Ever since it was confirmed that "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" is arriving to consoles, fans of the video game are in great anticipation to see what's new on their favorite game. Word is out that aside from the amazing and new gameplays of the upcoming title, female characters have also been added for more flavor.
This is the first time the developers at Treyarch have decided to make a female character playable in the series, said Game Spot. While it was not the first time that female characters have been included in the series, most of the female characters in previous titles only play minor roles.
In "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," a player could fill the shoes of Chloe "Karma" Lynch but only in the optional Strike Force mission, said Tech Times. The character of Ilona was seen in "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare," however, she was not made playable.
The addition of a playable female lead in the title is a big jump for Treyarch. Not only is the female character playable, the developers pulled all stops to ensure that the players would be able to do what they could do with a male character to its female counterpart.
According to Jason Blundell, executive producer of the title, the team's addition of a female character "means that you've got a full female track for the whole thing."
The female character could be utilized in the four-player co-op campaign mode and one could choose to make all the four players female if desired.
To prepare for this major change, the team in Treyarch decided that the story and script of the title would be "gender neutral" the whole time. Studio head Mark Lamia revealed that, "the emotions and dynamics between characters is kind of gender neutral."
Lamia added that their inspiration for it was the character of Sigourney Weaver in the 1979 Ridley Scott film, "Aliens." The studio chief noted that Weaver's character was originally written for a man, but instead was played by a woman.
The move to create a multiplayer option for "Black Ops 3" would also give players the chance to pick from nine different characters, said CBC.
Game director Dan Bunting admitted the reason for this was because the team wanted to breathe more life into the game.
"We wanted it to have a little more soul to it. We were talking about voices and giving them personalities. It was kind of a leap of faith to say, 'You're going to pick this character who is this guy or girl, and that is the character you're gonna be.' That was the direction we started to explore," revealed Bunting.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" would hit the current generation consoles and PC on November 6.
