Early players on reddit hit by disconnects
The hair-splitters amongst you might object that this has been known since June this year, but that’s no problem, because I have no reliable empirical evidence that you exist either. The only sources I’m prepared to trust are certain people on Reddit, who have also just learned about the always-online requirement after experiencing disconnects in single player, and are getting violently pissed off.
The implications of Call Of Duty single player going always-online are as you’d expect. Firstly, there’s the risk of beingbooted out of your campaign playthroughif you experience a disconnection, and secondly, the story mode will only be playable while Activision keeps the servers online. I’m not expecting them to pull support anytime soon - this is Call Of Duty, the annual shootman extravaganza which new owner Microsoft are prepared tosacrifice hundreds of developer livelihoods for, though apparently not theirCEO’s annual bonus. Still, there will come a point when they wind down the servers, and we can only hope they’ve added an offline mode by then.
Our Black Ops 6 review is in progress. I’ve just obtained a code, and might give the campaign a try myself over the weekend. I’ll let you know how the always-online stuff pans out, either in a Maw post or in a separate article. It’ll still be news by then, for all of reality is but the fleeting reflection of my mind’s eye. If you’re more interested in the multiplayer, Jeremy has conjured up some guides for the bestBlack Ops 6 loadoutsand thebest Black Ops 6 guns.
