Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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  1. Pickle
    Jan 4, 2023
    7
    No es un mal juego; los gráficos son fantásticos, los ambientes variados y la tematización y ambientación de la época es fantástica, desde la música, ropas, hasta los temas de la guerra fría, todo está presente de una manera detallada y bien realizada, sin embargo, en los detalles de la jugabilidad y en los temas técnicos éste es un juego con muchos aspectos inferiores a su predecesorNo es un mal juego; los gráficos son fantásticos, los ambientes variados y la tematización y ambientación de la época es fantástica, desde la música, ropas, hasta los temas de la guerra fría, todo está presente de una manera detallada y bien realizada, sin embargo, en los detalles de la jugabilidad y en los temas técnicos éste es un juego con muchos aspectos inferiores a su predecesor (Modern Warfare 2019).

    La campaña es corta, tiene temas y personajes bastante buenos, muchos que vuelven desde las sagas posteriores de Call of Duty, pero en cierto modo se siente como si la campaña no estuviese terminada, comienza muy bien y parece tener una buena trama y de pronto comienza a introducir decisiones del diseño bastante extrañas, por ejemplo, tienen un área base que francamente termina siendo completamente innecesaria, en ésta área uno puede revisar pruebas y detalles de cada misión lo cual en un principio es interesante, pero después parece ser algo que se pudo desarrollar de una mejor manera, y francamente, termina pareciendo como si mucho de eso esta ahí en forma de lecturas y demás para prolongar artificialmente la longitud de la experiencia.

    Hay dos misiones secundarias en el juego, pero terminan siendo sumamente básicas, tanto por los objetivos, así como por la trama de cada misión, se trata de implementar aspectos de investigación bastante básicos y muchos de ellos dependientes de secretos que uno pueda coleccionar en otras misiones, sin embargo, estas investigaciones secundarias terminan siendo completamente opcionales.

    Al final hay un buen giro y se te dan unas buenas decisiones, pero en general esta era una campaña que prometía mas de lo que dio.

    El multijugador es definitivamente la experiencia mas negativa y en donde se nota cada vez mas el impacto, si en la campaña tuve problemas técnicos en una misión que me forzó hasta disminuir la dificultad del juego para sobrellevar ese error, el multijugador en cambio ofrece muy pocos modos de juego, así como de armas y de mapas en comparación con Modern Warfare 2019.

    Si juegas modo local o privado, básicamente te reducen el modo de juego a solo una porción de los mapas disponibles para el juego, después hubo actualizaciones que añadió mapas y armas, pero no fueron lo suficientemente bien implementadas para hacer que las armas funcionaran en los modos locales o privados…

    El modo zombi en comparación es decente pero también tiene errores técnicos, un mapa en particular que tiene un concepto bastante bueno termina pareciendo incompleto en su diseño, los gráficos no están muy bien detallados y termina siendo algo que claramente uno puede ver fue “secundario” para los diseñadores.
    Lo que lo salva un poco es como esta estructurado, si el modo antes era un modo de supervivencia sin mas fin que el de ver cuanto uno podía sobrevivir, aquí se añadieron armas, sistemas de progreso, y también la oportunidad de escapar de los mapas para recolectar muchos de tus puntos y recompensas, estos son buenos sistemas que están bien implementados, solo desearía que los mapas fueran más variados y que hubiesen mas de ellos.

