Call of Duty: Vanguard

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 692 Ratings

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  1. ToeCutter69
    Nov 7, 2021
    1
    Heckin garbage game, COD has descended to Ubisoft levels of ass, limp wristed worthless storytelling, DO NOT BUY WITH MONEY
  2. SUN9I
    Nov 7, 2021
    1
    Literally trash. Blm and feminist agenda is far not the worst part of the game. What is actually worse is the attention to details and dumb storyline. Characters talking without opening their mouth, Soviets using T34-85 tanks and AS44 rifles in 1942 though they appeared only in 1944. Japanese on the islands using german equipment. Seriously, it's 2021, how can you let those in AAALiterally trash. Blm and feminist agenda is far not the worst part of the game. What is actually worse is the attention to details and dumb storyline. Characters talking without opening their mouth, Soviets using T34-85 tanks and AS44 rifles in 1942 though they appeared only in 1944. Japanese on the islands using german equipment. Seriously, it's 2021, how can you let those in AAA project. If you care about the players, of course. I'll give 1 point for the Assassin's Creed: Stalingrad, it was hilarious but come on. Soviet parkourist-nurse-sniper? Are you fuc*ing serious? I understand that you are running out of ideas this is too much. Cringe dialogues between Polina and her family members. German boss-sniper who gets stabbed by Polina, stuns her and runs away instead of instantly killing her. And this is only a small part of what awaits you inside the game. Save your money, buy some flowers for your mom.… Expand
  3. jager_you
    Nov 9, 2021
    1
    You can't play this game us you like. If you are good player, who like to play with meta guns, get ready to play in shadow lobbies with cheaters. Also everything is broken. Destructibility on maps is not necessary. 2 of 3 snipers are usless. This game tries to be similar to the last 19 game and i don't like it.
  4. Mr_Dog_Dozer
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Что можно сказать про эту игру, посмотрел и как сказать из нормальной серии сделали помойку одно и тоже каждый год шлепают только текстуры меняются
  5. EgeSS
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    This game is the worst cod game I have ever seen. İts a TRASH! (Der Müll) Definitely not worth your money.
    I miss the old cod games...
  6. Jjlare0228
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    the worst game in the entire Call of duty saga. far from real and a game far from being on these next generation platforms
  7. fasteRules
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Horrible multiplayer
    Sniper unplayable
    Too low TTK ( like Hardcore)
    unballanced weapons ( ar can kill in two bullet..)
    No recoil
    PC Version VS Console = aim assist land
    ENORMOUS BUGS AND FREEZE , FRAMEDROPS WITH AN RTX 3080 -,-
    **** zombie

    i regret to have spend 60 euros in this game, hello MW2019 goodbye vanguard
  8. Ragodnar
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Все коричневое как *****! Персонажи страшные. Дурацкая мини игра по выбору лучшего игрока после каждой катки - трата времени. Стрельба - клон mw 2019
    Старые убогие стволы, собаки и бомбы. Фу.
  9. jts2
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    Absolute garbage. I played for several hours in the open multiplayer beta and deleted it the same day. This review will cover only multiplayer. Note that I haven’t played CoD seriously since BO3.

    Pros - • weapon customization Cons - • historically inaccurate, sometimes criminally • awful multiplayer maps • bad spawns (spawning behind enemies or even in front of them) • guns either kill    Absolute garbage. I played for several hours in the open multiplayer beta and deleted it the same day. This review will cover only multiplayer. Note that I haven’t played CoD seriously since BO3.

    Pros -
    • weapon customization

    Cons -
    • historically inaccurate, sometimes criminally
    • awful multiplayer maps
    • bad spawns (spawning behind enemies or even in front of them)
    • guns either kill in two shots or are hit marker simulators, there is no middle ground
    • kill streaks (instead of score streaks) encourage players to play TDM in every game mode and ignore objectives
    • boring kill streak rewards
    • so many explosions and particles that you literally cannot see anything in some maps (my particles were turned all the way down!)
    • way too much flair with very little substance

