For the first time in years, it is actually a better idea to tread lightly, hold angles, and listen for footsteps than full-sprint down every straightaway and bunnyhop around corners. Traditionalists will tell you these tweaks are bad for the series-that they 'lower the skill gap' or encourage dishonorable camping-but this paints an incomplete picture.īy gluing our boots more firmly to the ground, Call of Duty has finally created the space to be a more methodical, dare I say tactical, FPS. The minimap, breaking with 15 years of tradition, no longer highlights enemies as red dots whenever a shot is fired. Established traversal techniques like slide canceling and bunnyhopping, much to the dismay of CoD's loudest fans (opens in new tab), have been deliberately abolished. In terms of movement, this is by far the slowest CoD in recent memory. By gluing our boots more firmly to the ground, Call of Duty has finally created the space to be a tactical FPS.Īs a counterbalance to Modern Warfare 2's wicked-quick ballistics and time-to-kill, Infinity Ward has pumped the brakes on operators themselves.
