Maps aren’t the problem, the movement is

This is something I’ve slowly come to realise with modern COD. The sheer speed at which people can traverse the map these days just makes it near impossible for most maps to have any real flow. It feels like anyone can be anywhere at any time. Spawns flip multiple times rapidly. The timing of engagements feels so random and enemies don’t generally come from one general area because everyone is so dispersed around the map.

Bring me back to the good old days where map knowledge, understanding spawns and map control actually meant something. ADHD TikTok brain kids won’t enjoy that however, and it seems that is COD’s main audience these days. It just mindless running around and you just have to expect to get slide cancel bunny hop peeked around every corner, it’s pointless trying to read the enemy positions anymore. Feels like no matter where you spawn, where your teammates are, you can never be certain where anyone is, it’s all just random.

I hate sounding like an old man shouting at the clouds but I do genuinely believe that the pandering to the vocal minority of “movement demons” and their mythical “skill gap” has hurt the game more than it benefited it. The movement itself is great and super fun in a vacuum, but it ruins too many other aspects of the game.