Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

It simply has more options than many other first-person shooters on the market, and even though it’s lacking a campaign, it doesn’t feel content deficient at all. Between the multiplayer, Blackout battle royale mode, and Zombies, players will more than get their money’s worth with this game, and Treyarch’s ambitious plans for post-launch support should ensure that it remains a go-to title for FPS fans for some time to come.

While the Zombies mode is a fun distraction, it shouldn’t feel like a replacement for a meaningful campaign. And the downright awful single player content offers nothing worth even a glance, dragging down the experience and leaving it feeling like a disconnected compilation of ideas instead of a cohesive package. One can only hope that this design choice is reconsidered moving forward and that the developers are reminded that each of the game’s three core pillars are equally important to their respective fans.

I hope that Treyarch and Activision see this as a new jumping off point, with frequent updates to add new experiences and maps to Blackout and the other modes. But we’ll see just how much the Call of Duty community appreciates what Treyarch has done.