Blackout mode of Call of Duty brings me back to the royal battle

When Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout announced – the royal battle mode of the franchise – this seemed to be a late entry into an already aging trend. With Playerunknown Battlefields entered and left after one year (and Fortnite appearing as the seemingly most popular thing), Blackout seemed to be a useless addition.

Although I came to the end of my rope with royal battle games, after hundreds of hours lost in PUBG and FortniteI am now back. And I did not think the Call of Duty game would be the one that would take the magic for me.

The battle of the Royal Battle Mode at 100 people was the most exciting thing in the world for me in 2017, but after winning chicken dinners – and losing hundreds – this catchy melody began to annoy me , not to shut me up. By the time Fortnite I felt so tired of this concept that I could not be bothered to spend a lot of time in this fascinating and charming world.

With call of Duty Black Ops 4I entered with the intention of playing a lot of Zombies return mode, as well as multiplayer. Instead, I spent more time in Blackout than the two of these other modes combined. It removes the hassle of fighting the controls and systems of the game and just allows me to chase people – my favorite part of royal battle.

Other games of the Royal Battle – and there are so many now – have shown that the type of game itself is fun enough to create a huge hit. In the end, get out of the heavenly receptacle, collapse on the earth and then spend the next 30 minutes trying to mess up 99 other human beings to prove you are the best, that's satisfying. But none of them – not even Fortnite – Smoothed to play and shoot.

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Blackout does not really reinvent the wheel of its kind. Instead, it's like a standard Call of Duty game on the largest scale imaginable. The way you run, run, and even grab is like what you find in the game's fast multiplayer modes. After years of painstaking adjustments and considerable expense, Treyarch has developed a movement designed so that it's fabulous – like you're in control of every action.

When I started playing games like PUBG and Fortnite, I spent as much time fighting the orders as learning the map. Blackout removes this step. From the beginning, I feel responsible for every kill and every loss – and that kind of agency is exactly what I want from a royal battle game.

I no longer feel the boredom of sinking again and again in the same situation, and the fight against the controls is no longer part of my mission. When I lose to Blackout, I'm excited to drop again, not hoping that someone on my team will have to stop playing for the night and give me an easy outcome.

The best thing I can say about Blackout is that it reminds me of all the fun I had to play. PUBG opening month of the game, when he felt fresh and exciting. Over the past year, I became cynical about this game, however, because of the holes that continued to widen and widen. It may be early, but I do not think Blackout will suffer the same fate. I thought I had a royal battle – the last year was enough for me. But Blackout brought me back inside and suddenly I felt like I was never gone.