Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1872 Ratings

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  1. Joelony
    Oct 12, 2018
    4
    The removal of a single-player campaign is indicative of a company that follows the money (and the trends). The Battle Royale mode does not offer the same level of risk/reward that PUBG does. In fact, the devs of PUBG took lengths to create a balanced game by removing "luck-based" items from normal gameplay. More often than not in BLOPS4, the winner of a Royale game comes down to "is theirThe removal of a single-player campaign is indicative of a company that follows the money (and the trends). The Battle Royale mode does not offer the same level of risk/reward that PUBG does. In fact, the devs of PUBG took lengths to create a balanced game by removing "luck-based" items from normal gameplay. More often than not in BLOPS4, the winner of a Royale game comes down to "is their armor better than yours" I even recorded a gameclip of someone coming up a ladder in level 3 armor, me draining every round from my LMG into them, still shooting them as they got up to my level, and then they turn around and kill me in a few hits (apparently no lag detected). The lack of tactical options (ie not being able to switch firing modes, no leaning, etc) also makes this a subpar Royale offering. The attachments were also underwhelming except for what level of zoom you were using for a scope. The entire experience obviously feels more like COD than a Royale game. However, it does offer a much more enjoyable Royale experience for someone who wants to play a few games by themselves.

    On an Xbox One X with a new 55" 4K TV and HDR, the graphics were underwhelming and not much has changed. Even with the caveat that the graphics need to support 80 players in Royale, I just wasn't impressed. COD4 blew my mind, BLOPS4 just blows.

    Ultimately, the price does not justify the content and the flashy new Royale doesn't have the staying power or the draw to keep me coming back time after time.    … Expand
  2. Gamer10304
    Oct 12, 2018
    1
    Why are people who praise this game taking shots at people who dislike the game? It's blatantly obvious you are being ripped off by investing over $100 into an unfinished product. Fans have a right to be mad about the omission of the campaign and still be charged full price. Blackout does not validate the price tag since Fortnite has a Battle Royale mode for free.

    The specialist    Why are people who praise this game taking shots at people who dislike the game? It's blatantly obvious you are being ripped off by investing over $100 into an unfinished product. Fans have a right to be mad about the omission of the campaign and still be charged full price. Blackout does not validate the price tag since Fortnite has a Battle Royale mode for free.

    The specialist missions are short, boring and serve no purpose other than being a tutorial on how to press 'L1 + R1' for your luck based ability that requires no skill to use. Multiplayer has only 10 new but mediocre MP maps. Making remakes is a lazy excuse to fill up a diminishing roster of garbage maps.

    Blackout itself is a solid mode but not worth the hefty price tag. I personally like vehicles and realistic gameplay over building. However, it is not worth a single dollar if another BR game is free.

    To Blundell and the Zombies team, bravo! You nailed Zombies again and are the only reason this dead beat franchise is even afloat. At least your remakes are genuine and have new storylines and content to the maps instead of being a straight up cut and paste like Multiplayer. The revamped perks system is a fresh perspective and the new cast are fantastic to play as. I like the historical approach to the new maps and the variety of Zombie villains. Zombies alone gets this game to a 1/10

    The schemes of lootboxes, overpriced games, season passes and lack of content at launch is a Treyarch special. It's time to stop them and their paid reviewers from encouraging dirty tactics. You don't see Kratos opening loot boxes to find his latest axe. Treyarch and Activision love rigging their little game of monopoly. They would sell Whitechapel Road without the add on Hotel for the price of Mayfair. Wake up and stop falling for their lies and schemes    … Expand
  3. Shadow_Ornstein
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    Ever notice why Infinity Ward games had a better Supply Drop system? Ever notice why World War II had a fair contract system? Because these developers decided not to be greedy corporate leeches like Treyarch did. Treyarch are no better than Activision and people supporting this game are also supporting gambling, ripping off consumers, brainwashing kids into wasting money and half madeEver notice why Infinity Ward games had a better Supply Drop system? Ever notice why World War II had a fair contract system? Because these developers decided not to be greedy corporate leeches like Treyarch did. Treyarch are no better than Activision and people supporting this game are also supporting gambling, ripping off consumers, brainwashing kids into wasting money and half made games to get that extra dollar. EA has crumbled through their fans taking a stand and not buying Star Wars and Battlefield 5. Treyarch fans should take a note out of EAs book. Take off the nostalgia goggles and see that all you are buying is Black Ops III that is

