Call of Duty: Vanguard

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3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1479 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 945 out of 1479
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  1. AUXCORD
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    If Cancer got a new name, it would be Vanguard.
    This game is the definition of what not to do in a cod game. The Campaign is hot trash, the "historically accurate" multiplayer is just another level of dog **** and don't even get me started on zombies, I **** LOVE Zombies, (I spend probably 90% of my life playing through every zombies mode that came out since before I was 7, I'm 19 now) but    If Cancer got a new name, it would be Vanguard.
    This game is the definition of what not to do in a cod game. The Campaign is hot trash, the "historically accurate" multiplayer is just another level of dog **** and don't even get me started on zombies, I **** LOVE Zombies, (I spend probably 90% of my life playing through every zombies mode that came out since before I was 7, I'm 19 now) but I just can't say the same thing about Vanguard Zombies I would rather donate both of my kidneys before I play another game of Vanguard Zombies.    … Expand
  2. Jero29
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Haber... Vamos por partes.

    1. La saga Call Of Duty claramente no esta en su mejor momento. 2. este juego es una 5 comillas """""""obra maestra"""""" por favor, entiendan mi sarcasmo este juego es una basura. 3. ahora si lo bueno, el multijugador esta muy mal echo, tanto es asi que en la mitad, si LA MITAD! de los mapas no tienen colisiones, te puedes meter por las paredes y    Haber... Vamos por partes.

    1. La saga Call Of Duty claramente no esta en su mejor momento.

    2. este juego es una 5 comillas """""""obra maestra"""""" por favor, entiendan mi sarcasmo este juego es una basura.

    3. ahora si lo bueno, el multijugador esta muy mal echo, tanto es asi que en la mitad, si LA MITAD! de los mapas no tienen colisiones, te puedes meter por las paredes y campear, lo peor esque Activison no te puede banear porque estas utilizando una herramiente del juego, no cheats, por lo cual es casi imposible de que te baneen y ya saben que significa eso... ¡ASI ES! hackers a mas no poder, en resumen este juego esta echo para vender y nada mas, ya la saga CALL OF DUTY no saca tan buenos juegos yo siempre digo que por encima de todo es innovar eso no falta, pero parece que este juego se quedo a 0/100000

    En fin siendo sincero podria quedarme 1 dia hablando de los defectos de vanguard, pero no puedo simplemente es un mal juego.

    si me preguntas a mi es 1.000 mejor Black Ops 4 ¡SI! un juego que ni siquiera tiene campaña!

    ¿Vanguard que paso?

    0/10

    -Jero29    … Expand
  3. miguellopez99
    Jun 1, 2023
    0
    4/100 it does not get worse than this .
  4. WaffleEater223
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    vanguard sucks ass, the multiplayer sucks to many sweats and wayyy to much customization 10 slots? yeah way to much, the zombies is to **** terrible, you receive the perks FREE and you can just grind points before even starting the mission, and theres only one "og map" witch you can only play a quarter of, and i can pack a punch within 10 minutes of gameplay, remember in black ops onevanguard sucks ass, the multiplayer sucks to many sweats and wayyy to much customization 10 slots? yeah way to much, the zombies is to **** terrible, you receive the perks FREE and you can just grind points before even starting the mission, and theres only one "og map" witch you can only play a quarter of, and i can pack a punch within 10 minutes of gameplay, remember in black ops one where you had to actually work for it, you had to open doors turn on the power save of for perks save for pack a punch, oh yeah doors in this game? its literally just you moving in a 20x20 circle for 5 minutes while playing with your dick. The campaign is **** you spend 2 hours learning the backstory of characters you play as for 30 minutes, it basically said "here's the backstory of ALLLL these characters however your going to play with them for 30 minutes and not learn the backstory of your own, bad campaign **** multiplayer **** zombies -10/10 dont play if you want REAL fun play MW2 (2009)… Expand
  5. Derangedxzombie
    Mar 12, 2023
    0
    'Call of Duty: A pink haired non binary Communist woman's wet dream'

    One of the worst war games I've ever seen. An absolute spit in the eye of all who served in WWII and a disgusting woke and extreme left attempt to erase and rewrite history. The writer of this game should be absolutely ashamed and disgusted at what they tried to do. The game itself is buggy and average, which when    'Call of Duty: A pink haired non binary Communist woman's wet dream'

