Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 786 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 98 out of 786
  3. Negative: 493 out of 786

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  1. Jokersmadshouse
    Nov 25, 2020
    0
    Everything is broken. Everything is boring and just sad to see a rushed product.
  2. Gigaboly
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    This supposed to be the next gen cod, but probably the worst call of duty every made..
    First the graphics terrible, looks like an indie game on xbox360, definitely not AAA level, feels like a different game not cod. The sounds like a box, guns sounds and feels weird, attachments are the same, unfinished. Visibility is awful, very hard to spot anybody as everyone blend with environment,    This supposed to be the next gen cod, but probably the worst call of duty every made..
    First the graphics terrible, looks like an indie game on xbox360, definitely not AAA level, feels like a different game not cod. The sounds like a box, guns sounds and feels weird, attachments are the same, unfinished. Visibility is awful, very hard to spot anybody as everyone blend with environment, movement is slow and clunky, not enough maps, terrible map design.
    Game is a big step back from other cod games and 10 years behind MW.
    The game is currently unplayable, is that bad...
    Campaign and zombie is good but not worth the price tag, wait for big sale...    … Expand
  3. Pixelflow
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Well, i started since closed alpha on ps4, then closed beta on ps4 and finaly closed beta on pc.
    The game has barely changed since, same maps with a small addition (+2 maps) for a total of 5 maps on normal mp. The game feels like a bad joke, sbmm is heavy and you must sweat all the time, campers are in a immense number, spawn camping is a huge thing on every map (just like shipment in mw,    Well, i started since closed alpha on ps4, then closed beta on ps4 and finaly closed beta on pc.
    The game has barely changed since, same maps with a small addition (+2 maps) for a total of 5 maps on normal mp. The game feels like a bad joke, sbmm is heavy and you must sweat all the time, campers are in a immense number, spawn camping is a huge thing on every map (just like shipment in mw, you respawn you die). Weapons and not balanced in any way, mp5 has similar range to a max sniper and ar weapons have lower range then a pistol. THE GAME IS FILLED WITH CHEATERS SINCE LAUNCH...AIMBOTS AND WALLHACKERS are present in 1 out of 7-8 games. There are plenty of bugs, from missing icons on challenges to off map exploits to lag/disconnect to crashes. Do not buy it, it's not worth it, even with a 70-80% discount. They sold a pre-alpha game with 0 content, 0 anti cheats and a ton of 0 interes from the dev team. Stay away, i beg you, do not make the same mistake. Stay away...stay away...stay away....stay away.    … Expand
  4. JohnnySausage
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Game is complete trash. First COD game I've bought since the first Black Ops, but needed something to do during lockdown so thought I'd give it a go. Multiplayer is awful, small maps seemingly designed solely for campers. Spawning is terrible, I got shot by a sniper from the other side of the map and then spawned literally next to him. Small number of badly designed maps for £50 is a joke.Game is complete trash. First COD game I've bought since the first Black Ops, but needed something to do during lockdown so thought I'd give it a go. Multiplayer is awful, small maps seemingly designed solely for campers. Spawning is terrible, I got shot by a sniper from the other side of the map and then spawned literally next to him. Small number of badly designed maps for £50 is a joke. Wish I hadn't wasted money on this rubbish, but won't be buying another again.… Expand
  5. Piechy
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Campaign-
    The campaign had a couple of fun and interesting missions, just not enough to really get the user submerged within the story. Woods and Mason seem to barely remember anything that had previously happened and their interactions with Hudson and each other made them seem that they met about 2 weeks ago rather then the years of operations experience that they wouldve had. Dialogue was fake and sparse, and voice acting didnt live up to the expectations that were created by leaving James C Burns out of the picture. Story was an utter let down after the measly 2.5 hr campaign storyline.

