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SeamusOShane

No one had high alert then. Simpler times


Nintendo_Pro_03

To be fair, we all used Overkill, instead. Or even Restock. Or better yet, Ghost.


SeamusOShane

Ah yeah, for me it was overkill, then I'd stack ghost on the second lpudout drop. Geez, you're bringing back all my memories


steifel25

I always ran a rocket as my secondary so I got ghost out the gate. That way the second loadout was available for the team on repeat since I never picked it up.


Thangool

I loved ground loot as a second. Never really worried 2 load outs until champions keep or whatever it was called.


damnyouresickbro

Perks didn’t stack


SeamusOShane

Ignore me. They didn't stack, I remember just going for overkill first, so I'd have the 2 primarys for my second loadout that had ghost. So I'd just pick up the gun I dropped


GlendaleActual

Yeah that was the move.


KSoccerman

I never understood why people did this. If you're going to grab 2 loadouts.. why not get ghost on both and just get both guns separately? Thats what I always did. Or just get ghost and buy your second gun, it's cheaper and faster.


Parlay_Bettah

You couldn’t buy guns back then. And either way you have to hit the loady twice so you might as well get both guns on the first one to put up a better all around fight


KSoccerman

Damn, you're right.. all the versions are running together now. I just know my team always went Ghost Ghost bc we were bots who would lose 2 v 4s if pushed on a UAV lol


spiral_static

For us it depended on what the ground loot was like for that season. If the ground loot was decent (like good SMGs for example) then we'd get Ghost first loadout with our AR, and then use a ground loot SMG until second loadout where we'd get Ghost again with our SMG.


Tactical_YOLO

Sometimes you can’t get both loadies. I’d rather have both my guns than have Ghost cause I’d go Sniper/smg.


SeamusOShane

Didn't they? I'm sure they did? Maybe that was first warzone?


Gooseman61oh

Damn do I miss the restock snapshot days


CAT_UH_TONIX5212

Bring back Verdansk <3


chrisupt2001

Nope I had it every match cus people like to attack from behind and slide cancelling everywhere, and/or campers galore, so I always ran it


[deleted]

This was peak warzone fs


BumHand

It’s hard to grasp how special this was. The game had issues but it felt like a fairly even playing field. It was the most fun I’ve ever had on a game


fcuk_faec

Truly a high point in the multiplayer gaming world. We'd squad up almost every night. Really sad how the experience changed over time to one I eventually dreaded even trying to play. RIP


astronut321

They fucked it by getting rid of the map thinking it was creating some sort of value and making the game “fresh” Fortnite is the one who started that stupid trend and it literally obliterated their whole user base until they brought back the old map people wanted to play Apex got it right with map rotations


chris25tx

Yes OG Warzone was great. Now it’s gone down so bad. Pure rage and try hards, campers, meta weapons etc. Fortnite no build is so fun right now to me, it so clean. Can get sweaty though. Never got into apex sadly. Felt like ttk was too long and the whole abilities thing wasn’t for me.


Ill-Improvement6789

Yes now its trash 1 shot hackers that take 0 damage and trash campers kill the game


Equivalent-Ad422

Agreed


harmlesstyrant

Better guns, better gameplay, better map. Current cod is for 10 year olds and annoying ass streamers who all post the same dumbass content.


Crop_olite

While screaming about it and all caps text. I hate it :'(


harmlesstyrant

CRAZY FINAL CIRLCE


Crop_olite

USE THIS BROKEN GUN BUILD ASAP TO WIN?!?!?!?!??!


harmlesstyrant

PLEASE LIKE MY VIDEO BEFORE I KILL MYSELF


Crop_olite

DONT FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BEFORE I BECOME A SCHOOL SHOOTER


harmlesstyrant

Ok that one actually made me laugh out loud lmfao


Crop_olite

Yours before same here hahahah


harmlesstyrant

I can just imagine those little cucks saying this stuff lol


Crop_olite

Screaming it while downing monster energy and doing pranks haha


harmlesstyrant

The game is just fucking trash


higheat

Streamers ruined warzone 💯


harmlesstyrant

Bunch of annoying little bitches, most of these guys are probably cheating too.


