Infinity Ward has revealed particulars about one of many new multiplayer maps coming to Trendy Warfare 2 (opens in new tab). It is referred to as ‘Farm 18’, and is impressed by the ‘Shoot Home’ (opens in new tab)map from the 2019 reboot of Trendy Warfare.
The information about Farm 18 was shared in a video interview with MW2’s director of multiplayer design Geoff Smith, which you’ll view beneath:
Welcome to Farm 18. Location: [classified]. Shoothouse non-obligatory.#ModernWarfare2 #IntelDrops pic.twitter.com/nINQrQOqg0August 11, 2022
“Farm 18 got here out of the thought of, we kinda appreciated the Shoot Home facility map, so we determined to consider hidden coaching services. Nevertheless it’s additionally in a industrial cement manufacturing facility, and the thought was what if we put a Shoot Home-type state of affairs within the center,” says Smith, including. “If you wish to play that loopy sport, you’ll be able to go to the centre and that motion will discover you. If you wish to pull again and play a special means, it is nonetheless obtainable to you.” In different phrases, Farm 18 is basically a map inside a map, which feels like a enjoyable gimmick with some attention-grabbing play potential.
The video additionally options enter from Senior Atmosphere Artist Ashley Thundercliffe (what a reputation), who discusses the challenges of designing a realistic-looking map that additionally works from a play perspective. “If we go too dense with the foliage, now we have folks disguise within the corners. If we do not go dense sufficient, we do not promote the narrative of the overgrowth.”
I utterly perceive what Thundercliffe is getting at right here. The designers need the map to really feel believably dilapidated as gamers are wandering round. Nevertheless, “promote the narrative of the overgrowth” can also be an especially amusing flip of phrase, and places pictures in my thoughts of a luvvie potted plant demanding to know what its motivation is.
This is not the primary map for Trendy Warfare 2 that Infinity Ward has make clear. The studio beforehand revealed particulars a few Marina Grand Prix map, which will likely be playable as a part of the slightly sophisticated open beta (opens in new tab) coming subsequent month. The total sport is scheduled to launch on October 28, and appears set to be very a lot one other Name of Responsibility sport (opens in new tab).
