Things are starting to get more interesting in the Ghosts front. As reported, Activision has announced a brand new bonus map – Free Fall – that will be made available to players who pre-order Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Free Fall is set to drop players inside a collapsing skyscraper while also showing off Infinity Ward’s new dynamic mapping tech, which changes the environment inside the game.
"Dynamic map events change the way players approach the game, and Free Fall does a great job illustrating this new mechanic," said Mark Rubin, executive producer at Infinity Ward. "As the match progresses, the geometry of the world continues to change and players need to adjust on the fly or else. It's a really fun new feature that adds layers of strategy and constantly evolving gameplay options for players. And this is just one of the many new approaches we're putting into Ghosts' multiplayer across the board. There's so much more that we look forward to sharing in the weeks to come."
The company states that Free Fall’s new dynamic map events are just one of the several such on the way for Ghosts. “Sideways staircases climb into the night sky, elevator shafts run along the ground, and what were once windows now form a terrifying glass floor, hundreds of feet above the city streets. Free Fall's close-quarters combat and frenetic action are then thrown into overdrive as the ruined skyscraper continues to fall throughout the match.”
Moreover, with the capability hidden in the game’s engine, with every such drop of chunks of building, the accompanying shockwaves will cause further destruction, “disrupting sightlines and constantly evolving paths and chokepoints as the map changes in real-time.”
While there’s no point comparing two games on the basis of DLCs, but it could be noted that Ghosts’ Free Fall’s concept strikes a similar resemblance to what DICE calls Levolution for Battlefield 4. Recently, Battlefield executive producer Patrick Bach discussed about Levolution.
Bach stated that Levolution is where the environment alters accordingly to considerably affect the gameplay happening. So whenever there’s a big destruction, it not only offers a treat for the eyes in the form of pretty graphics, but also changes the way the players chart out the game.
Nonetheless, Call of Duty: Ghosts is currently set for a Nov. 5 arrival and is already available for pre-order.