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. merc4hire
    Dec 10, 2021
    0
    99% of soldiers in WW2 were straight white men not angry lesbian soviet chicks, this game is disgusting and the virtue signaling is off the charts, avoid at all costs
  2. Ghoster
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Even when COD is same every year they managed to make worst COD ever! Bad visibility make game campery only, terrible spawn points and pointless kill streak spamming make this game really annoying. Adding forgetable campaign and bad instance of zombies make it even worse :(
  3. Kyler
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    It was the most boring and scripted fps game I ever played. The people who designed levels and scripts in the single campaign should be ashamed.
  4. gdmatt
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Game won't launch and I can't get a refund. Don't waste your time and money.
  5. Steyraus
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    It's exactly what you think it would be, super wahmen, woke agendas, blah blah, we all know what to expect from the sjw marketing ..Sigh, it's a modern western game,,,
  6. Hystabbia
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    -controls are clunky
    -another WWII CoD
    -the sound is not fixed - they lied. There are times where my sound glitches so much it’s not even funny. It’s not even just about footsteps that you can’t hear (yeah, you still can’t hear them) -you always hear random weapon firing in the background that has nothing to do with what’s going on, it’s quite hard to focus on real game sounds -the    -controls are clunky
    -another WWII CoD
    -the sound is not fixed - they lied. There are times where my sound glitches so much it’s not even funny. It’s not even just about footsteps that you can’t hear (yeah, you still can’t hear them)
    -you always hear random weapon firing in the background that has nothing to do with what’s going on, it’s quite hard to focus on real game sounds
    -the scorestreak system is bad. Players of lesser skill won’t ever be able to contribute with scorestreaks. I’ve had games where I was literally the only one landing enough shots in a row to get a scorestreak, because if you die, you lose whatever kills you had accumulated towards it. Cold War’s was way better
    -horrible map designs. Some maps are way too big and some way too small for the different pacings. It should be limited to whichever pacing it was designed for. 6v6 on Red Star is just plan horrible. The designs of Das House or just plain bad. Just to give a few examples.
    -TTK is way too fast.
    -I personally don’t care about SBMM so I’ll leave that out of my review
    -some challenges for camos are just dumb - point blank range for snipers?!?
    -everyone gets the same operators, even your enemies, so that gets confusing really fast.
    -unlocking operators is tedious and boring.
    -brink back perk cards
    -I’m leveling to 55, playing the camping and putting that one in my library and will go back to Cold War until MW2 comes out in 2022.    … Expand
  7. enut_butter
    Nov 6, 2021
    0
    The absolute worst Call of Duty they have ever put out. The gameplay is a step down from Cold War, the worst zombies mode ever released, and the worst, most cringe, terribly written campaign I’ve experienced maybe ever. While everything is bad, the writing is far and away the worst of it all. How this got the seal of approval from Activision/Blizzard I don’t think we’ll ever know.
  8. Chickenph
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    I wish I could give a negative number as a score. The multiplayer is sabotaged by servers that make it pointless to play, and spawning that's so aggressively bad that it has to be an intentional choice. The time to kill is very short, so either you have amazing internet or you don’t even know you’ve been shot until a killcam starts.
    Spend your money on something that’ll make you happy,    I wish I could give a negative number as a score. The multiplayer is sabotaged by servers that make it pointless to play, and spawning that's so aggressively bad that it has to be an intentional choice. The time to kill is very short, so either you have amazing internet or you don’t even know you’ve been shot until a killcam starts.
    Spend your money on something that’ll make you happy, NOT this game.    … Expand
  9. Keitha313
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Plagued with cheaters, aim assist on controllers overpowered, matchmaking each game no matter skill level its like you're in an e-sport competition... This is hands down the worst COD game of all time. They have also stripped down their last game from removing the social hub, the fun game mode where you have an objective you have to stand beside and move it towards the point and thePlagued with cheaters, aim assist on controllers overpowered, matchmaking each game no matter skill level its like you're in an e-sport competition... This is hands down the worst COD game of all time. They have also stripped down their last game from removing the social hub, the fun game mode where you have an objective you have to stand beside and move it towards the point and the customisation of your character. In its place is generic game modes and boring inclusive operators which have zero relation to this wars setting. That's just the multiplayer aspect.

    Singleplayer campaign is god awful, it's another cinematic movie experience because we don't have enough of them and we don't have enough games trying to preach and lecture us about something. It is truly a disgusting and disrespectful approach to the war it is meant to be covering, it truly is fan fiction for people who don't like games. Polina is the Mary Sue feminist strong woman character, then we have the bizarre option of a black British soldier who is apparently from a well off wealthy family who is incredibly intelligent (during that time, definitely not accurate) and we have a rogue German soldier along with a Yank and someone else... An odd cast of misfits who never are we truly interested in anyway. This is what happens when you let gaming journalists sway your decision making with games.

