Call of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s multiplayer is better than its awful, terrible, abominable, ghastly, hideous, not very good campaign. But ‘better’ in this case does not necessarily mean ‘good’. This year’s anxious flurry of maps, modes and zombies achieves the base requirement for a satisfactory shooting experience, and there are a couple of ideas that are interesting if inconsistently successful. But the overall quality is wildly incoherent, while the whole package is overshadowed by the spectre of generative AI.
The biggest change to this year’s multiplayer is also the least interesting to discuss, its approach to skill-based matchmaking. Call of Duty’s habit of matching you with players allegedly on your ability level has come under fire in recent years for flattening the experience. So this year, Treyarch offers you a choice, letting you play with ‘standard’ SBMM, or in a pool where SBMM is ‘minimally considered’.
It’s great to see such a passionate review of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s multiplayer! It sounds like there are some significant improvements compared to previous titles, which is always exciting for fans. Looking forward to seeing how it evolves!
that the developers really focused on improving the gameplay experience this time around. I also noticed they introduced some new mechanics that could change the strategy players use in matches. It will be interesting to see how the community adapts to these changes!