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  1. Nov 26, 2020
    4
    How about fixing your game first before charging us 110 AUD for a piece of **** that is gonna crash our consoles into bricks? And also who the frick that has a PS5 version is going to play the PS4 version?
  2. Feb 16, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER ALERT: Call of Duty Gamers Are Trash, They Have Always Been Trash, and They Will ALWAYS BE TRASH! They Rampantly Abuse Gamers Who Are Even One Tiny Iota Different (Even if There Aren’t A Lot of Gamers Who Aren’t **** At Accepting Others You Should Understand That COD Gamers Are Probably The Absolute **** Worst)! What Puts Me In The Middle Ground Is That While They Are Barely Even Setting A Standard For Anything Outside The Standard Racist, Phobic and Hateful Beta Male Bastards of the Gaming Community (Trust Me They’re Pretty Non-Essential To Our Bases)! They’re Just One Part of The Huge Ass Problem That Is The Gaming Crowd! They Make Donald tRump (A Worthless Failed Dictator Who Literally Looks Like a Flaming Hot Cheeto That No One Smart Would Eat... Lulz) Look Like A Competent Human Nutsack, Yeah I Went There, You Can Disagree All You Want... But Eat Me Because POV Reviews Are Out There, They Exist and I’d Rather Play A Video Game Than Shoot Random Virtual White Supremacist Frat Boy Man Children Online In a Video Game That’s Supposed to Be Fun For Whoever The Hell Wants to Play It! Playing These Games Is So Fugging Insane and Annoying That a 4 out of 10 Barely Suffices In This Unholy Online Dog **** So Why Do I Play? Maybe I Just Like Playing Around Shooting Random Virtual Frat Boy Dumb Asses Who Aren’t Being Reputable Human Beings? Maybe That Isn’t Enough and Maybe Activision Puts Down The Development On Any Further Games Until This Idiotic Problem Is Fixed? I Don’t Know Odds Are NOT GOOD, That They Will Ever Attempt to Fix Their Flawed Ass Communities So We Don’t End Up In Dog Fights Just Because They Like Insulting Random Gaymers Because Were Different Than Their ****e Licking Norm That Sees A Putin Scented Dog Turd and Says... “Me Crush, Me Kill, Me Shoot, Oh Yes Me Will” Because Half The Time These Are Random White American Idiots Who Don’t Have A Real Grasp On the English Language They Pretend To Speak! So... Maybe I’ll Let You Enjoy That Dog **** You Redneck Cracker Barrel Smokey The Bear Punching Far Right Anti-Lib Wanna Hump Hump Hillbilly Dumb Ass Face F***ing Twits! Yeah, In Your Face... CRACKERS!!! - Signed And Dictated This Lil MexiCAN Bad Ass Lady That I Am and Everyone On COD Is Way Too Incapacitated (Read: InBred and Dumb) to Know What Is! Expand
  3. Dec 27, 2020
    4
    HUGE step back from 2019 MW reboot.
    Runs fine but after the big update with the battle pass the game fps on ps5 went to hell for some reason.
    Guns feel and sound like toys. Huge maps for a standard team death match. Mostly 3 lane maps. I think that's a negative but that's me though, so if you like that then you'll like this. Animations are pretty weak,and yes I'm comparing this to MW that
    HUGE step back from 2019 MW reboot.
    Runs fine but after the big update with the battle pass the game fps on ps5 went to hell for some reason.

    Guns feel and sound like toys.
    Huge maps for a standard team death match.
    Mostly 3 lane maps. I think that's a negative but that's me though, so if you like that then you'll like this.
    Animations are pretty weak,and yes I'm comparing this to MW that had way better movement and a game that doesn't make you feel like a crack head fueled by red bull.

    If you liked mounting your guns then that sucks since they didn't add that.

    Sorry was fine and zombies is actually enjoyable.
    Just sucks I came for the MP and I really dislike it. I'm kinda forcing myself to play it wishing something will click.

