Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 826 Ratings

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  1. crabik
    Jan 7, 2019
    2
    хуйня из под коня , но ещё и без компании ! Графика не подкачала , а карта в батл рояль это склейка других карт . Это не всё , что я хотел сказать , но этого хватит
  2. avatar133
    Feb 19, 2019
    0
    The worst CoD ever. Even Infinite Warfare tops this game. Nocampaign for a cash grab Battle Royale. They leave behind MP and zombies content in favor of BR. BLACKOUT gets MORE ZOMBIES content than zombies!! League play finally comes after 5 months! And of course it comes to PS4 first! A BASIC FEATURE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT LAUNCH!! But of course, supply drops and microtransactionsThe worst CoD ever. Even Infinite Warfare tops this game. Nocampaign for a cash grab Battle Royale. They leave behind MP and zombies content in favor of BR. BLACKOUT gets MORE ZOMBIES content than zombies!! League play finally comes after 5 months! And of course it comes to PS4 first! A BASIC FEATURE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT LAUNCH!! But of course, supply drops and microtransactions come one month after launch... Activi$ion also said that BO4 had ‘disappointing sales’. They were number one again. Probably making tens of millions of dollars... and they call that disappointing.… Expand
  3. vlad2009
    Feb 3, 2019
    10
    эта майа любиая икра каджый деь внео ихруфйу эио лушафя икра вмире я сматриеол аьщоа онитона ловдиндоова ихащу скасаиь штоогш енгиро ощеньхорощцукео лодвгинов икогда нневрёж
  4. Drachendasgut1
    Nov 15, 2018
    5
    not bad game play. but it has no story really and their attempt to rush put in a story doesn't even go and is buggy. that let you watch videos that have to do with the characters in between doing tutorials and multiplayer.
  5. humancentipede
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    i played MW3 and BLOPS 3, but this game is rly one of the worst shooters i have ever played. the game looks like a ps3 game, it even looks worse than BLOPS 3. this is because of 2 things, consoles and blackout. consoles are to weak to run blackout in 2018 graphics, so they had to downgrade the graaphic to make the blackout mode run on consoles on 50-60 fps. and to have visual consistencyi played MW3 and BLOPS 3, but this game is rly one of the worst shooters i have ever played. the game looks like a ps3 game, it even looks worse than BLOPS 3. this is because of 2 things, consoles and blackout. consoles are to weak to run blackout in 2018 graphics, so they had to downgrade the graaphic to make the blackout mode run on consoles on 50-60 fps. and to have visual consistency in the game, they coudnt make the game in multiplayer look much better than in blackout.

    another problem is the high amount of bugs, glitches and crashes. even now, 4 weeks after release its a technical mess. every second or third lobby kicks you out of the loading screen while loading in to a map. in 6 hours you can also expect a total game crash fatal eror 451518515 or something like that. weapon camos are not attached to your weapons etc. hit detection sometimes feels off, way more than in every previous cods that i played. optimization is ok i guess, cant rly say much because i play with a 1080 on most of the time with 140+fps, but i feel 3-4 maps are worse optimized than the rest.

    one of the sadest things however is, they (treyarch) said they do pc balancing seperate from console balancing. but so far we have got all the console balancing on pc too with some small pc exclusive changes. this makes 0 sense and this makes me rly angry. and by all the problems the gamecurrently has in multiplayer, you would expect communication and discussions from the devs right? but no, there basically is no communication from them, or a dev or whatever who talks or discusses things on reddit with the community.they made 500 million dolla in the first 3 days after release, now they are in vacation or something. they promissed to make a good pc port and work more than ever on the pc version, all lies.

    oh ya i almost forgot, the microtransactions. this game costs 60 euro, has a 50 euro season pass and additional microtransactions. WTF if you ask me. when the new mutiplayer maps are beeing released and you want to play them, you ahve to pay 50 euro for the pass, because you cant just buy a map pack, you have to buy the whole pass. the afforementioned microtransaction however, are basically not wiorth to buy. cosmetics and other rewards in this game are so low quality and not worth any cent.

    and all of this is why this is the first cod that releases not on steam, its the same like fallout 76. these games are **** and they are scared for negative reviews because they know it.    … Expand
  6. RedOctStandinBy
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    i think activision may have been better off launching a stand alone battle royal game.
    Blackout is incredible 10//10 combines fast paced as well as tactical game play creating a very large skill gap.

