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
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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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