Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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  1. C3realkillah
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    This game is a trainwreck one of the worst cod games I've played. The graphics and violent grittiness the black ops series had is gone everything feels stiff and boring. The mp is nothing special or interesting in the slightest. The worst offender though is the campaign is locked behind a separate 3 part download. AnAbsolute garbage decision by Activision. Don't even bother with thisThis game is a trainwreck one of the worst cod games I've played. The graphics and violent grittiness the black ops series had is gone everything feels stiff and boring. The mp is nothing special or interesting in the slightest. The worst offender though is the campaign is locked behind a separate 3 part download. AnAbsolute garbage decision by Activision. Don't even bother with this cashgrab fps it's not worthy of anyone's time.… Expand
  2. Dizzle_Dogg97
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    Ehhh very meh kind of game, should have taken the year off, where do I start?

    *Decent campaign but way too short *Cutscenes lag so badly I can only hear the dialogue and the visuals are frozen *The movement feels so clunky, it feels like I'm playing a shooter made in the 90s *The lack of Multiplayer Maps at launch is abyssmal *Skill based match-making just sucks period. Too many    Ehhh very meh kind of game, should have taken the year off, where do I start?

    *Decent campaign but way too short
    *Cutscenes lag so badly I can only hear the dialogue and the visuals are frozen
    *The movement feels so clunky, it feels like I'm playing a shooter made in the 90s
    *The lack of Multiplayer Maps at launch is abyssmal
    *Skill based match-making just sucks period. Too many bunny hoppers and crouch shooters
    *The guns have terrible balancing. A few Metas and forget the rest set up once again
    *No cool faction spawn themes like the golden Call of Duty games
    *The overall vibe of Multiplayer just feels empty
    *Zombies tried to be innovative I'll give it that
    *Problem with Zombies though, where is the content!?
    *Dead Ops is so boring, just scrap it please

    This game could have been so much more! It's not as trash as Black Ops 4 and it's not as scummy as Black Ops 3 but Treyarch are sliding downhill fast. It's time to ditch the yearly releases and focus on what is going well for Call of Duty: WARZONE! Traditional Multiplayer is dead, Zombies is hanging by a thread. Incorporate free DLC quarterly with Warzone. MP Maps, Campaign Add Ons, Zombies Maps, just add them to Warzone as ongoing content. The yearly release is slowly killing the franchise.    … Expand
  3. StormCommandor
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Campaign is good, much better than modern warfare 2019 with tons of propaganda.
    Zombies are good to, but multiplayer...
    1. SBMM - after 1-2 good games, im getting a lobby full of try hards with huge ping. Sometimes I have feeling, that I'm playing not on Europe servers, but on american or asian. 2. TTK (time to kill) is still to big and must be smaller. If you face 2 enemies in front    Campaign is good, much better than modern warfare 2019 with tons of propaganda.
    Zombies are good to, but multiplayer...
    1. SBMM - after 1-2 good games, im getting a lobby full of try hards with huge ping. Sometimes I have feeling, that I'm playing not on Europe servers, but on american or asian.
    2. TTK (time to kill) is still to big and must be smaller. If you face 2 enemies in front of you, your chances to kill both of them is much smaller, than in MW2019.
    3. The bullet registration is bad.
    4. Maps - There are only 7 multiplayer maps and half of them are very bad. Lots of camping positions and bad spawn points.
    5. Weapons- They feel like they're made from cheap plastic.
    Multiplayer need big reworks. It's not finished product.    … Expand
  4. Blakangelos
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    Сюжет: неплохой но местами он слишком урезан, как вроде торопились и не успевали много сделать. так что компания на 3-4 часа.Но интересная.

    Сетевая игра - да это убожество 10 % вырезанной из предыдущей части, физика на нуле, не более 15 видов оружия, карты скучные, меня хватило на 30 минут и я вышел. Зомби режим - тут даже объяснять не хочу хватило терпения на 15 минут. И все    Сюжет: неплохой но местами он слишком урезан, как вроде торопились и не успевали много сделать. так что компания на 3-4 часа.Но интересная.

    Сетевая игра - да это убожество 10 % вырезанной из предыдущей части, физика на нуле, не более 15 видов оружия, карты скучные, меня хватило на 30 минут и я вышел.

    Зомби режим - тут даже объяснять не хочу хватило терпения на 15 минут.

    И все больше заняться нечем за 2800, на 3-4 часа. Я очень разочарован. В предыдущую часть я до сих пор играю, там много дополнительных заданий эпичных сетевых битв. А тут полный аут. Не советую игру к покупки!!! Зря потраченные деньги. Веры больше нету.    … Expand
  5. kerrate
    Dec 8, 2020
    4
    Single player - 3/10
    Multiplayer- 5/10
    Zombies - 7/10

    Single player - The plot and characters are almost as ridiculous as Addler’s sunglasses.
    Multiplayer - More of the same. This hasn’t changed for about thirteen years (except warzone of course).
    Zombies - Hard to get wrong. Blends the best bits of COD zombie gameplay from over the years into a really fun game mode.
  6. mishkakot
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    Интересный сюжет, музыка. Остальное просто треш и ужас. Прошел только из-за подачи сюжета.
  7. dr34dful__shade
    Nov 25, 2020
    4
    Zombies and campaign are pretty good and fun to play, but zombies has a lot of bugs with it especially with easter eggs. MP is one of the worst cod experiences I've ever played though. I would honestly rather plan AW than the pile of garbage that is mp. Scorestreaks are trash and everyone is going to get a chopper gunner 10 minutes into the match. Sbmm is **** up my casual experience whileZombies and campaign are pretty good and fun to play, but zombies has a lot of bugs with it especially with easter eggs. MP is one of the worst cod experiences I've ever played though. I would honestly rather plan AW than the pile of garbage that is mp. Scorestreaks are trash and everyone is going to get a chopper gunner 10 minutes into the match. Sbmm is **** up my casual experience while we get put against sweaty players that are using op guns that are not even balanced. SnD is what my friends usually play and it's one of the worst things I've ever experienced in multiplayer. The maps are horrible. Went back to mw and had a much more fun, casual experience. Wish that Treyarch could go back to making games like bo1 and bo2.… Expand
  8. xoDelta
    Mar 29, 2021
    4
    This is a husk of a game, the ssbm (skill based matchmaking) kills the enjoyment of doing good and promotes reverse boosting. To sum u here are some key elements that make this worst then MW...
    - Barely playable on base Ps4
    - Horrid frame rates - Washed out graphics - Bad level designs - Bad "remakes" of maps (literally reskinning old maps in HD with no added tweaks to fit the theme    This is a husk of a game, the ssbm (skill based matchmaking) kills the enjoyment of doing good and promotes reverse boosting. To sum u here are some key elements that make this worst then MW...
    - Barely playable on base Ps4
    - Horrid frame rates
    - Washed out graphics
    - Bad level designs
    - Bad "remakes" of maps (literally reskinning old maps in HD with no added tweaks to fit the theme of "cold war"
    - Guns feel clunky/weak with odd buffs and debuffs depending on what attachments you add    … Expand
  9. IvanQwerki
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    I'm still playing the same game with better grafics and some battlefield dinamics
  10. Pdiddy55
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    It feels like a big step backward from Modern Warfare. The Multiplayer strips away the more weighted and realistic gameplay of Modern Warfare to instead revert back to the arcade fast past gameplay of the past. This would be a fine change of pace for the series but they fail to innovate on that formula in any new or exciting ways. The Map design is very basic and variation is extremelyIt feels like a big step backward from Modern Warfare. The Multiplayer strips away the more weighted and realistic gameplay of Modern Warfare to instead revert back to the arcade fast past gameplay of the past. This would be a fine change of pace for the series but they fail to innovate on that formula in any new or exciting ways. The Map design is very basic and variation is extremely low. Overall it is just a disappointing title considering all of the innovation that was done in the previous entry.… Expand
  11. Koenigsegg
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    It was so far from call of duty soul
    You guys f*cked it up
    It war boring and with blended with black ups and modern warfare
    What!!!!!!!!!!!&-/
  12. CrypticKiller
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    It would be alright for a game that maybe costs $20 but it's $70 for next-gen consoles! People who paid for the regular $60 version and have an Xbox series x now have crashing consoles because Activision doesn't care about their games. Short pathetic campaign and the multiplayer is slow.
  13. Usedbatteries
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    I gave it a 4 for the campaign, multi-player on the other hand deserves 0. Guns are seriously wonky, game feels floaty, not to mention the xm4 is super weak. Nothing about the multi-player is fun.
  14. Tonyc126
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    I've been a COD player for over 2 decades and was excited the franchise was taking a turn in the right direction after WW2, (black ops 4 wasn't very good) MW and Warzone are fantastic. This game is a huge disappointment and 4 steps back in the wrong direction. Don't buy it
  15. ErnestoMonge
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Malos gráficos y visibilidad en PS4. Pésimas animaciones. Parece como que vas patinando y no corriendo. Las armas parecen juguetes. Tiene sólo 8 mapas y la mayoría son malísimos, con esquinas y espacios ridículos para campear. Un SBMM asqueroso y todavía mala conexión. No te sentís en la Guerra Fría . Me arrepiento de haberlo comprado.
  16. The_Dorneyator
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    First time doing a review for a game but i feel like this time I need to. PS4 Player if you need to know.

    Campaign: The Campaign in this game is fun got some minor rpg elements in terms of choice for dialogue and what not and can be a good time. Story is more or less what you expect from a call of duty game these days, america good russia bad etc. The campaign isnt very long though    First time doing a review for a game but i feel like this time I need to. PS4 Player if you need to know.

    Campaign:

    The Campaign in this game is fun got some minor rpg elements in terms of choice for dialogue and what not and can be a good time. Story is more or less what you expect from a call of duty game these days, america good russia bad etc.
    The campaign isnt very long though its roughly 4-5 hours. I also hate the fact that you have to download the campaign into 3 seperate parts the **** is this a telltale game seriously come on now.

    Things can all be grand and dandy as long as it doesnt freeze or crash your system which has happened to me multiple times. It happens specifically on a mission called desperate measures for me. Can really ruin the experience.

    Zombies:

    From a first glance of playthroughs you may be thinking what in the actual **** is this **** But trust me zombies is actually ok its not that bad can be a good time also altough repetitive. Doesn't feel like a Treyarch zombies game at all which is a shame, this one feels more WW2 esque. But hey ill take this over B04 Zombies tbh. Also dont get why zombies and multiplayer have shared levels. Why the **** are we using multiplayer operators aswell instead of some original characters.

    Multiplayer:

    MP5... huge ****ing maps. My advice would be just play hardpoint as i find whenever i play other modes its like playing ****ing COD Ghosts again. Lads sitting in the corner of a room waiting for about 2 minutes for one kill everybody running ghost and as i mentioned above the mp5. Not a fun experience at all unless you fancy smashing your head through your window in frustration.