    En general creo que Cold War pudo haber hecho más, todo se siente deliberadamente incompleto, como si de alguna forma se hubiese intentado dar menos y menos de lo que se dio en Modern Warfare, lo cual es una pena por que si se hubiese utilizado mas de la calidad del Modern Warfare 2019, entonces podría haberse aprovechado más la temática de la guerra fría.    … Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    Waiting for the rest to be patched in.
    Cold War is probably th wmost lack luster call of duty game ive ever played. First. The campaign isn’t even on the disk. What is this thing even installing? Because after you go to play the campaign its like, nah you gotta download it, heres part one… that’s right part one… youll play a mission in this joke of a    Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    Waiting for the rest to be patched in.
    Cold War is probably th wmost lack luster call of duty game ive ever played.
    First. The campaign isn’t even on the disk.
    What is this thing even installing? Because after you go to play the campaign its like, nah you gotta download it, heres part one… that’s right part one… youll play a mission in this joke of a campaign and then its like oh you nee to download part 2 now, heres another 26gb patch ontope of the 20 you just downloaded, but it doesn’t stope there, theres another 20 gb part 3.. .thats right.. nearly 70 GB patched in for not even 4 hour long campaign. That they couldn’t just put on the disc… downloading multiplayer and zombies makes sense because its primarily online.. but a 4 hour long campaign, it’s a joke…
    I for one do understand why so many people love call of duty, its multiplayer, and thankfully its just as fun here as its ever been with all of its modes outside of team deathmatch.. that’s usually my favorite mode, but I just wasn’t feeling the maps this year in deathmatch, but I had an absolute blast anyway for hours playing that ultra addicting, spawn shoot die gameplay, and its been a hwile since ive played a call of duty game.. since ww2.. so im not sure if these things are new but I am loving the instant respawns here on the next gen.. and I also appreciate that camping snipers have a little reflection to give away their location.. ive never been a fan of zombies mode, its obviously here.. I cant fairly critique it as it just isn’t my thing… but the main reason I play a call of duty game, at least in my currently life where I don’t have the time to sink days into multiplayer is the campaign.. but thankfully I do have the fun and addictive multiplayer to play through while it takes more hours to download than it does to actually play…
    Here you play as yourself, during the cold war, and the campaign actually started with tons of promise.. I wouldn’t mind if every year we got a well told 3-4 hour long story full of amazing set pieces and a mind blowing experience to compliment the fun multiplayer, and this campaign had its moments, it felt like an interactive movie with great moments and missions, some of the best stealth missions ive ever experienced in a first person shooter, but halfway through the campaign just falls apart, it becomes generic first person shooter level design and story telling, theres even a section of the game here youre redoing the same thing like 5 times in a row… that’s how much you can tell the creative juices have evaporated after an impressive start.. I didn’t want to stop playing, but I had to to let part 2 download… such a let down…
    Call of Duty is what it is…
    You know what youre going to get every year…
    it never changes outside of the setting..and this is where the let down comes into play
    Im personaly okay with a little 4 hour journey each year, but please put a little more effort and see that effort through, especially if again,, its only going to be 4 hours… it better be solid.
    But at least you have some new maps to play with.
    I give Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    a 7/10    … Expand
  3. chumpwithnoname
    Jan 4, 2021
    7
    I liked single player, however there are lots of problems with this game itself:
    1. Indestructable things like bottles - this is next gen shooter? You basically can't shoot any bottle in this game...
    2. Even with RTX ON there are no self reflections in the mirrors. I've seen games from 20 years ago which had this feature. 3. Gunplay is bad. Most of weapons are somehow feel wrong - they    I liked single player, however there are lots of problems with this game itself:
    1. Indestructable things like bottles - this is next gen shooter? You basically can't shoot any bottle in this game...
    2. Even with RTX ON there are no self reflections in the mirrors. I've seen games from 20 years ago which had this feature.
    3. Gunplay is bad. Most of weapons are somehow feel wrong - they are underpowered.
    4. Sound is very bad. It is light years behind Battlefield games.
    5. Lots of stuff is low-res in this game even with 4k textures low.
    6. Game sometimes likes to stutter on 3080, you need to restart it to get normal performance.

    i'm giving this game 7 points cause I didn't pay for it directly and got it as a part of 3080 package deal. Also I don't care about multiplayer cause it is created to milk players.    … Expand
  4. SilverOrlov
    Sep 18, 2022
    7
    Good graphics, normal plot, as a some kind of fan-fiction on historical events. It has some interesting game-play mechanics, but still has those problems that have another games of that franchise... it's still a line-shooter and no more. Not bad side-quests. Very bad multiplayer.
  5. philzlz
    Jan 29, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I received this game for free with a purchase of a new nvidia gpu. While the singleplayer was enjoyable at first the last missions were pretty disappointing. The whole game you are hunting Perseus but the last objective makes you destroy AA guns for an airstrike, pretty underwhelming. Why not a mission where you hunt him down or abort the launch of the nukes with a timed objective?

