Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 826 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 561 out of 826
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  1. billpinknye
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    The lack of single player campaign is very disappointing. I gave it a shot nonetheless. Zombies, meh. Pvp, meh. Battle royal, didn't even give it a chance. If you've played one of the 2 already existing battle royal games, you've played them all.

    Returned this game for a full refund.
  2. vonsmear
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    This game is an absolute turd. I should have done some research before I just dumped $60 on it figuring it was the same old format as always. It's not, I realize now there is no campaign, graphics look 8 years old, you have to use battle.net instead of Steam, it takes 10 mins to join a match even though I'm on gigabit fiber internet. Runs like crap on a 1070, i7, 16B DDR4. WorstThis game is an absolute turd. I should have done some research before I just dumped $60 on it figuring it was the same old format as always. It's not, I realize now there is no campaign, graphics look 8 years old, you have to use battle.net instead of Steam, it takes 10 mins to join a match even though I'm on gigabit fiber internet. Runs like crap on a 1070, i7, 16B DDR4. Worst gaming purchase I have ever made. 20 mins in and I already uninstalled it, and can't even get a refund.… Expand
  3. timothyb
    Oct 15, 2018
    0
    Never played a more terribly implemented game. The hitboxes are way off the mark, showing "hits" even when opposing players don't take any damage whatsoever in multiplayer. The UI is not intuitive whatsoever, there's no good progression in multiplayer at low levels (and what progression there is is very slow), the game's crashed for me on more than one occasion after entering a chatNever played a more terribly implemented game. The hitboxes are way off the mark, showing "hits" even when opposing players don't take any damage whatsoever in multiplayer. The UI is not intuitive whatsoever, there's no good progression in multiplayer at low levels (and what progression there is is very slow), the game's crashed for me on more than one occasion after entering a chat message and it is comically frustrating at the best of times. The battle royale mode is "OK" but there are much better BR games. The default settings are confusing at best. The matchmaking is straight garbage with wider skillgaps than the Atlantic Ocean. This is just another attempt to milk more money out of franchise players, not a good game in its own right.… Expand
  4. Ch3lios
    Oct 16, 2018
    0
    So. I decided to try another Call of Duty after some years of not playing. Have played since the first Call of Duty though. I couldn't really believe what I saw... Terrible menu's (nothing is really clear what it is when you've not played for a while). Couldn't find any regular multiplayer modes. Is Blackout, Defend and Zombies all there is? No S&D or TDM? Ridiculously small mp maps asSo. I decided to try another Call of Duty after some years of not playing. Have played since the first Call of Duty though. I couldn't really believe what I saw... Terrible menu's (nothing is really clear what it is when you've not played for a while). Couldn't find any regular multiplayer modes. Is Blackout, Defend and Zombies all there is? No S&D or TDM? Ridiculously small mp maps as well (except the Blackout map). The singleplayer campaign are botmatches with some cutscenes in between... give me a break.
    It runs terrible as well (6700k - GTX1080). It doesn't even look good, it basically looks like a free-to-play game with bought game assets. Very bland and generic. Battlefield 5 beta ran perfect at max settings, and looked better. This is just a personal opinion and it might just be not my kind of game but... this is terrible, and I will never again purchase another Call of Duty-game.    … Expand
  5. LeoWayneKerr
    Oct 17, 2018
    0
    This is without a doubt the worst COD in a very long time. Hit detection is a complete joke. I've been killed by players facing 90 degrees away from me. The ADAD spam and jumping is just ridiculous. The time to die is so inconsistent. One moment you will get a kill almost instantly and then the next enemy player takes a week and half to bring down - or they kill you with one shot while youThis is without a doubt the worst COD in a very long time. Hit detection is a complete joke. I've been killed by players facing 90 degrees away from me. The ADAD spam and jumping is just ridiculous. The time to die is so inconsistent. One moment you will get a kill almost instantly and then the next enemy player takes a week and half to bring down - or they kill you with one shot while you put an entire clip into them and they're still standing. The game has also crashed on several occasions. How can a half-finished half-baked product like this be released to market.… Expand
  6. NEINHEX
    Oct 18, 2018
    0
    A totally disaster. I just cannot start it .Countless crashes in the game have eliminated my patience.
  7. papapa
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    I made a mistake. Last COD4 was the best for me. I wanted to try this BO4 but gameplay was boring with monstrous matchmaking. Not core, nor hardcore is playable. Player base shrinking by every day. Bullet registration worse than RS6. Game punish players for having low ping (150 ping always have advantage by 20 ping in BO4). Spawn worse than BF1.