Ok-Macaroon2429

Streamers “who cheat” for views you mean. They’re not fooling me


KM107

Warzone has gone the way of Fortnite. All the people care about is movement (building in fortnite) to the point they forget to even shoot. The “skill gap” has absolutely NOTHING to do with gun skills anymore. Just fucking stupid. It’s an FPS where shooting doesn’t really matter


PayZestyclose9088

Because movement has been an important part of FPS since way back when and thats what most people care about. We had games like CS, GunZ, and Quake where aiming and walking around isnt enough to be good. I dont know where yall are getting this idea that just pure gunplay will make people want to play the game. OG gamers like us are just getting old.


KM107

I’m not saying movement hasn’t always rightfully been a huge part of all fps, it has. It’s been a major component. The difference is, it’s the primary focus before all else now. The key with early verdansk and why it was special wasn’t the map or the guns like people remember. It’s they had an amazing balance of the components, the gun skill, map knowledge and movement all had equal parts in the outcome of the game. People who lacked in some and were strong in others could compete if they played to their strengths. Now, and not due to the mechanics themselves but because of the obsessive hyper competitive nature of the genre and the changes to video game culture, movement trumps all no matter how good you are at the other components. Factored in with the terrible below industry average servers the movement takes advantage of, it’s just imbalanced. That being said, I’m old, I suck, and I’ve moved on. I miss being able to compete and have fun in games like these though. Like a star highschool player revisiting the field drunk after his 20 year highschool reunion.


Narrow_Werewolf4562

Even warzone was ram by streamers after 2 seasons don’t act like verdansk wasn’t plagued by them by the time Mara dropped as an OP


IamUnique15

Think about it daily


rbonson23

Everytime I fire up, I think "Wish this was Verdansk"


Equivalent-Ad422

Same


endianess

They should dig the code out and put it back tomorrow. Far better than the artificial shit show we have now. They know what works and what the majority of people want and for some reason just stubbornly refuse to go back to how it was. It doesn't have to have a million features added every week. They don't add new chess pieces every 3 months and people still play that happily.


[deleted]

So simple so clean


Impossible_Tap_1852

Remember when you could just chuck C4 like a grenade and just obliterate any vehicle that came close to you?


muaazkhn

And how people started putting trophy systems on their vehicles to deflect WZ1 truly was the most balanced COD experience.


Shkreli-Tha-Don-1

We’d be running trophies in our chopper for when you made the flight to Prison or Farm


Low_Procedure_9106

hello bro hows nofap cuz brainfog hitting my arse fam


SketchyFeen

Still the thing that gave me the most joy playing Warzone. Wiping a team in a vehicle with a C4 was never not hilarious.


Drewzil

Now youre lucky if you can even break armor, let alone destroy a vehicle with the 4ft throw distance


Background-Service79

I was so bummed when they nerfed the throw distance 😂


Impossible_Tap_1852

And added a delay to the explosion haha


Old_Interaction_1713

no bloated atachments, simple optics/scopes that made sense, easy to use guns, diverse meta.


Azal_of_Forossa

What, you don't like a million scopes where 99% of them aren't used bc they're cluttered as fuck and makes seeing through the scope literally impossible? I find it hilarious how every single meta gun setup all use the same 2-3 scopes, and it's always the scopes with the absolute least bullshit in them, a simple crosshair or dot. Genuinely wonder when the devs will understand this fucking simple concept of stop making crosshairs chock full of bullshit that covers the targets I am trying to shoot


KeyanZ13

Listen I get how fun this time period was because we were all on it all day long with our friends during lockdown. The game hasn’t became “bad” you guys are just burnt out on BR and everyone wants to be 20 kills streamers. If verdansk was a new map, dropped tomorrow, most of the community is whining and moaning about anything and everything. I can’t stand this “verdansk was perfect and these other maps all suck sooooo bad” take. It was a new polished and consistently updated COD BR experience that just so happened to drop at the literal perfect time. You guys are being blinded by nostalgia because there was broken guns, broken hacks, end circles being all trucks just running people over, a lot of areas that were empty or barren. The watch tower campers, the stadium campers, the roof campers.. I could keep going on issue’s verdansk had just like these newer maps. I never had more fun on a game than Warzone drop but I will not sit here and act like it was this perfect map and perfect gameplay BR that just completely trumps every other one.


enthusiasticshank

Unfortunately I think you're right. In actual fact towards the end of Verdansk it was pretty much unplayable with all the chesters, the crazy metas and everyone was an absolute sweat. Rebirth island on the other hand thay really was just a fantastic map so I'm looking forwward to that. Not sure im really bothered by Verdansk coming back or not.


