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  1. Sep 10, 2023
    8
    This game was pretty good, I enjoyed everything from this game, I loved playing through campaign, I enjoyed multiplayer, and I loved zombies, definitely the most underrated zombies title we've ever had to date
  2. May 29, 2023
    8
    i feel the same way about this game as some older COD fans feel about Black Ops 2. in my opinion it was great. there were always frustrating moments, and multiplayer lag is almost unbearable at times, but overall i had a enjoyable experience. literally the first COD game i have ever pre-ordered. and i still believe it's better than Vanguard and MWII.
  3. 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.
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  4. Feb 20, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game with good story with Bell ending. Multiplayer 50/50 half good and sometimes bad. Zombie mode are very interesting. Expand
  5. Feb 5, 2023
    8
    This community will allways say cod is bad for doing this cod is bad for doing that, they will leave a negative review on every single one of them. It wasn’t the best cod but the most addictive one. So go play hacha life if you think all cod are bad since their release.

    People hated bo2 when it came out. It had a score of 4.3, now everybody is like « why can’t the new cod be just like the
    This community will allways say cod is bad for doing this cod is bad for doing that, they will leave a negative review on every single one of them. It wasn’t the best cod but the most addictive one. So go play hacha life if you think all cod are bad since their release.

    People hated bo2 when it came out. It had a score of 4.3, now everybody is like « why can’t the new cod be just like the masterpiece bo2? It was so fun and probably the best cod ever made. » Make you mind cod community.
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  6. Jan 30, 2023
    5
    Imagine Modern Warfare with a slightly longer TTK, no opening doors, no mounting, and less auto-aim. That's basically Cold War multiplayer. It's not bad, but I was bored INSTANTLY because it felt so familiar. I know COD games never change much but Cold War literally feels like DLC. I didn't get that initial fun feeling of playing a new game which I usually do, even with bad CoD games. ItImagine Modern Warfare with a slightly longer TTK, no opening doors, no mounting, and less auto-aim. That's basically Cold War multiplayer. It's not bad, but I was bored INSTANTLY because it felt so familiar. I know COD games never change much but Cold War literally feels like DLC. I didn't get that initial fun feeling of playing a new game which I usually do, even with bad CoD games. It also only has 8 core maps which in unacceptable. Expand
  7. Jan 22, 2023
    7
    Best CoD Campaign they ever made, but it was way too short. Multiplayer is like Black Ops 4, Zombies is decent.
  8. Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Mi no io se lo compro hace no mas de 1 mes y ha dejado los estudios vive por y para el juego no para hacer misiones para conseguir skins ,cada vez más violento insulta a un monitor por que matan a su muñequito y es un caso perdido un nini en toda regla ,ya no duerme bien se acuesta hasta muy tarde y se pasa todo el día durmiendo y jugando necesito ayuda
  9. Nov 14, 2022
    5
    Went through the company in 5 hours. One time will be fine. But the game is expensive, I did not play online.
  10. Nov 4, 2022
    7
    Firstly, 136GB on both the new Xbox Series Consoles and 133 on PS5 is quite large for a single game, which is just over 25% of a 500GB hard drive, graphics wise is quite underwhelming at least compared to modern warfare, and only a handful of weapons are viable, hopefully some tweaks can be made to balance the guns and make it more playable
  11. Nov 3, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game. Who dont like is plain stupid. Well done mechanics, stages and graphics Expand
  12. Oct 3, 2022
    4
    I didn't think this game would be that bad.
    I can't play one game because they do technical work! The plot in the game is not bad, but I'm waiting to play single player, **** you.
  13. Sep 27, 2022
    1
    Это одна из самых без полезных покупок за ближайший год.
    Игра сама по себе абсурд и кал.
    - сервис по вытягиванию денег с людей. - неадекватная цена для проекта по механикам 4 летней давности. - Абсурдная компания . - Ужасное имбалансное месиво в мультиплеере. Тема с второй мироыой аойной всех достала кроме архиологов, и то кажется им тоже она уже надоела.
    Это одна из самых без полезных покупок за ближайший год.
    Игра сама по себе абсурд и кал.
    - сервис по вытягиванию денег с людей.
    - неадекватная цена для проекта по механикам 4 летней давности.
    - Абсурдная компания .
    - Ужасное имбалансное месиво в мультиплеере.
    Тема с второй мироыой аойной всех достала кроме архиологов, и то кажется им тоже она уже надоела.
  14. Aug 27, 2022
    6
    Great Campaign, but too short. Great zombies, but not a lot of replayability. Horrendous multiplayer...
  15. Jul 27, 2022
    9
    Cold war has a great multiplayer great zombies and a amazing campaign. It was a pleasant surprise
  16. Jul 26, 2022
    8
    Ce Black Ops Cold War est le meilleur COD sorti depuis Modern Warfare 2019.
    La campagne est excellente le zombies est de de très bonne facture et le multijoueur a un matchmaking bien équilibré. Le choix des scorestreaks pour le multi est excellent car il favorise ceux qui jouent les objectifs.
  17. Apr 30, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se preocuparon mucho por la calidad de gráficos,me parece que en cada misión todo es con mucho afán, luego muto con cosas que quitan realidad (soñar con Zombies) y una historia que muchas veces no entiendes con facilidad quien eres. No se si fue afán de entregar el juego pero se brincaron cositas que en la historias nos gusta hacer. Expand
  18. Mar 21, 2022
    10
    Best trearch game matching black ops 1. Best zombies since black ops 1. Love the entire game and then outbreak come out! Revived my love for zombies.
