Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 826 Ratings

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  1. Bootywooty01
    Apr 27, 2023
    1
    Easily the worst Call of Duty (excluding Vanguard, let's be fair) of all time, feeling more like a half-baked excuse of a hero shooter than an arcade shooter. Incredibly overpowered specialists devolve matches into pissing contests of who can spam their ult faster. "Highest skill CoD of all time." What a joke. If your game's competitve mode has to strip MORE THAN HALF of the base game'sEasily the worst Call of Duty (excluding Vanguard, let's be fair) of all time, feeling more like a half-baked excuse of a hero shooter than an arcade shooter. Incredibly overpowered specialists devolve matches into pissing contests of who can spam their ult faster. "Highest skill CoD of all time." What a joke. If your game's competitve mode has to strip MORE THAN HALF of the base game's abilities to make a somewhat balanced game, guess what? Your base game is a JOKE. Not even mentioning the abhorrent dlc strategies. Locking the best 2-3 guns in EVERY CATAGORY behind a paywall is par for the course for Treyarc, ruining Black Ops 3's otherwise excellent multiplayer with the same flaw. This game can rot with its last 20 or so players at this point. Good riddance.… Expand
  2. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  3. Opex28
    Apr 3, 2023
    0
    редкостное дерьмо! Я даже не знаю что тут говорить.... Игры серии Call of Duty пробивают все новое дно
  4. reb0rn
    Nov 2, 2022
    3
    This game is only slightly better than vanguard, even if this one is just BO3 with less features and no campaign. Now, 60 dollars for no campaign? First black ops game on PC that didn't release on Steam? Reused maps? Graphics that look worse than BO3? Broken Zombies?
  5. Koval1984CZ
    Mar 22, 2022
    1
    Odpad :
    + bagy
    - grafika
    - šíleně až trapně malé mapy
    - časové zařazení
    - nekonečné léčení
    - finanční politika DLC a prémium
    - demolice
    - nereálnost
    - bez singlu
    - konzolové velké hit boxy
    - recyklace
    Hra de špatnou cestou a to už hodně dílů, velká škoda
  6. CYBERDEV
    Jan 9, 2022
    0
    ⚠️UNPLAYABLE⚠️ - if you go into a MP.matxh games will just crash but won't say not respodning in task manager
  7. Fatheredpuma81
    Jul 31, 2021
    0
    This is the first in the series to have Always Online Dog****. Therefor it is trash, don't bother.
  8. Asandberg
    Feb 28, 2021
    4
    I was very disappointed in this game and it flopped badly. I bought this game on release day and I was exicted to play this game because I loved Black Ops 2 as a kid but this game wasn't fun at all.
  9. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    4
    Un giorno Activision spero impari che IW e' l'unica in grado di far evolvere questa serie. Con Treyarc si stagna sempre nella stessa pozzetta di fango.
  10. Steezyscout
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    Most rushed cod to date. Game looks like **** with its checkerboard graphics. Absolutely nothing is balanced. AR is only viable if it has rapid fire. Everyone only uses SMGs with the highest fire rates in the game that out gun ARs even at long range. Game full of microtransactions and everyone who bought the pass got scammed. Development seemed to have already stopped even though theyMost rushed cod to date. Game looks like **** with its checkerboard graphics. Absolutely nothing is balanced. AR is only viable if it has rapid fire. Everyone only uses SMGs with the highest fire rates in the game that out gun ARs even at long range. Game full of microtransactions and everyone who bought the pass got scammed. Development seemed to have already stopped even though they promised years of support. The whole game is a broken buggy mess. Game is still in early access. They didn't even bother making new weapons and just stole them from old titles, made them op, then put them behind a paywall. Worst call of duty ever right next to infinite warfare and ww2.… Expand
  11. AceLF
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This game does not deserve to have the title *Black Ops* If it were a CoD BO game then it have: Great futuristic campaign, fun multiplayer, and great zombies, but no they just basically spent about 2 hours only making a core BR game since it was trending at the time. I was honestly expecting more since my first Call of Duty game was Call Of Duty Black Ops II which is still one of myThis game does not deserve to have the title *Black Ops* If it were a CoD BO game then it have: Great futuristic campaign, fun multiplayer, and great zombies, but no they just basically spent about 2 hours only making a core BR game since it was trending at the time. I was honestly expecting more since my first Call of Duty game was Call Of Duty Black Ops II which is still one of my favorites or my favorite game of all time and loved by many others. If they were to make a campaign sure I would love it but no they just made another stupid Battle royal game that's not even that good.… Expand
  12. JustARandom
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    I did not play many CoD's but this game has the most unenjoyable multiplayer experience of all of them. After 2 weeks it felt boring and frustrating...... remembering Nomad dog...........................
  13. KetcapliHiyar
    May 18, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is sucks my only word are these This is all for 75 characters xd 93726384927238484… Expand
  14. Im_just_playing
    Apr 2, 2020
    2
    Well, I can say two words about this game [in my sh*tty opinion]... No words. But Zombie Mode was really great but stopped playing it, because of season pass bullsh*t and also of microtransactions. 2/10.
  15. F4ckActivision
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I asked for a refund after playing for prob an hour or so.... They didn't give me one. The last purchase I ever made from this trash company.
  16. turitz
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    Bo4 is just the worst of the worst.

