Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

 Xbox One
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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 438 Ratings

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  1. dylansgaming48
    Jul 21, 2023
    3
    Horrible game not fun at all just downgrade from bo3 one of the main problems this game has is just really boring gameplay and a terrible campaign
  2. wchamberlain8
    Sep 28, 2022
    3
    You can have fun on Black Ops 4, but it is a very small chance in comparison to the suffering you are put through due to map design, weapons and the god-awful specialists.
  3. HanTrooper23
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    The game was okay the guns looked good and sounded good to but the 2 things why I hate it is because 1 There's no Campian and then there's Nomads Dog. Now its op and that cool not when your on the other team. You could be playing a game of TD and then just die from a dog with aimbot because he can "See" you. The Zombies is fun though. Me and my friends were trying to see how long we couldThe game was okay the guns looked good and sounded good to but the 2 things why I hate it is because 1 There's no Campian and then there's Nomads Dog. Now its op and that cool not when your on the other team. You could be playing a game of TD and then just die from a dog with aimbot because he can "See" you. The Zombies is fun though. Me and my friends were trying to see how long we could last on one TV. But all together the game kinda sucks but kinda dosent. oh and I did not want to talk about Blackout because there is already Warzone and Fortnite.… Expand
  4. DarCbrGr
    Jun 26, 2021
    4
    The fact that there's only multiplayer and zombies here is good considering how the last Black Ops campaign was, but there was also a huuuuuge lack of content. Base multiplayer was boring and the zombies mode wasn't much better either. The saving grace of this game tho is Blackout, which would be further improved upon with Warzone which launched during the next COD game's cycle.
  5. wiredspore44
    Dec 28, 2020
    4
    Boring, generic modern shooter which doesn't even have a campaign mode! Not a good first impression to Call Of Duty series!
  6. Sjw-remover
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Trash game with no any connection to previous black ops games, and no campaign. Multiplayer is just generic boring CoD style multiplayer. There is nothing innovative and new.
  7. Sweetmajestic
    Dec 6, 2020
    1
    This game is a joke compared to all other black ops/modern warfare. Black ops 4 doesn’t know what a hit box is you can be aiming behind the players and some how still kill the player when the cross arrows are not even on the player. Didn’t know we wanted SUPERHEROS because every character has a special power and over powered at that. 1 shot kills all day. Like wtf is this game? Sad sadThis game is a joke compared to all other black ops/modern warfare. Black ops 4 doesn’t know what a hit box is you can be aiming behind the players and some how still kill the player when the cross arrows are not even on the player. Didn’t know we wanted SUPERHEROS because every character has a special power and over powered at that. 1 shot kills all day. Like wtf is this game? Sad sad sad

    Oh score streaks are stupid dumb over powered as well. Yah let’s call in something that kills you instantly for 2 minutes straight    … Expand
  8. Caldan
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
  9. Local-Gamer
    Aug 31, 2020
    2
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was a decent game at first, but now it is nothing more than a bad, microtransaction filled experience, which is a huge shame. First, let's talk about the Multiplayer. Basically, it's a slower, more tactical multiplayer than the other entries in this franchise. That isn't necessarily a bad thing to have, but it just feels off compared to the previous games. TheCall of Duty: Black Ops 4 was a decent game at first, but now it is nothing more than a bad, microtransaction filled experience, which is a huge shame. First, let's talk about the Multiplayer. Basically, it's a slower, more tactical multiplayer than the other entries in this franchise. That isn't necessarily a bad thing to have, but it just feels off compared to the previous games. The Operator system from Black Ops 3 returned, and how you feel about that is up to you. The biggest problem I see here is that, surprise surprise, some insanely strong guns are locked behind lootboxes in the Black Market system. Next, we have the Blackout mode, a battle royale. It's a decent experience, yes, but did they have to sacrifice the Campaign for an unoriginal mode like this? I don't think so, and the fact that they gave up a core feature of the series for yet another Battle Royale irks me. Don't get me wrong, this mode is good on its own. It's just that it wasn't worth giving up the Campaign. Anyway, moving onto my favorite and most played mode, Zombies. And it might just be the worst outing I have played here. It's not that the three maps they included are bad (IX is the best one, while Voyage of Despair and Blood of the Dead are meh), it's that they're the only maps you can play without spending 50 DOLLARS on the season pass. Really? A 60 dollar game with a 50 dollar season pass that is basically nothing more than cosmetics and a few Zombies maps? What a joke! I do enjoy Zombies, but the way they changed this DLC system to only the season pass is ridiculous. The only map that you can get separately is Classified, which is honestly a good map on the same tier as IX. But, if you play Zombies as much as I do, of course it's gonna get boring! Oh, and you thought the Season Pass was bad? Check out this Black Market system! I hated when only one specific class of weapons got a skin instead of all the guns in Infinite Warfare, but it somehow got worse. Guess what? You get the skin for ONLY ONE WEAPON. ONE. Are you joking? This is sad and appalling! This means that instead of getting that one sick costume you wanted or even a good gun, you get the same skin you just got for that Titan except it's for the Spitfire. AND there's chances of getting duplicates. Why? This has got to be the worst way to monetize a game I've seen since Evolve and its two Season Passes. It ruins what is already a mediocre entry in the COD franchise in my opinion. The Season Pass is basically worthless (even if you're a Zombies fan like me), the Black Market is a pitiful lootbox system with so many duplicates it feels like you just waste your time, and the modes in the game are meh. That's a huge shame, since the graphics and sound design are great. There was potential hidden in this game, and yet it had to be ruined by the monetization. I seriously dislike this game, and it all has to do with how worthless it feels for the price of admission. This feels like a mobile game instead of a 60 dollar Triple A title. Heck, even COD Mobile feels better, and that's a free game! This is quite possibly one of the worst games I've played in a while, and that's so disappointing.