    Damn shame hopefully the next one doesn't blow.
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  4. May 17, 2021
    4
    I definitely gave the score only 4 this is! Why? It's a full full story and first thing was a fun game and I loved the game all cool maps but there is a service problem disparaging me everything I sent it twice !!!!! How can contempt ?! As if there is no perfect to consider! Just say technicians are wrong the maps .... myself I felt not new and even before another game again againI definitely gave the score only 4 this is! Why? It's a full full story and first thing was a fun game and I loved the game all cool maps but there is a service problem disparaging me everything I sent it twice !!!!! How can contempt ?! As if there is no perfect to consider! Just say technicians are wrong the maps .... myself I felt not new and even before another game again again again again failed maps came right! Just saying it's not good ..... having to pay attention to some terrible things! Could be guns like MOD really it's not a man! And there could be something inside Aimbotting so Suri all everything not man! And it's not as fresh as clean I've already asked for service after not answering and underestimate when looking then nothing !!!! How much can you say? Everyone sees that you are not serious about a person who is not special about a new game and a second thing really really terrible about the internet !!! I did not understand what reason on the Internet in Lost connections ?! I had an excellent internet and technicians did not notice anything! Already a few million on a problem! As if technicians are not focused on it and I felt that seeing on technicians is not good ... Thank you very much with respect! Expand
  5. Nov 17, 2020
    4
    The game is dreadful, campaign relies on nostalgia to hide its faults, its very short with an ending much to be desired, completed after a few hours, not a patch on bo1 or bo1s campaign

    Multiplayer, where do i start, they should of renamed the game to Call Of Duty; Mp5 war because thats about all i come across in this game, the maps are very dull and lackluster, specifically garrison,
    The game is dreadful, campaign relies on nostalgia to hide its faults, its very short with an ending much to be desired, completed after a few hours, not a patch on bo1 or bo1s campaign

    Multiplayer, where do i start, they should of renamed the game to Call Of Duty; Mp5 war because thats about all i come across in this game, the maps are very dull and lackluster, specifically garrison, crossroads, and what was supposed to be this games nuketown which is miami, miami plays way too slow should be 12v12, this game is smg central with all its tight spaces, way too many attachments which make very little difference, lots of nerfs and buffs need changing

    Finally zombies. the games saving grace and the only reason im scoring 4, its a refreshing take to what we are used to, lots of new systems, but the weapons need serious buffs
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  6. Dec 9, 2020
    4
    This game is being shoved down our throats cold war is an average game and less than average compared to modern warfare the campaign was enjoyable but short and was done by another studio called Raven so treyarchs main job was multiplayer and zombies and that's where things get tiring but the footsteps audio is a big improvement over modern warfare but not anything else as the multiplayerThis game is being shoved down our throats cold war is an average game and less than average compared to modern warfare the campaign was enjoyable but short and was done by another studio called Raven so treyarchs main job was multiplayer and zombies and that's where things get tiring but the footsteps audio is a big improvement over modern warfare but not anything else as the multiplayer is barebones with 8 maps and half of them suck and when compared to the creativity of modern warfare the map design seems old and the servers are horrendous as you shoot but the bullets don't register as ping and other core mechanics are lacking gun skins are bugged the hell out diamond and dark matter is impossible to get even when all your guns are gold multiplayer is a huge step back with skill base matchmaking not rank base when compared to how modern warfare is and that game not getting another season as activision wants people to buy cold war for 70 dollars for next gen with an unfinished and unpolished game which is a terrible trend and zombies is back but has with more steps with a further complicated system than it should have along with a short story narrative and 1 map this game has given no improvements over modern warfare and even warzone which you need modern warfare for because they didn't rebuild it it for cold war this is atrocious one of the worst call of duty to come out as it was forced and rushed because of activision for next generation but doesn't give off the feeling of next gen so my best opinion is to stay on modern warfare show them that cold war is a mess and unenjoyable in it's current state and to keep supporting multiplayer for modern warfare as there is much better value in that then what we got from cold war Expand
  7. Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Same call of dutty, with slight better grafic, doesnt innovated and its the same game year after year
  8. Aug 17, 2021
    4
    Only for twist plot, AI , gameplay , it should be near 2-3 , very , very poor for 2020 and next gen
  9. Apr 25, 2021
    4
    Bought modern warfare and this one at the same time. Finished modern warfare first and then started this one. This one is ok, but the mechanics are not as fun, the campaign is pretty bland so far. Feels less real, and more arcadey, in modern warfare I really felt I was there clearing room by room. I'm just not feeling this one
  10. Oct 27, 2021
    4
    Singleplayer - first time in my live I have no finish Cod campaign, crappy try thist time, waste of time.
  11. Jan 9, 2021
    4
    Terrible game. Some guns are not even worth using, very poorly made in my opinion the last game was way better.
  12. May 26, 2023
    4
    comme d'habitude graphisme jolie la guerre froide bien mais c'est pas un jeu qui va révolutionner le game
  13. Apr 9, 2021
    3
    Ok no introduction, this game is just bad, and isn't worth the asking price, i'd even say its not worth buying for a sale.