    One of the worst war games I've ever seen. An absolute spit in the eye of all who served in WWII and a disgusting woke and extreme left attempt to erase and rewrite history. The writer of this game should be absolutely ashamed and disgusted at what they tried to do. The game itself is buggy and average, which when coupled with the far-left propaganda that makes up every other orifice of the game, this game should be in a trash heap far from civilization.    … Expand
  6. Crashcoot
    Feb 15, 2023
    0
    poopy game not buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  7. ErfBro
    Feb 7, 2023
    1
    So Booooring ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌
  8. BeeConsumer
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    This game made me want to get shot in the head. There was nothing hood about it, even the zombies was boring.
  9. VeryGoodReviews
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    This the worst cod I will ever and have ever played and It was the saddest excuse for a zombies game mode and the story was also just a bunch of flashbacks and just awful.
  10. reb0rn
    Nov 1, 2022
    3
    This game had potential. Based off the trailers, it actually looked like a WW2 shooter! Turns out we can use anime skins for our smg's in a world war shooter?? The game was and still is broken with game-breaking bugs. It seems the only people who enjoy this game are at the max, ten years old.
  11. tixi777
    Oct 31, 2022
    1
    Its the biggest piece of **** that i ever seen. This game is the worst cod game ever
  12. Rems
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    Its typical COD gameplay, nothing rly new, historical accuracy is below 0, amount of propaganda and political correctness is overwhelming and really hurts so I don't know what was the point in making this game the way it is. Got it on sale and im glad i didn't paid full price, not worth it. Even on sale i think i overpaid.
  13. Aavv
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    Demonstrates everything wrong with the video game industry and society as a whole just spineless and pathetic.
  14. killer-one805
    Oct 5, 2022
    3
    Vanguard is a game with a severe identity crisis, i still don't understand why sledgehammer took 4 years of development and still manage to disappoint us yet again only worse, WWII was better in my opinion, I've spent more hours on infinite warfare's multiplayer than the time spent on vanguard alone. even to season five, black ops 2 that was released a decade ago, hell even add world atVanguard is a game with a severe identity crisis, i still don't understand why sledgehammer took 4 years of development and still manage to disappoint us yet again only worse, WWII was better in my opinion, I've spent more hours on infinite warfare's multiplayer than the time spent on vanguard alone. even to season five, black ops 2 that was released a decade ago, hell even add world at war for extra credit. they both have more going for it and has more content when they released. sure, the graphics are amazing, but that's really all the positive stuff I can think of. I give it a 3. it's a soulless cash grab.… Expand
  15. Lexatic
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Honestly Would have been a better experience shoving the 60 dollars up my ass
  16. ilovepenis123
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    This is the definition of a generic shooter game, literally nothing special about this game theres no soul into the maps or characters, the main story for the game isnt just boring its a liberal peice of **** disrespect towards history and the franchise itsself, the sotry was lead by a social justice activist so whos suprised,
    No need to talk about zombies everything that made zombies    This is the definition of a generic shooter game, literally nothing special about this game theres no soul into the maps or characters, the main story for the game isnt just boring its a liberal peice of **** disrespect towards history and the franchise itsself, the sotry was lead by a social justice activist so whos suprised,
    No need to talk about zombies everything that made zombies good is gone most of the maps are reskins aswell.
    The multiplayer is sadly the best part about this game mainly because the movement was perfected to the max other then that the multiplayer has a ****ty spawn system, ****ty 3-lane maps, insane amount of latency issues and a **** ton of unbalanced guns.
    In conclusion this is a game to avoid even if its a free weekend dont even bother with it.    … Expand
  17. Spacenugget
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    It is the worst call of duty i ever seen
    Futuristic weaponskins
    Anime tracer packs Attachments that don’t even exist The campaign is not great with lacklustre characters Zombies is so bad i rather watch grass grow And the multiplayer is absolute garbage with heavy sbmm sweaty lobbies and garbage maps Weapon balancing is non existent And then they have the balls to say its    It is the worst call of duty i ever seen
    Futuristic weaponskins
    Anime tracer packs
    Attachments that don’t even exist
    The campaign is not great with lacklustre characters
    Zombies is so bad i rather watch grass grow
    And the multiplayer is absolute garbage with heavy sbmm sweaty lobbies and garbage maps
