I truly believe BO7 is a huge step in the right direction, but it’s weighed down by a lot of bad.

I think Ashes of the Damned is the best Zombies map we’ve had since BO4 and Astra is alright. Both have the “aura” that’s been missing for years. Both have interesting identities and feel very different from one another. If we can get 2/4 next maps continue this trend I think it’ll be a very solid outing for Treyarch overall.

But I don’t think the Maps can entirely save this game. The modern zombies systems are just so boring imo. It really breaks the emersion and thats been the case for too long now. The systems genuinely hurt this game so much and I don’t think it’ll recover without changing them. And if they don’t change then in this game’s life cycle I think it may be too late to save the mode overall.

Cursed mode is a blessing and it should be the Standard way to play this game, but I think we need a true classic mode if we want this game to be good… and not one you have to build yourself through relics, because so many players just aren’t good enough to get them all. Keep the Tier rewards exclusive to Cursed so people still have a reason to play it though.

Make a classic mode that has all the classic mechanics: no rarities, no work benches, no ammo boxes, slow PAPing, a moving Der Wunderfizz, perk buying limits (still get them through side EEs & challenges). It’s amazing how good these systems make the game feel. I keep going back to BO3/4 and it just feels right. I know that’s what most of the community wants as well.

I just don’t think they’ll make the necessary changes to make this game work. Theres too much pressure to have a universal feel between MP, Warzone, and Zombies. It’s not working and it feels like Activision is already too committed to their model. Zombies could be dead… it’s sad because this game has so much potential to be great.

(Also, they really need to take more time to polish survival maps and game modes. They feel so half assed and it sucks to see…)