    Overall, COD: Black Ops 4 is a money hungry mess. It shows how greedy companies like Activision have gotten, and the nice graphics, sound design and performance can't save the game from being mediocre to play. Do not buy this game unless you're someone who feels the need to play EVERY COD game or you're into gambling for worthless cosmetics. I'll just stick with the classic Black Ops 2 or Infinite Warfare and have fun with actual content that doesn't lock the fun parts of a 60 dollar game behind a 50 dollar paywall.    … Expand
  10. VitiatedGaming
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    A wise man once said "Multiplayer ruined video games", and I find it very hard to disagree. Mainly because I said that in 2013, at the apex of companies shoveling in useless multiplayer to games that had no need for it such as Bioshock 2, Spec Ops: The Line, The Darkness, and many others. These were games designed from the ground up to be single player experiences, featuring an engagingA wise man once said "Multiplayer ruined video games", and I find it very hard to disagree. Mainly because I said that in 2013, at the apex of companies shoveling in useless multiplayer to games that had no need for it such as Bioshock 2, Spec Ops: The Line, The Darkness, and many others. These were games designed from the ground up to be single player experiences, featuring an engaging story with interesting or unique gameplay experiences in order to draw the player in. The multiplayer was often saved for the last minute, if not outsourced to a smaller development team entirely to do a slipshod job of creating some forgettable and barebones multiplayer. A sad time indeed, but what if the game industry took things a step further? What if that dull, unbalanced, repetitive, barebones multiplayer experience wasn't just some lazy trash bolstered onto a game to "complement" the story, what if that's all there was? Welcome to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

    The developers may argue that there is single player in the game in the form of "Specialist missions", which can be accessed by clicking on the tiny little "Specialist HQ" square hidden in the horrible menu interface that looks like a Windows 8 start menu mixed with failed Xpadder support. These missions allow you to test drive the characters you can choose in multiplayer, playing multiplayer modes on multiplayer maps with all other players replaced by AI. It's as fun as it sounds.

    Onto the multiplayer itself, which includes all the gametypes you'd expect from CoD at this point. TDM, FFA, Domination, S&D, you get the idea, in both standard and hardcore modes. The maps are also nothing special, nothing memorable like Makin or Shipment to be found here. The game modes and maps aren't really the problem; the gameplay is. "The gameplay?" you may ask, bewildered. "Call of Duty multiplayer has been the same for more or less 12 years, how could the gameplay be the problem?" Because we aren't playing Call of Duty anymore, we are playing Rainbow Six Siege. The classes throughout CoD history have not really impacted gameplay much. As soon as the average person unlocked the ability to make custom classes with their own killstreaks, perks, and weapons they decided to do that and adapt to a playstyle that was best for them. Black Ops 3 introduced classes that could eventually earn enough points to unlock a brief special weapon, which has been expanded on here. You now get to choose a character hero shooter style, picking Firebreak every single time because he is a horribly broken character, or settling for someone else when he gets snatched up first. This completely kills the balance of a game that has never had real balance issues before since it's inception, and the mistake shines through the entirety of multiplayer. Firebreak in particular is a hard pill to swallow, because his specialist equipment attack (RB) is infuriating to deal with. It has a huge blast radius, can hit through walls, kills extremely quickly, and prevents the affected player from using their own equipment for quite a long time. Using it kills Firebreak, but one death after completely wiping out or crippling the enemy team isn't really a big deal.

