The biggest and most massive teaser so far has been released for Black Ops 7 by the Call of Duty community, establishing the old and new guns to be in the game. The official Call of Duty tweet gave the players the scent of what was yet to unfold, and much more information would be bestowed upon the Call of Duty community at the CODNext event on September 30. The weapons’ reveal has awakened excitement and some fear within the community, as the dawn of the next Black Ops begins.
The tweet said simply, “Here’s a taste of the classic and new weapons coming to #BlackOps7,” with a couple of fire emojis, followed by “For more, tune into CODNext.” The reaction across the community has been instantaneous and passionate, without diving into specifics about the weapons. Now that players are analyzing these tiny tidbits of information, there won’t be a shortage of hopes and fears for what essentially is the game.
Angelo said, “I feel like this game is black ops more than black ops 6,” which actually gets you thinking about the evolution of the series. Are we now on the road to returning to the original identity of what made Black Ops great? A large part of that nostalgic feeling that this weapon lineup can give is surely one the community will yearn for.
The return of the classic guns is seemingly the biggest hype. _PhDGang_ tweeted, “Super sick to see the PDW return,” showing that some familiar weapons from prior games still mean a lot to some players. But not everyone is thrilled with how some classics are handled; user buddytheskip expressed a very valid and straightforward question: “why would you rename some of the classic weapons?” Hopefully, that should be answered at CODNext.
Everybody and their grandmother is requesting weapons now. Little Zoé offered a deal to the devs: “DSR or Ballista at launch and I’ll buy vault edition” – talk about commitment toward specific sniper rifles. Contrarily, Zonbi declared their preference for the M27 in one blink of an eye: “M27 or game’s mid :),” placing all importance on their preferred guns being in the game.
The community is still forever divided on quite a few major issues. The fight for the presence of Skill-Based Matchmaking within matches remains unchanged with this blunt statement from one Jeffrey Lynch: “It’s all trash with SBMM in the game….” That statement echoes throughout so many Call of Duty conversations, implying that however good the guns look and feel, players have bigger concerns about balance.
Zombies mode fans are throwing in their two cents. Kornel advocated, “BRING BACK CARRY FORWARD WEAPONS FOR ZOMBIES,” while some others are debating the pros and cons of carry forward systems in general. The greater debate concerning those assassins shows how far modern Call of Duty games have gone, connecting progress systems across game modes and titles.
The tech problems haunting the aforementioned games were up for conversation, too. Mr. Miyagi, full of disdain, asked, “So another update with no server hitching/lag fix? Yall just give the fuck up orphan what?” That characterizes frustration to a degree: After all the hype and new content, the players all would have liked at least the basic groundwork to work.
Many of these questions and concerns will hopefully be answered at the CODNext event on the 30th of September. With beta codes dispersed already (though user EveGames_CrisStellar would have loved to have been included), the hype train is certainly taking off. For one, it does make one happy; KIDREEZY said, “On my birthday 😊🙌🏽💯,” and honestly, you couldn’t ask for better timing as a Call of Duty fan.
These first ones that get to see it seem impressed by the quality of the weapon sound and feel. Another user, samet, commented, “The weapons and sounds are juicy,” which is exactly what one should be hearing in a new Call of Duty. Good weapon audio and satisfying feedback can either make or break the shooting experience, so this positive early indication is very encouraging.
Some players have even been branching out and realize their way to the actual launch. Daniel Wesker 413 stated, “I’ll have to miss out on the beta, but I’ll be there where it comes out🤙.” Those that can’t partake in early testing will most certainly be there for the official release. Such levels of respect and commitment are exactly what has been keeping the COD community alive and prospering year after year.
Though, not everybody agrees; the boundary drama between other shooter franchises is almost a certainty. One of the preludes to the discourse dragged “Fagfield fanboys” (read: Battlefield players) to an unworthy hell, meaning age-old bickering between shooter communities is alive and kicking. Whenever those platform wars would end, they won’t actually ever do so, just transform into a different form within the next generation cycle.
With just under a week to go to the 30th of September CODNext, this weapon reveal surely created the buzz Activision and Treyarch probably wanted. Everyone wants the classics back, regardless of whether they’re old guns or new ones, and the satisfaction of gameplay is what enters into the debate. Maybe the ultimate in-game selling point for Black Ops 7 is just a flawless balanced weapon roster between nostalgia and innovation, as the community screams for that classic Black Ops feel. On a large scale-how it’s genuinely going to work out for all this-well, that’s a matter for the universe and appears anywhere and everywhere on social media. Probably the most anticipated Call of Duty announcement in the past couple of years.
Now we are back to Black Ops 7, having been a mostly weapons-first reveal, hasn’t it?
