Raven Software just released a massive update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered that adds new maps, camos, character models, and supply drops. At the moment, it sounds like these items are purely cosmetic and won't change the balance of the game too much. Raven had the following to say in a statement.
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is a game we want players to be engaged in for a long time. We’re excited to support this great game with new content, beginning today with a ton of new customization items that allow for a level of personalization that wasn’t possible in the original release in 2007. Personalization is a big part of Call of Duty and something we’ve done in the series for a while now that fans really enjoy. But of course, we’ve done it very carefully as our highest priority is to retain the balance, aesthetics and player silhouettes in the game."
Some of the new things added in this update are new melee weapons, playable female characters, brand new camos, emblems and calling cards, and more. Some of these things previously leaked thanks to leftover code in the game.
Melee Weapons https://t.co/vRF1Z50Fsy pic.twitter.com/lfUsixwixZ
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It sounds as if the team is carefully thinking about the content they want to release because a sizable portion of the Call of Duty community seems to really dislike supply drops in games like Infinite Warfare. For those unfamiliar, supply drops in some recent CoD games add things like better weapons that you can't simply unlock by just ranking up. It's a gambling system that requires luck (or lots of real money), fans are cautious of Raven Software now due to this update as they're concerned they'll follow the same path.
We criticized Infinite Warfare in our review for its use of weapon variants and annoying implementation of several in-game currencies while praising Modern Warfare Remastered for staying true to the original and giving us a refreshing taste of what Call of Duty used to be.
Credit to CharlieINTEL for the images used in this article.