    However the multiplayer is dull and the abilities the characters have are very odd feeling like they dont belong. 4/10

    And after many years of zombies it has grown stale to me. 5/10
  7. Sphearion
    Nov 20, 2018
    5
    Not a good game, not bad, but right in between for me. The game absolutely needs improvement before I can give it a positive review. I've had plenty of crashes and bugs in general so wait for a good patch/sale to come around. If you were a fan of Black Ops 3 zombies, you would certainly enjoy this game's zombies. As for the multiplayer, typical Call of Duty, so don't expect too much to beNot a good game, not bad, but right in between for me. The game absolutely needs improvement before I can give it a positive review. I've had plenty of crashes and bugs in general so wait for a good patch/sale to come around. If you were a fan of Black Ops 3 zombies, you would certainly enjoy this game's zombies. As for the multiplayer, typical Call of Duty, so don't expect too much to be new or all that exciting. Blackout, while being very fun, has a very low skill ceiling and isn't really much more than just what Call of Duty has always been known for, an arcade-like FPS experience.

    With some fixes and minor changes, I'd change this review to an easy 7.5/10.    … Expand
  8. rhpsystems
    Jan 21, 2019
    7
    I played the whole series of CoD, I have to admit that nothing beats BO2, this game is very well achieved. The gameplay is intensive, the weapons are very good, it does not have strange and stupid things like BO3 (walking on the walls, for example) and they are easily split. This is the good part.

    The bad part is that the PC version (which I own) is infested with cheaters, for which    I played the whole series of CoD, I have to admit that nothing beats BO2, this game is very well achieved. The gameplay is intensive, the weapons are very good, it does not have strange and stupid things like BO3 (walking on the walls, for example) and they are easily split. This is the good part.

    The bad part is that the PC version (which I own) is infested with cheaters, for which neither Activision nor Trayarch seem to worry. They seem to be more focused on generating money than looking after the gameplay and servers. In South America the servers are in Brazil, and cheats infect 3 out of 2 parties. This makes many players finally abandon the games. Do something with this, stop thinking about money.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. Samjogo
    Dec 19, 2018
    0
    Black Ops 4 is a **** Call Of Duty game. Random disconnects from games, terrible and very poorly implemented Matchmaking, and just a lot of bull**** cosmetics **** through the Contraband. Keep your head down.
  11. badrazak
    Nov 24, 2018
    1
    Bugs, crashes and a bunch of cheats with free cheats. Release the patch - something break. For 200 hours I realized that this is the worst game of the year. Yes, the content is more than in Battlefild 5, so the current is all broken.
  12. nelso40
    Nov 25, 2018
    1
    Haven't bought a CoD game for a few years, thought why not. Huge mistake.
    Everyone dies so fast, with massive hitboxes, who cares what gun you use. The extra equipment will get you a few extra kills before you die instantly, and about 1/4 of your deaths will be unavoidable and instant from equipment.
    Insane movement (sliding and jumping looks so stupid) bad gunplay, trying to look and    Haven't bought a CoD game for a few years, thought why not. Huge mistake.
    Everyone dies so fast, with massive hitboxes, who cares what gun you use. The extra equipment will get you a few extra kills before you die instantly, and about 1/4 of your deaths will be unavoidable and instant from equipment.
    Insane movement (sliding and jumping looks so stupid) bad gunplay, trying to look and feel like fortnite. If you are 16 or under, maybe you will enjoy this.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. mvignoli96
    Dec 9, 2018
    4
    This is Call of Duty. If you got bored faster and faster playing older COD titles, this will probably will be no exception, because the same problems persist. The spawns are absolute trash and will likely ruin your gameplay in time, since skill counts less and less with people spawning right behind you. The multiplayer audio is absolutely horrible and you need a perk that will "enhance"This is Call of Duty. If you got bored faster and faster playing older COD titles, this will probably will be no exception, because the same problems persist. The spawns are absolute trash and will likely ruin your gameplay in time, since skill counts less and less with people spawning right behind you. The multiplayer audio is absolutely horrible and you need a perk that will "enhance" enemy footsteps if you want to use a feature that has always been vital in FPS games. Said perk still would be useless without the minimap actually telling you where the enemies are coming from, because the audio remains complete garbage. There are "operator" gadgets and abilities that should never have been put into the game, actually the whole operator **** thing should have stayed off of this game in the first place. The netcode is garbage and I will sometimes see people teleporting slightly ahead instead of seeing fluid motion. It's next to unplayable if you want to take this game seriously. It could be a fun game, but they managed to not fix the frustrating **** that plagued every COD game since Modern Warfare 1. And they're left with a piece of **** game that will tire out most people in just a few months, or in my case, weeks. Terrible FPS experience where skill does not matter because it's so horrendously flawed.… Expand
  15. elega
    Dec 9, 2018
    1
    A battle royale genre enthusiast here. This review is aimed as much at the game itself and also at the publisher.

