Despite the markedly increased amount of time available to me for pursuing gaming activities (especially considering the recent return to lockdown for me and my fellow Melburnians)— somehow I’ve not really expanded my gaming time as much as you’d expect. Yet, one game has demanded the bulk of my attention and has me absolutely and completely addicted: Call of Duty Warzone.

d espite的显着增加的提供给我的时间量为追求游戏活动(尤其是考虑到近期重返锁定为我和我的同事墨尔本人) -不知何故，我还没有真正扩大了我的游戏时间，就像你所期待。 但是，有一款游戏需要我的大部分注意力，并且使我完全上瘾： Call of Duty Warzone。

With Season 4 of the incredibly popular title well under way, Warzone has taken the world by storm, riding the coattails of many battle royales before it. Yet there’s many reasons its incredible popularity. In April, it had reached 50 million players. 50. Million. Recent reports land the daily estimated earnings for all of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (so including multiplayer as well as Warzone) close to a staggering $3 million USD.

随着令人难以置信的热门游戏第4季的进行， Warzone席卷了整个世界，席卷了众多大逃亡皇家。 然而，有许多原因使其受欢迎程度很高。 在四月份， 它已经达到了五千万玩家。 50.百万。 最近的报告显示 ，《 使命召唤：现代战争》 (包括多人游戏和《 战地风云》 )的每日估计收入接近惊人的300万美元。

Warzone has seemingly taken off because it appears to effectively cater to the demographics that most of the existing battle royales don’t provide for — especially for anyone who may be put off by the more arcady and arguably more childish Fortnite. I for one could never get into Fortnite simply because I could not for the life of me understand how to build properly. This of course is a core mechanic of the game vital to any success — I obviously just didn’t have the patience or talent for it.

Warzone似乎起飞了，因为它似乎有效地满足了大多数现有的皇家大逃兵无法提供的人口统计特征，尤其是对于那些可能被更狂野，更幼稚的Fortnite推迟的人。 我一个人永远无法进入Fortnite是因为我一生无法理解如何正确构建。 当然，这是游戏成功的关键机制-我显然没有耐心或才华。

The joy of dropping into Verdansk with my buddies on Warzone however, is something new and exciting for me. Despite loving PUBG and Apex Legends when it first launched, there’s something about Warzone which just clicks so much better with me. My usual squad and I are a well oiled machine at this point, dispatching enemies with ease and communicating on the same wave length. This element of cooperation and success consistently with the same friends has rendered a lot more enjoyment from a battle royale than I thought possible.

但是，与我的好友一起在Warzone进入Verdansk的乐趣对我来说是新的和令人兴奋的。 尽管在初次发行时就喜欢PUBG和Apex Legends ， 但Warzone还是有一些让我点击得更好的东西。 在这一点上，我和我通常的班机充斥着很多油，可以轻松派遣敌人并以相同的波长进行交流。 与同一个朋友始终如一的合作和成功要素，使大逃杀带来的乐趣比我想象的要多得多。

As the successor of the previous Call of Duty battle royale, Blackout (which was a mode within Black Ops 4), Warzone is completely free-to-play and doesn’t require the purchase of Modern Warfare to be able to drop into Verdansk. The only real reason to bother purchasing Modern Warfare (other than the obvious access to the multiplayer and other modes) is that it’s infinitely easier to get the best skins for guns. This means as long as you don’t care about rocking those sweet skins — you’re not disadvantaged at all in Warzone if you don’t own the full game.

作为以前的《 使命召唤》大逃杀( Blackout) ( Black Ops 4中的一种模式)的继承者， Warzone是完全免费的游戏，不需要购买Modern Warfare就可以加入Verdansk。 烦恼购买《 现代战争 》的唯一真正原因(除了可以明显地使用多人游戏和其他模式之外)是，为枪支提供最好的外皮绝对无比轻松。 这意味着只要您不关心晃动那些甜美的皮肤-如果您不拥有完整的游戏，那么在Warzone中根本就不会处于不利地位。

流体稳定吗？ 当然不会... (Fluid and stable? Surely not…)

One of the large reasons for Warzone’s success, at least I think, is that for the most part it is an incredibly fluid and stable gaming experience. Sure, I’ve encountered my fair share of crashes personally — but that’s mostly due to my poor GTX 970 and i5–7500 being overstretched (I’m also playing in 1440p which probably doesn’t help either). It never feels like the game itself is to blame. The only criticism I have is that it does feel a tad less optimised than what you’d expect from a typical AAA title.

