Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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  1. lesiuML
    Feb 27, 2022
    5
    Very boring and not engaging campaign. Except KGB infiltration mission. Main plot is dull and not interesting. It's very short but that is actually plus of this campaign. Characters are boring as well. Last mission at first was kinda fun but it came out irritating and badly designed. I also didn't liked music in missions I don't know but this whole campaign wasn't mature enough... It'sVery boring and not engaging campaign. Except KGB infiltration mission. Main plot is dull and not interesting. It's very short but that is actually plus of this campaign. Characters are boring as well. Last mission at first was kinda fun but it came out irritating and badly designed. I also didn't liked music in missions I don't know but this whole campaign wasn't mature enough... It's very childlike and it's never good way to showcase a war. Absolutely 0 memories moments of the story.… Expand
  2. YargMeTimber
    Dec 19, 2020
    5
    Not as fun as Modern Warfare 2019, in terms of multiplayer, but this campaign was definitely more interesting and fun.
  3. JoelFekinDies2
    Dec 4, 2020
    5
    Alright so I put down a 5, just because the multiplayer is absolute **** Worst multiplayer experience of my entire life, it completely muddys the phenomenal campaign and zombies. If you want too buy this for multiplayer, don't. I bought it for the zombies and I can say that this is the most enjoyable zombies experience I've had since the golden age of bo3. And without going into spoilesAlright so I put down a 5, just because the multiplayer is absolute **** Worst multiplayer experience of my entire life, it completely muddys the phenomenal campaign and zombies. If you want too buy this for multiplayer, don't. I bought it for the zombies and I can say that this is the most enjoyable zombies experience I've had since the golden age of bo3. And without going into spoiles the campaign is pretty damn good as well.… Expand
  4. POPCULTURETODAY
    Dec 8, 2020
    5
    With Black Ops in the title of this game I went in with certain expectations as the Black Ops games tend to tell deep, psychological, and overall amazing stories. The campaign in this game feels like a Black Ops story which it should considering prominent characters like Frank Woods and Alex Mason return. The campaign also delves into the mind bending stuff that the previous Black OpsWith Black Ops in the title of this game I went in with certain expectations as the Black Ops games tend to tell deep, psychological, and overall amazing stories. The campaign in this game feels like a Black Ops story which it should considering prominent characters like Frank Woods and Alex Mason return. The campaign also delves into the mind bending stuff that the previous Black Ops games explore, but what the story lacks is identity. Black Ops Cold War feels like it relies too much on nostalgia and doesn’t focus enough on the story that ends up being somewhat of a sludge to play through. Granted the addition of side missions are interesting, but they lack reason to play considering there are only three possible endings all of which are anticlimactic and unrewarding given you’ve just spent the last 4-5 hours playing. The story builds off of Black Ops 1 as it takes place after that game, but it doesn’t continue to build the characters like Black Ops 2 did. It is honestly a shame that so much potential was wasted with this story and it is a shame that this game could’ve bridged the gaps shown in Black Ops 2, but the Black Ops Cold War campaigns fails to acknowledge what comes after and in a way it feels as if Black Ops Cold War establishes a new cannon due to the lack of acknowledgment to the previous Black Ops games. A barebones character creator doesn’t make this game any better and the lack of dialogue from the protagonist, Bell, feels like a step back.
    Multiplayer is typically the bread and butter in all Call of Duty games with this one being no different. The majority of the player base will gravitate towards the multiplayer with the ability to play with any of their friends despite their platform of choice thanks to cross platform play. No matter if you are playing on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, or PC; everyone can play together. The gameplay is also what you’d come to expect out of a Call of Duty multiplayer with this game feeling a little bit more like Black Ops 1 in my opinion. That is honestly where the good stuff about this game mode ends though. As far as the actual experience goes it is a dreadful process. The amount of time to level up not only your career level, but also your weapon level leaves you wishing that the grind was just a tad bit less. For it to take hours if not days depending on how busy you are to unlock attachments and camos for your weapons is unheard of for any Call of Duty game. Despite the many forgettable attachments, this game also launched with the least amount of content out of any modern day Call of Duty. Through multiplayer maps to score streaks and even game modes this game feels like the most barebones Call of Duty in a long time. Now as always we will have a DLC season lasting from December until about November of 2021, but many have already summarized that the content that we’ll be receiving throughout the year is content that has been finished for the game since before launch. This game may prove to be better over time as content rolls out and the implementation of Warzone, but as of right now this is what you get and after a month of playing the experience grows stale very quickly. And Skill based matchmaking is a topic that is above my pay grade.
    Zombies is a game mode that has pleasantly surprised me. This is the first Call of Duty game where I have devoted more time to zombies than any other game mode. Up until this point I have only played zombies to use cool weapons and see how high of rounds I can get. I was never too interested in the story and I continue to not really care about the zombies narrative. What this year's zombies experience offers is extreme replayability. With the addition of being able to level up your multiplayer weapons through zombies gives me all the more reason to play it considering I'm not a huge fan of the multiplayer. The zombies mode also introduces weapon, perk, and field upgrades. All of which you can fully max out by achieving high rounds and completing challenges within your matches. Another new edition to zombies is the ability to exfil. When you attempt exfil it puts you in a scenario where you have to clear a lot of zombies for the helicopter to land. The higher the round you try to exfil the harder the process will be. A successful exfil grants you XP bonuses. I never thought I’d say this but after putting in 3x more time in zombies than multiplayer, zombies is truly the saving grace for Black Ops Cold War.
    With that being said here at POP! Culture Today we are giving Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War a flat 5/10. This game proves to have a lot of potential, but as of right now you will be spending $60-$100 on a lackluster campaign, a tedious multiplayer, and a fun zombies experience.    … Expand
  5. KrolikAlkogolik
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Не стоит она 2799.Максимум за короткую кампанию да тот же мульт(если не хуже)с зомбаками 1999.И то с натягом.… Expand
  6. KAIDO96
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    I want to be clear that scoring this game is ultimately irrelevant. For a score to be an accurate representation of the value of a product, all of the product must be there in the first place. COD Black Ops: Cold War is not a finished game. It is, at best, a mid-development cycle beta build of what might have been the best game in the series so far, given an extra 12-18 months ofI want to be clear that scoring this game is ultimately irrelevant. For a score to be an accurate representation of the value of a product, all of the product must be there in the first place. COD Black Ops: Cold War is not a finished game. It is, at best, a mid-development cycle beta build of what might have been the best game in the series so far, given an extra 12-18 months of development time.