    The game: The gaphics are smudgy and the overall performance isn't actually that good I'd expect from a publisher this big. I get better framerates in pubg. Now, let that sentence sink in for a moment. I only have 80 minutes in the game thus far, but already I witnessed    A battle royale genre enthusiast here. This review is aimed as much at the game itself and also at the publisher.

    The game:
    The gaphics are smudgy and the overall performance isn't actually that good I'd expect from a publisher this big. I get better framerates in pubg. Now, let that sentence sink in for a moment.
    I only have 80 minutes in the game thus far, but already I witnessed multiple instances of other player characters teleporting when you try to hit them. Even without the net code issue, I'd say this game is terribly boring. Also, the waves and waves of 14 yos and their language..

    The publisher:
    I tried to get a refund for performance issues. Got response from . As a mature gamer I like to talk to a person, not to "Illidan Stormrage", thank you.
    It turns out their refund policy is utter garbage. The GM told me that for the refund I need to have less than 30 minutes of play time. Half of that time I spent with my friends in the game launcher trying to overcome the issue of the game saying some of us were "not joinable" and after the first match there was already more than 30 minutes in the counter. There is no way you can actually try different graphic settings within 30 minutes. There is no way you can actually test what's the quality level of an online shooting game within 30 minutes. The return policy is for you only if the game is so **** up you can't even enter the main menu.

    Don't buy from the Activion-Blizzard store unless you're absolutely sure of the purchase! Your money is lost after you click 'purchase'. Steam and GOG actually give you time to try the product.

    tl;dr: boring, buggy, waves of 14 yos, can't get refund. I very, very strongly recommend to get your games from other marketplaces for better customer protection.    … Expand
  16. karz092
    Dec 10, 2018
    5
    The game is really fun and entertaining, but it has a lot of stability issues, from random stutters to random crashing, if it crashed once, you won't even be able to get in a match next time(not to mention i hear people whos game is crashing because of gun skins, that's just ridiculous).

    So far the game is really fun, but if it randomly crashes all the time you can't enjoy that fun, so    The game is really fun and entertaining, but it has a lot of stability issues, from random stutters to random crashing, if it crashed once, you won't even be able to get in a match next time(not to mention i hear people whos game is crashing because of gun skins, that's just ridiculous).

    So far the game is really fun, but if it randomly crashes all the time you can't enjoy that fun, so it turns into sh*t.    … Expand
  17. SilverOrlov
    Feb 10, 2021
    5
    Well, This is more or less normal multiplayer game with several modes for different tastes. But there is no normal story here. A few videos scenes do not save the situation. I'll just put an average rating for the multiplayer that is personally not needed for me. And it was worth calling the game, for example, "online", but not adding a number. The numbered parts must be with story,Well, This is more or less normal multiplayer game with several modes for different tastes. But there is no normal story here. A few videos scenes do not save the situation. I'll just put an average rating for the multiplayer that is personally not needed for me. And it was worth calling the game, for example, "online", but not adding a number. The numbered parts must be with story, otherwise it is illogical.… Expand
  18. philzlz
    May 5, 2019
    8
    The yearly release of Call of Duty comes without a singleplayer campaign but includes Battle Royale in a large scale area, made of multiple multiplayer maps of the franchise. While i am not a fan of the standard hero based multiplayer, Battle Royale keeps me coming back. Regular updates by Treyarch make this one of the best Battle Royale games with tight controls and precise shooting.The yearly release of Call of Duty comes without a singleplayer campaign but includes Battle Royale in a large scale area, made of multiple multiplayer maps of the franchise. While i am not a fan of the standard hero based multiplayer, Battle Royale keeps me coming back. Regular updates by Treyarch make this one of the best Battle Royale games with tight controls and precise shooting. People who do not like Fortnite’s building mechanics and PUBG’s laggy engine might find their perfect game here.… Expand
  19. Schnapsidee
    Dec 20, 2018
    2
    I just created an Account because this game is so bad.And i want to warn you: Dont buy it!
  20. Glinka
    Dec 28, 2018
    0
    Don't buy this game if you have something like Core i7 + GeForce GTX 660ti.
    It constantly goes to black screen, even in menu, on lowest graphics, so only ctrl+alt+del helps.
    Even if you can't play single game to the end without getting black screen (and shutting down the game), Blizzard will refuse to refund. Because you already run the game and *trying* to play without problems. Even if    Don't buy this game if you have something like Core i7 + GeForce GTX 660ti.
    It constantly goes to black screen, even in menu, on lowest graphics, so only ctrl+alt+del helps.
    Even if you can't play single game to the end without getting black screen (and shutting down the game), Blizzard will refuse to refund. Because you already run the game and *trying* to play without problems. Even if you play less than hour.
    Unacceptable for multiplayer game.
    They have to call it Call Of Duty 4: Black Screen.    … Expand
  21. MavenUMP
    Dec 29, 2018
    8
    This rating is considering primarily the ZOMBIE mode. Considering the multiplayer or blackout you could imagine this is 3/10 instead 8/10.

