On the accessibility options in Modern Warfare 2's open beta
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2's open beta has ended. It was a trial I entered with an open mind. Though I found the visibility and repetitive inputs of Modern Warfare 2019 difficult, I put a lot of hours into it. Subsequent entries felt worse due to a regression in graphical fidelity, but I still crave what Call of Duty offers.
A screenshot of one section of the settings in the Modern Warfare 2 open beta, showing options to change input device, change certain button layouts, and adjust sensitivity. Infinity Ward has maintained across both recent entries in the series that it wants to encourage a range of playstyles, something that has drawn criticism from a vocal, unpleasant core of existing players. If that is the case, it would be good to see some evidence of that.
It's a lack of progress that suggests Infinity Ward, and Activision, isn't understanding the relationship between its potential players' capabilities and the obstacles present in its games. Yes, these mechanics may play well in competitive spaces. But it's leaving huge swathes of players behind with little done to address the barriers that are firmly entrenched in the series.
We can criticise Infinity Ward for the lack of accessibility evidenced in the open beta, but we also need to understand that the community around the game - and Activision's relationship with it - isn't helping. This may sound unnecessarily inflammatory, but if you'd spent as much time in Call of Duty discussions as I did researching this you might feel less than charitable about a core of players vehemently against accessibility while they make petty complaints.
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