    Bad Servers BAd monitazition Worst Weapon Balance ever There some Hackers And what does **** Treyarch, Nothing since ever, I played the Game since the begin and it just got worse over time from a decent to the worst of its kind. Never buy cod again especially not from treyarch the worst develo0per who rly does everything for just a few more    Bo4 is just the worst of the worst.

    Bad Servers
    BAd monitazition
    Worst Weapon Balance ever
    There some Hackers

    And what does **** Treyarch, Nothing since ever, I played the Game since the begin and it just got worse over time from a decent to the worst of its kind.

    Never buy cod again especially not from treyarch the worst develo0per who rly does everything for just a few more lttle bucks to do everything but not support the Game in a useful way    … Expand
  17. ginaisaduck
    Oct 25, 2019
    0
    this is not a game, it's an abomination. a dreadful experience in every single aspect. a rushed, unfinished, unsupported mess in which i deeply regret spending my money and my time. the matchmaking is atrocious and requires external port forwarding just so it's even capable of finding games in any mode that isn't team death match (zombies and blackout included). the weapons, operators andthis is not a game, it's an abomination. a dreadful experience in every single aspect. a rushed, unfinished, unsupported mess in which i deeply regret spending my money and my time. the matchmaking is atrocious and requires external port forwarding just so it's even capable of finding games in any mode that isn't team death match (zombies and blackout included). the weapons, operators and teams are horribly balanced. most maps are subpar at best. the game is riddled with massive visual, audio and interface glitches such as textures taking an eternity to load, gun sounds not playing and weapon cosmetics never saving. you'd think Treyarch would at least be able to redeem itself with their iconic zombie mode considering they promised to support it more than ever with this title but they ended utterly abandoning any marketing around the new content and then closed it off with the absolute fiasco which was the "Final Zombies Map", an incredibly underwhelming remake of an old BO1 snow level from which they took out most of the snow, recycling content while also killing it's atmosphere. this title should be perpetually paraded as the monstrosity it is and studied as how to not make a videogame. it's a disgrace to the call of duty series and an insult to multiplayer in general.

