The recently releasedCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is predictably drawing huge amounts of attention, with players now being able to experience the official release of the title’s massively anticipated multiplayer. As a result of this huge influx of players populating the launch of the title, discourse surrounding the game has reached a fever pitch.
While plenty of positives are being noted in relation toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer, it remains that there are some significant negatives that fans are already beginning to highlight. The most glaring of these negatives concerns the current absence of things like stats and leaderboards, which have been iron-clad staples of the onlineCoDformula up until this point.
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The Basics of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2was recently released on October 28, marking the second installment of what is likely to be a trilogy of reboot titles concerning the iconicModern Warfaregames. The title sensibly picks up from the events of2019’s well receivedModern Warfarewithin its campaign, featuring familiar members of Task Force 141 and beyond.
The campaign ofModern Warfare 2has been available to pre-ordering customers since October 20, with Activision providing a range of multiplayer-based rewards for early campaign completion. Following tonnes of feedback fromModern Warfare 2’sclosed beta, the multiplayer of the new release is undoubtedly the most hotly anticipated factor of the game, with mostCoDtitles being defined by the reception of their respective multiplayer modes.
Modern Warfare 2is a sizable and decidedly ambitious title, with eyes already turning toward theinbound release ofWarzone 2on November 16. With other modes being included like a return to the defining Spec Ops of the originalMW2, there is a huge amount of content for players to explore, but that has not stopped fans from scrutinizing the core multiplayer above all else.
Lack of Leaderboards and Stats in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Despite the short amount of time thattheModern Warfare 2full multiplayerhas been available, there is one core element of gameplay that fans are rightfully concerned about. As it stands,Modern Warfare 2does not possess any kind of overall leaderboards for its multiplayer, with no stats being available to view for the player.
A “barracks” portion of theCall of Dutyonline user interface has long been a key staple of the franchise, being a menu in which players can check crucial stats such as their K/D ratio, score per minute, and time played. Not only this, but the barracks additionally served as a way to compare important stats between a player and their friends list, greatly improving a sense of community and competition within the title.
Players are completely unable to do this in the current state ofModern Warfare 2, making it a much more hollow and narrow experience in which the wider progress of gameplay is significantly hampered due to there being no real tangible way to gauge career statistics. When considering how this absence of stats extends to being able to view detailed statistics of specific weapon usage, it is additionally made all the more difficult for players to fine-tune themany weapons ofModern Warfare 2to best suit their play style. While a form of barracks menu will likely come in the near future, it is bizarre thatModern Warfare 2has launched without such an important factor of extended gameplay.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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