It speaks to Call of Duty's sameness year-over-year that one of the most exciting additions to Black Ops 6 is running sideways. That's one selling point of Omnimovement: Activison's branded name for the ability to sprint, slide, and dive in any direction. Players are pouncing on enhanced mobility by doing cool Max Payne dives off second floor balconies (minus bullet time)—good fun that usually gets you killed—and I'm pleased to report the feature has won over this skeptical CoD veteran.
That said, the reason Omnivmovement is working out so well isn't visible on the surface. When Treyarch revealed the feature in June, I was worried more mobility would only further empower the tiresome "movement king" playstyle—bunnyhopping and slide-canceling around every corner—that Modern Warfare 3 (2023) leaned into.
