Specific details on the Call of Duty: Black Ops PS4/PS5 ports are a mystery, with its supposed $40 price tag and the apparent need to re-buy BO1 DLC essentially just rumors and its exact launch date in July still under wraps. However, what’s not up in the air is the meta for the game’s multiplayer mode.
Balancing wasn’t nearly as much of a priority as it is for modern multiplayer games, so in older CoD titles like MW2, loadout options like the akimbo Model 1887, Commando Pro, and One Man Army were ludicrously broken. While Black Ops didn’t have anything quite that bad, it did have a few very powerful guns — guns that will remain OP since the PlayStation re-release won’t be making balancing changes. For players looking to dominate the battlefield, or trying to avoid broken gear to prove they don’t need it, an outline of what to expect can prove useful.
Call of Duty may be planning even more ports of older games in the near future, potentially bringing a pair of classic games to PS4 and PS5.
Call of Duty games tend to favor either Assault Rifles or...
