Call of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty: Warzone is a PlayStation 5 shooter game developed by Raven Software. It centers on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
Call of Duty: Warzone is a PlayStation 5 shooter game centered on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Call of Duty is a military first-person shooter series spanning historical battles and fictional conflicts. You move between cover, aim and fire under pressure, whether following a cinematic mission or contesting objectives against other players. Different branches add their own emphasis, including cooperative Zombies survival.
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AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
A varied map and extraction mode expand tactical options, with launch communication friction.
This assessment covers native PS5 Warzone 2.0 in November 2022. Swimming, ledge grabs and proximity voice create opportunities to escape, flank and gather information. Al Mazrah separates towns, open ground and water into readable routes, supported by clear lighting. DMZ gives the same landscape a different purpose: complete objectives, deal with AI and competing squads, then extract safely. It offers an alternative to the final-survivor structure. The contemporary PS5 review found a generally smoother launch than Modern Warfare 2, but white ping markers were difficult to distinguish. Another PS5 test also encountered laborious matchmaking. The combination suits communicating squads comfortable with repeated deployment and loss. This is a historical launch assessment, excluding the 2020 game and all claims about current 2026 integration, maps, balance or playlist availability.
Strengths
- Terrain and movement support tactical choices
- DMZ adds extraction objectives
Weaknesses
- Launch marker visibility and matchmaking friction
- Coordination and repeated losses require patience
Who it is for: Online squads interested in tactical movement and extraction risk.
Play notes: Historical November 2022 PS5 scope. Internet required; original map rules may no longer be selectable.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Extraction objectives provide another purpose for the map. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Movement and proximity voice create tactical possibilities. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Distinct terrain and clear lighting support route awareness. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Generally smooth play is weakened by poorly visible communication markers. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Infinity WardRaven Software
- Publisher
- Activision
- Release date
- Nov 16, 2022
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsFast-pacedShootingDodgeWarSolo-friendlyLinear LevelsMain Story Under 10 HoursPlayer versus EnvironmentReplayableThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
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- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideNov 16, 2022
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