Just now came out the Season 5 outro cinematic for Black Ops 6 and Warzone. Players are now having nervous breakdowns with their reactions concerning what the outro shows, or rather, does not show. The finale was supposed to be the narrative end to this season that stripped all certainty and gave so many avenues to theorize, drowning the community in anger. And the headache really took the cake.
The major bombshell was dropped in the comments instead of the cinematic. As soon as the tributes appeared, players immediately took to it, noticing that a major figure, Sevati “Sev” Dumas, seems to have been killed off. Decanio Akayla Agustinus posted a tribute that read: “My girl Sev has gone….🥀🥀🥀 What happened to her? RIP Sevati ‘Sev’ Dumas, you will be missed by your beloved players.” Pretty much the most definitive statement one can make, and it sent the game through the roof in the reply section. Others are equally shocked. Da_Mac_Attack_ exclaims in caps, “Did Sev die?!?!?!?!?!” The confusion is very much real.
But that is just the death of the character. Weirder is the combo: the real kicker being that the cinematic somehow is not even about the conclusion of the Call of Duty story. Instead, it begins to look like an odd teaser for Black Ops 7. Is this even the right year, though? One user, weatherhow, mentioned the absurdity: “It’s 2025 broðŸ˜ðŸ˜ what type of old ass shit is this.” And they’re not wrong. What is odd is set and themes seeming to leap decades ahead, which is a weird choice for a game supposed to be very much in its present lifecycle.
Many of the players are questioning the whole seasonal narrative structure. jordychinchin summed up the community sentiment with, “The MP story season cinematic are all over the place. So now it’s just become BO7 teasers in BO6? While all the new weapons, maps, and skins still take place in the world and setting of BO6?” The question has legit: why do we get teasers for a future game in the midst of the storyline for the current one? This gives the impression that the whole seasonal storyline is just a bit disjointed and filler content, quite frankly.
That confusion stretches into just what happens after. Players are even beginning to ask if there really exists any Season 6 to come at all. IBL33ZYI kept it simple: “So wtf is happening with s6,” making it sound as if he was just voicing a shared thought. ElChuggo speculated: “So this is a Bo7 cutscene… something tells me Season 6 is not season 6 anymore.” It has created this sort of limbo where players really do not know whether they are bidding BO6 goodbye or whether it is just some weird narrative detour.
The impatient army on one side of this community has already begun to grow. The contenders are those terroists who reacted against this iteration of Warzone and Black Ops 6. devilslayerr_ came in with, “Did not take advantage of the people that returned when verdansk dropped. Disappointing post-content launch besides verdansk.” The vibes of Activision and the devs screwing things up could be felt. Others like FishingWithKyle did not even bother watching it, stating, “Didn’t even bother to watch it and I know it already sucks.” That’s pretty harsh.
The conversational turns were as different as ever on the internet. vadci_ jokingly demanded, “WE want 9/11 in black ops 7,” which is… a choice. Then everyone else was about to shift onto competing games with Driftyy- shouting, “Delta Force is having a Metal Gear colab!!!” as if saying, “Look what everyone else is doing while we’re over here confused about our storyline.”
Season 5 really goes into a ring of confusion and is usually frustrating, putting the player base to task more than their satisfaction. The questions raised from the cinematic outweigh the few it tried to answer: Is Sev really dead? Why do we get BO7 teases now? What does this mean for the promised Season 6 content? Is the narrative team just making it up as they go along? Those are all genuine questions; however, what the community feels foremost about is that there is no clear indication. Players put time and emotion into these characters and stories, and when the return is a confusing teaser for next game, it’s like getting slapped in the face. The community now has to piece together clues after a cinematic woefully misplaced, making them wonder what the actual plan looks like for the very game they are currently playing. Strange move from Activision, and one that has yet to hit down well. The ball’s in their court to give the community some desperately needed answers and clarity.
