

There really are lots of positive adjustments to this version of Cold War, and it’s worth taking a gander at the patch notes. I’m happy to report this was fixed, so if you’re like me and sensitive to motion blur, it’s good news that the beta will require you to only turn it off once. You’ll just need to go on higher streaks in a single life now to earn those high-end rewards.Īnother beta tweak: the motion blur setting was bugged out in the alpha, so it would reset to the default setting after each match. In the alpha, it was too easy to get top-tier streaks like Chopper Gunners, so Treyarch tweaked the formula for scorestreak rewards. You earn score multipliers for achieving multiple kills in the same life, but you also continue to earn your lethal scorestreaks after death by playing the objective. Black Ops: Cold War’s scorestreak system no longer punishes you for dying. Weapon stat details in the Gunsmith (Screenshot: Activision (Kotaku)Īnother important adjustment comes to the game’s Scorestreak system. Weapon customisation can feel overwhelming with all the attachments you can choose from, so this can better guide you. The new game’s version shows the exact positive and negative impact that each attachment would have, along with more detailed stats to help you make the best of your gun customisation. Recoil patterns were apparently “reworked and rebalanced” for all guns.Ĭold War’s Gunsmith weapon customisation system was already a nice upgrade over Modern Warfare’s. Those tweaks include a nerf to the insanely overpowered AK-74u submachine gun.

One of the most notable adjustments should tune weapons so they feel a little more balanced than they did in the alpha. Prior to the beta’s launch, Treyarch released really detailed patch notes to show the changes made from the alpha’s feedback. Xbox One and PC players will have to wait until next weekend for Cold War’s crossplay beta. The open beta will begin for everyone on PlayStation this weekend.

Early access to the beta went live on PlayStation on October 8 for players who pre-ordered digitally, or anyone lucky enough to score a beta code.
