COD BO7: The Most Chaotic Weapon Review You'll Ever See - The MPC-25

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is officially here, and with every new title comes the same tradition: players rush to unlock weapons, make more Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Bot Lobbies, test meta setups, earn their first nukes, and figure out which guns are worth their precious prestige tokens. But sometimes, a weapon drops into multiplayer that leaves fans confused, disappointed, and asking themselves how it even made it through testing.

That is exactly what happened with the MPC-25, BO7's supposed "modernized spiritual successor" to the iconic MSMC from Black Ops 2. Fans expected a fast, laser-accurate, shredding SMG. What they got instead feels like a dollar-store knockoff you'd find at Walmart next to the discount Nerf guns.

Today, we're breaking down the wild gameplay session that exposed everything wrong with the MPC-25-why players should avoid unlocking it, how Pack-a-Punch barely saves it, and how one streak changed the entire match.

The MPC-25: A Weapon So Bad It's a Miracle to Win a Gunfight

If you told BO2 fans that the MSMC was returning in Black Ops 7, they would've lost their minds in excitement. But once the gameplay hit, reality set in fast.

Even in close-quarters fights that the MSMC would shred effortlessly, this gun struggles. Shots feel inconsistent, damage feels low, and recoil patterns punish anyone who isn't controlling the gun pixel-perfect. Hip-fire suffers. Long-range beams are a fantasy. Even in ideal conditions, the MPC-25 loses fights it has no business losing.

And that's only the beginning.

Why You Should Never Waste a Prestige Token on This Gun

Black Ops players take their prestige tokens seriously. They're the golden tickets to early access builds, busted weapons, and high-value unlocks that define your first few weeks of gameplay. But if you're thinking of spending a token on the MPC-25?

Don't. Just… don't.

"If you get a prestige token, do yourself a favor and do not unlock this gun."

There are countless better uses for an early unlock:

 Looper

 HARP

 UAV

 HKD

 Any Marksman Rifle

 Any Tac Sprint cooldown upgrade

Literally anything else.

Even UAV is more useful-and that's not an insult to UAV. It's just a reflection of how low the MPC-25 ranks on the usefulness ladder. Compared to the fan-loved MSMC, the BO7 version feels sluggish, weak, and inconsistent, missing the aggressive snap and precision that made the original so iconic.

A Miracle Run Built on Luck, Sound Cues… and Pure Chaos

Once the frustrations wore off, the gameplay turned hilarious. Through a combination of:

 enemy misplays

 sound cue predictions

 lucky timing

 and pure stubbornness

The weapon still felt terrible, but somehow streaks were starting to build. UAV after UAV came online, teammates rotated objectives, and the lobbies became increasingly chaotic.

The player even admits-half-joking, half-defeated-that they don't even mind dying on a streak anymore. They just want the experience to end. But fate had a different plan.

Because next came the Pack-a-Punch test.

Pack-a-Punch: Can It Save the MPC-25?

After enough suffering, the MPC-25 finally gets Pack-a-Punched. A last chance at redemption. A chance to revive the MSMC legacy.

Did it work?

Sort of.

Not enough to make the weapon great-but enough to make it usable. Enough to pop off and build momentum. Enough to turn a struggle session into a highlight reel.

And the biggest factor wasn't the gun.

It was the streaks.

Especially one streak.

A streak so good that it carried entire lobbies:

The Legion.

The Legion: The Best Streak in Black Ops 7

Call of Duty has a tendency to disappoint when it comes to streaks in newer titles. Too often, developers try to balance streaks so carefully that they end up weak, slow, or underwhelming.

Not Legion.

The Legion is essentially the BO7 version of the classic Swarm, and it hits just as hard:

 constant kills

 nonstop pressure

 map control

 near-endless uptime

 kills feeding into streaks feeding into more kills

Combined with UAV spam and HKDs, the match quickly turned into a one-person airshow raining nonstop destruction.The 52-5 Game: The Warm-Up Before the Real Run

The first full match after Pack-a-Punch resulted in an absurd 52-5 gameplay. And keep in mind: most of those kills came from streaks rather than the MPC-25.

This showed two things:

1.The streak loadout is absolutely cracked

2.The MPC-25 is still terrible even when upgraded

But at least the momentum was there. And more importantly, something else happened:

A taste of what a 70-kill game could look like.

Which set the stage for the final match.

The Final Match: The Road to 70 Kills

The game starts strong: UAVs, HKDs, Legion streaks piling up, teammates feeding callouts, and the Pack-a-Punched MPC-25 doing just enough to stay relevant.

Final Thoughts: BO7 Is Chaotic, Flawed, and Fun as Hell

Even with its questionable gun balancing (looking at you, MPC-25), Black Ops 7 is shaping up to be a game full of personality, nostalgia, and high-octane moments. Once players get more comfortable with movement, recoil patterns, streak rotation, more CoD BO7 Bot Lobbies and map layouts, BO7 is likely going to become a fan favorite for insane highlight reels.

And if there's one takeaway from all this?

Don't unlock the MPC-25.

Do unlock the Legion.

And never trust a guy bragging about a Walmart controller in the middle of a match.