Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Players Aren’t Happy With the Game’s Bots

Highlights

• Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile’s Season 3 update has led to a surge in bots, making the game easier but less fun for some players.
• Players are voicing complaints about facing too many bots and not enough human opponents in Warzone Mobile matches.
• Despite backlash, Warzone Mobile has the potential to improve by responding to player feedback and smoothing out gameplay flaws.

Recently, Activision rolled out a massive season update for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, which seems to have caused a surge in the number of bots found in online competitive matches. This human-to-bot ratio imbalance has caused an uptick in users who are complaining about Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile becoming appallingly easy because of it.

The newly released Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is Activision’s attempt to narrow down the gap between the Call of Duty experience on mobile and on console. In a bid to keep in line with this mission statement, the developer launched the Season 3 update for Modern Warfare 3, Warzone, and Warzone Mobile simultaneously on April 3. However, it appears that Warzone Mobile has hit a snag since the latest update launched, with many players reporting bot-related issues.

On Reddit, there’s have been numerous complaints from Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile players, which has only become more apparent as the days pass. According to the posts, there has been a noticeable influx in the number of bot players across Warzone Mobile‘s game modes since the Season 3 update came into effect. Players have reported racking up kills more easily than before. In the same vein, others who had more bots on their team than real players complained about being unfairly dominated in matches by opposing teams having a greater number of humans than bots.

It seems that the sudden rise in the bot population has been randomly plaguing matches, negatively affecting player immersion and the overall experience. In the comments of these posts, there is a prevailing theme of dissatisfaction and annoyance at the matches being played against incompetent AI instead of human players. A user said that the game had become far too easy now and that the experience, before the update, was relatively more fun despite being more challenging. Another user opined that there should be an option to disable the bots for those who want to only face human opponents. All in all, the users complain that having too many bots has resulted in a skewed online gaming experience with their KD ratio in Warzone Mobile climbing up as the thrill of competitive gaming goes down.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Has Time on Its Side

Although facing fan backlash just weeks after Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile‘s launch isn’t the best start, it is still too early to decisively hurt the game’s momentum. Many multiplayer-focused games to smooth out some rough edges when they are new, and Activision devs have the same task at hand right now. If anything, Warzone Mobile is off to a positive start in terms of revenue, and now it just needs to streamline the gaming experience based on player feedback. Being proactive in responding to player concerns will prove crucial to how Warzone Mobile fares in the highly profitable mobile market going forward.