    Play the open beta and see for yourself. Don’t waste your money on this garbage.    … Expand
  10. Discordest
    Nov 26, 2021
    1
    Зомби режим мертв, и ничто его уже не спасет. А сама игра - рескин MW2019.
  11. Dallsolso
    Nov 27, 2021
    1
    Horrible multiplayer. Bugs all over the place and generally unplayable. The playerbase seems to enjoy toxicity and the heavily expanded gunsmith is a little jarring.
  12. muaddi
    Dec 4, 2021
    1
    Prorussian fascist propaganda, Activision tries to whitewash bloody russian(soviet) history
  13. la_pieuvre
    Dec 6, 2021
    1
    Terrible multiplayer. Design to let anyone a chance. You don't have skills no worry this game is design for you! You can see and shoot player through the wall, enemy respawn in your back, to be sure you don't kill too many of them. Sniper riffles are insanely slow, assault riffles are over powered you can kill someone across the map without flinch in 3 bullets, but a shot with a sniperTerrible multiplayer. Design to let anyone a chance. You don't have skills no worry this game is design for you! You can see and shoot player through the wall, enemy respawn in your back, to be sure you don't kill too many of them. Sniper riffles are insanely slow, assault riffles are over powered you can kill someone across the map without flinch in 3 bullets, but a shot with a sniper rifle in the upper torso : hit marker... The game balancing has been mad to be sure that all casual player can have a chance against skilled player, levelling down the game and removing the essence of the competition! This is to video game what participation trophy are to sport!… Expand
  14. Dethstarr
    Dec 7, 2021
    1
    Really like Black Ops Cold War. Which is still a game I play constantly. So I was excited to see this.
    This game play feels like Warzone, whereas, I like Black Ops Cold War and this feels like Warzone all the way.
    A big issue for me was the poor level design. It just felt like something was worse than what I already have. The guns felt really off and unsatisfying and I didn't like    Really like Black Ops Cold War. Which is still a game I play constantly. So I was excited to see this.
    This game play feels like Warzone, whereas, I like Black Ops Cold War and this feels like Warzone all the way.
    A big issue for me was the poor level design. It just felt like something was worse than what I already have. The guns felt really off and unsatisfying and I didn't like the way they customise or the lack of variety, which is not done half so well as they do in Black Ops Cold War.

    I absolutely despised the interface for all of that. It was awful and felt like a step backwards.

    They kept focusing on these corny character narratives and animations. Whereas I just couldn't care less. I just wanted a good multiplayer experience with lots of weapons and a range of decent maps.
    But it was not there. Even the graphics look like a downgrade to me. But I thought it was the same engine so I do not see why that happened. It feels like they focused more on cutscenes and characters I couldn't care less about, than gameplay and maps.

    The cutscenes drove me really nuts. If I wanted to watch an animated movie, I would buy one. Not a game. It was like when you have a movie you love, then a sequel comes along, made in today's hollywood environment, and it totally destroys it. Had to refund it as it doesn't really want to be a game. It wants to be a movie and the lack of focus on gameplay really shows where it matters

    Maybe it will mature. Remove the nonsense cutscenes, create far better maps. Which means less restrictive maps of a reasonable size. Remove the super annoying barriers to where you can go on maps. Sort out the weirdly inconsistent graphics.

    It desperately needs more weapons and customisation to earn progression and motivate me to play.

    They went off on a really odd direction with this, breaking the things I really like about Black Ops Cold War and trying to make an animated movie. Even the campaign is unplayable. Super scripted to the point you feel like you don't really matter that much.

