Five Years Later, It’s Clear That Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Was Underappreciated

As many fans of the franchise will undoubtedly remember, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was controversial before and after its release. The announcement that Black Ops 4 would not offer a singleplayer campaign led to outrage, as fans had grown accustomed to one being included in each release – even if data showed that only a portion of the community bothered with Call of Duty’s story modes at the time. While Black Ops 4’s ambitious campaign was scrapped, its woes did not stop there, as a rushed release to better compete with Battlefield meant that its Zombies mode was terribly buggy. Specialists remained a controversial topic in multiplayer, too, ensuring there was something to criticize about every facet of the game when it debuted on October 12, 2018.