Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1872 Ratings

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  1. Lekex
    Jul 7, 2020
    6
    Un buen juego que ha logrado recuperar mi interés por el multi en el multijugador a pesar de los especialistas, en zombies deja que desear.
  2. BigheadedDerek
    Jul 18, 2020
    6
    Would be higher if the micro transaction system wasn’t so anti consumer From the beginning. This game in its entirety would be a 9 if it included a true campaign and had a better micro transaction system from the start.
  3. chernandez31
    Feb 23, 2022
    6
    The MP was pretty solid and blackout was a bit underrated, I preferred it over Warzone. Zombies were very bland and no story is an insult.
  4. gwey
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    the point of the game is the online multiplayer which is okay but nothing impressive
  5. reubenluso
    Jul 20, 2022
    6
    It's not perfect but still entertaining with things in it, maps guns characters all that is decent still but most isn't yet
  6. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
  7. system11
    Oct 29, 2018
    5
    What's there is very good, but this feels impossible to recommend as a full price game due to the lack of everything except bare essentials. The menus are confusing, there's not much in the way of instructions for modes and so on - purely aimed at hardcore existing players who will be able to muddle through it. No story mode is a huge let down as it's a good way to learn the basics ofWhat's there is very good, but this feels impossible to recommend as a full price game due to the lack of everything except bare essentials. The menus are confusing, there's not much in the way of instructions for modes and so on - purely aimed at hardcore existing players who will be able to muddle through it. No story mode is a huge let down as it's a good way to learn the basics of control and weapons.

    Feels like half a product. As such, I'm giving it half a score.    … Expand
  8. AsaZimbabwe
    Feb 11, 2019
    5
    this game is not for single player or offline play, and not for beginners or casual gamers...

    install from disc takes about 3 hours + updates, so it might be several hours before you are actually playing... the graphics look good, the controls handle well, and there are tons of customization options, but it still feels disappointing... while some games have too much hand-holding,    this game is not for single player or offline play, and not for beginners or casual gamers...

    install from disc takes about 3 hours + updates, so it might be several hours before you are actually playing...

    the graphics look good, the controls handle well, and there are tons of customization options, but it still feels disappointing...

    while some games have too much hand-holding, this game has no hand-holding, and very vague tutorials; even for a veteran gamer it is a bit confusing getting into your first mission...

    a few modes to choose from with little-to-no explanation, and a few locked modes also with no description what they are or why they are locked leads to trial by fire, and quick, confusing deaths - especially if you try to jump into online multiplayer...

    the closest thing to single player, Zombies, has a Resident Evil meets Left 4 Dead feel to it, but even on Casual is pretty difficult and confusing... why i would run out of ammo so fast and have no idea what my objective was, on easy mode, is beyond me...

    after some online research i found out i had to earn points to open doors (point-gates), to get artifacts, to unlock more point-gates, rinse-repeat; and points i earn also unleash new waves of zombies, upping the difficulty…

    only by looking online did i find out that i could add AI teammates, called Bots, to my squad; adding Bots only seems to complicate things more, even though the Bots have pretty competent AI, you cannot command them in any way at all, they are liable to steal your kills/points and may or may not open doors for you, but they will definitely raise the wave difficulty fast, potentially leading you to quicker deaths...

    Zombies only starts with three maps: Titanic, Alcatraz, and Roman Coliseum... Titanic offers some exploration, but feels limited fast; the Coliseum is immediately claustrophobic and annoying, this type of level design really doesn't belong in a shooter, if it wasn't confined enough, walls of flames lock you into close quarters with dozens of zombies and limited ammo almost immediately, baffling considering melee combat is so limited; Alcatraz looks good and provides some room for exploration, but is also frustratingly linear, repetitive and overwhelming...

    my few attempts to join online multiplayer took quite a bit of settings guess-work, loading and holding screens (15 minutes) only to be instantly killed over and over (within 30 seconds or less) while i had no idea what the heck was happening, where i was supposed to go, who was on my team, who was shooting me, what was the objective, etc... i found that pretty frustrating as i'm sure did my teammates, whoever they were...

    i am not completely incompetent at shooters; i've completed Doom, Destiny, Wolfenstein, Battlefield, previous CoD's; but man, getting online here is just instant death and frustration; not motivated to figure out what went wrong, why, or how to improve....

