Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is not officially out worldwide just yet, but many Call of Duty players have taken their annual trip to New Zealand by now to play the game early. Thanks to those players playing Black Ops 6 on the other side of the world, weâre starting to get some very early impressions on different parts of the new Call of Duty experience with some players even putting in enough time already to get gold weapons and more. For those more concerned about playing Black Ops 6âs revitalized, round-based Zombies mode, however, early reports from those playing ahead of schedule preview good things for Zombies players.
Call of Dutyâs Zombies community has been through it over the past couple of games as Activision and its various Call of Duty developers tried out different Zombies strategies. Many of those shifted the fan-favorite mode towards a more open experience akin to something that youâd see in Call of Duty: Warzone instead of the traditional, claustrophobic Zombies maps from long ago. The furthest Call of Duty strayed from its Zombies formula was arguably when the round-based formula was questioned, but thatâs back in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
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The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 subreddit is of course filled with Call of Duty players passing along info from âNew Zealandâ right now, so weâre only getting bits and pieces of the full experience, but one of the top posts within the forum right now is singing the praises of Black Ops 6âs Zombies mode.
âOh. My. God. The new zombies is great,â the post in question reads, getting straight to the point. âThis is the version of zombies Iâve been wanting and waiting for to come back. Weâre so fââg back boys.â
Other players whoâve also been able to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6âs Zombies mode early chimed in with similar praises, though they werenât all without complaints. Black Ops 6 lets Zombies players pause the mode when playing solo and even offers them an option to save, quit, and resume their match later, but thereâs a timer when youâre paused solo so that you canât sit on the pause screen for forever. Some players arenât happy with that, but the new feature is at least something.
In addition to the round-based feel of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6âs Zombies mode, players are also finding ways to make it feel even more like the classic experience. You can turn off the minimap, for example, by changing the HUD options to âClassicâ in the settings. This gets rid of not only the minimap but also other popups to steer further away from the multiplayer, Warzone-like feel Zombies has moved towards.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will fully release on October 25th, so everyone will be able to try out Zombies then. For those in the Eastern time zone, youâll be able to play at midnight on October 25th while those on Pacific Time will be able to play at 9 p.m. tonight.