  19. Mar 10, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The multiplayer was awful The story section was short and boring Graphics in The cinematic mode was good And in a fairly good game
    It was one of the most confusing and insane stages
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  20. Mar 6, 2022
    9
    Campaign is fun, the zombies are the best thing since BO3 and has no bad maps. The multiplayer is a hit or miss, you can have a lot of fun with a good team if the SBM isn't screwing you over.
  21. Feb 25, 2022
    7
    At launch, the game was really bad, with bad balancing, mediocre matchmaking, etc.
    But now one year later the game is solid. Especially when considering the newest CoD.
    The gameplay is satisfying, graphics and sounds are a lot better than in Vanguard. And overall you can have some fun.
  22. Feb 23, 2022
    8
    i really loved the zombies mode, i really hope they continue the story, but the story mode and multiplayer gets boring in time
  23. Feb 22, 2022
    0
    Imagine paying upwards of 69.99$ for a game to then find out that it has microtransactions! I might expect this from a free to play game but for a 70 dollar one!? Yes I know you don't necessarily have to spend money on the game but unless you want to play this **** for 7 hours+ per day then you are kinda forced to. Greedy developers, same repetitive game... To be fair the adaptive triggerImagine paying upwards of 69.99$ for a game to then find out that it has microtransactions! I might expect this from a free to play game but for a 70 dollar one!? Yes I know you don't necessarily have to spend money on the game but unless you want to play this **** for 7 hours+ per day then you are kinda forced to. Greedy developers, same repetitive game... To be fair the adaptive trigger feature is pretty cool but this game is not worth your time and money. 0/10.... this cashgrab makes EA look like saints in comparison Expand
  24. Feb 13, 2022
    9
    I play Zombies the most and I like it a lot. Idk what other people's complaints are. The game works perfectly well and that should count for something too. Very smooth, very polished. Regular updates to keep things working. Not much else I could ask for. Some people in multiplayer be sweatin' they nuts off though and it's not fun to play with people who are that competitive with it. Like II play Zombies the most and I like it a lot. Idk what other people's complaints are. The game works perfectly well and that should count for something too. Very smooth, very polished. Regular updates to keep things working. Not much else I could ask for. Some people in multiplayer be sweatin' they nuts off though and it's not fun to play with people who are that competitive with it. Like I should not be paired with or fighting against someone who is trying that hard. Otherwise the game is good. Campaign is kinda whack/weak but who buys CoD for the campaign. Expand
  25. Jan 19, 2022
    0
    Call of Duty is a dead game. Its all skill based hit detection and other stat manipulation to make it the worst fps game of all time. I been playing cod games online since cod 3 waaaay back when. I play daily with a 2.18 ration ranked in the 40,000 global ranks I know what I'm talking about. Sbmm and other tactics have ruined this franchise for me for life. I'll never buy another one.
  26. Jan 7, 2022
    5
    This game has a solid story and zombies, but the multiplayer is kind of a mess. The bugs from the launch still haunt me to this day.
  27. Nov 30, 2021
    0
    There's not much for me to say about this game, other than how absolutely garbage it is. Campaign is great, but it ends quickly. And let's be honest, we don't buy CODs for the campaign. After that, it honestly feels like an alpha version of a game. Incomplete. For the love of God, please don't buy this game. Terrible spawns, bad maps, glitchy servers. SBMM sucks the tiny amount of life inThere's not much for me to say about this game, other than how absolutely garbage it is. Campaign is great, but it ends quickly. And let's be honest, we don't buy CODs for the campaign. After that, it honestly feels like an alpha version of a game. Incomplete. For the love of God, please don't buy this game. Terrible spawns, bad maps, glitchy servers. SBMM sucks the tiny amount of life in CW in the first place and makes it a lifeless COD game made solely to make Activision money. I spent money on this game and I can say that you shouldn't make the same mistake I made. Please. Expand
  28. 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
  29. Nov 22, 2021
    9
    To quote AusGamers, "Like Treyarch before them, it feels like Cold War is Raven’s break-free moment, and their “love letter” reads passionately and completely with this Black Ops entry." (November 13th, 2020)

    Black Ops Cold War is a very solid game that you should pick up, especially between the enthralling campaign, the ever-expanding zombies mode, and the competitive-yet-cooperative
    To quote AusGamers, "Like Treyarch before them, it feels like Cold War is Raven’s break-free moment, and their “love letter” reads passionately and completely with this Black Ops entry." (November 13th, 2020)

    Black Ops Cold War is a very solid game that you should pick up, especially between the enthralling campaign, the ever-expanding zombies mode, and the competitive-yet-cooperative multiplayer. The campaign takes place after Black Ops and before II, where you are "Bell". You work with Russell Adler and other characters to take down Perseus, one of the mythical people from the Cold War. The multiplayer now has many weapons to choose from, and has great maps that are fun to play on, explore, and even find finer details. The zombies kicks off after the end of Tag Der Toten from Black Ops IIII, where certain Aether characters had died. The plot is in the 1980's, where the Dark Aether is spilling into reality, and you must combat the threat before it's too late. Maps ranging from "Die Machine" to "Outbreak", to even "Forsaken", the zombies will be continuing with a new chapter of life, not to even mention the returning perks, most notably PHD Flopper, renamed to PHD Slider.

