Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

 Xbox Series X
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4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 756 Ratings

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  1. Blaha
    Jan 22, 2021
    1
    Sbmm ruins the game, it's a shame

    Maybe 1/20 games are back and forth in TDM... The rest of the games you can tell which team are winning half way thru and that makes is so boring
  2. Renton577
    Mar 5, 2021
    0
    Call of Duty has reached an all time low with this installment, I've only played the game through free weekends so I have experience with all content but the campaign. This installment is a joke, not only is it a scummy, recycled garbage, money grab but now they have thought it was a good idea to charge you $69.99 for the "next gen bundle" well I have a Series console and have played bothCall of Duty has reached an all time low with this installment, I've only played the game through free weekends so I have experience with all content but the campaign. This installment is a joke, not only is it a scummy, recycled garbage, money grab but now they have thought it was a good idea to charge you $69.99 for the "next gen bundle" well I have a Series console and have played both the Xbox One and Series version so let's go over that, minus the slightly lower resolution (and I do mean slightly) and textures being nicer in some places on the Series version there is almost no different, and actually the Series version has more bugs than the xbox one version. I've played call of duty since it fist started off and I've finally reached the point where I won't put any more of my money in, this game should be a free to play game with an optional $20 to $30 pricetag for the campaign. I don't want to pay full price for a game only to be bombarded by pop-ups for cosmetics and a season pass, I'll go play fortnite or apex for that where I don't have to pay any extra money unless I want to. It's time for call of duty to drift away into the sunset, I only wish Activision would have let it drift peacefully instead of strangling it dry for every last drop of cash it had left. This game is 100% deserving of this zero and is at the bottom of my all time game list, and sadly not even the zombies can save this one.… Expand
  3. Radiationbum
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
    Worse in every single way when compared to last years Modern Warfare.

    The Graphics are worse looking less real and more arcade with over saturated coulours The Campaign is shorter and ends poorly The Multiplayer has less maps, poor balancing, missing features that were there on day one of Modern Warfare, the attention to detail is gone so Snipers have glare reguardless of what    Worse in every single way when compared to last years Modern Warfare.

    The Graphics are worse looking less real and more arcade with over saturated coulours

    The Campaign is shorter and ends poorly

    The Multiplayer has less maps, poor balancing, missing features that were there on day one of Modern Warfare, the attention to detail is gone so Snipers have glare reguardless of what scope you use, Wild cards break the game, Score streaks over Kill streaks is a bad choice    … Expand
  4. unxc3113d
    Nov 22, 2021
    2
    Купил игру, поставил компанию, запускаю и мне предлагает купить игру еще раз. И это спустя год после релиза. В гугле по запросу "xbox call of duty cold war already purchased" - куча ссылок в т.ч. видео на ютубе и прочее. Пришлось выкачивать весь доступный контент, с учетом того, что мультиплеер мне не нужен - 150Gb ради 4-х часовой компании. Компания норм. Продавать версию для консолейКупил игру, поставил компанию, запускаю и мне предлагает купить игру еще раз. И это спустя год после релиза. В гугле по запросу "xbox call of duty cold war already purchased" - куча ссылок в т.ч. видео на ютубе и прочее. Пришлось выкачивать весь доступный контент, с учетом того, что мультиплеер мне не нужен - 150Gb ради 4-х часовой компании. Компания норм. Продавать версию для консолей нового поколения за отдельный прайс, проигнорировав smart delivery, это вершина жадности. Оценка 2 - за отношение разработчиков к игрокам.… Expand
  5. The_Ghosted_One
    Feb 14, 2021
    0
    This game is one of the worst call of duty games to date. They went all the way back to the arcaic system that we have had in call of duty past. Once again running through multiplayer levels with doors wide open. Sluggish if not snail like movements. Not something you would expect to see after the game changing modernwarfare release in 2019.i would rate this higher if the game was 15This game is one of the worst call of duty games to date. They went all the way back to the arcaic system that we have had in call of duty past. Once again running through multiplayer levels with doors wide open. Sluggish if not snail like movements. Not something you would expect to see after the game changing modernwarfare release in 2019.i would rate this higher if the game was 15 dollars like warface.… Expand
  6. Elitestriker421
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
    Good graphics.... sort of, poor gameplay, lack of content, weird design and so on. It’s really sad since Modern Warfare was so amazing. The audio, the graphics, weapons handling etc were top notch. There are complaints about balance and match making but that’s besides the point. Cold War feels like a real step in the wrong direction. 3 steps forward, 5 steps back. Personally, coming fromGood graphics.... sort of, poor gameplay, lack of content, weird design and so on. It’s really sad since Modern Warfare was so amazing. The audio, the graphics, weapons handling etc were top notch. There are complaints about balance and match making but that’s besides the point. Cold War feels like a real step in the wrong direction. 3 steps forward, 5 steps back. Personally, coming from modern warfare to Cold War is like going back in-time for graphics, playability and story. It’s a COD game. It’ll be fun, everyone will buy it because it’s what we do but dang. Treyarch really missed the mark on this one.… Expand
  7. AndrewEvolution
    Dec 11, 2020
    1
    Game is broken ! Lot of bugs ! The theme is good but so few modes, maps and guns make the Multiplayer repetitive , don´t waste your time with this crap , feels like a plastic downgrade compared with COD MW ! Also SBMM ruins the matches ! ! !
  8. Nerevarinho
    Sep 16, 2021
    3
    Multiplayer team deathmatch takes forever, and since it makes not really fun, its a pain to finish a match. Aim assist is too invasive. Movement and animations are not fluid. Respawn locations are not balanced/scattered enough. Cant read white text on white helmet background in multiplayer loadout. Singleplayer campaign was good, but multiplayer is bad compared to MW.
  9. Skymo
    Sep 20, 2021
    0
    Waste of money, very **** game. Multiplayer ridiculous difficulty with their high level of sbmm. Not fun anymore, the older COD games were fun whereas this game is stressful and a waste of time.
  10. JayHernan
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    Bad graphics Bad mechanics
    Bad audio
    Bad multiplayer Bad price
    Super bad frame rate (interlacing). When you turn to look you literally see the frames as you’re turning. I’m on Xbox Series X. Modern Warfare does not have this problem. This is an immense downgrade from Modern Warfare 2019. I can’t believe I let my friends convince me to buy this game. Worst COD I’ve ever played.
  11. Gabe7494
    Jan 16, 2021
    1
    I can’t think of something positive to say about this game, it’s just getting worse with every “update” they put out. Haven’t seen a single issue get fixed since launch day. The cutscenes in campaign have lag somehow, any glitch you can think of can be found somewhere in the game, skill based matchmaking is the worst thing to ever happen to multiplayer, combining with Modern Warfare hasI can’t think of something positive to say about this game, it’s just getting worse with every “update” they put out. Haven’t seen a single issue get fixed since launch day. The cutscenes in campaign have lag somehow, any glitch you can think of can be found somewhere in the game, skill based matchmaking is the worst thing to ever happen to multiplayer, combining with Modern Warfare has brought some of Cold War’s problems into MW and the developers just don’t seem to care. Buying this game was my only regret of 2020 and I even own Cyberpunk.… Expand
  12. Ibakeritb24
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Been playing all 3 types for about 5 hours each, campaign is fine no complaints, Zombies is better but still no complaints, multiplayer is **** they pushed so hard for no camping but this game advocates it, the maps are terrible, SBMM has got to go but sure it won’t… Expand
  13. Alwai90
    Jan 25, 2021
    0
    what stupid game they did not even think to improve it
    i advice u to play only zombie other is sucks
  14. bilthebuket
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    I have never hated a call of duty game quite like this one. The zombies is so ridiculously easy it might as well be a toddler's game. This game is the most rng based, no skill, kid-oriented game ever. I was so excited that a new black ops game was coming out, and it featured one of the best things about MW: gunsmith. But boy oh boy was I disappointed. Let's start with multiplayer.I have never hated a call of duty game quite like this one. The zombies is so ridiculously easy it might as well be a toddler's game. This game is the most rng based, no skill, kid-oriented game ever. I was so excited that a new black ops game was coming out, and it featured one of the best things about MW: gunsmith. But boy oh boy was I disappointed. Let's start with multiplayer.