    you can tell a lot of work went into this game, but it seems like it was trying to appeal exclusively to multiplayer online shooter savvy gamers so much that it leaves any newcomers or solo players completely left out; it is customizable, modal, and online-centric to a fault: it's hard to find a fun entry point or any sense of direction as a casual gamer looking for a story or campaign...

    comparatively, i really enjoyed the single player campaign of the last Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare; unfortunately this new CoD is clearly not meant for gamers like me, nothing like that experience can be found here...

    i just kind of don't care if i never play this again after one frustrating night, no wonder the price dropped to $39 so fast..

    anyone looking for a fun, single-player shooter, i could easily recommend recent Doom, Wolfenstein, Resident Evil releases over this    … Expand
  9. Floosticky
    Oct 15, 2018
    5
    Its becoming increasingly clear that that the video game industry is corrupt. How any self respecting reviewer could give this game more than a 5 is disgusting. Activision used multiple maps from prior games, tacked in a tired zombie mode and a me too PUBG battle royale. No single player campaign and limited new content this is not a $60 game and to add insult to injury, Activision isIts becoming increasingly clear that that the video game industry is corrupt. How any self respecting reviewer could give this game more than a 5 is disgusting. Activision used multiple maps from prior games, tacked in a tired zombie mode and a me too PUBG battle royale. No single player campaign and limited new content this is not a $60 game and to add insult to injury, Activision is going to turn around and charge for dlc content that they were to greedy to include in the intial release.… Expand
  10. Robinjhoe
    Oct 22, 2018
    5
    I am certainly positivily surpised. WW2 Cod was complete trash but had atleast a campaign (even if its a bad one, all the cods before had campaigns but these werent good either but atleast there.) So they decided to butch the campaign from the game for the battle royal mode. And i couldnt care less about that mode because seriously **** battle royal.

    *EDIT*: Well now one week passed by    I am certainly positivily surpised. WW2 Cod was complete trash but had atleast a campaign (even if its a bad one, all the cods before had campaigns but these werent good either but atleast there.) So they decided to butch the campaign from the game for the battle royal mode. And i couldnt care less about that mode because seriously **** battle royal.

    *EDIT*: Well now one week passed by most people already hit prestige one and two and the weapon meta is here. And by god is it broken. I like to play with lmgs cause they have a nice kickback and sound good and of course cause i have a small dick. Guess i can go **** myself because by now people play only mp or shotgun. I can understand that its "good gameplay" if someone ambushes me and kills me with a knife. Im ok with that. But if i get melted by someone dual wielding a mp and the only way to counter is to not play guns i like, thats just annoying and bad balance.

    Anyway. It serously feels like something new in this goddamn franchise. Because while everything after ghosts seriously didnt do anything new. This game atleast tries to go in a new direction.
    Health regeneration is gone which is good because now health atleast gets a bit more tactical. Operators can now only picked by one team member which gives every operator an important role and more importance for the team. The weapons feel nice and have the right kick behind it, but there arent too many. Hopefully they add more, but it will be locked behind dlc because this is Activision.

    Zombie mode is were Treyarch keeps shining imo and while i havent played the zombie maps that much yet, i already like them.

    Listen. This is Cod. What do you expect? Change? They tried and im more then impressed, keeping in mind that ghosts, aw, iw and ww2 were complete horse s**it, this atleast doesnt stink so much. Its fun, im having fun and thats all i ask for tbh. ITs ok for a cod game.

