The mapвЂ™s objective only comes into play once somebody deigns to approach and activate it, at which point Outbreak buttons up, tightens its tie, and becomes a genuinely cooperative game. Parachutes even come into play, though you start every mission on the ground: Jump pads fling you high into the air where you can steer yourself closer to an objective or pick up hovering essence vials on your way down.ДЄt which point Outbreak buttons up, tightens its tie, and becomes a genuinely cooperative game. ThereвЂ™s a recognisable rhythm to the way your squad moves from house to house in the Ural Mountains, listening for the telltale noise of a nearby loot crate-which no longer rattles like a malfunctioning fridge but rather giggles in the voice of a creepy child. ItвЂ™s intended to woo Warzone players into paying for Cold War while it's free-to-play for a week, and itвЂ™s likely to be successful. Outbreak isnвЂ™t built to win over Save the World diehards, of course. As players casually one-shot zombies in twos or threes or trundle down dirt roads in Eastern European sedans, Outbreak occupies just enough of the brain to loosen tongues, facilitating easy conversation in ways a Zoom video chat does not. It has the same big, purple sky, and what I once fondly referred to as the вЂnatter phaseвЂ™-an early, undirected stage of the match where close coordination simply isnвЂ™t necessary.

Call of Duty: Cold War's new Outbreak mode takes me right back to those weird months before Fortnite found its final form.

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