Call of Duty: Vanguard

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 692 Ratings

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  1. tebluspy
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Just nothing of value whatsoever included in the game. I wouldn't even consider playing it if it was free.
  2. MiguelD
    Sep 5, 2023
    3
    Invisible walls everywhere, weird scripted scenes, weird and stupid enemy and team AI. Awfull 'boss' fights. The flying scenes are not really flying scenes, you almost have no control. Endlessly talking about 'project Phoenix', while you never get to know what it actually is... . Not worth the money.
  3. DimaLuksha
    Aug 28, 2023
    4
    Single player-2 Multi player-6
  4. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    3
    Worst COD I've ever bought. Uninspired campaign, horrid multiplayer with total trash maps, and a lame zombies mode. That was the final nail on the coffin so I would not buy COD anymore, and I'm glad I did it. I'll just play the campaigns when they arrive on Game Pass and call it the day.
  5. Top1saraya_
    Mar 24, 2023
    4
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  6. L4ncer
    Mar 18, 2023
    0
    It shouldn't be named Call of Duty. v
  7. Palexus
    Mar 13, 2023
    0
    очень плохая игра. снова сильные женщины и черные. надоело это уже. феменистки и черные идите нахуй. вы только игры портите
  8. realWhiteMan
    Feb 4, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  9. IniciusV
    Feb 4, 2023
    0
    FPS É UMA MERDA, SHOOTER É UMA MERDA, PRIMEIRA PESSOA É UMA MERDA, SÓ TEM FPS/SHOOTER/PRIMEIRA PESSOA NESSA MERDA
  10. Gregos_Basilio
    Oct 19, 2022
    0
    дуже погана гра. знову сильні жінки і чорні. набридло це вже. феменістки і чорні ідіт нахуй. ви лиш ігри портите
  11. JFallenJ
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Terrible, TERRIBLE multiplayer experience. First you have to enable cross-play, because PC owners / sane people with an IQ > 70, doesn't play this game anymore, so you literally CAN'T find any game EVEN AT PRIME TIME. Like, seriously? You have to play with people that use a controller to play an FPS, which is kinda difficult so the game give them an auto aim, but even with that if they areTerrible, TERRIBLE multiplayer experience. First you have to enable cross-play, because PC owners / sane people with an IQ > 70, doesn't play this game anymore, so you literally CAN'T find any game EVEN AT PRIME TIME. Like, seriously? You have to play with people that use a controller to play an FPS, which is kinda difficult so the game give them an auto aim, but even with that if they are not crouch in a corner, they will have a hard time doing kills.

    But I'd say the worst problem is probably that the game rewards more the frags than the objectives, which really hit on the nerves if you want to play other game modes than the mind-numbing dead matches on ridiculously small maps.

    Spawning is still a pain in this axx, the game doesn't care if the place he is going make you spawn in is in the sight of 3 enemies ready to shoot, it is totally arbitrary.

    Some paid skins make the characters harder to see in some conditions.

    And if the auto aim for controllers is not enough, you have a perks that makes you see the enemies through the wall in your sight as you shoot on them. What a truly nice game.

    The campaign is ANECDOTAL, as always.

    Save your money guys, really. If you are 11yo and play on console, you'll like it I guess. You can even buy pretty pink and rgb glowing skins with mommy credit card.    … Expand
  12. kaczan3
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    Absolute garbage. I'd never pay for Call of Feminism, that teaches us that women won the WW2, or ever give money to Activision-Blizzard, but there's a free weekend now for this game.
    The game takes ages to load, even on M.2 drive. When you try to skip the cringe cinematic too fast, the game freezes. Then it takes ages to find a game (even with cross-platform and during the free weekend).    Absolute garbage. I'd never pay for Call of Feminism, that teaches us that women won the WW2, or ever give money to Activision-Blizzard, but there's a free weekend now for this game.
    The game takes ages to load, even on M.2 drive. When you try to skip the cringe cinematic too fast, the game freezes. Then it takes ages to find a game (even with cross-platform and during the free weekend). And when you finally get to play the game, it's just garbage.

