“Verdansk was always horrible”: Not Every Call of Duty: Warzone Player Is a Fan of the Returning Map
Bringing back Verdansk to Call of Duty: Warzone has a few players unhappy with Raven Software and Infinity Ward's decision alongside other issues.
- Call of Duty: Warzone may be on thin ice with the return of its Verdansk map being announced for 2025.
- Many players believe that the map should make way for new content in the game.
- Verdansk's return joins several other player complaints that need to be addressed in order to keep them coming back to Warzone.
Call of Duty: Warzone has managed what many other first-person shooters could not in terms of retaining a player base that keeps coming back for more. The title’s focus on bringing a battle royale experience to the Call of Duty franchise has largely been a success for Raven Software and Infinity Ward with its ties to mainline entries in the franchise allowing it to cement its place among Call of Duty fans.
However, a few of the game’s features have not been as successful among players as the studios would have hoped. The recent announcement of a returning map to the title’s 2025 roadmap is a great example of how Warzone could pay attention to its players’ feedback to optimize the experience it offers.
Verdansk Makes a Return to Call of Duty: Warzone
The announcement in question was from the game’s official handle on X, stating that Verdansk, a map that has remained a constant in the game, was slated to return to it in 2025. Modeled after its counterpart in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it has been the map of choice for many of Warzone’s battles since the game’s release.
Responses to the post below, however, showcase how some players may not be very happy with Verdansk’s return to Warzone’s playable maps.
Taking to Reddit to voice their disappointment, many players seem to believe that Verdansk has outlived its welcome in Call of Duty: Warzone even as others continue to defend its addition to the game’s 2025 roadmap.
Will Activision Pay Attention to Its Players’ Feedback?
It is a tricky time for Call of Duty: Warzone, with a recent patch failing to address player complaints about rampant cheating through hacks in the game. While Raven Software and Infinity Ward have made efforts to regain their players’ goodwill with excellent content in its Season 5 Reloaded update, Verdansk’s return to the game may set them back a little.
The Reddit post below showcases why, with many players being highly critical of the announcement and several responses that point to a need to do away with a map that is on a long list of player complaints.
As one player sees it, Verdansk’s return could very well prove to be a costly decision for the game.
Another player points out other issues that Raven and Infinity Ward could seek to address in upcoming patches to the game – the nerfing of popular weapons being among them.
However, another player was quick to defend Verdansk’s inclusion in Warzone’s 2025 roadmap, arguing that it could bring an element of nostalgia to the table for many players.
It may be time for Activision to consider the opinions of its players and make changes to Call of Duty: Warzone that address their complaints in future updates in order to allow the game to continue enjoying the love it gets from fans of the franchise.