    In conclusion, BOCW is a game for Xbox, PS4, PC, whatever you play on, that you should pick up regardless of what you hear. The game is great, and is better than some past Call of Duties in some regard. It is well worth the price, especially if you're a long time fan, or a brand new one.
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  30. Nov 16, 2021
    9
    Cold War is severely underrated. My personal favourite CoD since Black Ops 2. I do not understand the hate for Cold War. I found it to be far more enjoyable than MW(2019) better maps, gameplay, just overall a lot more fun. Solid installment to the franchise. I bought Vanguard and just immediately went back to Cold War. Best CoD ever. Treyarch make waaayy better CoDs than infinityward orCold War is severely underrated. My personal favourite CoD since Black Ops 2. I do not understand the hate for Cold War. I found it to be far more enjoyable than MW(2019) better maps, gameplay, just overall a lot more fun. Solid installment to the franchise. I bought Vanguard and just immediately went back to Cold War. Best CoD ever. Treyarch make waaayy better CoDs than infinityward or sledgehammer. Expand
  31. Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Eigentlich ein wirklich gutes Spiel mit guter Kampagne, Multiplayer und Zombies vor allem ist ein Key wirklich nicht so teuer.
  32. Nov 9, 2021
    3
    The multi-player is broken by cross-play and skill based match making. Controller on console vs mouse on pc, is obviously a disadvantage. If you disable cross-play it takes ages to find a match. And what's the point of getting good at the game, when you're constantly getting more and more skilled opponents. Back in the day, you would get slammed, when you started playing. But as youThe multi-player is broken by cross-play and skill based match making. Controller on console vs mouse on pc, is obviously a disadvantage. If you disable cross-play it takes ages to find a match. And what's the point of getting good at the game, when you're constantly getting more and more skilled opponents. Back in the day, you would get slammed, when you started playing. But as you learned the maps, mechanics and weapons, you could be really good, and get awesome kill n death ratios. That's now destroyed. You can't relax and just play a chilled game. Then you will get destroyed, by the other players. A shame a fundamentally good game is broken by bad decisions. And stop the annoying commercials that pops up every time you start the game. If i want to by Vanguard I'll do it. Annoying that you have to skip the commercials every time you start the game. Activision **** of. Expand
  33. Nov 8, 2021
    8
    As a frequent CoD critic, I found this entry in the Black Ops subseries highly intriguing. The campaign includes my favorite POTUS (Reagan), and on top of that, delivers a strong story. Spending hours on multiplayer, specifically outbreak in zombies, crafted many great evenings with friends, especially during COVID-19 in early 2021. I recommend.
  34. Nov 2, 2021
    9
    I love this game. Despite what everyone says, I love it. The zombies is good, especially Die Machine. The multiplayer is where I actually got decent at CoD. And the campaign is really good as well.
  35. Oct 28, 2021
    1
    Fairly mediocre compared to MW (2019), unless you like getting kicked in the nuts.
  36. Oct 11, 2021
    0
    Might easily be the worst game I've ever owned and played, poorly coded, badly made, and having access to millions of user feedback, they choose to ignore their audience and do what people doesn't like and what they want, it's just trash
  37. Oct 11, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is solid, but the weapons have some balancing issues. Snipers are underpowered and some guns are pretty much perfect. Perfect damage, perfect recoil, perfect ammo capacity... The campaign feels undeveloped, too easy, but sometimes too hard, such as hacking the floppy. The game had so much potential, and can still be fixed. If you play against bots (multiplayer), then try to join a normal game, it won't allow you in unless you go back to the main menu and onto the game.

    The developers weren't given enough space to make a proper game, very sad.
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  38. Oct 2, 2021
    8
    Cold War es un gran juego. Una campaña muy pasable, un modo Zombis super genial, de los mejores. Donde falla CW es en su apartado mas importante, multijugador. Bastante gente en esquina, debido al SBMM (Skill Base Match Making) que es demasiado agresivo.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. Sep 12, 2021
    5
    Je viens de finir Call of Duty Cold War sur Series X. Je n’ai pas testé le mode online, uniquement le solo, donc mon avis n’est forcément pas représentatif du jeu complet, surtout si de votre côté le mode online est important.

    Bon, soyons clair, pour les joueurs solos, ceux qui l’ont acheté plein pot (surtout la version next gen qui coûte 10 euros de plus pour avoir une meilleure
    Je viens de finir Call of Duty Cold War sur Series X. Je n’ai pas testé le mode online, uniquement le solo, donc mon avis n’est forcément pas représentatif du jeu complet, surtout si de votre côté le mode online est important.

    Bon, soyons clair, pour les joueurs solos, ceux qui l’ont acheté plein pot (surtout la version next gen qui coûte 10 euros de plus pour avoir une meilleure résolution et le ray tracing), se sont fait escroquer…

    Ce que j’ai apprécié:

    fin multiples en fonction de quelques choix dans le jeu et décisions de dialogues. Ca c’est une bonne surprise
    des missions qui sortent du call of standard (infiltration avec objectifs à atteindre par plusieurs moyens)
    le niveau du QG du KGB est plutôt beau, seul niveau à utiliser le ray tracing à fond d’ailleurs (et le niveau le plus marrant)
    spatialisation du son très bonne. Ca pète de tous les côtés, sympa.
    des missions annexes débloquables uniquement si on trouve des indices dans les missions principales et si on résout des énigmes intéressantes
    de vieux jeux d’arcade d’activision cachés dans le jeu

    ce que je n’ai pas aimé:

    ultra court, surtout si on se contente des missions principales (il doit y en avoir 4-5 à tout cassé)
    les persos principaux sont plutôt pas trop mal fait, par contre tous les PNJ et autres joueurs sont d’une autre époque.
    l’IA totalement loupé
    la mise en scène à la rue et sans âme
    Des niveaux allant du « joli » au franchement très médiocres
    vu et archi revu dans ces niveaux principaux. On n’est jamais surpris et on ne s’amuse pas vraiment.

