Criticism ofCall of Duty: Warzone, or any online multiplayer game for that matter, is common. There are always players who take issue with balance or progression as the developers at Raven Software make adjustments or add new content. Often, this criticism is a matter of preference or wishful thinking. However, the latest issue manyCall of Duty: Warzoneplayers are struggling with is much more serious, as a recent patch appears to have caused significant frame rate issues in the battle royale game.
A thread on theCall of Duty: Warzonesubreddit is drawing some attention to a problem with the game’s menus. The problem seems to only be affecting a minority of players, judging by the thread’s activity. However, some of those impacted are saying that the issue is so serious thatCall of Duty: Warzonehas become unplayable. One player even goes so far as saying that theirhigh-FPS performancehas dropped to as low as 13 FPS.
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The cause of this issue has been laid at the feet ofCall of Duty: Warzone’s most recent patch. The patch was dropped on Thursday, September 23, and focused on adjustments to the battle royale’s Iron Trials ‘84 game mode, though it also had several balance changes for weapons. What it didn’t include, at least according to the patch notes, is any changes toCall of Duty: Warzone’s menus. It’s more than possible that changes were made and left out of the notes, however.
Without more specific detail on whatRaven Softwarehas changed, it’s impossible to guess what’s caused the lagging issues inCall of Duty: Warzone’s menus. And without that, there’s no real way for players to work around the issue or try and solve it on their own. All players can do is hope Raven is aware of the issue and that it’ll correct it in time.
That said, Raven has yet to acknowledge that some players are experiencing frame rate issues inCall of Duty: Warzone’s menusyet, and as such hasn’t confirmed whether a fix is in the works or not. That will hopefully change in a matter of time, but for now it means players experiencing the issue are stuck with a potentially unplayable game.
It’s the unfortunate nature of games, and online multiplayer games specifically, that things can go wrong unintentionally.Call of Duty: Warzoneis a massive, complex game, technically speaking. Even a small change can have dramatic consequences in a completely unforeseen way. Further, robust testing can miss a bug that hits a fraction ofCall of Duty: Warzone’s millions of players. What matters is how quickly Raven is able to catch this feedback and respond, and hopefully, a response comes soon.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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