Players are dissatisfied, streamers are looking for alternatives – Warzone is stuck in a hole that the Battle Royale can’t seem to get out of.
A question to get you started: When was the last time you played more than three rounds of Warzone in a row? When was the last time you thought to yourself, “That was really fun, straight to the next round!”? Exactly. And it’s not just you, but many thousands of other Warzone players.
After hardly any German streamers still play Call of Duty, the biggest English-speaking Warzone streamer NICKMERCS has now finally drawn a line under it and is looking for another main game. There are a few reasons for this migration away from Call of Duty.
Flawless gameplay? Far from it!
The problems start with the never-ending bugs. No sooner is a game-destroying bug fixed than an update comes along and with it another five new ways to become invisible or survive indefinitely in the gas.
While the developers have always been able to gradually get these bugs under control, there has actually never been a phase where Warzone didn’t have a major bug that players could exploit. Over so many months, this wears out even the most persistent Warzone veteran, even if you can declassify such cheats every now and then.
For a long time, the balancing of the weapons was also a big problem. In the meantime, the developers have finally been able to bring this to a very good level with large updates, but other difficulties overshadow the good work of the developers.
Hacker in trailer, cheaters in Verdansk
The number one reason why one player after another is currently dropping out is probably clear to everyone. It is almost impossible to play a leisurely evening of Warzone without encountering cheaters at least once. The game has never been free of fiends, but the situation is getting worse.
Fans have been unhappy for a long time, and now Activision has decided to portray the protagonist as a hacker in the Season 5 trailer. The gloating and bad mood in the comments under the video is accordingly great. Hardly any comments deal with the actual content of the update.
Worn-out concept and lack of innovation
Last but not least, there is an often forgotten point: Battle Royale, by its basic design, is exhausting for casuals. If you don’t have the time to practice for several hours every day, you’ll barely win a round. While a fundamentally good game like Warzone still offers enough incentive and variation to be fun for a long time, the air is out at some point.
Even in fast modes like Rebirth or Plunder, a death is still more significant and costs more time than in regular shooters. Starting a new round is therefore always a bigger mental hurdle than in multiplayer or many other games.
So the question also arises whether Warzone, after almost two years, is not also suffering from the same signs of fatigue as its various predecessors.