    En faite le jeu apporte quelques nouveautés sympa avec ces choix multiples, ces énigmes à résoudre pour les missions annexes, mais c’est totalement sous exploité. C’est vraiment dommage parce que ça aurait donné de la consistance au jeu. Tout le reste est vu, archi vu, pas intéressant du tout et techniquement très moyen.

    Après, ça reste un jeu qui se savoure très certainement en multi donc le solo n’est qu’une excuse, mais bon…
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  42. Sep 6, 2021
    9
    Мне понравилось, дух 80х в сюжетной кампании передан очень атмосферно. Мультиплеер шикарен,ИМХО. Скины тоже сделаны на высоте, однако некоторые - с перегибами. Сюжет игры между первым и втоым БО, поэтому если вы ждете продолжение бо3, то разочарую.

    Пока что она из лучших сервисов и мультиплеерных проектов. Советую, а разработчикам выражаю благодарность.
    Мне понравилось, дух 80х в сюжетной кампании передан очень атмосферно. Мультиплеер шикарен,ИМХО. Скины тоже сделаны на высоте, однако некоторые - с перегибами. Сюжет игры между первым и втоым БО, поэтому если вы ждете продолжение бо3, то разочарую.

    Пока что она из лучших сервисов и мультиплеерных проектов. Советую, а разработчикам выражаю благодарность.
  43. Aug 22, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the game in AUG 2021 and I have to say the story mode was great. Some missions are really impressive like the one in the KGB HQ. I also loved the choices and the different ending. It was fun to have a chance to be the bad guy.

    I only did the campaign mode, dont like multiplayer or zombies.
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  44. Aug 21, 2021
    2
    Zombies is only redeeming feature. Campaign boring. Multiplayer is so god awful.
  45. 808
    Aug 21, 2021
    1
    The campaign was epic multiplayer DOES NOT WORK AT ALL **** THIS PIECE OF **** UNPLAYABLE. CRASHES EVERY GAME error code 57475

    ZOmbies ok.
  46. Aug 19, 2021
    4
    Casual gamers will likely have a good time with this. Hell, I even had fun with it at first. Now? Not so much. This game was rushed and dear god does it ever show. Extremely short campaign that almost feels like an afterthought, though it isn't the worst they've ever put out. Multiplayer is just utterly ruined thanks to the special variants of weapons, way too many people sweating in MP,Casual gamers will likely have a good time with this. Hell, I even had fun with it at first. Now? Not so much. This game was rushed and dear god does it ever show. Extremely short campaign that almost feels like an afterthought, though it isn't the worst they've ever put out. Multiplayer is just utterly ruined thanks to the special variants of weapons, way too many people sweating in MP, battle pass completely destroying natural progression if you just shell out some cash, bugs, maps are extremely hit or miss, TTK is still disgustingly low. It's better than MW2019, but only barely, both are still really low on the COD totem pole.