    UPDATE: technical issues have taken a turn for the worse. now there are many times when the textures don't ever fully load. forcing you to play with washed up 144p looking images, there are also instances where textures don't load at all and you can see through walls, floors and such. whenever the texture issue occurs it's also followed by odd unexplainable choppy fps (all of this in a top tier PC). it's also worth noting that if your internet connection flinches even for a split second you will get eternally paralyzed in a glitched out state where you can't control your character but people can still shoot you. the devs are basically just pissing in our faces at this point. don't ever purchase anything from Treyarch again.    … Expand
  18. HDRip
    Sep 13, 2019
    1
    Full price + new content in DLC + microtransactions without the ability to get in-game currency for free. No singleplayer mode. This game is the embodiment of the publisher’s greed, which includes all methods of monetization at the same time.
  19. 2old4this
    Aug 26, 2019
    0
    I deleted this game 3 months ago and have 0 reason/motivation to come back. It's a pay-to-win garbage and my worst game purchase EVER! I really regret buying this... "game"
  20. sixpath
    Aug 13, 2019
    0
    Stock 2 and annihilator break competitive. Treyarch refuses to remove GA'd weapons and abilities out of competitive. Pubs have so many OP weapons and attachments it's unplayable. Treyarch doesn't care about competitive multiplayer at all.
  21. Serij
    Aug 2, 2019
    2
    Yes i have over two hundred hours into this game because in its core it is a fun game. The new engine is refreshing and Blackout is also a nice gamemode. The fact that a 60€ game feels like a free to play game though because its vomiting its microtransactions at you in every single menu and yet still the game crashes after nearly a year of patchtime is just ridiculous. Even treyarch itsYes i have over two hundred hours into this game because in its core it is a fun game. The new engine is refreshing and Blackout is also a nice gamemode. The fact that a 60€ game feels like a free to play game though because its vomiting its microtransactions at you in every single menu and yet still the game crashes after nearly a year of patchtime is just ridiculous. Even treyarch its isnt satisfied with the state of the game.
    The management of activision is rotten to its core. No wonder the stocks are crashing like crazy.    … Expand
  22. JcMarto
    Jul 31, 2019
    0
    Didn't actually mind the game too much at launch, it was nothing more or less than a new Call of Duty game, solid 5/10 material. I didn't play the game for a while as it wasn't really engaging. Then I logged in this week and the microtransaction spam was out of control. For a full price game this is unacceptable and any game with an Activision logo anywhere on it won't be getting my money
  23. tangerine_dream
    Jul 13, 2019
    1
    1) Guns suck in this game, they are unbalanced piece of crap, either being useless or OP, it's one gun clearly beating another in every single category. And most of them are behind paywall/grindwall.
    2) TTK is also absurdly high and with bad hitreg it takes 1-2 sec to kill someone even with best aim. They should do 100 hp as usual instead of 150 (body armor and +50hp buff is a thing    1) Guns suck in this game, they are unbalanced piece of crap, either being useless or OP, it's one gun clearly beating another in every single category. And most of them are behind paywall/grindwall.
    2) TTK is also absurdly high and with bad hitreg it takes 1-2 sec to kill someone even with best aim. They should do 100 hp as usual instead of 150 (body armor and +50hp buff is a thing also...wtf), and with better servers, this game would be WAY better.
    3) Specialist feature sucks, most of ultimates are just OP **** everyone can spam even total noob can get -5 with Batterys launcher if he gets lucky enough. I see what are they trying to do but it's cheap OW ripoff atm and it doesn't really fit CoD gameplay.
    4) Graphics are WORSE than in BO3. Believe me or not, or check by yourself if you can. They lowered visuals quality for their BR mode and it looks awful.
    5) Optimization gets worse and worse, and this game is hungry for RAM and videocard as well, I even got "out of memory" game crashes with 16gb ddr4 ram lol, first time in years maybe. Combine it with #4 and you will see how dumb this game is, worse graphics, worse optimization.
    6) Maps are okay-ish and that's only because they copypasted good old maps like Slums, Firing Range, Nuketown etc. (that's why I rated this crap as 1/10)
    7) Whole marketing strategy of this game is bull****, they sell you game for $60 and treat you like a kid playing f2p clown game with endless donations and paywalls. Oh there is also SP for $50 and it gives literally nothing, only few maps and BR/Zombies features. Everything in this game is grind RNG fiesta, or costs credits.
    8) Perks are a joke, most of them are useless and some like Dead Silence or Scavenger are picked 95% of the time. Literally worst set of perks for ages. Stim shot is OP as well. Also classic equipment is beaten by FREE specialist equipment which make zero sence too. And yeah you have unlimited sprint also lol with OP gun-ho bull**** perk. Enjoy.
    9) DLC's are free but not really free. You still have to grind ALOT to get all those features, and if you miss anything you can never buy it again, or you can try to open it in lootboxes... lol. Or just donate alot. They should look at R6 Siege strategy of releasing DLC's so everyone can buy it and it's not gamebreaking or nessesary.
    And worst part for me at least about DLCs, they are 10-25gb each and they contain literally nothing really. DL speed on Battle.net is slow for some reason, 2-5mb/s vs 10-11 mb/s on Steam.
    10) Since this is PC section and Im playing PC on EU I'm gonna talk about it a little bit too. Population of the game seems to be declining by ALOT. Since they merge gamemodes & lobbies, and game queues went from nearly instant on release to few minutes even on weekends! There is also no players count in game and you can't see it on Steam stats section, since the game is on Battle.net now.
    11) At last, when I bought the game in November and tried to refund it after 50-60 min of gameplay, Blizzard supp said to me I played with game for too long and refund could not be done! After asking for clarification what exactly is "played game too long", like Steam having 120 minutes/14 days policy for refunds, support told me nothing and wished to enjoy this game. LOL
    There is clearly a reason why they moved game from Steam to Battle.net. To hide players count and to avoid refunding also, so they can sell this piece of crap.

