Our author Jürgen was finally able to try out the battle royale mode Blackout from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The zombies came in very handy for him.
My first time in Blackout: I must admit that I only got into competitive shooters relatively late. Only battle royale games like PUBG and Fortnite made me a fan of PvP shooters with their exciting gameplay.
Therefore, I absolutely wanted to try the new Black Ops 4 with the battle royale mode Blackout. The fast gameplay appealed to me just as much as the absence of building. I still haven’t managed to do that properly in Fortnite and don’t feel like mastering it either.
Help, I’m dying all the time!
Quickly on the ground … It soon became clear to me how fast and dynamic Blackout is. I noticed this right away because I was on the ground much faster with my wingsuit than with the comparatively long glides in PUBG and Fortnite.
I liked that quite a bit because I hate not being able to do anything in games. With the quick game entry, Treyarch had already pleasantly surprised me.
… and quickly dead! However, Blackout was also quick in other aspects. Just as I was still celebrating my first weapon, an enemy rushed around the corner and took me out. I didn’t even know what had hit me, and before I knew it, I was back in the lobby.
Not even a consolation prize: And unlike Fortnite, you get absolutely nothing if you don’t achieve anything. Simply sneaking through is of no help here.
The thousand deaths of Jürgen S: This continued for a while. The fast gameplay and the unfamiliar weapons caused many deaths and no kills. No matter what I did, there was always someone better.
Moreover, even when I shot at enemies, I often didn’t do much, while the enemies did. It might have been due to the hit bug, which I learned about the next day. Or I was simply (still) too bad.
I just want kills!
Joy and frustration: Nevertheless, I still enjoyed Blackout. I still didn’t get any kills and was always taken out in the first fight, but I landed a bit further away and first got familiar with the basics.
That paid off; I hit a bit more often and was no longer quite so helpless, even though kills were still lacking.
But then my new friends, the zombies, came into play!
I just want zombies!
Where are the zombies? I had heard about the smelly undead and that they supposedly guard particularly hefty weapons. So I wanted to land in the zombie area Asylum.
It’s unfortunate that there were always other eager zombie hunters there who took me out before I could see the coveted undead.
Then not! So I gave up my plans for zombie fun again and landed somewhere else in the next round. At first, I didn’t encounter any enemies and found a lonely diner by the roadside. Perhaps there was good loot there?
Instead, horror awaited me at the diner! No sooner had I entered the diner than I heard horrible moaning. Are there zombies in the house? Shortly afterwards, disgusting, rotten figures suddenly appeared, and another player stormed in, shooting wildly.
One of the undead fell in a fountain of blood and rotting flesh, another zombie bit into the player.
Whoa, a zombie!
Hysterical and heavily armed: I must admit that I panicked a little and also shot wildly around me. I must have had a particularly good weapon with me because the firearm neatly cut through everything in front of me with a hail of bullets.
Oops, there was still someone: In the end, the zombie was dead, but the player also lay slain in his blood. I got my first kill, and that almost without intention! But unfortunately, I didn’t dare to loot his remains in peace, as horrible moaning already announced the next wave of undead.
The punishment follows closely! So I immediately fled and was promptly taken out by another player at the door. Karma is really nasty in Blackout!
Nevertheless, I was proud and happy. I had achieved my first kill!
This cannot continue!
How does it continue? My first “success” surely did not come about fairly. And before you diss me now for being a cowardly zombie kill stealer, I solemnly vow to make use of the upcoming double XP weekend to improve my Blackout skills.
The next time without zombie assist: It would be a laugh if I could only get my kills with helpful zombies. But as a first success, the “zombie assist” felt good nonetheless.
The smelly undead will probably always have a special place in my heart in Blackout. You never forget your first time.
