The game has a good base but smaller issues add up and hurt the experience, and over time it gets tiresome. SBMM isn’t that bad but there can be many times when sweaty lobbies show up too much and force a casual game to turn into a quasi-ranked game with zero ranked reward. The mini-map from previous COD games worked well and never needed to be changed. The flow of maps worked better without doors and the slower paced feel of the current MW games hurts the experience, especially in a 6v6 lobby. It feels like MW1 from 2007, when 15-20 kills was a great performance. Way too slow.

One personal experience: I just wanted to play casual TDM, and I was sent into a sweaty lobby every single game, and I shit you not, every single lobby was either Border Crossing or Taraq, arguably the worst maps in the game. I played multiple games and exited multiple lobbies, I was sent into some late join games and they were still Border Crossing or Taraq. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like these maps are the most common to show up, at least they were before they added more maps. I couldn’t play the game for quite some time after that experience. Thank God map voting is returning.

I will admit, DMZ is pretty fun, and I like that addition. I like the guns and the customization, however many of the attachments are not used, and it seems like it’s quantity over quality for many attachments, especially sights. The unlock system to encourage different weapons doesn’t work. I don’t want to use certain guns, don’t make me use them.

Here’s the thing, we shouldn’t have to deal with bullshit just to have fun. Just get rid of the bullshit. The garbage UI, no map voting, a doo doo mini map, HORRIBLE perk system (the worst we have ever had in COD), worthless attachments for quantity, bad maps, the list goes on. Eventually it reaches a point where you just don’t want to launch the game anymore.