I'm really excited to see how developers can fine-tune the DualSense controller to change for weapons in games and Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War does an excellent job of showcasing the potential of the controller and first-person shooters. When I jumped back into a round of Apex Legends, the controller felt empty and lifeless. Of course, drawing your crossbow back adds an intimate level of tension as you hold before release. Between each round of firing a shotgun, the trigger let's loose and tightens back up, a semi-automatic weapon will almost rattle in time with the gun as it fires. It's not as refined as I'd expect a Sony first-party shooter to feel (where's the next Resistance game Sony? Insommiac!?), but I quickly went from finding it odd, to never wanting to play a game without it. The DualSenses' adaptive triggers change all of this by changing the level of tension and vibration within the R2 button as you fire each weapon. A pistol, shotgun or assault rife all fired the same on previous generations of consoles. My hands have spent thousands of hours at this point, playing first-person-shooters across the PS3 & PS4 and have gotten used to a certain level of input needed to fire any gun.

It is a literal gamechanger that I've had to adjust to while playing any of the modes included in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War. On PlayStation, this is in a combination of stunning 4K visuals, ray-traced shadows and using the DualSense controllers' features like the adaptive triggers. Neither Sony nor Microsoft launched their consoles with a shooter (sorry Halo), so it's all up to COD to showcase the latest hardware and features. This years Call of Duty is a special one as its the first entry to christen the brand new consoles.

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