How Call of Duty Warzone Compares to Other Battle Royales

Call of Duty: Warzone is a real thing now, so let’s make the inevitable comparison to every other popular battle royale.

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The battle royale genre is filled with titles for every type of player, and now Call of Duty can be added as the most recent with Warzone. As a free-to-play game, over six million players have jumped into the action, and there are clear parallels to other battle royale titles, with improvements in some areas and somethings still left to be desired in others.

Contracts Shift Focus, But That’s Nothing New

Warzone contains a feature known as Contracts that provide players with objectives relating to Bounties, Scavenging, and Recon, providing a broad range of rewards. These can be found all over the map, but at their core they fundamentally distract from the goal of every battle royale game, which is to be the last team or individual standing. However, both Fortnite and Apex Legends have similarly distracting objectives as part of their long-term progression goals.

Instead of Contracts, both games have daily challenges, and others that relate to special events and their Battle Pass. At least in Warzone two of the three Contracts relate to eliminating an opponent or finding additional gear in supply caches, but with these other games players may be stepping wildly outside of their comfort zones to complete an objective, using weapons they may dislike, or running around the map to find points of interest. In this regard, Warzone seems to improve on the objective-based tasks in the game.

What Do We Say To The God Of Death? Not Today!

Death in any battle royale is usually the point in which a match ends for a player, but over time, most battle royal games have offered a way to bring a squad member back from the dead. Apex Legends has the unique banner carried after a teammate falls, Fortnite introduced the Reboot Van, and PUBG also offered a way to come back and fight in squads after dying. Warzone meanwhile takes a unique approach to the situation.

Regardless of what mode a player takes on, be it in squads or solo, death is only the beginning. Once killed, the Gulag presents a chance to cheat death and come roaring back into the fight. Players enter as spectators and soon are put into a short, fifteen second 1v1 against another players who is also fighting for their life. The first to secure a kill, capture the flag, or finish the time with more health has cheated death and is back into the game.

This adds a whole new level of excitement to the battle royale genre, because the overall player count in each match will be sliding up and down as players are killed, brought back to life, and killed again. Apart from the Gulag there are other ways for squads to bring back a dead teammate, and all of this keeps the action moving in a fluid and often unpredictable manner.

The Price Is Right

Throughout a match, players will find Cash from looting buildings, defeated opponents, and completing Contracts. This in-game currency can be used at Buy Stations for a variety of items. The premise is not new to battle royale games, as there is almost always a way to acquire weapons or armor, but Warzone takes the idea step further with two of the best options and most expensive options.

For $4,500, players can purchase a Teammate Redeployment, bringing back a dead teammate even if they lost in the Gulag. For $6,000, players can acquire a Loadout Drop Marker, which can be a real game changer. Before a match begins, players can create their own custom loadout tailored exactly to their strengths, and once acquired in game, will have everything they need to become a major threat.

The equivalent in Fortnite would be exchanging a sum of resources for exactly the weapons one wants every single match. Time will tell how useful this becomes, but among the best players, it is likely to be a top pick every match. On the other hand, if playing with friends, the question will be between choosing Loadouts or Redeployments, as it is hard to have cash for both.

What Could Be Improved

Although the game is free, players need to slog through a large download and take up around 85gb of space on their hard drives through the Modern Warfare client. There are of course major advantages through cross-progression, but not all players want, or can stand to have such a large install for a battle royal game.

However, apart from the monster download, there isn’t too much to ask for right now.

How Does Warzone Compare To Blackout?

It should come as no surprise to learn that Blackout is substantially different from Warzone in several ways. At its core, Blackout was a long-term beta from which it was possible to learn how best to make changes for Warzone.

The obvious difference is that Warzone is free in every way, whereas Blackout required the purchase of Call of Duty: Black Ops. This limited the player pool substantially relative to other top battle royale games and is one reason over six million players were able to dive into the action a day after Warzone launched.

Simplicity is also a core concept of Warzone, with health regenerating quickly and armor easily replaceable. Blackout on the other hand had three levels of armor, and there were issues relating to min/maxing because once damaged, the armor would disappear. Warzone gives players the ability to carry up to five replacement plates and getting back into action is quick and easy.

Starting the game is also more reasonable in terms of weapons. Blackout threw players into the action with nothing but their fists, and the only way to deal with an opponent if neither found a weapon was a fistfight, which even then was a ridiculous notion for a Call of Duty title. Warzone meanwhile gives everyone at least a pistol, and it feels far better.

A Battle Royale For Every Player

Although Warzone does many things well so far into its short life, players are lucky to have a saturated market of titles in the genre. Whether it is Apex Legends, Fortnite, PUBG, Warzone, or any of the other options, there really is something for everyone to enjoy.

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