    Zombies is just bare, for as little content it provides it deserves as little content written about it. Abysmal.

    Worst COD since COD Infinite Warfare, albeit I would genuinely without being sarcastic or bitter say that Infinite Warfare provided a better COD than this.    … Expand
  10. v3nomro
    May 18, 2022
    0
    By far the worst call of duty in the history! These sledgehammer incompetents should be banned from the videogames industry. The maps are by faaaar the worst ever ! Camping at next level with piercing vision, who needs WH anymore ? That MVP scene.... booooring childish and repetitive, ninja stars, swords ? Srsly ? I thought fortnite was for kids lmao !The spawns are not fixed after 9999By far the worst call of duty in the history! These sledgehammer incompetents should be banned from the videogames industry. The maps are by faaaar the worst ever ! Camping at next level with piercing vision, who needs WH anymore ? That MVP scene.... booooring childish and repetitive, ninja stars, swords ? Srsly ? I thought fortnite was for kids lmao !The spawns are not fixed after 9999 patches, probably they will be never fixed, they are waaay to incompetents. Ihope i never see another cod made by sledgehammer idiots. THe only good thing about this fail game is the engine and weapon mechanics, congrats IW.… Expand
  11. SamuraiJapan
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Полное хаотичное говно! В мультиплеер невозможно играть, ни в одном месте нельзя контролировать ситуацию, от скила ничего не зависит. Звуки от выстрелов какие-то приглушенные, как-будто вообще не было никаких выстрелов. Мыльная графика даже в меню.Полное хаотичное говно! В мультиплеер невозможно играть, ни в одном месте нельзя контролировать ситуацию, от скила ничего не зависит. Звуки от выстрелов какие-то приглушенные, как-будто вообще не было никаких выстрелов. Мыльная графика даже в меню.
  12. Bzone
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    I'm not sure how, but it feels even worse than last year's call of duty cold war. To be honest I feel disgusted by the fact that I bought this, and I regret it 100%, and since this is Sony, I already know I'm not getting my money back regardless of how little I played. Last year's installment atleast had really fun zombies, this COD has nothing.
  13. Phoenix123
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    WW2 again. Totally not seen before in 5+ other games in this franchise! The passion for Call of Duty is dead, it’s basically turned into the FIFA/Madden of FPS games. The game's extremely buggy, has one of the worst zombies modes in the entire series, poor characters, and a bad story in general that seemed to be very political with character choices. They don’t care about the product, justWW2 again. Totally not seen before in 5+ other games in this franchise! The passion for Call of Duty is dead, it’s basically turned into the FIFA/Madden of FPS games. The game's extremely buggy, has one of the worst zombies modes in the entire series, poor characters, and a bad story in general that seemed to be very political with character choices. They don’t care about the product, just the fact it gets them profit. Just a common Activision L.… Expand
  14. mike4156
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    another year another copy paste, how could anyone justify buying this game, this is why i use gamefly
  15. Bene86
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    Graphics are low, matchmaking ist disturbing, mp maps waaaay to big and inviting to camp, not to run. The game is made in a way that nobody really can lose, that everyone have a chance and you dont have to learn the game. Oh and pleeeease... stop that woke-trash in videogames, i dont want to get teached about "bad white men", "good black guys", and simply incredible overpoweredGraphics are low, matchmaking ist disturbing, mp maps waaaay to big and inviting to camp, not to run. The game is made in a way that nobody really can lose, that everyone have a chance and you dont have to learn the game. Oh and pleeeease... stop that woke-trash in videogames, i dont want to get teached about "bad white men", "good black guys", and simply incredible overpowered rage-women.

    Dont buy it. Just say no.    … Expand
  16. OnlyOneHere
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    This game is complete garbage. It requires a patch just to be able to play this game. The campaign should be playable without a patch, but the developers were too cheap and lazy to make that happen. The short campaign only lasts for about 5 hours, and the greedy developers are charging $70 for this game. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the last game. The explosion sounds areThis game is complete garbage. It requires a patch just to be able to play this game. The campaign should be playable without a patch, but the developers were too cheap and lazy to make that happen. The short campaign only lasts for about 5 hours, and the greedy developers are charging $70 for this game. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the last game. The explosion sounds are laughable. The missions are boring and repetitive. The story is a pile of garbage. The plane section looks so fake, it feels like a carnival ride.

    For goodness sake, what is it with these videogame developers being so obsessed with making a bunch of military games set in World War II and even the first World War? Enough already. Most people that will buy this game don't even know the Big Three Allies and its leaders of World War II, let alone when the war took place. This just goes to show how out of touch these developers are with their audience. People who love books would be interested in World War, not gamers. If they are going to make another World War game, then at least be historically accurate. They couldn't even get that right, which begs the question why couldn't they just make the game about a fictional war in modern setting? And just like any other modern big budget videogame studio, the developers added woke SJW trash in the game.

