After the beta testing of "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" last August, video game developer Treyarch has announced the series of changes they made for the game which players can expect when the game is released in November.
Through the feedback they received from their beta testing, Treyarch Studio Design Director David Vonderhaar published a list of changes they made for the game in the PlayStation Blog.
First on the list was the Black Hat equipment hacking mechanic which will now "scale the hacking speed" based on the player's distance to the opponent. Besides requiring a precise aim in order to hack Scorestreaks, "time-to-hack" has been adjusted upward while also making hackers easier to locate through making them appear as red dots in the map.
Moreover, the ability to revive on the spot when killed called "rejack ability" was modified after it was bugged with controversy during the beta. Now, instead of not counting as a kill, the death of a player who used rejack will still be counted a kill and as a result, will reset the scorestreak gained.
The flinch mechanics was also attuned in order to keep flinching when shot on "tighter constraints" while the sign that a player was killed was improved by adding the red "kill marker." The backward player movement was also tweaked so that it will not impact the grenade trajectory. Grenade speed and distance were also adjusted.
Additionally, because the Concussion and Flashbang grenades were deemed "very powerful," the stun time of the concussion grenade was decreased by one second while a "Tactical Mask perk" at level 13 was added to counter both grenades.
Due to the gamers' demands, "Time in Hill" statistics for the Harpoint game mode was added in both the scoreboard and leaderboard.
On the other hand, rewards were also increased for "escorting the robot in Safeguard." For every 3 seconds that the robot was escorted and protected during the journey to the enemy base, +25 score will be given to the player.
Furthermore, the Kill Cam and Final Kill Cam will now be showing who and what killed a player including weapons, Scorestreaks, Specialist weapons, equipment as well as the perks equipped in that player.
Weapon and game-balancing changes especially for the Razorback and M8A7 were also made and implemented in the game.
According to Game Rant, "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" will take place on the "dystopian" future in 2060 where science and technology have changed the landscape of humanity. The game will follow a group of Black Ops Soldiers with superhuman abilities.
The game will be released on November 6, 2015. It will be available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.