至少我认为，《 战地风云 》取得成功的主要原因之一是，在大多数情况下，这是一种令人难以置信的流畅而稳定的游戏体验。 当然，我个人遇到过很多死机事故-但这主要是由于我糟糕的GTX 970和i5-7500过度拉伸(我也玩1440p，这可能也无济于事)。 从来没有感觉到游戏本身应该受到指责。 我唯一的批评是，它的优化程度确实比典型AAA冠军要低。

With an intuitive main menu layout and in-game HUD, Warzone also ticks all the boxes in terms of gameplay fluidity. When it comes to comparing it to its most similar competitor and predecessor — PUBG — Warzone beats it out of the park every time. I remember returning to PUBG after a 6 month break at one point and coming back to find the game somehow feeling less optimised. My PC set up hadn’t changed one iota, yet PUBG ran way worse with extremely choppy performance.

凭借直观的主菜单布局和游戏内HUD， Warzone还在游戏流畅性方面打勾了所有框。 在将其与最相似的竞争对手和前身PUBG进行比较时， Warzone每次都将其击败。 我记得一次休息6个月后回到PUBG ，然后回来找游戏时感觉不太优化。 我的PC设置没有更改一个iota，但PUBG的性能却异常波动。

This isn’t to rag on PUBG, but I think most gamers would expect games launched initially in Early Access like PUBG to get better after its full launch, not worse.*Sad face*. So Warzone pretty much hits the spot when it comes to the gamer experience. Its stability is at the same level of other competing battle royales like Apex Legends and Fortnite, as well as its CoD predecessor, Blackout. Which again, isn’t necessarily something to brag about in isolation, but it means the actual strengths of Warzone itself aren’t hindered by issues unrelated to the game itself.

这并不是在PUBG上大吃一惊，但我认为大多数游戏玩家都希望像PUBG这样的在Early Access中最初推出的游戏在全面发布后会变得更好，而不是更糟。 *悲伤的脸* 。 因此，就玩家体验而言，《 战地(Warzone)》几乎是当下。 它的稳定性与Apex Legends和Fortnite以及其CoD的前身Blackout等其他竞争激烈的皇家同级。 再次重申，不一定非要吹牛，而是意味着Warzone本身的实际优势不会受到与游戏本身无关的问题的阻碍。

一个“独特的”皇家战斗？ 你现在拉我的尾巴… (A “unique” battle royale? You’re pulling my tail now…)

Part of the appeal that Warzone presents is its fresh and unique take on the, well let’s be honest, much overdone at this point battle royale genre. Several aspects of the Warzone experience really act to distinguish it from its predecessors and competitors.

Warzone提出的吸引力的一部分是其新颖独特的风格，坦白地说，在这一点上，皇家大逃杀的类型过于夸张。 战区经验的几个方面确实起到了将其与前任和竞争对手区分开的作用。

Perhaps the core component of this uniqueness is the Gulag. For those of you who don’t know, when you get killed in Warzone, rather than simply dying and having to return to the menu to start another game, you are instead transported to an underground prison — the Gulag — where you must fight one-on-one with another player who has just been killed.

这种独特性的核心要素也许就是古拉格(Gulag)。 对于那些不知道的人，当您在战区被杀时，不只是死去并不得不返回菜单来开始另一场比赛，而是被转移到地下监狱-古拉格(Gulag)–在这里您必须与一个人战斗-与另一位刚刚被杀死的玩家一对一。

Whoever the victor may be is parachuted back into the map. This is also constantly updated as the weapons you’re provided in the Gulag have changed from season to season. At one point it was pistols, then it was SMGs and assault rifles and now it’s mostly snipers and crossbows.

无论胜利者是谁，都将跳伞返回地图。 由于您在古拉格(Gulag)中提供的武器随季节而变化，因此也会不断更新。 一方面是手枪，然后是SMG和突击步枪，现在主要是狙击手和cross。

Weapon loadouts also offer a fresh ability for dynamic and enriching gameplay. With a choice of weapons, attachments, perks, tacticals and lethals, players have the opportunity to control the way they play. Want to play long range and hide in the forest? Use an HDR or Kar98k in your loadout. Prefer the option of keeping your teammates close and your enemies closer? Chuck an MP5 or MP7 in that loadout.