    Starting with create a class, I have never seen customization that was so unnecessary like this. Gunsmith is not gunsmith. 95% of the attachments don't have an significant tradeoffs, which is the main point of gunsmith. Every single attachment adds little and doesn't take away anything, so what's the point? It MW, if you wanted to quickscope, you could dedicate all 5 attachments on your sniper to aim down sight speed. In black ops cold war, there's 1 attachment that helps aim down sight speed, and it only helps 5%. I personally love quickscoping, and this game is insulting. Just ask faze jev. The only reason to ever pick a sniper is if you want to be a hardscoping **** in search and destroy. If you want to quickscope, load up the wall hacks because your gonna have to pre aim a second in advance, without even knowing the person is there. Or you could use the Pellington, which is less consistent that the mk2 at 5,000 meters away. All of this ties back to Treyarch making this game for toddlers, because you don't have to put any thought into your attachments, and you don't have to worry about quickscopers, who would normally **** of little timmy. Now let's talk about time to kill and skill based matchmaking. If you don't want to sweat your **** balls off every single match, you better either play with your **** friend or pick a different game. It's so **** strong that you'll have 3 straight 0.5 k/d ratio games, then one game with a 3.0 k/d, then its back to 0.5. And this is even worse with time to kill. Call of duty typically has fast time to kill, with the exception of black ops 4. The problem with how long the time to kill is that if you engage more than one person at once, you're **** dead. In old games, you could react fast, laser one, take cover, and kill the other. But in this game, especially with how slow aim down sight speed is, you'll just **** die. Because of this, if you're not camping, you're not getting kills. Guess what's easier than playing run and gun: camping. Stop catering to **** nine year olds Treyarch. So what we have now is a multiplayer where customization means nothing, you can't quickscope, if you play well the game punishes you, and if you don't camp your not getting kills. Fun, right?

    Now lets talk about zombies. Me personally, I have played black ops one, black ops two, black ops 3, world war 2, and black ops cold war. Typically in tryarch zombies, if you go down in co-op, the only way to get back up is if your teammates complete the round or revive you. Either way, you lose all of your perks. If you bleed out completely and have to wait for the round to end, you'll lose your weapons as well. In solo, the only way to be revived is through quick revive, with some exceptions, but mostly only quick revive. Well in black ops cold war, you're pretty much invisible. So basically what your gonna do is spawn in with the knife, which can one shot zombies un packed unit around 14. Fair, right? Then your gonna get the gallo off the wall for 1200 points which is pretty much a wonder weapon. Off the wall. For 1200 points. If you play about 5 games you'll have enough atherium crystals to max out aether shroud, jug, and quick rievive. With these things maxed out you pretty much take 5 bottles of steroids. 250 health and aether shroud is the ultimate save me item. With tier 3 aether shroud you are teleported forward and aren't targeted by zombies for 10 seconds. So basically if you get cornered, you're fine. It has cool down yes, so you could argue if you get corened twice, you die right? Nope. Get yourself a chopper gunner with some salvage, which you'll be bathing in by round 15. Zombies won't target you while you use it, so another save me item. Not to mention you get to **** blast zombies with a beast in the sky. Ok, so if you use both, your dead right? Wrong again. Go buy yourself a self revive, which cost the same salvage you'll be rolling in by round 15. So if you go down, you can revive yourself. But you lose your perks right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. You lose 1. Only 1. And you can use this setup in co op as well, so basically there's infinite high rounds. And once you get to round 20, which isn't hard, getting the ray gun and die gun becomes incredibly easy. So basically any old noob can go in and become invisible, get infinite high rounds, and they won't even break sweat. They better release some maps that make it a whole lot harder, because its not fun when the game hands you everything on a silver platter.

    So all in all, black ops cod war takes the skill out of call of duty.    … Expand
  15. Drewader
    Dec 21, 2020
    1
    This game would be great, but Activision/Treyarch have yet to address the constant crashing issue the game causes on all platforms. I personally have a high-end PC and the game freeze, crash, and/or crashes my whole PC multiple times a day.
    I've put up with it for the past week and hoped it would be address with some patches, but nope. They would much prefer to put out NukeTown than    This game would be great, but Activision/Treyarch have yet to address the constant crashing issue the game causes on all platforms. I personally have a high-end PC and the game freeze, crash, and/or crashes my whole PC multiple times a day.
    I've put up with it for the past week and hoped it would be address with some patches, but nope. They would much prefer to put out NukeTown than address the severe issues with their game. Which leaves me very close to seeking a refund for my purchase and not returning to the game, even if its eventually fixed. I do not want to support a company that refuses to address issues that should have been addressed by now.

    Update:

    The game has not gotten better since the season, that was a week late started. In fact the season only further enhanced the issues with the game. There is clearly no hack prevention because it us absolutely rampant. Especially now that they opened up Trial Accounts. Optimization for RTX is dumpster. Clearly the developers and company are only concerned with putting out a cash grab.
    Treyarch you suck.

    The only decent part of this game was the campaign, but that is overshadowed by the massive dumpster fire that the multiplayer is.    … Expand
  16. miktacloper
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Игру предзаказал, но был разочарован на старте

    Это не Black Ops который мы заслужили, из игры пропало все что мне нравилось во первой части. Нет расчлененки, не импакта от попаданий, после бомбежки напалмом на чарли не остается ни следа. Сама кампания потеряла интересные миссии во Вьетнаме их по сути две, они неочем, на старте были читаки в мультиплеере, вроде их побороли. Режимов мало,    Игру предзаказал, но был разочарован на старте