    The multiplayer was better in the last iteration, there are not enough maps and the ones that we get are pretty underwhelming. Modern Warfare has more realistic gun sounds, graphics and overall was more fun to play.    … Expand
  6. Berckut
    Nov 15, 2020
    7
    Мультиплеер:
    Говно на старте, надеюсь что поправят, поэтому 7, на привелегии PlayStation мне всёравно, но оценку объективно стоит за это снизить.
    Сюжет: Короткий, но достаточно интересный, с учётом того, что нет сильной клюквы, русофобии тоже не наблюдал, всё отлично, но мало)    Мультиплеер:
    Говно на старте, надеюсь что поправят, поэтому 7, на привелегии PlayStation мне всёравно, но оценку объективно стоит за это снизить.
    Сюжет:
    Короткий, но достаточно интересный, с учётом того, что нет сильной клюквы, русофобии тоже не наблюдал, всё отлично, но мало)
  7. elolugo
    Oct 31, 2022
    7
    Fresh campaign. Ok multiplayer. Average zombies. All in all, just a grab a copy 3 years from now
  8. onehitok
    Oct 8, 2021
    7
    This was my first call of duty game. Honestly it's pretty good but it's hard for me to enjoy the game when the bots play like they have never receive military training before. The zombie mode was confusing, really hard for new players to get into. The graphics are good.
  9. Denis94
    Nov 26, 2020
    7
    Valoraré solo el modo campaña para quien le interese, este COD trata sobre la guerra fría entre EEUU y la Unión Soviética, hace mucho que no me divertía tanto con un juego de disparos, es frenético sin tiempo para aburrirte, también tiene algún toque de buscar pistas y darle al coco que de vez en cuando viene bien y en un juego de "espías" es lo que toca, de los gráficos poco puedo decirValoraré solo el modo campaña para quien le interese, este COD trata sobre la guerra fría entre EEUU y la Unión Soviética, hace mucho que no me divertía tanto con un juego de disparos, es frenético sin tiempo para aburrirte, también tiene algún toque de buscar pistas y darle al coco que de vez en cuando viene bien y en un juego de "espías" es lo que toca, de los gráficos poco puedo decir tremendos la ambientación podría ser mejor y el apartado musical mejorable, pero queda una campaña bastante buena y de las mejores de los últimos años de esta saga.… Expand
  10. RedBobb
    Mar 15, 2021
    7
    Follows Modern Warfare's engine and Season Pass concept
    The fact that you can buy 'upgraded' weapons (instead of plain skins) is a bit rubbish.
    Storyline offers something new, being more paced but still actions scenes present. Giving you a lot of freedom to play the way you want too, almost giving some aspects of an RPG that you wouldn't normally expect from a CoD game. Multiplayer    Follows Modern Warfare's engine and Season Pass concept
    The fact that you can buy 'upgraded' weapons (instead of plain skins) is a bit rubbish.

    Storyline offers something new, being more paced but still actions scenes present. Giving you a lot of freedom to play the way you want too, almost giving some aspects of an RPG that you wouldn't normally expect from a CoD game.

    Multiplayer still seems bare, however the pandemic will have had an effect. Needs more maps, however returning to NukeTown is awesome.

    I'd recommend it on sale, maybe not for full price unless you're invested to play the game.
    Graphics look nice but can also be reduced to awful looking (for those of us with lesser rigs).

    Zombies is supposed to be good, however not so much my cup of tea personally.

