What does black ops 7s story need to do for you to consider it good? I know the bar isn’t exactly high right now but I think the baseline we have right now is pretty promising, I’ve narrowed my list down to a few things
Tie in the remaining loose ends of the dark aether story, specifically Ava Jansen and the vanguard gods. Considering what we know from mwz Ava is basically guaranteed to appear at some point, but now that the forsaken is officially dead after reckoning everything it consumed should be released(Cold War intel), including the dark aether gods. It would actually make me forgive the reckonings story a bit and we need to see more of them.
Keep the story small character wise. I think most people can agree the actual plot of bo3 was pretty bad but the character work was just so good it made up for it tenfold. 8 main characters is already hard enough to juggle, so aside from one-two map exclusive characters they should do everything they can to not overbloat the story like bo6. This also extends to no more radio, which seems to be the case in ashes of the damned which is a great sign!
MAXIS IS ALIVE. She better be, now that Eddie is basically gone she’s the only remanent of the original story and there’s still so much story to tell about her
Establish a clear path forward. I honestly have no idea what’s gonna happen to any of these characters after bo6 but they need to either set up another game or have conclusive endings. This is one of my biggest issues with bo6’s story(among many) and there’s no game right after bo7 to slightly justify the abrupt ending of the story with no real conclusion.
There’s many little things aswell but these are the main few. I’m cautiously optimistic about this story and only time will tell, tell me what you think!