    Only fun game mode is hardpoint. Seriously if you hate the other modes in this cod just try hardpoint once makes things a little better as you can actually enjoy the game instead of either dying of boredom or frustration from some **** sitting in a room all game doing the worm squirm.

    Overall:
    Campaign is aight besides the constant crashing and length can be enjoyable as long as it works.
    Zombies is fun but will get boring after a while. Would suggest playing with friends if you can as long as they are as unfortunate as us for buying this ****
    Multiplayer just try to steer clear of if you can. its a ****ing mess right now and as i mentioned hardpoint is only enjoyable game mode.

    Can kinda cut them a tiny bit of slack given the good ol pandemic right now but this game feels like an unfinished mess. Either steer clear of it or wait till it drops in price, dont be a ****ing idiot like me.

    Gets a 4/10 for zombies and when campaign wants to work    … Expand
  17. leonunes92
    Nov 19, 2020
    4
    This game is unplayable at this state. Poor aim, poor bullet registration, poor visibility, poor graphics...overall: Modern Warfare is a superior product. Don't waste your money like I have done in this game
  18. hyygygytu
    Nov 19, 2020
    4
    Non-binary cringe and terrible graphics with a **** campaign. Also the multiplayer has trash maps and gameplay is slow. The beta was better. Only buy it for zombies. Wait for a price drop.
  19. Hoochieliquor
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    It's like Groundhog's day.. Seems like every time I get a COD game it's the same over and over. Same stuff wrong. Same stupid game play. Seriously how many times can you get knocked out in single player to have someone lift you up?

    The online is the same except for cross play.. Now you get to play with PC players who jump like rabbits every time you shoot at them.. Every character    It's like Groundhog's day.. Seems like every time I get a COD game it's the same over and over. Same stuff wrong. Same stupid game play. Seriously how many times can you get knocked out in single player to have someone lift you up?

    The online is the same except for cross play.. Now you get to play with PC players who jump like rabbits every time you shoot at them.. Every character is Michael Jordan with a 6 feet high vertical leap. You still get killed and watch the kill cam and it's not even close to what you seen on your screen. You don't even make it around the corner but you're dead. In kill cam you were around the corner tying your shoes when you were shot. You can put 50 rounds into a sniper standing 5 feet from you and he still gets the shot off. People spawn behind you constantly for revenge kills. It's like we were thrown back into 2002. It is no different .    … Expand
  20. Asura45
    Nov 24, 2020
    4
    I'm sick and tired of every Call of Duty game starting out so weak and eventually becoming a 'Good' game, but this game takes the cake... What you get is minimal game modes, maps, guns. I like the push for story and I think it stands out very well on it's own but multiplayer is your kick in the groin. Prepare to be overwhelmed by people either better than you and people who have betterI'm sick and tired of every Call of Duty game starting out so weak and eventually becoming a 'Good' game, but this game takes the cake... What you get is minimal game modes, maps, guns. I like the push for story and I think it stands out very well on it's own but multiplayer is your kick in the groin. Prepare to be overwhelmed by people either better than you and people who have better perks and gun upgrades than you. Matchmaking will constantly pin you against better players just to fill the match requirements regardless of skill ranking, but zombies will save you the PvP grind thankfully.

    Overall I do recommend the game when they add more modes and guns, then fix the matchmaking.    … Expand
  21. Skitten
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    For a call of duty game I want to give it more than a 5 but can't. I enjoyed the campaign, really threw me for a loop. Multiplayer is on and off for me, very inconsistent it feels like. Zombies I feel has been very fun and have been playing that the most, however, if this game wants a bigger score, it has to fix its multiplayer, sbmm is an awful platform for players as people can reverse boost.
  22. Urayoan
    Nov 30, 2020
    4
    1. Campaign: Haven't played it yet but I hear it's really great.
    2.Zombies: Were I've spent most of my time playing. Good return to form, really fun and should be sold on its own.
    3. Multiplayer: This is the worst multiplayer in a CoD that I have played. TTK is way too high. Player visibility is horrendous. Weapon variety is non existent. Matchmaking will make you want to delete the    1. Campaign: Haven't played it yet but I hear it's really great.
    2.Zombies: Were I've spent most of my time playing. Good return to form, really fun and should be sold on its own.
    3. Multiplayer: This is the worst multiplayer in a CoD that I have played. TTK is way too high. Player visibility is horrendous. Weapon variety is non existent. Matchmaking will make you want to delete the game.

    4/10 on the back of Zombies. I suggest no one pays full price for this dumpster fire!    … Expand
  23. JKD456
    Dec 8, 2020
    4
    I'll make this brief. (until multiplayer)

    Campaign: Pretty sold and quite enjoyable, this years campaign was definitely not a miss and worth the play. Zombies: The best zombies experience we've had for a while. The new features help zombies be more fun and exciting, keeping it engaging for the players for longer. Multiplayer: This is where it goes downhill, the multiplayer is    I'll make this brief. (until multiplayer)

    Campaign: Pretty sold and quite enjoyable, this years campaign was definitely not a miss and worth the play.

    Zombies: The best zombies experience we've had for a while. The new features help zombies be more fun and exciting, keeping it engaging for the players for longer.

    Multiplayer: This is where it goes downhill, the multiplayer is HORRIBLE. Mainly the SBMM. its extremely strong and absolutely discourages anyone with any remote skill to play the game. It seems like Activison catered this game to low skill level players as, honestly only they will be enjoying this multiplayer. The amount of stuff that blatantly caters to new players a joke and makes veteran players feel completely neglected. The game was released in an unfinished state, clear as day, with only 8 maps, below standard animations and just honestly head scratch gameplay decision with lots of 'filler' that this game launched with. The bullet Reg is also a joke, especially for m/k, and that's not me saying console have it better. you can be playing on pc with a controller plugged in and have noticeably better hit Reg then using a m/k. which is beyond my understanding now they've managed to do that.
    Honestly, i blame bullet velocity. no one asked for bullet velocity to be in a COD multiplayer. its even in zombies for god sake. i understand it in blackout/warzone but not in casual game mods, whoever made that decision should be fired.

    Its at the point where i don't even feel the game needs a lot of quality of life improvements, some of the mechanics need straight up reworking!.

    The score streak system is now equivalent to the participation medal, anyone can get the highest score streak, you're progression doesn't reset upon death. This makes them meaningless in terms of difficulty and self pride to achieve. Clearly made for new players to feel like their doing great. False sense of achievement (which is a common theme)

    Assist count towards eliminations?? again, blatantly just there for lower skilled players to feel like their doing better then what their really are, PLUS, the average K/D in this game is BELOW 2.0....and that's with assists counts towards eliminations!!! (because of SBMM)

    Lobbies get automatically changed after each match just so you're forced into the SBMM algorithm which is probably why it feels so strong in this game compared to others. and also so little Timmy doesn't have to constantly play against better players or 'abusive' players because leaving to find a new lobby manually was clearly to much effort?

    Combat records are gone, or might as well be. there's no more leader boards to see how good players are in your lobby, you cant even click on a players to see their combat record to see how good they are. Everything to do with showing a players skill has been removed. One of the things about being a good COD players is showing off your K/D, I even remember in b02 trying to get and getting a 500spm to show off in leader boards. its all gone. There's no incentive to be a good player, this game fully only caters to new lower skill level players. This just takes away the pride of being a better then average player.

    There are probably many more examples but to sum up; if you're a COD player with ANY sort of skill, do not buy this game. This game might as well be pushing people for take time to play it to become good. Its made for noobs, it caters towards noobs, unless you're a noob, simple don't buy it.    … Expand
  24. Mitsigto
    Dec 9, 2020
    4
    Zombies is good which is surprising for me because i am not normally a fan, the campaign is short but also quite good.

    Multiplayer is where the game is a let down, visually it seems very poor quality compared to modern warfare and the connections seem very inconsistent with constant lag and connection interrupted. There are some strange class options also with no option of claymores    Zombies is good which is surprising for me because i am not normally a fan, the campaign is short but also quite good.

    Multiplayer is where the game is a let down, visually it seems very poor quality compared to modern warfare and the connections seem very inconsistent with constant lag and connection interrupted.

    There are some strange class options also with no option of claymores or betty's on lethal but instead being a field upgrade which makes them unusable until you have earned them. Then there's the footsteps in the game which are so loud everyone must be wearing lead boots which means you have to use ninja or be heard from outer space.

    I appreciate that Cold war has been put out during unprecedented circumstances but the multiplayer doesn't have the normal black ops quality feel about it, overall the multiplayer is disappointing.    … Expand
  25. Krekon
    Jan 5, 2021
    4
    The game just feels like Black Ops 2 in bad. The hit reg ist just something, Maps are awefull open while snipers are in every corner waiting for the os on body accross the map. MW felt so good even for someone like me who skipped cod's since ghost. But this game is just not fun at all. If you play against someone witha controller with Mouse even on pc you got no chance because the AutoaimThe game just feels like Black Ops 2 in bad. The hit reg ist just something, Maps are awefull open while snipers are in every corner waiting for the os on body accross the map. MW felt so good even for someone like me who skipped cod's since ghost. But this game is just not fun at all. If you play against someone witha controller with Mouse even on pc you got no chance because the Autoaim is just broken. And i dont start on the maps here.

