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. Raketz
    Dec 2, 2020
    1
    Maybe it's Activision fault or Treyarch, I don't know, but the game is not enjoyable at ALL! It feels rushed and unfinished.
  2. Gravityrideryt
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    RIP Cod, very bad game! Remove SBM! My first cod was mw2. This game is dead. Only family fathers and camper
  3. SagIchNed
    Dec 3, 2020
    3
    The problems with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War!
    - SBMM
    - Connectivity issues (especially in zombie mode)
    - Weapon balance problems
    - less content like maps and unlockables.

    It feels unfinished and boring...
  4. IHellsingI
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    Game is bad and unfinished,zombies is not even a COD zombies anymore Campaign is 4 hours,multiplayer is soo unbalanced and campy like modern warfware, got SBMM(skill based matchmaking) got 6 multiplayer and 1 zombies map and it costs 60€ this game is by far the worst COD i have ever played(and yes i played all of them) and the hitreg is **** then f2p games
  5. Surikaze
    Dec 3, 2020
    2
    Das Spiel kann man nicht mehr spielen. Black Ops Cold War Zombie das kann man noch spielen
  6. NXXLVL
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    This game isn't worth a penny! I'm playing COD for years now and this one is the worst i've ever played. Weapons are super unbalanced, the spawnsystem is broken ( spawning in front of enemies, Not once.. no, multiple times! ). Buggy matchmaking, lost connections... Don't buy it
  7. ManicGamer
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    Where to start, Terrible movement, aim down sight action is crap, game visuals are good but the rest why did they release this game. Absolute garbage. I wish I could get a refund.
  8. Amedy
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    This game is super laggy and it's all SBMM's fault, it's not well optimized for pc and it has a lack of content in every aspect. I tried to get a refund but they don't want to do it!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! I'm pissed off!
  9. 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
  10. 13CavGIJoe
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Avoid this game at all costs.

    It isn't worth the money. It feels like an unfinished game on an old engine from10 years ago. It is linear and lightyears behind Moderv Warfare. I have played less than an hour of the game and tried to request a refund and their system doesn't accept the request and puts you into a permanent loop. A friend of mine managed to actually submit his    Avoid this game at all costs.

    It isn't worth the money. It feels like an unfinished game on an old engine from10 years ago.

    It is linear and lightyears behind Moderv Warfare.

    I have played less than an hour of the game and tried to request a refund and their system doesn't accept the request and puts you into a permanent loop.

    A friend of mine managed to actually submit his refund request but that have outright rejected it.

    I will never purchase a Treyarch game ever again.    … Expand
  11. ibnadam
    Jul 13, 2021
    9
    اكثر قصة حبيتها وعجبتني في سلسلة كود .. الجيمبلاي ممتع جدا .. والجرافيك اسطوري
  12. Milk_man
    Dec 8, 2020
    2
    So many bugs. Just another money hungry company cranking out garbage. Even after some patches the bigs seem endless. They should really test their games better.
  13. -DeathGun-
    Dec 8, 2020
    2
    Je n'ai jamais vu un jeu aussi buger ces dernière année que ce call of duty , des crash en veux tu ? en voila !
    une qualité de serveur proche de 0
    une campagne qui laisse a désiré ... un multi totalement broken de par sont netcode immonde , un équilibrage horrible , un faible choix de mode de jeu et de maps , un system d'exp compte/arme totalement pourris et je pourrais encore cité    Je n'ai jamais vu un jeu aussi buger ces dernière année que ce call of duty , des crash en veux tu ? en voila !
    une qualité de serveur proche de 0

    une campagne qui laisse a désiré ...
    un multi totalement broken de par sont netcode immonde , un équilibrage horrible , un faible choix de mode de jeu et de maps , un system d'exp compte/arme totalement pourris et je pourrais encore cité d'autre problème tant ce jeu en est remplis... c'est a ce demander si c'est réellement des Devs qui on fait ce jeu ou des stagiaires ...

