Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 786 Ratings

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  1. TompaDjl
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    i love modern warfare and would have stayed there but they just had to bring this piece of **** in to warzone so i bought it so i could level up weapons for warzone and i wish they never release this **** it feels weird, it looks to colorful and the weapons looks like toy guns.. if you haven't seen the weapons in this game try google "Cold war M16 diamond" and try not to laugh. they shouldi love modern warfare and would have stayed there but they just had to bring this piece of **** in to warzone so i bought it so i could level up weapons for warzone and i wish they never release this **** it feels weird, it looks to colorful and the weapons looks like toy guns.. if you haven't seen the weapons in this game try google "Cold war M16 diamond" and try not to laugh. they should have released this game on phones instead and just left modern warfare and warzone alone. it sucks that the season one don't have anything new for modern warfare, only to the so called masterpiece "Cold Sore". oohh, and the all the bugs in this game, holy SHIET!… Expand
  2. ricardotill
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    SBMM is **** broken, one time i'll be going pretty good, and the game after that I get stomped on by sweaty players. I understand SBMM is making Activision rich, but how it stands it is fluctuating way too much, making the half of the games I play unenjoyable. Campaign and zombies is pretty good, but you pay the 60 bucks primarily for the multiplayer.
  3. Asura_Ow
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    The multiplayer becomes very boring after a few hours of play, the game has many bugs and glishes regarding textures and weapon sounds, it has a big problem that had not been seen in other installments of the saga and that is It is very difficult to see the enemies, in several situations I have had an enemy in front and I have not been able to realize it due to the fact that you cannotThe multiplayer becomes very boring after a few hours of play, the game has many bugs and glishes regarding textures and weapon sounds, it has a big problem that had not been seen in other installments of the saga and that is It is very difficult to see the enemies, in several situations I have had an enemy in front and I have not been able to realize it due to the fact that you cannot even see his name above the head, the hit detection of the bullets is very bad and the servers they get worse as you keep playing, very disappointed in this game… Expand
  4. Deadman_
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    Игра за 2к руб имеет баланс хуже чем free-to-play игры построенные на донате. Это абсолютный провал: цветокор на некоторых картах заставляет глаза слезится, умирать когда ты запрыгнул за стену будет выбешивать не хуже чем сраные дропшотеры, МР5, как всегда, валит, обесценивая абсолютно все пушки, кроме снайперок, необходимость выдрачивать уровень чтобы получить доступ к оружию и перкам -Игра за 2к руб имеет баланс хуже чем free-to-play игры построенные на донате. Это абсолютный провал: цветокор на некоторых картах заставляет глаза слезится, умирать когда ты запрыгнул за стену будет выбешивать не хуже чем сраные дропшотеры, МР5, как всегда, валит, обесценивая абсолютно все пушки, кроме снайперок, необходимость выдрачивать уровень чтобы получить доступ к оружию и перкам - это полный пиздец, особенно когда тебя с 1 уровнем и голыми стволами кидает против 40 уровня с фул вкачаными автоматом и снайперкой одновременно, благодаря джокеру который откровается на 20 уровне, также будьте готовы к тому что вас будут убивать через полсекунды после респавна - временной уязвимости нет, а игра может легко заспавнить тебя в самой гуще боя. Сетевая часть абсолютный неиграбельный КАЛ, который будет уничтожать твои нервы. Хоть сюжетная кампания и неплоха, но 4-5 часов геймплея не стоят 2800 руб а онлайн и гроша ломаного не стоит, особенно по сравнению с MW 2019. Игра полный мусор - воплощение слова деградация… Expand
  5. katte82
    Dec 18, 2020
    2
    Trivial and repetitive campaign.
    Multiplayer problems of various kinds unacceptable for a game that has been out for 20 years now
    Fun zombie mode
  6. mactec78
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Worst game since the year 1996. The gameplay feels from a time far away. The sounds are so bad, so you get ear-cancer. All weapons sound equal like beat on a plastic bucket. The whole movement is not a step back, it's lightyears back. The level design is like the first doom angular square. Everywhere angles you can climb or jump. I'm totally annoyed to get money for this piece of ....Worst game since the year 1996. The gameplay feels from a time far away. The sounds are so bad, so you get ear-cancer. All weapons sound equal like beat on a plastic bucket. The whole movement is not a step back, it's lightyears back. The level design is like the first doom angular square. Everywhere angles you can climb or jump. I'm totally annoyed to get money for this piece of ....
    positiv are only the textures.    … Expand
  7. cjnichols17
    Dec 17, 2020
    4
    From the beginning this game seems promising. Once again maps will be free, the cold war setting is actually semi interesting, and you know the gunplay will be smooth. The campaign starts out pretty good. I actually caught myself stopping to admire my surroundings in many of the areas. Multiplayer started off feeling pretty smooth as well.

