The last update brought a long-awaited feature for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – the so-called Combat Record. However, the feature has come differently than some fans expected.
This is the feature in question: The Combat Record is essentially a large statistic that logs and makes various information from your playtime in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 viewable. There you can find extensive stats on various
- individual weapons
- corresponding attachments
- different weapon categories
- specialist weapons
- various equipment items
- scorestreaks
- or maps in different game modes
can be viewed.
Since the launch of Black Ops 4, this feature has been widely demanded by fans on Reddit and other forums. Because until the last update, only a few personal top statistics could be viewed in the game itself. However, the information there was not really extensive.
Now the Combat Record has been added – after almost half a year. But there’s a catch.
What is the issue with the workaround? You will not find the Combat Record in the game itself. If you want to use this feature, you need either a mobile device with the “Call of Duty” app or you have to view the statistics via a web browser on your computer.
This is how Treyarch justifies this step: According to the developers, it was a feature that only a few players used since its introduction in Black Ops. Because it was buried deep within the menus of the game.
However, on mobile or on the computer, you should now be able to quickly and easily view your stats between matches.
What do the fans say? However, some fans see it differently. Some wonder why an external solution is used instead of solving the accessibility issue in-game, if it was only due to the complex menu navigation. After all, the latest offers and the black market would also be placed directly and prominently in-game, so that it cannot be overlooked. Why not also with the Combat Record?
In addition, the statement regarding poor accessibility would not quite be correct. In Black Ops 3, the statistics could be viewed in the game in a maximum of 4 clicks from any menu. Booting up and using a computer or navigating through the sometimes confusing app is not really faster and would further distract fans from the game itself.
Furthermore, the app itself is also still somewhat buggy and does not always display the statistics correctly, according to some disappointed fans. Also, the mobile and web exclusivity in this form had not been communicated.
Thus, it now seems to some players as if they were not listened to over the past six months and that they are now being patronized regarding what they really want – namely the Combat Record as an app.
Some even suspect that Treyarch is only focusing on the mobile solution in order to subsequently resell the information gained from the mobile data.
In short: Many fans have longed for this feature, but many imagined the implementation differently. Whether and how the developers will respond to this feedback remains to be seen.
What do you say? Are you satisfied with the current solution? Would you have preferred the Combat Record function to be in the game? Or would you welcome a mix – that is, in-game and via app?