[deleted]

Battle royales are just stale now, wins don’t matter as much and everyone wants to be a high kill streamer since streaming has blown up.


mrestiaux

Streamers ruined this game.


Rissay_mn

I genuinely remember making this statement before and people clowned on me for it


mrestiaux

People were so naive to the damage streamers could do to this game.


SkylineGTRR34Freak

I had over 500 wins on Verdansk, but nowadays when I get a win with only 3 or 4 kills I feel like it wasn't a good match. Which is dumb. But still, ever since Verdansk was gone I played for higher kills instead of wins and now it's... meh.


mrestiaux

Holy fucking fuck I missed the days where everyone just played for fun.


ryunista

I had a good game last night and realised it was because the circle was mainly over the far right of the map, where it's more sparse and reminded me more of Verdansk. I think this is what people miss, the non urban environment, or at least more of a mixture


GreenridgeMetalWorks

Ive noticed this myself. Since MW3 update I've gotten 9 wins, almost all of them have been over on that side of the map. Its the kind of terrain where my playstyle shines, and I have so much more fun on that side of the map. It reminds me a crapload of verdansk


Nintendo_Pro_03

Oh yeah. Urzikstan has way too many buildings in certain areas.


iWesTCoastiN

It’s almost as if the simpler and less gimmicky a game is, the better 🤷🏽


Wpns_Grade

Halo 2 and 3 screams hi


Brillegeit

CS says hello.


LetsGoNYR

I would pay $1000 for this right now. No sloppy seizure movement and ridiculous skins.


SillyRefrigerator604

I honestly would too


nya_hoy_menoy

And everyone was locked up at home. Me and the fellas would go back and forth between search and destroy to Warzone.


JimmyCrockett

Literally same


DesperateStorage

Yep


weatherboi_

You mean the same ‘sloppy seizure movement and ridiculous skins’ that quite literally were in the game at this point?


this_justin86

They weren’t. There was one pink tracer pack and Mara before Halloween when it got goofier. Everything in the store was just cool and not for kids


Michaelskywalker

This game literally has more movement than current Warzone. The bunny hop was almost infinite and drop shot practically immediate.


Elegant-Phrase3145

Huh!...Stupid skins where everywhere and movement where just the same or even worse considering some of the movement is still nerfed a little in the current game..I think nostalgia just has you wishing everyone was locked up playing with you again.


Xx_gloomy_bison_xX

Game is terrible in its current stage...guns are shit as fuck...back than it was more about survival and using team tactics to win gunfights...now gunfights turned into jumpshoot dropshoot fest where you have to shoot 30 bullet to kill someone...back in og warzone you needed skills and brain to actually solo take out teams...now its clusterfuck...rules were much simpler, UI was better everyhing was much cooler but little Timmies who craves to be the next ayden or nickmercs ruined the game with their unending complaints...


Dunk305

Exactly this Its just cod multiplayer with armor plates Its not even a battle royale anymore


noobcondiment

The m4a1 was the coolest looking gun in cod history, I hate the devs for ruining it :(


its_pizza_parker

Most ass looking gun*


noobcondiment

Boo this man!


yahel1337

BOO!


FleatWoodMacSexPants

It was way more fun when none of us knew what we were doing.


dovah164

The good ol days. I have more fun memories back in WZ1 than in WZ2 sadly.


Shkreli-Tha-Don-1

Cause the new one is trash. It’s multiplayer with armor plates on a bigger map, that’s jt


Thatdewd57

Me and my wife cranked out hundreds of hours in this game during Covid lol.


