CoD Warzone is no longer just a disaster according to the players. The developers are also speaking frankly now, admitting their mistakes and explaining them. However, they also have solutions, which likely point to the second part.
What have the developers said? In a call with journalists and influencers, three top developers at Activision discussed the current problems in CoD Warzone, their causes, and also possible solutions. The developers were evidently Pat Kelly (Co-Head at Infinity Ward), Josh Bridge (Game Director at Activision), and Eric Biesmann from Raven Software.
According to the site CharlieIntel and industry insider Tom Henderson, the developers have apparently admitted that they have messed up Warzone:
“We messed it up. We broke it. We are not happy with it. No more excuses.”
Warzone has turned from a streamlined BR add-on into a bloated monster
What are the problems with Warzone? The developers had no excuses but explained where the problems in Warzone come from.
Because the game – according to the developers – was initially intended as a “just” battle royale add-on for Modern Warfare from 2019. Similar to how it might have been with Blackout for the previous Black Ops 4.
But then Warzone became so successful that they wanted to continue it at all costs, which led to the introduction of weapons and operators from Cold War. This already inflated Warzone considerably, and when Vanguard also dropped its assets in Warzone, the game was, according to the developers, so massively “bloated” that it could barely be maintained properly and bugs fixed.
Furthermore, the game had reached a state where no one knew what it was actually supposed to be due to the massive mix of currently three very different CoD games. Pat Kelly said: “It no longer felt like Modern Warfare, but also not like Black Ops.”
The ongoing issues are also the reason why they couldn’t properly prepare the new Pacific map and why Season 2 had to be postponed. They simply lacked the time to develop technically flawless content in this bloated mess.
This statement from the developers is already remarkable since until now, Activision has praised Warzone as the link and melting pot of all CoD games. This very “feature” is apparently now the biggest problem of the game according to the developers.
How the problems are supposed to be solved: The developers were not only in the call to lament about the currently broken Warzone. Rather, there is supposed to be a solution for the mess.
They want to communicate more closely with the community in the future and react more quickly to serious problems. Furthermore, they are “determined to solve the problems of the game.”
However, since the successor Warzone 2 for 2022 has recently been confirmed, the final solution will likely indeed lie in a completely redesigned Warzone, which is expected to launch alongside the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2022.
So it remains to be seen if the developers will have a concept from the beginning for how this new Warzone can develop healthily without repeating the mistakes of the past.
For more information on the release and content of Warzone 2, you can find it here: CoD Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 have been officially announced – This is what we currently know.
