Popular Twitch streamer Felix "xQc" Lengyel joined many others over the weekend trying out the Call of Duty: Vanguard open beta. During a recent stream, xQc had some critical words for the upcoming Call of Duty title.
While streaming the Call of Duty: Vanguard beta, xQc got into an encounter with an enemy soldier that took most of his ammo before dying. Shortly afterward, xQc was shot dead by an enemy soldier and this is when he got into his feelings about the multiplayer. "Why is it that I shoot eight bullets and the guy doesn’t die? Like, what is this,” xQc said.
According to xQc, the enemy soldiers in Call of Duty: Vanguard are too tanky and the time to kill is significantly worse than some previous Call of Duty games. Longer TTK is typically associated with longer encounters in Call of Duty games, as it takes longer to defeat each enemy. The Twitch streamer suggested that keeping players so tanky in multiplayer will foster "inaccurate and stupid gameplay."
Call of Duty is no stranger to the World War 2 setting, having originated there and most recently delved into it with Call of Duty: World War 2, which was released in 2017. Call of Duty: Vanguard runs on the Modern Warfare engine, so fans of the series will notice some new ideas introduced to the World War 2 formula in it. Vanguard will have a campaign, which Call of Duty fans weren't able to try in the open beta, and it may still entice players who are critical of the multiplayer to try it out.
Call of Duty games are well known for having Hardcore game modes which typically reduce how tanky enemy soldiers are. As a result, Hardcore playlists will have shorter TTK and more intense matches. If regular and Hardcore playlists both have issues in Call of Duty: Vanguard, it will likely be adjusted ahead of release.
While xQc was playing the same content everyone else had access to during the Call of Duty: Vanguard open beta, his concerns may be less warranted when the game fully releases. Critics of the open beta have also discussed the field upgrades, visual effects, and skins as Call of Duty: Vanguard's issues. There are typically several differences between the beta of a game and the final version that players get on the release date.
Call of Duty: Vanguard releases for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 5.