In case you didn’t know, Activision sprung a surprise yesterday when it announced that Call of Duty Vanguard will be getting an alpha test this week, on PlayStation platforms! Well, the alpha pre-load and is now live! While we can’t play the game just yet, as the servers are still down, it seems the alpha client’s options menu can be accessed with a little maneuvering, which has revealed a few important details such as the return of doors, Tactical Sprint and more.
As you can see from the image below, you can see “door bash interacton” in the options menu, which should be familiar to Modern Warfare 2019 players.
Another part of the options screen shows the toggle for Tactical Sprint, weapon mounting, mantle.
While doors might seem like a small thing, it aided a ton when camping in Modern Warfare given it was indestructible. Let’s hope that the doors in Vanguard aren’t impervious to bullets and exploions.
Those not familiar with the Tac Sprint game mechanic, Tactical Sprint was introduced in Modern Warfare 2019, and it allowed gamers to run much faster than regular sprinting, though just for a short burst. As for weapon mounting, that too, was introduced in Modern Warfare 2019, and gave players the option to mount weapons to drastically reduce recoil. I gather, out of the stuff mentioned, this (weapon mounting) is the more controversial one, as it made camping a whole lot more viable given you practically had zero recoil when you had weapons mounted.
One thing that’s not visible in the options menu is an FOV (field of view) slider. We’re unsure whether we’ll see this be released in the full game, as Modern Warfare never got it. In case you’re wondering why there are loads of similarities to Modern Warfare and Vanguard, it’s because Vanguard is running on the same game engine as MW 2019. So if you liked the feel and gunplay of Infinity Ward’s latest game, then chances are, you’ll like Vanguard’s as well.
In addition to that, the Alpha intro has surfaced as well! Players can trigger it by taking their PS4/PS5 offline, and you’ll see the entire intro sequence play out, which we tried ourselves, and it works! Here’s the cinematic in case you don’t want to go through all that trouble:
The COD Vanguard alpha will be live this weekend, and you can read about the mode and schedule right here.
Call of Duty Vanguard will be released this November 5 on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.