武器装载也为动态和丰富的游戏玩法提供了新鲜的功能。 通过选择武器，附件，特权，战术和致命性，玩家可以控制自己的游戏方式。 想玩远距离游戏并躲在森林里吗？ 在加载中使用HDR或Kar98k。 宁愿让队友近在咫尺，还是让敌人近在咫尺？ 将MP5或MP7插入该加载项中。

As in a normal multiplayer situation, each of the perks has their downside and have to balanced as such. Even though there is a fairly set meta for weapon and perk set ups, there is still a lot of space for creativity and different loadout options in Warzone. My favourite cheeky loadout is to run an M4 or Grau with a riot shield, often literally protecting my backside from hails of bullets from unseen enemies and providing enough time to warn my teammates and get to safety.

与正常的多人游戏情况一样，每个特权都有其缺点，因此必须保持平衡。 即使在武器和振作设置方面有相当不错的设定，但在Warzone中仍然有很大的创造空间和不同的装载选项。 我最喜欢的厚颜无耻的负荷是运行带有防暴护罩的M4或Grau，通常可以从字面上保护我的后部免受看不见的敌人的弹痕，并提供足够的时间警告我的队友并获得安全。

Season 4 of Warzone has also seen the addition of the new in-game events Jailbreak, Fire Sale and Supply Chopper. They can occur anytime in any given match, but only one can happen within a single game. A Jailbreak involves every player already eliminated in a match being dropped back into the game. Depending on the progress of the match, this can be a lot of players returning to the game at once.

《 战地风云》第4季还增加了新的游戏内事件“越狱”，“火力销售”和“补给斩波器”。 它们可以在任何给定的比赛中随时发生，但在一场比赛中只能发生一次。 越狱涉及将已经在比赛中淘汰的每个玩家放回游戏中。 根据比赛的进度，可能会有很多玩家一次返回比赛。

Just like a Fire Sale that you may find in a match of CoD zombies mode, in Warzone a Fire Sale will also provide heavy discounts to all purchasable items at buy stations. These last only for a minute. The final in-game event, and the one that I’ve personally witnessed the least, is Supply Chopper. An armourer helicopter comes into the map and if you shoot it down, you got a supply drop featuring lots of great loot. These in-game events may not seem like much, but they highlight how the devs care about constantly tinkering and improving the Warzone experience.

就像在CoD僵尸模式中可以找到的火力销售一样，在Warzone中 ，火力销售也将为购买站点上的所有可购买物品提供大量折扣。 这些仅持续一分钟。 最后一场游戏活动，也是我亲眼目睹的那场比赛，是Supply Chopper。 装甲直升机进入地图，如果您将其击落，就会出现大量补给，其中有大量战利品。 这些游戏中的事件可能看起来并不多，但它们突出了开发人员如何关心不断修补和改善Warzone体验。

It’s unclear exactly how future CoD games will handle Warzone and the battle royale experience. Reportedly, the next Call of Duty, Black Ops Cold War will continue with the Warzone BR and even feature a new map. These reports are however unconfirmed and we will see in time how the new game will handle the Warzone title.

目前尚不清楚未来的CoD游戏如何处理Warzone和Battle Royale体验。 据报道 ，下一次《 使命召唤：黑色行动》冷战将继续使用Warzone BR，甚至还会有新地图。 但是，这些报道尚未得到证实，我们将及时看到新游戏将如何处理Warzone头衔。

It stands to reason that Warzone is the best battle royale created to date. For me, its combination of polished, yet dynamic gameplay along with its unique elements that differentiate it from the other competitors makes it the ultimate BR choice at the moment. Oh, its immense popularity is also probably a good sign that Warzone is the real deal.

可以说，《 战地风云》是迄今为止创造的最好的皇家游戏。 对我而言，它结合了优美而又动感十足的游戏玩法，以及使其与其他竞争对手区分开来的独特元素，使其成为目前BR的最终选择。 哦，它的巨大知名度也可能表明Warzone是真正的交易。

So, have you had a chance to drop into Verdansk yet? You really should. Trust me, you’ll have a great time.

那么，您有没有机会落入Verdansk？ 你真的应该 相信我，您会度过愉快的时光。