Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera

 PC
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Apr 17, 2020
    90
    Activision wisely used his second chance at providing Call of Duty Battle Royale game. Besides great gunplay, players are offered with some pretty interesting innovations in the genre, such as mini objectives and fighting for a chance to get back in the Gulag.
  2. CD-Action
    Apr 17, 2020
    90
    It’s a Call of Duty battle royale which uses the franchise’s DNA better than ever before. From the first match onward it just feels like home. [05/2020, p.46]
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  3. Games.cz
    Mar 23, 2020
    90
    A brilliant battle royale that in many ways copies its competitors but also brings great ideas of its own and doesn’t let you catch your breath for a second. Its connection with the regular Modern Warfare multiplayer mode is just the icing on the cake.
  5. GamingTrend
    Mar 20, 2020
    90
    With all the different battle royale games on the market, all seeming to offer the same experiences, Warzone might give the most realistic, precise, and investing performance of them all, but it will need to stay innovative. Sounds of ricocheting bullets, footsteps of the enemy, and a highly detailed world keep it a cut above its competition. I easily found this to be one of my favorite battle royale games to date.
  6. Game Informer
    Mar 17, 2020
    88
    Infinity Ward’s battle royale offering doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it does add systems that keep you ravenous for constant carnage instead of precision survival. With a bit of arcade flash and an intelligent engagement loop, Warzone is easy to enjoy.
  7. Vandal
    Apr 17, 2020
    87
    Warzone is one of the best Battle Royale out there, with great visuals and fantastic and original ideas… and also some hacking issues. The foundation is incredibly solid, and now it’s only up to Activision keeps updating it and making it cheater-free.
  8. Jeuxvideo.com
    Mar 28, 2020
    85
    Quotation forthcoming.
  9. PC Gamer
    Mar 13, 2020
    82
    Call of Duty: Warzone reaches new heights in battle royale by ditching backpacks and throwing me in a Gulag.
  10. Edge Magazine
    May 22, 2020
    80
    Derivative and at times off-puttingly insistent and flimsy unlocks, it's nonetheless some of Infinity Ward's most considered design in years, and a sign it's ready to get back in the fight. [Issue#346, p.102]
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  11. PCMag
    May 1, 2020
    80
    Call of Duty: Warzone is a shockingly addictive free-to-play shooter. It is highly polished and entirely self-contained, so you don't need to purchase a mainline Call of Duty game to frag your friends in thrilling battle royale action.
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  1. PCWorld
    Mar 11, 2020
    A tense one-on-one respawn mechanic and excellent level design make for the best battle royale since Apex Legends. Now all it needs is a solo mode. [Impressions]
  2. The Verge
    Mar 12, 2020
    Warzone is Call of Duty at its most creative, and it will be fascinating to see how it grows, especially if Activison does indeed try to position it as a viable alternative to Fortnite in the growing BR pantheon.

Awards & Rankings

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#71 Best PC Game of 2020
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#20 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 539 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 107 out of 539
  2. Mixed: 79 out of 539
  3. Negative: 353 out of 539
  1. Jomr
    Apr 4, 2020
    2
    Disaster, this game is unplayable on PC, freezes, crashes, graphics bugs, lag...
    And the gameplay is awful too, very frustrating.
    The    Disaster, this game is unplayable on PC, freezes, crashes, graphics bugs, lag...
    And the gameplay is awful too, very frustrating.

    The funny thing is that Activision pretends you to buy the full game after all this terrible experience, are you kidding me?    … Full Review »
  2. Todish
    Mar 11, 2020
    1
    The game is so bad it does not even fit in the "free to play" space, there should be a special cathegory for this kind of games, somethingThe game is so bad it does not even fit in the "free to play" space, there should be a special cathegory for this kind of games, something like: "Played once and...Never Again!" I don't even know where to start. Everything is wrong, from graphics to the character moving like a wounded rabbit. Shooting feels laggish, weapons recoil feels unrealistic. Also the damage done is totally **** I had a purple weapon and hit one guy in the head 2 times ...he was still alive. Wtf is this? Division? I don't understand the purpose of having 3 players. The game fails to create immersion...also there is nothing in the game to make you actually want to invest :( ...Sorry!… Full Review »
  3. DwaneDibbley
    Apr 5, 2020
    0
    Random crashes. Alot of lagging, terrible performance with FPS droping even to ZERO. Bad game design where you can just buyout your wipedRandom crashes. Alot of lagging, terrible performance with FPS droping even to ZERO. Bad game design where you can just buyout your wiped squad for laughtable ammount of ingame money and throw them dream loadout. Terrible bounty system that let you hunt down marked enemy or just loot free boxes and get rewarded on top of that. And one big thing CoD+FREE=TONS OF HACKERS.… Full Review »
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