Call of Duty: Warzone recently received a huge boost thanks to the reintroduction of the iconic Verdansk map, with a lot of older players flocking back to the game. While it is hard for Activision to completely replicate the original era that saw Warzone become so popular in 2020, Verdansk's return is still marked by the same level of high competition, with players looking for every advantage possible to gain an edge over the opposition and stand victorious.
While the gameplay metas of Call of Duty: Warzone usually include things like weapon and perk loadouts, some players place huge importance on the choice of in-game operator skins, with this being quite a divisive and controversial way that some fans attempt to tip the scales in their favor. A lot of discourse around Warzone has been centered around "pay-to-win" skins in recent weeks, and one pre-existing operator skin for Captain Price blends in perfectly with the environments of Verdansk. For better or worse, this skin is tied to some pretty specific unlock requirements within 2022's Modern Warfare 2, meaning it may not have as much of an impact as it otherwise would have.
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One MW2 Captain Price Skin is Making Waves in Verdansk's Warzone Return
A spotlight was recently placed on the lack of consistency between Warzone operator skins with the Black Ops 6 Terminator skin, which many fans felt had huge identification issues which allowed players to effectively blend into shadows and certain environments. The vocal controversy surrounding the Terminator operator skin was so great that Treyarch introduced some visual changes to it, although some fans still feel this has not done enough to stop the issues associated with it.
The modern live service nature of Call of Duty inherently draws criticism from its wide range of microtransactions and operator skins, yet the potential for certain skins to have a clear in-game advantage makes this aspect of the franchise much more problematic and concerning. It seems clear that some operator skins can be labeled as pay-to-win in certain contexts, and the "Ghillied Up" operator skin for Captain Price has resurfaced as one of the clearest offenders.
With Warzone pulling its playable characters from Black Ops 6, MW3, and MW2, there are over 170 unique operators with associated skins that players can choose from.
As the name suggests, this skin dons Captain Price in a partial ghillie suit, with this being a reference to Price's role in the iconic All Ghillied Up mission from 2007's Modern Warfare. The texture and coloring of the ghillie suit is a perfect match for the grass, bushes, and trees that dominate a lot of Verdansk's landscape, with players quickly noting that they can conceal themselves to be almost indistinguishable from the environment with this specific Price skin equipped.
Players Need to Jump Through Many Hoops to Use Captain Price's Ghillied Up Skin in Warzone
The unlock requirements for the Ghillied Up skin are quite specific, however, with fans at the very least needing to own 2022's Modern Warfare 2 to even begin the process of unlocking it. Firstly, players need to complete the Atomgrad: Episode 2 Raid for Modern Warfare 2, with this being a part of the game's lackluster Special Ops mode. These Raids can be quite difficult to complete, and require two other competent teammates, making this aspect of Ghillied Up's unlock requirements a difficult ask for a three-year-old game.
As if this was not enough, players also need to purchase the associated bundle for the Ghillied Up skin on top of the Raid unlock requirement, ultimately demanding a lot of time and money for a skin that may or may not have a tangible in-game benefit for modern Warzone. With how divisive certain skins have been across Warzone and Black Ops 6 in recent weeks, it is probably for the best that the Ghillied Up Price skin is quite inaccessible, although some fans will surely be making the most of the skin's camouflage potential to capitalize fully on its stealth capabilities following Verdansk's long-awaited return.
Call of Duty: Warzone
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 78%
- Released
- March 10, 2020
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Infinity Ward, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 8.0 & IW 9.0 (Warzone 2.0)
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- First-Person Shooter, Battle Royale