    The other change brought about in multiplayer that left me scratching my head was the inclusion of manual health recovery. Since Call of Duty 2, health has always regenerated over time if the player managed to avoid damage. For some reason, Black Ops decided to add a health stim which you must manually activate with LB in order to recover. The stim recovers almost immediately, but while using it there is a second of delay to register and you can't run or reload while healing. This adds nothing to gameplay since it grinds the pace to a screeching halt, since you have to hide after every fight to reload and heal, something that totally takes away from the spirit of the game itself.

    There's another factor that completely kills the balance of this game, and it's pay to win lootboxes. A recently added weapon called the 9MM Micro MMG is probably the most broken gun in multiplayer gaming history. It fires after only a second of delay and behaves like a Death Machine. Anyone facing this weapon will be absolutely shredded, throwing off game balance. It is not earned through progression, medals, or any actual test of skill. It is only earned through random loot boxes or "bribes", which require premium currency to purchase. Other powerful broken guns and melee weapons are also available from the beginning to people willing to spend, meaning the whales flourish while the minnows get swallowed up.

    So what's the word? Black Ops 4 is the worst game I've ever played. It's cynical in it's presentation, being some Frankenstein's monster mashup of Call of Duty, PUBG, and Siege all at once. It's cynical in its monetization, hiding the best weapons in the game behind bribes and loot crates that cost premium currency while still charging $60 for an incomplete game.    … Expand
  11. Luis68
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    82gb download
  12. SelfPlayer123
    May 9, 2020
    4
    Why is this game good and bad?

    This game has done many new and super helpful things for the gameplay, but it fails in so many diffrent aspects. Personally i hate the ui. It's bad polished and way to small. Same problems with the menus. I hate Pay2Win. It's unfair. In this game you can buy overpowered weapons from old cod's for 10€ each. Buy it and dominate. Pure **** The gameplay is    Why is this game good and bad?

    This game has done many new and super helpful things for the gameplay, but it fails in so many diffrent aspects. Personally i hate the ui. It's bad polished and way to small. Same problems with the menus. I hate Pay2Win. It's unfair. In this game you can buy overpowered weapons from old cod's for 10€ each. Buy it and dominate. Pure **** The gameplay is fine, but specalists overpowered. It's fun to grind, but over all not a good game. If you're not a fan of COD don't buy this game. And if you're, you better save your hard earned money.    … Expand
  13. Kameryn1
    Apr 24, 2020
    1
    Ok so I cant stand those who are giving this game scores it doesn't even deserve. This game is a recycled piece of garbage campaign is scraped not even making it worth its retail price and is instead replaced with a battle royale that easily could've been part of multiplayer. The zombies and multiplayer is almost completely recycled as for zombies 4 out out of the 7 maps are remakes justOk so I cant stand those who are giving this game scores it doesn't even deserve. This game is a recycled piece of garbage campaign is scraped not even making it worth its retail price and is instead replaced with a battle royale that easily could've been part of multiplayer. The zombies and multiplayer is almost completely recycled as for zombies 4 out out of the 7 maps are remakes just because they didnt want to make anything new and for multiplayer the maps from bo1 and all specialist have returned with only 3 new ones with all weapons and create a class weapons just recycled similar guns from bo3. If you want to look on the bright side the gunplay and paced fighting can be very fun but as for other black ops games I'd rather play those. the worst part is the black ops pass those who play for zombies, multiplayer or both are forced to pay 50 dollars just to get 1 zombie map or 4 multiplayer maps. last but not least the microtransactions are horrendous so many new forms of cosmetics are added which makes getting desired items almost impossible along with the fact that dlc weapons are involved is even worse. My final verdict is that Black ops 4 is a recycled money grabbing paywall riddled horrible experience of a game and I just hope treyarch gets their act together with their next installment. Dont waste your time on this garbage… Expand
  14. TechnicalN9ne
    Dec 24, 2019
    4
    Again, what the hell happened to this now god awful gaming franchise. Literally the only good new addition is Blackout, which is mediocre at best. What an honest joke.
  15. CVHtards
    Nov 3, 2019
    0
    Not even close to average.