    The problems set in when you remember that    From the beginning this game seems promising. Once again maps will be free, the cold war setting is actually semi interesting, and you know the gunplay will be smooth. The campaign starts out pretty good. I actually caught myself stopping to admire my surroundings in many of the areas. Multiplayer started off feeling pretty smooth as well.

    The problems set in when you remember that this is a Call of Duty game and for every step forward they take they either refuse to fix an old issue, improve outdated mechanics, or just shoot themselves in the foot with **** like their overly aggressive skill based match making.

    Skill Based Match Making or SBMM for short is a novel idea. Setting players up against other players of a similar skill level seems fair enough. However the issue sets in when the lobbies take forever to find players of a similar skill level, you get good enough to be in lobbies where everyone has to be perspiring profusely 24/7, and all the fun of playing around with new guns is thrown out the window. Instead you get players constantly camping to move ahead and sticking to predetermined metas. When everyone is using the same handful of weapons with the exact same builds the game's sense of wonder and exploration in its mechanics quickly falls apart. I quickly found myself in lobbies where playing aggressively even started being punished as full teams would post up in one spot and snipe you from a head glitch.

    Head glitching is yet another issue. It is the weird phenomenon in the older games where when you crouch next to a wall only your forehead can be seen over the wall. Yet somehow the gun behind the wall can still shoot you with no decrease in damage from shooting through the concrete wall or decreased accuracy from being shot through that same wall. Instead the developers have decided to act like this is some pro level skill only long time players and pros can pull off. When in reality it is just some horse **** that they refused to fix when it originally showed up in like Call of Duty 2 back in 2005. Yeah over 15 years ago.

    Let's continue now into the spawns and overall connectivity. For years Call of Duty games have given players this weird peaks and valleys gameplay. Where sometimes you feel like you are on some god like streak and then the next 5 games its like your bullets mid magezine turn into blanks. Maybe every 3 or 4 rounds just doesn't hit. Then you have the shot guns that supposedly have bullet spread, yet can't get your a hit marker when the enemy is trying to drink from the end of your barrel like the shotgun is a straw in their favorite big gulp beverage after they spent 3 days with no water in the desert. Instead shot guns are now expected to be used like sniper riffles forcing you to have precision aim as if bullet spread doesn't truly exist. If we are going for this approach to shot guns then distance allowed for a one hit kill and consistency in bullet damage should be taken into consideration right? Nah... Snipers suffer from a similar inconsistency where at times you will blast someone in the head and receive no hit marker what so ever. Other times you feel like your shot is way off and hitting way too low on the opponents hit box that it couldn't in any way actually hit them. Yet, bang, there is your one hit kill.

    Last, but not least the spawns. I can not count how many times I would be walking out of the spawn only to get shot in the back as the spawns swapped at the exact moment I got to pop back into existence. I understand being flanked, but this was just a spawn swap inconsistency. Yet similarly I have also had countless times of walking through a large open space, turning to go the other way, and somehow magically an enemy is right behind me. As if they were there the whole time. Yet no enemy was on my screen or caught on my UAV. I know there are perks to stop the UAV from picking up your position. However, the frequency of this happening within my experiences and the way it was happening further tells me that something on the networking end for the game is not quite keeping up pace regardless of my high end PC's capabilities and fairly speedy internet.

    Long story short; TLDR. I think revisiting this time period was a smart choice as the future and modern aesthetic of these games has just, become bland. It was a back drop for the story and nothing else. The Cold War timing and theming is just more interesting and novel. Graphically this may not be a powerhouse, but has its moments of beauty and wonder within the campaign. Sadly that didn't carry over well into the multiplayer section where maps once again feel so cluttered and haphazard. They play alright, flow isn't bad, mechanics just hinder the experience, and the clutter tends to make every map feel like the developers were rushed and didn't know how best to fill the space.