    Zombies was admittedly a ton of fun for me, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The new mechanics felt great for bringing on new players, old perk system returned with a few tweaks that finally found an effective way to deal with crutch perk issues, and the Die Maschine and Firebase Z maps were a ton of fun! Shame that Treyarch has decided to ruin it by focusing on Outbreak rather than Dark Aether's main storyline and maps, the characters have no personality since they're all MP Operators, and Treyarch seems focused on playing to our nostalgia for previous games rather than creating something new (can we get some more new perks like Elemental Pop, please? Instead of old perks reworked or combined?). While it's not entirely without merit, Cold War is a perfect encapsulation of how the Call of Duty series has fallen from its once lofty heights. Buy at your own risk
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  47. 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
  48. Aug 4, 2021
    5
    This same as other cod games there barely anything new. Story is fine but multiplayer is the same.
  49. Jul 27, 2021
    3
    Los tres puntos que le doy son por la campaña y los zombies. El multijugador es una basura, spawns de mierd*, los snipers son solo para clavar mira y campear al igual que las ligeras y lo mas importante es que el SBMM cagó la poca experiencia de juego buena que te puede brindar este pedazo de mierda.
  50. Jul 24, 2021
    0
    The worst game they ever made. Mechanics are slow and glitchy. Even finding the right settings is not enough. Do not buy Cold War. You are wasting your money. Cold War is trash. The movements are terrible. All in all a complete waste of time. GET RID OF IT
  51. Jul 23, 2021
    1
    Gets a 1 for the campaign. The multiplayer of this godforsaken game is absolutely TERRIBLE! A combination of heavy SBMM, OP guns, sweats, tryhards, boosters, reverse boosters, horrible servers, bugs, terrible maps, and a plethora of other things I could go on about make one the WORST multiplayer experiences I've ever had. I'd rather be playing Infinite Warfare or Ghosts than this crap.Gets a 1 for the campaign. The multiplayer of this godforsaken game is absolutely TERRIBLE! A combination of heavy SBMM, OP guns, sweats, tryhards, boosters, reverse boosters, horrible servers, bugs, terrible maps, and a plethora of other things I could go on about make one the WORST multiplayer experiences I've ever had. I'd rather be playing Infinite Warfare or Ghosts than this crap. Zombies can be fun but is more catered towards hardcore zombie players. Campaign was alright definitely not the worst but by far not the best. All in all it comes out as a very bad game experience, most of it coming from multiplayer. Expand
  52. Jul 16, 2021
    0
    Completly garbage multiplayer, dont ever think to buy this game, is not even worth with discount
  53. Jul 7, 2021
    1
    This game is a steaming pile of **** The only reason i give this game a 1 is because it has a 'ok' campaign. The game, almost 1 year later is still broken as hell, I've never played a match without a terrible bug. The gun play feels to clunky and slow for the fast gameplay it trys to have. The graphics also look like **** compared to MW 2019. The game is practically on life support, withThis game is a steaming pile of **** The only reason i give this game a 1 is because it has a 'ok' campaign. The game, almost 1 year later is still broken as hell, I've never played a match without a terrible bug. The gun play feels to clunky and slow for the fast gameplay it trys to have. The graphics also look like **** compared to MW 2019. The game is practically on life support, with the only people playing it are sweaty tryhard dip****s. The map design was pretty bad also. Oh, and the zombies mode? I hated every second of it. Its like a cake walk, i played WaW nazi zombies afer and realized how much better old zombies was and what made it great, and it was actually somewhat of a challenge! Now you can choose loadouts and upgrade stuff you don't need to, instead of just being able to hop into shadows of evil in bo3 with the boys. The Easter eggs are boring as hell also. The zombies mode has turned into his weird mesh of nothing good, and arguably the worst part of this game. We cant forget about the size either, over 110 gigabytes! Atleast modern warfare compressed the files. Expand
  54. Jul 4, 2021
    9
    the game was very good on storymode and character's was very good and online
  55. Jun 28, 2021
    1
    Man I hate this game. Such an incredible downgrade from the previous game - I actually got this game before I ever played modern warfare and despite coming out 2 years later on the series X it’s absolutely awful in comparison
  56. Jun 26, 2021
    5
    After the success of the Modern Warfare reboot, Treyarch took COD back on the roue of mediocrity. The campaign is interesting, but the multiplayer and zombies are very lackluster here. At least Warzone is still a thing.
  57. Jun 22, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game ever has a few problems with lag and connection problems but camping if you know your away around it is easy to avoid just get all team mates to gang up on the camper like black ops 2 easy Expand
  58. Jun 18, 2021
    0
    This whole game is now trash and I think its just the end for it now I've seen ppl get banned for jumping wrong but when someone is named ban me or something like that they take no interest then brag about the amount of ppl that got banned bruh ik its a long process to have to watch everyone during every play but that banning system really needs a change and yall severs never work too butThis whole game is now trash and I think its just the end for it now I've seen ppl get banned for jumping wrong but when someone is named ban me or something like that they take no interest then brag about the amount of ppl that got banned bruh ik its a long process to have to watch everyone during every play but that banning system really needs a change and yall severs never work too but yh all around just feel like after two bads in a row there's no hope for another good Expand
  59. Jun 7, 2021
    0
    Complete garbage. I can't even connect to the servers to play it for a bloody review. The developers & publishers should be ashamed for releasing this abomination to the public. Speaking of which, why is it that any solutions to address the problem are found by their customers?! We're not getting paid to fix your broken game Activision!
  60. Jun 6, 2021
    0
    Never have I ever played a game this bad before cancer would be better then playing this game
  61. May 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you are on PC, stay away. This game so rigged in favour of controller players you will want to kill yourself after 2 hours, and if not because of that, it will because you feel like you are a part of a marketing experiment. **** this game with chainsaw. Expand
  62. May 22, 2021
    9
    Awesome single player experience! I never play COD online multiplayer or zombie variants, what I love is to experience a good COD campaign and this one is amazing. Not perfect thats why Im giving it a 9 :) I hated that forces you to install warzone the same way that the last MW does.
  63. May 21, 2021
    2
    This games graphics suck, the lobby's are ALWAYS broken, it's neat impossible to play with 3+ people, all the maps suck (the only good maps they have are from past cod games, which by the way they just made them loom worse) their game modes suck (when they finally make a good one they just take it away) they have no gun fight maps, and this makes me never want to buy another cod again.
  64. May 21, 2021
    8
    With this year's installment of the Call of Duty franchise came some highs and lows, in regards to every part of this game.

    Campaign The campaign, albeit great and possibly one of the best CoD stories to date since BO2, falls short in a few areas. The difficulty of the campaign overall is a little too easy. I completed the campaign on realistic on my first run, compared to 2019's
    With this year's installment of the Call of Duty franchise came some highs and lows, in regards to every part of this game.

