Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Beta - 4 Ups & 5 Downs

1. "Super-Powered COD" Is/Can Be A Good Thing

Despite all the new additions, reworks and controversial elements, the base movement, feel of firing and working objectives still feels like Call of Duty.

Granted, the caveat is that this is still Treyarch using the same game engine they always have: COD can only meaningfully change in terms of core feel so much, when everything from the locomotion of player movement to the physics governing the environment are always the same.

Still, and props to Treyarch for changing things in a way that's meaningful. The new additions don't feel like bolted-on bells n' whistles; they're fundamental core changes - or at least, that's what the devs want them to be.

I still came away from Black Ops 4 feeling like I'd played a Call of Duty game. Just one with a TON of experimental trappings overtop.