    Multiplayer-
    I'm giving this game a 0. Its a complete step back when compared to MW 2019. Animations are from BO4 and 2010 BO1. Gunsmith is a cheap and lazy knockoff of MW2019. Least amount of content released upon launch in COD history. Servers are poor and dated back to B02 days. Gunfights seem rng luck at best. Deadsilence is back and completely decimates anyone used to MW deadsilence. Sleight of hand is not within the game so you have to grind to max weapon level to unlock the magazine that includes improved weapon reload speeds. First field upgrade that you're given is a proximity mine................WHY THE F#*%$!!!!!!!! T3arc did well in removing claymores from MP but they left a proximity mine as a field upgrade. Graphics are clear but there is a serious step back with the treyarc filter as compared to MW. Operators are color bleached with the environment so its very difficult to see enemies (they knew this because there are flashlight weapon attachments). Head-glitching and corner camping are at an all time high within MP. So to all those people that said Treyarc doesn't promote camping, F#*(K off.    … Expand
  6. Wo1f9
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    SBMM ruins yet another title. When will developers learn it's not what the people want. In future I'll refrain from buying call of duty games until I hear SBMM is gone.
  7. CYBERDEV
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    THIS ONE IS WORSER THEN WHEN I PLAYED BLACK OPS 4, I TRIED TO LIKE THE GAME, BUT CRASHES WAY TO MUCH, APPEARENTLY TREYARCH IS MORE FOCUSED OJN THE LITTLE THINGS AND NOT THIE BIGGER SIDE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS GAME..IF YOUR HERE TO SEE HOW GOOD THE GAME IS...WELL HARD TO BREAK IT TO YOU, THE SO CALLED "77" SCORE IS HIGHLY FALSE AND BY THE USER SCORE WITCH HAS MORE PLAYERS THEN THETHIS ONE IS WORSER THEN WHEN I PLAYED BLACK OPS 4, I TRIED TO LIKE THE GAME, BUT CRASHES WAY TO MUCH, APPEARENTLY TREYARCH IS MORE FOCUSED OJN THE LITTLE THINGS AND NOT THIE BIGGER SIDE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS GAME..IF YOUR HERE TO SEE HOW GOOD THE GAME IS...WELL HARD TO BREAK IT TO YOU, THE SO CALLED "77" SCORE IS HIGHLY FALSE AND BY THE USER SCORE WITCH HAS MORE PLAYERS THEN THE ACTUAL PEOPLE GIVING A FGAKE RATING 3.3 IS PRETTY ACCURATE, FELT LIKE $100 WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND HOPING THE DEVS REMOVE AIM ASSIT FROM CONTROLLERS SINCE ITS A HUGE PAIN IN THE BUTT TO PLAY ESPEACIALLY YOU HAVE BE FORCED TO PLAY WITH THEM!… Expand
  8. tryingtoenjoy
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    Solid campaign, not worth AAA prices but 6-8 hours of fairly interesting set pieces.

    MP is hard to enjoy. Balancing is a large issue, frequently undiagnosable connection issues to servers. Poor game performance despite huge PC specs. Expensive, insipid, vapid, grindy, flawed, ill-conceived, unpolished, dreary and characterless. This would be worth £15 as a stand alone game, but    Solid campaign, not worth AAA prices but 6-8 hours of fairly interesting set pieces.

    MP is hard to enjoy. Balancing is a large issue, frequently undiagnosable connection issues to servers. Poor game performance despite huge PC specs.

    Expensive, insipid, vapid, grindy, flawed, ill-conceived, unpolished, dreary and characterless.

    This would be worth £15 as a stand alone game, but because of the COD model, every sub-par installment is a genuine waste of time and money as the game is irrelevant when the next installment is released. Honestly, this is now obscene.

    Zombies is uninspiring and flat.

    If you want more of the same, with the same pitfalls, go for it.

    Avoid if remotely skeptical.

    or just avoid....    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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!
  13. 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
  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. 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
  18. oslo1
    Jan 18, 2021
    0
    This game and this franchise as a whole are usually defined as "competitive", while their servers run at 20 tick LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. isaack7
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    This is a disgrace..... it seems like Cold War is only selling because of its integration with Warzone. This game feels like it has been made 10 years ago. Controls are clunky, every weapon feels similar and feel like they have no punch. Treyarch Wake Up! Don’t release and sell a unfinished game.
  28. Whatar
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Thank you for damaging modern warfare activision, good **** marketing move, skip this one guys. Do it for bo4, do it for cold war, do it for better games.
  29. duckh
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
  30. ColossalChris
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    This games multiplayer is absolutely horrendous!! It encourages camping. It is extremely unbalanced and the spawns are terrible. Some attachments are senseless like an increase to slide speed. The visibility is bad and the fact that you need an attachment in the game to increase your spotting distance says alot! This game is absolutely not worth the money they're asking as it is using anThis games multiplayer is absolutely horrendous!! It encourages camping. It is extremely unbalanced and the spawns are terrible. Some attachments are senseless like an increase to slide speed. The visibility is bad and the fact that you need an attachment in the game to increase your spotting distance says alot! This game is absolutely not worth the money they're asking as it is using an old engine of Call of Duty, the tick rate for the servers are 20 hz which is crap. Only thing giving this the slightest bit of playability is the zombies. Which at this point would have me only pay $20 for this game. Big Disappointment!… Expand
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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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