Dr Disrespect, one of the biggest streamers currently playing Modern Warfare 2, had some pretty harsh words for the game’s new DMZ mode, stating that it’s “already dead” and that no one wants to play its “sixth grade design” .
Earlier this week, select streamers premiered gameplay for DMZ, a new “narrative-focused” extraction mode coming to Modern Warfare 2 that resembles Escape From Tarkov and will be released as a beta on November 16th. So far, the mode has had a pretty mixed reception. , with some notable streamers already calling the mode.
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Dr. Disrespect is one such streamer. Following the reveal of DMZ’s gameplay, the Doctor shared his thoughts on Twitter and they aren’t very positive, calling the mode “dead” and then listing all the reasons why he expects it to fail.
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Dr. Disrespect said: “This new DMZ mod is dead. No one wants to play this 6th layout.” When fellow streamer Lupo seemed to question his point of view, Disrespect followed up with: “Cmon Lupo, yes MW2019, Warzone Caldera, no (Capture the Flag) in mp, 8 maps, no walkthrough audio, no list of rated play, sbmm, killing 40 ai’s , A $100 million marketing budget is any indication along with what I’ve seen… it has no chance after week 1.”
In this tweet, the doctor addresses some of the biggest issues that have plagued Modern Warfare 2 since its launch, including its lack of modes and maps, no ranked playlists, and bigger issues like match-based abilities. While they aren’t necessarily related to DMZ, it does show how the issues have worn some players down.
Although Dr. Disrespect is the biggest streamer so far to give such a negative opinion, he’s not the only one with some reservations about the mode. As reported by Dexerto , Shroud also seemed pretty disappointed with DMZ, saying live: “This is pretty much tinkered with loot,” Shroud said live. “I’m a little disappointed. I expected it to be. harder, a little more hardcore. It seems like… well, CoD.”
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