    Still it doesnt justify trashing the campaign. I hope they just acidentally f**ed up and didnt have the time to fix it. But it probably was greed, and waht they could do.    … Expand
  11. DanielG
    Oct 21, 2018
    5
    I admit I haven't played a Call of Duty game since Black Ops 1 on the PS3. Given this COD went full out on MP only (which I honestly think is the best idea you could have with any military FPS these days) I figured I'd maybe give it a whirl. Soon to discover 10 seconds in a TDM and you can't even get headshots no more! Its really frustrating when you look on a kill cam to only see you shotI admit I haven't played a Call of Duty game since Black Ops 1 on the PS3. Given this COD went full out on MP only (which I honestly think is the best idea you could have with any military FPS these days) I figured I'd maybe give it a whirl. Soon to discover 10 seconds in a TDM and you can't even get headshots no more! Its really frustrating when you look on a kill cam to only see you shot the person in the head two times but to die from them gut shooting you to death. This alone puts it into a different genre all together. Its become a game like Overwatch except not as good. I've never been really into Battle Royal games so Blackout isn't important to me. Zombies is still what you expect which is good. The base traditional MP is way too cartoony now. I can't take it seriously when I pump half a magazine into someone and they don't die. Sure it got rid of the silly insta-regen. Only to make it more ridiculous with this bullet sponge system.… Expand
  12. miccael
    Oct 13, 2018
    5
    I wanted to give Black Ops 4 props, praise and good review for innovating in Battle Royale "genre", but I cannot. Because Black Ops and call of duty are not new games and adding BR mode but scrapping SP is not good for me, especially for £50 pricetag. Someone who has played beta, both MP and BR, basically 90% is exactly the same on release.
    on good side - Battle Royale works well, taking    I wanted to give Black Ops 4 props, praise and good review for innovating in Battle Royale "genre", but I cannot. Because Black Ops and call of duty are not new games and adding BR mode but scrapping SP is not good for me, especially for £50 pricetag. Someone who has played beta, both MP and BR, basically 90% is exactly the same on release.
    on good side - Battle Royale works well, taking account that this runs in old cod engine, it works well.
    I had little connectivity issues, graphics aren't great but it's best first person BR I have seen.
    Zombies - I don't care, I only play MP and SP in cods.
    Multiplayer - it's not quite B03 but better B02. operators - I.e. classes, are OK, seem to be balanced for now, but game is too much team oriented, which cod never was.i still think armour is broken and health system is unnatural for cod.
    game is just slightly better cod BO2 and not as jumpy as Bo3.
    Sadly campaign is gone, but in all honesty - i didn't like bo3 campaign. Bo2 was good and so was bo1.
    Some MP modes like Control is totally broken with easy spawn killing.
    This game really needs some polish before I can increase my review score. 5/10 now.    … Expand
  13. Ptrac
    Oct 15, 2018
    5
    They should've just put out Blackout as a standalone DLC a la FOrtnite. Its nothing new but it is an interesting enough survival mode. People would've even paid 19.99 for it. The rest of the game is the SAME utter twitch shooting garbage that you have played OVER and OVER and OVER. They added some elements stolen from other games like just Cause and Shadow Warrior. prepared to getThey should've just put out Blackout as a standalone DLC a la FOrtnite. Its nothing new but it is an interesting enough survival mode. People would've even paid 19.99 for it. The rest of the game is the SAME utter twitch shooting garbage that you have played OVER and OVER and OVER. They added some elements stolen from other games like just Cause and Shadow Warrior. prepared to get bodied by Aim-botting clans and try hards who play this game 24/7. Th game has completely embraces the toxic multiplayer model and abandoned Any support for solo or offline , tactical players. Even beyond that. Even if you enjoy Multiplayer FPS twitch shooters. this game still is rehashed, reskinned, derivative rubbish. The video game community awaits Red Dead Redemption 2. until then. Play this one at your own peril.… Expand
  14. ZBeeB
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    wow amazing wow amazing wow amazing wow amazing wow amazing wow amazing wow amazing
  15. JimmieReview
    Dec 1, 2018
    5
    My opinion is based on never having played a battle royal game before.
    I really enjoyed the battle royale in this game. If your new to it, you have many fun hours ahead of you.
    But that is also all this game have to offer. The other multiplayer is just the same mini maps running around like headless chicken shooting people coming around corners and plenty of camping. And battle royale    My opinion is based on never having played a battle royal game before.
    I really enjoyed the battle royale in this game. If your new to it, you have many fun hours ahead of you.
    But that is also all this game have to offer. The other multiplayer is just the same mini maps running around like headless chicken shooting people coming around corners and plenty of camping.
    And battle royale does get boring after some time. Especially since there is only one map (it is a good map, but still - it gets repetitive).
    So if your fine forking up the price to just play the battle royale, you will probably enjoy this. But for me, ultimately it feelt like it was not worth the price. And they seem to have no plans on expanding on it either. This game should have been 30 USD, or it should have had a good singleplayer experience. Which is why I can only give it a 5/10 - it just is not worth the asking price    … Expand
  16. BenTheBallsack
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    It's too expensive for what it offers. Between the zombies and multiplayer combined it feels much less than previous Treyarch titles. There's no campaign, and Blackout will get boring quick unless they add new modes to it. Without a campaign and achievement hunting, it takes away dozens of hours of quality gameplay where you can sit back relax and enjoy yourself.

    God knows how much    It's too expensive for what it offers. Between the zombies and multiplayer combined it feels much less than previous Treyarch titles. There's no campaign, and Blackout will get boring quick unless they add new modes to it. Without a campaign and achievement hunting, it takes away dozens of hours of quality gameplay where you can sit back relax and enjoy yourself.