    Refund window to short you have only 30    I made a mistake. Last COD4 was the best for me. I wanted to try this BO4 but gameplay was boring with monstrous matchmaking. Not core, nor hardcore is playable. Player base shrinking by every day. Bullet registration worse than RS6. Game punish players for having low ping (150 ping always have advantage by 20 ping in BO4). Spawn worse than BF1.

    Refund window to short you have only 30 min game or 72 h from order. Don't make mistake, read comments make your mid by yourself not by AD from Blizzard.

    They did what they always did. They lied to PC playerbase by giving promises. They make so-so console version, reskin game from old engine and tried to a bit optimisation to PC version. They cash robbed you.    … Expand
  8. Sindicat95
    Oct 19, 2018
    0
    The game is full of **** unplayable, lousy **** the content in the game is less than in any indie game on Android, I hope your company will close soon, and the head of the company will go to hell, and the one who made the menu, optimization, and balance in the game along with him, now I will hate all your life your company and blizzard in a place with her, all the bad for you. The letterThe game is full of **** unplayable, lousy **** the content in the game is less than in any indie game on Android, I hope your company will close soon, and the head of the company will go to hell, and the one who made the menu, optimization, and balance in the game along with him, now I will hate all your life your company and blizzard in a place with her, all the bad for you. The letter was written through Google translate for working for the recall I am not going the same way as you do not work on your game, **** bastards.… Expand
  9. MOMOisDEAD
    Oct 20, 2018
    0
    Can't even start the game because of the "out of memory" and it is 8th day after release. Great work Treyarch, you know what? You let me know that in 2018, a 3A developer can still bring out a piece of sh*t like this to players.
  10. egir99
    Oct 20, 2018
    0
    Эта игра полное говно! Если вы вдруг задумались брать её или нет, то для начала сходите к врачу, а потом поймите что покупать ЭТО за минимум 2к рублей- это идиотизм. Я никогда так не жалел о покупке игры, а я между прочим купил PUBG и CS:GO. Так зачем же я это сделал? -"ЛУЧШИЙ БАТЛ РОЯЛЬ В МИРЕ"- вот из-за этой фразы, я люблю этот режим, но нормальных его представителей как не было (так иЭта игра полное говно! Если вы вдруг задумались брать её или нет, то для начала сходите к врачу, а потом поймите что покупать ЭТО за минимум 2к рублей- это идиотизм. Я никогда так не жалел о покупке игры, а я между прочим купил PUBG и CS:GO. Так зачем же я это сделал? -"ЛУЧШИЙ БАТЛ РОЯЛЬ В МИРЕ"- вот из-за этой фразы, я люблю этот режим, но нормальных его представителей как не было (так и нет) PUBG настолько надоел всеми своими проблемами что я решился потратить 2к на КАЛ оф дюти млять. Что в итоге? Ну про оптимизацию можно молчать. Игра которая по сути из 13-го года просит больше чем PUBG, мыло от которого я не смог избавиться (скорее всего дело во мне). Игры, которые ты ищешь по 10 минут в итоге попадая к 20-ти противникам ДИНАМИКА ШО ПИ3ДЕЦ! Режими из старых КАЛ оф дюти. Персонажи от туда же. Нету одиночки. КОРОЧЕ СУКА АКТИВИЖОН ЗА ЧТО ТУТ ПЛАТИТЬ 2К? КТО НИБУДЬ СКАЖИТЕ ЗА ЧТО Я, МУДАК ТАКОЙ, ОТДАЛ 2 ТЫСЯЧИ?… Expand
  11. tbmenossi
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    Good arcade game proposal, but impossible to play at the moment. Even with a GTX 1060 (driver updated) and at a minimum settings presented absurd drop of fps in areas of higher vegetation and action moments. Reimbursement requested. Maybe I'll play again in the future after optimized.
  12. Trools
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    I think the game would have been great to play, but unfortunately it has massive issues with crashes due to memory leaks.
    I've had the game for 3 days and not been able to play due to the memory leak issues. Tried contacting Activision support but didn't get a reply.

