You'd be forgiven – certainly by me, I like you very much – if you'd developed a habit of skipping each new Call of Duty campaign, concentrating entirely on luxuriating within the multiplayer modes. After all, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is one of the best offerings we've had in years. But I implore you not to skip the solo offering this time around. Not only is it too wild a ride to pass it up, it genuinely evolves what this series can be.
Leaning more than ever into the Mission Impossible-like spy thriller angle that's always set Call of Duty: Black Ops apart from its cousins, it's filled to the brim with explosive setpieces and smart sections of open design that break up pacing and allow for opportunities of player-led exploration. Most importantly, it succeeds with its shakeup in a way that last year's entry, which had similar ambitions, very much did not – which our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review details.