    Other than theming and beauty of some of the environments within the campaign the game is just another Call of Duty.    … Expand
  8. lord_raccoon
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    So, you are selling Black Ops battlepass in Modern Warfare. And it suddenly appears, that you cant receive any piece of the content in MW Multiplayer. Even though technically its possible, as you can use the content in Warzone. It is the most blatant attempt at promoting a disgusting product. I will never again buy another Call of Duty game in my life.
  9. 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
  10. vlixc
    Dec 17, 2020
    2
    I know you probably are going to see this coming but sbmm ruins the games for long time fans and punishes you for playing good. This system feels much more aggressive that mw 2019 sbmm. Also the maps (except for raid) are complete garbage. This game was rushed and it fells more like a $15 game than a $60 game
  11. domas
    Dec 17, 2020
    2
    BIG downgrade from Modern Warfare. The gameplay and animations feel strange and look awful.
  12. eHitman
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    It's 2020 and we still shooting things from the above that have many fuel cans conveniently placed. No distraction and penetration of objects by the bullets. You can hide behind a wooden object (like thin walls etc) for as long as you wish, it takes infinite damage (which looks very embarrassing with this amount of graphics). The game looks realistic by the graphics, but physics haven'tIt's 2020 and we still shooting things from the above that have many fuel cans conveniently placed. No distraction and penetration of objects by the bullets. You can hide behind a wooden object (like thin walls etc) for as long as you wish, it takes infinite damage (which looks very embarrassing with this amount of graphics). The game looks realistic by the graphics, but physics haven't really changed since the very first game of the CoD series.
    This is why it's a very cool looking cartoon, not a serious game it's trying to be.    … Expand
  13. Birka
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    La campaña es corta y repetitiva, disparamos de una auto de un helicóptero matamos a alguien con una super armadura, la misma película en todos los COD, el modo multijugador, si partimos por los gráficos comparando al anterior, es como jugar al free fire (Juego de celular gratuito), falta contenido de armamento, a esta gente se les acabaron las ideas. Luego de pasadas las 3 horas de juegoLa campaña es corta y repetitiva, disparamos de una auto de un helicóptero matamos a alguien con una super armadura, la misma película en todos los COD, el modo multijugador, si partimos por los gráficos comparando al anterior, es como jugar al free fire (Juego de celular gratuito), falta contenido de armamento, a esta gente se les acabaron las ideas. Luego de pasadas las 3 horas de juego ya no te hacen la devolución del mismo.
    Y luego esta el modo zombie...    … Expand
  14. Wiezzel
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    I am a game designer and have never publicly given a game review.
    This is the first time EVER. ( MW put me close to it)
    So simply put, I would never recommend it. For the cost (not worth the money, even on sale) and the lack of fun. If you want a fun FPS there are PLENTY out there with a better dynamic and more FUN I am a Big time early CoD player Full time EX-MW player (    I am a game designer and have never publicly given a game review.
    This is the first time EVER. ( MW put me close to it)

    So simply put,
    I would never recommend it. For the cost (not worth the money, even on sale) and the lack of fun.
    If you want a fun FPS there are PLENTY out there with a better dynamic and more FUN

    I am a Big time early CoD player
    Full time EX-MW player ( sometimes warzone with friend but that is it)
    Have been streaming over thousands of hours of over hundreds of different games.

    This Black Ops
    Where to begin
    bad gameplay- Way too many things that come in the way of a smooth understandable gameplay.
    MW was pretty bad at it and Cold War is NOT AS BAD

    Graphics sucks all the way,

    THERE IS A FORCED BLUR AND DEPTH OF FIELD
    That is absolutely horrible, It is particularly bad when you aim.

    I Got this game for the Zombie mode, lets be honest.
    Only problem is, that after 10 years they release ONLY 1 Map, seriously? That smells like they will mild the player's money.