    Это не Black Ops который мы заслужили, из игры пропало все что мне нравилось во первой части. Нет расчлененки, не импакта от попаданий, после бомбежки напалмом на чарли не остается ни следа. Сама кампания потеряла интересные миссии во Вьетнаме их по сути две, они неочем, на старте были читаки в мультиплеере, вроде их побороли. Режимов мало, из всех что мне понравился это командный бой и ВИП, остальные неочем, особенно грязная бомба где на карте происходит полный ад.
    Оптимизацию под амд пришлось делать ручками в файле конфига этой игры.    … Expand
  17. NobleWarHamster
    Dec 2, 2020
    1
    Campaign was fun, but blasted through it within a few hours, after the campaign, what you are left with is multiplayer and zombies. Which feels like an incomplete game. Weapon choices seem few and far between unlike some of their more recent titles, and the only Weapons you’ll be using anyways are the MP5 and Mauer shotgun. Multiplayer plays laggy and and the map layout feels rushed. AllCampaign was fun, but blasted through it within a few hours, after the campaign, what you are left with is multiplayer and zombies. Which feels like an incomplete game. Weapon choices seem few and far between unlike some of their more recent titles, and the only Weapons you’ll be using anyways are the MP5 and Mauer shotgun. Multiplayer plays laggy and and the map layout feels rushed. All in all, it’s still fun to play, but they know we’re going to give them our money regardless, so I feel like they just ran out of **** in this one.… Expand
  18. zDieKumpelblxse
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    Don’t like the multiplayer sbmm is **** and there a literally 2 maps... they releasing a another unfinished game... the zombie mode is playable tho but i am tired after 2 or 3 games... at this point I would hop on the mp Lobbys but nah
  19. Kyaal
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    1 simply for the zombies effort, well done to the zombies team. Campaign is forgettable. Don't get me started with multiplayer... Me and my friends decided it's arguably the worst COD ever made. Treyarch/infinity ward and others should have given this year a miss instead of releasing a game that plays and feels like a pre alpha
  20. Gravityrideryt
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    RIP Cod, very bad game! Remove SBM! My first cod was mw2. This game is dead. Only family fathers and camper
  21. Rumble1984
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    Performance so bad!!!
    It dont run on a i5 3450 16 gb ram and a AMD Fury. Modern Warfare runs very good without frame dropping!
    Cold War runs under full hd and still frame drops! unplayable! normaly i want my Money back! and go back to Modern Warfare.
    Fix the hard performance problems...and ban the hackers on the server.
    Also your "balancing" matchmaking is ****
  22. Alexmar28
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    BMM kill the multiplayer, the experience is realmente bad, zombies and campaing are good
  23. DocInvictus
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    Ja was soll man dazu sagen? SBMM macht das Game kaputt...Das Prestige System bugt enorm. Leider kein fertiges Spiel. Eine Frechheit ein unfertiges Spiel für so viel Geld zu verkaufen...Schämt euch...

    Nachtrag: SBMM ist das schlimmste was diese b*s*arde bei Activision jemals programmiert haben. Ich möchte einfach gerne ein paar Runden CoD zocken ohne um mein Leben schwitzen zu    Ja was soll man dazu sagen? SBMM macht das Game kaputt...Das Prestige System bugt enorm. Leider kein fertiges Spiel. Eine Frechheit ein unfertiges Spiel für so viel Geld zu verkaufen...Schämt euch...

    Nachtrag: SBMM ist das schlimmste was diese b*s*arde bei Activision jemals programmiert haben. Ich möchte einfach gerne ein paar Runden CoD zocken ohne um mein Leben schwitzen zu müssen...Ich freue mich schon auf das neue Battlefield, dann habt ihr mich nämlich für immer verloren. Sch**ß auf euch. Jeder cent ist zuviel für dieses drecksgame.    … Expand
  24. animaczech
    Dec 4, 2020
    1
    Really bad performance of the game. On specific maps even without the rate tracing there is a huge FPS drop. Game is unstable it crashes a lot. And it’s the only game which somehow make my xbox crashed completely.
    There is a lack of the game content and maps. Campaign is really short, graphics are worse than modern warfare. :( I am disappointed!
  25. PepperoniMac
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    Do not buy until they fix the game for the Xbox series x. Rarely can I finish a team death match game without the game crashing. Unplayable.
  26. Marco2020
    Dec 5, 2020
    3
    Too many boring cinematics in single - not much to play , some levels ok, some very redundant with same old algotyrhms and very linear action. Not Very Bad - but overall mediocre - i played on series X and graphics is so so - flat texture are very common. Console hang out from time to time, the whole system was crashing several times.
  27. Orion590
    Dec 5, 2020
    2
    Game keeps crashing xbox one console. Gameplay is choppy. Far inferior to modern warfare
  28. GCArmor
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Overall I just wan`t to say this game is 0/100. I just can´t recommend this to other people. I have to say I was never so disapointed with game before and the biggest problem with this statement is just, I wasn´t expecting anything from this game, but still got just dissapointed in just every aspect of the Game.

    The Campaign is nothing special not even 20€ worth (1/3of the game). I    Overall I just wan`t to say this game is 0/100. I just can´t recommend this to other people. I have to say I was never so disapointed with game before and the biggest problem with this statement is just, I wasn´t expecting anything from this game, but still got just dissapointed in just every aspect of the Game.

    The Campaign is nothing special not even 20€ worth (1/3of the game).
    I made extra a Account to write this review.

    Zombies is good but until state 05.12.2020 just not worth it, just no quantity at all.

    And now the Multiplayer, now this...this is something it is just so broken and **** There is nothing good about. Matchmaking is just too competitive and everyone is just using the same weapons it is just boring...the best part of it all is, if you can play it...most of the time it just chashes and lags nonstop.

    To sum it up, spent the money on something that is more worth it and this is litteraly anything else.    … Expand
  29. Chris0nF1re
    Dec 7, 2020
    3
    Absolutely broken. Terrible animations and awful frame rate. Game makes me feel nauseous when I play it. Tones of glitches. I’d stay away and only buy the game if on sale for £10/15

    Campaign was okay but forgettable.
  30. im_honest_ea
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    This game was a huge disappointment and after playing it for a while with SBMM all this game feels like it's filled with just sweats. The only redeeming quality is zombies but, even that's still bad with me getting kicked out of high rounds and frames dropping for a game that feels like it's only a current Gen console. Would rather buy CyberPunk cause at least you know they put more timeThis game was a huge disappointment and after playing it for a while with SBMM all this game feels like it's filled with just sweats. The only redeeming quality is zombies but, even that's still bad with me getting kicked out of high rounds and frames dropping for a game that feels like it's only a current Gen console. Would rather buy CyberPunk cause at least you know they put more time in their game.… Expand
  31. forkinthebutt
    Dec 10, 2020
    1
    Don't listen to the critics, this game is terrible... multi-player is quick scoping or nothing, so if you don't quick scope all the time don't think you will get on here and ever get a positive KD... only redeeming part of this game is zombies... I'm reinstalling MW
  32. Ablesabol
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    The multiplayer is so bad I deleted the game and re-downloaded PUBG which had the crown for worst game ever due to lack of support. I would rather play a game where the developers don’t take action against people using mods than this pile of garbage.
  33. PROTEVS
    Dec 12, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m a long-time COD fan who has almost always enjoyed the lore for the campaigns and for Zombies, and I’ve enjoyed the multiplayer modes for most of the games. Unfortunately, COD: Black Ops Cold War just doesn’t live up to the hype in my opinion.

    1) Campaign [TL;DR]

    First off, I’m not a huge fan of the campaign. It didn’t really add much to the Black Ops storyline. There were a few callbacks to the original Black Ops storyline, such as the mission in Yamantau with Hudson and Weaver, Kravchenko whose story had already concluded in Black Ops II, with just as much screen time and importance in that game as well, and Raul Menendez who ran a cartel under Noriega’s time in power. However, the callbacks felt like cheap fan service that served virtually no purpose whatsoever.

    Your playable character’s story arc (codename “Bell”) felt meaningless. The brainwashing concept had already been attempted with Alex Mason in the first game, and to some extent it really worked. Discovering that Victor Reznov used Steiner’s attempted brainwashing on Mason to serve his own purpose of eliminating Dragovich, Steiner and Kravchenko was a huge twist, especially when we also figured out that Reznov had died during Mason’s escape from Vorkuta.