    Fun fact: Blizzard was taken to the court in a a lawsuit for 100 million dollars (judging by a similar RIOT lawsuit) for saying mean things about chicks. But the script writer for this game (same company), a woke chick, openly says about men (on her twitter) worse things than what Blizzard employees ALLEGEDLY said in privite about chicks. But of course she wasn't even fired. This is the world we live in.    … Expand
  13. Heliotay
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    The single **** worst ever CoD zombies experience i have ever had in my entire life. Can you imagine that YOU! The player have to hunt the zombies and the zombies doesnt hunt you? That is what Vanguard zombies is. The zombies does nothing until you attack them first. They didnt even have a single wonder weapon at launch. There are no doors to open. No power to be turned on. You have to goThe single **** worst ever CoD zombies experience i have ever had in my entire life. Can you imagine that YOU! The player have to hunt the zombies and the zombies doesnt hunt you? That is what Vanguard zombies is. The zombies does nothing until you attack them first. They didnt even have a single wonder weapon at launch. There are no doors to open. No power to be turned on. You have to go into portals to start some kind of mini mission that rewards you with only points that you can only spend on perks and packapunch. The only wonder weapon (Raygun) is complete ass. It does to little damage that you might aswell just go with your starting weapon. There is only one easter egg that is **** There is nothing fun to do in the zombies mode and i dont even wanna touch upon the campaign and multiplayer cos god DAMN that **** sucks even more.… Expand
  14. ThreeOfDiamonds
    May 6, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To Be Honest, When This Came Out, My Excitement Was Over The Charts. But Then I Played The Game... WOW It's A Call Of Duty: WWII Copy. I Remember A Map In Call Of Duty 2 'Stalingrad' And Then I Saw a Map That Looks EXACTLY Like The Call Of Duty 2 Map

    Copy And Paste: 100%

    Now About Zombies...

    Call Of Duty: Ghosts Is Better Than Vanguard Zombies WOW

    No Bosses, The Zombies Are Broken, The Zombies Only Attack When You Shoot Them HOW ARE THE ZOMBIES BLIND??!

    Zombies: 0/10

    Campaign Time

    The Campaign Starts With A Task Force Called 'Task Force Vanguard' On A Mission To Figure Out What The Hell Is Project Phoenix. After Some Time, The Task Force Found The Documents Or Smth But Got Ambushed By The Germans. The Task Force Was Captured And Taken To Some Warehouse And Now There Is Activision Explaining Why Racism Is Bad For 7 Minutes. After The Talk, The Character That You Play Gets Killed With A Chair By The Villain 'Hermman Freisinger'. The Germans Take The Task Force To A Prison And Interrogate them One By One.

    Arthur's Backstory

    The Mission Starts Off In A Paratrooper Plane Where The Captain Is Explaining The Mission, After The Germans Fired Their AA The Captain Said This. "Looks Like The Krauts Already Know We're Coming" ... Dude, The Germans Never Knew D-Day Was In Normandy. Anyways Everyone Jumps Out, Arthur's Friend Caught On Fire And Burned His Parachute, This Scene Took SO LONG And It's Not Even Fun You Don't Even Have To Press Any Keys, I Actually Liked The Call of Duty: WWII Quick Thinking Feature Or Smth Where You have To Press Keys Fast or Else You Die. The Boys Then Landed And I Saw Excessive Warcrimes, I Can No Longer Support Activision Because Of This. The Boys Meet Up And Then Arthur Magically Becomes The Leader Of The Battalion. I Can't Even Tell The Whole Story, The Boys Finally Destroyed The Enemy Artillery. Great, Now We Can Move On To Stalingrad (It's Worse)

    Polina's Backstory

    Have You Ever Wondered What It Would be Like To Become A Russian Woman Doing Parkour Cause She Thinks She Is Dream? Call of Duty: Vanguard Answers Your Question! The Mission Starts With The Player And His Virtual Family Talking About Soviet Things. The Stupid Brother Forgot Some Molotov So The Game Tells You To Help. Now When I Looked Outside, Wow The Soviet Union Is Great Why Are The Actual Images Of The Soviet Union So Bad? Anyways, Polina Goes To A Medical Station Or Smth, But Then The Luftwaffe Arrived And Started Being Savages. I Immediately Got Destroyed By A Bomb And The Game Tells Me To "Flee From The Bombing More Quickly". I Then Got To My House And Picked Up The Sniper Rifle That The Germans Just Left, I Then Shoot A German Officer, Unfortunately I Triggered The Other Germans Who Shoots My Dad. I Won't Continue The Whole Story Go Watch A Video Bout' the Game Because I Don't Recommend Buying It.

