Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Multiplayer Reveal Trailer Keeps Boots on the Ground

Ground pound

by Sammy Barker Thu 17th May 2018

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s multiplayer reveal trailer is live, and it’s much more grounded than its predecessor, which should thrill franchise fans who are fed up of all the rocket boosting and wall-running. Instead, developer Treyarch is trying to keep the competitive action fast and fluid, while still sticking to that ol’ buzz phrase: boots on the ground.

The specialists are back, and there’ll be a mixture of new and old characters, complete with their own roster of moves and abilities. Perhaps one of the biggest changes is that there'll be no automatically regenerating health like in past Call of Duty games – instead you'll have to push a button to trigger it. You can check out the first footage above.

[source youtube.com]

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daveofduncan
Thu 17th May 2018

Not sold AT ALL!

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BladeRider
Thu 17th May 2018

Doesn't really look like call of duty , reminds me of siege a little. I dunno if that's a good thing or not. I'll try the beta. here is hoping new battlefield is good.

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Cowboysfan-22
Thu 17th May 2018

All I want is a Modern warfare 2 remaster... give me that (and not attached to the new one) and I’m golden

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Ssimsim
Thu 17th May 2018

It still looks the same old same old to me, seems way to fast not like that's a bad thing seems to be what cod is going for for several years now I actually miss cod 2 - 4

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stinkyx
Thu 17th May 2018

Hmmm, interesting. I'll be waiting for an open beta!

I stopped playing Infinite Warfare because I was getting dominated from all angles, so boots-on-the-ground gives opponents less angles to dominate me from! I'll probably pick it up in a year when all the good players have moved onto the next release, lol.

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BAMozzy
Thu 17th May 2018

NOT SOLD AT ALL!!!

Its just BO3 (specialists) with Boots on the Ground but still the same generic Call of Duty as before. It appears to have the same annoying riot shields and over-powered explosives, trip mines, grenade launchers etc too.

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Tasuki
Thu 17th May 2018

@BAMozzy Lol I figured you wouldn't like it. Seems like every CoD after Advanced Warfare you just don't like.

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BAMozzy
Thu 17th May 2018

@Tasuki I didn't like Advanced Warfare although its campaign was good. BO3 was good too but I didn't like the way they introduced new weapons through loot boxes. I enjoyed Infinite warfare too and thought they campaign and IW's Zombies was good too. I don't like historic CoDs and WW2 felt like a big backwards step. The create a class was also far too restrictive and the maps were quite generic and boring too. Zombies is interesting but overall it felt very dated - more like a last gen game.

This looks like BO3 without the Advanced Movement. I actually like the Advanced Movement as that does give much more flexibility to tackle campers and head glitchers. However, if you are going to do a Boots on the Ground CoD, I don't want to see 'specialists' with ground pounds, so many different explosive devices and grenade launchers, portable 'walls/shields' etc. Advanced Movement allows you to get away from these or even attack from above where those shields can be countered. Its difficult enough to capture hardpoints or flags without having a those walls, shields, razor wire or even Firebreak.