Might as well weigh in with my review. Blackout is good ish. The graphics are dogshit and washed out, but the game itself is playable and fun can be had. I got a win after maybe 5 or 6 games? So far so good.
I disagree about this being unlike CODs of old. It's as COD as it gets. Fast, frantic and chock full of bullshit (stick with me here). There have been times where by a huge margin, I've been behind cover and died, or I've met a situation that I felt I should/could have come out on top and haven't. I've seen killcams that would make the baby Jesus cry. You have to accept that there are certain situations that favour a particle player, sometimes it's you sometimes it's FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING..... NO WAY.... NO FUCKIN *ahem* the other guy. The nature of the game being so fast makes it worse, and certain styles of play may make it worse. The server tick rate has been increased, so it should improve a bit , but only as much as it always was. If you expected *anything* else you were deluded.
Try hards. I hate diamond camo, clown skin, dabbing emoted fucking bellends. I don't have the reactions of a 12 year old and I'm a good casual player. Please stop putting me up against next years e-sports winners, especially when I'm spawn trapped against a non-stop barrage of fucking AI killstreaks, not fun, not fun at all.
Final thought is that I wouldn't own this game if it weren't for Alex, he bought it, I stole it. I wouldn't buy it, it's just not different enough for me. AAA price and they saved a fortune not including a campaign.