    If you buy this game full-price you must really like Battle Royale and COD's classical multiplayer mode. If you are like me and play COD traditionally primarily for the Zombie mode than should wait for a discount. I bought it for ~35 Euro.    This rating is considering primarily the ZOMBIE mode. Considering the multiplayer or blackout you could imagine this is 3/10 instead 8/10.

    If you buy this game full-price you must really like Battle Royale and COD's classical multiplayer mode. If you are like me and play COD traditionally primarily for the Zombie mode than should wait for a discount. I bought it for ~35 Euro.

    Generally COD has a lot improvements in comparison to predecessors.
    This time the devs really put some love into the PC version. The setting options for everything is just a big improvement. You can setup any small detail you want. Even keybinds for your keyboard or mouse settings are way more options now. Also the menu does not look like a lazy console port anymore.

    And the textures and graphics look gorgeous. It is no comparison to BO3. The PC looks definitely superior in comparison to consoles. And the game plays very smooth with mouse and keyboard. It is a blast!

    The zombie mode this time comes with three maps from the start instead of one! The zombie mode changes are all nice without changing the general feel of this mode. Well thought-out little changes! This time you can pick a "bubblegum" to give a mate some credits, also if your mate needs to buy a weapon but hasn't enough money you can go to the crate and buy one and then press melee button to free the weapon to be able to be picked up by your mates so they can get a weapon for free even if they ran out of money.

    A really needed and nice change is that you can create custom servers for free with a huge amount of customizing options regarding the mode's game-rules settings!

    So for example if you play with a friend that needs to learn the very basics you can make it so that zombies do half the damage and have half healthpoiints or start with a larger amount of start credits. Or that the zombie are only allowed to run at walking dead zombies
    like walking speed but never run. And many more options - really there are a lot options.

    So many people may not use that options but it is nice even if you just want to find all the easter eggs without too much stress, or just want to enjoy the map and take your time.

    This is the best Zombie mode and a big step forward in comparison to Black Ops 3!

    The multiplayer and battle royale modes on the other hand are nothing special. The multiplayer mode is unbalanced and fast-paced like always. Some weapons and abilities are just plain overpowered, also new players with level 1 get matchmaked with maxlevel and prestige players constantly. It is fast-paced and smooth and the movement is awesome, but its just not a good multiplayer mode and far from balanced.

    The battle royale mode is a disappointment. It adds NOTHING new to this genre. Just avoid and play Ring of Elysium or PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

    So. Wait for the price to drop a bit. Do not buy it full price. The zombie mode is outstanding and the heart of this game. This mode is high quality and has some nice changes in comparison to predecessors. If you are interested in multiplayer only, you just get new of the same and nothing special. Wait for an even bigger drop of price.
    If you are interested in battle royale mode -> avoid this game, since nobody plays this mode and it adds nothing slightest creative to the battle royale genre.

    I rate this game only considering the zombie mode, since I am only interested in that.

    Zombies = 8/10 (too high price considering this is the only good mode in this game)

    So if you aren't interested in the zombie mode you can subtract 5 points since they ditched solo campaign, added an useless battle royale clone and multiplayer is just unbalanced and stupid -> 3/10.

    Zombies 8/10. The game as a whole 3/10.    … Expand
  22. Rifleman2100
    Jan 4, 2019
    5
    Not bad, but not really good.