    Campaign

    The campaign, albeit great and possibly one of the best CoD stories to date since BO2, falls short in a few areas. The difficulty of the campaign overall is a little too easy. I completed the campaign on realistic on my first run, compared to 2019's Modern Warfare, which took me about 2 playthroughs of veteran and hardened to learn the levels. With BOCW, I just went straight into realism and didn't need as much trial and error, sometimes only dying once on a level. The level design is great, but the enemy AI is lackluster in working with these areas, making it easier for me to get past the level.
    Overall the story was too short, lasting only 9 missions, with two optional side missions. This, sadly, brought down the experience. Overall, 8/10 Campaign

    Multiplayer
    With better maps out on release compared to MW2019, the only thing holding the multiplayer back was a lack of character. The gunplay felt like a near carbon copy, save for mounting which luckily did not make a return. I was surprised to see the guns weren't as customizable as MW2019, with rarely any unique attachments for specific guns. The map flow was great, with it coming back to a 3 lane design, and good flank routes for each map, making overtaking an area during a match doable. Overall 8/10 MP experience

    Zombies
    This year's zombie experience hit it out of the park in my opinion. With the new crafting system and killstreaks, I was doubtful at first, but going into zombies, it quickly became one of my favorite modes. Although with only one map at launch, it gave good replayability in testing out the weapons and best areas for training. The Easter egg was amazing, albeit a little easier compared to other years' zombies Easter eggs. The new way of upgrading your perks, weapons, and other equipment with aetherium crystals gained at level milestones, adds another way to make the zombie mode more replayable. Overall 9/10 for zombies
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  65. May 18, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible unrealistic kills also what’s the point of walls and **** to hide behind if y’all gonna let people shoot right threw the **** that was dumb and all the hopping and shooting is the fakest **** I ever seen on a shooting game @callofduty please get it together and make it more realistic on the new one please Expand
  66. May 4, 2021
    8
    Сюжет говно полное но онлайн ахуенный .Карты класные .Бои динамичные.
  67. Apr 26, 2021
    6
    Campaign: Decent, yet not as good as Modern Warfare (2019)’s campaign in my opinion. The backdrop of the 80’s and USSR/Cold War aesthetic is pretty cool, but other than that not extremely memorable.

    Multiplayer: Private matches with friends are fun, however online is a completely different story. SBMM is absolutely terrible and cranked up to 11 in this game. Everyone’s KD will be pretty
    Campaign: Decent, yet not as good as Modern Warfare (2019)’s campaign in my opinion. The backdrop of the 80’s and USSR/Cold War aesthetic is pretty cool, but other than that not extremely memorable.

    Multiplayer: Private matches with friends are fun, however online is a completely different story. SBMM is absolutely terrible and cranked up to 11 in this game. Everyone’s KD will be pretty much 1.00 as the game tries tirelessly to make nearly every match absolutely awful as you play against the sweatiest COD players imaginable due to SBMM. One of my least favorite COD multiplayers not counting the Exo Cod’s. Zombies: Very enjoyable with friends. One thing that does surprise me with every new Cod entry with Zombies is the laughable launch map selection. 1 map... seriously? Cold War launched with pretty much the least amount of content in COD history.
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  68. 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.
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  69. 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.
  70. 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.
  71. 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
  72. Apr 10, 2021
    0
    In my opinion, the worst part of Call of duty. Developers don't know what game optimization is. Online is just 0. It's just a propaganda game
  73. 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.
  74. 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.
  75. 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
  76. Mar 27, 2021
    0
    Absolute ****

    Poorly optimized **** servers game has 0 flow Extremely Heavy SBMM

    Cold war is a complete vibe killer NOT EVEN WORTH A TRY

    Zombies is easy plain maps super boring way 2 open

    Multiplayer maps allow people to camp everywhere also the hit detection is worse then most older cods

    Lots of trashy Micro transactions that don't offer any real value
  77. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    BEST Call of Duty in year. Oh my my god, why is it so underrated. It's so well made game. Thank you EA.
  78. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    EA is one of my favorite companies. Let me explain why. They aren't lazy losers like CDprojectred, that's why. They actually make working games every single year. Every year.
    Cdprojectred released no games since 2016 and in 2020 they came out with most amateurish game possible. You have to be absolute hypocrite to hate EA. I absolutely don't care how much money they wanna make. They are
    EA is one of my favorite companies. Let me explain why. They aren't lazy losers like CDprojectred, that's why. They actually make working games every single year. Every year.
    Cdprojectred released no games since 2016 and in 2020 they came out with most amateurish game possible. You have to be absolute hypocrite to hate EA. I absolutely don't care how much money they wanna make. They are company, that's why companies exist by the way lmao. All i can ask is working games and EA delivers that.
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  79. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    Just cause Playstation 4 / 5 version are bad (because weak loser console), doesn't mean you have to troll PC / Xbox Series X versions that run on ultimately superior hardware.
  80. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    It's very true that this game is bad on playstation consoles, because playstation is just weak pathetic console, so no wonder. But this game is solid on masterrace gaming systems like PC and Xbox Series X. Would recommend!
  81. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    About million times better game than Battlefield V and it doesn't have any sjw agenda like Battlefield V does. Fun game.
  82. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    Thank you EA for this wonderful game and game series! I never cared about cod multiplayer, because there's so many of them already. I play only singleplayer and singleplayer is only reason i care about cod and that was great!
  83. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    One of the best Call of Duty games in long time. It had kind of bad launch, but it's way better now. Can't wait for COD 2021, hopefully WW 2 !!!
  84. Mar 25, 2021
    10
    One of the best Call of Duty games in long time. It had kind of bad launch, but it's way better now. Can't wait for COD 2021, hopefully WW 2 !!!
  85. Mar 23, 2021
    0
    Отвратительная игра. Её сделали люди, которые абсолютно не имеют понятия, что происходит в России и как люди здесь живут. Всё, что показано в этой игре про Россию - наглая ложь. Игра разжигает ненависть к России. Неадекватная и русофобская игра.Отвратительная игра. Её сделали люди, которые абсолютно не имеют понятия, что происходит в России и как люди здесь живут. Всё, что показано в этой игре про Россию - наглая ложь. Игра разжигает ненависть к России. Неадекватная и русофобская игра.
  86. Mar 23, 2021
    3
    First off, there are parts of the game that are absolutely incredible. (1) I don't EVER play campaigns because they bore the s*** out of me, but this one, I was glued to the screen and finished it in 2 sessions. It was incredible, the graphics were stunning, the story actually made my jaw drop at the end, and the Vietnam and KGB missions were a complete blast. (2) the Zombies is actuallyFirst off, there are parts of the game that are absolutely incredible. (1) I don't EVER play campaigns because they bore the s*** out of me, but this one, I was glued to the screen and finished it in 2 sessions. It was incredible, the graphics were stunning, the story actually made my jaw drop at the end, and the Vietnam and KGB missions were a complete blast. (2) the Zombies is actually fun. I hated BO3/BO4 zombies because they got too ambitious. This zombies is very different, but it is in good ways. The changes make it feel like a revised BO2/BO1 zombies, and that's what everyone wants. The story and characters need work though, because at the moment, I am left missing the old school characters and the sarcastic voice lines. (3) Fireteam Dirty Bomb is the most fun new game mode I have played in several years. it's like a combination of Battlefield Conquest, Search and Destroy, and Battle Royale. It's utter chaos, and both maps are excellent. I find myself having fun even when I get last place. I hope more people start playing it because outside of needing some respawn balance, it's a complete blast.

