Call of Duty: Vanguard

 Xbox One
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4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 140 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 52 out of 140
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 140
  3. Negative: 77 out of 140
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  1. WaffleEater223
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    vanguard sucks ass, the multiplayer sucks to many sweats and wayyy to much customization 10 slots? yeah way to much, the zombies is to **** terrible, you receive the perks FREE and you can just grind points before even starting the mission, and theres only one "og map" witch you can only play a quarter of, and i can pack a punch within 10 minutes of gameplay, remember in black ops onevanguard sucks ass, the multiplayer sucks to many sweats and wayyy to much customization 10 slots? yeah way to much, the zombies is to **** terrible, you receive the perks FREE and you can just grind points before even starting the mission, and theres only one "og map" witch you can only play a quarter of, and i can pack a punch within 10 minutes of gameplay, remember in black ops one where you had to actually work for it, you had to open doors turn on the power save of for perks save for pack a punch, oh yeah doors in this game? its literally just you moving in a 20x20 circle for 5 minutes while playing with your dick. The campaign is **** you spend 2 hours learning the backstory of characters you play as for 30 minutes, it basically said "here's the backstory of ALLLL these characters however your going to play with them for 30 minutes and not learn the backstory of your own, bad campaign **** multiplayer **** zombies -10/10 dont play if you want REAL fun play MW2 (2009)… Expand
  2. Damize6412
    Mar 24, 2022
    1
    This game is the glitchiest game I’ve played yet to date and the multiplayer isn’t enjoyable due to exploits of glitches within the game by players and cheats therefore making team death match or any other multiplayer match completely unenjoyable ….deleting and jumping off the call of duty band wagon
  3. Mitch2611
    Mar 7, 2022
    6
    Not the worst COD title of all time but far from the best. Vanguard has a solid multiplayer and the low ttk makes it more fun and chaotic in my opinion which of what suits COD best. The campaign is ok, but isn't great. The story writing is lousy and the campaign overall seems forgettable. Zombies is one of the worst I've seen. The only COD zombies worse than this one was black ops 4. INot the worst COD title of all time but far from the best. Vanguard has a solid multiplayer and the low ttk makes it more fun and chaotic in my opinion which of what suits COD best. The campaign is ok, but isn't great. The story writing is lousy and the campaign overall seems forgettable. Zombies is one of the worst I've seen. The only COD zombies worse than this one was black ops 4. I would rate this game higher if it had some innovation. Like any at all! There is nothing special or new about this game, it just seems like a cardboard cutout of base features from the last 5 COD titles. It's not by anyway a bad game just nothing special.… Expand
  4. sonofsamsux
    Jan 17, 2022
    0
    Okay campaign
    Terrible multiplayer and zombies.

    Multiplayer is copy and pasted from previous games, don’t even bother trying split screen so glitchy and unplayable. Zombies doesn’t work at all in splitscreen.