    Bell’s brainwashing on the other hand felt too predictable, and the canonized ending felt a little forced. It would’ve seemed more likely for Bell to turn against his CIA colleagues and finish Perseus’s mission, as opposed to continuing the fight against Perseus, given that he had been previously aligned with Perseus. He never really had much incentive to aid Russell Adler or Jason Hudson.

    To top that off, the stakes never really felt high. It always seemed as if the CIA was going to be able to accomplish its mission of obtaining intel on their rivals, and that every setback was a trivial issue. I never really felt on-edge as I’d felt with Mason being brainwashed by Steiner.

    In the original Black Ops, your attempt to neutralize Castro was unsuccessful since Dragovich and Kravchenko had tipped off Castro. They always seemed at least one step ahead of the CIA. You’d lost a couple of allies along the way—Harris and Bowman—and Kravchenko almost killed Weaver as well.

    In Modern Warfare 2, Roach and Ghost secure intel on Makarov, only to be betrayed by General Shepherd. It’s later revealed that Shepherd used the conflict to bolster his reputation as a general and to avenge his fallen men, while pinning the blame on those associated with Task Force 141. As a result, your team goes in hiding and rely on the help of former-Spetsnatz soldiers Nikolai and Yuri to kill Shepherd and Makarov. In the process of chasing after Makarov, Soap dies in the conflict and Yuri must explain his past ties to Makarov to Captain Price so he can trust Yuri to assist him in their epic final showdown.

    At no point did I feel the same level of high stakes in Black Ops Cold War. You barely even see Perseus! He’s in a couple of cutscenes, and you only see him face-to-face in Bell’s alternate ending! I would rate the campaign a 2/10.

    2) Multiplayer

    As of me writing this review (Dec. 2020), I am still disappointed in the multiplayer experience. The maps are either too big or they make you feel claustrophobic. Players have resorted to camping and spamming tacticals/lethals to get kills against enemies. In previous multiplayer experiences the maps were typically more balanced, and you were capable of navigating throughout the map a lot easier without the risk of getting sniped across the map or without being forced to push hard with a few allies in a hard-camped area of the map just to gain an edge.

    The weapon progression system is also frustrating. I do enjoy more options for my weapons, but 55 weapon ranks seems too excessive in my opinion. The only way to rank your weapons up quicker is if you play the multiplayer mode or wait for another 2XP weekend—assuming that isn’t bugging out again.

    This is more of a personal nitpick, and those of you reading may disagree with me, but I really dislike the overall progression system as well. Hitting a prestige rank used to feel meaningful. I would be able to show that I’d put enough time into the game where I could essentially restart my progress for my character and challenge myself to earn back all my perks, weapons and equipment. There’s no challenge, so there doesn’t seem like much of a point to the current progression system. 2/10

    3) Zombies

    I enjoyed Die Maschine. I wasn’t expecting another chapter of the Zombies lore, but this new story seems interesting enough. I’m still not sure how I feel about upgrading your perks, but the weapons customization is a nice touch. 8/10

