Sure, popping someone in the face with an assault rifle is the optimal way to play nine times out of ten, but Call Of Duty has been defined by its playful gadgetry and sci-fi technology for a while now. While I appreciate that this trailer is trying to appeal to the esports twitch shooter crowd, I can't help but feel it ends up glossing over the more interesting aspects of the series. There's even a snap-shot through a deployable shield shown, making defences seem worthless against a high-DPI mouse. As for what we see of the game, there's a lot of precision shooting and rapid spins (accompanied by post-production whooshing noises to make playing with a mouse seem extra fancy) showcased. I'd be surprised if any FPS on PC at this point wasn't, but a few wonky console ports in ages past seem to have left a lasting negative impression. "Designed for mouse and keyboard", it says, hammering the point. "All footage captured on PC", declares the trailer. All good features to have, but I'm curious how many truly care. Blops 4 may not have a single-player campaign mode, but it definitely has support for 4k, ultra-widescreen, variable field-of-view and more. Publisher Activision seem eager to break away from that impression with Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4, and to prove this, they've packed their Gamescom 'PC trailer' with as many buzzwords and high-end hardware concessions as possible. As twitchy as the Call Of Duty games have been since Modern Warfare, the series has built up a reputation as a console flagship series.
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