    Only Reason i give a 4 and not a 1 is that the campain and zombie is so fun to play.    … Expand
  26. Entensoldato
    Jan 9, 2021
    4
    Due to the skill based matchmaking the online multiplayer is almost unplayable. It's impossible to play easy rounds and just chill - always a sweat with players, who are better than you. The graphics aren't that good and the ps4 pro can't load the textures fast enough so there's a massive pop-in effect of objects (poorly optimised to the hardware) These games get worse from year to year.
  27. SquidoOn60Fps
    Jan 19, 2021
    4
    The multiplayer for CoD: Black Ops Cold War is boring and repetitive. With only 8 maps and 28 guns, the multiplayer gets very old very quickly. None of the guns are unique or exciting. Assault Rifles all feel the same, SMGs all feel the same, snipers all feel the same. Oh, and not to mention the sprint to fire time for snipers hasn't been this long for a decade, so good luck with trying toThe multiplayer for CoD: Black Ops Cold War is boring and repetitive. With only 8 maps and 28 guns, the multiplayer gets very old very quickly. None of the guns are unique or exciting. Assault Rifles all feel the same, SMGs all feel the same, snipers all feel the same. Oh, and not to mention the sprint to fire time for snipers hasn't been this long for a decade, so good luck with trying to quickscope. Multiplayer: 2/10. The campaign is okay. It has a good story and old characters from the Black Ops story. This campaign does what Black Ops 3 should have done, CONNECT TO THE OTHER BLACK OPS CAMPAIGNS. But the campaign is very, very short. It took me less than a day to complete the campaign on veteran difficulty. Campaign: 5/10. The zombies mode hasn't been this good for years. It has a fun and interesting premise, but only 1 map. It gets a little bit repetitive over time, but it feels like i'm in 2008 again! Zombies: 7/10. My overall rating of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 4/10. I feel like this game should cost 40$ at most, it's just not worth 60$. I think it's worth the buy if you like campaigns or zombies, but if you're wanting multiplayer, just stick to Modern Warfare for now.… Expand
  28. Jondonis
    Feb 16, 2021
    4
    Games campaign is short and doesn’t present anything new to the series. The characters are all pretty flat and beyond the cutscenes everything feels tired. The multiplayer and zombies are plagued with server errors, cheating, connection issues, and poor map quality. If the game wasn’t a full AAA priced game I could forgive some of these things but the whole thing felt cheap and got oldGames campaign is short and doesn’t present anything new to the series. The characters are all pretty flat and beyond the cutscenes everything feels tired. The multiplayer and zombies are plagued with server errors, cheating, connection issues, and poor map quality. If the game wasn’t a full AAA priced game I could forgive some of these things but the whole thing felt cheap and got old fast. Honestly disappointed to have come back to COD for this major let down. Do not be fooled by the critics that are favorable, the best material you can watch on a YouTube clip and save the poor game performance for when the game is on sale. Not happy activision.… Expand
  29. JayRawd
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    Liked the game for a while, had an okay time playing multiplayer, zombies was entertaining but... different. I completed campaign in 4 hours on veteran, and i completed the Die Maschine Easter Egg my third playthrough on the map, FBZ on my second.
    Zombies is too easy and thus boring, multiplayer is dry and even though it keeps getting updates, i cant stay hooked. I sold it after about 80    Liked the game for a while, had an okay time playing multiplayer, zombies was entertaining but... different. I completed campaign in 4 hours on veteran, and i completed the Die Maschine Easter Egg my third playthrough on the map, FBZ on my second.
    Zombies is too easy and thus boring, multiplayer is dry and even though it keeps getting updates, i cant stay hooked. I sold it after about 80 hours of total playtime. Going back to Black Ops 3.    … Expand
  30. AxalXD
    Jul 27, 2021
    4
    Todo mal, hasta que los servidores funcionen bien no le puedo dar NI el 5 justo o el 4.9 y darle como aprobado
  31. GlumChip992
    Nov 22, 2021
    4
    El SBMM arruina el juego. El multijugador algunas veces es bastante agresivo. La campaña fue mediocre, y su integración con Warzone la peor
  32. hgarrett54
    Nov 19, 2020
    3
    The only component of the game that is remotely enjoyable is zombies, and there is only one (1) map for it, compared to the previous title which launched with four (4)

    The map designers for multiplayer seemed to have taken all their inspiration from Modern Warfare 2019 which had atrocious design, full of spawn-camping and regular camping The scoring system exclusively rewards people    The only component of the game that is remotely enjoyable is zombies, and there is only one (1) map for it, compared to the previous title which launched with four (4)

    The map designers for multiplayer seemed to have taken all their inspiration from Modern Warfare 2019 which had atrocious design, full of spawn-camping and regular camping

    The scoring system exclusively rewards people who go on killstreaks, incentivizing people to avoid objectives and hide in the back of the map so as to not die

    The game is full of bugs and glitches, and caused my Xbox One X to hard shutdown eight (8) times in the first two days of release. There is misspelled text, reused assets, confusing attachment descriptions and sloppy animation work throughout the entire game. Voice chat functionality works sporadically and sounds like you're talking through a $10 toy walkie talkie. Network performance is terrible, as 60 billion dollar publisher Activision does not think its biggest franchise is worth buying decent dedicated servers for, leaving it to a mix of peer-to-peer and otherwise connection, at an atrocious 20hz tickrate (Overwatch, Rainbow Six, Battlefield, PUBG and other titles have 60hz or above tickrates - more than triple)

    It is extremely clear in every aspect of the game that this title was unfinished and rushed out the door by a greedy publisher who doesn't give half a damn about the reputation of the devs or the consumers. Do not buy as-is.    … Expand
  33. bxgdvn
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    Campaign is cool. Communism sucks.
    Zombies are fun.
    Spawns multiplayer is utterly trash. Spam of score streaks non-stop. Random spawns. Small maps. SnD a bit better but the old and primitive 3 lane map design looks outdated compared to variative and diverse map design in MW2019. Maps are small, movement clunky and feels like from PS3 era with player model rolling on roller-skates.    Campaign is cool. Communism sucks.
    Zombies are fun.

    Spawns multiplayer is utterly trash. Spam of score streaks non-stop. Random spawns. Small maps. SnD a bit better but the old and primitive 3 lane map design looks outdated compared to variative and diverse map design in MW2019. Maps are small, movement clunky and feels like from PS3 era with player model rolling on roller-skates. Graphics are really downgraded from MW and feels like something from 3-4 years ago. Especially compared to even Battlefield 4 or Modern Warfare 2019. It’s just boring.    … Expand
  34. BigMatchu
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    ABSOLUTE TRASH!!!!!! At first I liked the multiplayer but if I'm honest it's just stale, buggy and not as good as modern warfare. I found zombies boring and campaign was buggy and full of glitches
  35. TacoLord424
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    This is just insultingly bad. This is a full on downgrade from Modern Warfare, an actually good Call of Duty title. This is just painful to play.
  36. Redharlow
    Dec 27, 2020
    3
    Campaign is **** between 4 or 5 hours to conclude this basic story... Multiplayer is really annoying,
    the players are unbearable, there are not enough game modes, if you wanna play agressively and rush you just can't cause players are just waiting for you at any windows, or corner or i don't kwow what. You will always play agaisnt M16/AUG/STONER and DMR 14. if you want to play the    Campaign is **** between 4 or 5 hours to conclude this basic story... Multiplayer is really annoying,
    the players are unbearable, there are not enough game modes, if you wanna play agressively and rush you just can't cause players are just waiting for you at any windows, or corner or i don't kwow what. You will always play agaisnt M16/AUG/STONER and DMR 14. if you want to play the objectives you will be the only one, cause your teammates will enter to commit suicide and reverse boost. So the game
    is unplayable except if you are one of the people who destroys the gaming experience.    … Expand
  37. Ammonium
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    The campaign is ok but like always it's Russian bad and USA good but wouldn't recommend anyone to buy it especially when the core of every CoD the Multiplayer is and they seriously **** it up.

    The Gameplay itself is fun but to start with just 8 maps at the release while Modern Warfare had 20 is not good. I only play the entire time the same 3 maps and it get's boring really fast and i    The campaign is ok but like always it's Russian bad and USA good but wouldn't recommend anyone to buy it especially when the core of every CoD the Multiplayer is and they seriously **** it up.

    The Gameplay itself is fun but to start with just 8 maps at the release while Modern Warfare had 20 is not good. I only play the entire time the same 3 maps and it get's boring really fast and i have now around 15 hours of Multiplayer playtime also it took 5 hours for example until i got Moscow into my map rotation and only played it now 5 times in 15 hours. Then the zombies mode...I love zombies but that it's player hostet without server is a big no in 2020 in my opinion. Also when the host has a crash and the game does host migration the entire lobby crashes too in 8 out of 10 times. Just Unacceptable.
    And the problems with crashes also the server performance is so bad that the TTK feels often like MW. And i wouldn't recommend to buy the game at full price to anyone. The Game is unacceptable for 60/80 euro it feels like an early access game. Then the Camos look bad muddy and are just copy pasted from BO2 without optimization. Also the exp to lvl your weapon / grind attachments are so low that it takes forever to get them. And the standard multiplayer Operator need to be unlocked through missions, It's as if they put all that **** grind into the game so that you overlook it's serious lack of content.

    Then the Map visibility is just bad and enemys blend too much into the enviroment often and Cold War itself feels really like i bought a 60 euro Early Game...

    It's so ridiculous i feel ripped off so hard. And when someone comes and thinks "But it just released a few days ago" First of all you are the reason that Activision released that **** You also don't go to your stylist and pays him 50$ and he just cuts 5 strands of hair.

    Like i said i really feel ripped off and i only bought it because i liked the "Beta" (Which in fact was not a **** Beta) and i really really regret buying it.

    So please don't make the same mistake.    … Expand
  38. PR66
    Jan 20, 2021
    3
    Feels like it was released way too early. No Cod has ever felt so bad, I've played them all and never had any big issues, but this is just abysmal. Riddled with issues. Glad they did a free week on Zombies, saved me £60!
  39. LouStew
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    Campaign is very enjoyable, as is zombies until you get bored. But the multiplayer is by far the worst in any CoD I’ve ever played and I’ve been playing since CoD4.
  40. LA_AlterEgo
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    One of the **** parts ever. Visually good, but physics and gameplay are impossible to take. Warface remaster.
  41. LiquidRevolver
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    Unfortunately for the PS4 version it has a bug where the controller disconnects on big maps. This happened in the campaign after the helicopter scene in Vietnam and also on an escort multi-player map. So those two aspects are completely unplayable Unfortunately. The zombies is the only game mode I can play which is why I gave it a 3. Zombies is pretty good for the majority of it. SeasonUnfortunately for the PS4 version it has a bug where the controller disconnects on big maps. This happened in the campaign after the helicopter scene in Vietnam and also on an escort multi-player map. So those two aspects are completely unplayable Unfortunately. The zombies is the only game mode I can play which is why I gave it a 3. Zombies is pretty good for the majority of it. Season veterans can get to pretty high rounds and newbies to the game can get decently high up as well. It is a bit of a grind to get some new perks and aether but it does give it more replayability. We'll see what happens with new maps and potential bug fixes. But for now it sits at a 3.