    For me COD is a multiplayer game. This went backwards in a big way.    … Expand
  15. Thunerbolt
    Dec 17, 2021
    1
    Okay!- its just a game- relax! No I won't.
    Weapons wrong, tanks wrong, designs on them is wrong, players are not accurate soldiers to say the least.
    This game is a woke joke. Everything wrong with Americas education system all wrapped up with a bow on top. Our guys that lived the horrors of WW2 deserve better. These kids are playing these games and may be learning at the same time. Their    Okay!- its just a game- relax! No I won't.
    Weapons wrong, tanks wrong, designs on them is wrong, players are not accurate soldiers to say the least.
    This game is a woke joke. Everything wrong with Americas education system all wrapped up with a bow on top. Our guys that lived the horrors of WW2 deserve better. These kids are playing these games and may be learning at the same time. Their liberal teacher isn't making sure they have accurate history so now they grow up thinking that a woman who looks like shes from Panama with a red sash is a WW2 commando. Russian women snipers? Fine I get it. Also love how nazis are faceless and called "the right" when in reality they were National Socialists- same as the socialist you might find in America on the democrat "Left" in America today. They made this game in a hurry. These designers better pull their head out of their #%+!    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. Darthryan
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    Very buggy. Developers gave up. This is the year to skip COD. Zombies is tedious and kinda boring. Multiplayer maps consist of teams randomly throwing grenades hoping for the best
  18. antaruch
    Nov 10, 2021
    0
    WWII ... no Germans no Japanese multiplayer... Reskin of Modern Warfare for full price.
  19. Serij
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    It´s the same headless chicken running like every **** year. It was fun for a while in MW2019, but i don´t know how braindead you have to buy this **** every **** year. At this point it is just 60 bucks for a Warzone weapon leveling mode.
  20. merc4hire
    Dec 10, 2021
    0
    SJW trash that spits in the face of all the men who died fighting in ww2 so that a leftist fantasy of women heroes that slaughtered nazis could be fullfilled. IT WAS MEN INCLUDING MY GRANDFATHER WHO WERE FIGHTING NOT LESBIAN SOVIET WOMEN
  21. benhez
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Disgusting, offensive, disrespectful, dump on the graves of millions of people who fought and lived and died for us. Do not support this disgrace!
  22. cruel_hedgehog
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    A VERY short campaign, unnaturally drawn out by blunt insertions and blockings.
    There are VERY few beautiful places. Secondary "landscapes" are painted poorly - walked 1.5 meters from the route and enjoy the corners, curved polygons, low-quality models and textures.
    Sounds awful - everything. The atmosphere does not create and the weapon is similar to paintball. The storyline is just    A VERY short campaign, unnaturally drawn out by blunt insertions and blockings.
    There are VERY few beautiful places. Secondary "landscapes" are painted poorly - walked 1.5 meters from the route and enjoy the corners, curved polygons, low-quality models and textures.

    Sounds awful - everything. The atmosphere does not create and the weapon is similar to paintball.
    The storyline is just super dumb. In general, the game was done quickly in order to cut down the money.

    The return, unfortunately, was not approved by "played too much". Blizzard in this regard has an absolutely blunt-nosed system - we ourselves will decide whether you played a lot or a little.

    Multiplayer: there are few cards, few modes, the netcode is corrupted - on the kilcam it is often not at all what you saw.

    I want my money back!    … Expand
  23. 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
  24. DestinyLord1134
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Woke SJW trash, as is tradition in the modern gaming market. Looks like all of the most recent shooters are failures.
  25. Zup421
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Another cod game with no soul... and a game that has succumb to wokeness... 30mins in game and you alleredy gets shoved down a big pile of feel bad that you are a man with a high ego.... Sad times, sad times...

    Over-all game experience is bad, games are slow and TTK ( time to kill) is way to fast. often you will get one tapped in foot with full hp. If you never have tryed to get a nuke    Another cod game with no soul... and a game that has succumb to wokeness... 30mins in game and you alleredy gets shoved down a big pile of feel bad that you are a man with a high ego.... Sad times, sad times...

    Over-all game experience is bad, games are slow and TTK ( time to kill) is way to fast. often you will get one tapped in foot with full hp. If you never have tryed to get a nuke or in this game a V2 rocket. its the game for you because it way to easy...

    The campaign is full of invisible walls, no real reason to explore the levels. Its basically close to be the same old WW2 story we have played though so many times. Will say the cutscenes, are good, like really good. The campaign is really short and you will be left with a feeling that you rather wants to play the cutscenes, then watch them...

    Graphics: Its like the game have three different types of graphics sometimes the game looks really good, other times a face of a human or dog will look like ****

    Multiplayer: The game is a Cod game... One new gun power level mode called "patrol" this mode is just a easy way to get gun levels, so you can use them in warzone... The game still has no focus on cooperative play, you are solo soldier running around, so dont expect anything from your teammates... in my opinion the multiplayer is worse in anyways... you will feel like a headless chicken running around and shooting in a room full of other headless chickens...

    Zombie mode is **** holy **** it suck's.... not cutscenes, no story, they removed aline gun, raygun and stormgun from the game mode... The mode it self is just three things you have to do... escorting a flying skull, havest dog tags and last thing defend against a blitz of zomebies coming out of the same holes... the zomebie mode is barebone nothing new...