    PS. If you wanna waste your money on this think twice, it's still CoD every year and this year's CoD is waaay below average, it doesn't have jetpacks (FINALLY) but it's even more **** up than BO3 was. If you want to play some good old CoD play BO2 or MW2, they haven't done anything better than that for years. Whole franchise is going to wrong direction and for long-time fan, it's depressing.    … Expand
  24. standingo
    Jun 26, 2019
    3
    This was the game that finally did it for me. This is the one that made me say I'm never going to buy another CoD game again.
    There was no campaign. There was a horrible grab for money in game (i.e loot crates, immediate DLC, Battle Tier system that can be bought). Not ever 6 months after launch of a $60 title, they removed a ton of play modes if you didnt have the DLC. It took away KC    This was the game that finally did it for me. This is the one that made me say I'm never going to buy another CoD game again.
    There was no campaign. There was a horrible grab for money in game (i.e loot crates, immediate DLC, Battle Tier system that can be bought). Not ever 6 months after launch of a $60 title, they removed a ton of play modes if you didnt have the DLC. It took away KC and many other modes in both standard and Hardcore mode. When I tried to get a refund because it was no longer the game I bought, they refused because I had it too long. EVEN THOUGH IT WASNT THE GAME I BOUGHT ANYMORE.

    Please, for the love of all CoD fans do not destroy MW like you did this game. My nostalgia behind that series will be the only reason I even look into reviews for another CoD game.
    The multiplayer was the only thing saving BO4, and you immediately throttled that as well.    … Expand
  25. JakobMadsen
    Jun 26, 2019
    1
    Black ops 4 is a good game at it's core, although, since release, it has become a more than generic p2w game that doesn't listen to it's community at all. Examples of this are the newly added Weapon bribes, that allows a player to unlock new weapons normally locked in multiplayer. The community hated it, and despite their very negative response to the actions made by activision, they soonBlack ops 4 is a good game at it's core, although, since release, it has become a more than generic p2w game that doesn't listen to it's community at all. Examples of this are the newly added Weapon bribes, that allows a player to unlock new weapons normally locked in multiplayer. The community hated it, and despite their very negative response to the actions made by activision, they soon added exactly the same thing to their battle royale gamemode. Don't buy this game, unless you want to be used for money purposes SOLELY, by the company.… Expand
  26. wolf619
    Jun 6, 2019
    0
    I love cod coop (COD: World at War) but they never do that anymore, so I do like to play the single player campaign. There is no single player campaign.
    -This leaves multiplayer (which kind of sucks if you aren't into just death matching and need DLCS for a lot of the levels)
    -Blackout mode is like PUBG mobile (on a phone), PUBG is a much better game and I HATE pubg.. Blackout mode is    I love cod coop (COD: World at War) but they never do that anymore, so I do like to play the single player campaign. There is no single player campaign.
    -This leaves multiplayer (which kind of sucks if you aren't into just death matching and need DLCS for a lot of the levels)
    -Blackout mode is like PUBG mobile (on a phone), PUBG is a much better game and I HATE pubg..
    Blackout mode is the worst, it's like H1Z1. It's something in 10 years people will laugh at cod for doing.
    -Zombies - Oh yeas the whole reason I got this stupid game in the first place.. But It's greyed out and has a LOCK!?
    I tried every online fix, reinstalled 3 times, zombies is locked out..
    SO I CAN ONLY PLAY DM or BLACK OUT the two modes I hate the most.
    I mean counterstrike GO gives this away for free, why would I want this crapppy game.
    This is for hardcore COD fans only, DM players only, don't even bother.
    Plus it's on battle.net, I hate that too,.