    Don't buy this day!
  13. Ajkula
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    Hmmmm what should i say.

    Some overpowered Weapon as usual. Shotguns have a range like mp's and they kill you with 1 shot. Very nice. Than, whoever made a Shield with like a minigun that can shoot through the shield and kill people and you cant kill the shield guy. like wtf???? Than u can have a magnum like weapon and u can put a sniper scope on it and has literally 0 recoil. Than the    Hmmmm what should i say.

    Some overpowered Weapon as usual. Shotguns have a range like mp's and they kill you with 1 shot. Very nice. Than, whoever made a Shield with like a minigun that can shoot through the shield and kill people and you cant kill the shield guy. like wtf???? Than u can have a magnum like weapon and u can put a sniper scope on it and has literally 0 recoil. Than the last MP when u max that mp u can put akimbo on it, and u can play it on EVERY SINGLE MAP cause they are soooo small and u kill people within 0.001 sec. U have absolutely no chance.
    Server are lagging some times. Some cheaters, and battery ult, shooting where she wants and killing the whole team,
    I want to give that game below zero points but i cant, so its gonna be a 0 cuz after all these years, they STILL cant do spawnsystem right TOO.
    I am so tired of this **** and tired getting spawn raped and i spawn right in front of my enemy or beside him and just die or i spawn right in front of his crosshair. Its absolutely no fun to play this game. Just make maps bigger and maybe we will not have this problem but idk man.
    This Game is just a 0 to me. Garbage game, Garbage company.

    The only good thing in this game is the use of some weapons. They feeld smooth but they are so much shiit things in this game, i cant even give a 1/10.

    I have 7 hours on this game and i am going to delete Black ops 4. Even with my 2.43 K/D i am raging every single match, mostly cause of the spawnsystem and those **** shotguns and that gaay asss shield.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME    … Expand
  14. BADINC
    Oct 22, 2018
    0
    This game is garbage Ring of Elysium is better and its free what a joke im trying to get a refund DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP
  15. Tuzzi
    Oct 24, 2018
    0
    I don't write reviews, I didn't even have an account for this site until 2 seconds ago. I just had to warn people about this game. If you want to play a game without dropping/lagging out/having stuttering gameplay then don't buy this garbage game. Don't seem to be many updates regarding the performance issues which are all over the place if you look online.

    Gameplay? sure it's fun with    I don't write reviews, I didn't even have an account for this site until 2 seconds ago. I just had to warn people about this game. If you want to play a game without dropping/lagging out/having stuttering gameplay then don't buy this garbage game. Don't seem to be many updates regarding the performance issues which are all over the place if you look online.

    Gameplay? sure it's fun with my buddies when we all actually get into a game and manage to play through the whole thing without getting an error. I'd say 4/5 times it happens where one of us drops. You see teams falling apart constantly from that happening.

