Hit detection is only half the reason Cold War’s guns aren’t very fun to shoot. Treyarch has surfaced loads of useful weapon stats that were hidden in Modern Warfare. It’s hard to tell if this is a consequence of the servers or simply a lower bullet velocity. Hit detection is sluggish, taking anywhere between 5-7 frames after shooting to register a hit in Cold War (Modern Warfare had a consistent 3-frame delay in my testing). Call of Duty games have always struggled with low tickrate servers that let you get shot after you've already made it behind cover, but this is the worst it has felt in years. Thanks, I hate it!īallistics are also a major step back in Cold War. Across four different matches, I’ve shot down choppers just to watch another fly into the airspace ten seconds later, and another after that. If that sounds like a recipe for more chaos than ever, you’d be correct. Going on a streak will help earn them faster, but the new system allows even a simpleton like me to carpet bomb the map with napalm at least once per match. Except now, progress toward streaks isn’t reset upon death (making “streak” a total misnomer). Cold War switches back to the Treyarch-style of scorestreaks that account for all points earned, not just kills. This is a roundabout way of saying that killstreaks are still around and still unfortunately prominent. The need for Ghost or Cold Blooded wastes a slot I’d rather use on a fun perk that lets me shoot while sprinting. All of the stealth-based perks like Ghost that I usually use to avoid UAVs are relegated to the third slot. Perks in the first two slots are minor bonuses to grenade resistances and cooldowns. I think this is partly why perks are less impactful this time around.

I enjoy the absurdity of Gunfighter, which lets you stick eight attachments to a gun instead of the usual five, though I suspect most players will stick to the Perk Greed wildcard to score an extra three perks for free. Wildcards, class modifiers seen in past Black Ops games, let you bend the rules in some fun ways.

Treyarch’s latest take on Create-a-Class does come with a few improvements.

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