    AMERICANO Backstory

    The Mission Starts Off With The Commander Explaining The Mission, I Then Get To A Plane And Take Off. Now In This Mission I See Stonks Of Historical Inaccuracies, So Get Ready For Historical Madness. I See Destroyers Next To USS Enterprise (The Carrier) But I Remember That There Was No Destroyers In The Movie 'Midway' And Midway Was Very Accurate. The Squadron Now Found The Japanese Carrier, Without Making A Detour. Alright, The Americans Found The Japs Because Lt. Com. Wade McClusky Spotted A Japanese Destroyer, McClusky Said The Destroyer Might Be Heading For The Fleet And It Was A Miracle That The Americans Found The Fleet. The Japanese Started Firing AA, And One Of The Pilots Said "Avoid The Flak" Hold Up... Japanese Flak? I'm Done With This. When You Dive Down You Are Squared In The Middle Of The Flag (Very Effective Target) And Then When You Drop The Bomb The Carrier Gets Destroyed Immediately (WRONG). Actually When You Drop The Bomb Even At The Flag, It Doesn't Get Destroyed Immediately. Then Arthur Said "Wade Was Known As The Greatest Pilot Of The War" He destroyed Two Ships. And Then some Jungle Vietnam Mission But The Enemy Don't Hide.

    I Don't Even Want To Do The Campaign anymore lets just do the horrible detail

    STG-44 In 1941-3

    AK47 In Stalingrad (AS44 Is A Prototype Rifle That Never Saw Service)

    Prototype Lee Enfield In El Alamein

    MG42 In 1941 (Tobruk mission)

    Warmachine (GRENADE LAUNCHER) wtf

    I Actually Liked The Graphics But Not The Gameplay, The Graphics Are Gold, The Gameplay Is Stone.

    Campaign: 1.25/10 (Because Of The Graphics Its 1.25)

    Multiplayer

    MP Is Just Violent

    Multiplayer: 2.75/10    … Expand
  15. Matheus420
    Apr 12, 2022
    0
    lixo dos lixos !!! spawn horroroso ! cheio de bugs !! armas desbalanceadas !! nao vale nem de graça essa bosta !!!
  16. aztm22
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    I bought this game so i can enjoy it online with friends since the day it was released on PC, its been nothing but problems.

    I been getting errors with directx, I been getting connection problems, chat voice problems every update that comes out just end up screwing the game up. I had this problem on my custom gaming PC and gaming laptop, I gave up on activision wasted money on    I bought this game so i can enjoy it online with friends since the day it was released on PC, its been nothing but problems.

    I been getting errors with directx, I been getting connection problems, chat voice problems every update that comes out just end up screwing the game up.

    I had this problem on my custom gaming PC and gaming laptop, I gave up on activision
    wasted money on another cod game on pc    … Expand
  17. aeromax
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    Who are the monkeys making this garbage, do they have any idea in game design/ COD IP ??
    Watch the act man making fun of this dumpster fire of a game, hot garbage.
  18. Ilija8886
    Mar 21, 2022
    3
    Insecurity game
    Lack of service
    Lack of reporting as no answer! Positive Stuck Something happened before I played it after standing stuck! What the hell?!?!?! For what all the time service usually years underestimate us as gross! Every time I did I reported a topic something stuck playing but it is of course clean and perfect but weird why service is disrespectful???? Not just    Insecurity game
    Lack of service
    Lack of reporting as no answer!
    Positive Stuck Something happened before I played it after standing stuck!
    What the hell?!?!?!
    For what all the time service usually years underestimate us as gross!
    Every time I did I reported a topic something stuck playing but it is of course clean and perfect but weird why service is disrespectful???? Not just VANGAURD and those every year a different session before!
    How much how much can be said about ignoring service ??? Latest
    I usually like playing in CALL OF DUTY
    But Infinity Ward employees were really ashamed of themselves!
    Just a disparaging service issue!
    Hello look at us!
    You work gross!!!!!
    You must be awake!!!    … Expand
  19. Alexpress94
    Mar 18, 2022
    0
    The worst game I've ever played. It feels like a PS2 game. Poor graphics, bad sounds, ugly maps. There is nothing I like about it.
  20. popPunker
    Feb 22, 2022
    4
    Conseguiram falhar até na killcam, que é algo que tem há mais de 10 anos na franquia, como é possível um jogo sair tão quebrado, tendo levado o dobro do tempo que deveria? o cold war (antecessor) teve que sair 1 ano mais cedo e mesmo assim consegue ser muito melhor ao vanguard.