    For the controller issue I did try multiple other games to see if there is an issue with my PS4 and this is the only game I have this issue with. Controller disconnects and cannot reconnect until I turn off the console. Shame.    … Expand
  42. Semjosha
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    Просто ужасная часть серии. Русофобия, баги, полностью унылая игра. Не покупайте!
  43. JesterDEWIT
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Call of duty: Black ops cold war takes the old and adds new, unlike black ops 4 where that game took the old that worked that people liked and replaced it for the sake of making something brand new, I'm mostly referring to the zombies in that case, but this game takes the old that fans liked about Black Ops series and adds new to that, without removing the old. As it goes for the Cold WarCall of duty: Black ops cold war takes the old and adds new, unlike black ops 4 where that game took the old that worked that people liked and replaced it for the sake of making something brand new, I'm mostly referring to the zombies in that case, but this game takes the old that fans liked about Black Ops series and adds new to that, without removing the old. As it goes for the Cold War theme and the story.
    I really want to sit down and ask few questions to the people who made the story, ask them things like what they were going for and what message, are they trying to put out if any. I get a few hints in mind. And if it's true I think it's really bad for this game series. The multiplayer can be fun while keeping with the games theme and even giving you an introductory cutscene just it starting up to add to the set theme, but particularly in the multiplayer I don't like the animations in this game. I don't know if it's because I've been spoiled with the motion capture from on MW and there feel for realistic looking
    but fast gameplay they went for. But if I go play Black Ops 3 zombies for some reason I like the animations better. I have a theory that it cold war uses the game engine from Black Ops 4, and I didn't like how that game felt, and a lot of people didn't, as I've heard. As I was playing through the campaign i was thinking about this the whole time but didn't want to admit it but I'm going to admit it.... The reason why they called Black ops and why Hudson woods and Mason are in the game.. they pulled a Disney...you know like other new Star wars movie had all the old characters in it but they were not themselves and we're not involved in the main plot? Basically what they did it feels it me... Little throwbacks here and there but they pulled a Disney it feels like..... Maybe that's why they didn't cast the original voice actor for woods, he probably would have been pissed off like mark hamill was with Luke in The last Jedi. Look... nostalgia....is a good powerful, almost like a drug for the brain, and it helps give a happy feeling, a lot of people loved the original characters and there were bits of them in Black Ops 4, but it seemed like there was a trick for using nostalgia in a way to buy the characters, or the game. what I'm saying is like I tried to explain earlier I feel like they made a "Disney clickbait". If the original crew were not teased in the trailers in this game then not called Black Ops. I don't think it wouldn't have been as popular and I don't think much people would have bought it if it wasn't for them being in the game. They're nothing like themselves, of course they may not sound like them, but from what I know they could have got woods his voice actor easily but they didn't, and for some reason they got a guy who sounds like he's trying to sound like the previous voice actor.... why? I understand that their previous title did not go so well (Black Ops 4). But to bring back, beloved characters from the dead, so to speak, just to have the nostalgia feeling kickin so people would buy your game, then for them to be completely different. Why would you do that?I know people would complain to me and say that's what the new modern warfare did but the new modern warfare reimagined the whole Modern Warfare trilogy, but in modern times. This game, tried to put itself between black ops 1 and 2 story.. But they treated their characters like if they reimagined them? they added bits and histologia to keep you going, there's multiple endings and there's one that makes me question what's the point of this games story? Matter of fact, I think they all do that, and the thing with these Call of Duty games. The theme is the story, and the setting, and if the story is good. The rest of the game feels and looks good. If the theme is trash. The rest of it all falls apart (zombies and multiplayer). To be brutally honest, I'm upset that they didn't try to get james C. Burns To play Woods again, as they did before. It makes sense if you were reimagining the story like Modern Warfare but they didn't, I want to know the truth of why they did not try to get him. Imagine how you made James feel, how you made the fans feel. I've seen a bunch of clips on YouTube of him acting, a bunch of interviews, and that's woods right there. you can't put the body of his character in people's views for nostalgia to get them to buy your game. Maybe that's not what they did. I don't know but that's how I feel and I feel horrible... I feel worse Wondering how James feels. Short summary there is fun to be had with this game, especially the zombies.
    But the theme for both multiplayer, and zombies the bad story and it makes the rest of the experience feel bad. Just like it would in any other Call of Duty game. Not trying to be a hater but this this reminds me of black ops 4, sometimes beloved characters should be put to rest instead of brought out of their grave and treated like this. Master Chief is a great example    … Expand
  44. wdavidj
    Nov 23, 2020
    3
    This game essentially just wastes your time. ESPECIALLY the campaign along with it's character creator.

    The campaign essentially relies on flair to keep things interesting but... It's overall a pretty bad campaign that has unnecessary and useless twists and turns that do nothing of value for the story. The multiplayer is well... It's COD multiplayer but, it has plenty of things going    This game essentially just wastes your time. ESPECIALLY the campaign along with it's character creator.

    The campaign essentially relies on flair to keep things interesting but... It's overall a pretty bad campaign that has unnecessary and useless twists and turns that do nothing of value for the story.

    The multiplayer is well... It's COD multiplayer but, it has plenty of things going against it this time around.

    The Zombies inclusion is well... It's not that great either.

    This game honestly just feels like the life and soul of a COD game was ripped out of it. The campaign especially seemed like it would be something of value up until the end of the game when you realize essentially all your hard work put into the campaign and it's challenges were COMPLETELY useless.

    I honestly can't see giving this game anything higher than a 3 out of 10. It's the worst COD game I've played in years. It brings me back to the awful campaign of Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. This game falls right into that same category. A game that wastes your time, energy, and money as well.

    In my opinion? Stick with the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It does almost everything well whereas this game, fails at almost everything that game did correctly.    … Expand
  45. aHonestApe
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    Campaign and Zombies are a blast, the core experience Multiplayer is a mess but a couple months of patches will help enormously particularly the aim assist that prevents you for aiming towards a person.
  46. AaronDH456
    Nov 25, 2020
    3
    I gave it a 3 because the campaign,zombies and dead ops are the only "good" things about this broken mess of a game. The multiplayer is awful. Awful map design, awful gunplay, awful scorestreak system, awful colour variation, awful levelling up system, awful weapon levelling system. Basically everything about the game besides zombies and campaign is awful. The campaign however is 3 hoursI gave it a 3 because the campaign,zombies and dead ops are the only "good" things about this broken mess of a game. The multiplayer is awful. Awful map design, awful gunplay, awful scorestreak system, awful colour variation, awful levelling up system, awful weapon levelling system. Basically everything about the game besides zombies and campaign is awful. The campaign however is 3 hours long... which is embarrassing for a £70 game. Zombies is just normal zombies so it's just fine. But my god, the multiplayer is really bad, whoever is the Head of treyarch should be sacked by Activision. Bo4s multiplayer was trash and cold wars is trash. Get whoever the studio head of treyarch out now. People say that treyarch is the best cod developers, yeah 10 years ago they were. The treyarch we have today and nowhere near the old treyarch in terms of making an actual fun game. I play cod to have fun, not try hard every game. What happened to games being fun? Nowadays COD feels like its made for the super MLG, dorito, mountain dew drinking tryhards. Make a fun game next time...… Expand
  47. MrDignified
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Graphics are early PS3 looking. Mechanics are somehow worse than previous games in the black ops series. If truly SBMM exists, it’s terrible to play with friends on different skill levels. Disbanding lobbies is one of the worst features. Quite a lacklustre game. Campaign was decent and zombies are good.
  48. Kanelius
    Jan 16, 2021
    3
    The multiplayer is worse than modern warfare in every single way. The graphics are s***, the gameplay is incredibly stiff and it is buggy as hell. The thing that makes the multiplayer even worse is the sbmm, you get punished for doing well in this game. The campaign is alright but still a big downgrade from mw, The only thing that cold war does better than mw is the side mode, but that'sThe multiplayer is worse than modern warfare in every single way. The graphics are s***, the gameplay is incredibly stiff and it is buggy as hell. The thing that makes the multiplayer even worse is the sbmm, you get punished for doing well in this game. The campaign is alright but still a big downgrade from mw, The only thing that cold war does better than mw is the side mode, but that's just because of how horrible spec ops was. I would assume that 90 % of people buy cod for the multiplayer part and if you are one of those people, don't buy this game, you will most likely be really disappointed. This game brings nothing new to the table and it is probably the worst cod multiplayer of all time (apart from maybe infinite warfare).
    I personally feel like I got scammed, this game is clearly unfinished and definitely not worth the 70 dollars I paid for it.    … Expand
  49. L3mons
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    Great zombies doesn't make up for the crappy multiplayer. Campaign isn't fun in my opinion either. Screw these maps, they are garbage, i only like one, and there are like 3 maps for TD, that's CODs main game mode. Mp5 is too good, and the rest of the guns mostly suck.
  50. Xolt3c
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    R.I.P. Call of Duty Black Ops franchise. Just like people said, its boring and one dimensional. It's just not good, that's a good summary of the game. Black Ops 1 will always remain the only good game of the Black Ops series
  51. yessirskii
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    I'm going to make a bald statement. MW 2019 > BOCW.
    I'm sorry, but it just is...
    I mean, MW has its downsides, quite a few of them don't get me wrong, but in contrast, this new game feels uninspired and tasteless. Graphics look worse, most of the time i can't see my enemies when shooting at them. All the animations feel clunky and unfinished, MW's movement is 100 times better. The    I'm going to make a bald statement. MW 2019 > BOCW.
    I'm sorry, but it just is...
    I mean, MW has its downsides, quite a few of them don't get me wrong, but in contrast, this new game feels uninspired and tasteless.
    Graphics look worse, most of the time i can't see my enemies when shooting at them.
    All the animations feel clunky and unfinished, MW's movement is 100 times better.
    The guns look bland and sound unrealistic, its like they were computer-generated, unlike MW.
    Map design is weird. Un-Treyarch like. Lots of unneeded parts on some maps and quite a lot of dumb head-glitching spots.
    This game is not fast-paced. Lots of campers and head-glitch abusers.
    At least now we have a normal mini-map and a ninja perk.
    SKILL-BASED MATCHMAKING.
    WHY?? Why does it exist?
    I mean, at least add a Ranked playlist and implement it there. But in normal public match lobbies tone it down like in older COD-s.
    Now, I understand that every Call of Duty has had some form of SBMM, but its never been this strict.
    I feel like every match I am playing in a tournament. No fun at all. everyone uses meta weapons because its the only way to suceed and not get absolutely melted. Therefore, messing around experimenting with different weapons and classes is very unenjoyable.
    And talking about weapons, the MP5 is a god gun for another year... yay.
    Connection is worse than in MW, and hit detection is unreliable.
    This game has very little content. Only 8 MP maps of which 2 are smaller versions of bigger maps.
    Plus that fireteam mode.
    Yes, MW had less 6v6 maps but at least MW offered something new in the form of night maps, realism mode and gunfight. This game offers NOTHING new. Repetitiveness at its finest.
    But gunfight is coming in season 1, so that's a plus.
    Ground war is better than fireteam dirty bomb, too.
    Even the UI looks almost identicval to MW.
    Grenade throwing animation takes AGES and can get you killed.
    Positives: less pro-camping elements than MW(doors, no dead silence perk, no normal mini-map, etc), gunsmith returns, GOOD CAMPAIGN, awesome zombies mode; back to basics and good improvements in the form of new perks and the ability to use any weapon at the beginning. Good scorestreaks, better than MW, map voting and way better footstep audio, in this game I can actually hear where the enemies are and don't have to guess.
    Furthermore, it is sad that COD is becoming a 'games as a service' game.
    Instead of immediately including Nuketown and all the Season 1 stuff at launch, the game dishes out the content every month or so. That could've avoided the very little amount of content at launch.
    BUT, I remain hopefull.
    Treyarch is known for listening to the community, so I HOPE they do so this time aswell.
    If they just add a Ranked playlist and give us at least 3 new maps and 2 new weapons in Season 1, I will be happy. Because this game needs content atm.
    I've played the game for 2 days now and I already went back and played MW today.
    And that says something, doesn't it?    … Expand
  52. Btv123
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    I would give a 0 but zombies is actually fun but since theres only one map it gets a 3.

