Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a title with fans on the edge of their seats. The game is all set for a full reveal right after the Xbox Showcase, which should help demystify things for fans. Meanwhile, leaks and rumors are being publicly shared on social media.
Some leaks and rumors have shown that the game might touch on susceptible and controversial subjects and radical changes. Recently, another such rumor has come up, and this could make the player movement in the title feel anything unlike the franchise has seen so far.
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Will Allegedly Have Omnidirectional Player Movement
Movement in Call of Duty is often much more arcade than its contemporaries. Especially since the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot, players repeatedly shared how movement mechanics like sliding and slide-cancelling made the game lifeless.
However, the upcoming title by Treyarch in Activision’s premier FPS shooter series will reportedly revamp the movement system with which players know and have a love-hate relationship. Per a rumor shared by an individual on Twitter, the game will allow players to use movements like diving and sprinting in every direction.
Alongside the post, the individual on Twitter also shared a clip from Max Payne 3, a title in which arcade shooting mechanics like diving and omnidirectional sprinting are vital:
EXCLUSIVE:
Black Ops 6 will reportedly allow players to dive in all directions, similar to Max Payne. The game will also allow players to sprint in all directions. This combined functionality has been referred to several times as "Omnidirectional Movement."Sliding returns too. pic.twitter.com/JZ6s46rkyJ
— bob. (@BobNetworkUK) June 7, 2024
Fans quickly connected the dots and said the mentioned movement system would make for an experience incredibly similar to the recently released indie co-op darling Helldivers 2:
Is that like helldivers?
— TDAWG (@tdawgsmitty) June 7, 2024
AAA video game companies are nowadays known for throwing experimentation out of the window and sticking to the same format as long as it sells. If the rumor is legitimate, it will make for a stellar shift in how fans perceive the upcoming title. But since the franchise is so mainstream, the change might be a dual-edged sword.
The Upcoming Call of Duty’s Rumored Movement System Is Already Dividing Fans
Fans of the series will be aware of the frequent comparisons between the current state of the series and games like Fortnite, which are supposed to be vastly different from it. The games seem to have lost their essence for various reasons.
The comments below the post are incredibly polarised, with some fans thinking that all of this would make a fine addition to the title:
This is gonna go so hard if they get the animations right
— Ameer (@SynthPotato) June 7, 2024
Some fans reacted goofily to the rumor and reacted with apt memes:
Nah cuz if a mf lookin like this beams me, I might have to retire from COD for life😭 pic.twitter.com/Vh4BeewuQA
— jay (@truxhful) June 7, 2024
As expected, some other players were not the biggest fans of it:
yeah this isn’t it bruh
— H (@ih4seeb) June 7, 2024
There was already a third-person mode in the series earlier, in Modern Warfare 2 reboot, Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Warzone 2.0. While this was only rolled out in a single multiplayer playlist for a limited time, fans appreciated it while it lasted.
It is known that the mode will probably be met with mixed reactions, but if executed like the previous run the series had with a third-person perspective, it might work out. While it will go against what the series has been in the past, switching things up might even attract a novel audience for the series.
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