Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Cancelled Campaign Details Leak, Four Years Later
Details of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s canceled campaign, the only game in the franchise without a single-player mode, have leaked out four years later.
As reported by euro gamer, reddit User Purpletoaster20 posted a detailed description of Black Ops 4’s multiplayer mode and a “co-live service” campaign related to specialists. The report arrived after months of research and discussions with people familiar with the canceled campaign, the post said. 400+ images Concept art, storyboards, and early mission plans lend credence to the leaks.
The campaign is reportedly set in 2070, the Year of Chaos, and follows the events of Black Ops III. A global pandemic and several climate disasters have reduced the world order to his two main factions, the World United Nations (WUN) and the Free People’s Army (FPA), with players choosing which to fight for .
Although it can also be played solo, the game revolves around a 2v2 “race to the finish line” mechanic, with the state of the world changing depending on which team completes the objective first, essentially depending on performance and faction. Create different campaign experiences depending on your needs. .
For example, in one mission called Data Control, FPA infiltrates a data center in Zurich, Switzerland, extracts vital information, and of course forces the player to kill a number of enemies while doing so. I was. However, during a reverse-fluoroscopy mission, the WUN infiltrates the lower part of the facility and launches an assault to destroy it. If a WUN player manages to do so before FPA’s data is extracted, the entire facility will be destroyed and WUN will win.
Developer Treyarch created a number of original characters and cutscenes to follow the gameplay, with each faction having its own “handler” – a character who speaks to the player throughout each mission and oversees the campaign as a whole. Did.
Sticking with the theme of the live service, according to the post, several DLC episodes are also planned, each featuring several new missions (about an hour of content if only played once) and two It continues the story of the major factions.
The ambitious nature of the campaign may have led to its cancellation, with reports first emerging in April 2018 that Black Ops 4 would not include a single-player mode for the first time in franchise history. It is said to have been scrapped because it could threaten Call of Duty’s annual release schedule.
Instead, the game prioritized multiplayer and zombie modes, and also saw the franchise’s first battle royale introduction in Blackout mode.
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