    4) Conclusion

    I feel like I paid $70 USD for a game I only enjoy one-third of. As of now, I feel like it’s only worth $20 USD. Either wait for that price or don’t buy it at all.    … Expand
  34. Golfy
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    How is it legal to launch a product like this? It is not even working on serie X, impossible to finish the 6 hours campaign (even when they stole you 10 dollars more). You want to play cod? Play Modern warfare, not this "free to play". And the SBBM... it is impossible to take pleasure.
  35. Julesbarrios
    Dec 13, 2020
    2
    If it wasn’t for the zombies mode this game would be thrown into the discount bin. As a returning CoD player I’m irate at the thought of this franchise going for dollars instead of acclaim. What an absolute pile of dog ****
  36. Jcan
    Dec 13, 2020
    2
    Waste of money, only way I can justify buying it was by playing zombies but you can only do that so many times.. multiplayer was just trash and the game wasn’t near finished on release but still payed full price
  37. KingOfDNorth
    Dec 15, 2020
    1
    This Game was breaking people’s console and almost broke mine. Avoided zombies because of all the bugs. The campaign was literally 6-7 hours of rushed gameplay with bugs that crashed my console twice. SBMM makes multiplayer matches unbearable, you have to camp to get a decent score. Activism only cares about selling their season passes. Gave a 1 - The game crashed my console twice b - SBMMThis Game was breaking people’s console and almost broke mine. Avoided zombies because of all the bugs. The campaign was literally 6-7 hours of rushed gameplay with bugs that crashed my console twice. SBMM makes multiplayer matches unbearable, you have to camp to get a decent score. Activism only cares about selling their season passes. Gave a 1 - The game crashed my console twice b - SBMM makes multiplayer unbearable
    c - Zombies are crashing peoples consoles so I haven’t tried it. d - there are paywalls attached to better skins Ana camo’s.    … Expand
  38. grey_k1ller
    Dec 16, 2020
    1
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  39. matt32607
    Dec 16, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The campaign is fun but the cutscenes are not watchable, zombies is very good but need more support in the future, multiplayer is decent but cold war ending up crashing my console a couple of times with no ray tracing on.… Expand
  40. Jmoreno3
    Dec 17, 2020
    4
    Baja calidad de gráficos y la experiencia es muy similar a juegos móviles
  41. FkDisGame
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    Feels more copy-pasted than usual. Really bad CoD game, and that's coming from someone who buys every single Call of Duty game. I've played CoD since Modern Warfare (2007) and this is the first time I actually don't want to play the game at all. Do not buy unless they update HEAVILY. Their first content update brings literally ONLY ONE new map for multiplayer, no new map for zombies andFeels more copy-pasted than usual. Really bad CoD game, and that's coming from someone who buys every single Call of Duty game. I've played CoD since Modern Warfare (2007) and this is the first time I actually don't want to play the game at all. Do not buy unless they update HEAVILY. Their first content update brings literally ONLY ONE new map for multiplayer, no new map for zombies and they have the audacity to release a battle pass with 2 guns while the game is in this state. Even though zombies is pretty decent this year, there is still only one map.… Expand
  42. arnoldrevesz
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    This Call of Duty title is a big mistake, poor graphics, poor game mechanics (caracters run like some super zombies), all weapons are the same, poor audi, no recoil. don`t have words, like a pre-alpha build even worse. made for 8 year old children. This game was claerly made for profit.developers should stick thisgame in theyr *ss
  43. Vegasstovepipe
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    I don't know where to start I've never reviewed anything online ever in my life but I felt so strongly that this is the biggest turd in the punch bowl I have ever seen and the fact that all these other supposed review sites are just telling the game
  44. Coldwarworstcod
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    Worst cod in history, multiplayer is absolutely terrible. The only good thing about this game is the campaign and zombies WHEN THEY DONT GLITCH OUT that is....
  45. Whatar
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Thank you for damaging modern warfare activision, good **** marketing move, skip this one guys. Do it for bo4, do it for cold war, do it for better games.
  46. Ethonios
    Dec 20, 2020
    2
    Garbage game, SBMM is trash, i went 72-19 then boom, 22-39. Guns are so unbalanced, zombies is insanely repetitive with same map over and over, all maps are trash multiplayer maps except for 4, only reason why it gets a 2 is campaign is amazing but it’s so freaking short.
  47. Unknown746
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    I truly regret buying this game because it is a **** mess. The graphics are not that good to begin with, but the bugs will destroy your experience. The graphics constantly glitches out through the game. The graphics first starts to get blurry and less detailed, then the shadows gets messed up. Then you are able to see through walls and see nothing but floating guns shooting at eachI truly regret buying this game because it is a **** mess. The graphics are not that good to begin with, but the bugs will destroy your experience. The graphics constantly glitches out through the game. The graphics first starts to get blurry and less detailed, then the shadows gets messed up. Then you are able to see through walls and see nothing but floating guns shooting at each other( this is my experience throughout 3 games, the graphics just gets worse and worse) I understand that the game was finished during a pandemic, but they definitely should I delayed the game for at least a 3 months because it's a buggy mess. And it's stupid that only Playstation get's zombies, they are basically selling you half a game for the same price just because you don't have a PlayStation.… Expand
  48. Tbreezy
    Dec 22, 2020
    0
    I created an account on here to hopefully alert someone to how TERRIBLE this game is before they buy it. It without a doubt the worst call of duty I have ever played...the contrast in multiplayer makes it hard to spot other players, their HUD information is WAY too large, no mounting, they completely changed how perks, attachments work and effect your weapons. I would return if possibleI created an account on here to hopefully alert someone to how TERRIBLE this game is before they buy it. It without a doubt the worst call of duty I have ever played...the contrast in multiplayer makes it hard to spot other players, their HUD information is WAY too large, no mounting, they completely changed how perks, attachments work and effect your weapons. I would return if possible but the store I bought it at wouldn’t offer credit because they had so many returns prior to me.… Expand
  49. Regencychimp82
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass Trash ass game Trash ass game… Expand
  50. baoduylehoang
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    It's really bad. Too many bug when I playing. The guns very unbalance. Don;t buy this game. Trash
  51. vector071
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    The game is not stable. Freezes during gameplay and throws to the dashboard. During 10 games, 5 are lost due to failure of the game. The most unstable and pissing off game I've played this year.
  52. Mcfeely08
    Dec 25, 2020
    3
    With a brilliant zombies and a ok campaign, the multiplayer fails this game very very much, with the skilled based matchmaking and the unbalanced guns which makes this game require no skill what so ever, is just a disaster from the get go. They do not seem to care to what the community has to say and are too busy making new skins which nobody cares about rather than fixing there buggyWith a brilliant zombies and a ok campaign, the multiplayer fails this game very very much, with the skilled based matchmaking and the unbalanced guns which makes this game require no skill what so ever, is just a disaster from the get go. They do not seem to care to what the community has to say and are too busy making new skins which nobody cares about rather than fixing there buggy game. This game is just a mess and I would not recommend anyone to buy this game at all, just not fun to play at all.… Expand
  53. BolliJee
    Dec 27, 2020
    0
    Pc score for this game is unavailable for a reason.... I have a 5800x CPU and 3080 GPU. There is zero reason for there to be crashes this frequently on my end, thus it must be a TERRIBLY optimized game. Even a COD pros are crashing frequently. A triple A game should not have this issue.
  54. JPMO
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mal optimizado, aparte de que causa que se trabe el juego y sea injugable
    Hay SBMM Las cosas buenas son los zombies y la campaña pero fuera de eso creo que es el peor black ops    … Expand
  55. Stasimus
    Dec 30, 2020
    0
    Skilled based matching is making game no fun to play, because it’s imbalanced and not designed to be played strongly competitive. Shady SBMM system knowns before the round starts whom will win. Maps, respawn system and kill streaks are designed to add extra random factor into game to make all kid in the lobby close to 1. Additionally aim resist is a new technic to balance you if your areSkilled based matching is making game no fun to play, because it’s imbalanced and not designed to be played strongly competitive. Shady SBMM system knowns before the round starts whom will win. Maps, respawn system and kill streaks are designed to add extra random factor into game to make all kid in the lobby close to 1. Additionally aim resist is a new technic to balance you if your are doing well in current match, as well as hidden bugs and glitches.… Expand
  56. Londoncabby
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    What a complete waste of time and money. The campaign took longer to download than it did to complete
  57. Khalid11
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    The game is not playable, I do not recommend it, and the search system is very poor
  58. iam007me
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    PC players clean house against console players.
    Constant corner jumping.
    Crashes constantly on the Xbox One X.
    Zombies and campaign only redeeming qualities, but gets repetitive fast.
  59. Typh00n
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    I made a account just to say how bad this game is. It feels years behind modern warfare, even years behind bo4 in terms of animation, graphics, and movement. Don’t buy it
  60. Mxschulberg21
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    Absolute trash. I've never liked pvp in a cod game since black ops 2 and Mw3. The zombies mode is also an extreme disappointment lacking any kind of creativity or substance. The single zombies map and half assed Easter egg made me return the game before season 1 of the modern warfare continuation Happened. This "game" is not worth $60 and isn't worth my time.
  61. Rudolfo53
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    I solely created this account to rate this game 0/10 Worse then modern warfare in every department from weapon variety to the camos that barely exist to the gameplay and don’t even get me started on the bugs. Just don’t do the same mistake I and a lot of other people made and buy this pre alpha of a call of duty because it’s a complete waste of money.
  62. SkeddaYodden
    Jan 10, 2021
    0
    SBMM has ruined all potential for this game. Cold War could have been a turning point for CoD. The obvious dismissal of signal based matchmaking for Skill based matchmaking has completely ruined the online experience. Don't buy this game.
  63. AnimosityX
    Jan 11, 2021
    0
    This might be the absolute WORST call of duty game to date, I find it hard to find a SINGLE redeeming quality about it.

    Pros: Zombies is decent I suppose, for the 1 map they have and almost no content Cons: This game is a downgrade in every single way from MW 2019 The gun sounds are terrible, along with sound design in general The game looks like it came from 2012 and has **** graphics    This might be the absolute WORST call of duty game to date, I find it hard to find a SINGLE redeeming quality about it.

    Pros:
    Zombies is decent I suppose, for the 1 map they have and almost no content

    Cons:
    This game is a downgrade in every single way from MW 2019
    The gun sounds are terrible, along with sound design in general
    The game looks like it came from 2012 and has **** graphics
    The movement is slow, clunky, and downright awful
    No **** content whatsoever The multi-player is a shotgun camp fest
    UI is trash, gameplay is trash, movement is trash, sound design is trash, animations are trash, and footstep sounds are basically non existent.

    Overall I wouldn't have payed 5 dollars for this game if I knew it was going to be this bad, it is completely terrible and I have basically nothing good to say about it and had 0 fun whatsoever in my few hours of playing.