    Thanks for a crappy humble bundle, worst one since the overwatch bundle.
    Thumbs way down.    … Expand
  27. gematric
    Jun 5, 2019
    0
    I'd give it -10 if I could, I've never opened such a garbage exe. This game isn't worth even one's thought to buy it. I'm embarassed myself about it.
  28. kekecdrekec
    May 21, 2019
    1
    I made a metacritic account just to **** on this horrible game.
    Il start of with what I think it's positive:
    The gameplay is good the movement feels great the sounds feel awesome shooting guns here feels very very well made, the operators are enjoyable (not all). I think to be fair that's all I can manage to enjoy. Negative: The maps are straight up trash, I don't feel like I have    I made a metacritic account just to **** on this horrible game.
    Il start of with what I think it's positive:

    The gameplay is good the movement feels great the sounds feel awesome shooting guns here feels very very well made, the operators are enjoyable (not all). I think to be fair that's all I can manage to enjoy.

    Negative:
    The maps are straight up trash, I don't feel like I have freedom I feel like I can't move in places I want to go. The balancing is straight up trash I mean where can you use snipers? Probably on 1 map (If you didin't buy the DLC maps) + **** the DLC don't even want to talk about that) shotguns are straight up OverPowered. All of the maps are 90% close range which make rifles trash and just useless almoust all the time.
    The balancing on ho you are againt's is trash I go againts level 200+ and it's just not fun to go againt's people that just destroy you use **** weapons and then they love to trash talk you. I would like to go againts lvl 50 people even if im a lvl 10 I just don't want to go againt's 200 or even 100+ players it ruins my enjoyment when I get destroyed all the time.
    I bought this game trough Humble BUndle and I wanted to get it to play Zombies but it looks like zombies is blocked behind a wall of 20€ so... can't talk about that for some reason.

    Finale:
    I mean the game is a mess and even if I payed 12$ it still feels bad I feel even worse for people that payed 60$ for this trash. If you are a cod veteran that played = Cod2, Cod Waw, Cod mw1 Cod mw2
    just don't buy this game don't support them even for respect just don't It's trash.
    Every cod is ****ting in the mouth of the next one putting more microtransactions blocking maps splitting the playerbase in half or more.    … Expand
  29. WhiteBr0wnie_24
    May 9, 2019
    0
    Amongst the worst AAA games, I've played. I honestly can't think of a positive thing to say: The UI is horrible, The Multiplayer maps are recycled content. The graphics are somewhat OK but not great. Just mediocre at best. Haven't played the battle royale mode but I'm sure it's a cheap rip-off of PUBG and Fortnite so whatever. No story (not, that it used to be that great anyway, but IAmongst the worst AAA games, I've played. I honestly can't think of a positive thing to say: The UI is horrible, The Multiplayer maps are recycled content. The graphics are somewhat OK but not great. Just mediocre at best. Haven't played the battle royale mode but I'm sure it's a cheap rip-off of PUBG and Fortnite so whatever. No story (not, that it used to be that great anyway, but I thought it was still worth mentioning). No steam support (so another stupid launcher + account for a single game). When you start the game and it can't connect to the online service you don't get the chance to reconnect. No. You have to restart the entire game and waste another 30s watching that stupid intro sequence. Sometimes 2-3 times before you can play. And yet, they still managed to make the game 100+ GB large. Furthermore, there are a few different versions, some of which ship half of the game (no zombies in battle edition), which is great for selling season passes and additional upgrades. Great work! I honestly feel ripped off.… Expand
  30. MrFreetime
    Apr 13, 2019
    3
    There are a plethora of problems that I want to elaborate on but I'll be short and sweet.

