And once in a while, you’ll get in the top three scores in a match.Īs you level up, you also get access to much better weapons. And make sure you warm up first and then get serious. It just makes you a target until you master shooting while jumping. Resist the urge the jump too much, even if it is fun. Try a variety of maps, modes, and weapons. If you just keep playing, you’ll get better. Vonderhaar’s tips, and more of my own that I’ve gleaned during my own play, may be broadly useful. You’ll see the details on your kills in the Barracks section and your stats on game modes such as your win-loss ratio in Domination). (You can check these stats in the lobby leaderboards section or by hitting the Options button on the PS4. In Domination mode, I’ve secured 119 locations. I’m on the winning team about half the time. I can now manage to survive Team Deathmatch rounds with a kill-do-death ratio above 1.0, and I earn about 127 points per minute. I’ve gotten 88 headshots, six triple kills, and one thumper, or a triple kill with my special weapon, the grenade launcher. And I improved.Īfter about 23 hours of multiplayer, I’m now at Level 48, with a kill-to-death ratio of 0.53. Was I really that much slower in my reaction times than the youngsters who dominate the game? After I talked to Vonderhaar, however, I started paying more attention to what was important. Considering that I’ve played for so long, that was an exercise in frustration. For every four kills I got, I was killed 10 times.
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This guide will hopefully get you better results in what I consider to be the best shooter game of the year and the best Call of Duty game in many years.Īt the time that I interviewed Vonderhaar in mid-November, I had worked my way up to Level 14 and I had a kill-to-death ratio of 0.42. As the holidays approach, you may have more time to get back into it. Many of those players love showing off how hardcore they are, and how they can completely dominate “noobs,” or new players. Our troubles are not tiny in the grand scheme of things, as Call of Duty games have generated more than $11 billion in the past decade, thanks in no small part to the fact that 40 million or so players stay engaged with the games every month, even long after initial launch dates. But there’s no tutorial for multiplayer, unless you count the single-player campaign and the fairly lightweight “free run” sessions where you square off against artificial intelligence bots. Learn more about what comes next.Ĭall of Duty: Black Ops III has been one of the bestselling games of the holiday season, and it’s also one of the most engaging, as players are still spending hours with Black Ops III’s multiplayer online combat. Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10.