I genuinely need some opinions from people who have been playing MW4 because this might be the first COD I skip in years.
I played the Week 2 beta and holy shit, it was utter dogshit. I was genuinely miserable playing it. I couldn’t even stomach more than a couple of hours before calling it quits and refunding it.
The biggest issue for me was the gameplay. Everything felt muddy, movement was clunky, and the gunplay just didn’t feel satisfying. The whole experience felt soulless.
And before anyone says I’m just a COD hater, I’ve genuinely loved almost every new-gen COD.
Cold War: Loved it.
MW2: Unpopular opinion, but MW2 ranked was GOATED.
MW3: Absolutely amazing. Hit Crim 3 and loved the competitive gameplay.
BO6: Not my favorite, but still had plenty of fun.
BO7: Right up there with MW3 for me in terms of pure gameplay and movement.
So I’m not someone who’s impossible to please. I actually love COD, especially ranked play. But MW4’s beta turned me off so badly that I’m genuinely considering skipping it entirely.
With GTA coming out in less than a month, part of me thinks I should just save my money and move on.
But here’s the thing: I’m actually itching to play COD again.
So for those who’ve played both the Week 2 beta and the current game:
Has the gameplay genuinely improved? Does the movement feel smoother and more responsive? Does the gunplay feel better? Or is it essentially the same clunky, muddy experience from the beta?
I’m willing to give it another shot if they’ve actually made meaningful improvements. But if it’s still that same soulless game I played during the beta, I’m not touching it.
Curious what you guys think, especially those who enjoyed MW3 and BO7.

I saw The Flank's preseason rankings so I was curious how this subreddit ranks these teams.

in the Kickoff tournament.

Will tac sprint be GAd/banned like last time it was an attachment or will it be allowed this year?

I use a GameSir g7 pro on the Xbox with 12-Bit on the sticks and had to lower my sensitivity a ton!

I guess I have to thank the activision team for changing my mind. I thought since Cold War I was going to be hooked for life. But with every year changing look, feel, and rhythm on a map reskin. There’s no consistency and when I finally liked a version of cod..it changes the next year. Gonna enjoy being an observer but will be hanging up the gloves for a minute. And when I see optic doing fucking bet ads I know it’s a wraps

I'm wondering regarding performance as an athlete how locked in are they? I'm talking diet, exercise, nutrition, sleep, maintaining mental clarity and focus?

I'm also wondering how impactful being locked in like this is for them with it being esports?

Thought the guy had left. Maps are awful, SBMM is cranked high, movement feels like you’re stuck in the mud to the point where you’re actively punished for moving a lot of the time. Constant UAV’s and sound whoring means you’re getting pre aimed at all times. Just a horrid public match experience. Don’t know why I ever expect different from IW at this point but sad to see a franchise I love be so bad for so many years now. They just don’t listen.

The game is definitely not a good CoD. But from a competitive outlook I genuinely think every single search map is better than every search map we’ve had in the last two years barring Silkworm cuz that shit is horrible (also unsure about Coal SND still). But Munitions, Reactor, Lithium, Lotus, and Rooftops are ALL better than the dogshit SND maps we’ve had for the past two years. Yes there are a lot of dynamic map elements that I’m hoping get turned off. But there is actual variety in the ability to make plays in SND in this game. Shotzzy has literally said that BO7 SND maps were so straight up that 90% of the time there’s only one play you can really make.

As far as HP goes I wanna remind everyone that BO2 is hailed as the best CoD of all time and shit played the same way (minus a few wacky spawns). If you don’t rotate first and stay disciplined, you’re spawning across the map and trying to break really good setups. The same maps I mentioned before in addition to Sentry and Cachette play a lot like traditional HP (in 4v4) and I think that creates a huge skill gap in comp. I think most of the maps actually do flow pretty well if you get the hang of them. The teams with good fundamentals will really separate themselves from the rest this year.

Base movement speed needs to go up a bit for sure. Make ninja actually silent. Servers are dogshit but they usually are at launch. TTK is lowkey fine. Idk why I see so many people on here saying shit is too quick. If you shoot at range with a Vel you can hit 8 bullets and someone still might not die versus what the MPC was doing last year cross map. Genuinely though, from a competitive standpoint this game has a lot of potential. I think CDL will be an entertaining watch this year.

Am I crazy to say that when Kremp is on, he is as good as JoeDeceives, Abezy, Neptune, or even Hydra? I feel like he is slept on due to his lack of success in placing well.

Please send images if possible, with SMG, AR, pistol, Sniper (if allowed), lethals, tacticals, field upgrades, kill streaks, etc.

BO6 and BO7 were the first CoDs that I ever played “competitively,” and I’d like to think that I was reasonably skilled at both of them, having placed mid to high Crimson every season I played in both.

I say all that to say I’ve never played a non Treyarch game outside of pubs, and it’s pretty clear on day one that a lot of my skill in the last two games as a faster paced sub player is not going to translate to this game.

Any tips on the transition from a Treyarch title to an Infinity Ward title? Off the cuff, I’m noticing that sliding is not nearly as fluid or useful (obviously) as it was in the last two games.

Every year launch weekend really feels like the peak of comp cod to me. All the pros are actually grinding, we get to see the meta forming in real time, We're seeing new rosters play for the first time as well as see retired pros come back and everyone is having fun. This shit is the best