    Anyways a couple of important things to say, one, it is an indisputable objective fact that Dragon Ball doesn't have "The Best Arc in Shonen History", not now at least, there have been Shonen series that have infinitely superior writing since. "Dragon Ball - The Best Arc in Shonen History" could only be referring to how it's the best Shonen Dragon Ball arc, as    Not even close to average.

    Anyways a couple of important things to say, one, it is an indisputable objective fact that Dragon Ball doesn't have "The Best Arc in Shonen History", not now at least, there have been Shonen series that have infinitely superior writing since. "Dragon Ball - The Best Arc in Shonen History" could only be referring to how it's the best Shonen Dragon Ball arc, as in Anime and Manga arc for Dragon Ball versus the best arc(s) otherwise. The Cosmonaut Variety Hour may not be a **** channel, but dumb arguments are dumb needless to say. No, it's also not "How To Do Shonen Right." as a flawless example, this is also an indisputable fact for that matter, no Return of The Jedi isn't a film that really sucks, flawed? Absolutely, but it's not something that sucks. Also they said "Anime Movies Still Don't Work" which is referring to live action films like Alita, which I agree with but you should be more specific as to what you mean in the thumbnail. Animated Anime films are often good, they didn't say they weren't and didn't even suggest they aren't of course as they were talking about live action versions of anime/animated anime films to be exact, still, not precise enough however. Finally a 6/10 isn't a score that says "this doesn't work" by the way, indisputably that score is at worst an average score, not a below average score. Everything I have said in response to these retarded and incorrect arguments from this channel is indisputably true and indisputable fact.    … Expand
  16. Geraldlebo
    Aug 16, 2019
    3
    The baddest Call of Duty no solo campaign bad multiplayer modes only the zombie mode save the game.
  17. sixpath
    Aug 13, 2019
    0
    Stock 2 and annihilator break competitive. Treyarch refuses to remove GA'd weapons and abilities out of competitive. Pubs have so many OP weapons and attachments it's unplayable. Treyarch doesn't care about competitive multiplayer at all.
  18. The_Ghosted_One
    Jul 29, 2019
    2
    This game is absolutely not worth playing if you have a good internet connection. People that are having bandwidth issues will win in a firefight everytime. It dosen't matter if your playing multiplayer or black out they will win.
  19. TGM_Hidden
    Jul 10, 2019
    1
    This is so gay, I only want DLC 3 and I want to save up for the next cod but I now have to save more money because the only way for me to get DLC 3 is through the black ops pass, I don’t even want the entire DLC I want just the zombie map... like **** off @treyarch @Activision stop being ****ing greedy cocks if anything it would benefit you.
  20. Bdmorgan3
    May 30, 2019
    1
    **** this game. There’s way too much lag with the game. HC any mode blows ass. Hit markers for days. The intermission between games is so short you can’t even look at create a class. If you do try and update your guns the lag is unreal. The game doesn’t allow you to use the mic half the time. They need to do some huge fixes on this game.
  21. Bigswingingwood
    Apr 7, 2019
    0
    How do you make a game focused on Multiplayer with no campaign and manage to screw up the multiplayer? if the lag doesn't get to you then check out exhibit (B) the general poor quality of the game, and by poor quality i'm talking about how the game literally blurs out for 2 minutes. I'll load up with a Koshka sniper rifle and when I aim down the sight the little red dot is the size of aHow do you make a game focused on Multiplayer with no campaign and manage to screw up the multiplayer? if the lag doesn't get to you then check out exhibit (B) the general poor quality of the game, and by poor quality i'm talking about how the game literally blurs out for 2 minutes. I'll load up with a Koshka sniper rifle and when I aim down the sight the little red dot is the size of a grape for the first two minutes of the game. Now lets talk about the poor menu navigation and how it takes like 5 minutes to load into create a class and another 5 minutes if you accidentally clicked on the wrong thing and try to back out. Enough about that though lets get to the real nitty gritty here. This game has a thing called specialists that have noob friendly special abilities. Every specialist gets something different but the worst of the worst by far is the Attack Dog, Grenade Launcher, and Seeker Shock Mine. If you haven't played this game before the dog runs around with tons of health chases you and kills you with ease, and the seeker shock mine is basically a auto tracking RCXD that electrocutes the target for a easy kill. I think the grenade launcher is self explanatory but the main issue with that is they took all the fun stuff from black ops 1 removed it and replaced it with **** specialists. Like if you were gonna bring the noob tube back then why didn't you just make it a weapon attachment? This game has no fun explosives unless you choose the battery specialist or replace your specialist ability with a crappy frag grenade that you can't even use after every death. Like really Treyarch.. who in their right mind is gonna put on a frag grenade in place of an over powered broken specialist ability? They tried to remedy this issue by creating the "Barebones" playlist. Barebones is a mode that has 0 specialist abilities and frags, concussions, molotovs, and trophy systems are actually viable options. I hate to say it but the barebones playlist is basically just a hollow half assed black ops 1. If this is the best the game is without specialists Treyarch should be embarrassed. Class customization is garbage and leaves nothing to look forward too. You only get 10 different things to choose from per class which is a problem let me explain. In the standard core mode (the one with specialists) you literally need to have on Flak Jacket (survive cluster nades, noob tube, etc), Tactical Mask (to survive 9 bangs which is a overpowered concussion), Cold Blooded (to deal with the attack dog), Ghost (to not get detected by UAV's). Now that's actually 5 things that take up your class slots because to use flak jacket, and tactical mask at the same time you need to equip perk 1 greed as well. It really doesn't give you much options to play with in that regard unless you like dying to stupid **** constantly. It really shows how bad Treyarch messed up this game when half the community begged for a game mode with no specialists. This game with no specialists is basically a half ass black ops 1 beta test. Actually a half ass black ops 1 is better than this game will ever be. They can polish this turd all they want but at the end of the day they simply botched this game. I would rate this game below 0 if I could.… Expand
  22. Barnes1987
    Mar 22, 2019
    0
    Treyarch should just pack it in, Either they are targeting certain people for whatever reason or this is the worst COD ever made.