    Tem gráficos bonitos, mas não passa disso, quem se importa com gráficos ta na franquia concorrente. Tem    Conseguiram falhar até na killcam, que é algo que tem há mais de 10 anos na franquia, como é possível um jogo sair tão quebrado, tendo levado o dobro do tempo que deveria? o cold war (antecessor) teve que sair 1 ano mais cedo e mesmo assim consegue ser muito melhor ao vanguard.

    Tem gráficos bonitos, mas não passa disso, quem se importa com gráficos ta na franquia concorrente.
    Tem diversos bugs, alguns são dentro da partida, outros são por fora, como por exemplo os desafios pra tu ganhar a camuflagem, vários estão bugados.
    Os mapas são os piores já feitos, sabe aquele mapa que sempre tem em todo cod e tu nunca joga pq ele não combina com o jogo? todos os mapas do vanguard são assim.
    Desbalanceamento que chega a ser ridiculo, as shotguns estão parecendo snipers nesse jogo.
    Por ter gráficos mais realistas, o jogo acaba sendo mais escuro e isso dificulta pra ver os inimigos.    … Expand
  21. KOSI
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Dev. threw aways PC players

    so much spoiled assist to controller player with Aimbots built-in ( Aim Assit)

    Don't see any skill play but only snap on Aim Assist

    Shotgun more useful than sniper rifle at long range
  22. miklim
    Jan 18, 2022
    3
    Ужасный сюжет (хуже даже русофобского сюжета MW19), как будто смотришь фильм от марвел. Команда расово верных героев, нелепые файты с ботами со слабым интеллектом в сочетание с кринжовыми заставками - вкусно! Сетевой режим играется лучше чем Cold War и в целом убить время было бы можно, если бы не бесконечные выборы лучших игроков в конце матча, которые нельзя скипнуть. В зомби режим неУжасный сюжет (хуже даже русофобского сюжета MW19), как будто смотришь фильм от марвел. Команда расово верных героев, нелепые файты с ботами со слабым интеллектом в сочетание с кринжовыми заставками - вкусно! Сетевой режим играется лучше чем Cold War и в целом убить время было бы можно, если бы не бесконечные выборы лучших игроков в конце матча, которые нельзя скипнуть. В зомби режим не играл.… Expand
  23. sonofsamsux
    Jan 17, 2022
    0
    Terrible game

    Multiplayer and zombies is terrible wouldn’t recommend. I would never buy a call of duty game again after this abomination.
  24. knetis
    Jan 14, 2022
    1
    WW2 is boring, the game mechanics are bad, no content, graphics aren't good by any means, TTK is way too low, camping is beneficial, as a free to play it would be OK
  25. ramkun
    Jan 13, 2022
    0
    Worst system, worst server, worst balance.
    And Sledgehammer Games is completely unaware of Vanguard's problems.
  26. Bashbach1
    Jan 11, 2022
    0
    What happened to this game series Hardly playable at launch, bland gameplay, thousands of micro transactions, no love.

    Do not buy this, play one of the older games, at least they won’t charge you for paint
  27. sosiger
    Jan 8, 2022
    0
    Multiplayer is literally unplayable maps were play tested by absolutely no one, aim assist is actually aim bot on console because f you and campaign is eh at best.
  28. NekoShmaris
    Jan 5, 2022
    3
    When new COD is realese...
    Me: It can't be worst right?
    Uncle Bob: You underestimate my power!
  29. sn0wfr0zt
    Jan 4, 2022
    2
    Always use to love COd series since cod 1. But this is abuse to all customers. Lazy smashed together piece of rubbish they put price tag of 60$ on.

    Campaign: boring and lazy mash Multiplayer: Spawns completely random. Can spawn in enemy base solo, or between enemies in smaller maps like shipment, das haus. MVP votes completely not needed, get old fast and annoying when you already    Always use to love COd series since cod 1. But this is abuse to all customers. Lazy smashed together piece of rubbish they put price tag of 60$ on.

