The year 2019 has brought Call of Duty fans a return to modern warfare, both as a setting and as a soft reboot of the original trilogy that took the first-person shooter genre to new heights. With just under two months to go, Infinity Ward and Activision have been ramping up marketing for the next installment, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2with a short teaser of one of the upcoming multiplayer maps that will be playable in the beta, farm 18.
It is not the first teaser fans have received. During last weekend’s Call of Duty League Championship, the Marina Bay Grand Prix multiplayer map was revealed, which draws heavily from Formula 1 circuits, pitting players against each other in firefights around the venue while a actual race.
farm 18 draws inspiration from a previous scenario that shooter fans have experienced in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Shared on the Infinity Ward Twitter account, Multiplayer Design Director Geoff Smith discusses the concept behind Farm 18. The team at Infinity Ward loved the Modern Warfare Shooting House and wanted to expand the concept.
Farm 18 is set in an industrial cement factory and the center of the map features a Shooting House-type building full of tight corners and chaos, while also offering options to retreat and engage in longer-range combat outside the compound.
After Geoff Smith shared his thoughts on the map, Environment Artist Ashley Thundercliffe gives his thoughts on other factors that influenced the map’s design. farm 18as well as some thoughts on the development part of creating maps.
When the Design team approves a map design, it’s up to the Environment team to transform the design into a living map. In the case of Farm 18, Thundercliffe tells us the team had to find a healthy balance between fun and too much foliage, as too much foliage would encourage camping, taking away from the fun, while too little wouldn’t make the facility feel right. immersive enough.
Developer ideas on map design are always welcome and a great way to build fan excitement. Although it seems distant, the launch of Modern Warfare 2 is just around the corner.
It looks like next month will bring fans of the series new information on the upcoming Warzone sequel and a full reveal of Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer component ahead of its October release.