    Pretty, but seems like a more speed-freak inspired re-skin of the same old Black Ops 1-3 content. Black Ops 4 is basically the previous 3 Black Ops games polished a bit and shipped out the door Black Ops 4 has no new maps, just the same ones as in the previous Black Ops games. Often referred to as "variants", but for all practical purposes, they're    Not bad, but not really good.

    Pretty, but seems like a more speed-freak inspired re-skin of the same old Black Ops 1-3 content.

    Black Ops 4 is basically the previous 3 Black Ops games polished a bit and shipped out the door

    Black Ops 4 has no new maps, just the same ones as in the previous Black Ops games. Often referred to as "variants", but for all practical purposes, they're the same.

    Same specialists. with special weapons.

    As others mention, no campaign. The "critics" try to claim that campaign has been "replaced" with the Battle Royale mode, but that's just reaching to try and justify Treyarch's decision to sit back and not bother with something new. Not sure why the critics seem to love the "Blackout/Battle Royale" mode. Treyarch/Activision butt kissing in order to stay in their good graces maybe?

    You can play "single player" only if you count playing with bots, which can be good, but sometimes get stuck in the stupid bot loops - Like when one of them spawns, runs 50 meters and then sits on its ass until it gets killed or for the rest of the match.

    The "battle royale" is basically a 100 person free for all, and since things are so fast, just running into someone turns into a ping/twitch contest. If you lose, that's it, either leave the match, or sit on your butt and watch someone else.

    They've tuned it to be faster and more chaotic, apparently to cater to the crack-head attention span so prevalent these days. As others have mentioned, the hit boxes are way bigger, which probably contributes to the superfast TTK. The PC version thus feels like a quick and dirty console port.

    The various game modes are neat, but nothing really new. The new mode "Heist", so loved by the critics is basically "Capture the Flag" meets "Assault".

    Same "scorestreak" mechanic as previous black ops entries.

    Yawn.

    Personally, I have more fun with objective play, but it seems to be 50-50 when you do any of the maps in multiplayer. At least half of the time, there is no teamwork, all of the players on a team simply run off to play the match like team death match. Since you can win the "objective" by just killing the other team, the actual point of the match often gets ignored.

    Worth some limited fun, but I'm glad I didn't buy it, and instead got a free copy that happened to come with a CPU upgrade I was getting.    … Expand
  23. MysteryBlokHed
    Jan 11, 2019
    6
    I love the mechanics of the game. There's an updated time to kill, which gives you more of a chance to fight back and/or get to cover. The guns feel very well balanced for the standard multiplayer, and the Blackout battle royale mode is pretty good as well, although I haven't played it much.

    However, I can't give this game a very high rating due to the microtransactions. They're now    I love the mechanics of the game. There's an updated time to kill, which gives you more of a chance to fight back and/or get to cover. The guns feel very well balanced for the standard multiplayer, and the Blackout battle royale mode is pretty good as well, although I haven't played it much.

    However, I can't give this game a very high rating due to the microtransactions. They're now selling RETICLES in the shop for $1 each. The tier progression is intentionally slow to try and get players to spend money on the game. You can tell that the people working on the microtransactions don't care about anyone else's effort on the game, and because of that, I'm giving the game a lower rating than I would've.    … Expand
  24. nps
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    Говно их жопы, пользоваться инвентарём невозможно, картинки к настройкам графики ничего полезного не дают, за исключением пары пунктов, а fps, мда бедная 1060 на 6 гб не тянет, 60 fps бл*ть, на минималках, не советую покупать этот высер.Говно их жопы, пользоваться инвентарём невозможно, картинки к настройкам графики ничего полезного не дают, за исключением пары пунктов, а fps, мда бедная 1060 на 6 гб не тянет, 60 fps бл*ть, на минималках, не советую покупать этот высер.
  25. Mrfister
    Jan 23, 2019
    6
    it's okay.

    Now for something actually important. Some retards, critics of course were saying factually false things as usual. Like the retards at Anime News Network saying "How Square Enix Convinced Disney to Make Kingdom Hearts". They convinced Disney to collaborate but Disney didn't make Kingdom Hearts at any point, that's a fact, Square Enix did Make Kingdom Hearts though, that's a    it's okay.

