Since I first came into the series with Call of Duty 2 in 2005, I've played like a tank with a sniper's aim. But the way it's contextualized in Black Ops Cold War made it tough to resist thinking about how I've navigated the last 15 years on the digital battlefield. In reality, it's a mere mathematical bonus to things like bullet damage, health percentage, sprint duration, and more. Players choose two from a list of 14 attributes - "Paranoid," "Fearless," "Methodical," etc. Most importantly, you're asked to fill out a psychological profile. At launch, "Classified" was implicitly non-binary, but after online criticism, the developers made both "Non-Binary" and "Classified" available. No longer must you play square-jawed Marines with names like "Alex" or "Ghost." You can be you, to a degree.Īvailable on all the major platforms excluding Nintendo Switch, the latest installment of Activision's military-shooter powerhouse affords players a full name (you are referred to as "Bell," a foreshadow of the big plot twist), skin color, and pronouns. In the newest game in the Call of Duty series - and fifth in the Black Ops sub-series - Black Ops Cold War indulges in its title period like a John Frankenheimer movie as it introduces a new feature: a custom protagonist for the single-player story. I immediately knew something was different about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
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