    Disgusting game.
  5. djrungnastay
    Dec 13, 2021
    1
    The guns are lame and have little to no difference in feeling, they all have almost zero recoil, and all feel like trash. The story is alright, but the actual story gameplay is butt trash. If this game was less than ten bucks it's worth buying for a few cheap giggles and maybe 5 hours of enjoyment, but overall it's a lackluster dud of an FOS game. Don't wast your money.
  6. longshot32
    Dec 7, 2021
    8
    This game is exciting. Albeit short. And not difficult. Its a scripted action sequence that you can participate in. But it does provide some exhilarating moments throughout its short campaign.
    I played it on an xbox one x. I adjusted some of the graphics options, like turning off motion blur. With motion blur off the game ran quite nicely. I also use an external ssd so the game seemed to    This game is exciting. Albeit short. And not difficult. Its a scripted action sequence that you can participate in. But it does provide some exhilarating moments throughout its short campaign.
    I played it on an xbox one x. I adjusted some of the graphics options, like turning off motion blur. With motion blur off the game ran quite nicely. I also use an external ssd so the game seemed to load quickly.
    I did not play multiplayer. I think cod multiplayer fell off after cod 3. cod 2 was my favorite.
    all in all, vanguard was a fun, one time playthrough.
    i rented it via game fly.
    so i think this is definitely worth a rental just to play through the campaign.
    there is hardly any replay value though.
    my favorite mission was the battle of midway but it was short and the scope of it was limited in terms of what you're able to do but had a few good sequences of dive bombing and dog fighting.
    beautiful graphics for sure.
    but you hardly get to enjoy the beauty because you're constantly fighting.
    decent realistic gore.
    bad ass explosions. you seem some bodies vaporized into bloody mist from a shell blast. there's some limb dismemberments here and there.
    you get to use a lot of variety of gun.
    no m1 garand?
    great graphics. intense scripted action.
    total fantasy game though.
    but the war fights were decent enough.
    you're rambo basically.
    i skipped most of the cut scenes. i just wanted to fight. wipe out some boneheaded npcs.
    good time.
    i give it an 8 because its current score of 4.1 is too harsh.    … Expand
  7. XBOXFan7666
    Dec 3, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People hate this game because they haven’t played it. Zombies is bad, campaign is mediocre, multiplayer is fun when you have other people to play with who don’t use the mp40 and camp, those people are the people who complain that each cod is the same, because they don’t change there playstyle, there is a lot of fun chaos you can have, but 60$ is stretching the price tag too far 20-35$ at discount price is good enough. Oh, and don’t play this game on last gen if you didn’t like aw on 360 lol.… Expand
  8. thenumber12
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    I'm stuck!! I can't move!!! I can't move anywhere!!!!!!!! Why are people defending this??? It's so BOARING!!!!!!
  9. danemi13
    Nov 22, 2021
    3
    la campaña que es por lo que me compro un juego no es buena no me amarra ni hace querer seguirla jugandome molesta que el personaje más brusco sea una mujer además de que no existieron tales cosas el multijugador vuelve a ser imposible de jugar ahora también hay escondrijo hechos para campera y tiradores y nada que decir del Zombis siempre igual no lo juego desde el black ops 2 así que enla campaña que es por lo que me compro un juego no es buena no me amarra ni hace querer seguirla jugandome molesta que el personaje más brusco sea una mujer además de que no existieron tales cosas el multijugador vuelve a ser imposible de jugar ahora también hay escondrijo hechos para campera y tiradores y nada que decir del Zombis siempre igual no lo juego desde el black ops 2 así que en conclusión creó que este juego llega solo hasta el 3 y podría defender.… Expand
  10. Aaron123456
    Nov 21, 2021
    5
    This game is just a disappointment and the launch is a disaster. the only good thing about this game is the campaign but it's short, there's only nine missions and the only good ones is the second mission, the fourth mission and the fifth mission, everything else is really not that good. Multiplayer is where it gets worse. the operators feel like specialist and super heroes. modern warfareThis game is just a disappointment and the launch is a disaster. the only good thing about this game is the campaign but it's short, there's only nine missions and the only good ones is the second mission, the fourth mission and the fifth mission, everything else is really not that good. Multiplayer is where it gets worse. the operators feel like specialist and super heroes. modern warfare had coalition and allegiance, cold war had NATO and Warsaw pact, this game, MY TEAM and ENEMY TEAM. THIS IS CALL OF DUTY, NOT SOME REGULAR LOW BUDGET MILITARY SIMULATOR. Zombies in this game just doesn't deserve to exist, it's boring, it's weird, it's simple AND THERE'S NO WONDER WEAPONS. WHAT THE HELL SLEDGEHAMMER. Battlefield 2042 is a hundred times better than this. This game is why we NEED a CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR REMASTER. definitely not worth 80, 70 or 60 dollars. would only recommend buying to play campaign and would wait until the game goes on sale.… Expand
  11. SuperkenGaming
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Call of Duty Vanguard
    Pretty Hit or Miss
    Call of duty vanguard isn’t the best call of duty but I actually really love the direction they seem to be going with campaigns, this time about 6 hours which I think is a great length.. Vnguard sets out to tell a story of war heroes during world war 2, similar to the battlefield 1 campaign, youll go through each characters stories and it isn’t    Call of Duty Vanguard
    Pretty Hit or Miss
    Call of duty vanguard isn’t the best call of duty but I actually really love the direction they seem to be going with campaigns, this time about 6 hours which I think is a great length.. Vnguard sets out to tell a story of war heroes during world war 2, similar to the battlefield 1 campaign, youll go through each characters stories and it isn’t all just run and gun, there are some amazingly immersive moments here, great stealth sections through a forest, a section where youre a sniper, there are horror like moments keeping you on your toes as you go through buildings, did I love the characters themselves? Not so much, none were memorable to me, but I do appreciate the attempt to flesh them out, to create a series that players can look forward to.. the campaign again isn’t the best, but I did appreciate the effort here.. I appreciate the variety how each of thse 6 hours felt different…
    And onto the multiplayer, first off, lets just skip over zombies, I don’t like zombis I never have and Ive heard this year is the worst yet, si I hopped right into multiplayer.. The multiplayer this time is pretty bare bones, but hey.. I actually like that.. I like the simplicity of pick a load out, use that gun to level it up, go through the typial team deathc match, capture the flag, search and destroy modes.. however the gunplay just isn’t fun for me this year, the maps are pretty bland as well.. I did have an enjoyable few hours with multiplayer but after a weekend of play times, there wasn’t enough to hook me in like past titles have..
    Call of Duty anguard is a great call of duty game..
    Will it quickly b forgotten the moment the next shiny multplayer shows up? Yes, this will not be a staple in your multiplayer collection, but for the time I spent with it, its pretty solid, especially the single player campaign,
    I give Call of Duty Vanguard
    an 8/10    … Expand
  12. Katoyama
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Worst COD ever. Uninspired, boring maps (the best part, from World at War) Lack of design. Awful gun balance. Very poor, faded graphics. Problems with hitboxes. Laggy server connection. Buggy respawn system... Lot of bugs and lack of details. Feel like deceived and disappointed. It's a fault. It's a big fault, Activision
    Almost unplayable.
    Why not support MW2019?! And putting new maps on    Worst COD ever. Uninspired, boring maps (the best part, from World at War) Lack of design. Awful gun balance. Very poor, faded graphics. Problems with hitboxes. Laggy server connection. Buggy respawn system... Lot of bugs and lack of details. Feel like deceived and disappointed. It's a fault. It's a big fault, Activision
    Almost unplayable.