    The devs should be ashamed for releasing a game of this level of quality. MW 2019 may have its flaws, but it is, quite literally - 10000x better than this ****    … Expand
  64. calswa
    Jan 12, 2021
    1
    Server queue that is endless so the game isn't even playable.. not even campaign. Game has so many bugs need an exterminator!! graphics will look like ps2 and stutter, sometimes it will lock at 17 fps for some reason, constant game crashes... I mean constant. The gameplay side of things is not any better, the horrible hit detection and weapon balancing is awful. Watching kill camsServer queue that is endless so the game isn't even playable.. not even campaign. Game has so many bugs need an exterminator!! graphics will look like ps2 and stutter, sometimes it will lock at 17 fps for some reason, constant game crashes... I mean constant. The gameplay side of things is not any better, the horrible hit detection and weapon balancing is awful. Watching kill cams wondering who killed me because I saw no-one and find out it was a person right in front of me that I couldn't see, server issue? I could go on but what's the point... wish they'd do a refund like cyberpunk 2070 did cause this game is complete garbage.… Expand
  65. Fwen
    Jan 14, 2021
    2
    just more of the same. multiplayer isn't any fun and gets extremely boring. I've only owned the game for about 3 days and I'm sick of it, campaign isn't interesting and feels rather dull. It feels like it doesn't go anywhere, Zombies isn't any fun either, it's confusing to new players and again feels dull. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War is an uninspired, unfun, parody of the 1980's.just more of the same. multiplayer isn't any fun and gets extremely boring. I've only owned the game for about 3 days and I'm sick of it, campaign isn't interesting and feels rather dull. It feels like it doesn't go anywhere, Zombies isn't any fun either, it's confusing to new players and again feels dull. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War is an uninspired, unfun, parody of the 1980's. This game feels like the previous entry Modern Warfare, which attempted to revolutionize and revamp Call of Duty, just with a 1980's skin over it. Activision took Modern Warfare, did not change anything, and put 80's fashion over it. Terrible. Awful. Disappointing. If you plan on bringing a character back, at least try to get the original voice actor for them.… Expand
  66. FxckYou
    Jan 14, 2021
    0
    Don’t waste your time with this game: story is poor and short and piss easy even on realistic, the zombies is repetitive crap and the multiplayer is as toxic as Chernobyl, campers, hackers and inbred scum ruin this game. The icing on the cake is the maps and the guns are the worst out of any Call of Duty they’re terrible. The devs give in to any freak with an internet connectionDon’t waste your time with this game: story is poor and short and piss easy even on realistic, the zombies is repetitive crap and the multiplayer is as toxic as Chernobyl, campers, hackers and inbred scum ruin this game. The icing on the cake is the maps and the guns are the worst out of any Call of Duty they’re terrible. The devs give in to any freak with an internet connection complaining about ‘broken’ and ‘overpowered’ guns so every few weeks you find that your favourite gun now fires basmati rice instead of bullets.… Expand
  67. rya_n_
    Jan 14, 2021
    0
    A massive step backwards for the franchise. Wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone. Total mess.
  68. God-Escanor
    Jan 17, 2021
    1
    Soy de PS4 y está muy mal optimizada la pantalla dividida y se crashea un chingo en resumen...
    Puto juego de mierda
  69. DevilRage
    Jan 18, 2021
    2
    Only crashes on Playstation 5 Multiplayer is fun but SBMM sucks Not recommendable
  70. Nickymkz
    Jan 18, 2021
    2
    The gameplay is horrible complete downgrade from modern warfare. The maps are the worst I’ve seen in a call of duty game like Miami is god awful so isn’t cartel and what the hell is raid and the pines just trash maps awful. And I can’t even stay in the same lobby with people I was just playing with what the hell is that about oh and this “skill based matchmaking” gtfoh with that bs. ThenThe gameplay is horrible complete downgrade from modern warfare. The maps are the worst I’ve seen in a call of duty game like Miami is god awful so isn’t cartel and what the hell is raid and the pines just trash maps awful. And I can’t even stay in the same lobby with people I was just playing with what the hell is that about oh and this “skill based matchmaking” gtfoh with that bs. Then we got the overpowered guns that just came out in Cold War and modern warfare then they nerf the guns that came out on launch so that you would either have to buy the battle pass or some other **** just to have a decent gun. Then the game crashes, shuts down your console and everything else THIS GAME IS BROKEN. The game modes are **** horrific like dirty bomb is the worst **** I’ve ever seen not fun at all. And only play gunfight if you want the other kid on your team to immediately quit or not play and have to play the whole game yourself and if you do find a good person to play with on that mode say see ya before the game ends cuz not like you can play another game with them because it throws everyone out of the lobby. Sure go ahead waste $60 or $70 if you want the Xbox one and the series x game which is bs cuz you can play the 60$ on your series x and one so why even have that option. So yea buy the game if you want to be killed by random grenades and people camping not just one or two whole **** teams camp have fun wasting your time and money on the ****tiest game ever oh and don’t buy it for the campaign that’s **** too. Oh almost forgot make sure you disable cross platform cuz they can’t figure out a way to stop people from using aimbots or wall hacks while playing the game on pc.… Expand
  71. Fckcod
    Jan 20, 2021
    0
    I really hate this game its just crap!!
    I’m quiting its a waste off time and money!
    Dont buy it!!!!
  72. Shadowsky101
    Jan 22, 2021
    0
    Why do people buy this game? It‘s a generic game like every year. Cod will die on day.
  73. love_sosa
    Feb 8, 2021
    1
    Genuinely one of the worst quality games Activision has ever put out. for a triple-A game, this is terribly optimized and crashes consistently no matter how low you put your settings. And this is all before you have even started playing the game. The gun balance in this game very rarely comes even close to fair and is so bad that every ranked game you play now is filled with AK-74u's.Genuinely one of the worst quality games Activision has ever put out. for a triple-A game, this is terribly optimized and crashes consistently no matter how low you put your settings. And this is all before you have even started playing the game. The gun balance in this game very rarely comes even close to fair and is so bad that every ranked game you play now is filled with AK-74u's.

    The SBMM (skill based mathmaking) maybe one of the worst feautures added to this game with a system designed to take you on a rolercoaster of enjoyment ranging from experiences that make you question your purchase to brief moments of above-average enjoyment. If you used to enjoy older COD's that had lobbies filled with a wide variety of players, then you will be unpleasantly surprised to know that you will not find such an experience here.

    There is a large list of things I could cover when talking about the faults of Cold War but for the sake of time, I have listed the worst features. if the reviews for this game seem overwhelmingly negative that is no coincidence.