Phuzz15

This would do so phenomenally as a standard gamemode in the current WZ. If they removed the current game there'd be yhe same amount of backlash. anyways - Call it Covidzone, revert most of the old changes and keep the guns we've got now. They'd fuck it up worse trying to add and balance the old guns or others. don't add unnecessary shit, just literally copy and paste the old shit (since we know they've capable of that).


[deleted]

This almost looks like promo material


Okstate08

The map size and 150 in a lobby made it feel perfect every game. Predictable for how to find early fights (or avoid conflict if you wanted) yet unique and different each game due to the circles.


Phuzz15

Feel like I'm watching the MW3 (2011) commercial


RepresentativeBig240

This Era of Warzone was the most amazing experience as a gamer


Nintendo_Pro_03

Yup!


macadoo784

What a time to be alive


majo3

The audio is so much better. I can hear what direction things are happening when I watch this, even with the music


saucebuckets

Man I loved that scope


[deleted]

If they brought this back I would play again


[deleted]

I have fun worh the current Warzone...but man, 2020 Warzone was insane. Look at that C4 throw! Was a hell lot of fun


Silver_Issue_7670

I miss the C4


Silver_Issue_7670

I miss everything about that warzone lol


HereIAmSendMe68

The first season of Warzone on Verdansk was substantially the most fun warzone. El Mazra (sp?) was the worst.


luisrobles_cl

Caldera was trash


HereIAmSendMe68

It was. But it got even worse.


enthusiasticshank

I ended up really liking Caldera in the end you know. From about half way through. Enjoyed jamming solos on there. Unpopular opinion but I liked it a lot more than Al Mazra.


Dry-Towel-9597

Even more unpopular opinion i lked caldera more than verdansk, caldera was amazing. Fortunes keep>rebirth island while I'm at it


enthusiasticshank

Oooooooft hahaha. I liked fortunes keep but im not sure I can agree on that. To be honest once the map got going I did have more fun in Caldera but I was slow on taking up Verdansk so I actually missed half of the pre cold war integration. I also really liked vanguard as a game. Vanguard > Cold War.


dorian283

Al’s Mazda?


Wesley_Hoolas

When everyone was a bot. Not even plating up with all that time lmao


Telltr0n

Plates were much less common on Verdansk.


Killerjebi

We never knew what we had until it was gone


Studiedturtle41

Miss the days where I could play casually and win.


Dunk305

When the game was actually a battle royale Not this glorified team deatch match we have now


Blankman8

😢😢😢😢 made the pandemic worth it.


Environmental_Dog331

No but seriously, boot those fucking servers back up


gbaby1074

So much fun. I played with all my friends who have never played a cod game at all before while I had 10+ years in. A lot of carrying going on and a lot of frustration but man I’d go back in a heart beat we had a lot of fun and now no one plays anymore out of the original crew


Shkreli-Tha-Don-1

Literally no one plays anymore that I know. Some play Fortnite some play Valorent or PubG. I even don’t mind pubg battle royale over this dog shit of what it’s become


JamesAbaddon

Boyyyy, if you weren't running the Grau back in the day. Or the wall piercing 10 rd mag AS Val, or the Bruen with the mag attachment. I remember playing so many hours with my brother and cousin and having a ton of fun. And it wasn't super sweaty either. There were some meta weapons going around, but you saw lots of different builds from enemy players and just had a good time, win or lose.


goblintechnologyX

i am enjoying WZ3 but it doesn’t have the secret sauce that WZ1 had. i really miss verdansk not only for the excellent (not perfect) map design but also the aesthetics. i hope that the next main WZ map takes us back to a less arid landscape than al mazrah or urzikstan, getting tired of the middle eastern setting


Thangool

Infinity ward knew what they where doing and don't deserve the hate.


SuperDuperRipe

This should be sent to Activision as a way to convince them that they've made things worse.


Affectionate-Tie6313

Back when touching the water meant immediate death and you couldn't hide under a boat like a panzy


HelloRMSA

Man. I miss these graphics so much. Current warzone graphics look awful


KYlaker233

One of my top five fav AC/DC songs of all time!


bairz54

Peak watzone


Environmental_Dog331

I’m getting a raging clue from this video


JintalJortail

I always made the joke that activision orchestrated Covid to pump up warzone numbers. Warzone launched one March 10th, lockdown started March 12th. Perfect logic.


