The existence of a “Realistic” difficulty mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops III was recently discovered by the game’s achievement/trophy listings. Now, Treyarch has provided more details on how this uber-challenging mode works. Producer Jason Blundell tells Xbox Achievements, “[In Realistic] you have one point of life, so if you’re shot once, you’re dead. It completely changes the way you play the game.”
He went on to say that surviving in Black Ops III’s four-player co-op campaign will require the coordinated effort of all soldiers. And patience. Lots and lots of patience, it seems.
“You all have to survive as a group,” he explained. “You end up respecting the level in a completely different way, and once gunfire opens up, everyone just drops to the ground, because if any one bullet hits you or a grenade goes off near you, you’re dead.”
The game’s AI has been completely rewritten to “make independent decisions,” Blundell explained. He added: “We have more types of AI than we’ve ever had before.”
Black Ops III launches on November 6 for all platforms.
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