Campaign is great so far. The driving mission was aggravating and fun at same time.

If I'm an old who used to excel at CoD 2 and the first modern warfare but gets slaughtered ever since, would I like this game or be able to not get killed all the time on multiplayer? I have always been more of a Battlefield player since MW 1 but I hated this last Battlefield on PS5 and was thinking about trying this one although I'd rather not just blind buy it. Any suggestions for me?

So far the campaign is great. Multiplayer gets released this week/weekend

SBMM will put you in lobbies of similar skill. You'll definitely be able to get kills.

I wasted my money on vanguard...
I wasted my money on BF2042...
I'll likely waste my money on this, but I hope I won't be disappointed.

The original MW2 days were glorious, I'd argue CoD in it's prime.

I may be wrong, but I thought I read they will only have SBMM in ranked games. Quick play type lobbies will not have SBMM.

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I may be wrong, but I thought I read they will only have SBMM in ranked games. Quick play type lobbies will not have SBMM.

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That's wrong

I read it in a tweet with notes prior to release, but in searching, there are many different "leaks" and it may have simply been one of those unofficial sites throwing crap against the wall. The latest leak I find now says there will be some version of SBMM, to include potential for some bots in lower level lobbies, which they are saying will allow them to help prevent smurf accounts (not sure how that will work to prevent smurf accounts, but we will see).

zip04 said:

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I read it in a tweet with notes prior to release, but in searching, there are many different "leaks" and it may have simply been one of those unofficial sites throwing crap against the wall. The latest leak I find now says there will be some version of SBMM, to include potential for some bots in lower level lobbies, which they are saying will allow them to help prevent smurf accounts (not sure how that will work to prevent smurf accounts, but we will see).

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They may be adding bots to the lowest levels of SBMM. I know bots are being added in certain modes, but I didn't think that was related to SBMM.

Regardless, SBMM isn't going anywhere and will be present at all levels. Infinity Ward hates ranked play and the competitive scene in general, so I'll still be suprised if they even add a ranked mode. They said one was coming in MW19, and it never did. Then it took like 5 months to get one in Vanguard. SBMM certainly isn't hinging on ranked play.

I got the game. I have some friends asking me if I'm getting it, so yea, peer pressure. I think that's what keeps these games alive, people wan't something to socialize on. CoD is so familiar to many because they grew up on it.

Anyways, the campaign is good. Graphics are impressive! These missions seem bite sized but are cool.

I actually liked last MW game and I'm not a big fan of the Black Ops games.

I agree. If more people would play Overwatch 2, I'd probably just stick with that. However, I like the aspect of CoD where you can play warzone as well. So we can play multiplayer if we want quicker games, or we can play a battle royal if we want to feel more of an accomplishment with a win.

I also agree that MW games are better than the black ops games. Obviously my opinion only. I also felt the multiplayer was much easier in the last black ops than in MW.

I like the CoD games, but the reason I say I would stick with Overwatch is because of the rampant cheating CoD has had in the past (hopefully it is addressed better in this game) and the fact they change the meta so frequently just to push people to purchase the latest overpowered gun in the store.

Game ON! People have been playing since 12am. 1st game for me was 10 minutes ago. Loading in for Game 2...

Post your opinion of the multiplayer please. Thanks!

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This. I'm seriously interested in people's opinion on gameplay before I pull the trigger!

Beating a dead horse as many apparently think in this thread, but I found the beta to be horrible and not fun at all. They've since removed bunny hopping, which was your only chance at coming around a corner and beating a guy sitting on a heady.

But if you're into super slow gameplay with nice visuals and attention to detail in the environment, then this is probably a good game for you. There's no crazy movement like slide canceling to deal with, so it's an easy game to get into.

ETA: People have discovered that guns do inconsistent damage per bullet, so if you're into gunfights where you both hit the same amount of shots but one guy gets to arbitrarily do more damage than you, then this might also be for you. Not sure if they kept the ADS bloom that was in vanguard. Might have bloom squared going on.

Ground war and Invasion are not open. Only 6v6 MP. LOTS of weapons (more than beta) available at start with more to be unlocked. People have been playing since 12am. Hit reg is good. Some server crashing and game locking up on PS4 on cross-play.

Don't believe above. So far, lots of action and no corner twunts but it is very early.

I only played a couple quick hardpoint/dom games, but experienced no campers and they definitely turned footsteps way down.

FYI if on a PC using a ps5 controller, you need to do a firmware update to be able to turn off the haptic R2 trigger when shooting.

My lobbies were 50% sound whoring campers in every beta match. They would have had to severely lower the footstep audio for that to change. Glad they added the diamonds above players at least. That makes it harder to camp in the dark rooms like people were doing on Museum in the beta.

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FYI if on a PC using a ps5 controller, you need to do a firmware update to be able to turn off the haptic R2 trigger when shooting.

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Is this preferred over leaving haptic on? Guess I'm out of the loop on this.

I've always found my aim to be more consistent without varying levels of vibration in my controller

Same. Zero vibration or haptics. Footsteps were high on the list of changes they made before the full release

Yep. Footsteps dampened a lot

Wait, the ADS time is slower after jumping now? Where has my COD gone?

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Wait, the ADS time is slower after jumping now? Where has my COD gone?

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Lol, you mean it's more realistic now and not slapstick stupid? That jumping like kangaroo now has some realistic effect on your ability to clown someone?

I can't access my custom load outs still

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HossAg said:

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Wait, the ADS time is slower after jumping now? Where has my COD gone?

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Lol, you mean it's more realistic now and not slapstick stupid? That jumping like kangaroo now has some realistic effect on your ability to clown someone?

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There are other games out there if you want realism. Jumpshotting has been a staple of COD gameplay since the beginning.

Not knocking you if you want to jump shot, that's perfectly fine, and my comment was not intended to be critical of anyone that likes doing that. I'm simply a fan of bringing more realism to the game.

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Not knocking you if you want to jump shot, that's perfectly fine, and my comment was not intended to be critical of anyone that likes doing that. I'm simply a fan of bringing more realism to the game.

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That's fine, but I hope people can understand why I'm not happy that the game I've played for years basically doesn't exist anymore. I miss when we had good battlefield games for the realism and good COD games for the arcade gameplay. I get why people who enjoyed battlefield more are enjoying the shift in COD, but I hate that it's coming at the cost of no more traditional COD.

Found the trash EBR and leveling it up!!

You REALLY have to level up to have decent classes. I can't even use a knife as secondary until level 19 I think. Definitely is a learning curve with the visual recoil vs previous cods

I had to level up a couple of levels before it let me do custom loadouts.

Yeah I had to restart the game and it was working properly then

I miss hardcore playlists.

I must say that the complaining about hopping and ADS delay has me thinking about buying my first COD game in years

MW03 said:

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I must say that the complaining about hopping and ADS delay has me thinking about buying my first COD game in years

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That's Joe Cecot's goal in this new era of gaming