It was just days ago when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare received a patch intent on fixing some of its multiplayer issues, but today a new update, patch 1.08, continues to try to get the game properly balanced for players old and new. The patch notes, which were shared first on Reddit by the studio, includes highlights such as reducing range for the infamous 725 shotgun and correcting a bug that sometimes prevented riot shielders, another bane of the game currently, from receiving explosive damage.
Another major improvement comes to the game's sound design, which to date has included some poorly tuned footstep noises online and has put a damper on players' experiences by making players louder than they were intended to be when in ADS. This patch seeks to undo those problems once and for all.
The patch goes beyond those marquee issues and also seeks to amend other areas, such as spawning tuning on the map Piccadilly in Team Deathmatch and Domination, assault rifle hip spread adjustments, and improvements to overall stability.
This update follows closely behind Friday's patch which, in addition to tweaking some in-game issues, added two new maps and brought the Hardpoint game mode back to the franchise for the first time since Infinity Ward's most recent effort, Infinite Warfare, in 2016. This surely won't be the last patch for Activision's massive live-service game, but time will tell if these fixes get it to where the players and developers all want it to be.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare released on October 25, starting out with a Mighty 85 score here on OpenCritic, but it's since cooled off a bit and now sits at a respectable 81, with 85% of critics recommending the game. Its long tail of post-launch content will come via a battle pass system rather than randomized lootboxes, as the studio seeks to earn money from players without splintering the player base or finding themselves under the microscope of various government bodies around the world currently investigating the legality and ethics of lootboxes.
