Call of Duty: Warzone Review (baby)
This game was amazing in 2020/Early 2021. Since then, RavenSoftware has been ruining/changing it and taking things away, and here we are with them being involved in Warzone 2.
1. They ruined the Map
Took away Verdansk & brought Caldera. --- Which killed Battle-Royal & made Rebirth Island popular 2 years after release, where majority only played Resurgance. Resurgance had permanent full playlist (Solos, Duos, Trios, Quads), prior it was 2 per week.
2. They ruined TTK
Where SMGs can kill you within 165-250ms (Human blink is 400ms), a Throwing Knife insta kill a FULLY ARMORED enemy from Chest up, BUT a SNIPER that's heavier than LMG, which ADS slow needs 3 headshots.
Certain SMGs did more damage per bullet, than Snipers NECKSHOTS!
Certain Heavy .50Cal Snipers literally needed 7-9 Bodyshots.
SMGs & ARs can shoot FURTHER than Snipers with higher Bullet Velocity! (yes even SMGs) "RavenSoftware Gun Balance"
3. They ruined basic game Movements
You ran FASTER holding VG AR, than you do with fists!! --- Yes, picking up an Assault Rifle sometimes meant that you now run faster than the guy without a heavy weapon, or any weapon at all.
4. They ruined Attachments
They've Created bugs that were never fixed for 3 years on their 'Trello'(too many to list)
All whilst giving us 0 Comments, 0 Explanation, 0 ETA for a fix, if any would ever come, as plenty stayed broken to this day.
5. They ruined Camos
They've historically PURPOSELY changed FREE CAMOS that we earned through grinding camo challenges to look worse as time goes! The SAME Camos from 2020/2021 got changed to be worse in animation & sometimes 80% less gun coverage in 2022. --- a 'cheap' way to promote Store Bundles even more.
6. Overbuffed AimAssist
AA works like Aimbot, through smoke, stun, goes to the next opponent when you kill the first one, reaction time faster than humanely possible, can 100% accurately predict movements (so no point trying to go left & right, the player won't be thrown off unlike Mouse & keyboard). Plenty of M&K streamers switched to controller after this. --- See Point #10 for more.
7. Extremely STUBBORN!
There are tweets that have gotten 200k+ likes, ton of #1 Reddit Trending threads, E-Sports articles, polls, videos etc DEMANDING SNIPERS HEADSHOTS to be back, it gets ignored where some Snipers sit at 0.03% Pickrate. --- "We see positive metrics & snipers are in a healthy usage."
In 2021, there were celeberties tweeting "NERF DMR" (Which RavenSoftware broke), people held signs on the streets at intersection saying "NERF DMR". They were still defending it, saying they've seen "positive metrics", same words they're using for Snipers Headshots nerf.
It's okay to be innovative, try new things, change stuff around. But to be completely stubborn, in denial & completely neglect your community is why this game got "MOSTLY NEGATIVE" reviews!
Steam Reviews in a way exposed the "YESMEN" pages & actually reflected the community overall feelings.
8. Completely DISCONNECTED from the community/Game & only focus on 1%'s Streamers
A Small tweet from a random 'influencer' can get something changed, but an outrage on Reddit/Twitter, Esports Articles etc for 9 months is ignored.
9. HORRIBLE GUN BALANCE! - In Warzone 1, we've had over 200 guns from 3 COD Games
Yet 1-2 guns at most were what's used of each category. RavenSoftware are the WORST when it comes to Gun Balance.
Some Snipers literally had 0.03% unused pickrate, and they were nerfed further whilst ARs that are on top gets heavy buffs. (For some reason they're always Anti-Snipers)
Break a gun => Sell Bundles for it => Nerf in 2 months => Repeat.
10. BLATANT bias towards Console Market
They're fully focusing on Controllers/Console right now, at the cost of Mouse & Keyboard players.
Please see Point #6 above.
MWII CODNEXT Release was stricly controller only, M&K Streamers had to use controller a month prior on their stream to get ready for the event. As everyone was forced to use one.
MWII Camos UI Menu originally could only be accessed through controller, or keyboard arrow keys. Yes, even the menu. The mouse cursor did nothing on a $70 game in 2023.
Forced Crossplay.
Increased visual recoil+noise, M&K users might need attachments to reduce them, where controllers AimAssist works through them effortlessly without any attachments to the gun.
WZ1, SPECIFICALLY limited Snipers Headshots at specific ranges where AimAssist doesn't work.
The ONLY scenario PC M&K users don't have a disadvantage over AimAssist is sniping at long range(Where AimAssist isn't as OP), where in WZ1 that got Aim-Assist range limited, WZ2 Sniping Headshot completely gone.
Results:
That's why MWII is more balanced than Warzone 2.
That's why with RavenSoftware's influence, Warzone 2 got the same changes & nerfs they've done in Warzone 1 is now here in Warzone 2 (ie Snipers can't Headshot, but SMGs can kill you faster than blink).
Warzone 2 would've been better if they kept it to Infinity Ward, how it was in 2020. Look what happened to Warzone 1, look where the game was & how it became thanks to RavenSoftware & the more they are in charge (Warzone Pacific).
RavenSoftware own employees have boycotted & protested and went on strikes before as decisions are often made without QA, and few execs call the shot for millions of players. (Such as Caldera!)
If they hadn't updated Warzone 1 for 3 years, the game would've been 100x times better, and Warzone 2 wouldn't even be needed.
Facts
Majority came to MWII & Warzone 2 as they loved the old Warzone 1, and hoped Warzone 2 would bring that back, as RavenSoftware killed the first one.
To go from the "Best Selling Numbers in COD HISTORY" is very telling after VANGUARD; And to "THE LOWEST WARZONE NUMBERS" is also telling when you've got all the hype, sales, support & numbers, but your studios are disconnected from the community.
Warzone 2 needs to copy everything Warzone 1 had in late 2020 & Raven's influence to vanish. Men lie, Women lie, numbers & stats don't.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.