The brand new Warzone Verdansk map has arrived, and to nobody’s shock, the Name of Responsibility neighborhood goes wild for it. Nevertheless, having been scarred by the state of a number of main updates within the battle royale sport’s historical past, I and plenty of others had been bracing for one thing to go fallacious. Damaged servers? Recreation-breaking bugs, maybe? Properly, plainly I ought to’ve had a bit extra religion, as a result of except for a number of smaller points and grumbles, Warzone Season 3’s Verdansk replace seems to be an all-round triumph.
In the event you haven’t heard about Verdansk’s return to Name of Responsibility Warzone by now, you then have to be residing beneath a particularly massive, soundproofed, and remoted rock someplace. Following within the footsteps of comparable nostalgia hits from rivals like Fortnite and Apex Legends, Warzone Season 3 brings again the battle royale’s iconic first map and overhauls lots of its latest gameplay improvements to try to replicate the unique really feel of the sport. Given how well-liked Warzone was within the Verdansk period, its comeback was all the time going to be a preferred one. I’m already seeing rather a lot of ‘we’re so again’ posts on social media.
It’s all the time onerous to get a learn on Warzone’s participant rely particularly. That is partially because of it being on a number of platforms, but additionally as a result of it’s rolled into the final Name of Responsibility utility that will get tracked on websites like SteamDB, which incorporates Black Ops 6 and different latest video games within the sequence too. Nevertheless, utilizing the data we do have, it’s clear that its Steam participant rely has picked up. Admittedly, it’s not fairly the spike I anticipated (though the weekend might even see issues surge once more) however there’s a transparent uplift following the Verdansk replace going stay.
Twitch viewership for Warzone has skyrocketed too. On the time of writing, it’s probably the most watched gaming class on the streaming platform forward of GTA 5 and the latest breakout hit Schedule 1.
Curiosity is excessive, however that’s not precisely stunning. What’s stunning although, contemplating a few of the previous disasters which have befallen new Warzone updates, is that the whole lot appears to be working extraordinarily easily. I’m not seeing complaints over server issues or efficiency points, and whereas there are a number of notable bugs, none of them are inflicting widespread frustration. Name of Responsibility Warzone, it appears, is therapeutic…
As I simply talked about although, there are a number of little hiccups. Essentially the most urgent entails a bug that’s resetting folks’s customized loadouts, however whereas Raven Software program patches it up, it has shared a workaround that ought to assist for those who’re being affected by it: “Customise your Loadout within the Gunsmith, return all the best way to the COD HQ menu, restart your sport – make sure to shut it solely.” In keeping with Raven’s Trello board that tracks bug studies, there are additionally some points with the brand new SWAT 5.56 Conversion Equipment that makes the gun really feel just like the Grau assault rifle from the previous Verdansk days, and a few issues with Contract rewards and spawns. Nevertheless, none of those are detracting from the overwhelming enjoyment I’m seeing on-line.
I used to be additionally frightened that each one the fiddling round with gameplay mechanics would create some points, however on the entire folks appear actually happy with the state of issues initially.
After what appears like months of declining curiosity and grumbling in regards to the state of the sport, it feels fairly odd to see a lot of the Name of Responsibility neighborhood completely happy. I pray it lasts, and that Verdansk’s return may kickstart a brand new, extra optimistic period for Warzone, however solely time will inform.
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