    Why not support MW2019?! And putting new maps on a roadmap?!?    … Expand
  13. Salador2606
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    Полная хрень. Сюжет - отстойное говно. Покупать не советую.

    Complete crap. The plot is crap. I do not recommend buying.
  14. sora63
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    - Campagne vite fais oublier direct
    - Zombie quasiment vide
    - Multijoueur nul
  15. baltazaar
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not much to enjoy about this game, it's just thе same as the rest and the campaign doesn't save it… Expand
  16. MaxxxFury13
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the most garbage Call of Duty EVER! I have been playing Call of Duty since the first one in 2003, and even that game is better than this garbage! The story is the most annoying thing to get through. Play it on easy, and you’ll breeze through like you’re invincible. Play on veteran, and the enemy has the most pinpoint accuracy ever! The campaign is so stupid. If I wanted you guys to make a movie, I would have asked for a movie. But we didn’t. We asked for a Video Game. Not a 50% game and 50% movie that nobody wants to watch. The Japanese in the missions with them have German weapons that were not even in the hands of the Germans! SO WHY DO THE JAPANESE HAVE THEM! On top of that, why did the Germans and Japanese both use the same crappy shotgun, but neither of them historically used. If you want to add a shotgun in the game, why not add the shotgun that the Germans issued to their pilots. You could even have it with a select fire mode where one mode shoots shotgun shells, and the other shoot a rifle cartridge. There is an actual survival shotgun the Germans were given. You even had it in the last call of duty made by this company. All you had to do was reuse it. And don’t even get me started on how they completely disregarded any of the historical names for any of the weapons. Do you want to use the Federov of rifle? It’s now the Automaton. What kind of idiots can’t even program a rifle that’s called what it is! It’s not a “Line 3”, it’s an M1891/30 Mosin-Nagant. And don’t even get me started on the invisible walls, anti-lack of ability to find your own way through a mission. Go back to call of duty two, or call of duty three. Both of those games allows you to create your own pathway to complete the mission. Now you have to go down a set path, and you better not deviate from that path. Because if you do, the game will kill you.

    Don’t even get me started on zombies. We trade in what was an alright mode for Call of Duty WW2, for the absolute garbage that is Vanguard Zombies. Say goodbye to all your favorite perks, where you buy it once, and that’s it. No, instead I have to keep paying points to get the full effect of what was a simple system. Say goodbye to your favorite wall guns, now you have to gamble away at the Random Weapons Box. Say goodbye to round based zombies. Now it’s the same 3 missions, on 5 maps, and some of them are in the starting area. But for some reason you have to teleport back to the starting area? They keep teasing the idea of them having Shi no Numa, and I can promise you, if it’s the same stupidity we have in this mode, I’m gonna quit playing. The multiplayer is just as bad. I have encountered so many crashes when trying to get into a match it’s not even funny. And it doesn’t just lock up the game. It locks up my Xbox. So I have to unplug my Xbox, and replug it in, and then retry to play this game. The Maps or all right, but there’s nothing that makes me wanna keep playing this game.