    Positives: well to be honest there actually positive parts to this game. The quality of the campaign is high and is enjoyable and is definitely a light of hope for this game. zombies is also a game mode that I believe although may not be appreciated by veteran players of the mode is still quite enjoyable and has brought a good range of features and experiences to the zombies game mode. Overall I would not recommend a purchase of this game if you have any intention of playing the multiplayer or if you do not have a beefy pc. the only point I have given this game is due to the campaign and zombies modes. this may be one of the worst quality call of duty's ever released. this game might as well still be in beta and yet the developers still push out anime skin packs and CDL operators skins like clockwork.    … Expand
  74. HC1998
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    Really terrible compared to the previous instalments. The whole game feels unfinished and ugly. The gameplay on zombies is the only redeeming factor and even then there is only one level available. The sound design is awful, playing this for a few hours and then switching to modern warfare is day and night. It is also equally pushy with additional payments as was modern warfare if not moreReally terrible compared to the previous instalments. The whole game feels unfinished and ugly. The gameplay on zombies is the only redeeming factor and even then there is only one level available. The sound design is awful, playing this for a few hours and then switching to modern warfare is day and night. It is also equally pushy with additional payments as was modern warfare if not more so. I really cannot tell people to avoid this as much as possible. Wait until more content is out and even then be wary. SBMM is the absolute worst!… Expand
  75. AliensLoveToo
    Jan 23, 2021
    2
    SBMM completely ruined the multiplayer. Everyone knows it. On top of that, there’s some shady sh*t going on with the aim-assist.
  76. ak1bo
    Jan 26, 2021
    0
    The graphics, the UI, the stability - absolutely everything is such a huge step back from previous games of the series. The game looks and feels like a ten year old, eastern free-to-play fps. And it is blatenly using the exact same disgusting micro transaction methods: It takes forever to level and upgrade weapons - just to increase your urge to spend even more money than the initial fullThe graphics, the UI, the stability - absolutely everything is such a huge step back from previous games of the series. The game looks and feels like a ten year old, eastern free-to-play fps. And it is blatenly using the exact same disgusting micro transaction methods: It takes forever to level and upgrade weapons - just to increase your urge to spend even more money than the initial full price 60 to 80 bucks you paid for what should be entirely free to play. I would be not suprised if they outsourced the development of this game to some cheaper region or even eniterly based its engine and UI on some mobile game. It is that ugly and buggy. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this. Continue to play Modern Warfare or Warzone. Dont buy skins. Dont support this disgusting affront.… Expand
  77. Hakyyy
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    I regret the money i spent, i swear to god its the worst multiplayer experience ive ever had, on any game not just call of duty
  78. IreviewGamesYay
    Feb 3, 2021
    4
    This game is somewhat enjoyable, The campaign is a thrilling story and its multiple endings make up for its length, The campaign has some very enjoyable missions such as desperate measures. The zombie mode is also very fun but you're going to need more than just one map to keep the thrill going, The map die Maschine is very fun but it only supports run n gun strategies. The multiplayer isThis game is somewhat enjoyable, The campaign is a thrilling story and its multiple endings make up for its length, The campaign has some very enjoyable missions such as desperate measures. The zombie mode is also very fun but you're going to need more than just one map to keep the thrill going, The map die Maschine is very fun but it only supports run n gun strategies. The multiplayer is where my frustration starts, It is very buggy on the first hand and has SBMM which makes it unenjoyable.… Expand
  79. s4iph
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    I played call of duty since the beginning in 2003. I had never so bad technical issues bevor... This game crashes any time any where with dozens of error codes! Every new patch comes with new problems and new errors.
    No answer for opened tickets from the support team!
    That was a really bad customer service! I hope Activision earn a lot of money with the micro transactions, they will need    I played call of duty since the beginning in 2003. I had never so bad technical issues bevor... This game crashes any time any where with dozens of error codes! Every new patch comes with new problems and new errors.
    No answer for opened tickets from the support team!
    That was a really bad customer service! I hope Activision earn a lot of money with the micro transactions, they will need it when no one buys the new Cod in 2021....    … Expand
  80. mrsupickumater
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Waste of frickin money....

    This game is so boring.
    Modern Warfare is like a game from 2030 and Cold War is boring BS game from 2012.

    F this Sheet
  81. ing1
    Feb 6, 2021
    2
    pure disappointment in everything: bad graphics with no details, many crashes, player and opponent movement terribly bad,
    Guns are no fun, everything is cheap and like a game 20 years ago. I made my money in the bin, I don't feel like playing it to the end
  82. lostwelshman
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    Appalling lack of upgrade version available for disc based copy. Identical box art with only slight differences that aren’t clear to most consumers. Money grabbing activision at it again!
  83. zombieheartless
    Feb 8, 2021
    0
    I used to be able to play call of duty all night long and have fun with my friends, now I can't play 3 matches without feeling anger and rage because of how horrible the sbmm is, starting up the game for the first time the fricken home screen was bugged out and laggy, I tried out campaign and was greeted with buggy cutscenes, characters bugged out, and a really boring plot to theI used to be able to play call of duty all night long and have fun with my friends, now I can't play 3 matches without feeling anger and rage because of how horrible the sbmm is, starting up the game for the first time the fricken home screen was bugged out and laggy, I tried out campaign and was greeted with buggy cutscenes, characters bugged out, and a really boring plot to the story.next was the multiplayer, and oh boy was I disappointed. The sbmm felt even stronger than modern warfare, I would struggle with terrible teammates, sweaty enemies, overpowered and unbalanced weapons, horrible maps that promote camping, the enemies are impossible to see, the movement feeling clunky, the score streaks are horrible and can not only be shot down with one clip but also are impossible to get because of how high the scores are to get. And all of this I saw within an hour of playing . Their developers have gone dark and never answer questions or interact with the community, the game took 50% of my storage on my Xbox, the battle pass is a rip off of modern warfare's style, in fact it's combined WITH it, so it's mooching off of another games success. Now as for zombies, the map is fun, enjoyable and is the only reason I have the game still installed, I don't wanna reinstall 250gigs every time I wanna play zombies. My only gripe is the glitches and the fact that there's only one map. One issue that I saw was the worst was it SHUT OFF MY XBOX, no game has ever done that and made me feel like I downloaded some malicious stuff into my Xbox before.To end off with, I'ma say I don't recommend this game to anyone, it feels incomplete, abandoned, and feels like a rip off.… Expand
  84. 1witheverything
    Feb 9, 2021
    1
    This gMe is disgusting the amount of bugs server problems is beyond a joke. Hardly any guns in any category hardly any new releases for weapons. What the heck man this is just not good enough. If I finally get to team.up with my mates I can't every bloody chat with them.as the chat never works. And when it does I can never rejoin them.in a game. This company should be ashamed of puttingThis gMe is disgusting the amount of bugs server problems is beyond a joke. Hardly any guns in any category hardly any new releases for weapons. What the heck man this is just not good enough. If I finally get to team.up with my mates I can't every bloody chat with them.as the chat never works. And when it does I can never rejoin them.in a game. This company should be ashamed of putting out a game with so many issues. Its just full on disgusting… Expand
  85. Gibbo0619
    Feb 10, 2021
    2
    So many fault and errors from pointless doing objectives as you get more points if you just camp reload issues it pauses cant change calling card or emblem and many more
  86. Wackochacko
    Feb 10, 2021
    2
    Console players have a distinct disadvantage. A couple of nice maps but overall too broken .
  87. oscil8
    Feb 12, 2021
    0
    A total downgrade from Modern Warfare (2019) - the guns feel like toys in comparison when you compare the animations, sound design, and attachment systems. Oh wow look it's /Nuketown/ again for the 10th time. What a joke.
  88. Mau17
    Feb 13, 2021
    0
    Una completa basura, multijugador lleno de camperos, skill base Match making una completa porqueria
  89. rarina
    Feb 16, 2021
    2
    SBMM нет. Отключить кроссплей невозможно. Вполне обыденно, когда во вражеской команде один игрок набивает 100 киллов на Нюктауне, когда как в противоположной команде у топ1 - 30 киллов. Обыденно, когда против Вашей команды нон-стоп серии убийств работают.SBMM нет. Отключить кроссплей невозможно. Вполне обыденно, когда во вражеской команде один игрок набивает 100 киллов на Нюктауне, когда как в противоположной команде у топ1 - 30 киллов. Обыденно, когда против Вашей команды нон-стоп серии убийств работают.
  90. DzimiSRB
    Feb 28, 2021
    0
    Thanks god i have not buy this game. I was wait to get free weekend and try it. It is really one of the worst call of duty games. Multiplayer is so bad! Downgraded COD MW. DONT BUY IT U WILL WASTE UR MONEY!
  91. Jparlapiano
    Mar 2, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a good game just wish they didn't take out a few things . Like when you could lean your gun onto something and just needs some better maps not really a fan . There's no sniper maps kinda sucks… Expand
  92. Bootywooty01
    Mar 30, 2021
    3
    Treyarch proves once again that they should no longer be allowed to make Call of Duty games with Black Ops Cold War. Game was unplayable for the first week, which was a sign for things to come. Balance patches are a rare sight, and when they do come, they hardly change anything noteworthy. Multiplayer is among the most unbalanced in the series, with 2-3 guns being viable in mostTreyarch proves once again that they should no longer be allowed to make Call of Duty games with Black Ops Cold War. Game was unplayable for the first week, which was a sign for things to come. Balance patches are a rare sight, and when they do come, they hardly change anything noteworthy. Multiplayer is among the most unbalanced in the series, with 2-3 guns being viable in most multiplayer maps. With the majority of maps being overly large, sprawling areas with large amounts of dead space (half of the map "Miami" is a beach which is almost entirely unused in gameplay), most people only play on the Nuketown 24/7 playlist. Campaign is good, being the first Black Ops campaign since 2012 to not be a convoluted spin off that barely has any attachment to the franchise. Zombies is excellent, although there are frequent glitches that cause anything from random disconnections, to not being able to que into a game, to having the game completely freeze and require task manager to close. Treyarch's content dripfeed has been severely underwhelming, with only one or two notable things added so far. The battle passes have both been full of filler, with most variants added being simple camouflages that wouldn't look out of place as a gray-tier item in Counter Strike. Overall, Treyarch shows that they have lost their touch with making Call of Duty. Cold War shouldn't have even come out in the first place, considering the pandemic affecting development. Activision should have not released a new game in 2020 and instead, allowed Treyarch to improve their game, instead of delivering a not even half baked and extremely disappointing experience. Don't buy this game if you want to play for the multiplayer, just get Modern Warfare. You should only consider this game for the zombies mode and if it's on sale.… Expand
  93. OneLvlUp
    Mar 30, 2021
    0
    Full of camper. Too op weapons. Worst game ever. Bad and ugly maps. Don't buy this it's not worth it.
  94. AlphaMan1999
    Apr 10, 2021
    0
    The game is really cool! There are many missions you can remember. How missions in the KGB, Yamantau and mission in Amsterdam. Weapons are great too. I don't know, why many people hate this game.
  95. jpowers02
    Apr 10, 2021
    4
    When I first started to play this game when it came out, I was fairly entertained. The graphics were very crisp and clean, and the feeling of it felt good. The campaign itself, in my opinion, is rather short and they could have done more missions in Vietnam rather than some rather boring missions running around. The campaign also feels "recycled" from the original Black Ops sense in thatWhen I first started to play this game when it came out, I was fairly entertained. The graphics were very crisp and clean, and the feeling of it felt good. The campaign itself, in my opinion, is rather short and they could have done more missions in Vietnam rather than some rather boring missions running around. The campaign also feels "recycled" from the original Black Ops sense in that someone is captured, brainwashed, and then used to help find a villain. The zombies mode within the game I have found to be a boatload of fun, it is a challenging and rewarding experience, especially with friends. Although, I think like myself, a lot of people bought this game for the multiplayer. The multiplayer is quite poor in my opinion. the absence of skill-based matchmaking makes it very unenjoyable due to the fact that one game you'll murder a team of much lower skilled players but then for the next ten games, you'll be the one getting murdered by much higher skilled players. The mechanics of it are average from what players have seen in past games but the biggest complaint I have with multiplayer is that it feels half finished. This is very evident and clear when you boot up last years Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The lack of maps definitely hurts my rating for this game. Overall, this game is not drop dead horrible, but it is not something either I rush home to load up and play.… Expand
  96. Joe09
    Apr 12, 2021
    0
    Without doubt the worst call of duty in the franchise! SBMM is killing call of duty, huge step back from modern warfare.
  97. Lukas121
    Apr 14, 2021
    1
    This game was the most buggiest and constant frame drops randomly audio bugs and game crashing