    Anyway Shame on Blizzard for making this game go on even a worse direction that it already was going.    … Expand
  15. GhostLxrd
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am disappointed that I had to spend, albeit at a discount, 1886 rubles. I could have bought Cyberpunk 2077, but I bought a game of my favorite series.... And I was extremely dissatisfied. This was the last Call of Duty I bought, the same every year, the same problems every year. You are the most terribly greedy studios. Perpetual crashes, errors, lags even on powerful computers. I'm tired of it.… Expand
  16. Georgyluvorgy
    Dec 16, 2020
    2
    this game is such a trash, the whole match you are waiting for someone to kill you, within a radius of 360 degrees at any time, its just **** arcade meatgrinder for kids! she is worse than MW19 in everything , visual, graphics, physics, guns, content, even design (emblems, calling cards, menu) and ocean of bugs and errors. there is a feeling that this game was forced to do for food inthis game is such a trash, the whole match you are waiting for someone to kill you, within a radius of 360 degrees at any time, its just **** arcade meatgrinder for kids! she is worse than MW19 in everything , visual, graphics, physics, guns, content, even design (emblems, calling cards, menu) and ocean of bugs and errors. there is a feeling that this game was forced to do for food in basements. treyarch needs to be removed from development of this games… Expand
  17. DoneFor
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    You want new season with a lot of content and fun? or probably some "Zed 398 Swift Clover" error?
  18. Raverbasher
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    I play Warzone. I never bought MW. I bought Battlepasses for Warzone. I got exp tokens for Warzone. And now, I've had all my exp. tokens taken away in Warzone so Activision can try and boost sales for Cold War.
    F
    UCK Activision, and
    F
    UCK this game.
  19. BL3Review
    Dec 16, 2020
    1
    Before I begin, let me just say I purchased the game 3 hours ago and already refunded the game on release of season 1.

    Ho boy, let start with my very first impression after installing the multiplayer. So Christmas themed Nuketown and Raid had JUST released when I hopped on and IMMEDIATELY the update released without the actual maps being included for PC players, kicking them out of    Before I begin, let me just say I purchased the game 3 hours ago and already refunded the game on release of season 1.

    Ho boy, let start with my very first impression after installing the multiplayer. So Christmas themed Nuketown and Raid had JUST released when I hopped on and IMMEDIATELY the update released without the actual maps being included for PC players, kicking them out of every game they joined on the new maps (Zed 398 Swift Clover error). Already an AWFUL start, so I tried the base game maps and loaded into Miami domination and the side with the pool was ATROCIOUS. I went from 170+ fps with an i9-9900k and 2080 to 4 fps when even looking in the direction of the spawn with the pool area, in fact it crashed my entire pc. Afterwards I tried zombies and it wasn't anything like the trailers led me to believe it would be, in a bad bad way. The zombies mode in that game felt like a souped up version of the side modes in BO4 zombies which also wasn't good. It feels more like an first person version of Dead Ops than an actual Treyarch zombies mode, even AW zombies was a better mode in delivering a zombies experience. The actual guns in the game are a MAJOR downgrade from Modern Warfare, everything sounds the same and like plastic and don't look nearly as good as their MW counterparts. They also feel fairly weak, they don't feel or sound like they have any power behind any shots even when using a shotgun. The only reason I gave this game a 1/10 is that it actually successfully booted up on my PC.    … Expand
  20. DankestDuck
    Dec 15, 2020
    2
    The only good thing in the game is zombies and campaign, don't touch multiplayer it is the most broken garbage cod game in a long time. I made an account on the website just to give it a negative score.
  21. 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
  22. Ravxsavage
    Dec 15, 2020
    1
    +- ok campaign, the worst everything (just as usual Treyarch). They can't make games, why the **** do morons from Activion task them so..? Huge step down from last year's WM reboot. Gunplay is just proper plastic **** ttk is massive **** also, maps are the worst (as usual Treyach). Only **** like Black Ops frach.
  23. ZFRobin
    Dec 14, 2020
    2
    Its extremely disappointing that we went from the polished and Solid return to form in MW2019 to this, this game is a complete disappointment and has sold me that MW was a once in a life time opportunity that i have to move on from, its single player is ok......and nothing more its story is fine but its characters and voice acting suck and really disconnected me from the conflict imIts extremely disappointing that we went from the polished and Solid return to form in MW2019 to this, this game is a complete disappointment and has sold me that MW was a once in a life time opportunity that i have to move on from, its single player is ok......and nothing more its story is fine but its characters and voice acting suck and really disconnected me from the conflict im supposed to be apart of, its MP which lets be honest, the only reason anyone plays call of duty to begin with is awful just terrible, horrible hit reg, extremely aggressive skill based match making and horrible weapon balance and design philosophy, little to no attention to detail with weapons and surroundings, and 8 maps on release, 8 **** MAPS. i dont care that its a 3arch game and that its "supposed to be less realistic" this **** is unacceptable in 2020. MW set the bar for how COD should be going forward and they immediately went back to 2011, its been 9 years guys time to think of something new
    overall this game is extremely disappointing, i wish i didnt buy it and used that 60 bucks on something like escape from tarkov, a game that looks and feels good, unlike this disaster    … Expand
  24. Fabian-D
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad game
  25. Goldackthos
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    This game is a downgraded versions of the previously CoD launched last year, some features have been removed and the graphics are worse, bad optimization on PC, bugs and crashes occur frequently.
    The multiplayer experience in MW is far better than that, not just the maps but the the game itself feels better. The matchmaking is terrible, always enter a game in half.
    I have bought mostly    This game is a downgraded versions of the previously CoD launched last year, some features have been removed and the graphics are worse, bad optimization on PC, bugs and crashes occur frequently.
    The multiplayer experience in MW is far better than that, not just the maps but the the game itself feels better. The matchmaking is terrible, always enter a game in half.
    I have bought mostly for zombies but this game launched with only one map. Seriously?
    This is another of those cash-grab games.    … Expand
  26. Vampires
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Is it better than black ops 2? No