    Weapon balancing is non existent
    And then they have the balls to say its historically accurate
    I feel bad for veterans of ww2 that know of this game existence    … Expand
  18. CycloneHunter
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This is the single worst call of duty game ever created, yes, even worse than Ghosts and Black Ops 4. The campaign is mediocre at best, the multiplayer is completely uninspired, and the single worst zombies mode yet to top it all off.
  19. Reazistor
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    This game is pathetic. First off the maps are garbage and trying to implement blitz mode was the worst idea possible as it just causes more spawn issues than the game already has on normal pacing. The guns are broken and can easily take out anyone and even the gun you get at the first level can be the most powerful gun in the game. Then there's people running around with anime skins in aThis game is pathetic. First off the maps are garbage and trying to implement blitz mode was the worst idea possible as it just causes more spawn issues than the game already has on normal pacing. The guns are broken and can easily take out anyone and even the gun you get at the first level can be the most powerful gun in the game. Then there's people running around with anime skins in a world war 2 game... Frame rates drop to about 5fps and I'm on PS5 there's no reason for this to be happening on the next gen consoles at all. Campaign sucks and is just dull and boring.The company doesn't care enough to listen and fix their game and it's just pathetic that there are still errors that have been there since day one. Call of duty just continues to collapse and it's getting worse and worse. On top of all this the weapons are like black ops 4 mixed in with world war 2 and mixing futuristic with old doesn't work because the gun balance is extremely shifted to the laser beam weapons. You can't even call this game a world war 2 game especially when it comes to online. I really hope mw2 doesn't suck as bad as this did.… Expand
  20. SuperMoritz1
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    The online experience can, as in Cold War, be explained in a single word: SBMM. Whether you like it or not is up to you but I absolutely despise it. The story is something different. It is way worse. I talked a lot about WW2 with my grandpa who was lucky to survive. He stated several times that he is absolutely sad how this terrible conflict is being abused to not only profit and earn hugeThe online experience can, as in Cold War, be explained in a single word: SBMM. Whether you like it or not is up to you but I absolutely despise it. The story is something different. It is way worse. I talked a lot about WW2 with my grandpa who was lucky to survive. He stated several times that he is absolutely sad how this terrible conflict is being abused to not only profit and earn huge amounts of money but how it is also instrumentalized to somehow teach young players about morlas and social justice. Historical accuracy is totally ignored and is instead replaced by gay, black, disabled or other minorities playing major roles. These groups themselves are not at all a problem but the way they are prefered over accuracy only to satisfy the modern spitit is really sad. People, german as well as allied, gave their lives for their countries and their sacrifice isn't honoured but is instead ridicouled through female elite snipers "kicking some Nazi butt" as a review of this game once stated. A very sad trend indeed.… Expand
  21. CuRoi
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    I shot someone in the face with an lmg seven times. He turned around and shot me in the foot with a sniper. My head exploded. Take a bow sledgehammer you've somehow managed to dethrone advanced warfare as the worst game in the series. You were already at the bottom of the barrel and yet you figured out a way to add a sub basement. But that wasn't good enough for your piece of **** game youI shot someone in the face with an lmg seven times. He turned around and shot me in the foot with a sniper. My head exploded. Take a bow sledgehammer you've somehow managed to dethrone advanced warfare as the worst game in the series. You were already at the bottom of the barrel and yet you figured out a way to add a sub basement. But that wasn't good enough for your piece of **** game you had to ruin warzone too.… Expand
  22. Quineko
    Jul 20, 2022
    4
    Honestly, I was loving Vanguard until season 2.
    I'm present in 4, where they only add horrible maps, suitable for camping, weapons with attachments that make no sense, it's simply impossible to play.
    Bugs since launch that haven't been fixed and optimization issues that have gotten worse every season. Other than these crucial issues, the campaign is amazing as always and the zombies are    Honestly, I was loving Vanguard until season 2.
    I'm present in 4, where they only add horrible maps, suitable for camping, weapons with attachments that make no sense, it's simply impossible to play.
    Bugs since launch that haven't been fixed and optimization issues that have gotten worse every season.
    Other than these crucial issues, the campaign is amazing as always and the zombies are 50/50 according to the community and I don't even dislike it.

