
So, we've been playing quite a lot of Warzone 2.0 since its launch on Xbox last Wednesday, and the good news is that both the 'battle royale' and the 'DMZ' modes are a ton of fun so far! Our playtime has been split fairly evenly across both Xbox Series X and Series S (in part due to the brilliant xScreen), and the game is starting to leave one lasting impression on us - it's a huge visual improvement over Warzone 1 on Xbox Series S!
By the time 2020's Warzone moved onto its World War 2-themed 'Caldera' map, optimisation on Xbox One S had become a lower priority for the development team. That was understandable given the sheer number of systems the game was playable on at that stage, but still, it created a disappointing experience for Xbox One S users.
Sadly, because of the way Xbox backwards compatibility works, that meant Xbox Series S owners were forced to suffer. Warzone was never officially optimised for current-gen consoles, meaning the Series S version was essentially the same as Xbox One S. By late last year, the game was in dire need of an upgrade on Xbox Series S.
That upgrade has finally arrived in the form of Warzone 2.0. Infinity Ward's battle royale revamp has launched two years into the current generation, and this time Xbox Series S is properly supported with its own version of the game. No more blurry textures and buggy trees - Xbox Series S runs this game fantastically well.
The Series S version supports all the big features too. 120Hz support is here in full force, meaning you can play a huge 150-player battle royale on Xbox Series S at up to 120FPS, which is very impressive in practice. It requires a visual sacrifice or two to get it running at that frame rate, but nothing on the level of Warzone 1. All current-gen versions also support field of view sliders, meaning you can see even more of the action on screen on Xbox Series X and S.
So, yeah, if you're still deciding on whether it's worth moving over to Warzone 2.0, we can say it definitely is, especially on Xbox Series S! Microsoft's digital-only console gets a very respectable version of the new CoD battle royale, and we can wholeheartedly recommend giving it a go - for a grand old price of absolutely free!
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Careful praising the Xbox Series S. Remember, it's holding back gaming. /s
@GamingFan4Lyf Don't forget the "BiGGeST MistAkE MiCroSofT MadE durr!1!!1" 🤣
Can anyone tell me if I download Warzone 2 on Series X does it automatically download CoD MW2 as well? It does on PS5, but I was only interested in trying WZ2 so cancelled and deleted it 🙄
@Nightcrawler71 they use the same launcher so it will say modern warfare 2 when you download it but to actually play modern warfare 2 you have to download additional add ons
Infiniy Ward did an amazing job with this game.
Just started Warzone2 man action packed!
Love every bit of this game in full, minus the bugs. hope they fix that asap. The peaks on their servers are somewhat frustrating. (DEF not my internet, got a perfect score and almost no latency)
Furthermore this is in my opinion, def the best COD to date.
@GamingFan4Lyf 100% agree, this Series S is holding back the entire gaming universe.
@Would_you_kindly ok cheers 👍
Normally on nintendolife you have people there that can’t help themselves mentioning how superior ps or Xbox is. It’s a bit annoying. But more and more on this site we have Xbox x owners and s owners debating if the s should even exist. So we’re trolling ourselves now?
@Dr_ENT The gaming industry will be an explosion of Atari-like graphics because Series S exists.
Must say, our family and friends circle are loving Warzone 2 so far, plan on getting MW at some point soon too, but Warzone is just so smooth and fun on the Series S. I’m impressed that’s for sure!
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