While it’s nowhere near as bad as Vanguard‘s Zombies mode, Advanced Warfare still was underwhelming.Īdvanced Warfare tried to tie its new Advanced Movement system into the Zombies mode, which was the first part of the problem because every map needed to allow for the new movement. When the Call of Duty games started getting away from Black Ops, they stopped doing as well. 8) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Image via Activision Until they can find a middle ground, fans will assume they’re not ready to make Call of Duty games since Vanguard and WWII were so unliked. Sledgehammer also made Vanguard, which was too much unlike every other Zombies mode. Interestingly, this mode, which is too much like every other Zombies mode, was made by Sledgehammer Games. It was almost just a reskinned version of the Black Ops Zombie mode with different levels. Because it did not try anything new, Zombies mode took a big hit. Unfortunately, safe doesn’t always mean fun, which hurts the game as a whole. The polished, tactile mode with zombies that looked like Nazis was exactly what fans expected, and it was a safe bet. 9) Call of Duty: World War II Image via ActivisionĬall of Duty WWII was as safe as a game could be. The zombies weren’t as powerful as they once were, and you didn’t feel as human and vulnerable as you used to.
As opposed to feeling like a soldier trapped in a world of zombies, you felt like you were playing a zombie game. This took away any feeling of urgency or the dire situation you were supposed to be in. Since the world reset, many players realized they could exploit the leveling system and just repeatedly bring up specific weapons or their overall levels. Instead of wall buys and Easter Eggs, players got a hub world that would teleport them to areas with a limited amount of zombies. Buying new areas increased the challenge and gave players a sense of progression while also opening up ways to get ammo and new weapons. The best part of playing Zombies was starting from one spot and buying new areas slowly. Unfortunately, Vanguard didn’t add the things that made zombies mode so fun. All Call of Duty Zombies modes, ranked 10) Call of Duty: Vanguard Image via Activision Below is every Call of Duty Zombies mode, ranked. If you put them side by side, it’s easy to tell which are the best and worst. It has caused fans to argue over which entry had the best Zombie mode since Call of Duty has put care and love into its zombie mode. Activision wouldn’t want to saturate the market with zombie modes since they’re as much of a selling point as multiplayer, so we will most likely not see that. This could make a very long game, and if they added a few extra maps to it, it would most likely sell well enough to fund a series. We’d love to see a game that took all of the different Call of Duty Zombies maps and remastered every one in one package, including every DLC map.
Every new space opens a new challenge and a new reward of a possible weapon. Obviously, players have liked to have doors that they can unlock and open spaces mixed between, but it’s the fact that these give them the sense of progression that they love. Zombies has become an expected mode with every entry in the series, and it’s been hit or miss.
Call of Duty has been synonymous with its Zombies mode since they first added it in World At War.