    The multiplayer is beyond horrible. The maps are so poorly designed. The spawn points are pathetic. The zombies mode is easily the worst zombie mode I have ever played in a Call of Duty game. The mode is objective-based rather than round-based. It lacks challenge compared to previous installments. You can't even pause in zombies mode when you are playing solo. The physics are poor and the AI is incredibly stupid. I don't recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  17. abacup
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    es la misma basura que los demas call of duty 0 innovacion y el sonido es de lo peor de todos los videojuegos que jugue y lo que no entiendo es como todabia hay gente que apoya a esta compañia, solo sacan refritos
  18. Thwompthing
    Nov 6, 2021
    0
    Wow....I see metacritic users are still brainless. Talk about battlefield 2042 like it's even out? Heck, the battlefield trailer is even better than this entire Vanguard game, LOL. CoD has gone down the tubes so much since Black Ops 2, and CoD fanboys know it. Sick of World War FPS games quite frankly, and thank GOD Dice is going back to modern times, where BF3 and 4 shined theWow....I see metacritic users are still brainless. Talk about battlefield 2042 like it's even out? Heck, the battlefield trailer is even better than this entire Vanguard game, LOL. CoD has gone down the tubes so much since Black Ops 2, and CoD fanboys know it. Sick of World War FPS games quite frankly, and thank GOD Dice is going back to modern times, where BF3 and 4 shined the greatest.

    Lol, just look at the critic scores of CoD Vanguard....NOT EVEN A 8.0, LOL. TRASH. Guarantee BF 2042 will get a much higher score when it's out. I'm so sick of World War crap that I didn't even care for BF1 and V, and so hyped to see 2042!!!

    What's sad is that these CoD die hard fans are so ignorant and arrogant that they are saying Vanguard is better than BF 2042 when the game isn't even out....LOLOLOLOL.

    I rest my case. CoD players are a bunch of kids. Just kids. I'll take my realistic warfare any day over arcade shooting that got old 10 years ago after Black Ops 2    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. Malfor
    Nov 6, 2021
    0
    Call of duty vanguard is by far the worst call of duty to release ever it's extreamly unbalanced the maps are designed poorly with to many of the same path ways and just the way they are set up the operators looks like the they are some the reject versions of the dirty dozen they don't even look like WW2 soldiers
  21. greninjaX
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    call of duty is a bad game made by an even worse company. stop giving these literal criminals your money
  22. hayati_yalan
    Jan 23, 2022
    0
    Full of bug... Buggiest game ever .You can t log-in game everyday ,sometimes u can ,sometimes u cant....Every patch causing new bugs.
  23. Majestikflow
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I downloaded it on Christmas Day. I didn't start to play it until this week. I was shocked how poor the graphics were on the xbox one. It literally looks like a 360 game. It plays like it also. The plane handling is garbage. How could a AAA game get it that wrong? The campaign plays like Battlefield 1. (groups of small stories). But wait... this guy looks familiar, sounds familiar and hasI downloaded it on Christmas Day. I didn't start to play it until this week. I was shocked how poor the graphics were on the xbox one. It literally looks like a 360 game. It plays like it also. The plane handling is garbage. How could a AAA game get it that wrong? The campaign plays like Battlefield 1. (groups of small stories). But wait... this guy looks familiar, sounds familiar and has the same name in COD as he did in Battlefield 1? Matteo? Is this a joke? All shooting games are merging into being the same game. Ubisoft and Activision pushing games where all the leaders are female and non of the men can do anything withpout there military leadership. Wait even in ww2? What a joke. It is this reason why I have only bought 2 games in the last year. Don't waste your money with this. I haven't said that about any COD game except COD Black Ops 4. It is not fun or challenging. poor AI and so linear you would think this game was from 20 years ago...… Expand
  24. inqus
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Multiplayer is a complete mistake. Company and zombies are **** Don't buy this plug for 2021
  25. neosnow
    Nov 8, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my opinion. Please save your money! Not Worth full price if you have to have to buy wait until price drops.
    Campaign is okay.
    But MP is terrible.
    - respawning needs huge work - too much map that doesn’t fit games pace
    - guns…tooo much grinding
    Overalls.
    - I regret buying this game and deluxe edition. But its COD franchise just gotta move on. But i am disappointed I hope they fix some issues now I highly recommend not to buy this game.    … Expand
  26. COTOR
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Worst Call of duty game of all time, boring filler part of Call of duty series. Dont buy
  27. Ruften
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Keep brining politics and agenda to videogames if you want people to keep hating on your franchises. We just want an escape from reality sometimes, if that too much to ask for? Get woke, go broke.
  28. soundbuoy
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    More a review of activision than anything else. What a bunch of slimy underhanded dicks. Read about how Kotick cheated, whined and manipulated his way into control of the company and none of the recent events will surprise you.
  29. 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
  30. Serx79
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    unplayable game on release from company that are super politically engaged.
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73

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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