Fans have been more than disgruntled with the Call of Duty: Warzone integration of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War content. Since the merge, fans have noticed issues with the game, the weapons, and other minor details that only appeared in Season 1's debut. While Call of Duty: Warzone fans are happy for the additional content, the issues are beginning to become a frustrating reality in the competitive arena.
While the 30 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War weapons have given the Warzone community a wider range of options, players are noticing some conversion issues. The weapons in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War functionally different than Modern Warfare's standards. Fans have noticed that the weapons are not only weaker than their Modern Warfare counterparts, but some of the animations are different as well.
Although animation differences are generally ok, the gun's reloading animation has countered a rather popular Call of Duty: Warzone combat trick. Players practice these tricks to try and gain an edge over the competition, but as this Reddit user attempts a common reload tactic, he finds out that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War weapons run on different rules. As he guns down an enemy in defense of his friend, he attempts to do a partial reload by canceling the reload animation halfway through. While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare weapons allow for this strategy, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War weapons do not. Instead of gaining a full supply of ammo, he finds that the weapon did not reload at all, forcing him to go through a full reload animation cycle before receiving ammunition.
While forcing players to sit through the animation makes sense on a realism level, it counters what many Call of Duty: Warzone players have been doing since launch. This slight difference in weapon tactics could have cost the player the match, which makes many fans question why it was not mentioned in the in-game patch notes during Season 1.
After some testing, fans in the comments have found that not all guns behave this way. Call of Duty: Warzone weapons still maintain their original shortcuts and animation tricks, which means only the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War weapons behave this way.
While it is not a major problem for the community, it does make Call of Duty: Warzone fans wonder what else has changed. There could be countless other aspects of the game unexpectedly altered, just waiting for an unfortunate fan to lose a match due to an oversight.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.