    You can sit here and tell me that it’s not as bad as I’m saying it is, and I’m gonna call you a liar. Call back and play world at war. Go back and play modern warfare. Go back and play Black ops one. This game is garbage. Do not buy it. This is not worth the $60 that they are selling it for. As I said before, I’ve been a fan of call of duty since 2003. Call of duty made me interested in history, it made me want to join the army. I am now more than ever, I never wanna touch call of duty. If the next game is not at least as good as in the campaign department as modern warfare, or black ops Cold War, I’m not gonna buy another call of duty. This has completely ruined my enjoyment for call of duty. I don’t know who sledgehammer games made this for, because it’s not for anyone who likes call of duty. They gave the game an M rating, but they don’t even do anything with that I am rating. They make this game for children. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of wasting my money on a game that’s not even going to bring me any kind of enjoyment.

    If you want to find better, go play any of the games from the heyday of call of duty. And I really wish that college duty would quit making this game for the 14 year old child, grow some balls, and give us another modern warfare two, or or give us another world at war. Because as it stands, I would rather play the original call of duty from 2003 with better graphics. Because even that is at least functional.    … Expand
  17. AdrikD
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Это смешно, я просто не могу поверить что это игра настолько плохая. Она выглядит хуже чем бесплатная "enlisted". А спауны в метре от тебя, за спиной, это ужасно
  18. OGBeeRad
    Nov 13, 2021
    5
    Wow, this is bad. The single player campaign is a movie riddled with small moments you can play that are a copy of previous COD games. The graphics looks like it was made 5 years ago. The MP may be the worst in COD history.
  19. Robocop394
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    Really solid CoD, possibly my third favorite after Modern Warfare (2007) and Modern Warfare 2 (2009). Good 4-6 hour story (depends if you take your time or just rush), fun multiplayer that has some spawning issues that need to be fixed.
  20. UmadBruh
    Nov 9, 2021
    9
    Story is about 6 hours long, very good graphics, basically no bugs, very fun. If you are hating it, you are just delusional and wanna hate just to get attention.
  21. whatsgoingonhuh
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    When man is badass in any of these missions then that's completely fine and normal, but when woman (this character is based on real life person btw) happens to be badass in ONE mission, then it's woke? By the way in last mission you play as white Australian guy, but apparently that's not enough, you guys still whine. Woman has one mission, so the whole thing is just trash automatically?When man is badass in any of these missions then that's completely fine and normal, but when woman (this character is based on real life person btw) happens to be badass in ONE mission, then it's woke? By the way in last mission you play as white Australian guy, but apparently that's not enough, you guys still whine. Woman has one mission, so the whole thing is just trash automatically? You guys make absolutely no sense.… Expand
  22. metacritiqueur
    Nov 9, 2021
    1
    No more money for revisionists. This game is vampirised by feminists who want erase the white male in history. Boycott, there are plenty of videogames to do. If you are a feminist, would you kindly downvote ?
  23. justsayinng
    Nov 9, 2021
    9
    Pretty sure it wins some game of the year awards for cutscenes, maybe even music. Very well done campaign. Fun multiplayer, zombies are trash tho.
  24. BFisSoulless
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    One of the best graphics of 2021, idk what battlefield is doing, because they should learn from Vanguard. This is complete product. 16 very good maps, over 30 guns, single player (battlefield doesn't even have that, what a joke), fun multiplayer, very, very, very few bugs.
  25. newdayrising34
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    Campaign is short (as always), but extremely fun, multiplayer has some issues (hackers), but that's just the way it is sometimes, hopefully it gets fixed, but other than that i have nothing bad to say.
  26. getajob
    Nov 9, 2021
    9
    Haven't seen so well done cutscenes in a long time, specially in call of duty, what the hell. Good work.
  27. Lexluthor1000
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    So typical, bunch of pathetic incels giving 0/10 scores, because there's a woman in a war themed game. Well, just to give quick reality check, from now on, women will be included in every war themed video game ever. This is the future of video games. So either deal with it or find a new hobby. This is one of the best CoD's of all time btw.
  28. LegacyFeather99
    Nov 9, 2021
    4
    I really enjoyed the storyline but otherwise it's really boring. The game is not complete and it is full of issues and glitches.
  29. Fox38
    Nov 8, 2021
    9
    Good job Sledgehammer Games, seriously. Very fun story (campaign) and amazing multiplayer. Zombies are meh.
  30. AgentoftheBat
    Nov 8, 2021
    0
    The "Call of Duty" franchise finally succumbs to wokeness. That's what happens when you hire SJW writers.
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