Black ops 4 open beta (pc)

I was interested in purchasing until I watched the stream. I didn't realize before that it was going to be so noob'tastic/arcade-like on PC.

1. Damage markers show you where people are firing from.
2. You hear a clank sound if you hit someones armor.
3. A ridiculous armor icon appears over your cross-hair if you hit someones armor.
4. Arrows on your screen periphery point to where your teammates are.
5. Super-fast movement speed, like twice as fast as PUBG etc.
6. Throwing axes.
7. Grappling hooks that launch you 100 meters.
8. Zombies, talk about beating a dead horse with a dead horse.
9. Extremely annoying arrows pointing down at loot, like people are blind.
10. Being able to jump on 8 foot tall shipping containers from the ground.
11. Huge muzzle flash graphics blocking your aim while firing.
12. Freezing you in place while looting.

I couldn't think of one thing it does better than PUBG. Blackout reminds me of a Quake Battle Royale.

You didn't think a cod game would be arcade like? ojysSuD.gif It's never been anything but that.
 
Couple of things after a few hours play:

Reviving downed team mates is too quick - needs another 2-3 seconds
Healing is too fast - needs 2 seconds up from 1 second then 4 seconds up from 2
Loot bugs need addressing - can't even pickup some items
The zone moves slightly too slow - maybe 5-10% speed increase
Perks need to be limited to 3 - running 5+ is daft
The armor needs adjusting as it's too strong, at least at level 3
The barrier you can deploy is hopeless with an effect that obscures vision
Ladders don't work properly
The parachute after using the wingsuit should allow for slightly more movement
The perk awareness needs it's distance adjusting - at least 20% decrease

Although it's a beta, I still think the fps should be higher for the quality. I regularly get dips into the 60's and very high 50's maxed out when it should be more like 70's and 60's.

The snipers are a lot of fun.
 
game doesnt work for me just goes to a black screen win 7 64 rx470 latest drivers
edit working now after doing windows updates
 
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I was interested in purchasing until I watched the stream. I didn't realize before that it was going to be so noob'tastic/arcade-like on PC.

1. Damage markers show you where people are firing from.
2. You hear a clank sound if you hit someones armor.
3. A ridiculous armor icon appears over your cross-hair if you hit someones armor.
4. Arrows on your screen periphery point to where your teammates are.
5. Super-fast movement speed, like twice as fast as PUBG etc.
6. Throwing axes.
7. Grappling hooks that launch you 100 meters.
8. Zombies, talk about beating a dead horse with a dead horse.
9. Extremely annoying arrows pointing down at loot, like people are blind.
10. Being able to jump on 8 foot tall shipping containers from the ground.
11. Huge muzzle flash graphics blocking your aim while firing.
12. Freezing you in place while looting.

I couldn't think of one thing it does better than PUBG. Blackout reminds me of a Quake Battle Royale.

13. No leaning
14. Very little recoil
15. looks like virtually no bullet drop
16. you can sprint super fast and power slide
17. Not a noob mechanic, but I hate the sound and look of all the guns.

Looks like they have paid loads of streamers to sing its praises as well. Everyone's got the #ad in their titles. Not that thats anything new, but kinda makes their opinion on the game void. Even people like Break are saying its amazing, when he wouldn't usually be keen on all these noob mechanics. At least there's no 3rd person I guess.

It bridges the gap between the more serious Pubg and the super casual Fortnite pretty well. I might play it as it does look kinda fun and i got it free with my gfx card, but i'll be sticking with Pubg for sure.

Also getting really sick of the moronic Cod community already and I haven't even played the game yet. Every social media post and comment section talking about either Pubg or Cod is filled with kiddies posting comments like "Rip Pubg" etc. Probably mostly PS4 players that are still salty about not getting Pubg, but its still irritating as hell. Pubg will take a hit for sure, but it's not dead on PC and wont be for a good while yet.
 
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I really like blackout!

It's pretty much what I expected.... a COD BR.

I'm not the best at fortnight with the building and 3rd person view (most of my solo wins have been more luck than skill) and I don't like the way PUBG runs. In this I stand a much better chance of a win and I like the way cod plays.

I think the original black ops was the last COD game I purchased as I was fed up with buying the same game over and over but this one gives me a reason to buy it.
 
Does normal COD look this bad or have they really made everything super low quality, haven't played COD on PC since the original Modern Warfare and cant remember it looking this awful ?
 
Does normal COD look this bad or have they really made everything super low quality, haven't played COD on PC since the original Modern Warfare and cant remember it looking this awful ?

Increase render resolution in Options, still looks pants though. It is a beta afterall, im not keen on it at all.
 
Like this is a fine mode, and it runs really well (but looks like ass) but I dont see this making waves tbh.
First the cost - they really should make this free bc at £50 not many will be making the purchase just for this.

Id expect a flash in the pan - interest for a few months then it will be pretty much dead. Whilst PUBG has a ton of issues it does play better, and obviously Fornite is a juggernaut this COD BR cant even touch.

I know TB used to love to whinge about the FOV in COD games, but having not played one for years and coming into this , it does really hurt my eyes.
 
13. No leaning
14. Very little recoil
15. looks like virtually no bullet drop
16. you can sprint super fast and power slide
17. Not a noob mechanic, but I hate the sound and look of all the guns.

Looks like they have paid loads of streamers to sing its praises as well. Everyone's got the #ad in their titles. Not that thats anything new, but kinda makes their opinion on the game void. Even people like Break are saying its amazing, when he wouldn't usually be keen on all these noob mechanics. At least there's no 3rd person I guess.

It bridges the gap between the more serious Pubg and the super casual Fortnite pretty well. I might play it as it does look kinda fun and i got it free with my gfx card, but i'll be sticking with Pubg for sure.

Also getting really sick of the moronic Cod community already and I haven't even played the game yet. Every social media post and comment section talking about either Pubg or Cod is filled with kiddies posting comments like "Rip Pubg" etc. Probably mostly PS4 players that are still salty about not getting Pubg, but its still irritating as hell. Pubg will take a hit for sure, but it's not dead on PC and wont be for a good while yet.

Agreed. I'll be returning to PUBG.
 
I think everyone seems to forget what a rubbish start PUBG had right upto and beyond it's early access date.
 
I think everyone seems to forget what a rubbish start PUBG had right upto and beyond it's early access date.

this is cod not pubg.on pc dead in two months after release.people forget all the player base for cod is on console.not pc. so how is 80 man br going to survive ? pubg is the better br experience.cod is just trying to cash in. they couldnt even be bothered to make a single player for this one. least effort for maximum profit.bops single player was a big part of bops.
 
Enjoyed playing this, surprisingly, but the graphics are absolutely shocking, I thought PUBG looked bad, but wow, playing on high at 1080p, it looked like a ps2 game I haven’t played a CoD on PC since CoD4, and I don’t remember that looking as bad as this.

One of the best BR I have played for sheer fun, I uninstalled PUBG a long time ago, I’m on the fence about buying this, it looks so bad it actually turns me off it somewhat, despite enjoying
 
Looked rubbish (wtf was up with resolution scale defaulting to 75?), all sorts of matchmaking and party issues /bugs to fix, and armour seems crazy op
 
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