Call of Duty Screenshots Show Massive Difference Between Modern Warfare And Cold War's Engine

It was announced fairly early on thatCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warwould be using a different engine thanCall of Duty: Modern Warfare.While this worked fine on a multiplayer level, fans have noticed some issues regardingCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waroperators within theCall of Duty: Warzoneenvironment. The graphical differences between the engines become more apparent, and fans are only starting to notice the depth of that divide.

While fans knew there would be some differences, the extent to which those differences stretched was unknown. Now, oneCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warskin has gotten new attention after theWarzoneversion had some major differences. These differences, although expected, show a deeperproblem that manyCall of Dutyfans are now discussing.

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The image was posted by spideyjiri onto Reddit, and it shows a side-by-side comparison of an operator in both engines. The difference is easily notable as one side looks obviously sharper than the other, but neither could necessarily be called better. Many players have previously stated thatCall of Duty: Warzoneoperator skins look generally bad when skins are converted over from different engines.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’sengine seems to take a softer approachwith models that are standing straight, shadowed textures, and a more generalized approach for the outfit.

Meanwhile,Call of Duty: Modern Warfareseems to be attempting to be realisticwith the jacket, pants, and textures. The hair is a completely different color, and it seems to be fighting the texture engine while rendering. While one may not be better than the other, the difference between game engines is astounding.

Fans have noticed other inaccuracies scattered across the differentCall of Duty: Warzoneskins. Maxis has her skin mirrored, Park is wearing different color gloves, and Sims has a complete recoloring. Due to this,Call of Duty: Warzonefans are sure that theCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Wardevelopersare doing much more than just porting over assets.

Players point out thatCall of Duty: Modern WarfareandCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warare very different games.Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis a push for a more realistic game style, whileCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris more like an arcade game. It depends on the player’s perspective as to which skin is preferable.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.