Popular Call of Duty: Warzone streamer Dr Disrespect seems to have a love-hate relationship with the game. The well-known gaming personality regularly makes headlines with both praise and criticism for aspects of the battle royale title, with his latest issue being the game's engine itself.
Activision's popular free-to-play battle royale game just reached its midway point through its third season. Titled as Season Three Reloaded, the large update brings plenty changes and new content to Verdansk, particularly in the form of 80s action heroes Rambo and John McClane. Associated locales are now in Verdansk as well, including the infamous Nakatomi Plaza tower.
Dr Disrespect, whose real name is Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, vented his frustration with Call of Duty: Warzone during a May 20 stream. Taking issue with things such as audio, map alterations, and solo matches, Disrespect believes the root cause of all of the problems is the title's "poor" game engine. He asserts that "everything bad in Warzone" has something to do with how limiting the current game engine is, preventing it from being as successful as its genre competitors. Right now the game runs on Infinity Ward's "8.0" engine, something the streamer isn't sure can actually be fixed. The Warzone pro believes the game devs should try emulating similar titles like Apex Legends, PUBG, and Fortnite, as they offer a "much more streamlined" overall process.
Disrespect has recently stated that Raven Software, who currently manages Call of Duty: Warzone, could be to blame due to its inexperience at handling such a large-scale live service title. He pointed out last month that the studio has always been a support studio, and hopes that Raven, who took over for Infinity Ward post-Black Ops Cold War merger, is just an interim stint until Treyarch fully takes over. The streamer has faith in the Black Ops series developer, believing Warzone could be saved by Treyarch if they were to fully take the reins.
Call of Duty: Warzone's 2018 Blackout mode was an example given by Disrespect of how Treyarch is better equipped to have the game run more smoothly. The mode ran on the studios Black Ops 4 engine, which apparently was able to fill lobbies with about 100 players at the same time. The fan-favorite mode was reportedly set to make a comeback too, as a recent leak suggest that the Ural Mountains map was originally for Blackout.
While every game certainly has its issues, its unlikely that Disrespect will get his wish of Warzone actually getting a full engine rebuild. The Verdansk '84 map has at least given players some new environments and areas to explore, although the map is experiencing some glitches as well. One fan has managed to compile all of the map's exploits, some even the Dr Disrespect may not even know about.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Charlie Intel