Black Ops 6 is clearly influenced by Mission: Impossible

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The spy fiction genre can trace its roots all the way back to the early 19th century, and it has remained a fairly popular genre ever since, with major franchises such as James Bond and Mission: Impossible still dominates the box office as a new entry rolls around. Naturally, the spy genre has found its way into video games, although it has been a notoriously difficult genre to adapt. Too often, spy games struggle to balance slower-paced espionage with high-octane action, though Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 strikes a surprisingly good balance.




Carrying through many of the same themes as its Cold War predecessor, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign revolves around mistrust of political organizations and world leaders, and a group of ex-CIA agents trying to save the world against all odds. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a spy thriller through and through, and its story and plot seem to have been inspired by the aforementioned Mission: Impossible series.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's campaign shares some DNA with Mission: Impossible

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Campaign Is a Mission: Impossible-Like Spy Thriller

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign has a premise that will seem all too familiar for too long Mission: Impossible fans. After a high-value target extraction goes awry and a mysterious new military organization known as The Pantheon rears its head, Frank Woods and his team of black ops agents are locked out of the CIA. Believing they are the only ones who can stop the Pantheon's evil plans, Woods and his team are forced to go rogue.


Now actively hunted by the CIA, Woods and his team are truly on their own, with their only respite being a safe house in Bulgaria known as “The Rook.” Without spoiling too much, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign builds to a climax, a lot Mission: Impossible-inspired ending where Woods and his team are in a race against time to stop Pantheon's devastating bioweapon attack that will undoubtedly kill millions.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's campaign borrows some Mission: Impossible Set Pieces

While Frank Wood's team of rogue black ops agents may not have government help, they still have access to a small arsenal of classic spy gadgets. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign will have players sneak behind enemy lines, use disguises to blend into the crowd, use remote cars to shut down power supplies, lock doors, hack into secret frequencies, and crawl through air vents and underground tunnels, just to name a few some examples of the game Mission: Impossible-similar mechanics.


Many of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign backdrops also feel strongly inspired by Mission: Impossiblewith one of the best examples being the “Most Wanted” mission, which sees players sneak into a political charity event above a secret CIA prison. The player is given the simple goal of obtaining an ambassador's retina scan, and they are given several different ways to approach it.

One way sees players steal a note from a tycoon's jacket in the closet, meet the man, steal his pager and organize a meeting with the ambassador in the venue's kitchen. This culminates in a brief fist fight with the ambassador's bodyguards in a sequence that feels very reminiscent of Mission: Impossible – Fallouts bathroom scene.

Another Black Ops 6 mission sees players raid a casino, an activity that involves hacking into mainframes, swimming through underground waterways, winning a game of high-stakes poker, and passing key cards between team members using swag.


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