Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Remember when it used to be sort of an "event" whenever a Call of Duty game came out every year? I can't help but feel like this franchise is becoming almost an obligation for consumers to get every year just so they can say they've gotten it. The development of this was known to have been a mess and it really shows, and the fact gnat it was developed during a global pandemic did it no favors. The zombies mode here is among the most bland and banal to date, I don't understand how the zombies mode seems to get worse with every installment. The campaign is pretty great though, and the story it tells is a fun ride that harkens back to the goodness of Black Ops and Black Ops 2, and throws in the cool surreal aspects of Black Ops 3. The voice actors being changed for no real reason is somewhat lame. The multiplayer is the same thing you've played before, nothing has changed.

Can this franchise please take a year off? If Assassins Creed can do it I don't see why Call of Duty can't. The series is becoming over saturated. Activision has devalued all of its other franchises to focus on this one and when one of these not only "disappoints" but outright flops, I cannot imagine the catastrophic result that'll have on the company. Then again, considering the workplace culture they have, maybe they need just this sort of reckoning to change.

The plot and story feels like the BO1 sequel we never got Gone are futuristic plots and high concept tech, instead we get a grounded mostly well written and performed Cold War piece of fiction, the vibe fits, it's beautiful to look at and plays well.

The writing is a massive step up and probably the best COD campaign in at least 4 years (IW had a great campaign and nothing else)

Level design is varied and intuitive and puzzle solving with random generated codes to crack to complete side ops adds a good layer of interactivity and makes you think.

This isn't a mindless shooter, it tries to push some new ideas and come cool concepts. While clearly bogged down by activision's rules for what they can do and the recasting of Mason and Wood's VA's is horrendous.

Overall it delivers what treyarch has not in 10 years

A quality and replayable campaign that can thoroughly grip the player from start to finish.

Great campaign story, the multiplayer isn't exactly on par with black ops 1 or 2 but the multiplayer is infact still quite decent. The zombies is also great would recommend buy it now.

Good game to try Compared to other COD's this got a good story as well as new kind of gameplay Which revolves around choises as well as the questions asked.

Missions were totally good.

I like how they brought back the 80's! This is one of the best call of Duty games along with Modern warfare 3 and Advanced warfare