Infinity Ward has laid out some adjustments which have been made to Name of Obligation Trendy Warfare 2 in response to suggestions from the sport’s beta forward of its launch later this week.
In a put up on the studio’s web site, the crew broke down a number of change classes, together with audio, UI, and motion. Most of those adjustments got here from suggestions on the multiplayer, however may also be relevant to the story marketing campaign, as effectively.
The total record of adjustments reads as follows:
Enemy Visibility
Now we have added diamond icons above the heads of enemies. This could make it simpler for gamers to obviously establish opponents within the recreation.Moreover, we’ve continued to tweak lighting and distinction for improved enemy visibility.
Audio
We’ve shortened the general vary of footstep audio which can enable enemy gamers to get nearer to targets earlier than they can detect footsteps. Now we have additionally continued to tweak teammate footstep audio, which can now be quieter following suggestions from the Beta.The in-world activation sound impact quantity vary for the Useless Silence subject improve has been drastically decreased.
Third Particular person
Following suggestions from Beta, aiming down sights will now keep in third individual POV for low-zoom optics. Solely high-zoom optics (starting with the ACOG and better) and particular optics equivalent to Hybrids and Thermals will revert to first individual POV. We consider this can improve the third individual expertise whereas holding the gameplay balanced. The suggestions on this mode has been very optimistic, and we are going to proceed to discover its use as a modifier.
Weapons
Now we have continued to tweak weapons throughout the sport following each suggestions from Beta gamers and recreation information. Gamers can count on extra specifics on weapon tuning as we proceed to help post-launch.
UI
Now we have been working laborious on quite a few updates to our UI that make accessing and customizing your loadout extra seamless. We’ve made enhancements to navigation of menus and can proceed to optimize our UX.
Motion
Slide, ledge grasp, and dive have been additional refined. We’ve additionally addressed some motion exploits following Beta.
Matchmaking
Now we have carried out some adjustments that goal to cut back foyer disbandment between matches. We look ahead to testing this at a big scale and getting suggestions.
Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2 is coming to PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S on Friday, October 28, although the marketing campaign has been playable for many who pre-ordered the sport digitally since October 20. For extra on that, take a look at IGN’s evaluate of the marketing campaign (or take a look at the video model under), through which it was described as “underwhelming and overly acquainted.”
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