Summary

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players want Treyarch to get rid of the unrealistic death effects.
  • Reddit user shows how the effects can give an unfair advantage to some as player visibility becomes affected by the animations.
  • The effects can be disabled by turning off gore, but this means all standard blood effects will also be disabled.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players want developer Treyarch Studios to remove the game's unrealistic death animations from the game as they appear to be causing some severe visibility issues. The debate surrounding Call of Duty's outlandish operator skins, weapon blueprints, and death effects has been heightened in recent years, but Black Ops 6 appears to be taking things to another level with some of the new cosmetic items, and fans aren't happy.

Despite being set in the 90s, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 features some crazy operator skins for players to purchase directly from the store or obtain via the Season 1 Battle Pass. But it isn't just operator skins that have players annoyed, many of the store bundles also come with a variety of other wild cosmetics, with the most popular ones being tracer packs. These packs not only change the tracer animations for bullets but also include new death effects when eliminating an opponent. Although these types of bundles have been available in previous titles, fans believe some of them are causing serious visibility issues in Black Ops 6.

Black Ops 6 Players Want Treyarch to Get Rid of Wild Death Effects

Over on Reddit, user Tryexx_Lannister posted a short video showcasing how the game's death animations can lead to unfair deaths for some players. The short clip shows a player on the Black Ops 6 multiplayer map Pit, as they sprint around the corner their teammate is eliminated in front of them. While this usually wouldn't be much of an issue, the death animation completely takes over the screen and prevents the player from seeing the opponent right in front of them, resulting in their death. The user calls for Treyarch to get rid of the animations or allow them to be disabled. Thankfully, there is a way to do exactly that.

As pointed out by fellow Reddit user MonscheX, players can head to the in-game settings and disable gore to remove these unrealistic death effects. However, there is a downside. While the setting will stop players from seeing the animations caused by these new Black Ops 6 store bundles, it also disables gore, meaning players will no longer see any sort of blood when they eliminate an enemy. Unfortunately, there's no way to keep gore enabled without seeing the controversial death effects, so fans will need to compromise if they want them gone.

This isn't the first time that Black Ops 6's unrealistic operator bundles have caused controversy, as fans recently called for the shooter to return to its old-school roots and get rid of the outlandish skins and weapon blueprints. This is a debate that the Call of Duty community has been having since the days of 2014's Advanced Warfare, but with neon green dragons now sprinting around in multiplayer matches, fans seem to have had enough.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
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Released
October 25, 2024
ESRB
Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
Developer(s)
Treyarch, Raven Software
Publisher(s)
Activision
Engine
IW 9.0
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
Cross-Platform Play
Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
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Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.

The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.

In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.

Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.

Cross Save
Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
Franchise
Call of Duty
Number of Players
1-4
Split Screen Orientation
Vertical or Horizontal
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
PC Release Date
October 25, 2024
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
October 25, 2024
PS5 Release Date
October 25, 2024
Genre(s)
FPS
How Long To Beat
8 Hours
X|S Optimized
Yes
PS Plus Availability
N/A
File Size Xbox Series
216 GB (October 2024)
Local Co-Op Support
1-2 Players
OpenCritic Rating
Strong