Among the series of surprises during PlayStation’s showcase event on Wednesday was an announcement that PS4 players would get alpha access to Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer. During that alpha testing, we received confirmation that Cold War will see map voting return to the franchise.
When the multiplayer was revealed, we were treated to several hours of gameplay from some of gaming’s biggest streamers and Call of Duty fans. A glimpse at the (limited) multiplayer lobby revealed that players were able to vote for maps — a feature that was removed from Modern Warfare.
Thankfully, the surprise alpha testing has confirmed that map voting will indeed be part of Black Ops Cold War. While Treyarch is catching a lot of heat for including skilled based matchmaking in the game and promising to nerf sniper rifles. However, it did hit at least good note by ensuring that players will have the option to avoid maps that they don’t like.
Map voting has been a part of the Call of Duty experience for as long as most of us can remember. There have been maps that nobody wanted to play on and could easily be avoided thanks to the voting system. When Modern Warfare took that away, it felt like being transported to a less sophisticated age where everyone was subject to the whims of the game. Throw in the penalties for leaving a game after it starts, and you have a good recipe for a bad experience.
Thankfully, Cold War will fix that by not only showing players which maps are in rotation, but by also allowing the lobby to decide what kind of game it wants to play. Finding a good lobby is something that a lot of us look for. Finding who you play with is as important (if not more important) as the game mechanics themselves. Incentivizing lobbies to stick together by allowing them to vote is a great way to allow players to make new friends. And ultimately, that’s what gaming is about — building communities that transcend everyday life.
With that said, we’re glad that voting will be coming back to the multiplayer experience and we hope that it never goes away again.
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