Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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  1. Gabrielkenway
    Dec 11, 2020
    5
    I played 2 hours or less of the Campaign and seems good. Maybe because I was drunk. The combat system is okay, if I want something more realist I'll go to Arma or something. Yeah "You're a tank on the game" the campaign seems interesting and the graphics are good.
    Cons: A lot of bugs.
  2. FadedInMN
    Dec 14, 2020
    7
    Just feels like another Call of Duty game, nothing too special. Cross Play is always a plus.
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    Waiting for the rest to be patched in.
    Cold War is probably th wmost lack luster call of duty game ive ever played. First. The campaign isn’t even on the disk. What is this thing even installing? Because after you go to play the campaign its like, nah you gotta download it, heres part one… that’s right part one… youll play a mission in this joke of a    Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    Waiting for the rest to be patched in.
    Cold War is probably th wmost lack luster call of duty game ive ever played.
    First. The campaign isn’t even on the disk.
    What is this thing even installing? Because after you go to play the campaign its like, nah you gotta download it, heres part one… that’s right part one… youll play a mission in this joke of a campaign and then its like oh you nee to download part 2 now, heres another 26gb patch ontope of the 20 you just downloaded, but it doesn’t stope there, theres another 20 gb part 3.. .thats right.. nearly 70 GB patched in for not even 4 hour long campaign. That they couldn’t just put on the disc… downloading multiplayer and zombies makes sense because its primarily online.. but a 4 hour long campaign, it’s a joke…
    I for one do understand why so many people love call of duty, its multiplayer, and thankfully its just as fun here as its ever been with all of its modes outside of team deathmatch.. that’s usually my favorite mode, but I just wasn’t feeling the maps this year in deathmatch, but I had an absolute blast anyway for hours playing that ultra addicting, spawn shoot die gameplay, and its been a hwile since ive played a call of duty game.. since ww2.. so im not sure if these things are new but I am loving the instant respawns here on the next gen.. and I also appreciate that camping snipers have a little reflection to give away their location.. ive never been a fan of zombies mode, its obviously here.. I cant fairly critique it as it just isn’t my thing… but the main reason I play a call of duty game, at least in my currently life where I don’t have the time to sink days into multiplayer is the campaign.. but thankfully I do have the fun and addictive multiplayer to play through while it takes more hours to download than it does to actually play…
    Here you play as yourself, during the cold war, and the campaign actually started with tons of promise.. I wouldn’t mind if every year we got a well told 3-4 hour long story full of amazing set pieces and a mind blowing experience to compliment the fun multiplayer, and this campaign had its moments, it felt like an interactive movie with great moments and missions, some of the best stealth missions ive ever experienced in a first person shooter, but halfway through the campaign just falls apart, it becomes generic first person shooter level design and story telling, theres even a section of the game here youre redoing the same thing like 5 times in a row… that’s how much you can tell the creative juices have evaporated after an impressive start.. I didn’t want to stop playing, but I had to to let part 2 download… such a let down…
    Call of Duty is what it is…
    You know what youre going to get every year…
    it never changes outside of the setting..and this is where the let down comes into play
    Im personaly okay with a little 4 hour journey each year, but please put a little more effort and see that effort through, especially if again,, its only going to be 4 hours… it better be solid.
    But at least you have some new maps to play with.
    I give Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    a 7/10    … Expand
  4. zappbrannigan23
    Nov 24, 2020
    7
    Campaign was fun albeit short. My son plays for zombies mostly and the easter eggs to unclock a more in depth storyline. He still loads BO2 just to do easter eggs, they need to put more energy into this side of the game which extends game life a ton. I will give an extra point to them if they listen to fans and fix some things in MultiPlayer and give some good zombies maps (all withCampaign was fun albeit short. My son plays for zombies mostly and the easter eggs to unclock a more in depth storyline. He still loads BO2 just to do easter eggs, they need to put more energy into this side of the game which extends game life a ton. I will give an extra point to them if they listen to fans and fix some things in MultiPlayer and give some good zombies maps (all with easter egg stories). I had no bugs playing through. Looks great on xbox series x (but most games do).… Expand
  5. KevinViena
    Jan 1, 2021
    6
    Call of Duty: Black ops Cols War, no e es un mal juego, yo tengo experiencia en juegos de disparos, la campaña es muy buena y divertida, los zombies son muy buenos, y el multijugador está muy regular. Tiene varios bajones gráficos en xbox one, tiene muchos errores en los servers cosa que es molesto, y la pantalla dividida es terrible, como dije no es un mal juego solo que que se sienteCall of Duty: Black ops Cols War, no e es un mal juego, yo tengo experiencia en juegos de disparos, la campaña es muy buena y divertida, los zombies son muy buenos, y el multijugador está muy regular. Tiene varios bajones gráficos en xbox one, tiene muchos errores en los servers cosa que es molesto, y la pantalla dividida es terrible, como dije no es un mal juego solo que que se siente sin terminar, que le falta algo. Mi opinión es de 6 puntos, espero que con actualizaciones lo mejoren.… Expand
  6. DexertoDavid
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    Campaign and Zombies modes are the best things about Black Ops Cold War at the moment, but it is multiplayer that needs to shine if Black Ops Cold War is going to be as fondly remembered as earlier games in the series. The good news for Treyarch is that they have time to get this right, but it would have been welcome at the start...Campaign and Zombies modes are the best things about Black Ops Cold War at the moment, but it is multiplayer that needs to shine if Black Ops Cold War is going to be as fondly remembered as earlier games in the series. The good news for Treyarch is that they have time to get this right, but it would have been welcome at the start...

