The free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone has been a huge success for Activision and Infinity Ward, reaching 30 million players since launching on March 10. However, with the advent of a new game comes a host of players looking for ways to get the most bang for their buck — a phrase taken quite literally by one player on Reddit.
On March 14, user deltaforcestron uploaded a video to the r/CODWarzone subreddit of them planting a number of remote-detonating C4 explosives on the front of a truck in Warzone and then letting it drift into an opposing player's vehicle before detonating it. They compare the trick to a tactic present in EA's long-running Battlefield franchise of first-person shooters.
The post's comment thread is full of players reminiscing about taking advantage of the car bombing tactic in games like Battlefield 4, with deltaforcestron responding to one saying that even if the trick is still possible in Battlefield 5 they have "no reason to go back" now that it's in a Call of Duty game. The competing franchise of wartime shooters has been dormant for a little while, but in January EA's Chief Operating Officer Blake Jorgensen confirmed there will be a new Battlefield on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X during the company's 2020 third-quarter fiscal earnings call.
While there is already a growing meta of weapons in Warzone that players are intended to use, it's frankly hard to argue with how effective it is to blow up one vehicle with another, especially given how flashy the total annihilation approach is. The tactic gained notoriety in Battlefield for the same reason.
Plenty of other cool tricks and kills in Call of Duty: Warzone have been uploaded online in the game's first two weeks. One player used the JOKR rocket launcher to kill an entire squad hiding together on top of a building in a single shot and commented that it's "now my favorite weapon for Warzone."
Whether Warzone players choose to claim victory using the myriad of weapons provided by its developers, or by cleverly combining disparate items like C4 and trucks, it's cool to see the game offering variety in its kills. Battle royale games may be difficult to balance, but there will always be unexpected surprises waiting to be discovered.
Call of Duty: Warzone is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.