    The Good: -The Campaign is pretty solid, I liked it however it does have its own flaws, but overall i enjoyed the campaign. -I did enjoy playing zombies, it's pretty interesting and it had a nice throwback in one of the maps. -Prop hunt is back, for what its
    Ok no introduction, this game is just bad, and isn't worth the asking price, i'd even say its not worth buying for a sale.

    The Good:
    -The Campaign is pretty solid, I liked it however it does have its own flaws, but overall i enjoyed the campaign.

    -I did enjoy playing zombies, it's pretty interesting and it had a nice throwback in one of the maps.

    -Prop hunt is back, for what its worth.

    The Bad:
    -Skill based matchmaking ruins this game. Games go from fun enjoyable times to boring slogs or complete sweaty matches where you have to try really hard. It flip flops constantly and can leave a person feeling mixed, or just tired of playing really quickly.

    -The Multiplayer maps are mostly all bad. Raid, Express, and Nuketown are fine, but every other map is either too big, confusing, or gives me eye strain. The maps when looking at them from a distance mesh weirdly, and as a result you'll have issues finding people which will eventually lead to you being shot by someone you couldn't see(this happens a lot).

    -It takes a long time to find zombie games, and even when you do they usually don't last long whether its because of a ragequit, people not working together, or the next issue im bringing up:

    -Connection issues. Yep this game still has them. I've been disconnected from games multiple times, even a SOLO GAME. My internet is working perfectly fine, so its confusing that call of duty after many years of release still fails to improve upon its connect, and suffer from host migrations as well.

    -The game asks for a lot in many different areas. It's 190 gb big, which is absurd even by triple A standards, its 10 dollars more than the industry standard(70 dollars), and it asks you to buy a battle bass to get tier rewards. Everything feels incredibly grindy and it just isn't fun.

    The Ugly:
    -The game runs incredibly choppy at times, even on a PS5(Which is supposed to be the big next gen console), prepare for random frame drops, they'll show up eventually.

    -CoD Points.

    -Prop Hunt is worse now, it seems more heavily favored for the hunters, as the movement as a prop can be sluggish.

    -While zombies is fine, it still feels relatively weak and not as charming or as fun or adrenaline pumping as previous zombie modes, but it is better than CoD WW2's zombies, 100%.

    -Familiar characters such as Woods and Mason in the campaign have different voice actors that don't really sell it for me, and Wood's dialogue infamously said some stupid thing about an Onion.

    -The plot twist at the end of the campaign is pretty obvious.