    Starting with the campaign, there's clearly a foundation built here that was meant for a 10-15 hour story. There's an ensemble cast of unique characters, with their own backgrounds, motivations, and personalities, and a hub area where you can interact with them. There's a complex main mission - side mission system that expertly reinforces itself and makes the game replay-able. There's a basic but intuitive character creation system where you choose your characters background, and this actually effects in-game dialogue and gameplay. There are choices you can make that impact the way the game unfolds (although ultimately the ending is a a "press-x for good ending" system.) Nothing here is new, but its all expertly executed, and the writing itself can be gripping. All this is for not, though, because the campaign's length doesn't even outlast that of last year's Call of Duty, a more traditional shooting gallery slog through various locations in the Middle East and Europe. In one of the final missions, two characters who had previously never interacted on screen share light, flirty banter during a fire fight, meant to indicate that they had some kind of history. However, this was 100% from left field and seemed very out of place because nothing that had previously happened in the story indicated that these characters knew each other that well. As someone with a bit of experience in professional writing, this is the kind of thing that usually happens when your boss tells you have to cut a huge chunk out of the middle of your script or story board. On a technical side its also a mess; the AI and shooting mechanics are last-generation, but the modeling is even worse. Most guns look they're made out of ABS plastic, and for every mission there is literally only one model for every enemy. All of the Stasi you sneak around in East Berlin are the same generic character model of a German police officer, all the KGB guards you fight in Moscow are the same generic Russian, all the scientists that are being slaughtered by completely identical Cuban soldiers in one of the final missions are also literally the same character model, even one of them who's named and has voice lines. This is a criminal lack of polish.

    I have less to say about the Multiplayer, besides that its decidedly last-generation. Graphics and animations are on par with Black Ops 2 or 3 (although my friends who are on PC say that graphics are better on that platform.) The controls are clunky, aiming is incredibly rough and the rate at which your character turns or aims seems to accelerate or decelerate regardless of your input into the control stick (and this is particularly bad when aiming down sites.) RNG/ping/desync/whatever you want to call it is atrocious even by Call of Duty standards, in all of the games I've played there are multiple instances where I'll get into a firefight with an enemy, seemingly put four or five shots into them, get one-tapped, and then look at the kill cam only to see that from the other guy's perspective I never fired a shot. TTK feels closer to Halo than it does to a military shooter. Maps are also atrocious, either too small or two confusing (looking at you, Miami). Spawns are completely broken, you're either being spawn trapped, spawn trapping the other team, or spawning directly behind an enemy.