    It's black ops with a BR mode added on. No new maps, and completely broken for PC in so many ways. Don't buy it, you'll be frustrated as **** and waste $60+. Last time I get a COD game on any form of gaming platform.    … Expand
  16. onaturkumdoru
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    Terrible connection issues. From in-game issues, to post game issues (the game crashes after the game so you loose all the XP). The terrible overall connection ruins the game completely since it's now fully multiplayer oriented. It's funny how they make a fully multiplayer game with the worst connection of all.
  17. RBear777
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    Сервис Battle.net почему ты жив? Нельзя вернуть деньги за этот высер. : (
  18. leerix
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    If you don't want to play Blackout (and really even if you do), don't buy this game. I am a COD fan, but this is terrible. No skill, run and gun. Whatever gun shoots bullets faster = wins. I hadn't bought a COD game in a few years and this is the last one I'll ever buy.
  19. Omen-of-war
    Oct 31, 2018
    0
    Blizzard is not backing up the game and this is beyond **** I will no longer support Blizzard games, at any cost.
  20. Evseev
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Игра просто ёбаный кусок говна нахуй. Просто ёбаный кусок говнины. Вы по другую сторону урала? Забудьте про эту поеботину. Если в ебатл рояле вы еще сможете что-либо высрать то в обоссанейшей сетевухе вы будете сосать хуи. 70% игры для вас это префайер. В вашу ебасосину.Игра просто ёбаный кусок говна нахуй. Просто ёбаный кусок говнины. Вы по другую сторону урала? Забудьте про эту поеботину. Если в ебатл рояле вы еще сможете что-либо высрать то в обоссанейшей сетевухе вы будете сосать хуи. 70% игры для вас это префайер. В вашу ебасосину.
  21. Leaves
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    I didn't bought into the past 3 Call of Duty Games and thought i could give it a try again, i was wrong this is by far the worst Call of Duty i ever played. Tickrate of 30, Servers are utter trash. ALL Maps are just junk, no fun, nothing to brag about. Gunplay feels bad, Game is more like Quake without any exitement Quake has. Hardcore mode is "Who draws first", wich would be fine, if youI didn't bought into the past 3 Call of Duty Games and thought i could give it a try again, i was wrong this is by far the worst Call of Duty i ever played. Tickrate of 30, Servers are utter trash. ALL Maps are just junk, no fun, nothing to brag about. Gunplay feels bad, Game is more like Quake without any exitement Quake has. Hardcore mode is "Who draws first", wich would be fine, if you couldn't bet on any Gun. The Netcode is so bad, i'd rather play BF3 alpha then this. Tbh the Blackout mode is the most polished Battleroyale out there, but i dislike battleroyale because it's a useless cheap mode, even cheaper then Teamdeathmatch. They went out and released a Game that costs almost nothing and removed every feature i liked. I enjoyed the Campaigns quiet a bit, quess what, - no campaign at all, instead we get Battleroyale Hypetrain ****

    The Maps overall are the Worst i ever experienced in a Call of Duty installment, i finally will never buy a CoD Game again, i hate the fakt that **** Games like this make it at the market, they are cheap and easy to consume and people fall for it. The Over-Americanized Trashtalk every Character spits out all the time is unbelievable childish and stupid. I wish everyone employed at the involved companys finds a new job, since i really wish for those companys to go bankrupt asap. CoD is Dead since MW.    … Expand
  22. mosetsu
    Nov 4, 2018
    0
    Нерабочие дерьмище! Системные требование не корректны! Моя система подходит по системкам, но игра на ней не работает! Промчался кучу времени пытаясь поиграть, но нечего не получилось!
    И деньги обратно не вернули с обоснованием - "возможность для возврата подобных продуктов ограничено."
    Это сцуко пять! Продадим нерабочее дерьмище и деньги не вернём! Жрите, как говорится, и не заляпайтесь!    Нерабочие дерьмище! Системные требование не корректны! Моя система подходит по системкам, но игра на ней не работает! Промчался кучу времени пытаясь поиграть, но нечего не получилось!
    И деньги обратно не вернули с обоснованием - "возможность для возврата подобных продуктов ограничено."
    Это сцуко пять! Продадим нерабочее дерьмище и деньги не вернём! Жрите, как говорится, и не заляпайтесь!
  23. Miamao
    Nov 5, 2018
    0
    I cant play to that crap! Ping 20, but feels like 100. Disconnects all the time!
  24. swaaaaa
    Nov 5, 2018
    0
    Too much recycled maps, bad servers, overpriced, no campaign and literally nothing new, except blackout, which is exactly same thing what pubg is
  25. 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
  26. unbladeee
    Nov 12, 2018
    0
    This is the worst of the worst fps cod games in the history of man kind and any other known universe

    Do NOT buy this pieceee of **** and save you money for REAL fps games My humble comments below about the game: (BLACKOUT MODE) Its the first time in my life that i play a specific fps which you shoot the other guy in the &%% head with the sniper and he doesn't dies instantly    This is the worst of the worst fps cod games in the history of man kind and any other known universe

    Do NOT buy this pieceee of **** and save you money for REAL fps games

    My humble comments below about the game:

    (BLACKOUT MODE) Its the first time in my life that i play a specific fps which you shoot the other guy in the &%% head with the sniper and he doesn't dies instantly BECAUSE of ''armor''. He must have armor forged from god and the seven dwarfs

    (MULTIPLAYER/BLACKOUT MODE) Its also my first time in my life that i shoot a guy and he still hops like a &%^$ immortal rabbit and he kills me with &$%$ hops

    (MULTIPLAYER MODE) The FIRST fps in the world ladies and gentlemen that the ''AK-47'' look alike future weapon requires a full magazine to kill the other player. And also the FIRST fps that you have a $%#& shotgun that shoots fire bullets which also the best shooting range that any sniper in all fps games.

