Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Directed mode has almost doubled the number of players participating in the main quest. While many Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies players focus on survival, Directed mode has played a role in how many focus on the story.
Since the release of the first Call of Duty Zombies mode in World at War, the spinoff game mode has featured a story. This story has exponentially expanded over the years as more Zombies experiences have been added, something that remains true with Black Ops 6. Although the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 player base has declined since the game was released, the Zombies mode continues to have a large community of recurring players. Zombies features a wave-based system of progressively more difficult enemies pushing in on up to four players. This leaves many of the participants more interested in upgrading their firepower and defenses than completing the story. Black Ops 6 introduced Zombies Directed mode in the Season 1 update, and it's already a hit with the community.
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A recent Call of Duty blog post has confirmed that Directed mode has increased the Black Ops 6 Zombies main quest completion rate from 4% to 8.23%. This data has been calculated based on 480 million hours of Black Ops 6 Zombies gameplay, with a small fraction occurring since the November 14 release of Directed mode. As Treyarch intended for Directed mode to increase the number of Zombies players participating in the main quest, the change is being considered a success due to the doubling of completions. Given that Treyarch confirmed that this means just over 90% of players still don't complete the main quest, they are still working on ways to increase this number.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Directed Mode Made Major Improvements in One Key Area
Zombies' Directed mode was part of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Season 1 update which included three new maps, two game modes, and more. Although Zombies Directed mode features guardrails for players to progress between, it helps the community experience the latest installment in the Zombies storyline. Over the years, the Zombies storyline has featured interdimensional portals, zero-point energy, time travel, and teleportation, making it somewhat difficult for newcomers to grasp. While Directed mode helps Black Ops 6 players follow the story, earlier installments have mostly left players to their own devices.
With Directed mode in place, more Zombies fans may be able to complete a main quest than ever before. As Treyarch continues to update Black Ops 6, future adjustments to Zombies and Directed mode may further improve the main quest stats.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- 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
WHERE TO PLAY
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
- Prequel(s)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War
- 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
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- 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