    I'd recommend trying it if you can get it on sale, or if you were invested in Modern Warfare (2019)    … Expand
  11. r03vg
    Apr 2, 2022
    7
    Одиночная кампания в этой части кажется революционной среди других игр серии. Действительно лихо закрутили, да и сделанный выбор имеет последствия. Это уже серьёзно.
  12. aZUS
    Nov 30, 2020
    7
    Świetna, choć dosyć krótka fabuła (na spokojnie można ją przejść w 3-4h). Niestety cała gra chodzi na starym silniku, co względem Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) jest sporym downgradem i niestety to widać... Przede wszystkim mechanika strzelania wydaje się być znacznie bardziej drewniana, efekty wizualne jak mgła, zamieć, chmura gazu wyglądają dosyć podstarzale, pewne ubytki widać też wŚwietna, choć dosyć krótka fabuła (na spokojnie można ją przejść w 3-4h). Niestety cała gra chodzi na starym silniku, co względem Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) jest sporym downgradem i niestety to widać... Przede wszystkim mechanika strzelania wydaje się być znacznie bardziej drewniana, efekty wizualne jak mgła, zamieć, chmura gazu wyglądają dosyć podstarzale, pewne ubytki widać też w samej grafice i modelach. Z drugiej strony optymalizacja jest bardzo dobra. Brakuje mi tylko większej ilości map, które zaczną pojawiać się wraz z kolejnymi sezonami. Liczę, że tryb zombie dostanie kilka nowych miejsc wraz z nadejściem 1 sezonu battle passa, bo jedna mapa zombie to trochę za mało. Oprócz tego zdarzają się też sporadyczne glitche, które szybko znikają za sprawą patchy. Sumarycznie nie jest to zła gra, ale nadal wymaga sporego dopracowania i uzupełnienia o dodatkowy content. Stąd też ocena 7/10… Expand
  13. FatherHay
    Nov 17, 2020
    7
    A lot of people, I think - are giving this game an unfair bash. With immense amounts of toxicity revolving around the game's skill-based matchmaking, rather than the wider gameplay. The campaign drew me in, and I beat it in a single sitting in about six hours. It's short, but it's definitely worth your time. The Zombies mode is fantastic fun with some friends; allowing you to even level upA lot of people, I think - are giving this game an unfair bash. With immense amounts of toxicity revolving around the game's skill-based matchmaking, rather than the wider gameplay. The campaign drew me in, and I beat it in a single sitting in about six hours. It's short, but it's definitely worth your time. The Zombies mode is fantastic fun with some friends; allowing you to even level up your multiplayer rank and weapons through its gameplay loop. I also, contrary to many people's opinions - didn't find the multiplayer that bad, in fact, I'd argue - there's far less issues with the matchmaking system in this itterattion, than in MW. Where I often found teams to be heavily stacked and the whole game to be some messy sniper camp fest. In general, the game's good - but it's far from brilliant, and most of the user scores are basically rants about how skill based matchmaking is bad. And those who say the graphics are last generation looking, clearly forgot to wear their glasses, or are running the game on toasters.… Expand
  14. Greek_objektife
    May 10, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сюжетная компания:самый лучший сингл Колды после Black Ops 2,в трёх концовках нету хеппи энда,что круто(особенно концовка где ты присоединяешься к СССР и убиваешь своих бывших друзей)
    Мультиплеер:средний, мало оружия и карт
    Зомби Режим:здесь Trayarch постарались на славу и зомби режим получился тем же классическим ламповым зомби режимом,который был в Black Ops 1
    В принцепе игра хорошая,графен норм,но всё равно чувствуется то что это та же COD MW 2019,но обрезаная.    … Expand
  15. creamyjoints
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    positives: good campaign, satisfying multiplayer, incredible weapon customization, best zombies since bo3

    negatives: short campaign, bad optimization, frame drops, bugs, lack of variety in multiplayer, huge huge balancing issues, overly long animations, bad hit registration Overall i have been enjoying myself with this game, there are a lot of things i think it has done better than    positives: good campaign, satisfying multiplayer, incredible weapon customization, best zombies since bo3

    negatives: short campaign, bad optimization, frame drops, bugs, lack of variety in multiplayer, huge huge balancing issues, overly long animations, bad hit registration

