Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 760 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 337 out of 760
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  1. Rockinjaker
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Fix your god damn game!!! Charge an extra 10$ for a buggy mess, do NOT buy this game right now, isn’t worth it right now
  2. HiimKai
    Dec 23, 2020
    5
    Black Ops Cold War has an interesting campaign, with nostalgic characters and side missions that required your brain (yes your brain in a CoD game) to unlock by doing decryption puzzles. Moreover, they nailed that Cold War vibe in the campaign. However, campaign these days for CoD seem to be more of an afterthought, which is a shame as I grew up with playing through the campaigns of mostBlack Ops Cold War has an interesting campaign, with nostalgic characters and side missions that required your brain (yes your brain in a CoD game) to unlock by doing decryption puzzles. Moreover, they nailed that Cold War vibe in the campaign. However, campaign these days for CoD seem to be more of an afterthought, which is a shame as I grew up with playing through the campaigns of most CoDs. This one I felt was too short and not as uninteresting compared to the previous instalments like OG MW and BOPs1.

    Multiplayer lacks solid map design with only 2 maps that are actually enjoyable to play on. However, most maps are extremely campy? with way too much cover and players can blend to the terrain making it almost impossible to see them. The biggest downfall is the matchmaking in the MP, if you play good it will match you with really good players and if you play bad it will match you with not so good players. Making it hard to play consistently on a casual playlist and this type of match-making should be used in a ranked playlist. They need to change this ASAP. The plus side of MP is the gun customisation with it being extremely detailed, being able to see the complex stats of your gun make it easier and fun to customise to suit your playstyle.

    I really enjoyed this instalment's take on zombies and it is really refreshing to play in my opinion. With new enemy types and the main map being really fun to play on. I have not sunk as much hours on zombies mode as much as MP, however I do plan to play it a lot more.