    Now for something actually important. Some retards, critics of course were saying factually false things as usual. Like the retards at Anime News Network saying "How Square Enix Convinced Disney to Make Kingdom Hearts". They convinced Disney to collaborate but Disney didn't make Kingdom Hearts at any point, that's a fact, Square Enix did Make Kingdom Hearts though, that's a fact. "How Square Enix Convinced Disney to Collaborate" is accurate and not misleading, also it's a fact that Square Enix is the developer that did Make Kingdom Hearts and Makes the series. Secondly and finally the retards at IGN made the factually false statement in their half baked "Breaking Down the Story of Kingdom Hearts" video that didn't go in actual through detail of "The story of Kingdom Hearts is a crazy, convoluted timeline." No retards. The story of Kingdom Hearts factually is not a "crazy, convoluted timeline." It's not actually convoluted at all and that's fact, it's called thinking and paying attention, something you retards don't ever actually do. Not actually "crazy" either and that's fact. Stop misusing the word "convoluted" retards. It's not "convoluted" and that's fact. If it was that would be a negative but everything in the story factually does work and that's what makes it a great, amazing story. It's actually all pretty easy to figure out if you actually pay attention to detail and connect the dots. It's a complex story but it's great and amazing because it's as complex as it is and works extraordinarily well as a story. And you can understand it all easily by paying attention and thinking, it's perfectly intelligible, that's irrefutable fact. It's makes perfect sense, that's a fact. it's not a "crazy, convoluted timeline" and that's fact. It's an excellent, complex timeline that works surprisingly well, perhaps perfectly and that's fact. Finally the video wasn't "Breaking Down the Story of Kingdom Hearts-IGN Breakdown". What it did was a lazy summary but some guy who made the retarded question of "Is Donald actually a good party member". Do you have to ask? Yes. Donald is actually a good party member factually. And 0.2 A Fragmentary Passage or Kingdom Hearts 0.2 is factually more than worth checking out or actually worth playing, it's actually a factually excellent game for two hours, it's more than worth checking out or playing and that's fact since it is excellent. Also IGN, retards. There are no "disparate threads" in the series and that's fact. Finally nothing about the games or series or story is "completely incomprehensible" and that's fact, you are a retard if you disagree, it's all able to be understood by anybody who has half a skull, it's all completely comprehensible and that's fact. Finally there is no logic around the series that is barely intelligible and that's fact, it's all perfectly intelligible and that's fact, even if you try and fail to disagree. You are factually wrong, I am factually right because I actually think about things, that's fact. Everything said in the review here in response to the retards at IGN as well as the retards at Anime News Network is fact. Everything else I have said in response to retardation is fact as well. Disagree and you are factually retarded and factually wrong and factually can't think.    … Expand
  26. SimplyLeggy
    Jan 25, 2019
    4
    A pretty nearly average first person shooter, the base gameplay is what you come to expect from Call of Duty, and is thus, fine, the problems come from the numerous systems that hold it back. After I decided to stop pretending Overwatch was fun, I needed a new FPS in my life, so I figured I would give BO4 a shot. My views are somewhat tinted by my memories of MW2, the last CoD game IA pretty nearly average first person shooter, the base gameplay is what you come to expect from Call of Duty, and is thus, fine, the problems come from the numerous systems that hold it back. After I decided to stop pretending Overwatch was fun, I needed a new FPS in my life, so I figured I would give BO4 a shot. My views are somewhat tinted by my memories of MW2, the last CoD game I played, but my impressions overall have been unfavorable in comparison.

    My first problem is the lack of weapon variety, there is a grand total of 2 shotguns, compared the the numerous knock-off brand assault rifles. Likewise, there are 3 pistols, and only a single launcher. There are nearly as many assault rifles as there are secondary weapons total.

    The second problem I had was the wide disparity between effectiveness of different types of weapons. Shotguns feel absolutely pitiful, with the more powerful of the two barely being a reliable two shot kill. This is also a pump action shotgun, mind you. There is a pretty good chance that any time I try to kill somebody with a shotgun, if I ambush them and get a shot off, they will have time to locate me, turn to shoot at me, and kill me before I finish pumping the shotgun. Pistols are even worse, with the basic "strife" pistol being useless as anything more than something to attach a knife to, and even then, you are frankly just better off with just the knife, as it will cost you fewer points in the game's budget system and be just as effective.

    The third problem is the absolutely atrocious create-a-class system. It has a kind of "budget" system, which is all fine and dandy, but the problem is that the normalized prices of everything costing a point is utter nonsense. I feel like my elite black ops soldier is less well armed than the random mooks you played as in MW2 multiplayer. Why does my pistol cost the same number of points as an assault rifle? Why does a -knife- cost the same amount of points as an assault rifle? There simply needs to be a more reasonable approach to how items are costed in points. Due to the nature of the game, you are highly incentivized to put all of your points into making one really good weapon, therefor you are encouraged to use mostly just jack-of-all-ranges weapons like assault rifles and smgs. God help you if you want to use a secondary weapon and have it actually be useful. To make a shotgun or a pistol useful you have to invest so many points into it that you don't even get the full allotment of perks! Or otherwise if you want to use a weapon like a sniper rifle, which really needs a usable secondary weapon to go with it, your best bet is honestly just to go pick up a dead person's dropped weapon.

