MULTI Call of Duty: Vanguard [OT] Had 99 problems, now has 69

[CerebralTiger]

 

[Necrokiller]

An OT without a review section?

 

[CerebralTiger]

A good multiplayer game is judged by a healthy community, and not by a bunch of journalists who can't aim to save their lives

Got 99 problems, Metacritic ain't one either

 

[Necrokiller]

A good multiplayer game is judged by a healthy community

But but but but the game also has a SP campaign, one that the OP was playing at launch

 

[CerebralTiger]

Yeah, it does. It's a complete package

 

[Necrokiller]

A package that has trouble outscoring BF V

 

[CerebralTiger]

A package that'll have not trouble outselling BF V and BF 20-42 fps put together

 

[Necrokiller]

No amount of sales are saving the game from the mediocre reception its getting

 

[CerebralTiger]

Reception from people with less than mediocre aim. Thanks, but no thanks

The community will speak with their wallet

 

[Necrokiller]

You should probably ask Metacritic to conduct skill checks before accepting reviews

But do tell us which of the reviewers who currently reviewed Vanguard have less than mediocre aim before labelling all of them as mediocre players.

 

[CerebralTiger]

But do tell us which of the reviewers who currently reviewed Vanguard have less than mediocre aim before labelling all of them as mediocre players.

Most, if not all of them. Just watch any of them play on a stream

But, again, as I said, it's the community that determines the success of a game's multiplayer modes. No poor score from critics is going to change that

 

[Necrokiller]

Most of them are better than someone I watched playing the beta recently. Imagine someone like that writing for Metacritic

 

[CerebralTiger]

Most of them are better than someone I watched playing the beta recently.

Ohhh, and you, of all people, will be the judge of that?

And that too using a video I specifically made to demonstrate the cover system lmao. At least reference a proper video

Speaking of which, can't wait for Shipment to arrive in Vanguard on the 17h. What a fantastic map

 

[Necrokiller]

Ohhh, and you, of all people, will be the judge of that?

Said the person who lives and breathes metascores but dismisses them in an instant when convenient and attributes the mediocre scores to skill level of the reviewers. Yikes!

Here's hoping the Shipment on 17th brings some high scores with it to save the game from its mediocre reception

 

[CerebralTiger]

I mean, no one expects annual releases with popular multiplayer modes to resonate with critics. Yet, people buy consoles for COD and FIFA. Heck, COD is my #1 reason for keeping my PS5 and PS+ sub

 

[Necrokiller]

Then using your own logic, they're either just mediocre games or poor value proposition. Or in case of CoD, both

 

[CerebralTiger]

If COD were poor value proposition (cinematic action packed campaign, Zombies coop mode, competitive multiplayer modes #HolySh*tTakeMyMoneyAlready ), it wouldn't be selling through the roof

Btw, this game looks gorgeous, even though it's cross-gen!

 

[Necrokiller]

If COD were poor value proposition (cinematic action packed campaign, Zombies coop mode, competitive multiplayer modes #HolySh*tTakeMyMoneyAlready ), it wouldn't be selling through the roof

If its not poor value, then the game is mediocre as the reviews reflect

Speaking of Zombies mode:

(1) List of every downgrade and removed feature Vanguard zombies has compared to Cold War at launch : CODZombies (reddit.com)

No round based map, interviews suggest none are coming

No side mode like dead ops

No main Easter egg

No side Easter eggs

No wonder weapon

No Pack a punch camo

5 perks, less than CW, none are new

4 field upgrades, none are new

No scorestreaks

No crystal upgrade system, meaning nothing to grind for except camos, and every perk and field upgrade is stuck at the 'tier 1' equivalent in CW

No skill trees for each weapon class

No skill trees for ammo mods

No wallbuys

No separate weapon rarity system so you could have 2 different paths to upgrade your guns

Outbreak point system for killing zombies

The 5 perks cost 75,000 points in total, perks at max level are still far weaker than their counterparts in CW (with the Sprint speed of Stamin up being the outlier). Best example is max level jug in Vanguard giving you the same amount of health that base tier jug does in CW

Covenant system is just perk and skill tree tiers from CW ported into a shitty rng system where you can only have 3 at a time

2 ammo mods, neither are new

Can't apply ammo mods via pack a punch

Ammo mods don't do increased damage to certain enemies

No Splitscreen

You don't get points for going prone in front of perks

No wunderfizz

You can't pause the game

You can't ping enemies or objects on the map

Yiiiikes!

 

[CerebralTiger]

The reviews only reflect a poor understanding of what the community wants from Call of Duty's multiplayer

lmao @ listing easter eggs and camos as missing features

It's still better than CW's Zombie mode

 

[Necrokiller]

“Poor understanding”
” less than mediocre aim”

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