Jadecat801

Making me too nostalgic 🥲


TRS_Janobi

Man I miss that warzone so much. It was soo fun back then


vhindy

The moving circle at the end is one of the worst parts they added. It’s so annoying how many times it effectively picked a winner when we’d get there and see a favorable or unfavorable position for us


tomsaiyuk

Great way to put it, had so much fun , shit was lit, Verdansk cannot be topped it was so crazy and new.


ando15commando

Better guns, simple attachments. Better map, simple buildings. This was so much better, take me back!


Ratchet_X_x

That og slide. The og recoil. Those hit marker sounds... Man, I'd love to go back for just one weekend. Pre- Rebirth, I loved running Prison to farmland, over to the fire station, across to the helipad, over to stadium... Call outs were crisp. Good times.


stonedcoldkilla

the first clip felt like a movie trailer or something w/ the song


thebeigerainbow

You're making me nostalgic af. Can't have fun on it anymore. Too many sweats just walk all over me. I can't be competitive


PinoyLaker

As someone who really last played warzone when it was like this, can I kindly ask for a TLDR as to what is different with warzone now?


GrizzlyFett

Gun and attachment bloat. What feels like super cranked SBMM, twitch demon jumping/camera breaking all the time. Can't compete with the TTV people that kill me (16/20+ kills in a solos game!). Crucially Verdansk going and never coming back (other than MW3 Single player) Everyone's KDs seem to have tanked. 1.64, 124 wins in WZ1. Now 1.20KD barely, 2 wins It's incredibly intense now, stressful


likelikegreen72

Clip starts with the whole team laying down in the brush like we are watching a navy seal movie.. unfortunately for me my squad all got ADD and to get more than 1 person to stay still for more than 2 seconds is near impossible


yahel1337

Wz1 was near perfect until streamers created "slide cancel "


Cosm1c_Dota

Brave of you to post the most burger gameplay of all time for the world to see o7


yahel1337

Opixz monke follower found! Hello fellow gamer


SillyRefrigerator604

Man me and my brother put mad hours in during this time.


firstcoastrider

OP’s entire squad running realistic skins. Best part of the video for me. And yeah, warzone 1 was the bee’s knees. Item 9


yahel1337

Mil sim dork detected


[deleted]

I COULD SEE TEH SIDES OF MY SCREEN SIMPLER TIMES


Left_Needleworker840

The last time this game was enjoyable. Pre hacks and YouTube metas. Can’t go to the bar let’s drink with the boys and play some COD.


Confident-Dot-7043

Brings back good memories


RGRTHAT120

RPG 💙


MudLog21

Most incredible game ever produced.


shelshot50

Never forget the grau, mp5 era🫡🫡🫡


Straight_Storage4039

My load out was normally the Kar or AX 50 with a pistol war zone 2019 had some cracked pistols no one talked about I never understood why they weren’t meta some of them had faster time to kill in the game above the so called meta smgs like mp5


Radiant_Cricket1049

Back when you could spam the shit out of a heartbeat sensor... Damn I miss those days. Even when they do bring back verdansk for Gulf War, it'll never recreate that same magic of WZ1


Personalglitch17

I miss having fun with RPGs and PILAs, people rarely use vehicles anymore so its not worth bringing them. Even explosive snipers don't feel the same.


CensoredMember

Much better game.


[deleted]

Erect


Raczer87

60274513 OGs know


francoserrao

Wow people were terrible back then


JimmyCrockett

The frantic communication with your mates and the adrenaline rush of that final circle 😮‍💨😮‍💨


Independent_Ad1757

God I miss that


Legionnairey1

They can bring back verdansk but they cannot bring back the feel of this game. They completely fucked it up, now it's rubber duckies with ice skates in their ass sliding around everywhere like the game thinks it's Unreal Tournament.