    Briefly, the game occasionally crashes which is really a let-down and I have read articles of the game ruining the hardware of PS5s, which makes me extremely nervous to play it sometimes. Personally, I would recommend waiting for a sale on this one and also until they fix the crashing and the match-making issues.    … Expand
  3. alchemist_man
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    worst call of duty of my life ... boring story... full of bugs on multiplayer.. it wasted my time and money
  4. Vigo
    Nov 19, 2022
    9
    Don't ask me why but this is the only COD game I have ever gotten into. 2 years laster im over 500 hours in. It's the only one I have enjoyed and ive played maybe 4 other titles never really got into the series. I wish I had an explanation. I don't. I just know 500 hours later in im still liking it better than anything else.
  5. dangyosabyss
    Apr 8, 2021
    1
    Got it free as part of a ps5 bundle (the only way to get a ps5 currently it seems). It is apparent that with every passing year they charge you more and sell you less of a game. It is unfinished and STILL suffers from the same issues COD has always suffered with. Connection issues that make it more a battle of internet providers than of skill etc etc etc. A game that sells as much as CODGot it free as part of a ps5 bundle (the only way to get a ps5 currently it seems). It is apparent that with every passing year they charge you more and sell you less of a game. It is unfinished and STILL suffers from the same issues COD has always suffered with. Connection issues that make it more a battle of internet providers than of skill etc etc etc. A game that sells as much as COD shouldnt have these problems. It certainly should not be released unfinished. If call of effing duty is allowed to release unfinished then gaming is in deep trouble. Stop buying these games. Stop supporting it. Games-as-service needs to go. If we continue to send money towards these games then we will deserve everything we get. Stop funding your own exploitation.… Expand
  6. MattRRF90
    Apr 6, 2021
    1
    Just so BAD! I literally only play nuke town and zombies because it's just so **** Now I don't play it at all the game is so boring. Players jumping in the air to avoid being shot WTF is this game.
  7. Xeculiar
    Dec 1, 2021
    7
    I like this game its has an amazing campaign the best one years (not saying the mw campaign was bad though) i just enjoyed this one more i liked the multiple endings the zombies was also really fun and i enjoyed it alot. just the multiplayer was kinda trash. this game had a pretty bad launch when it came to crashing issues glitchy cutscenes Very unbalanced weapons. but after a while theI like this game its has an amazing campaign the best one years (not saying the mw campaign was bad though) i just enjoyed this one more i liked the multiple endings the zombies was also really fun and i enjoyed it alot. just the multiplayer was kinda trash. this game had a pretty bad launch when it came to crashing issues glitchy cutscenes Very unbalanced weapons. but after a while the issues got fixed and i could actually enjoy the game overall the zombies and campaign was really good. at least this game doesn't encourage camping every single corner like mw… Expand
  8. SIDEKNEE
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    all I got to say is **** SBMM and the optimization for PC and some of the consoles. I remember when you could play this game without have to really try and the majority of the time I would do good (around 2.0KD), but now since activison wants everyone to lose some weight they make me have to sweat for like three weeks straight as soon as I do ok in this game (get 350+ SPM and 1.5+ KD). Itsall I got to say is **** SBMM and the optimization for PC and some of the consoles. I remember when you could play this game without have to really try and the majority of the time I would do good (around 2.0KD), but now since activison wants everyone to lose some weight they make me have to sweat for like three weeks straight as soon as I do ok in this game (get 350+ SPM and 1.5+ KD). Its just not fun. MP maps suck with hit registration being trash, zombies was fun for like 10 hours until I got told there was exp glitches that you would stop getting exp past certain rounds and the 2x exp weekend made you get less exp. LASTLY all I got to say is MP5, like I love the gun but I mean what's with infinity ward and Treyarch getting a massive hard-on for that gun. I mean just look at the beta..., but anyways I guess the game has room to improve but for now I can't play it, just gonna play cyberpunk and wait for RAID to come out.… Expand
  9. ActivisionSuccs
    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
  10. TomasLacerda
    Nov 14, 2020
    1
    The game is insulting. I already asked for a refund on this.
    The game is awful. Gameplay, AI, it's just insulting how bad it is. The campaign is shorter than ever.
    It's impossible to play multiplayer, the connections and the dc's amount are tremendous.
    For them to ship a game like this is tells how much respect they have for their audience.
    Don't waste your money.
  11. BigPolish12
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    this game is not good not fun not worth your money and not worth your time. refunded it 7 hours after purchase.
  12. Ronny510
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Почему-то эта новая колда, в плане мультиплеера, напоминает мне сильно урезаную батлфилд 4, то есть не такая масштабная и без техники, а поэтому еще и скучная. Прикольно когда ты уже много лет не видишь разницы между играми серии код, а все говорят о новшествахПочему-то эта новая колда, в плане мультиплеера, напоминает мне сильно урезаную батлфилд 4, то есть не такая масштабная и без техники, а поэтому еще и скучная. Прикольно когда ты уже много лет не видишь разницы между играми серии код, а все говорят о новшествах
  13. KapaGT
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    This is just so bad. The story on the campaign is great, but the general gameplay is awful, seems like a bad mobile game with bad everything.
    Multiplayer modes are hideous, no TDM, no nice maps, and of course, no anti-cheat, because they make millions with these games but cant even invest in a god anti-cheat. The game is full of cheaters and it started in the beta!
  14. D4wG
    Nov 19, 2020
    1
    this game is really awfull. dont get me wrong the campain is insane just the end suxx. Zombie mode is really fun aswell. But the multiplayer is hoiy **** really bad. The maps are better then mw but the gameplay, how it feels. terrible. Score streaks, wtf. Why? U know the answer cuz the gameplay is bull**** u will never get a full streak if u not sit down in the corner. So the dev desiedthis game is really awfull. dont get me wrong the campain is insane just the end suxx. Zombie mode is really fun aswell. But the multiplayer is hoiy **** really bad. The maps are better then mw but the gameplay, how it feels. terrible. Score streaks, wtf. Why? U know the answer cuz the gameplay is bull**** u will never get a full streak if u not sit down in the corner. So the dev desied :"lets make score streaks, to get points for play obj."

    please go back to the roots, normal streaks, smaller maps, no so much mechanics.
    just run and gun.