    Zombies is, well... zombies. Nothing to complain about but also nothing new. The addition of Create a Class to zombies makes the first 5ish rounds more dynamic but after that it has little impact. The map lacks of the creativity and humor of the zombies maps from the last three Black Ops games, while also falling short of providing a gritty and interesting story like CODWW2 zombies. If I'm being honest, there's far more creativity and content coming out of the zombies modding and custom map community than what can be found here.

    I can't recommend buying Cold War for the same reason I can't recommend eating partially-cooked chicken. To re-iterate my statement from the beginning, this isn't a game, a incomplete build of what could have been an amazing experience.    … Expand
  7. Caporal_Cuirett
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Le jeu est bon, après avoir fait un solide saut en voyant l'alpha boboche de cold war sur ps4, je me suis dit que j'allais attendre la beta avant de juger, puis après la beta, même constat. Maintenant le jeu est sorti et il ressemble incroyablement à une beta, en plus d'utiliser le moteur de black ops 4 qui se fait définitivement sentir comme un ''downgrade'' par rapport au moteur physiqueLe jeu est bon, après avoir fait un solide saut en voyant l'alpha boboche de cold war sur ps4, je me suis dit que j'allais attendre la beta avant de juger, puis après la beta, même constat. Maintenant le jeu est sorti et il ressemble incroyablement à une beta, en plus d'utiliser le moteur de black ops 4 qui se fait définitivement sentir comme un ''downgrade'' par rapport au moteur physique incroyable que nous a offert modern warfare l'an dernier. Modern Warfare était loin d'être ce qu'il est aujourd'hui au lancement il faut l'admettre, mais il paraissait déjà plus innovateur et rafraichissant que Cold War. Pour l'instant le mode Dirty Bomb est assez amusant, mais sur deux cartes différentes, on fait le tour assez vite. Le point fort pour l'instant (pour moi) est le mode zombies. Quand on prend le temps de connaitre la carte et de faire la mission liée au easter egg, on obtient des avantages qui sont remarquables pour rendre le gameplay super agréable et invovateur. Je suis un grand fan de zombies et il est réellement très bon, mais il n'y a qu'une seule carte ''classique'' si on ne compte pas le Dead Ops Arcade. Bref, un jeu avec tellement de potentiel, mais mon Dieu tellement incomplet. J'ai malgré tout bon espoir qu'il soit updaté comme l'a été modern warfare et je suis certain que le metascore du jeu va augmenter dans les prochains mois.… Expand
  8. Tabik2005
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Своих денег, за которые продают эту игру, она не стоит... Прошлая часть мне понравилась больше.
    Ставлю 4, так как хорошая сюжетная линия, и зомби режим тоже. А пострелять в pvp я выберу прошлую часть.
  9. Xoson
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Only 4 new maps from the beta and a handful of guns. Only 1 actual zombies map. If you don't like Call of Duty campaign or zombies $60 is not a good price for this game. Horrible pc optimization. Very lackluster.
  10. Typhonkiller15
    Nov 18, 2020
    5
    Dont know what they did with the aiming but something is wrong with it. Does not feel right at all it goes crazy at some point and than it doesn't move fast enough is just bad
  11. Thibaut37
    Nov 19, 2020
    5
    Le multi joueur gâche tout ttk beaucoup trop rapide impossible de réagir dans la seconde où on nous tire dessus (quelqu’en vous tire dessus c’est terminer pas la peine d’essayer de survire)
    Heureusement que la campagne et le zombie sont là pour rattraper les 5 point restant
  12. xartemisx
    Nov 23, 2020
    5
    Zombie si
    Historia si
    multiplayer NOOOOO osea el SBMM con pocos mapas.
    Encima que pague para jugar ese modo, no me gusto los mapas son variados en cuanto gustos.
  13. alwaysfresh
    Nov 23, 2020
    5
    I'm struggling to see what people like about the campaign. The multiplayer is universally not well received so I'll ignore that. But I bought this for the campaign. And the campaign is a poorly done 3 hour mess with "choices" that give you no meaningful change. The final mission that you do is like 5 minutes long whatever path you decide to take. Other than that, there are like 3 otherI'm struggling to see what people like about the campaign. The multiplayer is universally not well received so I'll ignore that. But I bought this for the campaign. And the campaign is a poorly done 3 hour mess with "choices" that give you no meaningful change. The final mission that you do is like 5 minutes long whatever path you decide to take. Other than that, there are like 3 other small things you decide on doing in the game that might be mentioned very briefly in the epilogue.

