game– albeitona differenttimelineto
theeventsdepictedpreviously.Other
familiarfaceswillreturn,too,although
unlikePricewe’veyettospotthem
inthegameplayfootage.Personally,
we’vegotourfingerscrossedfor
Soap’sgloriousreturnhereatOXM.
Andtostatetheobvious:the
single-playercampaignisback.
Whateversuccesslookedlikefor
Activisionwhenit rolledthedicewith
2018’sBlackOpsIIII, it evidentlydidn’t
payoffquitewellenoughtoreposition
thefranchiseasa multiplayer-only
entitypermanently.Thelikelyscenario
we’relookingatnowisa tick-tock
cadenceofsolofocus,followedby
onlineinnovation.
Thisyear,thesingle-playerportion
ofthegameisinveryexperienced
hands.NarrativedirectorTaylor
KurosakiworkedonTheLastOfUs
andUnchartedatNaughtyDog,andif
anyone’sgoingtopushtheenvelope
withmorematerialinspiredbyNo
Russianandpullit offwithsensitivity,
you’dguessit’dbesomeonewho
helpedmakea gameaboutclobbering
zombiemushroommonsterswitha
bricksucha movingexperience.Q
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