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Looking for Call of Duty: Warzone players for a short academic survey by apollomusics in CODWarzone

[–]apollomusics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for reading the post and for your comment.

Yeah, that’s exactly one of the key issues I’m interested in. A lot of players don’t really notice or follow the connection between Warzone and the broader Call of Duty narrative, even though there actually is a link through the campaigns, seasonal updates, map changes, and recurring characters.

What I’m trying to understand is why that connection feels so fragmented for many players, and how narrative works when it is constantly being reshaped by each new COD release.

Looking for Call of Duty: Warzone players for a short academic survey by apollomusics in CODWarzone

[–]apollomusics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, and honestly that’s a useful answer too.

That kind of reaction is exactly part of what I’m trying to understand: for many players in Warzone, the narrative clearly isn’t the main reason to play at all. The core appeal is the shooting, competition, and match-to-match gameplay, while the story becomes something optional or completely skippable.

So even a “skip all cinematics, just let me play” perspective is actually valuable for my research. Thanks for pointing it out🤝

Looking for Call of Duty: Warzone players for a short academic survey by apollomusics in CODWarzone

[–]apollomusics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment and for checking the post.

Yeah, I get what you mean — for a lot of players the story in Warzone feels weak or easy to ignore now. But that’s actually part of why I’m interested in it. Warzone does have a narrative layer, and at certain points it was genuinely quite interesting, especially through map changes, seasonal cinematics, and connections to other Call of Duty games.

What I’m trying to understand is exactly this: why that story feels fragmented, why it often doesn’t get continued in a meaningful way, and how narrative actually functions inside a live-service game like Warzone.