    It's disgusting how much critics are giving credit to this campaign. I suspect there is some shilling going on but who knows. The story is poorly done and the twist at the end isn't worth the slow burn of the campaign. No interesting characters are introduced, the setting is boring, the writing is too similar to past Black Ops games.

    I spent 80 dollars on the game. Please don't make the same mistake I did. Stop rewarding poor development of games.    … Expand
  14. iScrapper
    Dec 2, 2020
    5
    It was fun at first but as I play the multiplayer more, right now I am already prestige 1, i find more and more guns being over used to just broken it. Mostly the assault rifles, people can be quick with only a couple of bullets in a straight line across the map and your gone. The spawning sucks with you being spawned either in the middle of grenade spam or a score steak. Than zombies, itIt was fun at first but as I play the multiplayer more, right now I am already prestige 1, i find more and more guns being over used to just broken it. Mostly the assault rifles, people can be quick with only a couple of bullets in a straight line across the map and your gone. The spawning sucks with you being spawned either in the middle of grenade spam or a score steak. Than zombies, it is fun for a bit but than you have lack of perks that everyone is used to or you run in to bugs. Cant call in the heli or the game just starts stuttering randomly. If the multiplayer guns become more balance as in other guns have a chance to compete with other top tier guns with fixed spawns it will make the game a bit more enjoyable. 5/10… Expand
  15. lucasward2002
    Dec 4, 2020
    5
    As of 04/12/2020 Black Ops Cold War on PS4 is simply an unfinished game with numerous glitches and bugs.
    Campaign 6/10 - Relatively one of the better campaigns post Black Ops 2, great story but very short. Overall a good experience, especially if you're a fan of the Cold War period in history like myself. However, one major cutscene glitch occurs were audio plays perfectly fine whereas    As of 04/12/2020 Black Ops Cold War on PS4 is simply an unfinished game with numerous glitches and bugs.
    Campaign 6/10 - Relatively one of the better campaigns post Black Ops 2, great story but very short. Overall a good experience, especially if you're a fan of the Cold War period in history like myself. However, one major cutscene glitch occurs were audio plays perfectly fine whereas the frame rate for the cutscene drops significantly it is almost impossible to tell what's going on. Simply not good enough.

    Multiplayer 4/10 - The multiplayer weapon balancing has been a joke post launch. With broken guns like the MP5 dominating at mid to long range against 'reliable' ARS like the XM4. It should not be happening. As for content for Multiplayer, we get 8 base maps, two of which are recycled from the 12v12 maps. It shows laziness and serious anti-consumerism. Also came across a severe camo glitch issue which made me redo the Long shots camo challenge on the XM4 to get gold as the challenge reset after completion on numerous occasions. This is a game breaker for a seasoned COD vet like me who wishes to progress, it destroys replayability.

    Zombies 8/10 - Zombies has been given a HUGE revamp in this years COD. The innovations are fresh and unique, with every gun becoming a viable means of survival and them buffing the Ray Gun again to make it relevant again. Overall a great game mode with great replayability and fun. However, the graphics and textures take a life-time to load in Zombies but also Multiplayer. Ihonestly feel like I'm playing ROBLOX from time to time. I understand they tried to priorities next-gen but the drop off in textures is a joke.

    Overall 5/10

    Although there are many issues with the game it came as a direct result of Activisions greed, they knew Treyarch had no chance of fixing a game given to them 9 months prior to release. This resulted in an unfinished project being sold for full price. I am a seasoned vet and will always buy this franchise yearly however, I do recommend waiting till 2021 until you invest your money in this game as there will be far more content coming in the Season 1 update on Dec 10th. With this hopefully major bug and glitch fixes.

    SBMM is also another MAJOR issue for the Multiplayer, it no longer allows a poor player to learn and get better but it simply PUNISHES the player for improving by placing them into a harder lobby. With this causing exhaustion amongst players and apathy kicks in, the game no longer becomes fun. I can no longer play hours on end with these recent CODs with this Matchmaking system, it is impossible to gain create satisfaction with a variety of difficulty in my games. Nowadays it is always games of extreme difficulty which only exhaust the player.