    GOOD LUCK playing with the best game ever made!    … Expand
  27. Legs
    Nov 12, 2018
    0
    'Black Ops 4 brings nothing new to the gaming industry'.

    If you're looking for a quick FPS that's full of old elements of gameplay from its predecessors, look no further. As one of many of Call of Duty's longtime playing fans, I was utterly disappointed with the approach the developers had taken with this game from the start. The hasty decision to remove a Singleplayer campaign,    'Black Ops 4 brings nothing new to the gaming industry'.

    If you're looking for a quick FPS that's full of old elements of gameplay from its predecessors, look no further. As one of many of Call of Duty's longtime playing fans, I was utterly disappointed with the approach the developers had taken with this game from the start. The hasty decision to remove a Singleplayer campaign, accompanied with the return of three remastered predecessors' maps was a show of laziness in several areas of the game. Adding Blackout to this game (Battle Royale mode) is, seemingly, pushing players away from the base multiplayer game modes. By sacrificing the game's singleplayer, it evidently loses elements of purpose and a 'hey I've been here before on campaign' moment.

    Call of duty's biggest selling point was its storyline (including Black Ops), where the singleplayer acted as a training ground to encourage players to take in the environment around them.

    The preorder sales seem to be judging this game as good, but in reality, people are buying this game for the 'fortnite' element and not for the mutiplayer modes. It seems that Activision has taken the simple approach of making as much as they can, with no regard to the quality of what their making, as we've seen with their previous games in the past.

    The departure of Directors and people with a focus for quality storylines and gameplay like Robert Bowling (forever remembered as Modern Warfare's mastermind) and Dave Anthony (Black Ops' mastermind) has clearly taken a toll on the game's future and direction.

    Activision needs to have a serious meeting with their directors or find new ones with a mindset for building quality, jawdropping, and realistic gameplay that will draw back from its roots to regain its lost fanbase. The new fanbase that its attracting (fortnite/battle royale players) is putting its future at risk with competing with games that have a sole player base and purpose, and could knock Blackout with infrastructure improvements.

    Overall this game for me is a 'Do Not Touch' as nothing has improved or changed since CoD WW2 or Black Ops 2.    … Expand
  28. Nichrome
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Overpriced for what it is.
    *Boring zombies, as well as confusing on what's going on
    *VERY small maps. Domination? Forget about it. Spawn killers will sit at point B and still kill you once you spawn *Terrible spawn points. Spawning right on your back? Yes! Activision got you covered on this. * No way to get a refund. Once you click "play" in Blizzard app, you got the game. That's a    Overpriced for what it is.
    *Boring zombies, as well as confusing on what's going on
    *VERY small maps. Domination? Forget about it. Spawn killers will sit at point B and still kill you once you spawn
    *Terrible spawn points. Spawning right on your back? Yes! Activision got you covered on this.
    * No way to get a refund. Once you click "play" in Blizzard app, you got the game. That's a reason why it wasn't released on Steam - to avoid terrible reviews in Store itself
    * Softcore = 150% of life. Add medic packs to it, and turns out you'll use 2 mags to kill 1 person.
    * Hardcore is just fine, but then again, here comes very small maps and terrible spawn points
    * Hitoboxes are terribly big
    Now to usability part:
    Graphics: 2/5, just a meh, nothing special and no different to previous parts
    Performance: 1/5, cannot utilise CPU properly
    Gaming experience: would be good, but above things kill it instantly

    Just avoid. Don't waste 50GBP like I did.    … Expand
  29. FUTNUTS
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This is just so bad. Worst COD game ever, so bad. SO BAD. THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAAAAAD, ITS SO BAD. I want a refund.
  30. MiRSi
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Useless pay for this **** 53€. No more Activision.. No balance, no true, "fresh start below next progress" Always errors connection .. Blackout is joke too. Idiotic arcade mode (like fortnite - its free). So disappointed .. This mark is death for me (iam 35y old who played FPS all the time since quake2)
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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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