    God knows how much you're going to have to spend to get DLC items for this game. This game should be $29.99 or at most $39.99.    … Expand
  17. ZeoN
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    Esencia Black Ops II, muy recomendado para los fans de la saga Black Ops. Mapas remasterizados, y buen modo Battle Royale en 1era persona
  18. Jhawk525
    Jun 23, 2019
    5
    This is in no way an improvement over BO3, its a downgrade in fact. I guess its better if you like BR but I don't. Healing system is stupid, takes away from the fluidity of combat. Very choppy and unstable frame rate on console. Menus are a cluttered mess. You can't play certain specialists sometimes. BO3 is better in every way hands down. You can buy so many better things/games with $60This is in no way an improvement over BO3, its a downgrade in fact. I guess its better if you like BR but I don't. Healing system is stupid, takes away from the fluidity of combat. Very choppy and unstable frame rate on console. Menus are a cluttered mess. You can't play certain specialists sometimes. BO3 is better in every way hands down. You can buy so many better things/games with $60 instead of this, save your money.… Expand
  19. BluePhoeniX
    Nov 6, 2018
    5
    I give this game credit for a fun Multiplayer, a good Battle Royale mode, and a fascinating Zombies Experience. This game would be a good COD game... if it weren't rushed.

    The HUGE problem with this game is it's unstable, it's poorly optimized, and has probably one of the worst micro-transaction systems to date. In the Zombies mode, the game will crash EVERY TIME you try to get to a    I give this game credit for a fun Multiplayer, a good Battle Royale mode, and a fascinating Zombies Experience. This game would be a good COD game... if it weren't rushed.

    The HUGE problem with this game is it's unstable, it's poorly optimized, and has probably one of the worst micro-transaction systems to date. In the Zombies mode, the game will crash EVERY TIME you try to get to a round any higher than 100 without any exploits. The game is also VERY buggy and glitchy, and there was an unacceptably large patch size for launch day with a shocking 50 GB patch size.

    With these facts, you can tell this game was very rushed and Activision was desperate to milk the &*%$ out of this game with poor business practices and bad micro-transactions. It would've been much preferable if the game was released in November. It's just unbelievable how such a mess of a product was put out at launch. This game would've been actually GOOD if it were working properly. I really hope for the sake of this franchise that Treyarch listens to the community and fixes the game before the community itself starts leaving.    … Expand
  20. mboscht
    Feb 20, 2022
    5
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 .
  21. BeyondReviews
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    As a long-time Call of Duty player and lover of the Black Ops series, I have very mixed feelings about Black Ops 4. I shall start with what I enjoyed about BO4 and then get completely blunt honest for all of you gamers who need a solid answer on whether or not to go out and spend your hard-earned cash on this game.

    Firstly, I appreciate the developers incorporating the favourites of    As a long-time Call of Duty player and lover of the Black Ops series, I have very mixed feelings about Black Ops 4. I shall start with what I enjoyed about BO4 and then get completely blunt honest for all of you gamers who need a solid answer on whether or not to go out and spend your hard-earned cash on this game.

    Firstly, I appreciate the developers incorporating the favourites of Black Ops series including Slums. Treyarch has really listened in this area and grabbed hold of what their fans enjoy. I also enjoyed the step back to traditional COD multiplayer to go forward in the series. No more wall running and jetpacks...to me this was a winning aspect. However, you decide whether or not you like this or not. The next thing I really liked was the step to grab hold of the huge and exciting new genre of Battle Royale. Now I am not one for Fortnite, PUBG or H1Z1...but I really do enjoy some aspects of Blackout.

    Now onto the bad... You will see some reviews saying "best in the series" or "great multiplayer"... I say 'Yeah, nahh'. To me, it feels like Treyarch was very lazy in all three areas of the game - multiplayer, blackout (battle royale) and zombies. In multiplayer, I experienced very similar gameplay to black ops 3, just without the boosters and the most frustrating thing of all was the spawn killing. I played approximately 30 matches and can say in every match I played I got spawn-killed at least 5 times. The battle royale mode, Blackout is very good looking and at first, I really enjoyed the movement and overall gameplay. However, after playing for around 10 matches, the battle royale mode got extremely bland and it took every strand of motivation to keep trying to give it a chance to impress me and hook me...but sadly it did not.