    (1) Ripping off other trends to stay relevant (e.g. Fortnite, Overwatch, PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege)
    (2) Gradually reducing original content (a whopping 7 remakes this game including Season Pass content)
    (3) Still using an outdated Season Pass model whereas other developers have dropped this unethical trend
    (4) Pushing loot boxes onto a $100 game for multiple modes
    (5) Taking a mode which Fortnite did for free and charging for it
    (6) A 55gb day one patch for yet again server drops
    (7) Clear cut evidence of no money being invested into a better engine. Graphics look worse than Black Ops III (slow rendering, dull colours, poor textures), game mechanics are worse than Black Ops III (lag, bad hit detection) and so called skill based match making is shocking (joining already half finished games and being paired with the 5 worst players against the 6 best)

    I don't know how people support this money soaking trash. Treyarch has been ripping you off since Black Ops II when they put a weapon in the Season Pass. Then it turned to gambling supply drops with no odds shown for getting a weapon. Now it's taking free game modes and charging them whilst shoving Black Ops II and III tactics in your face as well. Black Ops V will force you to pay to play on the Call of Duty servers if the sheep continue to devote to this mediocre company    … Expand
  4. trollkiller55
    Oct 12, 2018
    2
    COD BO has always has the best COD campaigns. Sigh. Oh well I guess 12 year olds have a lot more time/disposable (parents) income to spend on the microtransactions/ and "we'll only show you this if you spend...". A frenetic failure, imo. Wait for Battlefield.
  5. Lonejumper23
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    No campaign, garbage and a waste of my time. That alone to show how lazy the developers are to actually take out a story campaign peace, which is the backbone of any of these games. Then the price after that not being a part of the package....lost me as fan and a player for good.
  6. Phoenix123
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    This game is a big "screw you" to all the older fans of the game. I've been playing Call of Duty since MW1, and have not liked the direction this franchise has been heading since Ghosts. I had a lot of hope for BO4, but the removal of campaign mode for battle royale clearly shows who they're catering too. They only care about the 10 year olds, and not about us veteran players. I'll beThis game is a big "screw you" to all the older fans of the game. I've been playing Call of Duty since MW1, and have not liked the direction this franchise has been heading since Ghosts. I had a lot of hope for BO4, but the removal of campaign mode for battle royale clearly shows who they're catering too. They only care about the 10 year olds, and not about us veteran players. I'll be moving on from CoD now. Thanks for the fun years in the past, but those years have been long gone for me.… Expand
  7. bravocloud
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    Before you drop $60 on this game. Pick up fortnite, for the cost of an xbox one or ps4 monthly subscription, usually around 10 bucks. Why I just spent $60 on a game that is multiplayer only is beyond me. I will be returning this hot garbage, cash grab, today not even 12 hours after my purchase, and NEVER purchase a game from the call of duty series ever again or Activision for that matterBefore you drop $60 on this game. Pick up fortnite, for the cost of an xbox one or ps4 monthly subscription, usually around 10 bucks. Why I just spent $60 on a game that is multiplayer only is beyond me. I will be returning this hot garbage, cash grab, today not even 12 hours after my purchase, and NEVER purchase a game from the call of duty series ever again or Activision for that matter either. This will only stop when we stop buying their garbage. $60 dollars for battle royale,!!!!! Sure its polished, but so are my shoes..... If that is their defense for ripping us off and your buying it, you are the problem..and yes I realize I purchased it and am part of the problem, this is the LAST time I fall for these "polished" excuses for why a game does not have a single player component. Where is the story? The lore? What happened to story telling? Ehhh Im wasting my breath....… Expand
  8. 1John
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    Strikes me as being an absolute load of over-hyped rubbish during first hours play. What's the massive load wait for Battle Royale? Multiplayer still not loaded after 2 hours despite cable connection.

    Then when you get in a rehash of all the old maps.
    Someone's being conned here folks.

