Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 sends you 10 years into the future and brings back a notorious villain.
Which villain is it? Raul Menendez apparently still lives and returns 10 years after the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 as a villain.
- Menendez was allegedly killed by David Mason at the end of Black Ops 2.
- During the BO2 campaign, he is known for his revenge campaign against capitalist states like the USA and China.
- He built a massive terrorist organization and was revered by his followers.
Menendez is considered one of the best villains of Call of Duty alongside Makarov and significantly shaped the perception of the BO2 campaign, which is very popular among many fans.
Menendez and a mysterious weapon
What role does Menendez play in Black Ops 7? Black Ops 7 is set in 2035, and Raul Menendez wants to bring the world to ruin. However, a rich tech conglomerate called The Guild
and the special unit Specter One stand against him.
During an operation of the unit, the plot reveals a mysterious weapon that turns fear into a war tool. The unit experiences distorted memories and is trapped in paranoia. The line between reality and memory blurs.
To stop Menendez, you once again take on the role of David Mason as the team leader of Specter One. Mike Harper, who fought alongside Mason in Black Ops 2, is also part of the team again.
Co-op campaign with endgame, weapon progression, and replayability
What is the major innovation of Black Ops 7? The campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops is fully cooperative and can be played with up to 4 players, offering operators different abilities that they acquire throughout the campaign. However, you should also be able to play solo.
At the end of the story, which consists of 11 missions and takes players to various locations – including Tokyo, Angola, and the psyche of David Mason – a new mission is unlocked. This 12th mission is the endgame of the campaign and functions as a sort of extraction mode in an open world with 32 players.
This is the first time in the history of Call of Duty that there is an endgame for the campaign.
Your goal in the endgame is to play an operator at level 60 – that is the maximum level. With each new level, you can choose a new skill that makes you stronger. However, if your entire team dies in the endgame, you lose the operator’s progress and have to level him up again.
It might still be worth spending some hours in the endgame of the campaign, as it features global progression. This means you can level up your weapons and the battle pass of the respective season there. There are also supposed to be extra camos for the campaign.
What else do you need to know about Black Ops 7? In addition to the return of Raul Menendez and the introduction of a co-op campaign with endgame, Black Ops 7 brings several other highlights. We especially want to highlight:
- 16 different 6v6 maps
- Return of old maps like Hijacked, Raid, and Express
- 30 weapons in total, 16 of which are new
- Among the old returning weapons are versions of the Peacekeeper and the M8A1
- New mode: Skirmish
- 2 teams, 20v20
- 4-player squads
- Wingsuit, grappling hook, and vehicles for movement
- New wildcard: Specialist
- You get more perks instead of score streaks; at 1200 points, you have all perks active equipped.
- New overclock system
- You can improve gear, score streaks, and field upgrades with overclocks, for example, faster charging of active camouflage.
- Build codes for weapon builds
- In Black Ops 7, you can easily share your weapon builds with friends, for example, via build codes. Through these, you can also import the builds of content creators or professionals.
- Weapon prestige returns
- You level a weapon up to level 50 before you can prestige it. This locks all attachments except scopes again.
- Every weapon has a prestige attachment that you unlock when you reach prestige 1 with that weapon. The prestige attachments are referred to as strong “meta-changing” attachments that are supposed to drastically change how you use that weapon.
- Adjustments for Omnimovement
- Wall jumps (not to be confused with wall runs) will expand the Omnimovement.
- There are minor nerfs for the Omnimovement (e.g., no tactical sprint as default, no ADS while sliding or diving).
- New perks for Omnimovement (run faster; shoot while sprinting, faster reloading).
- 3 new hybrid loadout perks
- Hybrid perks combine 2 play styles, such as slayer and support.
- Zombie
- Black Ops 7 continues to offer a round-based zombie mode.
- For the first time since BO2, it includes survival maps.
- There is supposed to be the largest zombie map of all time, including vehicle gameplay – including the so-called wonder vehicles.
- Dead Ops Arcade returns.
- Richtofen, Nikolai, Takeo, and Dempsey return.
Call of Duty seems to have big plans with Black Ops 7 this year. This seems appropriate as a supposedly strong competitor, Battlefield 6, is poised to launch and could convince many shooter fans with its expired open beta. Even the former president of Blizzard expects EA has good chances this year to outdo Activision and CoD: Former Blizzard chief is convinced that Battlefield 6 will stomp Call of Duty into the ground this year, names reasons