    You can definitely tell this game had a rough development.

    Hopefully they fix and add more stuff very soon.

    Not worth full price.
  53. BatmanOnWeekend
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Idk where to start..the cartoonist graphics or the fact the 5 ARs are probably the worst in any cod. Hats off to the devs for their work but boy yall shouldve just made a full zombie game..… Expand
  54. Noelington
    Dec 6, 2021
    3
    One of the first games I have pre-orderd in a while and I was very disappointed.

    The game feels and handles like the first black ops game (2010) which after being treated to Morden warfare my expectations where so much higher.

    The change up of the zombies was nice but that alone could not justify the game for me so in the end I had to refund
  55. X_infamous_XXX
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So first off let’s start with the multiplayer it’s really fun(sometimes) but every game I go into there are literally campers and snipers at every single corner And the spawn in system is trash cuz you can literally spawn in right in front of an enemy and they can kill you in one of my free for all games I literally just spawn in for the first time and not even 2 seconds later I get killed half of the weapons are trash cuz most of them you’ll just be getting hit markers also the Sentury turrets ate wayyyy to over powered it’s like the second it sees you you get killed with only like one bullet if treyarch banned campers temporarily then multiple would be a lot more fun now let’s move onto my favorite game mode........zombies it’s fun and all but they ruined it at the same time first off you don’t start off with the M1911 you start off with any gun you want and that’s a problem cuz it makes the first few rounds way too easy they even added a radar that allows you to know where exactly the zombies are at they even added an attach helicopter you get to control and it lets you kill all the zombies around the map and that itself makes the game way too easy and it dies he feel like treyarch zombies and you start getting tired of it really fast also that glowing zombie boss that chases you around the map is horrible he’s way too hard and even after you supposedly kill him he splits in half into 2 and he’s even more harder to kill he’s basically just a glowing bullet sponge there’s not that many good guns in zombies Either unless you have the wonder weapon or a ray gun your basically gonna struggle in the later rounds(btw did I mention how it’s almost impossible to get the ray gun out of the box now you basically have a 0.8% chance of ever getting it you can be at round 38 and still not have the ray gun) overall it’s fun but very tiring in the earlier rounds it’s way too easy cuz you can spawn in with any class you created and in the later rounds it’s hard cuz most of the guns start to become trash don’t even bet me started about the hell hounds I use to hate them a little less boy now I hate them even more when they spawn in the whole maps cooler turns into a very brought neon green with fog Making it almost impossible to see them and it’s mad annoying now let’s talk about the campaign(spoiler)it’s so much fun I love how you can do brutal take downs and have an enemy as a human shield and create your own character and even name it and pick your own perks and I also love how you can also play as mason(protagonist from BO1,BO2,and ofc Cold War)and I love how your certain decisions cab effect your ending(will get to that in a minute)but what I absolutely despise is that you have to connect evidence with certain enemies in order to catch them basically you have to decipher notes,codes,figure out terminal passwords and it’s mad annoying so I just skip them I’m not gonna spoil the ending of them but all I’m gonna say is all three endings are trash even the supposedly good ending I got was trash but overall the game itself isn’t that good I still have lots of fun on it(sometimes)if treyarch banned campers temporarily and made zombies how they use to make it and made the guns more realistic and powerful in both zombies and multiple then I would rate this Game 5 stars but I give it 3(also I forgot to mention that the bugs in this game are super annoying most zombies game lobby’s i join it straight up kicks me out after not even a split second and no matter what I do it makes my screen way too big and sometimes in the multiplayer lobby nothing ever shows)… Expand
  56. StyxEditz
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Multiplayer is filled with extremely overpowered weapons and poor map design. The skill based matchmaking system looks good on paper however it can result in a complete unbalance in teams and stops good players from casually having fun. The meta at the moment is m16 - aug - mp5, there is no other reason to use any other guns. In most circumstances these guns will win the gunfight even if the user does not hit the most shots or get the first shot in the engagement. The score streak system results mega streak spam, it is impossible to go 2 minutes without hearing spy plane above. The streak system also results in some players joining the game late and getting less kills, damage or obj and still placing higher on the leader boards due to the bonus from streaks. In addition to the m16 , aug and mp5 being extremely overpowered players must deal with snipers having very little flinch. This results in SMG or AR players landing multiple shots at range but not standing a chance in the engagement against snipers. The map design results in players playing extremely slow due to a ridiculous amount of angles to watch out for whenever pushing any area.
    Some 6v6 maps are better such as crossroads strike and armada strike however playing 6v6 for an extended period of time is mind numbing and extremely draining due to the SBMM. Some maps such as cartel suffer from extreme clutter and visibility issues, on cartel the bushes in the middle of the map result in not being able to see players at all inside of that area, the only way to solve this is to sacrifice an attachment slot to use a flashlight for an extended ads detection range. The game also suffers from many bugs, some i have experienced include completing camo challenges only for the camo not to be unlocked until i restart my game, the shroud skill on zombies glitching players under the map and many more. In the multiplayer there is also a huge problem on armada with spawns and the vehicles in the game. The spawns seem completely unpredictable and almost like the game is just guessing where to spawn a player, multiple times i have spawned on the same spawn boat as multiple enemy players and this results in a free kill for the enemy multiple times. The boats and jet skis are ridiculous. The gunboats are extremely powerful and often players can camp near the zip lines on a spawn boat to guarantee plenty of free kills. The jet skis are extremely buggy often resulting in my own jet ski jumping onto a friendly jet ski or flipping over and pointing me in the wrong direction.
    There are some positives, the guns do feel really nice when the aim assist doesn't bug out and when not facing the overpowered weapons in the game. The movement after a moderate adjustment period feels refined and fast paced, slide cancelling and cameras feel reduced massively resulting in less unwinnable gun fights.
    The zombies mode is actually extremely fun, completing the Easter egg and going through all the steps is one of my favorite parts of the game. The skills and different ways to spend aether crystals results in more creativity with your load out to approach zombies. However upon completion the realization that the calling card for completing the Easter egg isn't even animated and the last 45 minutes to an hour you spent completing it was near pointless. The campaign is rather fun and solving the different puzzles using evidence is quite interesting however it is far too short. The choice of ending is quite interesting and it does allow for you to decide how you want the story to end however the change in cut scenes is rather dull, i wish there was more difference and more explanation at the end to the consequences of your choice. There are many more issues i haven't touched on such as the dullness of multiplayer camos, the lack of difference with the sights for your weapon and how horrible it is to try see a clear sight picture through your site when firing the weapon.
    This game needs a big update and injection of content.    … Expand
  57. Handige
    Nov 18, 2020
    3
    Horrible Multiplayer. Campaign is decent. Zombiesis fun, but only one map. Not worth it!
  58. Ronny1018
    Nov 19, 2020
    3
    This game is so bad i made a Metacritic account to review it. Skill based matchmaking has ruined the franchise. I have to sweat so hard in order to break even. My first game i dropped 52 kills. I wish i wouldn't have. Now I only play against Gfuel cracked kids. Its so annoying i do not even look forward to playing it. There should be a ranked playlist or something for sweats. Until itThis game is so bad i made a Metacritic account to review it. Skill based matchmaking has ruined the franchise. I have to sweat so hard in order to break even. My first game i dropped 52 kills. I wish i wouldn't have. Now I only play against Gfuel cracked kids. Its so annoying i do not even look forward to playing it. There should be a ranked playlist or something for sweats. Until it changes i will not be playing.… Expand
  59. tranthuan
    Nov 20, 2020
    3
    I did enjoy the gameplay. However, the camo challenge in multiplayer is a fukin joke
  60. Rongrate
    Nov 21, 2020
    3
    No split screen zombies,alot of bugs in mutiplayer split screen and the only good is campaign but short,on top of lack of maps.
  61. zRob
    Nov 21, 2020
    3
    This Game shows that Call of Duty is getting back to its roots of just bringing a game out every Year to make money with the fans that still think cod is good because cod is always good Modern Warfare was a good and nice game the Graphics were amazing and the Multiplayer and Story were also very Awsome this game has nothing good just the Zombie Mode has a chance to make some Sells. TheThis Game shows that Call of Duty is getting back to its roots of just bringing a game out every Year to make money with the fans that still think cod is good because cod is always good Modern Warfare was a good and nice game the Graphics were amazing and the Multiplayer and Story were also very Awsome this game has nothing good just the Zombie Mode has a chance to make some Sells. The Campaign is short and not very Suprising or making me feel good its just like yeah its okay its there so you could play it i guess. We all should make Activision think about bringing out a **** almost every Year or let some time between the games and make them good. Everyone who thinks this game is so awesome or makes a Review when the game is not even out is just dumb and would also love to buy air from someone for 60$. We all know how amazing Modern Warfare was because there was some time before they released it. but Cold War? this game Has a short and not really good campaign the Multiplayer has (from my Beta testing) Overpowered Killstreaks that even go complete full when you die what is very annoing and on open maps having something like the Hellbird is so Overpowered that you can kill the People when they spawn.

    3 out of 10 for the Zombie mode but not a AAA Title money worth buy Modern Warfare if you want a good campaign and a good multiplayer    … Expand
  62. Rifkan
    Nov 23, 2020
    3
    Campaign was fun, but quite short. No real challenge on regular difficulty, so up it if you want to have to try a little. I’ve never gotten into zombies, but this one seems fun enough. Multiplayer is trash. Poor level design/spawns, lack of maps, you name it. I uninstalled the game, honestly. Unless there’s a major update, I’ll go play on COD:MW every day over this game.
  63. Dave97
    Nov 27, 2020
    3
    worst call of duty in history, SBMM is ruining the game, and horrendous more there are two weapons (AUG - M16) which are weapons that kill you with two shots, I'm very disappointed and I'm not playing anymore because of the sbmm, I don't buy More call of duty, they're ruining it, lost 100 pounds,
  64. Xltut
    Nov 27, 2020
    3
    Feels more like a Call of Duty rip off then a complete game. Clunky movement, bad weapon balance, horrible hit detection, and a lack of maps makes for a boring at best and horrible experience at worse. Save your money and skip this one.
  65. MrSoup
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
    I will split this review into 3 sections, one for each of the modes (campaign, multiplayer, zombies).