    Blackout - UNPLAYABLE. Hit detection is either not working or if you're ''lucky'' it will be nothing but hit markers while you die from a few bullets from the people you are trying to shoot. You can sneak up on people and shoot them in the back and it will    Treyarch should just pack it in, Either they are targeting certain people for whatever reason or this is the worst COD ever made.

    Blackout - UNPLAYABLE. Hit detection is either not working or if you're ''lucky'' it will be nothing but hit markers while you die from a few bullets from the people you are trying to shoot. You can sneak up on people and shoot them in the back and it will still be the same, they actually turn around and kill you while you are forced to reload due to using all your bullets ''shooting'' them and either getting zero hit markers or unlimited hit markers the result is the same either way.

    Multiplayer has the exact same problems as Blackout, sure it's been the same since BO2 anyway so no change there, but the one mode that always redeemed the game and never failed to deliver now finally has failed to deliver and that is Zombies.
    Zombies mode is broken as anytime you get near a high round the game crashes. Not to mention it's been 5 months and still only one new map added to the game with the ''Black ops pass'' They took out main staples of the game like JUG for example and added in a new story line which no one cares about (and they continue to make the ''DLC'' maps come out for it) instead of continuing on the storyline that people have followed over 5 games now. Not even a new map for the original storyline, Mob of the Dead ''remastered'' and 5 ''remastered'' come these scumbags are clearing milking the consumer for every last penny/cent they can get, it's disgusting and has gotten to the point where i don't even know if i want to continue playing computer games anymore.

