

Players also have the ability to save custom gamemodes into the community, where other players can browse and select matches that deem interesting to them. Up to 18 players may participate in a single Private Match. Like private matches in previous Call of Duty titles, no XP or COD Points are gained or lost from playing in a private match.

Customized gametypes can be saved and placed into a players' File Share. Killstreaks are also customizable by the host. All weapons, perks and equipment are unlocked for use in the custom classes. The lobby host is able to customize the effects of perks, and can also assign default classes that must be used. In Call of Duty: Black Ops there is a much greater level of customization. However, there was a glitch which gave the player XP in Private match via hacking. These options can all be edited for split screen as well. Players could also set health, respawn options, Headshots Only Mode, and, in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Old School Mode. In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, settings such as game type, score limit, and time limit could be set, as well as Hardcore Mode.

However, in private match in some other game modes such as Zombies, Extinction, and Exo Survival, playing does count towards leaderboards, and, in Extinction, towards the player's rank ( Black Ops II Zombies does not count unless playing Turned).

In multiplayer private match, playing does not count towards the player's rank or statistics. Call of Duty: Black Ops II also introduced having customization in private match when playing Zombies mode, which continued on to be available in Extinction in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Black Ops introduced more customization with being able to set up pre-set classes the players must use, the ability to change things like movement speed and resistance to damage for these classes, as well as the ability to customize perks.Ĭall of Duty: Black Ops II also introduced the ability to play with bots in custom match (alongside friends, if the player desired), allowing the player to basically play by themselves instead of having to wait for friends to join. Private matches essentially allow players to play with their friends in customized variants of the standard in-game game modes.īefore Call of Duty: Black Ops, the customization options were very limited, mostly only being able to customize things like what map was played on, the time limit, the score limit, number of lives, and a few other details. 2.6 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Settings.2.4 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Settings.2.3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Settings.
