Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Beta Highlights

Today has marked the end of Call of Duty Black Ops III Beta (launched back in August 19th for Playstation 4, and August 26th for Xbox and PC) and so far, the game does feel much different than previous titles. So, what are some new major features that were added to the game?

Wall-Running

Like the exo-suit in Advanced Warfare, Black Ops 3 has futuristic movement system which enables the players to do double jump, power slide, quick dodging, and wall-running. Black Ops 3 is the first to allow players to perform wall-running in the entire Call of Duty series. Even though other games such as Titanfall already includes this awesome feature, we shouldn't simply overlook on how much it actually changes the flow of the gameplay of CoD competitive matches. 

Specialists

Ever heard of League of Legends? In LoL, each player chooses a unique champion of their liking with a special set of skills to compete against the other team. Similarly, in Call of Duty Black Ops 3, there are specialists available for players to pick. Each specialist has their own special weapon and ability. So far, the confirmed specialists are:

There is a very high chance that Treyarch will add more specialists in the future DLCs - just like what they did with the popular Nazi Zombies series.

Underwater Combat

Did some one say underwater combat? Black Ops 3 is the first to establish underwater combat throughout the entire multiplayer history of Call of Duty series. Players can freely move and attack underwater without any delay in speed. However, the playable underwater zones are quite limited, these zones are just a small part of a map. There is no official confirmation on any large scale underwater map - yet.

"Player can freely move and attack underwater"

Final Thoughts

There are many other minor new characteristics in Call of Duty Black Ops 3 that are not being mentioned in this article such as new running animation, new scorestreaks, more customization, new maps and weapons, etc.- each makes the game feels refreshing despite the fact that it is still using the same mechanics from the past franchise. Altogether, Call of Duty Black Ops 3 is definitely worth trying out upon its release date on November 6, 2015.