6 kills and top 5 and I still only got 2 merit This is a lot more fun to play squads with than fortnite. Never tried PUBG.

Is it me, or does the in-game text chat look really shit? like pixelated? same with some of the menu text

How the heck do I install the beta? Nothing shows up on the launcher