The recently launched first season ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6has been quite a success for Treyarch, with the anticipated update introducing a wide range of fresh experiences, mechanics, and customization options to the game across its multiplayer and Zombies modes. While a lot of the major additions to Zombies are set to arrive later on in the season, many eye-catching new features have already been introduced to the survival experience.
One of the most important recent changes to Zombies inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6is the arrival of Directed Mode, with this unique gameplay approach being available across both Liberty Falls and Terminus, the two launch maps forBlack Ops 6Zombies. Directed Mode offers a much more casual experience for players who want to tackle the major Easter eggs of Liberty Falls and Terminus in a streamlined manner and at their own pace, coming with their own range of positives and negatives. While Easter eggs are the main purpose of this new Directed Mode, an additional utility is being found in relation to the weapon progression ofBlack Ops 6Zombies, meaning players of all approaches should check the mode out before the rest of season one’s Zombies content drops over the coming weeks.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies' Directed Mode Has Something to Offer All Players
Fans have been expecting the launch of aDirected Mode forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Zombiesever since the title launched back in October, with season one finally introducing the mode and giving players a solid idea of what it entails. As the name suggests, Zombies' Directed Mode offers a unique experience for either Liberty Falls or Terminus with the purpose of guiding players on how to complete each map’s major Easter egg quest, with objective markers and descriptions directing the player through each step.
Directed Mode even comes with a round cap for each step, allowing players to collect points and move between parts of the Easter egg without advancing to higher rounds and the increased difficulty and enemy frequency that they entail. This culminates in a much more casual and chilled-out experience for what can otherwise be stressful and confusing gameplay, with Directed Mode being the perfect way for some players to finally engage withEaster eggs who may otherwise be uninterested in this aspect of theCoDZombies experience.
Of course, other fans are still freely able to complete the Easter eggs through standard gameplay, with the difference in difficulty being reflected in the Easter egg completion rewards that are available to players. Fans whocomplete the Easter egg for both Liberty Falls and Terminuswithout Directed Mode receive a more detailed animated calling card, with an even more exclusive calling card being available to players who achieved this feat before Directed Mode was added to both maps. On the other hand, completion of either Easter egg through Directed Mode grants players a much more basic calling card, being reflective of the reduced difficulty of Directed Mode.
Easter Eggs and Camo Grinds Have Been Shaken Up with Black Ops 6 Zombies' Directed Mode
This same reward process will be repeated forCitadelle des Morts, the upcoming new map toBlack Ops 6Zombies, with it likely being weeks after this fresh map is released before its own Directed Mode is launched and spills the beans on its major Easter egg quest. Aside from the more relaxed nature of Directed Mode, the round cap that the mode possesses for certain steps has proven to be the perfect way for players to expedite the otherwise lengthy and tedious weapon camo and challenges grind forBlack Ops 6Zombies.
With the Directed Mode experience capping certain Easter egg steps at low rounds, players can infinitely farm the same round of low-difficulty and easy-to-kill zombies over and over again, with certain steps even allowing forspecial zombies like Manglers to spawn every single round. This has been revolutionary in terms of speeding up how quickly players can unlock all the camouflage options for weapons and approach certain in-game challenges, offering another aspect toBlack Ops 6’s Directed Mode that goes beyond its standard purpose of offering a more relaxed approach to Zombies Easter eggs.
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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.
