Is it controversial to admit that I genuinely enjoyed the core gameplay design of this? If that is the case I'll take the shame for it.
Vanguard being the 18th main entry in the series also suffered the same tumultuous and rushed development cycle of cold war, 16 months of soul crushing work shifts just to have a new product once again for the yearly release schedule while giving it more time to develop to the favorite child of the company which is Infinity Ward.
Didn't played the campaign, simple as that.
The multiplayer while running on the same engine as MW19 (IW8) brought back the fluid gameplay feel to the series which is not a completely outlandish way to call this game "MW19 with a WW2 coat of paint". And in a way I definitely agree but Sledgehammer did added its own flavor to the mix, although a very bittersweet and questionable taste.
To put it shortly, there is no such thing as "balance", everything here is off the charts being simply absurd and too over the top, however. That brought the possibility of making everything work due to the massively inflated sandbox with so many elements that I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't even tested, and I don't blame them for it. Unfortunately due to the poor reception and general sentiment around it, Vanguard was turned into maintenance mode starting season 2 and it was almost completely abandoned for the sake of the next entry in the series.
Same thing happened to zombies, another new concept that nobody asked for, just 2 round based maps with a very disappointing gameplay tied to it. If you did the mistake of playing non round based maps I am sorry for you.
It's hard to recommend Vanguard on a general consensus, if you like the CoD multiplayer formula even if it is too cheesy or unbalanced but want to scratch that itch or want to play something different then go for it, but it's not the best option available unless you haven't tried it.
Not the best, not the worst, but I would lie if I say that I did not enjoyed the multiplayer for what it offered alongside bringing the best sights and reticles in the series even if it was in this entry that not a lot of people even bothered trying. Zombies as well was pretty disappointing but that comes as nobody's surprise given the tumultuous development.
The rating is 3/5 exclusively because I genuinely enjoyed its offering in terms of multiplayer design even if it was a disgusting grind to withstand sometimes, it should be a 2.5 for sure and even that might feel a bit high for some people.
Vanguard being the 18th main entry in the series also suffered the same tumultuous and rushed development cycle of cold war, 16 months of soul crushing work shifts just to have a new product once again for the yearly release schedule while giving it more time to develop to the favorite child of the company which is Infinity Ward.
Didn't played the campaign, simple as that.
The multiplayer while running on the same engine as MW19 (IW8) brought back the fluid gameplay feel to the series which is not a completely outlandish way to call this game "MW19 with a WW2 coat of paint". And in a way I definitely agree but Sledgehammer did added its own flavor to the mix, although a very bittersweet and questionable taste.
To put it shortly, there is no such thing as "balance", everything here is off the charts being simply absurd and too over the top, however. That brought the possibility of making everything work due to the massively inflated sandbox with so many elements that I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't even tested, and I don't blame them for it. Unfortunately due to the poor reception and general sentiment around it, Vanguard was turned into maintenance mode starting season 2 and it was almost completely abandoned for the sake of the next entry in the series.
Same thing happened to zombies, another new concept that nobody asked for, just 2 round based maps with a very disappointing gameplay tied to it. If you did the mistake of playing non round based maps I am sorry for you.
It's hard to recommend Vanguard on a general consensus, if you like the CoD multiplayer formula even if it is too cheesy or unbalanced but want to scratch that itch or want to play something different then go for it, but it's not the best option available unless you haven't tried it.
Not the best, not the worst, but I would lie if I say that I did not enjoyed the multiplayer for what it offered alongside bringing the best sights and reticles in the series even if it was in this entry that not a lot of people even bothered trying. Zombies as well was pretty disappointing but that comes as nobody's surprise given the tumultuous development.
The rating is 3/5 exclusively because I genuinely enjoyed its offering in terms of multiplayer design even if it was a disgusting grind to withstand sometimes, it should be a 2.5 for sure and even that might feel a bit high for some people.