    Either way I recommend skipping paying for this game if you are a great Multiplayer fan, as for Zombies, it is a blast    … Expand
  16. Angelcah
    Dec 8, 2020
    5
    Worst multiplayer of alm time the only good thing its zombies and campaing, dont buy this game better tke that 60 dollars and buy something for warzone.
  17. Cherub1991
    Feb 27, 2021
    5
    I loved the call of duty black ops series for their depiction of espionage and government secrets, but what was a disappointment for this entry was, not only is the campaign a download in 3 parts it affects your ending based on the things you do in the game or things you didn’t pick up. The previous games of 1,2, and 3 did a good job with twists leading up to the end of those games. WhileI loved the call of duty black ops series for their depiction of espionage and government secrets, but what was a disappointment for this entry was, not only is the campaign a download in 3 parts it affects your ending based on the things you do in the game or things you didn’t pick up. The previous games of 1,2, and 3 did a good job with twists leading up to the end of those games. While the combat and Cold War setting was something that kept me engaged it left something to be desired that it was incredibly short. The fact that it ties you into Warzone and Modern Warfare is a bit much. I’m not big on multiplayer games personally so the issue I have is the quality of life for the game feels cheapened but the aspect of it being solely multiplayer focused. I don’t understand why so many developers were used in the game seeing as some of the segments weren’t all that ground breaking and felt a bit phoned in. The only positive points I have are in the game’s performance on PS4 as well as the visuals. This over encumbered game expects you to play online and while I can see that being why people play Call of Duty games, the series for me has cheapened into cash grab territory and that’s upsetting to me. So congrats to the 8 developers by making Black Ops as bland and uninteresting as the other Call of Duty games I guess money pools are more important.… Expand
  18. Corvus_Kroenen
    Aug 6, 2021
    5
    To start, the game takes steps back from the last COD instalment.

    The game was rushed and is obvious till date. The campaign is fine to say least. While I enjoyed BO1 and BO2 campaigns even more, It's better than BO3 campaign (BO4 doesn't have one, so there is not point on compare it). A little short and less impactful than previous campaigns but is just fine (nor a great story nor a    To start, the game takes steps back from the last COD instalment.

    The game was rushed and is obvious till date.

    The campaign is fine to say least. While I enjoyed BO1 and BO2 campaigns even more, It's better than BO3 campaign (BO4 doesn't have one, so there is not point on compare it). A little short and less impactful than previous campaigns but is just fine (nor a great story nor a bad story).

    Multiplayer is fun at the start but it feels like a ranked match after few games (wich is funny considering there is league play), but at least plays better than MW2019 thanks to a better map design in some cases.

    And finally zombies. To begin with, is fun but there is a problem and is the lack of "personality" and contain. Die Maschine, the first zombies map in this game is a good introduction to the way this game will play, is very simple and the setting is good but it's "personality" itsn't as remarked as previous maps and becomes a little boring. It's not a top tier map but is not bad either. Now Firebase Z, at first is very similar with DM but the problems with DM are even worst in this one, it's lacks "personality" even more so becomes boring even faster than DM, so more of the same. Then we have Outbreak, which is very slow in my opinion (only is worth for the weapon xp). And finally, Mauer der toten, the best map in this game till date but this map was 5 months on development so it's probally the last round-based map in this games which sucks but it's above average unlike it's two predeccessors and plays well, but that's everything.

    It's not worth at full price.    … Expand
  19. doctrsleep
    May 23, 2022
    5
    I have only touched base on the multiplayer, which is what I usually get these games for anyways. I'm pretty sure Zombies is fun and the Campaign has it's own niche crowd. Nothing has really changed much tbh. BO feels faster I guess I could say and there is fun to be had in multiplayer online, but after a while it just becomes monotonous. Also it feels sluggish after a match and its prettyI have only touched base on the multiplayer, which is what I usually get these games for anyways. I'm pretty sure Zombies is fun and the Campaign has it's own niche crowd. Nothing has really changed much tbh. BO feels faster I guess I could say and there is fun to be had in multiplayer online, but after a while it just becomes monotonous. Also it feels sluggish after a match and its pretty noticeable. I'd say wait for a sale.… Expand
  20. Resoul
    Jul 5, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Super short, annoying enemy placement on some levels, the memory crap drags on too long and got kinda annoying after the 3rd loop, slow a ss load times on top of that if you chose to stay a good guy you just die at the end the other ending is much better, tho i think having the choice of which side should have happen much sooner in the game around the mid part of the game then after picking a side have a few missions rather then having the player pick a side followed by one quick mission at the end of the game, the choice would matter more if it had a impact on the actual story and not just the ending.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. mishkakot
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    Интересный сюжет, музыка. Остальное просто треш и ужас. Прошел только из-за подачи сюжета.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. IvanQwerki
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    I'm still playing the same game with better grafics and some battlefield dinamics
  30. 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
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#13 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
76

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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