    POOR with a capital P!
  9. Seanysean05
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    Horrible. Same old cod. Same multiplayer and zombies as usual nothing new except a Battle Royale mode. Don’t buy!
  10. Jolywonka
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    So boring. I do not know how this game is different from other games in the series.
  11. Eastie_Beastie
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    I wouldnt pay£9.99 for this crap. First of all no campagin. Second of all its a f2p game sold for £59.99. Is this some sort of a joke?
  12. 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
  13. Arsalan99
    Feb 15, 2019
    0
    There is no campaign mode. Is this some kind of joke? This should not be accepted in the gaming community. Paying $60 for an online game with no offline gameplay is ridiculous. Don't let this become a thing.
  14. Codaver1
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    This game is stripped of everything.
    No Campaign
    No achievement/trophy hunting
    Bare bones menu system
    Lack of customizable options
    All maps are upscale models of old Black ops Games
    This feels like Black Ops 3.5 this easily could have been a season pass for BO3 not a full retail game.

    BTW on Xbox 360 and PS3 when they released a multiplayer only COD it was $39.99 not full price
  15. DudeNamedDennis
    Oct 12, 2018
    4
    The last Call of Duty games I really got in to were WaW and MW3. I thought this title would be a good one to get back into the swing of things with. Wow, Call of Duty has really fallen. I won't really get into the season pass and loot box garbage that almost deterred me from buying in the first place (how are these still things in the gaming industry, especially on a triple-A title?).The last Call of Duty games I really got in to were WaW and MW3. I thought this title would be a good one to get back into the swing of things with. Wow, Call of Duty has really fallen. I won't really get into the season pass and loot box garbage that almost deterred me from buying in the first place (how are these still things in the gaming industry, especially on a triple-A title?).

    The graphics on PC might have been good six years ago. Even with everything maxed out and still running at 60+ FPS, it looks pretty bad.

    Regular multiplayer plays like a generic FPS, nothing really exciting about it.

    Blackout is really disappointing, it feels like a poorly executed PUBG clone. I got second place my first match, and for the final one-vs-one we were both in the open strafing and shooting at each other. Again, nothing really exciting about it.

    I can't say much about Zombies mode, my play time was limited in it. What happened to the original Nazi Zombies from WaW? This feels convoluted. I do see other people really enjoying it, so it's probably just me on this one.

    I would comment on the campaign but there isn't one.

    If this title was $29.99 I would feel slightly disappointed. I feel really sorry for anyone who bought the $99.99 and above editions. I probably won't buy any Call of Duty title again.    … Expand
  16. Linkdon
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    So overrated. Why so much hype? For the desync or lag? Or the floaty feel of it? Are these reviewers and twitch streamers paid to play this trash?
  17. Gdgip
    Oct 12, 2018
    1
    This game is incredibly boring and pedestrian compared to Black Ops 3. They think this is what people want, but 3 years down the road it will not have the community that BO3 has. In BO3 you could actually USE the map. You could customize loadouts for meaningful gameplay variety. In this game everything blends together and the maps are Swiss cheese. Very disappointed.
  18. skyr1m
    Oct 13, 2018
    0
    The content does not justify the price tag. Especially since they cut the campaign mode. You can get similar amount of content in some free to play first person shooters. I'm not saying it should be free, but it definitely should not be the price it is. But don't blame them since they knew sheep would buy it regardless of what they added in to them, or didn't add.
  19. Dizzle_Dogg97
    Oct 12, 2018
    3
    For what you are charged, this game is not worth the purchase whatsoever. No campaign which should already drop the price of this game by $20. The specialist missions don't make a good substitute as they are too brief and explore characters that made Black Ops 3 terrible as well as this game.

    Only 10 new Multiplayer maps which look dull and uninspired; and they all have the same 3 lane    For what you are charged, this game is not worth the purchase whatsoever. No campaign which should already drop the price of this game by $20. The specialist missions don't make a good substitute as they are too brief and explore characters that made Black Ops 3 terrible as well as this game.

    Only 10 new Multiplayer maps which look dull and uninspired; and they all have the same 3 lane design. Same hit detection, lag, server and playability issues. Rewarding bad play with participation trophies such as specialists. Bad gun design and sound effects. Cringe worthy quotes and emotes from forgettable characters.