    Would not suggest buying this game in 2021 for pc.

    Do not buy this trash game in 2021.
  98. Veressk
    Apr 22, 2021
    0
    If u dont want to buy battle pass in-game store you will be crushed by those who bought it. And if u dont buy it with 2400g you will be crushed by players who bought it till u get SMG from it. Cause they just ad a new SMG that`s way better then others until it`s nerfed. All are saying that campaign is good and stuff but it`s short and recycled from old cod games and overall logic of theIf u dont want to buy battle pass in-game store you will be crushed by those who bought it. And if u dont buy it with 2400g you will be crushed by players who bought it till u get SMG from it. Cause they just ad a new SMG that`s way better then others until it`s nerfed. All are saying that campaign is good and stuff but it`s short and recycled from old cod games and overall logic of the script has been taken from C rated movies.
    Net code of servers is worse than in MW. TTK is just a joke. Cross-platform is pain cause if u play vs consoles - boyz will get deadlock aim assist.
    Never regreted so much about the wasted money.    … Expand
  99. Berd
    Aug 12, 2021
    0
    Disgusting. An absolute mess of a game. Buggy, unfinished, zero content, riddled with microtransactions, bad maps & gunplay, and pathetic zombies. It’s literally just a front to sell Warzone. This game is a stain on the FPS genre
  100. WBader
    Jun 11, 2021
    1
    Multiplayer: To explain all the bugs in the game, you should have played it. It would take hours, to write it all down. Additionally you waste about 25-30% of your time in waiting for lobbies. Thank god, I missed MW. The good old times are gone.
    Based on multiplayer and Zombies mode, I must say, that the game is unplayable. It is full f bugs, I loose connection several times a day. In    Multiplayer: To explain all the bugs in the game, you should have played it. It would take hours, to write it all down. Additionally you waste about 25-30% of your time in waiting for lobbies. Thank god, I missed MW. The good old times are gone.
    Based on multiplayer and Zombies mode, I must say, that the game is unplayable. It is full f bugs, I loose connection several times a day. In Zombie mode I have not reached a higher level than seven before the game crashed or lost server connection. I play since 2007 but this is the worst version ever. Playing should be fun... This is not funny at all. But as long as "Bug-i-vision" makes money wit COD points selling nothing will change, I think. Maybe this is the reason, why there are no patches or server changings for a longer time now. MONEY ROLLS!
    Addendum: I don’t trust one of these positive reviews here.    … Expand
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#13 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2020
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2020

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. WellPlayed
    Feb 11, 2021
    70
    The beating heart of the Call of Duty experience in terms of multiplayer feels like a solid return to the classic formula, but abundant technical issues make this a worrying stumble into a new generation.
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  2. Game Over Online
    Dec 1, 2020
    70
    Overall, despite some performance issues, I rather enjoyed the mercenaries, spies and private eyes campaign that is Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. I’d like to see the development team get a chance to really flesh out a longer campaign in this style, but you know…the call of duty.
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  3. M3
    Nov 30, 2020
    60
    With an entertaining campaign, great online opportunities and panic-stricken zombie slaughter, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is an impressive package. Still, we can not help but feel disappointed. The best parts of the campaign could have been developed much more and the online modes feel well stripped down. Cold War still impresses, but with more development time, it could have been so much more than "this year's Call of Duty game".
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