    Campaign: 4/10 I have never been a fan of CoD campaigns but this one was better than most. Still not great. I only give it a 5/10 because of how short it was. Normally I don't give a lower score for a shorter story in games, but for the price, I think it's justified. Zombies: 5/10 An    I will split this review into 3 sections, one for each of the modes (campaign, multiplayer, zombies).

    Campaign: 4/10 I have never been a fan of CoD campaigns but this one was better than most. Still not great. I only give it a 5/10 because of how short it was. Normally I don't give a lower score for a shorter story in games, but for the price, I think it's justified.

    Zombies: 5/10 An interstring changeup from the past games. I am not a fan of it, but I am glad they decided to try something new from the regular formula (which is why I'm giving it a 6/10).

    Multiplayer: 2/10 By far the worst mode in the game. A large step back from last year's release, and lacks content overall. Very few weapons, very few maps, and lots of removed mechanics. On top of that, it's going for a more arcade feel, but it feels like they didn't fully commit. it just falls flat.

    Overall, the game is ok, not really fun, but not really bad either. The main issue is the price; it is really not worth the full price for what you get. Who really knows what happened in development when making this game, so I don't want to blame anyone. My recommendation is to just keep playing MW and wait for the next release. This one you can skip.    … Expand
  66. Nt_your_Dad
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Multiplayer and campaign are positive. Overall the game is virtually unplayable for myself and thousands of other people on PC. Its hard to enjoys the game when you get a fatal error every 20 mins. Activision need to make sure their games are finished before the sell them because this is a heep of garbage sold for a minimum ot £49.99.
  67. DeignRelease
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    The campaign is great, you have choices to make during the campaign that affect your ending. However, with that being said, the multiplayer on older generation consoles like ps4 or xbox one is really **** The game is totally not optimized, you will lag on parts where there are a lot of people. There is a lot of spawn trapping which means that Treyarch did not care too much about theThe campaign is great, you have choices to make during the campaign that affect your ending. However, with that being said, the multiplayer on older generation consoles like ps4 or xbox one is really **** The game is totally not optimized, you will lag on parts where there are a lot of people. There is a lot of spawn trapping which means that Treyarch did not care too much about the spawning of players. Lastly, the zombies game mode it has great potential with a really great map. However, each time you'll play you'll probably get a connection interrupted in 3/5 out of your games. And before is being said that it depends on the internet connection, a lot of friends of mine camp with the same problem.… Expand
  68. Firebiest
    Dec 7, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SBMM **** up a lot of rounds. And even noobs can get easy killstreaks with camping even if they die.
    Its also a step back compare to MW. A lot of features it had are just removed in cold war or made much more worse. Zombie modus is ok but way too easy and a bit buggy, i mean it makes fun but there is no challenge compare to bo or bo2....
    The Story mode is a bit short but damn good.    … Expand
  69. SirPlaysEz08
    Dec 8, 2020
    3
    First of all:
    I just played the multiplayer mode. I absolutely love the music, I am a fan of retro music and this is on point. The spawn themes and best-replay themes hype me up every time, it kicks up my adrenaline and almost always got me pumped for the match.
    BUT...then there is the match itself. When I first started playing I went straight for gold camos. I didn’t mind having a hard    First of all:
    I just played the multiplayer mode. I absolutely love the music, I am a fan of retro music and this is on point. The spawn themes and best-replay themes hype me up every time, it kicks up my adrenaline and almost always got me pumped for the match.
    BUT...then there is the match itself. When I first started playing I went straight for gold camos. I didn’t mind having a hard time keeping my score, KD and overall streaks up, since either my weapons were unequipped, or the challenges forced me to use setups, which didn’t suit my play style.
    After finishing 3 assault rifles, I thought I could try to enjoy my games for once....oh boy was I wrong. I was confused, I finally used my favorite setups, good perks and attachments, but I still got my ass kicked. I just didn’t understand why I was doing so bad when I tried to get even. The worst part was that I was unable to enjoy my time and relax, just how I did in every casual shooter before Cold War. I tried to do good, the match after I tried more and with every match it got harder and harder to have at least a 1, maximum a 1,8 KD. This game legit is exhausting and causes me headaches, I have to concentrate more than playing ranked in Rainbow 6 Siege and Counter Strike. The worst, I have no rank, no idea how good I am and how much I improved. The multiplayer is a complete mess, I bought a hardcore competitive, skill based matchmaking shooter for 70€, which SHOULD be a casual and arcade like shooter. I legit feel tricked and that I got lied at. I don’t want to play CoD in the afternoon, after a long day, just to sweat in CASUAL MULTIPLAYER (which is nothing at all enjoyable), without even getting a ranking, so I at least feel satisfaction by knowing how good or bad I am. Nothing rewards me for struggling harder and harder.

    I quit CoD Cold War, I will play this game if they turn down Skill based matchmaking in casual multiplayer, but for now I will rather play Black ops 4, which at least is an enjoyable casual experience, or Rainbow 6 siege and CS:GO, since I at least GET TO CHOOSE if I want to concentrate hard or play relaxed. But most of all, I at least get granted a rank, if I try hard and improve. At least they reward me with a rank, so at the end of the day I can feel good, maybe also brag to my friends with my rank...

    Last thing: FRIENDS...I can not play with my friends anymore, I am by no means a pro-player. But I at least have some skill, in Black
    Ops 4 I achieved a 2 EKIA/Death ratio, in modern warefare remastered a 1,4-1,8KD. This game doesn’t allow me and my friends to enjoy the experience at the same time, at any time they join me to play, those guys get beat up game after game. This is no fun to them, nor is it to me. Randomness was fun back in the day, always having a new experience, sometimes having to fight hard for our victory and sometimes just having a breeze and relax. Not in Cold War, the matches for me/for us are always feeling the same, no variety, which is sad, since all the potential and good stuff there is basically gets overshadowed by the immense influence SBMM has on all the gameplay.

    If anyone bothers to read this novel of a review, thanks for that :).
    I hope I could give a good impression of the multiplayer experience, and how disappointed I am in the gameplay as a solo party-player with friends.    … Expand
  70. Spainking
    Dec 8, 2020
    3
    Activision Sold me a bugy and unfinished Game! Thank you for this bad Game... Can't join Party Members after i got kicked from the Party without reason in Multiplayer same with Zombies there are so much bugs this game isnt over 20€ worth.
  71. Mlamb
    Dec 20, 2020
    3
    I'll be honest in saying that I havent actually bought the full game. However I did play the Beta for the weekend that it was released and I was not impressed with it at all. I have been playing MW for the last year and that one has easily become my favorite modern COD. From what I've played and seen of Cold War, it is a massive downgrade from what MW was and even still is despiteI'll be honest in saying that I havent actually bought the full game. However I did play the Beta for the weekend that it was released and I was not impressed with it at all. I have been playing MW for the last year and that one has easily become my favorite modern COD. From what I've played and seen of Cold War, it is a massive downgrade from what MW was and even still is despite Activision trying to phase it out. I absolutely do not plan on buying Cold War because to me, it seems like its just another mediocre entry in the series. There is nothing special about it where as MW was very finely tuned and polished to be a genuinely good game. COD has turned into the Madden of shooters in that they release a new game every year with very little improvement or innovation. It has just become a cash cow for the company, which is a shame seeing as how MW proves that COD can still be a great franchise if they just put effort into making it be one. However, Activision would rather put out their cookie cutter, copy and paste versions of COD out every year just for the sake of being greedy. Everything about Cold War just seems so bland and is just the same old stuff we've seen every year for the past 10 years.… Expand
  72. SaucySalmon
    Dec 21, 2020
    3
    Movement feels terrible, gun mechanics feel horrible, map designs aren’t good. Just all around not good. The worst part about the game is skill based matchmaking. It has completely ruined the multiplayer games. You have one game where you play 2 year olds and go 60-5, then the skill matchmaking puts you in a game with every member of Faze and you get destroyed. Besides prop hunt, cause howMovement feels terrible, gun mechanics feel horrible, map designs aren’t good. Just all around not good. The worst part about the game is skill based matchmaking. It has completely ruined the multiplayer games. You have one game where you play 2 year olds and go 60-5, then the skill matchmaking puts you in a game with every member of Faze and you get destroyed. Besides prop hunt, cause how can you mess that up, the game is hot garbage… Expand
  73. Thomasi
    Jan 28, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has so much potential, but it’s incredibly overshadowed by the amount of issues that have been present since it’s release. At first I cut the developers some slack given the circumstances and blatantly obvious early release. But it’s now been 3 months and day 1 issues are still prevalent, and with the first batch of dlc looming less than a week away I have no hope of things improving. Graphical issues, UI bugs, inconsistent frame rate across all platforms, crash both soft and hard (resulting in console boot off) weapon progression bugs, lobby/ server issues, cutscene inconsistencies level progression bugs, lobby… Expand
  74. OpTic_Winter
    Jan 4, 2021
    3
    Zombies is fun, but lacks in maps because the developers couldn't bother doing more than 1. Even after the release of season 1, zombies still only has 1 map. The Campaign is enjoyable. The multiplayer is almost unplayable because of Skill based match making. This system destroys the randomness of the game and makes EVERY lobby feel the exact same. This repetitive gameplay gets old veryZombies is fun, but lacks in maps because the developers couldn't bother doing more than 1. Even after the release of season 1, zombies still only has 1 map. The Campaign is enjoyable. The multiplayer is almost unplayable because of Skill based match making. This system destroys the randomness of the game and makes EVERY lobby feel the exact same. This repetitive gameplay gets old very quickly since the ONLY way to compete is by sweating and abusing meta weapons. This game offers 0 rewards for doin good, since no ranking system is in the game. This means that players are forced to play the best of the best and get absolutely nothing to show the progress/skill they have worked hard to achieve. When EVERY game is extremely competitive, there leaves no room for a casual match to screw around and have genuine fun. Every game feels like a professional tournament with no rewards or benefit of doing good. If you want to play zombies, it isn't a terrible buy, but if your sole purpose is to play an old school COD game, then get something else.… Expand
  75. Teddp10
    Jan 7, 2021
    3
    Great game. Great Story. Zombies is good but multiplayer is ruined, sbmm ruined the whole entire thing. Start with a couple of fun games and lobbies then end up MLG/pro tournament lobbies filled with tryhards trying to prove to there mom there not worthless. Don't get me wrong the multiplayer can be good its just the players and the sbmm that ruins it for all
  76. TheMetalFan
    Jan 13, 2021
    3
    This is the first time I have written a review, but I felt I needed to for Black Ops Cold War.

    Firstly, the good: - The campaign is good fun, and I like that it has replay value. It continues the Cold War-era themes of psychological operations, lies and intrigue. - Zombies is also good fun. Having not played any since COD WWII it is definitely better than that game, and I have a    This is the first time I have written a review, but I felt I needed to for Black Ops Cold War.