    Now the bad (and the reasons this game is currently rated a 2.9)

    Holy motherf***ing s*** this game has the absolute worst gun balance and lag I have ever experienced in ANY game. EVER. You can avoid most of the horrible gun balance by playing hardcore, but in core, Assault Rifles can range anywhere from 4 headshots to kill to 12 body shots to kill. Yes I typed that correctly: 12 HITS. SMG's are the most balanced guns overall in my opinion, but with a combination of lag and aim assist that is too strong (which I'll get to), they melt you before you can even ADS. Then to top it off, you have the Tactical Rifles (Burst weapons and DMR) that kill you in one 3 round burst. So you can probably guess that almost every person in the game is using them. I can't understand how a Franchise that has been doing the same thing for so many years can still royally f*** up on something as simple as gun balance. I know it will get fixed, but geeeeez. The guns in Dirty Bomb feel a bit more balanced, since you have Armor and it takes a few burst shots to kill at range, but yeah guns need major work.

    The aim assist. Ok now I am a PC player, and I understand that we PC players can get ridiculously sweaty, but I was an Xbox player just a few years ago. I have watched videos breaking down the aim assist and how it will continue to drag your aim in the direction of the player, even if you are pulling the stick the opposite direction. Aim Assist is entirely necessary for joysticks in a shooter, because you don't have nearly as much range of control/motion as you would with a mouse (hence why PC has no aim assist), but it is ridiculous in this game (and in MW). It is to the point that aim assist literally deletes most of the recoil for most guns and console players are getting headshots almost on accident, while PC players have to actually compensate for recoil. Sure it's nice for bad players, but when a console player is actually good, it is almost impossible to kill them unless you catch them by surprise, because aim assist takes care of a good 80% of their recoil. It's extremely frustrating. I have connected an Xbox controller to my PC and tried it out, and I was able to lead the lobby... mind you I haven't played COD on a controller since Black Ops 3. There is also a version of aim assist called "Focused" where if you are missing your target, it will literally pull your reticle to the target for you. It isn't aim assist anymore, it is soft aimbot.

    Last, the graphics in multiplayer are so bad. I don't understand why honestly... Dirty Bomb and the Campaign both look amazing, then you have maps like Cartel where the bushes look like they're made out of paper mache. If I had to guess, I would say that Treyarch spent most of their time on Fireteam, Campaign, and Zombies (all three of which are quite fantastic) and then they had to rush the multiplayer when they were told their game would be pushed up a whole year.

    Overall, for having an entire year chopped off of their development time, this game is really impressive. I actually like it better than Modern Warfare. I've heard a lot of people complain that it's clunky, and I must assume that these people have never played BO1. It really does feel like the OG Black Ops, and the new mode and Campaign are two of the best things I've played in quite some time. I recommend buying the game and playing only Hardcore Multiplayer and Fireteam: Dirty Bomb if you like to be competitive. I cannot however rate it above a 6 because the gun balance is completely embarrassing.

    If they fix the gun balance, improve multiplayer graphics, and lessen aim assist, I really would rate a 10.

    UPDATE: Season 1 laggy as f***, not even playable now.

