Modern Warfare 2

69gb on the Series S, with everything else already installed as well. Thankfully my 1Gb fibre in Spain took care of it in 25 mins :)

My initial impressions arent great, and mainly because of how unstable it is, took us about 30 mins last night to actually get into a game of WZ last night, and even then the servers were all over the shop with lag spikes and rubberbanding. DMZ was interesting but again, 2 of us had crashes to desktop during the session. Social tab is completely busted, and the problems with the games UI are totally amplified now that I've had to spend so much more time than usual trying to navigate it.

General comments -

The map is very interesting, and I'd have to reserve final judgment once the server issues are sorted, as the lobby wasnt full, but in battle royale, it felt very dead. no action to be heard for miles around, and the loot is incredibly sparse. I died and lost the gulag and ended up spectating for ages as there simply wasnt any ground cash to be found for a buyback.

The backpack looting - I dont mind it, but it feels weird compared to pubg or tarkov. The tab key in those games pops you straight in and out of looing, here, theres a weird kind of stickiness to it, where you actually have to start moving away from whatever you're looting to close the menu. They'd be better off having a drag and drop system imo, but that would likely put console players at a disadvantage.

I think I'll leave it for a week or so before trying it again, to see if things settle down a bit. The game has a long future ahead of it, hopefully they can polish it up quickly.

MW2 I liked it since Beta (1st COD in a long time i actually enjoyed) TTK is low so suits me, gunplay is good, maps and modes are varied. The addition of Realism/hardcore this week has got a few buddies on cos they sucked at normal Core modes 😁 UI is shocking and aim assist is what it is for controllers, at least its fair in that if you a lil bitch on pc you can play an FPS with a controller 🤐 I find with most of the guns if I fire 1st im gonna win the fight and that was my main gripe with presvious COD was losing a shootout to some 360 no scoping **** when i shot 1st.

Warzone 2

Didnt like 1 as imo it looked and played like a PS2 game compared to PUBG at the time it was technically miles apart, MW2 is a lot better (1st win after 3 games 😎) Missions, map and gunplay all a lot better and the fact the circle moves so it doesnt become a sniping fest with whoever has the high ground winning. We were pinned by a sniper squad and the circle moved from behind them to behind us 😁 Oh how the turns were tabled then!

Finding both suprisingly good and worth playing.

I’m at that level now too. Still going positive the odd time but my god some teams utterly obliterate you. I think maybe go away from the mixed uou have been playing to other modes might help it balance a bit again.

DMZ is a really decent mode,especially with some mates!

Warzone is a lot better than the previous,it feels more tactical and slow and closer to what a BR(in my mind) should be....instead of the slide cancelling,bunny hopping,adderall infused speed merchants flying around the maps!

Port issue?

Can't stop playing DMZ, loving it, not sure why but I am. Some of the exfils are absolute mayhem, deep in the radation, trying to revive two teammates, while my gas mask disintegrates and a truck with maybe enough petrol to get out and get to the chopper. It's much better in a trio but even if it is randoms it adds to the rng.

I think its after reintroducing the 'special gaming moment' potential.

we played a game the other night, was way down the south doing contracts and quests and didnt cop the time going when the radiation rolled in. went to the nearest extract and 2 of us got killed by a team waiting for the the chopper. Our teammate left them extract, and then we were running to get a car and get out of the radiation.

Arrived at the middle of the map, and the next extraction, proceeded to get into a long firefight with another team, which we won, but the radiation had caught up to us and we couldn't use the extract, cue running like mad through the city streets to get to the northeast corner, we see the chopper coming in, and the announcer says they're leaving in 60 seconds. Just as we arrive at the extract, we notice a team circling in an LTV, and we assumed the worst was about to happen.

For some reason they didnt push until we had gotten into the chopper and we mowed them down on the steps just 3 seconds before it took off.

It was epic, and I was buzzing for the night after it.

As far as I know, If you hold down the ping wheel, you can select an option to invite players to squad up, where they essentially become friendlies and you cant kill them. I must try it next time to see if theres any takers.

Still need to finish the first level in DMZ.. exfil the white lotus intel.

Every goddamn squad I team up with (ramdomers) just **** off doing their own thing and in solo mode the bots are way way op and just like terminators.

Definitely up for teamups if anyone's up for it.. I'm on Pc.

Did the exact same thing last night, 2 lads in my squad made a mockery of me.

Also, really enjoying the Irish operator.

Leveling up a few at the minute. Main one of the lot would be MP5 and Glock 17. Scar L if it's a bigish map but most playing shoothouse lately.

Worst map from any CoD,there was a hilarious vid of some dude spawning,running 10 yards and a car blowing up killing him over and over at the start of the match!

DMZ or Shoothouse is great for leveling,spam decoy grenades too!

Funnily enough, I love border crossing, but I dont play modes that reset the cars, so once they're exploded, they're gone.

Hate the hotel map, no matter how often I play it, it feels like I'm constantly running to try and find someone to shoot, El Asilo is an awful map as well.

I also like Taraq and Crown Raceway, but farm 18 or hydroelectric are probably the best of the launch maps.

really? I only play about 30 mins per day, hit my dailies and log off, and I'm 46% complete. I dont see any major change to previous years progression rates.