    Campaign: boring and lazy mash

    Multiplayer: Spawns completely random. Can spawn in enemy base solo, or between enemies in smaller maps like shipment, das haus. MVP votes completely not needed, get old fast and annoying when you already want to jump in into next map you are forced to vote as leave button is disabled by that point. To addition you will often see glitches and bugs when nazi ragdoll get smashed and whipped by invincible character. Best plays completely random generated. Player with fury multi kills overruled by dropping bomb hitting 1 enemy. When looking for quick play you are 80% of time put in games which are ending. And you cant pick map you want to play so if you want to go specific map just search and cancel. Camos challenges often glitched and some of them are ridiculous like preciously 3 line rifle 100 bloodthirsties.(when i do it they changed to prone kills). Kill streaks like dogs kills fun as well as hitbox is ridiculous to kill. Tell the difference between friend and foe on hardcore is very challenging as all blurs together.
    Season 1 is not acceptable at all. Incendiary grenades break all the fun of game. Shipmas looks like devs try to make fun of customers all glitches into flares smoke and shaky piece of **** Battlepass never been so lazy before. you try to survive for you no deaths kills camo challenge, you get krampus in your ass. ( completely unnecessary addition). And they still ask for majority cosmetics 2400CP - 16$.

    Zombies : Great mobile app.

    Think all customers need to come together and start petitioning refund as devs clearly having a laugh with this product. For 60$ you need to put effort not copy paste maps and slight change of code + reskin. And I do understand that all teams are stretched across 3 games, but that is not customer concern. YOU ARE SELLING BROKEN AND UNTESTED AAA TITLE.    … Expand
  30. Raziels
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    El peor Call of Duty que he visto junto al resto de los anteriores años en cuanto SBMMM, Activision da puto asco con sus políticas de mierda. Multijugador roto desde el día de lanzamiento, accesorios en las armas que están mal y que hacen que algunas armas te maten de dos balas o menos, mapas horribles para beneficiar a los camperos, todo el mundo sacando la rachita de los perros, deberíaEl peor Call of Duty que he visto junto al resto de los anteriores años en cuanto SBMMM, Activision da puto asco con sus políticas de mierda. Multijugador roto desde el día de lanzamiento, accesorios en las armas que están mal y que hacen que algunas armas te maten de dos balas o menos, mapas horribles para beneficiar a los camperos, todo el mundo sacando la rachita de los perros, debería de llamarse COD Dog, una optimización pésima en el que caen los fps en el multijugador muchas veces
    El emparejamiento por habilidad es el cancer de estos juegos desde hace tiempo y Activision no le da la gana de quitarlo, parece que estás jugando la final de la liga de COD contra tryhards de mierda que parece que se están ganando un premio de miles de dolares.

    Una plaga de hackers en pc y en consola con cronus Zen más de uno que es descaradísimo y todo el mundo aplaudiendo que el Ricocheat era la salvación xD

    Un modo campaña mediocre y el modo zombies es el peor que he visto en mi vida, donde quedaron los modos zombies de COD5, Black Ops 1 y 2 etc, hasta el de Cold War es infinitamente mejor en el modo Outbreak.

    En definitiva una estafa que lo único que hacen es sacar skins de pago en su tienda a 20 pavos y que ni se molestan en devolver la diversión que muchos hemos podido disfrutar con juegos como MW2, me rio en la cara de aquellos que siguen defenfiendo que los anteriores Cods por 2012 ya tenían SBMM cuando eran por conexión. Ni se os ocurra comprar este juego ni aunque esté rebajas, os aseguro que os vais a enfadar mucho    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 15, 2021
    63
    It’s hard to name a single thing about this game that’s worth your time. [Issue#257, p.54]
  2. Gamersky
    Dec 2, 2021
    82
    Call of Duty: Vanguard maintains the usual high level of production of the Call of Duty series, with an excellent cinematic narrative that allows players to have an audio-visual experience of being in the battlefield. The online content is also excellent, the new zombie mode has many good parts, but the thin content makes it difficult to retain players for a long time. Overall, it is still a popular FPS worth trying.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Nov 28, 2021
    60
    With Vanguard, Call of Duty returns to the roots of the series: World War II. The solo campaign is entertaining but short, and the multiplayer is exactly as expected: full of action and adrenalin. However, the few novelties are not spectacular enough to lift it above mediocrity.
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