    Blackout is okay but after a few games you have done everything. This mode should be a free downloadable game and not have a price tag like it currently does. It will end up like PUBG and burn to the ground by next year due to its price and more than likely decline in quality like regular Call of Duty games

    Zombies, great as usual. Really enjoy the variety of maps and new characters who are actually engaging to the player. 3 maps on launch is a treat and the new mechanics make the mode feel fresh and fun. Sadly one diamond in a pile of dirt does not make the dirt valuable as well.

    Activision and Treyarch's revenue strategies are appalling and need to be reviewed by gaming regulators. Loot boxes (gambling) in Multiplayer, an expensive season pass with less content, liquid divnium, Blackout content and ridiculous base price for half of a Call of Duty game.

    Treyarch could have been the saviour of Call of Duty but they are the cash grabbers who will exploit every person's wallet if they get the chance. If they cared they would have left Activision, they're in it for the money as well. I feel sorry for people like Jason Blundell who work so hard to make a fun game and it's ruined by the top corporates who seek to leak you of every dollar.

    How this works is each category gets a score out of 2, add all and that's the score out of 10

    Single Player: 0
    Multiplayer: 0
    Blackout: 1
    Zombies: 2
    Pricing/Content/Ethics: 0

    Overall: A lazy and uninspired effort by Treyarch. Black Ops 3 without the jetpacks and ripping off more trends to keep a dying franchise relevant. First they ripped Titanfall and Halo, now its Overwatch and PUBG. If it was going to be a cut and paste game, charge it like one and not like its God of War or Spider-Man. Buy whatever you want, but if you want to see change to what you buy and be charged fairly for what you play, you need to stop buying these unfinished products. $200 for all map content + additional money for Micro DLC and a 55gb day one patch for servers to play up. Poor form Treyarch

    3/10    … Expand
  20. MuSHuWest
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    Zero, because for me there is no COD without a storyline company. Sorry.
    But it is so.
  21. AstartesXVI
    Oct 24, 2018
    0
    Complete rubbish, bad gunplay and connections AND it doesn't even have a campaign which wouldn't really matter is MP was ACTUALLY good....it's not. Bo3 was way better.
  22. Mats2468
    Oct 12, 2018
    3
    Black Ops 4 is no doubt the worst Call of Duty game I ever have played. How the hell can they remove campaign!? It's some of the reasons I buy a COD game. So far the zombies sucks and multiplayer is even worse. The Blackout mode is in other words a waste of time since players today are so tryhards. After buying this game, I highly recomend to stay away from it.
  23. Pawlikowsky
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    No singleplayer, no story, not my COD. 50$ for Battle Royal and Multi and people buy this.. pathetic. Paid reviews.
  24. Prosto_rus
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    The absence of the company, this means that the developer decided to save on production. Multiplayer in fact is no different from the previous parts. Sounds, animations, graphics, physicist, shooting, everything stayed at a terrible level. This is not a full-fledged game that is like an amateur modification for bo2, for which they ask for money. Royal is just ridiculous. Make a game modeThe absence of the company, this means that the developer decided to save on production. Multiplayer in fact is no different from the previous parts. Sounds, animations, graphics, physicist, shooting, everything stayed at a terrible level. This is not a full-fledged game that is like an amateur modification for bo2, for which they ask for money. Royal is just ridiculous. Make a game mode that has become popular and show off them. Shame treyarch… Expand
  25. OnlyOneHere
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    This game is beyond horrible, it doesn't even have a campaign. There are Specialist missions with story instead, which are poorly designed compared to the traditional campaigns. You can't even play those offline. The gun mechanics are trash. The gun sounds are a joke. The physics are horrible.

    Blackout mode is just a cheap version of Battlefield. The developers promised the "best and    This game is beyond horrible, it doesn't even have a campaign. There are Specialist missions with story instead, which are poorly designed compared to the traditional campaigns. You can't even play those offline. The gun mechanics are trash. The gun sounds are a joke. The physics are horrible.

    Blackout mode is just a cheap version of Battlefield. The developers promised the "best and most refined mechanics" in the trailer, yet the mechanics are terrible. You can't even destroy any buildings. This game mode lacks vehicle variety. There are no jet fighters, or any planes to be found. Zombie mode lacks innovation. The regular Multiplayer is boring and repetitive. The maps are about the same as the last game, with a fresh coat of paint.