    It's been 5 months now since the game came out and the only ''updates'' they have done is too find news ways to get even more money from people with ''cosmetics'' (micro transactions). Corporate gaming is trash and always wiil be trash. Every new ''generation'' of consoles the gaming quality takes a massive nose dive in every department except graphics. This will be the last console generation for me (been here since the SNES days)    … Expand
  23. Meth-Weasel
    Mar 11, 2019
    1
    I find it a little interesting that a portion of the negative reviews are by people that have played COD from either the first or COD4, especially when a lot of the positive reviews say that these guys/gals that have bought these $60 titles for the past 20 years, and have opinions on where it's gone in the last few titles, are now branded haters. Obviously i'm in the former, i've playedI find it a little interesting that a portion of the negative reviews are by people that have played COD from either the first or COD4, especially when a lot of the positive reviews say that these guys/gals that have bought these $60 titles for the past 20 years, and have opinions on where it's gone in the last few titles, are now branded haters. Obviously i'm in the former, i've played every COD since 1, and this one is pretty bad. But f me right? I'm just a "hater" because I need to "git gud" much in the same fashion that if i get stabbed and the perpetrator gets off at trial, it's my problem right?… Expand
  24. DreadPurpose
    Feb 28, 2019
    3
    Haven't played a CoD since Black Ops 3, skipped Infinite Warfare and WW2. I was burned out on the franchise. I didn't even finish the campaign mode of BO3 so the lack of a campaign in this game isn't a huge loss for me. I came back to CoD with this entry for the gameplay. The multiplayer feels like BO2 (which I consider the best in the series). Zombies is better and bigger than it's everHaven't played a CoD since Black Ops 3, skipped Infinite Warfare and WW2. I was burned out on the franchise. I didn't even finish the campaign mode of BO3 so the lack of a campaign in this game isn't a huge loss for me. I came back to CoD with this entry for the gameplay. The multiplayer feels like BO2 (which I consider the best in the series). Zombies is better and bigger than it's ever been. Blackout mode is strangely addictive. There's so much content here that it easily justifies the price. I'll be playing this consistently for the next year, easily. I'll more than get my money's worth out of the three modes on offer. I needed the break from the last 2 and BO4 is the perfect game to jump back in. Don't let the haters dissuade you. This game is fun. There's even offline bots for Zombie and Multiplayer modes for those that don't like to play with others online. It's great. EDIT: Changed my score to a 3/10 because of the shady, under-handed, beyond greedy practices of Activision.… Expand
  25. SonnyCheeba253
    Feb 26, 2019
    0
    Honestly, I watch others play this game more than I play it myself.

    Matchmaking - pfft.

    Spawn trapping - should be the name of the game.

    Paying for more ish AFTER you payed $100 for the game - eff that.

    I'm out, the fanboys can have this game.
  26. avatar133
    Feb 19, 2019
    0
    The worst CoD ever. Even Infinite Warfare tops this game. Nocampaign for a cash grab Battle Royale. They leave behind MP and zombies content in favor of BR. BLACKOUT gets MORE ZOMBIES content than zombies!! League play finally comes after 5 months! And of course it comes to PS4 first! A BASIC FEATURE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT LAUNCH!! But of course, supply drops and microtransactionsThe worst CoD ever. Even Infinite Warfare tops this game. Nocampaign for a cash grab Battle Royale. They leave behind MP and zombies content in favor of BR. BLACKOUT gets MORE ZOMBIES content than zombies!! League play finally comes after 5 months! And of course it comes to PS4 first! A BASIC FEATURE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT LAUNCH!! But of course, supply drops and microtransactions come one month after launch... Activi$ion also said that BO4 had ‘disappointing sales’. They were number one again. Probably making tens of millions of dollars... and they call that disappointing.… Expand
  27. Jackjack2
    Feb 6, 2019
    1
    I specifically made this account to **** on Black Ops 4. I've played every Call of Duty game since COD 2, and this is by far the worst. Whoever came up with the dumbass idea to have a helicopter with a sniper on it needs to be fired, I spawn and walk two steps and am immediately picked off. And whats the deal with remote control cars that shock you and hold you in place- that might be theI specifically made this account to **** on Black Ops 4. I've played every Call of Duty game since COD 2, and this is by far the worst. Whoever came up with the dumbass idea to have a helicopter with a sniper on it needs to be fired, I spawn and walk two steps and am immediately picked off. And whats the deal with remote control cars that shock you and hold you in place- that might be the dumbest **** equipment this company has ever created. The font on every game mode is so small I need to get up from the couch 5 feet away and stick my face in the screen to try and figure out what it's trying to tell me, and even then I cant read it half the time. I was once a religious Call of Duty player, but you can bet I will NEVER EVER buy another one after this **** show. The only reason I didn't give this a 0 is because the zombies isn't too bad, oh wait but you can't even pause it on local split screen anymore. It's also literally impossible to get a wonder weapon anymore, after 25ish games played I've only seen that weird ass scorpion gun thing thats a total ripoff of the Wonder Waffle once. It blows my mind that anyone thought this piece of garbage was ready to be released to the public. The new Call of Duty used to be the game my friends and I looked forward to the most every year, and now I'm ready to throw the disc in the trash.… Expand
  28. TechGuy219
    Jan 28, 2019
    0
    Critic reviews are a joke on this, user review speaks volumes of truth and will save you money so you can buy a better game! Both graphics and mechanics are better in BO3, which came out several years ago. This is the laziest slap job I’ve seen treyarch put out, it looks like they scrambled last minute to throw a game together and tell us they’re releasing more updates as an excuse for whyCritic reviews are a joke on this, user review speaks volumes of truth and will save you money so you can buy a better game! Both graphics and mechanics are better in BO3, which came out several years ago. This is the laziest slap job I’ve seen treyarch put out, it looks like they scrambled last minute to throw a game together and tell us they’re releasing more updates as an excuse for why the game blue screens all the time. Spend your money on another game, especially if you already have BO 1, 2, or 3... ridiculous treyarch wants us to pay for the same maps 12 fking times.… Expand
  29. FallingFlamingo
    Jan 26, 2019
    3
    Picked up the title yesterday, a couple months after it launched, on a whim. I haven't played a Call of Duty game in many years, being primarily a story-based RPG kinda gamer and not a fan of the toxicity the average CoD player produces.