    Zombies is fun and I really enjoy it. The new arena based map is very enjoyable and gives the player a lot of satisfaction of searching around for guns while zombies and other bigger foes try to take you down. If I was to rate the zombies experience, it would be an 8, compared to my favourite old school maps like Kino and Moon.

    All in all, I am disappointed and will be returning my copy of Black Ops 4. After playing the game for approximately 6 hours and really trying to see the good in this new addition to the Black Ops series, I found that I played everything I needed to in just 6 hours. Oh and p.s I am exceptionally peeved off that Treyarch released the game with a day one update of 55gig. Absolutely disgraceful Treyarch. A pass grade for this attempt Treyarch, but you didn't give us much to play with...literally.    … Expand
  22. Zell71
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    Pretty disappointing game in all honesty. It feels more like DLC than a full priced game.
    Blackout feels basic in comparison to fortnite which would be forgiveable considering fortnite is into its 1 year+ but you can’t see the blackout improving with me having to cough up some more cash for better content.
    Multiplayer was fun and was good to see some old maps in the mix. Zombie mode    Pretty disappointing game in all honesty. It feels more like DLC than a full priced game.
    Blackout feels basic in comparison to fortnite which would be forgiveable considering fortnite is into its 1 year+ but you can’t see the blackout improving with me having to cough up some more cash for better content.
    Multiplayer was fun and was good to see some old maps in the mix.
    Zombie mode has never really got my attention in the past.
    In summary - wait for the price to drop before buying. It’s a shell of a game    … Expand
  23. Dragobudokai
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    Este juego es bastante regular, tirandoa malo, personalmente lo unico que disfrute un poco fue el BR pero de ahi, es muy parecido al BO anterior, es demasiado continuista, veo que le dan de 8 para arriba, pero este juego mas de 6 no merece.
  24. Sorcerer206
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    Not a fan, Zombies once again carrying an overpriced letdown by no other than Treyarch.

    Cod 3: flop World at War: a regression from CoD 4 Black Ops: their best game, unique and brilliant Black Ops 2: good but overrated, only bad Zombies mode Black Ops 3: horrible, gamble fest with a horrible campaign Black Ops 4: worst game yet, half the content, double the price Wake up and    Not a fan, Zombies once again carrying an overpriced letdown by no other than Treyarch.

    Cod 3: flop
    World at War: a regression from CoD 4
    Black Ops: their best game, unique and brilliant
    Black Ops 2: good but overrated, only bad Zombies mode
    Black Ops 3: horrible, gamble fest with a horrible campaign
    Black Ops 4: worst game yet, half the content, double the price

    Wake up and realize this company is Call of Dutys doom and not their saviour. You all bag Infinity Ward but they at least had more than 3 great games. They saved Call of Duty from failure twice when Treyarch flopped (Cod 3, World at War). Yes their games are bad now but you are disrespecting their legacy by rating greedy Treyarch as the best.

    Now to the game. No campaign is already a bad mistake. The little tutorial missions are boring and promote characters that have no substance are all 8 year old trash talk.

    Multiplayer is Black Ops III without jet packs. Bland map design, poor hit detection, lag, server crashes, bad weapon balance, dodgy specialist gear and abilities and pay to win gamble boxes

    Blackout is decent but is also plagued with lag and hit detection problems as well as no replayability after a few games

    Never been a big Zombies fan so won't say too much about it but playing a few matches, I felt a good job was done here. Good map design and a variety of things to do will treat the dedicated Zombies fans well

    Overall, some glimmers of hope but a generally trashy game with poor pricing that is once again piggybacked by the bandwagons    … Expand
  25. manofmystery
    Oct 12, 2018
    5
    One big bag of suck more like a full priced add-on for Black-Ops 3.No Campaign just Battle Royale to extract wads of cash from a young player base, to which the Industry is sadly moving towards.