    The worst part of this game is that it requires a 50 GB patch to play. That makes the physical copy pointless. You can play multiplayer and Zombies with bots and splitscreen offline. But what's the point of having any of that if you need Internet to play? Not everyone has good internet, and it's pathetic how anti-consumer the developers are. The CODs before WWII didn't required internet. I don't recommend this game at all. Internet required games are a disgrace.    … Expand
  26. Easyman
    Oct 12, 2018
    10
    Wow!!! I didn’t think they were able to pull it off but black ops 4 proves that cod can still provide the action and gritty war game that fans want. Blackout is on a whole new level and great addition to the game multiplayer comes back and is still great, and the zombies is fun and challenging like we’ve never seen before. I can’t say this is the best cod game to come out recently but thatWow!!! I didn’t think they were able to pull it off but black ops 4 proves that cod can still provide the action and gritty war game that fans want. Blackout is on a whole new level and great addition to the game multiplayer comes back and is still great, and the zombies is fun and challenging like we’ve never seen before. I can’t say this is the best cod game to come out recently but that doesn’t mean anything to the fact that it is great!!… Expand
  27. BrutallyHnstGmr
    Oct 30, 2018
    0
    MULTIPLAYER SPLIT SCREEN!! Treyarch again punishes the split screen players by shrinking the size of the play field, dumbing down the graphics, and still the game chugs and frame rate drops to unplayable levels. The wife and I enjoy playing Call of Duty, but Black Ops3 was unplayable split screen, IW she loves, I'm not so much a fan, WWII was terrible, and now Black Ops4 is unplayable.MULTIPLAYER SPLIT SCREEN!! Treyarch again punishes the split screen players by shrinking the size of the play field, dumbing down the graphics, and still the game chugs and frame rate drops to unplayable levels. The wife and I enjoy playing Call of Duty, but Black Ops3 was unplayable split screen, IW she loves, I'm not so much a fan, WWII was terrible, and now Black Ops4 is unplayable. The game lasted a week and was returned. There's not enough here, and because we are split screen players, we get punished. When we want our COD fix, we will either play AW or IW, which though I'm not a huge fan of IW, it's still way better than Black Ops4, and with all these games pretty much all being the same thing, there's really no reason to keep buying the new ones, we are done.… Expand
  28. MayCallBsh
    Nov 2, 2018
    0
    I dont get it, why is this game not F2P? The gun play is cheap, there is no campaign, micro-transactions and the servers are really bad. Cant believe i dropped 60 dollars on this crap.
  29. Ben_91
    Oct 30, 2018
    2
    Absolute crap! I traded it in for a partial refund, 3 weeks after purchase.

    I had been saying for months that I won't buy the new COD and waste my money, because I knew what it will be like... but I went ahead and brought it still anyway. And it confirmed my worst fears. It is awful. Like genuinely awful. I played about 2 hours of it and had to switch it off and put AC: Odyssey back    Absolute crap! I traded it in for a partial refund, 3 weeks after purchase.

    I had been saying for months that I won't buy the new COD and waste my money, because I knew what it will be like... but I went ahead and brought it still anyway. And it confirmed my worst fears. It is awful. Like genuinely awful.

    I played about 2 hours of it and had to switch it off and put AC: Odyssey back on, BO4 was that bad. I then didn't play it again for about 2 weeks, and when I did finally play it again, I couldn't bare more than a couple of hours. I just get sick of it, and hate practically every aspect of what it has evolved into. It's like all the previous bad COD's rolled into one, except they've tried to copy fortnight into it.

    The graphics, the combat, the playing styles and gameplay, the glitches, the lack of a campaign etc. They have even ruined Zombies, which used to be COD's only saving grace, up until the past couple, which have been getting progressively worse. Zombies is now ridiculous, with too many far fetched spells and complex procedures that make it too overcomplicated to be worthwhile. It just feels like a big mess.

    Save your money. Unless you are a massive fortnight fan, I suppose.    … Expand
  30. Xstreamdigital
    Nov 12, 2018
    1
    Graphics are outdated. The game has a lot features that are from other games. The animations are bad. And it's the same thing every year. No innovation nothing original. One of the worst call of Duty ever made.
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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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