As is often the case with new entries in Activision’s long-running first-person shooter franchise,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2has launched with more than a few issues, and some fans were quick to point out a surprising lack of features at release. While the campaign component has actually earned a surprising amount of praise, its mainstay multiplayer aspect—of particular importance givenCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s expected two-year lifecycle—seems to have launched without some very basic features.
As pointed out by Reddit user u/blazeryan on the r/ModernWarfareII subreddit, there’s a laundry list of expected inclusions that have yet to be added to the game. Hardcore modes and proper leaderboard integration have yet to be implemented, and other essentials such as standard stat tracking, barracks, challenges, and metals—elements that have been present on launch day in almost everyCall of Dutytitle dating back to the originalCall of Duty: Modern Warfare—haven’t been included. This communal outcry also comes after the release of a roughlyforty-gig day-one patch forModern Warfare 2.
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What’s more,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2seems to be missing key featuresrelated to its revamped gunsmith mechanics. While the core conceit of constructing a weapon based on a receiver type instead of a pre-fab firearm works as intended, players currently can’t inspect weapons in gunsmith or save custom blueprints. Furthermore, custom reticles aren’t yet present, camo unlock notifications don’t pop up during gameplay as they should, and, perhaps most crucially, there doesn’t appear to be a way to disable crossplay.
WhileCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2doesn’t at all seem to be in the same state of disarray Electronic Arts’Battlefield 2042launched in, these core omissions do make for some worrying comparisons. DedicatedBattlefieldfans will remember that it took developer DICE months toadd a simple scoreboard intoBattlefield 2042, and the title, despite slow and steady improvement in the year since its troublesome debut, still comes across to many as lacking.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2likely won’t suffer from such egregious issues, though, if not addressed promptly, complaints from hardcore fans could slowly change into serious communal derision.
That said, major changes are certain to come toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2in the coming weeks. Billed as a perennial live service, content and quality of life updates are likely to roll out sooner than later, and,with the launch ofCall of Duty Warzone 2in the coming weeks, those hoping for impactful changes probably won’t have to wait much longer.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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