    Overall this game is a trashfire. It doesn't deserve your money, its a boring slog, and I can't see any reason to pick it over other fps games out right now. Not even the good campaign can save this one.

    save your money and buy something else instead.
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  14. Aug 2, 2021
    3
    the campaign was good, zombies is great but the Multiplayer is worse than the holocaust
  15. Dec 4, 2020
    3
    Ужаснейшая часть серии. Такой гигантской русофобской повестки, я нигде не видел! Отвратный сюжет, могли сделать про холодную войну намного интересней и захватывающей. Куча багов в мультиплеере. Как можно убить с MP5, снайпера на другом конце карты? Не покупайте эту игру!Ужаснейшая часть серии. Такой гигантской русофобской повестки, я нигде не видел! Отвратный сюжет, могли сделать про холодную войну намного интересней и захватывающей. Куча багов в мультиплеере. Как можно убить с MP5, снайпера на другом конце карты? Не покупайте эту игру!
  16. 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
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  17. Nov 15, 2020
    3
    normall story and so small story and online mod is so bad and dont have new idea for new game
  18. Nov 16, 2020
    3
    There is no split screen zombies!! Why do they take this away/how do they make such a mistake?
  19. Nov 19, 2020
    3
    Boring Campaign with thousands of stupid enemies to kill,
    worst matchmaking ive seen in MP, lots of lags.
    Wouldnt buy it again...
  20. Nov 21, 2020
    3
    Why release a game with so many bugs? It was necessary to test the game well first, and then release it.
  21. Nov 23, 2020
    3
    Downgrade from modern warfare.......it has its moments......zombies is fun.....multiplayer has its ups and downs.....the look and feel is an acquired taste......I hope they keep modern warfare mechanics in warzone instead of switching over to Cold War mechanics
  22. Dec 3, 2020
    3
    (with the help of a translator)
    Hi guys, I'm from Russia and my negative review is not due to Russophobia present in the game.
    I even liked the gameplay and storyline of the company. But! In multiplayer ... optimization of the battlefield 4 level game on ps3. I play with a sniper rifle in multiplayer mode, with each aiming, textures fall in x10 resolution, freezes appear the same at
    (with the help of a translator)
    Hi guys, I'm from Russia and my negative review is not due to Russophobia present in the game.
    I even liked the gameplay and storyline of the company.
    But! In multiplayer ... optimization of the battlefield 4 level game on ps3. I play with a sniper rifle in multiplayer mode, with each aiming, textures fall in x10 resolution, freezes appear the same at every aim and every death. Well, just like that. The game freezes, constantly loads textures, AND LIKE SNIPER RIFLE DOES NOT KILL FROM THE FIRST SHOT!
    Go through the company, don't even poke your nose into the network game. The score is above zero only because of the single player.
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  23. Jan 1, 2021
    3
    Cannot get multiplayer to work.

    Campain takes one day to finish.
    Seems like they published a half finished game
  24. Jan 16, 2021
    3
    How the mighty have fallen - Cold war takes a step back in every conceivable way (the campaign being decent is it's saving grace). The multiplayer feels like it was a port from a game made 10 years ago and skill-based matchmaking seems to be intensified. Hard pass - For anyone expecting the quality that was last year's MW, - lower those expectations significantly
  25. Aug 26, 2021
    3
    i play cod every year and this is the worst cod in history. i think cod series is near to an end.
  26. Jun 4, 2021
    3
    This game very very very and crazible very short!! And its story was very bad and f#$@&*. Not recommended. Call of duty WW2 is better than.
  27. Oct 24, 2021
    3
    Although I'm a big fan of the franchise and play only the campaign, I was very disappointed with what was delivered to us, the graphics are average losing from the last COD, even the game going after the first Black Ops, the characters are visually younger. Something that annoys me in a first-person game is when the producer makes the main character mute and without personality, they sayAlthough I'm a big fan of the franchise and play only the campaign, I was very disappointed with what was delivered to us, the graphics are average losing from the last COD, even the game going after the first Black Ops, the characters are visually younger. Something that annoys me in a first-person game is when the producer makes the main character mute and without personality, they say this is for the player to have more immersion, but I see this as being lazy to create a Jason from Far Cry 3, which motivates you to play more and more to keep up with your change as the drama progresses. In this COD they did that, they put a Zé Mudinho. I bought it on sale and still regretted it. Expand
  28. Nov 5, 2021
    3
    Game just doesn’t feel smooth at all and very clunky multiplayer. The maps are bad as well. The only thing saving this game is the zombies mode but even that doesn't bring me back to this game ever.
  29. Nov 15, 2021
    3
    This games saving grace was zombies, the multiplayer of Call of Duty games has only gone down hill over the years with annoying sound design, and system crashing bugs. The gun balance is also, like most CoD games, a big problem with 2-3 guns completely dominating everything else.

