After months of waiting, fans finally got their hands onCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Season 2 last week, and opinions have been somewhat mixed. WhileCall of Duty: Warzone 2.0has just been given a deluge of new content, including a new Resurgence mode and the brandnew Ashika Island map,Modern Warfare 2hasn’t been quite so lucky. Aside from a new Battle Pass and a handful of new weapons,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Season 2 really didn’t add too much to the game, and what it did add isn’t entirely original.
For months,Modern Warfare 2players have been desperately pleading for more maps to be added to the game’s multiplayer mode. And while Infinity Ward has made some efforts to appease those wishes, it could have handled it a little better. Season 2 added a total of four new maps to the game, with two of those being direct copies ofWarzone 2.0POIs, one of them being a remake of an oldModern Warfare 3map, and just one being a wholly original map, which many had already played during the game’s Beta. It’s pretty plain to see thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2needs more original content.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Needs More Original Content
At launch,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2had a solid number of original maps. On day one, players could drop into 10 different multiplayer maps, and while everyCall of Dutyplaylist has its duds,Modern Warfare 2had a surprising amount of hits. For a while, the general player-base was mostly pretty happy with the amount of content inCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, especially when Spec Ops and the Campaign mode were taken into consideration.
However, times have changed, and fans expect a little more from their AAA multiplayer experiences, especially when they adopt a live-service approach. The disappointments withModern Warfare 2’s content really started to surface with the introduction of Season 1 at the end of 2022. This update added just one map to the game, a remake ofModern Warfare’s Shoot House map. Season 1 Reloaded continued the disappointing trend, adding another remake, this time of Shipment. While these maps are widely loved by the community, there was a desperate lack of original maps in the game, and now that issue has only worsened.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Season 2 has just added two new 6v6 maps to the game, with the first being a remake ofModern Warfare 3’s Dome, and the second being Valderas Museum, a map that fans have already played duringModern Warfare 2’s Beta. To make matters worse, this remake of Dome is essentially just lifting the area fromWarzone 2.0. While remake maps have a nostalgia element, they shouldn’t be the only map additions in each Season.Call of Dutyhas always prioritized original content first, andModern Warfare 2is straying into dangerous territory by relying too heavily on nostalgia to please fans.
If there’s anythingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s map playlist has shown its creators, it’s that fans expect more original content in the series going forward. Remake maps are more than okay, and they can even help to bring back old fans, but they shouldn’t be the focus ofa newCall of Dutygame. After all, there wouldn’t be any iconic maps to remake ifCall of Duty’s devs didn’t take a risk in the first place. Thankfully, Infinity Ward has teased a completely new map forModern Warfare 2Season 2 Reloaded, so hopefully that marks the start of some original content additions.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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