    Overall i have been enjoying myself with this game, there are a lot of things i think it has done better than mw 2019 that people are not giving it enough credit for. People have to realize that this game was forced on to treyarch to fix it after sledgehammer botched it, and yes, the product seems a bit unfinished but they were not given much time and im sure covid didnt improve anything. What i am trying to say is that the same people who are complaining that the game should have been delayed would have been just as upset at activision if they actually did delay it. Overall im happy with what we got and i know its only going to get better from here with free dlc and zombies content on the way.    … Expand
  16. gamereview193
    Nov 15, 2020
    7
    When purchasing this game you have to realize that multiplayer isn't everything, the campaign, at least for me is one of the best in the series. However, from a multiplayer POV it is just okay. Lack of maps and those that are there are mediocre at best. I play for the campaign, but I understand that a majority of people came for zombies and multiplayer. Zombies is meh, a fun thing to playWhen purchasing this game you have to realize that multiplayer isn't everything, the campaign, at least for me is one of the best in the series. However, from a multiplayer POV it is just okay. Lack of maps and those that are there are mediocre at best. I play for the campaign, but I understand that a majority of people came for zombies and multiplayer. Zombies is meh, a fun thing to play with friends, but worse than bo1 and bo2. I do in fact like this zombies but I can see how it would be a hit or miss with some people. Some people forget the launch state of Modern Warfare which was not very good, this game is better but progression is slow and there needs to be more maps added as non-dlc maps. If they give it the same treatment as Modern Warfare then I think that this could turn out to be a great game. For right now, however, keep your money and wait to see what happens.… Expand
  17. HydrA_
    Nov 16, 2020
    7
    for each game mode I will rate out of 3. Campaign and zombies are good gamemodes but the multiplayer, it is horrible. The balance in the multiplayer is close to zero. Personally as a cod fan since mw2 the multiplayer is not very enjoyable. Campers are still in the game and quick scoping got nerfed hard since the beta. Along with the low amount of new content, would rate a 0/3. Thefor each game mode I will rate out of 3. Campaign and zombies are good gamemodes but the multiplayer, it is horrible. The balance in the multiplayer is close to zero. Personally as a cod fan since mw2 the multiplayer is not very enjoyable. Campers are still in the game and quick scoping got nerfed hard since the beta. Along with the low amount of new content, would rate a 0/3. The campaign is debatably one of the best in cod. Zombies has a new twist on it and is fun too. Would rate both a 3/3. The last point will go to if the game can improve or not. We know that treyarch can do some magic so my hopes are high that they can improve. If they make the game more like the beta and add new content this game will be so much better.… Expand
  18. igor_cheron
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    The game is average. The campaign is extremely short and rather superficial. There is no depth as the plot unfolds and the villains, Perseus' henchmen are all boring, without charisma, and just die very easily.

    The end of the story is predictable, even though there is the possibility of choices. System of choices that by the way is flawed, with no real impact on the game, and gives the    The game is average. The campaign is extremely short and rather superficial. There is no depth as the plot unfolds and the villains, Perseus' henchmen are all boring, without charisma, and just die very easily.

    The end of the story is predictable, even though there is the possibility of choices. System of choices that by the way is flawed, with no real impact on the game, and gives the impression that it is included unnecessarily.

    The graphics are OK. Not surprising and not much progress compared to MW, which is very disappointing, as we are in the new generation, and it should be better!

    The gameplay is OK, also nothing very innovative compared to the previous ones. First person immersion is acceptable, but nothing incredible. Animations could be better.

    Multiplayer is fun, despite the huge delay in leveling weapons. The mechanics of grenades and C4 are very appealing, as they kill very easily, even at a considerable distance from the explosion.