    Maybe time to hang my joypad up and quit.....
  26. darla4029
    Oct 15, 2018
    5
    Here's my take on playing it for he last 3 days...didn't like Zombies at all, im new into the whole "Fortnite" thingy so Im still up in the air about black out, my first reaction is that with all the work you do and you get killed after running 20 football fields and then Whammo!! Your entire game is over....kinda sucks.... BUT HERE'S MY MAIN POINT....Multiplayer, tell me if I'm wrong, itHere's my take on playing it for he last 3 days...didn't like Zombies at all, im new into the whole "Fortnite" thingy so Im still up in the air about black out, my first reaction is that with all the work you do and you get killed after running 20 football fields and then Whammo!! Your entire game is over....kinda sucks.... BUT HERE'S MY MAIN POINT....Multiplayer, tell me if I'm wrong, it feels to me that every single level/map/whatever feels almost exactly the same, the respawning sucks and the maps all feel like its Groundhog day, IT ALL FEELS THE SAME EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS....again, this is only starting my 4th day but so far, not so good… Expand
  27. GravypiePSN
    Oct 16, 2018
    5
    This is ridiculous. The graphics for the environments are poor (ps3 at best) and I didn't really want most of the old maps again. I've owned this game for 2 days and it's going back to the shop today for a trade in. This is the end of COD for me. No more.
  28. aaronjtarquinio
    Nov 10, 2018
    5
    Coming off a fantastic Black Ops 3 experience, I must say I was very hyped for this. But that is all it really will be, hype. Straight off the bat I must say Multiplayer is a compelling pile of trash. The reincarnation of 'Boots on Ground' gameplay is not the same. It is heavily sped up. Guns are all along the lines of over-powered, to the point where the first unlockable handgun is justComing off a fantastic Black Ops 3 experience, I must say I was very hyped for this. But that is all it really will be, hype. Straight off the bat I must say Multiplayer is a compelling pile of trash. The reincarnation of 'Boots on Ground' gameplay is not the same. It is heavily sped up. Guns are all along the lines of over-powered, to the point where the first unlockable handgun is just as good as the last unlockable Sub-Machine gun. (A LOT of buffing is gonna need to be done, Activision.) But for what it is worth, the maps are decent.

    Moving onto 'Blackout', which is honestly still a flaming hot piece of garbage, but nonetheless I'd much rather play that than Fortnite.

    Zombies is where I am giving the game a 5/10. Only because no matter what, Zombies will always hold a special place in my heart. Even if Activision love being tight-asses with their DLC, I will always play the Black Ops series just for that.

    IN CONCLUSION: Don't expect anything 'different' in this game, just Black Ops 3.1 with no moon-jumping.    … Expand
  29. s1bryant019
    Jan 16, 2019
    5
    I have always been a hardcore fan of the Treyarch style of COD game since World at War and carrying forward to Black Ops. While initially disappointed to hear there would not be a single player campaign, the offerings provided in the multiplayer alone is well worth the price of admission. I have never clicked with the PUBG/Fortnite style gameplay but am enjoying blackout mode.

    With all    I have always been a hardcore fan of the Treyarch style of COD game since World at War and carrying forward to Black Ops. While initially disappointed to hear there would not be a single player campaign, the offerings provided in the multiplayer alone is well worth the price of admission. I have never clicked with the PUBG/Fortnite style gameplay but am enjoying blackout mode.

    With all the tweaks, adjustment, fluidity, and removal of characters flying all around the screen it has honed the gameplay performance. The added feature of non-regenerating health makes it feel more tactical allowing for various maneuver, strategy, and a stronger sense of teamwork. It is not Rainbow Six: Siege levels but much more than previous installments.

    EDIT: Since the micro transaction kicked in, I have lowered my score from a 8 to a 5. I can't believe the grind for the simplest thing or paying a dollar for a single red pixel.    … Expand
  30. Kibluar
    Nov 30, 2018
    5
    I'm giving this a 5 because its all the same old sort except for blackout. I'd give blackout a 9/10 by itself, but the lack of a campaign and the same old twitch shooter setup just makes this like any other cod.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 72
  3. Negative: 0 out of 72
  1. GameCritics
    Dec 5, 2018
    50
    It’s not that I can’t respect it — it seems to offer decent value in that it’s essentially three different types of shooter in one package, but aside from the new Blackout mode, I’ve had significantly better experiences from many of its competitors. And honestly, Blackout’s main competition is a free-to-play game. It may be better than Fortnite in my opinion, but sixty dollars better? I’m not entirely convinced about that, and without a decent singleplayer campaign attached, it’s a pretty hard sell for anyone who isn’t already a fan.
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  2. M3
    Nov 27, 2018
    80
    Despite its generic title Black Ops IV feels like a fresh start for Call of Duty. The multiplayer and the zombie mode is very much the same as always, but with Blackout, Treyarch takes everything that is good with Player Unknown's Battleground and makes it better.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 14, 2018
    60
    With no campaign to test your trigger finger, the trio of a safe (albeit polished) battle royale, waning multiplayer, and rotting Zombies make BLOPS4 feel like a relic next to a post-Forsaken Destiny 2. [Issue#156, p.94]
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