    1. 150 health NEEDS TO GO. This irritates me the most cause nobody asked for this and whats worse is that people who only use the knife or coin bag can literally tank AR shots when running straight towards me. needs to go back to 100 hp. 2. Specialist NEED TO GO. I see what route they are trying    There are a plethora of problems that I want to elaborate on but I'll be short and sweet.

    1. 150 health NEEDS TO GO. This irritates me the most cause nobody asked for this and whats worse is that people who only use the knife or coin bag can literally tank AR shots when running straight towards me. needs to go back to 100 hp.

    2. Specialist NEED TO GO. I see what route they are trying to take and it's not working at all. I bought this game because I want to play casually but this is far worse than Destiny 2 quickplay. I am tired of dying by stuff that is literally out of my control.

    3. Spawns are the worse thing in this game. You spawn and then the enemy spawns right behind you. This happens even in Free for All

    4. Servers are just trash. I check my on speedtest.net to see if I was crazy but my ping is a 23. WHY IS THE GAME LAGGING SO MUCH IF I HAVE GOOD CONNECTION.

    5. Hit registration is a F-ing joke. The first 5 bullets don't even count and then it's starts to register but it's already to late because the other kills you. And the worst part about this is that most of the time, I shoot first.

    6. Leveling in this game is so damn slow. If I wanted to level up slowly, I would play Destiny 2. The worst part about this is, The best guns are locked behind this slow ass leveling.

    7. The weapons in this game suck. I can say that in almost every call of duty game the weapons in the game went from good to better to great. The guns suck. Even Black ops 3 weapons were good and everybody was on the same conscious level that BO3 was bad.

    Overall this game sucks. I wish I could get my money back but I can't. I spent 2 days playing to see if i was crazy but I am not. I have never played a call of duty game that stressed me out more than Dark Souls and this did. I literally died in this game by so much non sense that my KD is a .50. That is the worst possible KD I have ever had in my entire life playing FPS games. I never wish to play this game and I am uninstalling it from my pc.    … Expand
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#36 Best PC Game of 2018
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#10 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#73 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 6, 2019
    85
    Zombies, multiplayer and battle royale. Black Ops 4 is whole package. With great blackout map, brutal and honest action, it will put all competition in danger. Standard multiplayer suffers from old issues, but is fun enough to guarantee tons of fun. Zombies are brilliant and refreshed with new Rush mod. Lack of single player campaign still hurts though.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2019
    90
    It was a risky decision to drop the single player campaign and focus on multiplayer, including battle royale, which seemed like a cynical attempt to jump on the bandwagon. I’m a bit surprised to say that Treyarch did truly great. Black Ops 4 is one of the best online games of 2018 – its shooting mechanics are wonderful, Blackout (the aforementioned take on battle royale) is top-notch and the Zombies mode drifts towards... action RPG. [12/2018, p.78]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    100
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has proven to all players, that it doesn´t need Hollywood faces in the story to attract players, because it’s completely fine with its online entertainment. Call of Duty is definitely going to stay with us for a couple more weeks. [Issue#290]
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