    Another point is that the game was barely released and there are already hackers. This is disheartening.    … Expand
  19. EnzoFerrari
    Dec 6, 2020
    7
    I don't know why am giving this a 7, maybe because of the potential it has. Weapons need a lot of balancing, frequent crashes and bugs, less content than MW, maps that soon makes the gameplay repetitive are my complaints. But I really enjoyed the campaign mode. With more thought out maps and weapon balancing they can definitely fix it
  20. CptCreeper
    Aug 21, 2021
    7
    I enjoyed this game. Campaign was just so kick ass. I played it after a big launch though, that's why i've enjoyed it, because on launch there were so many stability issues.
    Campaign 8/10
    Multiplayer 6/10
    Zombies 7/10
  21. DaNo94
    Sep 1, 2021
    7
    Campaign boring, multiplayer decent, zombies great. GTX 1070 manages resolution of 1000p-1300p depending on the map at 60 fps high settings.
  22. Tenshiexe
    Nov 9, 2022
    7
    Я делаю оценку для себя и будут тут игры которые я прошел
  23. Mattie
    Jun 17, 2023
    6
    Gameplay - 6/10
    Graphics - 8/10
    Performance - 8/10
    Story - 2/10

    Total score - 6/10
  24. Klenerschluchti
    Oct 10, 2021
    6
    Its CoD like every year more or less though for me originally the interest came with the zombie mode when the first advertised outbreak in season 2 which was something new a fresh to the zombie mode which has been present in many of the Black Ops games. Long story short if you like the zombie modes then i can recommend this one since it really has a lot of Innovation this time aroundIts CoD like every year more or less though for me originally the interest came with the zombie mode when the first advertised outbreak in season 2 which was something new a fresh to the zombie mode which has been present in many of the Black Ops games. Long story short if you like the zombie modes then i can recommend this one since it really has a lot of Innovation this time around together with a full progression system, as for the campaign, its big and flashy and kinda weird but overall fun for a few hours certainly not the worst campaign in CoD history.