    Call of duty vanguard is in my opinion a cheap cash grab... fast money for a dying company... but we can use the game for one thing. A reminder that we dont need a new COD game every year... We could wait five years and hope they would come up with something interesting and new... I have 95 hours in this game and i will never get them back... Dont do what i did and spend 95 hours in this game.....    … Expand
  26. Kubulinio
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Shame, the Call of duty (2019) was so good at the begin, they can ruined everything. This call of duty is total carp, zero balance of the game, so many cheater, its only a re-skin of call of duty modern warfare. No thanks.
  27. 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
  28. kantorr
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    First off, I'd like to address the other negative reviewers in this section. As you will see, the main negative comment for this game is that the campaign was too woke. It is a shame that these negative reviewers identify more with the Nazis in the game than the Allies.

    Very mild spoilers to explain: One of the first points in the story is that the Nazi leader can't understand why the    First off, I'd like to address the other negative reviewers in this section. As you will see, the main negative comment for this game is that the campaign was too woke. It is a shame that these negative reviewers identify more with the Nazis in the game than the Allies.

    Very mild spoilers to explain:
    One of the first points in the story is that the Nazi leader can't understand why the black guy "who thinks he's british does he?" is allowed to lead the Allies' covert ops team. Apparently other reviewers, having seen that, and the interaction with the Army 93rd all black regiment, still don't understand that they are white supremacists in the same capacity as the Nazis and Jim Crow enthusiasts.

    The alleged "feminist" agenda is in reference to one of the covert ops team being a Russian female nurse that filled in as a sniper during the battle at Stalingrad and became a local hero. Nothing overpowering or forceful whatsoever. These reviewers are just so lost in their misogyny and racism that those plot points seem like the major themes of the story instead of vignettes to fill in character arcs.

    No story spoilers here:
    The campaign overall is one of the best in the COD franchise history, in tight competition with Cold War from last year for the best in recent history. The visuals are truly next generation, sporting the most realistic facial expressions you will see in any game for years to come. The writing and voice acting is superb on all fronts.

    Ultimately, though, you are not purchasing this title for the short-lived campaign spectacle, and instead want to know how the multiplayer and zombies game modes compare to other COD titles.

    Zombies:
    If you are desperate for the newest zombies experience, put away your wallet. The "zombies" mode in this title is incredibly underdeveloped. There is no easter egg. The pack a punch unlocks automatically after the first round. There is no depth of gameplay. It is not even the same round-based gameplay we all know and love. Zombies starts off in a relaxed "hub" area where players can vote on which portal to go through next. Each portal leads to one of three minigame modes. Once the minigame is complete, the team returns to the hub and you get to choose the next minigame. Dull. As. **** But it gets worse, after the first five or so minigames are completed, you then only have one option: play whichever minigame RNGesus allows you to play. No more choosing how you spend your time on this worthless mode, just the game begging you to stop playing so you can move onto something more productive and enjoyable in your pitiful existence.

    Multiplayer:
    Should be called "multiunplayable" in my opinion. Lag compensation is back with a vengeance my friends. You used to think when watching a kill cam "oh that's not what happened, I shot first". Well get ready to think "oh that's not what happened, I didn't see them spawn, hike six miles to my location, stop and set up camp, roast a pheasant they spent 2 hours hunting for on the fire, enjoy a supple meal, take a midday nap, spot my pasty white ass ambling across the no man's zone, fire 17 magazines into the empty space around me, then switch to their shotgun and no scope me 20 meters away, that's not what happened at all". If you think this is an exaggeration, waste $60 on this game and find out. Other things to note about multiplayer: the perennial bugs of server lag, camos and challenges aren't tracking, game crashing, and trash spawns make their appearances once again to remind you that ActiBlizz does not give a flying **** about fixing their games post launch. If you have had the pleasure of never playing COD before, this means that they will not fix these issues, just as they didn't with BO:CW, MW2019, and every single title before that.

    The campaign is the diamond in the rough of this game, and by "rough" I mean steaming hot pile of **** that I should've known better than to have invested money in, again.    … Expand
  29. BearGrills
    Nov 10, 2021
    0
    A good word to describe the entirety of this game is "Boring", the game is just pretty much the same thing we have seen before but worse, the only step up is the cinematics which are too long and awkwardly placed.
  30. TheShadow535
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Call of Duty is DEAD!!!!!!! many glitches, terrible spawn engine. Anyone who says this game is good is a stupid noobie. They even re-hashed old maps from other cod's. No imagination. The MVP mode at the end of each map is for chumps. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY
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Metascore
72

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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