Call of Duty: Black Ops ColdWar’s campaign teasers have given fans a look into the upcoming action of the game, but there is still more going on behind the scenes. With the unique story perspective presented in the trailer to the confirmed character generation system, the more fans learn aboutBlack OpsCold War,the more questions they have.
Call of Dutygames tend to be action-oriented, pushing the small details to the side while prioritizing intense combat sequences. Yet, more information has been slowly collected that seems to be taking smaller points into deeper consideration particularly regarding the upcomingBlack Ops Cold Warcharacter generationprocess. Similar to the create-a-class system, players will be able to choose varying aspects of their custom soldier’s looks and, by new reports, psychological profiles.
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The psychological profiles are designed to help give a sense of each player’s character’s mental state. Depending on which profile is selected, the other characters and the world will react differently during key moments. The psychological profile section of the character creation system will most likelyimpact the ending ofBlack Ops Cold Warand help determine the story that follows after each scene. Although there have been no in-game examples seen as of yet, the developers have shared someBlack Ops Cold Warpsych profiles that will be in the next title.
Players will be able to select from 15 different psych profiles, but so far only the following have been confirmed.
Each of the varying psych profiles offers traits based on their general description. These traits are permanent throughout the campaign and act as a minor buff straight out of character generation. Fans can think of them ascampaign perks, but they affect theCold Warstoryjust as much as the game itself.
There are still several psych profiles that have not been shared as of yet. With only the select few know, fans can gain an early understanding of how the system will work just from a small sampling. In the end, there will be 15 different options for fans to apply to their character, which gives a wide range ofdifferentBlack Ops Cold Warstoryarcs that could possibly be born from this unique system.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris set to release on November 13th for PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, and Xbox Series X.
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