I’m glad that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare isn’t afraid to embrace the strange

The Ascendance map pack looks fun

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare got some flak for the whole “Press X to pay respects” debacle, but after the controversy quickly died down, it had plenty of time to shine with an active online community. Although the Havoc pack wasn’t the best showing, the core game has held up over time, and I’m still enjoying it to this day.

On March 31 the Ascendance DLC will drop on Xbox platforms, which includes the standard four maps, one zombie level, and a weapon. Based on the footage above the pack actually looks pretty fun — especially the new “grapple mode” shown off at 1:45.