    The next problem is the egregious monetization problems, but that is pretty much just par for course for activision, and we all know how **** it is so I won't waste your time with that. In its defense, however; I was able to purchase the game cheaper by forgoing the zombie mode that I don't care about. It is a shame I couldn't buy it even cheaper and lose the battle royale mode I likewise care nothing for.

    My last problem is the operators. One of the reasons I wanted to get away from games like Overwatch is so that I didn't have to deal with inane character abilities that don't make sense, and make the game worse. Why does the character with the one shot pistol not simply use it all the time? Why do they have to wait an arbitrary amount of time before using it? Before someone points out "it is for game balance," yeah, no **** I get that, it was a joke. Even besides that fact that it makes no sense in universe, it creates that same kind of problem that Overwatch has where you have gameplay designed around these "ults" if you will, that are meant to net you a ton of cheap, free kills. It doesn't feel good to be on the receiving end where sometimes you will just die because one of the opponents just happens to be playing the right character to screw you over particularly.

    Slightly less of a problem is the maps, I basically only ever want to play on about two or three of the maps, and if I queue up and get put in line for one of the other maps, I usually just leave unless I get forced into a game in progress. At least there is no punishment for leaving (at least that I know about.)

    The lack of a story mode is somewhat disappointing, even if they weren't what you got the game for, it was a nice little bonus.

    All in all, it is a bit of a disappointment, I pretty much was just expecting absolutely baseline, no frills attached Call of Duty, and I somehow got less than that. the gameplay is still there, but the weapons are samey and boring in one department, and lack all kinds of variety in others. It is hard to play weird off-the-wall strategies that appeal to me, and you can really only play the standard assault rifle style builds    … Expand
  27. FallingFlamingo
    Jan 26, 2019
    1
    Picked up the title yesterday, a couple months after it launched, on a whim. I haven't played a Call of Duty game in many years, being primarily a story-based RPG kinda gamer and not a fan of the toxicity the average CoD player produces.

    I'm incredibly disappointed, but not for the reasons you'd expect. Micro-transactions are w/e, they're all cosmetic and there's no paywall for    Picked up the title yesterday, a couple months after it launched, on a whim. I haven't played a Call of Duty game in many years, being primarily a story-based RPG kinda gamer and not a fan of the toxicity the average CoD player produces.

    I'm incredibly disappointed, but not for the reasons you'd expect.

    Micro-transactions are w/e, they're all cosmetic and there's no paywall for content. That's good.

    The detail and graphical potential this title has lives up to the CoD name. That's good.

    Zombies mode is kinda fun if wave-based defense is your thing. That's good.

    Battle Royale mode is fun and sees decent updates. That's good.

    Multiplayer has NO skill based matchmaking and is a smoking hot mess. What the actual ****
    How does Activision expect to entice new players into their IP when the MAJOR SELLING POINT, the multiplayer, is so unbalanced for new players the experience isn't even fun? In my first 5-10 matches online, I was the ONLY player not prestiged and under level 30 (to be precise, I was LEVEL ONE.) That means I have no create-a-class, no experience with any weapons, no experience with any of the maps, and no experience with game mechanics other than how to point and shoot my **** gun (WITH NO USEFUL ATTACHMENTS).

    As a side note, Activision needs to start taking into account the wide base of players they have. In their demographic exists a wide variety of player types, and many of them play every CoD game they release. When you pair these incredibly skilled players with the less experienced players that don't play as often, you just end up alienating a large portion of potential customers. I don't buy CoD games frequently because every time I do, my playing experience seems to be secondary to the Activision "Whales" and it's clear that Activision puts no protections in place to ensure that new players will have fun.

    If you're playinh a competitive game, you want to play with competitors at your skill level. High Schoolers don't play NFL teams. My first Black Ops 4 match shouldn't be against CoD Veterans

    Spawns are still broken, a remnant of distress from my MW2 days, where you undoubtedly will be killed not because of your skill level, but because the game spawned you with an enemy within 10ft.