    Firstly, the good:
    - The campaign is good fun, and I like that it has replay value. It continues the Cold War-era themes of psychological operations, lies and intrigue.
    - Zombies is also good fun. Having not played any since COD WWII it is definitely better than that game, and I have a number of hours of played time with friends in Cold War zombies.

    On to the bad, of which there is a lot:
    - Multiplayer: Multiplayer is pretty dreadful, and ultimately leaves me logging off frustrated if not downright angry. Skill-based matchmaking is dialled up to 11 in this game; I either do well (with 50% more kills than deaths) or do badly (50% more deaths than kills). There is rarely an in between, and when you are playing well, you can't go on a streak of big scores/ high KD games because the algorithms see to it that you don't. The spawns are DREADFUL. I have had a number of times when I spawn basically in front of the enemy that just killed me, or enemies spawn behind me as I advance a small distance down the map, basically sandwiching you between those in front and those who have just spawned behind.
    The maps are pretty dreadful too: lots of open space and a multitude of angles to be shot from. This deliberately adds in a large random element, which is by design, not accident.
    - Zombies: Although I have praised it above, it needs more content. One major map (Die Maschine) and that is it. The other modes are a quick bit of fun, but quickly repetitive, and are just based off of multiplayer maps.
    - Graphics: These look like a game from 10 years ago. Lots of low resolution stuff throughout the game. The graphics in the Fire Team mode are woeful, and perhaps most clearly demonstrate how dated this game looks. Characters also have hilarious animations when climbing ladders, with their hands and legs going out at 90 degrees to their torsos and climbing using the very edges of the rungs. It looks like an animation from a 90's game.
    - Gameplay: The movement of operators feels erratic and not smooth, particularly when aiming at them. Going back to Fire Team again, the bad gameplay is perhaps most obvious in this mode: people parachuting in on top of you repeatedly after you have killed them; DMRs beaming you from a mile away; and randomly spawning killstreaks that dominate. Again, luck seems to play a big part in who does well in this game mode, not so much skill. The classic COD head glitching is still very much present in this game.

    Ultimately I buy into the cynicism - I think a lot of the things in the game (map design, SBMM etc.) are done to make it more attractive to casual players and give them a 'fighting chance.' What it ultimately does is hollow out the game for anyone who plays it regularly (not even at a high level, just plays it most days). These players are rewarded with ridiculous deaths in an effort to inject randomness into the game, and progressively harder lobbies for their efforts.

    This is one of the few games where I log off angry or frustrated after a session, rather than having had a good time (with the exception of Zombies with friends). Activision and their subsidiaries need to get back to producing a game that is fun - rigid skill-based matchmaking, bad gameplay, and horrible maps make this game a horror show at times.    … Expand
  77. Luminotik
    Jan 14, 2021
    3
    Man, these games have gone downhill from an artistic perspective. Technically speaking, it’s incredible, but the story is told with such a ridiculously heavy fist it’s comical. This series is just now the yearly FIFA with guns...
  78. bogie509
    Jan 26, 2021
    3
    For a game that spends so much effort trying to dial in realism there's a TOTAL lack of reality on (at least) three fronts:

    Friendly Fire - The idea that you can spam a room with explosives or drop napalm on the enemy AND your team and have ZERO negative consequences is cartoon-quality BS. At least leave the friendlies stunned for a second or two. Bunny Hopping & Power Slide - these    For a game that spends so much effort trying to dial in realism there's a TOTAL lack of reality on (at least) three fronts:

    Friendly Fire - The idea that you can spam a room with explosives or drop napalm on the enemy AND your team and have ZERO negative consequences is cartoon-quality BS. At least leave the friendlies stunned for a second or two.

    Bunny Hopping & Power Slide - these (magically) have zero impact on aim - I know they are trying to attract the Fortnite crowd but come on. At least have a mode where there is a half second delay (to aim) on conducting those moves. Fire wildly while doing those things and hope for a hit? No problem. But playing in a game with a guy using a candy cane striped 50 cal hopping around quick scoping people is also cartoon quality realism.

    Sliding Knife Kills - A guy running at you with a knife while you pop off rounds into his sternum...yah I'd take my chances on the gun side in real life. In this game? You are dead as they sweep in and cut your...kneecaps off. That is deadly stupid. Finishing moves? Knifing someone from behind? Sure thing. But being shot tends to loosen a persons grip on a knife.....no?

    Of course unlimited lives is silly too but there is a difference. Watching a map full of cheer leaders bounding around shooting with precision accuracy or people sliding 10 feet to knife someone in the shin is simply lame. At the very least, maybe think of having fixed rooms where people who don't want to play "Fortnite Lite" can get some real physical dynamics.    … Expand
  79. reda1987
    Feb 22, 2021
    3
    ........................nothing but waste of my money. game play is very short.
  80. analisameltoto
    Mar 10, 2021
    3
    A huge stepback from last year's cod installment. This game feels lifeless, empty, unfinished and rushed to meet activisions standards for a yearly release. The multiplayer experience is horrible and the game still crashes constantly. Campaign is ver short but not bad and Zombies is the only enjoyable mode out there. This game is just an unfinished mess.
  81. Triantafyllos
    Apr 5, 2021
    3
    Being a cod fan since the 2nd one and I still am regardless of the last 2 atrocious entries.The only thing that saves this game same as last years is the campaign which is good and that’s about it.the mp is hot garbage: awfull movement,awfull maps,awfull killstreaks and to top it off the sbmm which is the last thing that bothers me. I accept that you put absolutely zero effort to actuallyBeing a cod fan since the 2nd one and I still am regardless of the last 2 atrocious entries.The only thing that saves this game same as last years is the campaign which is good and that’s about it.the mp is hot garbage: awfull movement,awfull maps,awfull killstreaks and to top it off the sbmm which is the last thing that bothers me. I accept that you put absolutely zero effort to actually improve your game but this takes the cake to be the worst cod you have released the last 10 years along with ghosts,mw 2019 and ww2. But that’s ok it’s not like you have released any good cods since mw2.… Expand
  82. Maou00
    Apr 27, 2021
    3
    Un poco decepcionando tanto con su multijugador y su modo zombies el cual debía de ser algo clásico algo que destacaba a los black ops, su campaña es una típica historia que hemos visto durante años, pero este call of duty la verdad no aporta nada a la franquicia nada "nuevo" o innovador un juego donde su multijugador esta lleno de bugs y bajones de fps cuando todos tiran rachas al mismoUn poco decepcionando tanto con su multijugador y su modo zombies el cual debía de ser algo clásico algo que destacaba a los black ops, su campaña es una típica historia que hemos visto durante años, pero este call of duty la verdad no aporta nada a la franquicia nada "nuevo" o innovador un juego donde su multijugador esta lleno de bugs y bajones de fps cuando todos tiran rachas al mismo tiempo.… Expand
  83. Zlatan
    Apr 26, 2021
    2
    We back i time not only story wise but also technically,gameplay and sound. The game is just bad.
  84. iCEadDer
    Nov 15, 2020
    2
    ¿Que ha pasado esta vez Activision? Veníamos de un gran juego que se llama Moder Warfare, con una campaña al nivel, un multijugador de los mejores de la historia de la saga Call Of Duty y ademas un WarZone que ha desbancado a grandes juegos como Fortnite o PUBG y hacéis esto, llamado Cold War. De todo el juego, solo se salva la Campaña ya que creo que es lo único que está al nivel de la¿Que ha pasado esta vez Activision? Veníamos de un gran juego que se llama Moder Warfare, con una campaña al nivel, un multijugador de los mejores de la historia de la saga Call Of Duty y ademas un WarZone que ha desbancado a grandes juegos como Fortnite o PUBG y hacéis esto, llamado Cold War. De todo el juego, solo se salva la Campaña ya que creo que es lo único que está al nivel de la serie, pero el Multijugador... ¿Que ha pasado con el Multijugador? Unas animaciones penosas, un "feeling" que parece mas un Counter Strike 1.0 que no un juego actual, un sonido pésimo... (¿A quien se le ocurrió mutear el sonido cuando te matan?) o las animaciones cuando te matan, parecen sacadas de un circo.
    Todos sabemos que la parte multijugador de la saga CoD es la que hace que estemos meses jugando a un juego pero este ColdWar no esta al nivel de nada.
    Lo siento, pero de lo peor de la saga.

    Destacable: La campaña.
    Negativo: Todo el resto.

    ------------------------

    What happened this time Activision? We came from a great game called Moder Warfare, with a campaign at the level, a multiplayer of the best in the history of the Call Of Duty saga and also a WarZone that has displaced great games like Fortnite or PUBG and you do this, called Cold War. Of the whole game, only the Campaign is saved since I think it is the only thing that is at the level of the series, but the Multiplayer ... What happened to the Multiplayer? Some painful animations, a "feeling" that looks more like a Counter Strike 1.0 than a current game, a terrible sound ... (Who thought to mute the sound when they kill you?) Or the animations when they kill you, they seem taken from a circus.
    We all know that the multiplayer part of the CoD saga is what has been playing a game for months, but this ColdWar is not at the level of anything.
    Sorry, but the worst of the saga.

    Notable: The campaign.
    Negative: All the rest.    … Expand
  85. blahhhh
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    I really should've skipped this one. I just bought the last COD and really liked the campaign. The campaign for this one is really bad. Should've saved my money and just replayed the last COD.
  86. ph4tcat
    Mar 13, 2021
    2
    A step down from MW 2019.

    Matchmaking seems to push and pull into matches that are way too easy then way too hard. The push and pull makes you feel a win is undeserved and a loss unfair. It's very hard to see opponents everything just kinds of blends together visually. They must have known this was an issue since several attachments have the ability to "spot" or show an enemy    A step down from MW 2019.

    Matchmaking seems to push and pull into matches that are way too easy then way too hard. The push and pull makes you feel a win is undeserved and a loss unfair.

    It's very hard to see opponents everything just kinds of blends together visually. They must have known this was an issue since several attachments have the ability to "spot" or show an enemy nametags easier.

    Visually the game looks like the weapons and players are plastic toys. I don't know if this was apart of the 80s vibe, but it looks cheap. The fidelity is nice the guns look good, just they look like toys. The animations are okay, but the step up from MW2019 which released a year ago makes them seem "last-gen".

    The single-player story was okay, and I don't play Zombies. So the package was a real wash. The only bright side is I can use the Black Ops weapons in Warzone. So it feels like a 60 dollar battle pass for Warzone.    … Expand
  87. metadubrev2
    Dec 28, 2020
    2
    another broken game. I like using bots but that aspect of the game is broken. after each match you have to back out to main screen and go through the whole process of setting up again.
  88. ArcheXerxes
    Jan 9, 2021
    2
    At least they communicate a little with their community. Otherwise what a train wreck of a game.
    SBMM that may be one of the worst in a game ive ever seen.
    Multiplayer is catered to 'casuals' by including a scoring system that rewards players for trying to get high kill streaks instead of playing objective. Free scorestreaks for everyone by halftime even if you dont really deserve it.    At least they communicate a little with their community. Otherwise what a train wreck of a game.
    SBMM that may be one of the worst in a game ive ever seen.