    not that worse like modern warfare before, but worse    … Expand
  15. LatinCritic13
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    This is what happens when Treyarch and Activision don’t listen to hardcore COD fans if no extra polish or delay would be in place in a middle of a pandemic. As a result, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is just an unfinished half-assed COD game that fails to deliver an experience that doesn’t quite feel complete at all compared to the likes of Black Ops 4. The campaign is short and sweetThis is what happens when Treyarch and Activision don’t listen to hardcore COD fans if no extra polish or delay would be in place in a middle of a pandemic. As a result, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is just an unfinished half-assed COD game that fails to deliver an experience that doesn’t quite feel complete at all compared to the likes of Black Ops 4. The campaign is short and sweet jointly developed by other Activision studios, but the multiplayer and zombies focused by Trollarch doesn’t capture that feeling of being a badass anymore since the first masterful Black Ops title came out. Is this the worst COD since Ghosts? No, but it is certainly better than Black Ops 4 by two points. Next time Trollarch, get your Schmidt together on making the best COD as precise it can be instead of rushing it with huge updates eating our hard drives up even though we just started the new console generation of gaming – damn!… Expand
  16. mr_dark_killer
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    normall story and so small story and online mod is so bad and dont have new idea for new game
  17. CollinDLennon
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    This game feels lackluster and more blocky than the last COD title Modern Warfare(2019). There feels like a huge decrease in graphical fidelity. Campaign also feels poorly written with the worst exposition In a single player campaign I have played in a while. Zombies is about the only redeeming factor but that's more about players missing the feature after it had gone stale in previousThis game feels lackluster and more blocky than the last COD title Modern Warfare(2019). There feels like a huge decrease in graphical fidelity. Campaign also feels poorly written with the worst exposition In a single player campaign I have played in a while. Zombies is about the only redeeming factor but that's more about players missing the feature after it had gone stale in previous titles. too few maps on release and far to many problems to be called Triple A. Modern Warfare needed work but this feels like two steps back.… Expand
  18. Whatever2
    Nov 14, 2020
    1
    This game is complete utter trash. There are so many glitches in this game. I thought they would polish this game but it was unstable as was modern warfare. I am disappointed by this.
  19. lucas_j
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    Unfinished and glitchy. Splitscreen barely works on online, and can't even split on Zombies. Feeling like a massive downgrade from Modern Warfare so far...
  20. ddr3ams
    Nov 14, 2020
    1
    Constantly crashing, unplayable piece of **** Even beta was far more stable.
  21. WendyClarke
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    I had very high hopes for this next installment. But oh jesus was i vastly disappointed. Make cod good again
  22. Gator_Ermy
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    Honestly. **** disgraceful, not to sound like a **** Karen but this whole game is just poorly made. the story, mediocre. the multiplayer not even worth playing, and the customization is just sad. anyone seeing this who has the game go to any gun, go to the magazines and go look at each fast mag. for example, the M16, the mag shown is a 20 round mag which takes to **** seconds to fact checkHonestly. **** disgraceful, not to sound like a **** Karen but this whole game is just poorly made. the story, mediocre. the multiplayer not even worth playing, and the customization is just sad. anyone seeing this who has the game go to any gun, go to the magazines and go look at each fast mag. for example, the M16, the mag shown is a 20 round mag which takes to **** seconds to fact check that its not a 30 round mag and on the last mag called 55 round fast mag. ITS A 30 ROUND MAG WITH A **** PIECE OF STRING ON IT. HOW DOES STRING ADD ON 25 **** ROUNDS. honestly cause I love the black ops series, but until they put a ounce of **** effort in this game I will be wishing I didn't spend $70 **** dollars on this, dont suggest you buy until this game gets some love. conclusion, this game is Call of Duty Ghost 2 Electric Boogaloo Retro edition.… Expand
  23. ScurrDE
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Jesus christ is this game **** , i miss the old cod , i will never buy a cod anymore -,-
  24. grove2121
    Nov 16, 2020
    2
    Cheap pathetic propaganda. They couldn't even come up with a decent storyline. Disappointment tbh.
  25. DevenDaFreak
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf thenerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.nerf the mp5.… Expand
  26. Ebla
    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    … Expand
  27. Joshwa
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    Get this only for Zombies, which is awesome. the rest is a massive step back from MW and other COD's. if you can get past the cartoonish style the game looks good, however my biggest gripe (there's more issues, a lot more) with the game is visibility. every combatant blends into everything, you walk into a room and check your corners, its all clear, nope there's someone there with aGet this only for Zombies, which is awesome. the rest is a massive step back from MW and other COD's. if you can get past the cartoonish style the game looks good, however my biggest gripe (there's more issues, a lot more) with the game is visibility. every combatant blends into everything, you walk into a room and check your corners, its all clear, nope there's someone there with a shotty. the game is $100 dollars of frustration.

    I can't wait when they introduce this cancer into an awesome BR warzone    … Expand
  28. Krispayy
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    If you're buying Cold War with the expectation of an experience similar to Modern Warfare, save your money on something else. The campaign is one of the greatest I've ever experienced in a Call of Duty game in the past eight years. The characters are all incredible, the missions are enjoyable, and the multiple endings are all interesting and fun. The zombies are also extremely fun andIf you're buying Cold War with the expectation of an experience similar to Modern Warfare, save your money on something else. The campaign is one of the greatest I've ever experienced in a Call of Duty game in the past eight years. The characters are all incredible, the missions are enjoyable, and the multiple endings are all interesting and fun. The zombies are also extremely fun and exciting, and I could play it for hours (as intended.) The multiplayer, however, is extremely lacking in multiple areas. From the intense skill-based matchmaking, the incredibly formulaic gunplay to the extremely average map choices, the main part of this game is below average at best.… Expand
  29. getrwuegyweh
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    The only fun part of this game is the gun customisation. Apart from that, it's AWFUL! Also, stop allowing PC players to play with xbox and PS players, every other game theres a hacker.
  30. Kris9308
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Same call of dutty, with slight better grafic, doesnt innovated and its the same game year after year
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Cubed3
    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.
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  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. PSX Extreme
    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.
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