    The Zombies game play is one of the best in years, and the Easter Eggs were extremely enjoyable to do with
    This games saving grace was zombies, the multiplayer of Call of Duty games has only gone down hill over the years with annoying sound design, and system crashing bugs. The gun balance is also, like most CoD games, a big problem with 2-3 guns completely dominating everything else.

    The Zombies game play is one of the best in years, and the Easter Eggs were extremely enjoyable to do with friends; gun camos where a fun thing to chase.

    I don't think I'll ever enjoy the community this franchise brings with the amount of racist, homophobic, and downright disgusting people in the forced voice chat. Maybe one day the CoD devs will actually ban people instead of putting up ad screens saying "black lives matter" but until that day the community certainly will not help bring back this franchise to what it once was.
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  30. Apr 6, 2022
    3
    The Zombie Mode is great! Haven't played the story but no one cares about it anyways. Now to the multiplayer. It was great for 1 week, the gameplay is fast-paced and most of the maps are nice too. A few textures took a little bit long too load and the game lagged sometimes but it was almost always in loading screens so it didn't matter that much to me. But after this one week sbmm madeThe Zombie Mode is great! Haven't played the story but no one cares about it anyways. Now to the multiplayer. It was great for 1 week, the gameplay is fast-paced and most of the maps are nice too. A few textures took a little bit long too load and the game lagged sometimes but it was almost always in loading screens so it didn't matter that much to me. But after this one week sbmm made it's job and completely **** the whole game and turned it in one big moisty piece of **** Everyone was constantly camping and pre aiming like they were molested by their creepy uncle when they were a kid. The best example for this bull**** is the map America. EVERYONE was camping on the roofs and in the houses and you could do literally nothing about it because everyone is playing sniper-shotgun and is pre-aiming and even pre-firing like a little **** And it's almost as bad as this in almost every map in the game. Checkmate, Express, Satellite, Apocalypse, Zoo, Echelon, Rush, WMD and Garrison are also played like this by most of the players. The only maps i constantly had fun on are Cartel, Miami, Moscow, Raid, Diesel, Hijacked and Deprogramm. But when everyone would play on them like they were meant to almost every map would be a banger, so it's mostly the players' fault. So if you want to waste money and have fun for one week then i would recommend it. Otherwise just buy BO 4 it's better in almost every aspect. Expand
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 38
  2. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Jul 2, 2021
    80
    Thankfully, a few of the early bugs were ironed out of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and subsequent season passes have patched up modes and maps that were lacking. The campaign is genuinely intriguing but may not appeal to those who just want to run and gun. Zombies and Multiplayer modes are plentiful and there should be something for everyone to thoroughly enjoy. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War should be used as the poster child for PlayStation 5's DualSense controller which has been put to full use for an immersive experience. Casual players will be somewhat put off by the sheer storage space required to fully experience everything that is on offer, especially given that SSD capacity is this generation's gold dust, but Call of Duty die-hards will most likely overlook this.
  2. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    70
    I have no doubt that the latest Call of Duty will earn ridiculous amounts of money once again, but I will remember it as a dip in form, a game that’s closer to mediocrity than greatness. The story campaign has a satisfying finale but as a whole is rather uninspired, while the multiplayer has lost the tactical feel I enjoyed in Modern Warfare Remastered. [01/2021, p.56]
  3. May 10, 2021
    69
    Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the video game equivalent to that one kid in class with a sugar rush and an addiction to pixie sticks. Sure, it might be entertaining for a little while, but the more time you spend with it, the more you realize it’s just rambling on aimlessly. Ultimately, with its lack of a clear vision and focus on what makes a game fun, Cold War isn’t going to entertain you for long.