Last weekend, the beta of CoD Modern Warfare 2 opened its doors to all interested players. Many of them were positively surprised by the shooter, but there was also criticism.
This was the beta: From Saturday, September 24, to Monday, September 26, the beta of CoD Modern Warfare 2 was open to all players. For 48 hours, fans could immerse themselves in the new flagship shooter of the franchise and gather impressions.
The beta offered a mix of old and new multiplayer modes with 6vs6 maps like Farm 18 or Valderas Museum as well as the larger modes Ground War and Invasion. Additionally, there were gifts for completing certain milestones that would be carried over to the final game.
While the progress in the beta was not saved and there was a wipe at the end, many players surprisingly felt well entertained. In fact, some wished that the beta would never end.
“I don’t want to wait a month!”
What the positive voices say: After the open beta weekend, a new wave of discussions and opinions about the new CoD flooded social media and Reddit forums. Many reported that they unexpectedly had a lot of fun with the beta.
The weapons felt good and the Ground War mode is an upgrade that feels like the old Battlefield games. On Reddit, fans wrote:
- “What do I do now? I don’t want to wait a month! I had so much fun with the game.” – bitzel
- “I hated Vanguard and suffered through Cold War. This is a nice change, in my opinion.” – TheRollingLax
- “I raced through all 30 levels in the first two days and am now waiting for the finished game.” – ZeGermanFox
- “I can never go back to Vanguard […].” – A***__Hershiser
Players who actually had no interest in the CoD series anymore, whether due to oversaturation or disappointments over previous games, also reported. They were surprised at how much fun the beta of Modern Warfare 2 had given them.
Positive aspects included the removal of reload and slide-canceling as well as the nerf of the mini-map.
This is what you say: The open test of Modern Warfare 2 seems to have gone well with MeinMMO readers. At our survey about the beta, 1,007 users participated at the time of evaluation (September 27, 2022, 12:02 PM), with about 56% of you finding the beta at least good to great.
This is a strong contrast to the results that CoD Vanguard achieved almost exactly a year earlier in its own survey about the beta. This part of the series did not go down well with MeinMMO readers and was rated as “not so good” to “terrible” by almost 60% of you.
“The spawns are somehow worse than Vanguard”
What the negative voices say: Alongside the positive feedback, there was of course also criticism. For example, the field equipment Dead Silence and the perk Ghost are criticized, as well as the respawn points on the map. On YouTube, user poorchris commented:
[…] Vanguard had bad spawns, the spawns in the beta seem somehow even worse than MW19 and Vanguard. […] You simply get cyclical spawns for team members running along the edge of the map. It leads to bizarre pacing where you totally annihilate every opponent for 60 seconds and then run around for the next few minutes without finding anyone […].
The post received 164 upvotes.
The user interface was often and harshly criticized as well. It is said to be too cluttered and confusing, with the individual display elements taking up unnecessary space and ruining the player experience. This was criticized even by players who actually found the MW2 beta good and had fun with it.
In the comments on MeinMMO, the third-person mode was also criticized, as when aiming, it switches back to the first-person view, which feels awkward.
On Reddit this complaint was echoed, and a proposed solution suggested aiming like in games like The Division or Ghost Recon, where the perspective is zoomed in closer to the character’s shoulder.
How did you find the beta of MW2? Were you also positively surprised, or did the criticisms annoy you too much? Let us know in the comments.
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