Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 438 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 68 out of 438
  3. Negative: 243 out of 438
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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. AmbassadorLaZer
    Nov 17, 2019
    5
    The multiplayer is fine but the zombie mode is so bad. Black Ops 3's Zombies was so much better than Black Ops 4! Anyway. The game has no campaign so it can add a "Battle Royale" Mode. Which I really don't like.
  4. 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.
  5. Caldan
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
  6. 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
  7. LB_CO
    Apr 20, 2020
    6
    "COD: BLACK OPS 4" Is lacking a story and has a rather bare bones multiplayer but has a half decent zombies mode.
  8. 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
  9. MohdRMA
    May 26, 2020
    9
    Way better than the rest of cod games even mw 2019 but it lacks campaign that is the only negative thing
  10. DzmitryBoston
    Jun 4, 2020
    7
    The game is great but the lack of a single-player campaign is not something that I like.
  11. vaulttec
    Nov 5, 2020
    5
    Black Ops 4 has some awesome Gameplay! Although it lacks one of the most meaningful parts of Black Ops, the Singleplayer campaign. The Fanboys will always say that this game is great, but it is not. The Gameplay is pretty awesome from Black Ops 4. But the endless spawn trapping ruined the game for me. Activision, why the hell did you replace the Singleplayer campaign with a F*CKING BattleBlack Ops 4 has some awesome Gameplay! Although it lacks one of the most meaningful parts of Black Ops, the Singleplayer campaign. The Fanboys will always say that this game is great, but it is not. The Gameplay is pretty awesome from Black Ops 4. But the endless spawn trapping ruined the game for me. Activision, why the hell did you replace the Singleplayer campaign with a F*CKING Battle Royale mode? It ruined the game so bad! It is fun with friends, but the awful spawn trapping on literally everyone ruins the game.

    Verdict: 5/10. The lack of the campaign already costs 3 points, and with what they replaced it, costs one. The endless spawn trapping also costs 1 point. Only get it on sale for like 15 bucks, not more.    … Expand
  12. Luis68
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    82gb download
  13. h3xify
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    Meh, the game is alright i guess. Multiplayer is good. TDM, FFA etc. are alright. But other modes like Heist aren't really that interesting. The Campaign is **** boring lmao. Zombies is good but get's boring (which really shouldn't happen). i prefer this game over Black Ops III though, but the Zombies in Black Ops III is 5x better.
  14. Yaboihasataco
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This game may have lacked good maps, or a campaign, but has great gunplay and blackout and the zombie mode was awesome. But micro transactions did infest the game.
  15. 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
  16. Mrman69
    Jul 27, 2020
    5
    ⚠️51%
    Very disappointing. I didn’t play this game too much, but it barely runs at all and it glitches all this time.
  17. 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
  18. 40mmTuber
    Sep 1, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really enjoyed this game, but I will say zero being added ruined the game play… Expand
  19. 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!
  20. 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
  21. Mitch2611
    Jan 1, 2022
    5
    Multiplayer isn't bad, but not great. Blackout is decent, but isn't too impressive either. There is no campaign which would be OK if the rest of the game was great, but it really wasn't good enough to make up for it. And the world part of all was the zombies mode which was shockingly terrible in this game. Overall this is probably the worst call 9f duty game of all time. It's still not aMultiplayer isn't bad, but not great. Blackout is decent, but isn't too impressive either. There is no campaign which would be OK if the rest of the game was great, but it really wasn't good enough to make up for it. And the world part of all was the zombies mode which was shockingly terrible in this game. Overall this is probably the worst call 9f duty game of all time. It's still not a terrible game, but not on the same caliber as most COD games.… Expand
  22. KAM1054
    Nov 16, 2021
    5
    If I didn't get this game for free from someone I wouldn't even bat an eye to black ops 4. Since there's no story mode the oBut when I went to get in a match in zombies the servers were so broken and unplayable it kept glitcching and freezing to the point I didn't know what was going on. Not sure if it was my internet but if that's not the case the game is absolutely crap. Literally onlyIf I didn't get this game for free from someone I wouldn't even bat an eye to black ops 4. Since there's no story mode the oBut when I went to get in a match in zombies the servers were so broken and unplayable it kept glitcching and freezing to the point I didn't know what was going on. Not sure if it was my internet but if that's not the case the game is absolutely crap. Literally only keeping it because it has a bit of value to put in my collection.… Expand
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. ZackH25
    Mar 30, 2023
    6
    So the zombies were just bad apart from the map XI. The core mechanics of the game with the exilxar and the weapons just were not where near as good as black ops 3/2/1. The other maps of the Titanic, blood of the dead and five remake were all terrible. They made mob of the dead way worse.
    The multiplayer was goodish but got a bit boring after a while.
    Blackout was actually quite fun as    So the zombies were just bad apart from the map XI. The core mechanics of the game with the exilxar and the weapons just were not where near as good as black ops 3/2/1. The other maps of the Titanic, blood of the dead and five remake were all terrible. They made mob of the dead way worse.
    The multiplayer was goodish but got a bit boring after a while.
    Blackout was actually quite fun as the gunplay was good and the map itself was also quite good- a fairly underrated part about the game to be honest.    … Expand
  26. 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
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#16 Best 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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