    -1 PLAYER because of multiplayer issues.    … Expand
  23. Ygs
    Jul 14, 2022
    1
    You bigoted Call of Duty fans continue to buy the same game again and again. You are so ridiculous. Gaming is dead. Because of this, I say buy one every year again and again and again, fake gamer.
  24. Obabo
    Jul 12, 2022
    0
    Not fun, not historically accurate, and a charater cringefest all around. Couple that with terrible customization and microtransactions and you got yourself one bad game
  25. FoxCritic
    Jul 6, 2022
    0
    Horrible. Pathetic. Ridiculous. That's the three words that describe perfectly this game. This is not only the worst Call of Duty game, but probably the worst World War II FPS ever made (even worse than Battlefield V) and I am not kidding you that there is more than 100 historical inaccuracies. I can't just say everything that is wrong with this game because 5000 characters max feelsHorrible. Pathetic. Ridiculous. That's the three words that describe perfectly this game. This is not only the worst Call of Duty game, but probably the worst World War II FPS ever made (even worse than Battlefield V) and I am not kidding you that there is more than 100 historical inaccuracies. I can't just say everything that is wrong with this game because 5000 characters max feels little words to explain how garbage this game is. Vanguard is the ultimate proof that Call of Duty is turning into a worthless saga.… Expand
  26. KingDeuce
    Jun 25, 2022
    0
    Just terrible, so **** terrible I cant even describe it... Buggy **** Lackluster gameplay and a horrible campaign
  27. Kery
    Jun 19, 2022
    2
    Très bon graphisme du mode histoire . Mais obligation d achat playstation plus pour accéder au mode multijoueur... donc pour cela je note 2
  28. Miyazaki_miyaza
    Jun 14, 2022
    0
    Que me chupen la verga los niños de mierda que les gusta este juego de mierda, prefiero comer mi propia mierda antes que jugar este juego todo mierdero, lleno de hackers y camperos chupenme la verga
  29. Esta-Beed
    Jun 14, 2022
    1
    I have played this game from launch and at first I gave it a pass even though there were so many many bugs, glitches and some of the worst spawn issues I have ever seen. But I like that it felt like MW2019 which is something that I hated COD Cold War did not. However, nearly end of Season 3 and taking a step back I can see there is a lack of content, poor maps, poor battle pass, continuingI have played this game from launch and at first I gave it a pass even though there were so many many bugs, glitches and some of the worst spawn issues I have ever seen. But I like that it felt like MW2019 which is something that I hated COD Cold War did not. However, nearly end of Season 3 and taking a step back I can see there is a lack of content, poor maps, poor battle pass, continuing bugs and glitches and the slowest response from one of the worst so called developers Sledgehammer, I am left disappointed. I would not recommend this game even if it's free.… Expand
  30. AquaberrySkerry
    Jun 1, 2022
    4
    I think this is honestly the worst cod game I’ve ever played. I can’t remember disliking any other cod this much. Ghosts was bad at the time but this is a new low. Let’s start off with the campaign, which can be described in just three words: boring, lackluster, and extremely generic. They try to create these memorable “operators” and they’re all just so boring and generic. “I kill nazis,I think this is honestly the worst cod game I’ve ever played. I can’t remember disliking any other cod this much. Ghosts was bad at the time but this is a new low. Let’s start off with the campaign, which can be described in just three words: boring, lackluster, and extremely generic. They try to create these memorable “operators” and they’re all just so boring and generic. “I kill nazis, that is my plan.” My god is the writing awful. Stack that on top of the most stereotypical nazi antagonist and boom you have this **** This years zombies is probably the worst rendition we’ve seen so far; they completely ditched the rounds and tried out an objective based gameplay loop, which might have worked out if there were more than 5 activities. That’s right, you do the same 5 activities over and over and over again until you get bored and let the zombies have their way with you. The multiplayer is full of an egregious amount of paid for content, 90% of their effort in multiplayer went towards getting you to buy ridiculous skins. (To those who have wasted money on these skins, literally everyone in the lobby is laughing at how ridiculous you look). Mid maps, super unrealistic and stupid attachments, “woke” operators, and garbage monetization completely overshadow the actually pretty decent gunplay, but the credit goes to infinity ward for that since it’s their engine. The series is at absolute rock bottom here, and I pray this **** doesn’t make it into MW2… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 68
  3. Negative: 0 out of 68
  1. Cubed3
    Jun 8, 2022
    70
    Call of Duty: Vanguard is a great Call of Duty entry with absolutely stellar ser pieces, fantastic visuals, and plenty of modes surrounding an excellently fun campaign. The only downsides are the muddied stories… not to mention what is happening in the company that published it. Highly recommended for CoD fans and people looking for a bit of mindless fun set in WW2.
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  2. PLAY
    Feb 23, 2022
    80
    While not quite hitting the series high of Modern Warfare, Vanguard is Call Of Duty as it should be: fast, satisfying, and always calling you back for more. [Issue#10, p.92]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Feb 21, 2022
    60
    Even though the campaign is extremely predictable and the multiplayer is plagued with tones of issues, Call Of Duty: Vanguard is, after all, still a Call of Duty title, and will appeal to all hardcore Call of Duty fans.
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