Activision and Treyarch have jointly declared the launch of the Nuke Town 2025 trailer, thereby assuring the entry of the map into Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The recreation of the iconic slug fest is here, the visual has changed somewhat but the players’ reaction…no one can say it was a hearty cheer coming from the crowd. This brings back old memories of Nuketown and we have got quite a lot of it. The map has become quite common like the sunrise and the players are also very clear about their stance.
So what is really happening with Nuketown 2025? If we go with the trailer, it seems to be a remake of the vintage Black Ops 2 map with a small change. The two-floor houses which are now so well known, the buses which are so iconic right in the middle, and along with that the very small layout which is so chaotic that at times you feel like a god and at times you want to throw your controller away. It’s the same Nuke Town that everyone is familiar with but with the styling of 2025. The only thing that remains to be seen is the modernization of the map which is good or bad. The responses to the tweet about the map’s return are not direct.
Some players are just completely ecstatic. Among them was TheDiamondHit who commented, “Oh, it’s coming out later today? Nice, right when I’m about to start the melee camos.” This remark mentions one of the main reasons people are attracted to the map – it is a camo grinding heaven. The fast-paced and close-range fighting on the map means that one can get more kills and complete challenges faster than on any other map. Another user SwaggDoozy endorsed this by calling Nuketown “the treyarchs cornerstone map” and remarked, “The map is ideal for camo grinding”. For a considerable number of players, the comeback of Nuketown is a step forward.
But on the other side… the other side of the coin shows a different point of view. And it is quite noisy, indeed. A substantial portion of the community is simply fed-up. A user called VIK19941 aired his views: “oh my fucking god, here we go…. the most obese fan service in the franchise. Nuketown. stop overfeeding this map to everyone.” The sentiment of exhaustion is widespread. A user called LeonMaistar described it as “the sweatiest map after Shipment” and remarked that they were “Fed up tbh.” Another user viCooPzZx just implored, “Nuketown again ffs make a new small map and stop recycling nuketown.”
The negative reactions do not stop at map fatigue. Many gamers see this as a symptom of a more profound lack of creativity in the whole Call of Duty franchise. A user called bbxjessie_ tweeted, “Cod has lost their creativity they absolutely need to take a couple of years off because interest has died”. A user called BravePlayys supported this by his tweet, “COD with the same maps, billionaire company by the way.” It is a point—when a giant company like Activision that has so much to offer keeps bringing back the same old map, it looks like they are being lazy and lacking in creativity. A user called crispsn3000seemed to express what many nostalgic players are feeling: “They are doing everything but remastering bo1&2 without battle passes and micro transactions.”
And the jokes did not stop either. User jamesm971 asked the question everyone had in mind: “Why do we need a trailer for a map that has been released 1000 times lol.” He is spot on. It is a trailer for a map whose layout is so well-known that every CoD player with a few years of experience has it etched in their memory. Another user the_semtex1 commented on it in a funny way: “It’s nuke town man, nothing’s changed lol.” In the meantime, user JustaJarhead71 made a classic Nuketown allusion by saying “Look kids, Big Ben,” which hinted at the map’s famous landmark.
The discussion even triggered the age-old Call of Duty vs. Battlefield debate, with users like Famasbtw and Baseball4Ever99 arguing passionately about which franchise is leading the pack. Famasbtw, for example, asserted that “battlefield couldn’t even beat cod at its lowest state during its launch week,” whereas others pointed to Battlefield 6’s recent drop in player count as a sign of its failure. It is a big topic and it indicates that any CoD announcement turns into a flashpoint for more extensive discussions about the situation in the FPS genre.
So what is the conclusion? Nuketown is back. It’s chaotic and familiar, and it’s a big divider. Some people consider it a classic they love and a grinding tool they cherish. Others see it as a symptom of creative stagnation in a franchise that continues to dominate the PlayStation and Xbox gaming landscape.
