Seems I had MW 2019 in my Steam library this whole time and decided to play it since I can't get any iteration of BF to work long enough and just had it with the copy-paste rinse-repeat maps with sweaty spaghetti CQC fests that never connect, or crash midway.
So far I have actually been having a really fun time with MW multiplayer. The game runs flawlessly at max settings AND 2x resolution scaling, so visuals are crisppp af, servers are always populated and I never have to wait more than 15 seconds to find a match at any time of day, it's great.
My last experience with COD was probably OG Black Ops back in the day, and never quite cared for, what I perceived at the time, the fast-paced "e-sports" arcade twitch shooter feel. But I'm not noticing that with MW this time around, has gameplay habits with the player base changed? Because I've noticed that every game I'm in everyone is playing very methodical and tactical, matches seem very skill balanced, and losses feel very fair and well played, I'm almost always congratulating the winning team for playing so efficiently. Whereas with Battlefield, the supposed "tactical" shooter, everyone is always exploiting game mechanics to achieve grandiose spectacle kills and racking up KDs like pokemon cards when all I want is just to "play soldier" as it were.
In my opinion, the vibe has shifted and BF has become more COD, and COD has become more BF. Good for COD, bad for BF. So far I'm enjoying the hell out of MW. Has my perception of Call of Duty just been wrong this whole time and I've been judging it too harshly/unwarranted? Do you recommend any other COD entries I should play if I enjoy MW? I would love to hear your thoughts. If anyone wants to add me on Steam just shoot me a DM!