Black Ops 6 owes a lot to this almost 50-year-old thriller: the single-player campaign strangely resembles that of the film with Robert Redford

Game news Black Ops 6 owes a lot to this almost 50-year-old thriller: the single-player campaign strangely resembles that of the film with Robert Redford

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign is a success

Among the games that were among the most anticipated of the year, there was of course Call of Duty : Black Ops 6. It must be said that from the first images, it already seemed like he wanted to go heavy while returning to the basics of the series. Today, several days after its release, the observation is clear: the episode developed by Treyarch and Activision clearly kept its promises. But in addition to a supercharged multiplayer mode and a sleeved zombie mode which revived the best memories of the oldest players, it is also the campaign of this Black Ops 6 which made it an excellent game.

Indeed, with a context set right during the Gulf War of the 1990s, Black Ops 6 had enough to deliver a story full of twists and turns. Especially since during the entire promotional period, Activision clearly played on a fairly mysterious and darkeach time insisting that the truth was not always so obvious. As a result, many players were absolutely won over, not to mention the press. For us, the campaign clearly convinced us since we awarded it a score of 17/20 while qualifying it as “best single player campaign in recent years”.

The Black Ops 6 storyline could well be inspired by the film Three Days of the Condor

Since the very first episodes of the Call of Duty saga, the campaign has always been a concentrate of action that is fun to play and very inspired by American war or action films. But this time, Treyarch may have decided to go even further by taking direct inspiration from a film from almost 50 years ago: The Three Days of the Condor. If you don't know it, it's a spy film directed by Sydney Pollack released in 1975 in which we notably find Robert Redford, actor who notably inspired the character of Russell Adler in the Call of Duty video game saga.

In addition to the physical resemblance between the fictional character and the actor, it is especially the synopsis of the film which really reminds us of that of the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Indeed, The Three Days of the Condor tells the story of Joseph Turner (played by Robert Redford) while working for the CIA. One day, while on a mission, Turner finds all his colleagues murdered. Determined to find the culprit, he begins his investigation and discovers that it is the CIA itself which ordered these murders. He then finds himself alone while he must escape his own organization, without really understanding the reasons for this manhunt.. A story which in a certain way recalls that of Russel Adler in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which could confirm that they were indeed inspired by this film. Of course, Treyarch's game does not limit its inspirations to this film since the spy film genre has existed for a very long time. But if you liked Black Ops 6's campaign, maybe you should check it out The Three Days of the Condor.