Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review: thrilling campaign helps the series rank up

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 MSRP $70.00 Score Details Pros

• Tense, dynamic campaign
• Greatly improved UI
• Fun perk system
• Excellent gunplay

• Same old multiplayer woes
• Omnimovement can be a bit silly
• Previously purchased skins don't transfer

After Modern Warfare III‘s poor showing last November, I was feeling convinced that Call of Duty had finally hit rock-bottom with no hope of digging its way out.

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And yet ,here we are a year later with the fairly solid Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 proving me wrong. This newest entry in the long-running series serves up a campaign that taps into the spectacle and intrigue that once defined the franchise, as well as a multiplayer experience that — while still a deeply flawed affair — takes a few steps forward to make it worth spending some time with.

We’re so back

I can’t say Black Ops 6 is the best Call of Duty campaign of all time — that’s an honor I feel either World War II or Vanguard is most deserving of — but it’s darn good fun from start to finish. That’s not just because it hits similar high notes as some of the series’ best missions. No, its real strength is that it understands pacing better than any Call of Duty entry in the past decade.

There’s no shortage of bombastic shootouts in the game’s surprisingly lengthy campaign, with missions that frequently send you into well-designed shooting galleries with all the explosive fun you’d expect from Call of Duty. But for all its thrilling gunfights, Black Ops 6 is really a spy thriller at heart, and it loves to keep you on your toes by occasionally unleashing tense espionage sequences that reward player agency. It’s these calmer moments between the explosions and flying bullets that help sell this outing as something far more unique and captivating