    https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/black-ops-cold-war-review-full-of-potential-but-treyarch-must-add-more-1458443/    … Expand
  7. Lub34
    Mar 3, 2021
    5
    I'm going to be honest, this isn't a very good game but there are some good positives. First of all the multiplayer. This game has the potential to be something great but there are some big problems holding it down. First of all the lack of content is terrible, at launch, there were 8 6v6 multiplayer maps, only 8, and 2 of them were scaled-down versions of other maps from another gameI'm going to be honest, this isn't a very good game but there are some good positives. First of all the multiplayer. This game has the potential to be something great but there are some big problems holding it down. First of all the lack of content is terrible, at launch, there were 8 6v6 multiplayer maps, only 8, and 2 of them were scaled-down versions of other maps from another game mode. It would be fine if they were 8 or 6 solid maps but no, in my opinion, there were only 3 good maps, Satellite, Moscow, and Checkmate, and yes I know that this was made during a pandemic but then why didn't you just push it back, why? While I'm writing this review it is season 2 and season 2 brought us 2 new guns and 1 new 6v6 map. Only 1 map. Now I have to talk about arguably the worst part of this game, skill-based matchmaking. Now I don't think that SBMM is all bad, there should be a little bit of it, but this is unacceptable. If you are a good player you are punished by being put in lobbies with people try-harding as if their life depends on it. Now as a casual player this is just not fun, but I know some people love the competitive aspect of the game and so that's why they added in league play... But it is terrible. So first of all even though there is league play for competitive they still have heavy SBMM in regular multiplayer lobbies which doesn't really make sense and the league play ranking system is very flawed. It doesn't matter on your skill level which rank you are, it matters how much you play. And so you have some pro players being put in the lowest rank and other less skilled players being put in the higher ranks. Leauge play and multiplayer is just an overall bad gamemode even though it's supposed to be the real main focus of the game. Now the most positive part, zombies. I love cod zombies and I think this game did deliver on it in most ways. It is definitely the best zombies since BO3, I love all the new features they have added, like loadouts, scorestreaks, and more, The 2 new zombies maps are also very solid in my opinion, but like I just said there are only 2 maps. Now even though they are 2 solid maps we just need more. The game's best game mode has been out for 4ish months and has 2 maps, that's just not good. Another problem I have is the operators, part of the charm of the old zombie's games was the funny and cool operators, I loved the funny lines they would have when you buy a perk or kill a zombie, but in cold war, you play as multiplayer operators, and they are the most boring operators ever. They have no charm or sense of humor and it's not very fun in that aspect. They really should have a funny crew like primis, but right now they don't. When I am writing this the new zombie's mode outbreak came out and I haven't played a lot of it so I can't give it a full review but my first impressions are that it's ok. The trials you do get repetitive after a while but it is a pretty good game mode overall from my first impressions. So now we go onto the campaign. (I will not use spoilers in this.) The campaign is pretty good. I love the black ops story and this just expands it. The story and new characters are awesome, I love the new ways you can use an enemy as a body shield or assassinate him. Another cool part of this story is that there are 3 endings and they are not really different it is a very cool touch. All the missions are good and my favorite is one where you can complete the mission in 4 different ways, that's just awesome, and overall the campaign is great. So now the whole game is ok, the main part the multiplayer is the weakest part, it is just not very fun. But the other game modes are fun and is a-ok game, not the weakest or strongest call of duty.… Expand
  8. Mitch2611
    Jan 1, 2022
    7
    If they had given this game an extra year of development, it could've been a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the game feels like it was too rushed. Campaign is really good and one of the best recent COD campaigns. Zombies is also really good. Unfortunately the multiplayer is somewhat lacking. The gameplay is solid, but most of the maps are poorly designed. Overall I'd consider this game aboveIf they had given this game an extra year of development, it could've been a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the game feels like it was too rushed. Campaign is really good and one of the best recent COD campaigns. Zombies is also really good. Unfortunately the multiplayer is somewhat lacking. The gameplay is solid, but most of the maps are poorly designed. Overall I'd consider this game above average for recent COD games, but I think if they game it more time it could have been amazing.… Expand
  9. not_a_bot
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    This game is not so bad,but not great at the same time.Story is pretty good,multiplayer 50/50,zombie......absolute garbage.
  10. GearDestruction
    Dec 11, 2021
    7
    the game is decent, good campaign, I like the thing that you have freedom to choose the ending, the characters are okay, the multiplayer is also okay but it still feeling like you want more.

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  1. Generación Xbox
    Nov 27, 2020
    86
    Black Ops Cold War keeps the standard high despite the difficulties of development this year and continues to be one of this year's must-have shooters.
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  2. Xbox Achievements
    Nov 18, 2020
    85
    For some reason, I always have a preconceived notion that I won't enjoy this year's Call of Duty. How can a series that releases every single year without fail possibly maintain a consistent quality bar? There are detractors who'd say it doesn't, but let's be honest – it does. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is very good.
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  3. Cheat Code Central
    Nov 17, 2020
    96
    A great entry into to Black Ops storyline. It gives an interesting view of the time, has a compelling storyline, and leaves you wanting more.
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