    le seul point a peu près positif qui hausse la note a 2/10 c'est le mode zombie qui malgré la aussi sa tonne de bug en tout genre est pas trop mal foutu même si il a était largement rendu "casu"

    et la aussi une seule map proposé.. (plutot sympa , surtout le coté Ether), et un retour du Dead Ops
    de quoi bien resté sur notre faim

    enfin pour terminé.. pour un jeu initialement en vente a 60€ je trouve que Activision/Blizzard vas devoir ce remettre en question et trouvé des solutions s'ils ne veulent pas perdre des joueurs...    … Expand
  14. Vlad1m1r
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    Это писец товарищи. В каждой сессии играет по 1-2 читака. Я довольно таки критично отношусь к таким обвинениям и до последнего верю в скилл людей, но на повторах в конце матча всё прекрасно видно. И ладно бы с ними боролись, но с каждым днем их больше и больше. Мой пердак можно использовать как центр какой-нибудь новой планеты.Это писец товарищи. В каждой сессии играет по 1-2 читака. Я довольно таки критично отношусь к таким обвинениям и до последнего верю в скилл людей, но на повторах в конце матча всё прекрасно видно. И ладно бы с ними боролись, но с каждым днем их больше и больше. Мой пердак можно использовать как центр какой-нибудь новой планеты.
  15. anon69420
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    Beta was fun. Made me actually want to play a COD game since the last one I played was MW3. But no, this ain't it, chiefs. I literally made an account JUST to voice my utter disgust with this turd of a game. It's a completely buggy, unstable, unfinished, SBMM ruining garbage of a game. My W/L is .70 and K/D is 2.20, and every time I join a game now, I'm stuck in a one sided and half-wayBeta was fun. Made me actually want to play a COD game since the last one I played was MW3. But no, this ain't it, chiefs. I literally made an account JUST to voice my utter disgust with this turd of a game. It's a completely buggy, unstable, unfinished, SBMM ruining garbage of a game. My W/L is .70 and K/D is 2.20, and every time I join a game now, I'm stuck in a one sided and half-way finished game on a team that's already losing. My back now needs a brace for all the useless carrying I do, but unfortunately objectives don't matter in this game. **** your efforts, they don't mean **** I haven't been this let down or upset about a game since the initial release of Diablo 3. Absolute garbage, and probably the worst COD since BO4. Or Ghost. Or Infinite Warfare. Whatever, it's all trash and Blizzard/Activision has our money so it doesn't matter.… Expand
  16. Exstatiska
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    Shockingly bad game especially multiplayer. Worst COD of all time. They brought back the horrid scorestreaks, the sound design is back to being terrible, the movement is clunky, the time to kill is either instant or a weird spongefest. ADS is instant on most guns, the sliding is insane, the grenade throwing distance is further than the map boundaries. The graphics are straight from 2006Shockingly bad game especially multiplayer. Worst COD of all time. They brought back the horrid scorestreaks, the sound design is back to being terrible, the movement is clunky, the time to kill is either instant or a weird spongefest. ADS is instant on most guns, the sliding is insane, the grenade throwing distance is further than the map boundaries. The graphics are straight from 2006 and my god is it bad, my eyes are burning… Expand
  17. danklordnut
    Dec 11, 2020
    2
    I would like to leave a legitimate review but I cant play the damn game. Every time I die the game crashes and I cant get a refund because the fact that I pre-ordered It and my beta playtime stop me refunding it.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    Yeah, that was a freaking great game. One of the best campaigns in the whole franchise, the best zombies mode in any Call of Duty and also the multiplayer mode where I had the most fun (very nice maps, freaking nice guns, good music and so on). It's just a shame that the most part of the playerbase always move to the newest COD on the market and Activision do not make too much effort toYeah, that was a freaking great game. One of the best campaigns in the whole franchise, the best zombies mode in any Call of Duty and also the multiplayer mode where I had the most fun (very nice maps, freaking nice guns, good music and so on). It's just a shame that the most part of the playerbase always move to the newest COD on the market and Activision do not make too much effort to avoid hackers in the "old" games. Still, you have a pretty good package buying just for campaign/zombies.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. Ardvark
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    I have played CODs for few years especially enjoying last one - Modern Warfare. This game feels like not one step back but like 3-4 steps and it is total crap comparing to MW. Mechanic (guns, grenades), lack of tactical options (like leaning the rifle against the wall etc.), number of Bugs…

    Don’t buy it is a waste of money and it is bad for your nerves, stick to Warzone and MW if you    I have played CODs for few years especially enjoying last one - Modern Warfare. This game feels like not one step back but like 3-4 steps and it is total crap comparing to MW. Mechanic (guns, grenades), lack of tactical options (like leaning the rifle against the wall etc.), number of Bugs…

    Don’t buy it is a waste of money and it is bad for your nerves, stick to Warzone and MW if you want to have fun.    … Expand
  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. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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