    Is it a good game? Depend enough This is the first cod I get since ghost, and well the campaign is good enough, and zombies is pretty fun even if the map is not as good as bo2 zombie maps, the changes they did to the game make it fresh enough and I like the idea of exfil. Multiplayer is no the best but it is decent enough Ill give it a 8 score,    Is it better than black ops 2? No

    Is it a good game? Depend enough

    This is the first cod I get since ghost, and well the campaign is good enough, and zombies is pretty fun even if the map is not as good as bo2 zombie maps, the changes they did to the game make it fresh enough and I like the idea of exfil. Multiplayer is no the best but it is decent enough

    Ill give it a 8 score, even if the game is probably a 6/7    … Expand
  27. Geertvdw
    Dec 13, 2020
    1
    DISCLAIMER: This review only talks about zombie and multiplayer experience At first sight this game seemed to be okay, enjoyable.
    After a bought it I played it for 10 hours straight. That when you begin to notice how bad the game is. I’m not talking about game mechanics etc. The bugs and glitches make this game unplayable. Play zombies with a friend, one of you will get kicked after a    DISCLAIMER: This review only talks about zombie and multiplayer experience At first sight this game seemed to be okay, enjoyable.
    After a bought it I played it for 10 hours straight. That when you begin to notice how bad the game is. I’m not talking about game mechanics etc. The bugs and glitches make this game unplayable. Play zombies with a friend, one of you will get kicked after a while. I played about 25 times with a friend. 21 times I got kicked out. So annoying on high rounds. So that’s one of the first major bugs.

    Then we have the party system. Playing with a friend from another platform is near to impossible. You can’t join one another’s party. You’ll always get an error code.

    In zombies, click create a class and you have 50% chance you will be stuck in that screen for the entire game. You won’t be able to go out it anymore and you’ll die...

    There are numerous other bugs in this game.
    I’d say, wait until they fixed this because this isn’t the experience you want    … Expand
  28. igloonaut
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. AVOID THIS GAME - DO NOT BUY IT.

    i bought the game thinking it would measure up to the latest COD Modern Warfare, it does not even compare - the graphics are outdated and the game feels like it looks. you can't even open or close doors ffs. It's clear that this game was rushed so activision could cash in on the success of Modern Warfare and the launch of the new consoles. I tried to get a refund after only a few hours of play of the multi-player game and they refused. I have tried consistently to get the redund for over a month now and they still refuse. Am I salty about this - hell yes! this game is not an AAA title, but it's priced like one. The single player is a joke. It's clear this game is build on an old engine, and that it was rushed. we have to vote with our feet and not reward activision for thes practices, it's what ruined COD in the first place. AVOID THIS GAME AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME MONEY AND PEACE OF MIND.    … Expand
  29. iComX
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    This game is trash. I can’t believe that the developers haven’t had any issues with this game as they trying it out. I can’t stand the players. It’s to far to be a call of duty title i hope they change it to nothing to call to.
  30. cheebacca95
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Matchmakesystem is **** dude, i played 3 games. After 3 games I was only destroyed, it's not fun at all
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Metascore
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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