Highlights
- A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fan has made an Operator that embraces a more serious military look, appealing to those who want realistic cosmetics.
- Call of Duty games often start with serious military aesthetics but eventually introduce more ridiculous skins, with Modern Warfare 2 being a prime example.
- While there are players who enjoy vibrant and unrealistic outfits, there is a significant portion of the community that appreciates more grounded and realistic character designs, as shown by the positive response to the fan-made Operator design.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fans who have been desperate for more serious military looks have a new Operator design to appreciate. Unfortunately, this Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 character is player-made, though it does certainly add fuel to the fire for those demanding Mil-Sim outfits.
With each modern Call of Duty game, a clear pattern can be seen when it comes to cosmetics. At launch, the developers lean into the serious military aesthetic, much to the delight of gamers who want Call of Duty to be a serious shooter. However, as time goes on, the skins get more and more ridiculous. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a perfect example of this, as the most unrealistic the launch day looks got was some Ghost-like skull masks for Task Force 141. Now, players can become actual cats, anime girls, and Snoop Dogg.
While not all crossovers are controversial with the community, as the Lara Croft Call of Duty design has been almost unanimously praised and fits well within the FPS, there are certainly two camps when it comes to cosmetics. Some players love when Call of Duty gets ridiculous with vibrant outfits, while others are down on anything that can be deemed unrealistic and cling to more grounded character designs instead. Those who find themselves in the latter camp will appreciate the Operator design from Reddit user RainbowSix_Glaz, as it embraces the military look that post-launch Call of Duty cosmetics typically stray from.
RainbowSix_Glaz’ design uses the Call of Duty: Vanguard campaign character and Operator Wade as a blueprint, with a few different variations of the skin provided. The default skin looks a lot like the nameless soldier from the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, who was seen walking through a desert on the game’s cover art. He dons a pair of sunglasses and a balcava, with a faceless variant also depicted. With night vision goggles being so integral to Modern Warfare, a pair are included on the final version of the design.
Alongside 371 upvotes, there are dozens of positive comments about the edit. Several players are “crushed” that the artist’s creation is not a real Call of Duty Operator, while others feel that it is better than any official skins from the in-game store. Ultimately, the love for this fan art and the disappointment that this bundle is not actually real are things that Activision, Infinity Ward, and other Call of Duty developers should make note of. Clearly, there is interest in more realistic cosmetics being added to the in-game store after release.
Perhaps the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will provide players with some more grounded attires for their Operators. After all, the game is embracing the original Modern Warfare 2’s maps, so a range of traditional soldier designs like the 2009 release had would certainly be appropriate.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
