A video of a player winning in Call of Duty: Warzone 2’s more relaxed DMZ mode shows that it’s still possible to experience thrilling moments of competition.
A gamer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has uploaded a video of their tense escape from Al Mazrah, which could hold its own against any action flick. These types of intense moments are as much a part of the appeal of the Call of Duty series as the series’ trademark fast-paced gameplay, and while many players found Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 lacking, this video shows that not even the game’s relatively chill DMZ mode is immune to the series’ trademark thrills.
Success stories like Zombies and Warzone are just two examples of how the Call of Duty series has innovated by transplanting the series’ proven concept into new settings. The DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is Activision’s attempt to provide players seeking a respite from Warzone with an extraction shooter experience.
Players in DMZ can fight against Computer adversaries, undertake faction missions with predetermined goals, and occasionally face off against or join forces with other players in an effort to retrieve riches. Despite the mode’s emphasis on group play, players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 frequently engage in solo DMZ runs.
Reddit user sEtupTTV submitted a video of a DMZ run in which the player, via expert timing and gaming, manages to escape at the very last second. The first few seconds of the nearly minute-long clip show sEtupTTV racing through the gas as the clock rapidly approaches zero.
To get to the final win screen, the player must jump out of their extraction helicopter as it takes off, climb onto the ramp of the leaving vehicle, and don a gas mask. The most daring portion is when sEtupTTV narrowly avoids the extraction chopper’s rotor blades, which have been made lethal to discourage players from camping out on top of the vehicle and killing unsuspecting soldiers in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
About 1800 people voted up the post, and many commenters were impressed by how smoothly everything worked out despite the low odds. Players have made numerous references to the Mission Impossible films in the comments, recalling the daring stunts seen in the movies.
Some have hypothesized that another extraction squad was hiding within the chopper, guaranteeing a much bloodier conclusion for sEtupTTV. The likelihood of another player successfully replicating your extraction is low due to the prevalence of exfil camping in Modern Warfare 2.
The Call of Duty community is rife with stories of players who displayed such composure under pressure, like the Modern Warfare 2 player who ambushed their victim in Shipment. Fans of DMZ no longer need to worry about their favorite activity being disrupted by bugs now that Activision is working to improve the mode.