    Now the biggest part most people play CoD, the multiplayer.
    I didnt play much of it and from what i saw and i dont think i will play it again any times soon.
    While the movement is fun and fast paced unlike MW 2019 there are just so many issues with it
    crashes, instability both client sided and server sided even months after release, still struggles with hackers and glitchers, the weapons are unbalanced as there are a handful that stick out as being the best and the rest most of the time is utterly useless and that new SBMM system only works half the time seeming more random then calculated based on stats. Overall this is not a great example of a CoD MP, i would wait for the new one or go back to the older ones before it unless you are only in it for the zombies.    … Expand
  25. ArmstrongMG
    Nov 24, 2020
    6
    Вау, прям порадовали. Даже скучный геймплей разбавили разными прикольчиками. Сюжет огромный шаг вперёд, если конечно сравнивать с "серо моральной" прошлой частью. А так среднинький боевичёк под пивко, который иногда может приятно удивить.Вау, прям порадовали. Даже скучный геймплей разбавили разными прикольчиками. Сюжет огромный шаг вперёд, если конечно сравнивать с "серо моральной" прошлой частью. А так среднинький боевичёк под пивко, который иногда может приятно удивить.
  26. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    6
    급하게 마무리된 티가 너무 많이 난다. 분량이 너무 짧아 매 미션이 급전개라 느껴지는 캠페인과 역대급으로 처참한 멀티플레이. 블옵4와 콜드워 꼴을보면 트레이아크도 정리당하던지 증명하던지 택할때가 온것같다.
  27. PBrann88
    Jan 1, 2021
    6
    Whilst the single player is very short for a £50 game refreshingly for a Call of Duty I actually enjoyed it, gun play was good, story was good and I love that they chucked some choices in there that impact the ending. Multiplayer is what it is with Cod at this point nothing serious, just a bit of fun.
  28. JonoroHattori
    Nov 24, 2020
    6
    Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War has a lot of potential, but it was wasted for 2 main reasons, 1) Because Treyarch had a year less to develop the game and 2) Because of the SBMM, the truth is that maps are acceptable (except Miami) since at least they are better than the ones in MW (2019), and their gameplay is not bad, it removes a bit of the realism of the gameplay of MW (2019) but at theCall of Duty Black Ops Cold War has a lot of potential, but it was wasted for 2 main reasons, 1) Because Treyarch had a year less to develop the game and 2) Because of the SBMM, the truth is that maps are acceptable (except Miami) since at least they are better than the ones in MW (2019), and their gameplay is not bad, it removes a bit of the realism of the gameplay of MW (2019) but at the same time gives more frenzy to the game, but to be honest, I am sad to see what tremendous potential there is wasted because of Activision and forcing Treyarch to put the SBMM ruining the gaming experience, so in short, the game has a good campaign and a good Zombies mode, but if you play Call of Duty for multiplayer, this game is not for you since the only good thing it brings is the Dirty Bomb mode and that in my opinion is not enough for you to spend 60 dollars just for multiplayer, If you prefer the campaign, the Zombies and Dirty Bomb mode could be worth the purchase, but if you prefer Multiplayer, this game is not worth it at all… Expand
  29. Spencer97
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    First of all the graphics just aren't that good, MW looks alot better than this and i had settings turned down on MW to hit over 144 fps. The game just feels unfinished, theres not enough maps and i only really enjoy 2 or 3 maps, on previous cods i only disliked 2 or 3. Like most cods, you're forced to use a small selection of guns or you'll get beamed by anyone using the aug or ak47. TheFirst of all the graphics just aren't that good, MW looks alot better than this and i had settings turned down on MW to hit over 144 fps. The game just feels unfinished, theres not enough maps and i only really enjoy 2 or 3 maps, on previous cods i only disliked 2 or 3. Like most cods, you're forced to use a small selection of guns or you'll get beamed by anyone using the aug or ak47. The guns take forever to rank up and by the time its ranked up they nerf it. The SBMM absolutely destroys you sometimes, have one really good game and you're playing semi pro level players which makes the game lose all fun value instantly. It's got potential to be a solid cod but things need to be fixed.… Expand
  30. connard
    Dec 17, 2020
    6
    the multiplayer mode on this game is the worst i've ever seen and my core i7 1100 and rtx 2070 lags on this game in medium settings. the only thing that keeps me in this game is the zombie mode, most fun zombie mode beside bo1 and bo2, the gun system is good and creating your classes is a good + for that zombies mode and for those who (like me) dislikes multiplayer as much as covide-19the multiplayer mode on this game is the worst i've ever seen and my core i7 1100 and rtx 2070 lags on this game in medium settings. the only thing that keeps me in this game is the zombie mode, most fun zombie mode beside bo1 and bo2, the gun system is good and creating your classes is a good + for that zombies mode and for those who (like me) dislikes multiplayer as much as covide-19 (corona virus) they give you special camos which are way nicer than the multiplayer ones. the last thing that is good about this game is the story mode, it is one of the best story mode i've ever played in a call of duty game (beside bo1 and mw2)… Expand
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Launcher (The Washington Post)
    Jan 27, 2021
    70
    What feature, or lack thereof, would compel a Call of Duty fan to buy or skip a new entry at this point? It plays fine, and it’s the most recent one. That’s usually enough.
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  2. GameSpace
    Jan 13, 2021
    85
    Overall, I love the old-school feels of Black Ops in Cold War and I love the storyline. All of the modes are fun to play and offer a lot for old players and new players alike. It is fun to get back into the action with players from all consoles and on PC to make the action that much better with cross-play. There are some issues with multiplayer that will seemingly never go away but such is life for an online multiplayer game.
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  3. Worth Playing
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    The question of whether to pick up Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War on the PC is situational, despite it being a solid title. If you're the type of player who likes the campaigns that each entry brings forth, then you'll be fine with Cold War. The branching paths of the short campaign give it some replayability beyond simply increasing the difficulty. Fans of Zombies mode will also be fine, even though it suffers from having only one map (for now) and a PlayStation-exclusive mode that'll be unavailable on the PC for a year. Multiplayer fans are in more of a pickle. If you're tired of the maps in the prominently featured Modern Warfare but want traditional modes, then this is perfect, especially since the cross-play feature is going strong and there are people on both the last- and next-generation platforms ensuring the game gets a healthy shelf life. If you're primarily a Warzone player, you aren't going to bother with this one, since that free-to-play game is getting Cold War elements soon to keep it fresh.
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