    UPDATE 2: Tried it again on 3/24 and the lag is even worse now. The game is a lost cause, save your money.
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  87. Mar 22, 2021
    0
    The Game Sucks period. Don’t waste your money. Worst COD ever made. These developers suck at making COD games. They just keep getting worse.
  88. Mar 20, 2021
    1
    Using players as hosts when playing zombies... And don't know who the retard was that decided this. But I'm not enjoying the game because of this.
  89. Mar 7, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. очевидно ,что это шаг назад по сравнению с modern warfare. купил за полную цену и теперь жалею. Не стоит оно того Expand
  90. Mar 6, 2021
    7
    I've sucked some terrible Cod dick over the years. But this dick cold war, its nice easy to handle not to thick but not to thin. season 2 has detho helped the game along. Its **** Virginia spunk we have to wait so long for the game to finally start to tea up, give us some content to play with. the days of Cod being BIGGIST BOLLOCKS ever are long gone. Nazi Zombies the multiplier are goodI've sucked some terrible Cod dick over the years. But this dick cold war, its nice easy to handle not to thick but not to thin. season 2 has detho helped the game along. Its **** Virginia spunk we have to wait so long for the game to finally start to tea up, give us some content to play with. the days of Cod being BIGGIST BOLLOCKS ever are long gone. Nazi Zombies the multiplier are good if you like Bo1 i think your have some fun here, The game **** sucked like my mums for my lunch money on lunch. but its getting there SUCK OFF Expand
  91. Mar 5, 2021
    0
    4.5 rubles, for constant bugs, crashes from the game EVERY session, inability to connect to the lobby. Also, without installing shaders, which lasts about 20 minutes, you will not be able to play from the word at all. And often it freezes, and you have to restart. The game's campaign is good, with a well-developed plot, great style, but few hours, which upsets me.
  92. 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
  93. Mar 4, 2021
    0
    Terrible terrible game. Graphics, weapon designs, characters, the whole movement, ads feels bad, sniping in this game is the worst ever, camo challenges like sHOot EneMIeS beHiND CoVer
  94. Mar 3, 2021
    0
    The multiplayer is ruined by snipers with aim assist. Before you see them you are dead. Not to mention how bad the game feels and runs as a whole. DO NOT BUY.
  95. 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
  96. Nov 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. De antemano se les avisa que no le hagan caso al "Review bombing", el juego es visualmente una delicia, están inmersivo que lo debes de jugar a 4k, debido a los realista que se llega a ver, la trama es excelente, con varias decisiones que modifica el resultado del guión, honestamente es uno de los mejores juegos de Call of Duty que se hayan jugado. La forma de juego okay Play es muy bueno, vale la pena la toma de decisiones tanto para convertirte en una buena persona o una mala persona, al final una de las decisiones clave, es tan impactante no solamente para el personaje principal, sino para la decisión del final. En cuanto a la música es fenomenal el oeste, debo reconocer Qué es uno de los grandes logros para arrancar una nueva generación de consolas. Expand
  97. Mar 1, 2021
    10
    Needs more maps, but otherwise fun. I like it better than MW. Eliminations, healthbars are more fun for me.

    Rating it a 6 because of bugs that crash the game. Disabling Ray Tracing helps, but does not eliminate issues. Will rate higher if fixed. (Update: Bugs fixed, still enjoying the game.)
  98. 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!
  99. Feb 22, 2021
    8
    Fun game that was bugged at launch but now has more modes, content, and the game runs great.
  100. Feb 18, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Please note: I have the XONE digital version of Cold War. I'm posting it on the Series X version because 1: more people will see it, and 2: they are practically the same version, save for graphical differences. It's also a big game (about 95 GB if I remember correctly), so you'll want to save some storage space if you don't have that much. Definitely worth it though.)

    I've played COD since the first Black Ops. Cold War's campaign, in my opinion, saves this game. While a bit short, it's detailed, and actually has cool and surprising (unless you've been spoiled) twists that I won't name here ('cause of spoilers, obviously). Zombies DEFINITELY takes getting used to. If you haven't tried it yet, don't expect it to be like the previous games. ((here's a little tip: no matter what starter gun you pick, it's probably gonna suck and start acting like an M1911 made out of orange juice and crack by round 2.)) Multiplayer definitely falls a bit flat, as it doesn't exactly bring anything *new* to the table, although it's still good and (in my opinion) smoother and better-looking than previous games. It's still fresh to me.

    If I had to give each mode a rating, this is what I'd do:
    Campaign: 9.5/10 (a bit short, good ending ((yes, there are several endings, congrats)) could've been just a teensy bit better, but it is AMAZING for what it offers)

    Multiplayer: 6/10 (adds nothing new, but is still fresh and fun and it WORKS. that's all that matters to me)

    Zombies: I got no friggin' idea, I haven't played it enough to make an educated decision on it - it's really up to you to decide whether you like it or not since it's so different from other entries in the Black Ops series. They recently added a new map, too, (which is free! thank god!) which is MUCH better than the first one. Much more open and a lotta action.

    Overall, the game could've used some more development time. SBMM isn't a problem for me (because I friggin' SUCK lol), although if you're more highly skilled, you will dislike it. As for technical issues, I didn't have any on my XONE. Maybe it's because I got it digitally? I dunno. Load times weren't even that long.

    -- Oh, and by the way, the graphics are fine. I haven't even mentioned them yet since they don't even play a role in whether or not the game will be fun, so don't pay attention to reviews mainly talking trash about the graphics. This game could have Nintendo 64 graphics and still be fun for me.

    8/10, mainly because of the multiplayer not being anything new. The multiplayer is still worth a try, though, especially if you're new to the series. If you're a serious sweaty "my life is COD" vet, though, campaign and zombies will be more worth it to you.
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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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".