    I'm not sure if this is a valid complaint, but from my memory I seem to recall there being a larger assortment of weapons to choose from in previous entries, from what I can tell each type of weapon has about four unlocks and only around 4-5 types of gun per primary and secondary.    … Expand
  28. Lucky_Nike
    Feb 6, 2019
    5
    I have spent two days in this game, 4 hours each day. Game was given to me as a buyer of new CPU.

    I have played CoD first and second parts. It was fun - single and multiplayer. 8/10, multi even better. Black Ops 4 tries to be played like Quake games and lost its original form and feeling. Movement and crosshair "swing" is laughable and annoying. Hit boxes are huge - I was shooting    I have spent two days in this game, 4 hours each day. Game was given to me as a buyer of new CPU.

    I have played CoD first and second parts. It was fun - single and multiplayer. 8/10, multi even better.

    Black Ops 4 tries to be played like Quake games and lost its original form and feeling. Movement and crosshair "swing" is laughable and annoying. Hit boxes are huge - I was shooting next to guys head and killed him...

    I would like to write something nice, but everything this game provides was done by somebody else and better.

    I have no idea how this can get 8/10 from professionals critics. I wouldnt pay for this 60 bugs. Actually I feel to be paid I have spent 8 hours in this game. Un-installed.

    If players enjoyed CoD, now they can freely look at other brands, because they will find out, CoD is simply copy paste, nothing more and nothing less.    … Expand
  29. RellikKiller
    Feb 11, 2019
    6
    It's an okay game.

    Now for something more important. At the blog called Goomba Stomp, one the Winter 2019 Anime Staff Viewer's Guide, some retarded and factually wrong things were claimed. Saying "If you can get past the sloppy and crude art style" for Mob Psycho 100 and Mob Psycho 2, no retard, it's a fact that it's not sloppy or crude, the art style of Mob Psycho 100 and Mob Psycho II    It's an okay game.

    Now for something more important. At the blog called Goomba Stomp, one the Winter 2019 Anime Staff Viewer's Guide, some retarded and factually wrong things were claimed. Saying "If you can get past the sloppy and crude art style" for Mob Psycho 100 and Mob Psycho 2, no retard, it's a fact that it's not sloppy or crude, the art style of Mob Psycho 100 and Mob Psycho II is perfectly fine and that's fact. The art style is good and that's irrefutable fact. Sorry, I tell the truth about retards.

    Another thing was some retard, one of the staff Kyle Rogacion said a couple of factually wrong and retarded things, specifically saying "The popular meme Anime is trash is a bit harsh, but absolutely vindicated by shows like WATATEN!" Retard. The meme isn't that popular and is used ironically, secondly the meme "Anime is trash" is more than a bit harsh, it's also absolutely false. It is objectively and factually wrong. There is plenty of good anime that exist, Anime is good, that's a fact, Anime is great, that's a fact. Because there are creators who make anime and manga who care about their craft, that's a fact. Anime isn't trash. Anime is good, Anime is often more than good, facts. You could say "blank" is trash and slap it onto anything, just saying it means nothing to anybody with brain cells. That's a fact as well. It's more than a bit harsh, but absolutely not vindicated by shows like WATATEN! That's a fact. Don't say those retarded and factually wrong things because retard, that ignores the fact there are plenty of schlocky movies, live action shows, games, comics and books. It absolutely isn't vindicated by anything, not shows like WATATEN! Not anything else either retard, but your retardation is absolutely vindicated by your retarded and factually wrong claims. That retarded and factually wrong claim ignores the fact you can just as easily apply this retarded logic to anything and it would be just as wrong. Yet for all the retarded garbage this idiot (Kyle Rogacion) is, he doesn't appear to get that the "loli loving" part of the show is the joke. Humor is subjective to a degree, but don't be a retard about things as well idiot. Calling Kyle Rogacion a retard is a bit harsh perhaps, but absolutely vindicated by his retarded and factually false claims made by somebody who doesn't think before they speak. Everything I have said here in response to the Kyle Rogacion's retarded and factually wrong claims is fact. Everything I have said here in response to the retard's factually false claims about Mob Psycho 100 or I and Mob Psycho II's art style is fact as well. I speak the truth about retards.    … Expand
  30. mcgregor4630
    Feb 20, 2019
    0
    Activision have shown through their actions that they're literal scum of the game industry. Their monetisation model in black ops 4, mass layoffs and giving executives tens of millions dollars has shown that they don't deserve our consumer dollars.
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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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