Developers are doing what they can to bring the charm that Call of Duty once had back with the upcoming Black Ops Gulf War. Since the introduction of Modern Warfare 3, there have been certain ups and downs, mostly downs, that they need to repair in the first place. Warzone Mobile was supposed to wash off those pillars that seem to have become rusty recently too, but it failed upon launch.
Now there is a chance with Gulf War to do something that is again able to captivate the fans like the previous games did. Many leaks associated with the game have provided details as to what to expect. The latest leak might have shed light on a new feature that could be coming to the latest CoD.
Call of Duty Going Hack-and-Slash With Black Ops Gulf War
A leaker on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) posted an image of some in-game files that suggest there could be a third weapon slot for players. Players are likely to know that CoD games usually have three weapon slots, so this leak may not strike them as a surprise.
What may come as a surprise, though, is that the rumors circling the internet suggest that there might be an option for players to use a melee weapon like a knife in a third-person mode, similar to that one operator skill dubbed Katana in CoD: Mobile.
If that’s the case, players might see some hack-and-slash mechanics in action.
Loadouts now come with a 3rd weapon slot being a knife in Black Ops Gulf War. I’m not sure if it’s changeable as all of the presets I have found use the knife as the tertiary weapon, but this is the first CoD to allow this I believe.#CoD2024 #BlackOpsGulfWar #BOGW pic.twitter.com/HHHB2xHVRc
— Forward (@ForwardLeaks) March 30, 2024
“I’m not sure if it’s changeable as all of the presets I have found use the knife as the tertiary weapon, but this is the first CoD to allow this I believe,” reads the post. The third-person perspective isn’t a CoD thing, but they experimented with the feature before.
That Was Something Seen in Modern Warfare: Remastered
Several users were furious to compare the inclusion of a third weapon slot with Modern Warfare: Remastered.
“Could be the same format as mwr with all the different melee weapons,” wrote a user dubbed nolan brown.
could be the same format as mwr with all the different melee weapons
— nolan brown (@nolanbrown35) March 30, 2024
Some even suggested that the very first CoD game too had a feature similar to that. One user chimed in, “Didn’t the campaign of the first COD game also have 3 weapon slots?”
Didn't the campaign of the first COD game also have 3 weapon slots? I'm not sure about the MP part
— Krieg (@Kriegusaki) March 31, 2024
Many possibilities may emerge if we think about them. As developers might be trying new things, there may well be room for speculation about a third primary weapon. However, the inclusion of such a feature could be overwhelming.
Apart from this, Black Ops Gulf War is likely to include open combat missions, something that was disgraced by the fans when they actually experienced it in Modern Warfare 3. As of now, the game’s launch date hasn’t been revealed yet, but it may arrive later, at some point in 2024.
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