In Call of Duty: Warzone, a change in the Gulag was supposed to bring more variety, but for many players, the opposite has occurred.
What has changed: With the major update on May 19, some cool new features made their way into the Warzone, the battle royale of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The Gulag minigame also received an adjustment.
In the prison, you can now fight for a respawn with significantly more weapons. Assault rifles and SMGs are now part of the game. However, instead of bringing the planned fresh wind into the battle for survival, there is now significant criticism from players.
What is the problem? The Gulag was always considered a change of pace and a special feature of Warzone. Instead of the large battlefields where players usually fight at a distance, the Gulag features intense “1 versus 1” duels. The completely different gameplay was also dictated by the mandated weapons. Players originally started with pistols or shotguns in the brawl.
However, the fully automatic firearms now available to players completely alter the intense gameplay: Battles are often over within seconds, every lane is monitored in “hardscope,” and whoever moves first dies in a hail of bullets from a distance.
After all, it’s about re-entering the Warzone, and every means is used – which does not sit well with many in the community.
The Gulag has automatically shot the fun away
This is what the community says: Even upon the release of the update, the changes to the Gulag weapons caused some players to be upset. Players express their displeasure, for example, on reddit. It has been said that assault rifles and SMGs will ruin the fun.
Users write:
I agree, the Gulag is too small for rifles, it only encourages camping from a distance.
Potatolev via reddit
These speculations seem to have been confirmed by now. Because other gaming magazines are also hitting this note and write:
Gone are the days when every showdown was a small survival horror game. Now most of them play out like the paramilitary shootouts you experience in the rest of the multiplayer mode of Call of Duty.
Kotaku
MeinMMO author Philipp Hansen misses the excitement since the update
This is how I experienced it: I have spent several dozen hours in Warzone, played many rounds since the update, and even visited and entered the new bunkers.
I can only agree with the criticism. In my last Warzone matches, I entered the Gulag exclusively with assault rifles or the Striker. I did not get to handle a close-combat weapon even once.
And my teammates also grumbled through the headset every time, “Now the one who sees the other first wins again.” or “The Gulag feeling is no longer there.” Like many others, I enjoyed the intense Gulag duels at eye level.
How happy you felt when you shot twice with the bulky revolver and the enemy wasn’t that accurate and then met their demise with a butt stroke. Now it’s about aiming, because as soon as you push to the middle, the automatic death awaits you.
The lack of excitement in the Gulag is by no means a catastrophe, and excursions into the Warzone remain incredibly fun. But the new weapon system has unfortunately killed the variety instead of bringing fresh wind.
However, things will still be exciting today in “Call of Duty” BR, as a mysterious message is causing a stir: What is happening in CoD Warzone today? Mysterious message: “Stay vigilant”
