This is my second log because I've since started playing the multiplayer and... I'm hooked. Tears of the Kingdom, a game I've been waiting for for four years, is out now, but instead of putting my attention towards it, I've been splitting it with this game, and mostly this game at that.

But oh well, I'm having fun so that doesn't matter. I played a lot of Call of Duty multiplayer as a kid, so it's been a fun experience seeing how much stuck with me, how much things have changed, and the memories flooding back when playing returning maps. I really like the addition of health bars and field equipment, and the movement feels better than it used to back in the day.

That said, I have a couple hang-ups.

Firstly, spawn camping is a huge problem in this game. That kind of comes with the territory, but there are workarounds. Make enemy spawns restricted areas, or make respawns take five seconds, or move spawns when multiple opponents are encroaching on it. To be clear, not all modes have this problem, but Demolition, for example, does. And a lot of maps in this game are really easy to spawn camp - I admittedly have done it without realizing at first and then forced myself to stop.

Secondly, matchmaking does not account for level differences. If you're just starting out, you're just as likely as anyone else to get put in a match with a bunch of people whose levels are in the thousands after they've prestiged dozens of times. Now, this is a two-and-a-half year old game in an annual series where the new game takes over as the main one, so finding matches at all can be difficult, but I can just tell this was a day one issue (er, people wouldn't be that high leveled day one, but you get it), I hope one of the games since then or coming later will fix this, but I kind of doubt it.

Well, there's my thoughts on the multiplayer. Will I make a third review for zombies? Uh, probably not, cause I'm not interested in that mode, but who knows.

Reviewed on May 19, 2023


3 Comments


11 months ago

Haven't played a CoD since uhhh... Modern Warfare 2 on the 360. Maybe I should give one a shot again. Nice to hear spawn camping is still a problem.

11 months ago

@Weatherby I think this one is good if you want something familiar. It seems the other newer ones step away a bit from the usual.

11 months ago

tbh if I'm not getting the top of my skull shaved off by gunfire the second I spawn in, it's not authentic to the Call of Duty Experience.