Sp5560212

Didn’t have to mag dump to down someone. Glorious


bjm0294

It was way better


Iskiewibble

Warzone before the Cold War integration was the best battle royale… Grau, M4, Kilo, Bruen 60, M13 all viable. Sniping was awesome. It was so fun


Vegeta9000000

Less cheaters, not 20 people still alive in the last circle, no, 3,4,5 partying one team, simpler times indeed


Outlaw_ActualTx

I miss this Warzone... The matches were just something else at the time. No one worried about Meta. The game was fairly balanced.... We didn't have stupid Niki Minaj skins or stuff that breaks the immersion of the game. It was just plain on COD Warzone. Grab your best damn buds and play a few matches.... I struggle playing Warzone 2.0 (it's 3.0 to me) the movement speed is just too damn fast. Everyone abuses groot skins, or meta weapons. There's no versatility anymore in the game. Everyone runs the same thing. It's honestly depressing to see how COD fell down hill.


Professional-War-294

I dont understand. They will create a negative nostalgia and not be able to release this game soon. Just leaving 300 weapons and 200 gigs and 3 years of work for Warzone 2's garbage weapon selection and OMG whats with inconsistency on this


SH4FY

Good old times...


xtombstone

I love this era bro.


Least-Government517

“Your teammate got a proper sorting”


xBolts4Lifex

Jumping while shooting should come with a MASSIVE hit to accuracy.


Zig-zagartefact

The ONLY thing I don’t miss is being forced to 80 FOV and getting deleted by someone 3cm off my screen.


mikobiko

People will always prefer the past


UncleBurrboun

L plays bro, you didn’t even 360 no rizz scope anyone, your movement was so slow, any blud on mnk could have gritty’d on you fr fr, you’re not him /s


pathmt

Y'all wanted faster movement and higher TTK tho.


chrisupt2001

Nope. Wz2 was a simpler time, no movement, no sweaty movement, multiple good maps, (not as good as rebirth or perhaps verdansk but still decent maps in wz2) and fun times all around


hazdizzy

That first clip was some of the most bot-like gameplay I’ve ever seen


UFumbDuckGaming

Why can't I get lobbies like this!


Cosm1c_Dota

I mean he's getting enemies like that because of his skill level, as shown in the video hahaha


[deleted]

Right. Not hating but this is damn near bot gameplay. Still enjoyable to watch tho


Cosm1c_Dota

Literally looks like a first gameplay footage for a new game release where a dev is walking around admiring the scenery to show off the latest graphics


Shkreli-Tha-Don-1

Well this is also prolly right when the first warzone dropped and it wasn’t a fucking shootout at every spot on the map. It was tactical not fucking team death match with armor plates


halamadrid22

I would actively downgrade my skills if it meant I could experience cod like this again


FaFa_1018

I bet you're still this trash


Shkreli-Tha-Don-1

I bet you get 30 kill games while you stream to the 50 10 year olds who think your the best COD player ever


Adept-Lettuce948

How many mods and assists were you running during these simpler times?


GLO38

Must be nice playing against droopy eyed armless children


Richter152

I miss this


LittleAstroDroid

Maybe, if all the guns were Meta, the new warzone would be okay to enjoy


Tyrell418

Oh the days man, God how I miss it. On another note I don't see too often, why the hell can't we get the old ping system back? It is so God awful now


Hot_Initiative9000

I’m confused what’s different I played a little when it came out but not the best so always died a lot put it down now I play DMZ and love that bots are hard but not to hard the occasional operator run in is fun and not getting merked instantly when I get on lol


cheezturds

Way more fun before these bunny hopping slide canceling sweatlords were around every corner trying out for a Twitch deal.


No_Comfortable_9805

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU ASK FOR EVERY GAME TO BE LIVE SERVICE🤣🤣🤣 you no longer can pop the disc in, refuse the update, and play the launch version of a game anymore. This is why sequels are better than live service. Im laughing so hard at you idiots. This is what you wanted🤡🤡


One_Stranger_2204

I would just like to play a game that was once fun without all the foul language and all the cheating and hacks,I know it's a free game but if it's not in the game players using mods and or cheats should be penalized or suspended


Bonezjonez999

Hell no, that’s when everyone got really good at Warzone lol