    I'm incredibly disappointed, but not for the reasons you'd expect. Micro-transactions are w/e, they're all cosmetic and there's no paywall for    Picked up the title yesterday, a couple months after it launched, on a whim. I haven't played a Call of Duty game in many years, being primarily a story-based RPG kinda gamer and not a fan of the toxicity the average CoD player produces.

    I'm incredibly disappointed, but not for the reasons you'd expect.

    Micro-transactions are w/e, they're all cosmetic and there's no paywall for content. That's good.

    The detail and graphical potential this title has lives up to the CoD name. That's good.

    Zombies mode is kinda fun if wave-based defense is your thing. That's good.

    Battle Royale mode is fun and sees decent updates. That's good.

    Multiplayer has NO skill based matchmaking and is a smoking hot mess. What the actual ****
    How does Activision expect to entice new players into their IP when the MAJOR SELLING POINT, the multiplayer, is so unbalanced for new players the experience isn't even fun? In my first 5-10 matches online, I was the ONLY player not prestiged and under level 30 (to be precise, I was LEVEL ONE.) That means I have no create-a-class, no experience with any weapons, no experience with any of the maps, and no experience with game mechanics other than how to point and shoot my **** gun (WITH NO USEFUL ATTACHMENTS).

    Spawns are still broken, a remnant of distress from my MW2 days, where you undoubtedly will be killed not because of your skill level, but because the game spawned you with an enemy within 10ft.

    I'm not sure if this is a valid complaint, but from my memory I seem to recall there being a larger assortment of weapons to choose from in previous entries, from what I can tell each type of weapon has about four unlocks and only around 4-5 types of gun per primary and secondary.

    As a side note, Activision needs to start taking into account the wide base of players they have. In their demographic exists a wide variety of player types, and many of them play every CoD game they release. When you pair these incredibly skilled players with the less experienced players that don't play as often, you just end up alienating a large portion of potential customers. I don't buy CoD games frequently because every time I do, my playing experience seems to be secondary to the Activision "Whales" and it's clear that Activision puts no protections in place to ensure that new players will have fun.

    If you're playing a competitive game, you want to play with competitors at your skill level. High Schoolers don't play NFL teams. My first Black Ops 4 match shouldn't be against CoD Veterans    … Expand
  30. shirial
    Jan 23, 2019
    0
    My **** is better quality than this content empty comedic crime of a game, to the abyss with it
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Awards & Rankings

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#16 Best Xbox One Game of 2018
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#11 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2018
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#14 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 18, 2018
    60
    Tired and lacking ideas, this is the most disappointing CoD in years that follows, not leads. [Christmas 2018, p.72]
  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Oct 30, 2018
    80
    Deprived of its usual solo campaign, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 looks more like a patchwork than a whole, tight experience. Nonetheless, its multiple game modes, among which the first AAA Battle Royale, have enough to offer.
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  3. DarkStation
    Oct 22, 2018
    90
    Still, as rich in content as Black Ops 4 might be, it does exclude a segment of shooter fans that have no interest in multiplayer or competitive gaming, or don’t have a community of gaming friends to play with. Solo players can have a lot of fun with Black Ops 4, though ranking up in multiplayer can be a bit of a frustrating slog through hours of humiliation at the hands of experienced series veterans. The new Blackout mode is probably the best point of entry and promises to be an entertaining game of choice for months to come.
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