    Multiplayer is catered to 'casuals' by including a scoring system that rewards players for trying to get high kill streaks instead of playing objective. Free scorestreaks for everyone by halftime even if you dont really deserve it. BUT THEY HAVE SBMM. I DONT GET IT.

    The hell is the point of creating a casual experience and then having SBMM. At least with other MW scorestreaks were earned appropriately after stringing together 3-4 kills instead of sitting at the back of the map getting "Eliminations" by spraying and praying.

    This is the last and final entry of Treyarch CoD for me.

    Zombies has 1 mode for three months that they have put 0 additional content into with a run of the mil call of duty campaign    … Expand
  89. Bobandy
    Nov 15, 2020
    2
    Bad gfx, bad maps.. Armada is killing me. Bad kill streaks.. just play modern warfare for the multiplayer.
  90. AssManis
    Nov 14, 2020
    2
    At this point COD is Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's. Take a year or two off for Christ's sake.
  91. Blindsyde
    Sep 14, 2021
    2
    I really like the more realistic game that came right before this, (Modern Warfare). This game is doodoo , but fun and pretty if you just want unrealistic run and gun game play. I'll just keep playing MW.
  92. Condefe
    Nov 16, 2020
    2
    Neta, como le hacen para hacer un juego tan miado cada año? Entiendo que tienen que hacer un juego nuevo cada año, pero no les sirve de nada los juegos pasados? Balance de armas de mierda y siempre son las mismas, errores en camuflajes como cada año, unas retículas del culisimo. Lleno de errores y todo mierda de veras
  93. JayDarbz
    Feb 24, 2021
    2
    This game is absolutely diabolical! The campaign is atrocious with stupid puzzles! The aiming and reloading is botched! You can't reload while aiming down sights anymore which gets you killed in zombies all the time! This is by far one of the worst cod games I've played! Regret purchasing it! But never again
  94. MichaelJordan23
    Nov 27, 2020
    2
    The mechanics are very different and not fluid. It doesn’t feel like a Call of Duty game, much less a Call of Duty: Black Ops game. This game just feels very uninspired and even rushed. They used to only get 2 years and they still made good games, but this is probably the worst Black Ops game to date. Black Ops 1 is the best Call of Duty game in my opinion other than maybe Modern Warfare 2The mechanics are very different and not fluid. It doesn’t feel like a Call of Duty game, much less a Call of Duty: Black Ops game. This game just feels very uninspired and even rushed. They used to only get 2 years and they still made good games, but this is probably the worst Black Ops game to date. Black Ops 1 is the best Call of Duty game in my opinion other than maybe Modern Warfare 2 and World at War. The maps suck and the gameplay sucks as well. Zombie’s is ok, but the 1st map sucks and it feels too easy. One of the worst Call of Duties to date.… Expand
  95. DariuszG
    Dec 31, 2022
    2
    Cold War on PS4 is awful. Feels like beta. Single player has many bugs (including deleting progress). Multiplayer is also very buggy, textures loading very slow so most of the game it's blurry and ugly. Even objects geometry takes time to load. It's just terrible. Zombies also suffer from textures popup and in addition framerate dips drastically. That's the last COD I bought. I payed forCold War on PS4 is awful. Feels like beta. Single player has many bugs (including deleting progress). Multiplayer is also very buggy, textures loading very slow so most of the game it's blurry and ugly. Even objects geometry takes time to load. It's just terrible. Zombies also suffer from textures popup and in addition framerate dips drastically. That's the last COD I bought. I payed for it 20$ and I think it wasn't worth it. I write this review on 31 December 2022, so game hasn't been fixed. Don't waste Your time and money.… Expand
  96. kardeon
    Apr 9, 2021
    2
    Пожалуй худшая игра серии в плане мультиплеера. Сюжет здесь, конечно, годный, но короткий...
  97. itsArtie
    Nov 17, 2020
    2
    Graphics from 2015. The only place where they actually invested is motion capture for characters, who cares about that? People buy this game for multiplayer. I won't even mention the attempt at cloning Battlefield with Fireteam mode, it's not even a clone, that's how bad it is. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this AA title.
  98. Tsyuko
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    My whole review is only about MP, I never play anything else in CoD...

    As 6v6 MP only player I considered MW 2019 absolutely the worst CoD ever created. It had terrible maps with too many angles, terrible doors, infinite claymores with restock, no dead silence perk, TTK too fast, camping spots(even remastered maps were ruined with them), strong SBMM in casual playlist, washed out    My whole review is only about MP, I never play anything else in CoD...

    As 6v6 MP only player I considered MW 2019 absolutely the worst CoD ever created. It had terrible maps with too many angles, terrible doors, infinite claymores with restock, no dead silence perk, TTK too fast, camping spots(even remastered maps were ruined with them), strong SBMM in casual playlist, washed out graphics etc. It was the only CoD ever I almost refunded. It was like game itself decided if I kill or die.

    The last thing I ever wanted from CoD series is realism - the only reason I buy CoD is that it's casual fast paced arcady shooter, so I consider Cold War being huge improvement(to me every single CoD is masterpiece compared to last year MW). It's fast paced, maps are better(but not perfect), perks are more balanced, TTK is little bit slower(but still quite fast), there is just 1 land mine with long CD, game actually has some colors, camping is not the only way to play and it can be countered. It's CoD again and not Insurgency clone made for CoD haters and realism seekers. First 10 hours I had flawless experience - it reminded me times of BO1 and BO2 which are my most favorite CoD games. I wanted to go for 8+ rating but then thick skill based matchmaking kicked in and it ruined my experience with game little bit(and little bit more). Hard campers and sweats started to often fill my lobbies again(but at least whole game is not designed only for them). There should be casual playlist with weak or none SBMM and ranked with this kind of SBMM with ranks and extra rewards. Also on some maps there are flashing textures(sand on Satelite, mountains on Cartel). This was not happening on beta. There are also small bugs here and there like unlockable calling cards are not saved when you pick them. Another problem is lack of 6v6 maps on release so for now its like 6.5/10 for me untill everything is fixed. After that and when they add more maps it would be like 7.5/10. If they add also ranked and nerf SBMM in casual playlist I would go even for 8.5/10 easily. No performance problems at all on my side, runs exactly as MW (i7-7700k+1080Ti), 80-100 fps 1440p maxed out(tested MP only)

    EDIT: Changed rating from 7 to 2 just because of SBMM... It's not objective but I just can't do this anymore. I like game itself in general (much more than MW) but I absolutely refuse to sweat each and every single game to my maximum potential just to keep 1,2+ k/d in CASUAL playlist. I am not ranked player in any game - I HATE e-sport and ranked tryhard-meta trend, only reason I was playing COD was because it's casual MP game and it's not anymore. Game offers absolutely no choice in this matter, no ranked vs quick match playlist, there is only ranked without rank. Burn in hell for ruining this casual MP series and otherwise good game with system like this. I hope at least Battlefield will never give up on completly random server list system... I always liked COD more but this is just unbearable. Game itself decide who and when will do well or terrible in each match, not player skill. You had 2 good matches? Bad for you, next 2 you will be annihilated... You suck in 2 matches? Well, here is your candy - you will be rewarded with some easy game next. This is not even multiplayer, it's just singleplayer with adaptive difficulty with players carefully picked instead of bots.    … Expand
  99. TheCanucklehead
    Nov 16, 2020
    2
    A broken beta being sold for full price. Nothing works right or feels like CoD. Netcode is **** and robs you of kills. There is 1 gun worth using and you start with it unlocked. All the rest feel useless. Streaks are absolutely neutered because its near impossible to go on any sort of streak at all. There is very little content. Game crashes and visual bugs are everywhere.

    What's sad is    A broken beta being sold for full price. Nothing works right or feels like CoD. Netcode is **** and robs you of kills. There is 1 gun worth using and you start with it unlocked. All the rest feel useless. Streaks are absolutely neutered because its near impossible to go on any sort of streak at all. There is very little content. Game crashes and visual bugs are everywhere.

    What's sad is that the core gameplay is actually really nice; it reminds me of Black Ops 2. The sad part is that Black Ops 2 is 8 years old and still works and plays much better than this, mainly because it was finished before they released it.

    Who knows, maybe after a bunch of updates and DLC it'll be pretty decent, but they should have waited until that stuff was added before letting their 'fans' buy it (who am I kidding, Activision just sees us all as dollar signs).    … Expand
  100. HollidayMan
    Nov 16, 2020
    2
    Campaign : They tried to give the game replay value adding player choice but there are only 2 real endings to the game that you get no matter what. Very short but overall still has some fun moments.

    Zombies: The biggest change is that you can now leave whenever you want. Map is not innovative or fun, just the same old zombies with very minor changes. Multiplayer: skilled based    Campaign : They tried to give the game replay value adding player choice but there are only 2 real endings to the game that you get no matter what. Very short but overall still has some fun moments.

    Zombies: The biggest change is that you can now leave whenever you want. Map is not innovative or fun, just the same old zombies with very minor changes.

    Multiplayer: skilled based matchmaking, people abusing meta guns, constant lag and stuttering. Movement feels clunky and most maps are designed around chokepoints, which leads to one team just holding and waiting while the other team just spawns in and dies. Not enjoyable at all.

    Haven't played a cod since black ops 2 and i am greatly disappointed in this release. YOU CAN REFUND ON BATTLE NET IF YOU BOUGHT WITHIN LAST 3 DAYS!!    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. IGN Portugal
    Jun 28, 2021
    80
    Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ends up mirroring what the Call of Duty franchise offered last year, with some new additions that are also welcome, especially for long-term fans. While being set during a very intense period, the campaign ends up erring for its disappointing longevity, even though the value of repetition is intrinsic to it. Zombies are back in style, while multiplayer gains an excellent new mode, but here it errs again for the arsenal's lack of variety.
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  2. GameCritics
    Dec 16, 2020
    50
    While Cold War is a part of a series I would have said that I loved, I can’t fully embrace it now knowing that this work is trucking in harmful stereotypes via patriotic-tinged gameplay. A decent CoD multiplayer experience will likely emerge from the currently-underwhelming Cold War, but I’m going to seriously consider whether that gameplay is worth enduring (and supporting) the rest.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 14, 2020
    80
    There’s a surprising number of changes, and most work. With an enjoyable campaign and a generous amount of online content, Cold War deserves a warm reception. [Issue#183, p.68]
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