Customers enjoy the graphics, multiplayer modes, campaign, zombies, and story in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Many positive comments highlight the immersive experience provided by these features. However, some players expressed concerns about the limited number of maps available at launch and the presence of some bugs. A few also commented on the game's price point.
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Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Multiplayer
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great and better than...
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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The previous version, Modern Warfare! Weapons aren't nerfed (yet) and I can actually play the campaign! Multiplayer is challenging and the maps aren't too "campy".
I would recommend this to a friend
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Multiplayer
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Hands Down the best COD!!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Amazing story that picks up right after the first black ops.
Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone included!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
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Good game and graphics. There were no bugs and no issues found. Good price; I got it on sale.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Game!!!!
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So far this game rocks. I got lucky and got the pre-order for the Xbox series x. I've always been a PC gamer since the 90s. This thing so far is the best in gaming I have ever played. Thanks Bestbuy!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Multiplayer
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Call of Duty is back
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Back to the Black Ops franchise this game was great and very fun to play.... story mode was everything and fresh multiplayer... add this to your library you won't be let down
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
COD: BOCW
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Great Shooter Game. I purchased the Cross Platform version ... it works great.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Multiplayer
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Multiplayer is still king
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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I have been a COD player for many years. I usually play through the campaign as well as play multiplayer. This year's game has many pluses that I wasn't expecting
Note - I am playing on a Series X
Campaign - Short, OK story, graphics look great and it runs butter smooth.
Multiplayer - is great as always. While it is typical COD multiplayer this years version is great to me. There is a lot of small additions that I like and while I play COD every year I sometimes got frustrated with the quick twitch shooter that it is. I am not sure why but I average more kills than I do in most versions and I am not sure why. Maybe it is the number of frames it is running at on my Series X that is making the difference.
I usually only play Team Deathmatch but here is what I like:
- points continually build to get your kill steaks.
- equipment stays until it is destroyed or used
- weapon customization
- weapon feel great as always
- runs at least 60 fps
Things I don't like:
- Quick scope kills for snipers. That has been a problem for years and it continues
-couple bugs in the equipment screen that shows there is something new available but there isn't
-It can be a little slow to get into a match
-There a no big team deathmatch like last year. Limited to 6 per team
So overall I was pleasantly surprised with this years version of COD. I will continue to enjoy it until some more new games get released.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
BEST COD
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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This is my favorite Call of Duty. I’ve played every game since cod4 and I’ve never enjoyed the gameplay as much as I do in this game. The campaign is unbelievably amazing and
the multiplayer and zombies just tops it off. I can’t wait to see what else this game has to offer! 10/10
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Bugs
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good, but needs a few more months of development.
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Black Ops Cold War is a really good game, when it works. The game has been rushed and is in beta stage, at best, for the Series X. I've lost all audio from the game regularly, requiring a reboot. I've lost all game audio but kept the chat audio multiple times, requiring reboot. One level of the campaign crashes at least once every time I play it, and this last time I played it, it crashed 4 times in about 12 minutes. Another mission gives you a sniper rifle on the side of a mountain, and if you dare to look through the scope at surrounding mountains, it produces graphics glitches that sometimes crash the game. Trying to get a second player registered with Activision for split screen will lock the player into an infinite loop of error messages and registration pages, requiring a reboot to exit. If you do get a second player in split screen (they'll need to be registered with Activision first), they will likely be locked out of their class creation. Trying to load certain maps with a guest account for the second player can crash the game. The custom game creation is a dumpster fire, and they clearly never bothered to test it because the menus for setting up custom game rules are completely broken, listing weapons in the perks and equipment slots and preventing most of the restrictions from being used. Setting up games with bots requires a lot of trial and error as there are two different menus where this can be done (usually... sometimes one disappears), but the options aren't at all the same. In one menu, I was able to set bot difficulty unless I had already put in the maximum number of bots, and then I had to reboot to set the difficulty, while the other menu didn't allow for setting the bot difficulty at all. Some of the maps available will remove all bots from the game and prevent them from being added back when you change to another map, requiring another reboot. And as of today, they added a massive patch that has now locked me out of the game and tells me to purchase the full game. I expect some hiccups with updates, but I get the impression that the developer really only ever fully tested the standard multiplayer modes where they knew the vast majority of the players would spend their time. The rest of the game hasn't had adequate Quality Control.
Like I said, it's a good game when it works. I like it better than any other COD since Modern Warfare 3, though I haven't yet played the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics, Zombies
Cons mentioned:
Crashing
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
cod cold war
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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works great on xbox x, on the new xbox series x it causes the console to crash and turn off or the game crashes, known issue needs to be patched in next update, other than that game is great, awesome graphics, zombies is amazing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Multiplayer
Cons mentioned:
Bugs
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A fun call of duty
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Its a very fun game. Not better then the previous game but then the other game has been out for a bit. There are a few bugs but with updates it will be ironed out. But overall Great campaign and a fun multiplayer which will get better overtime !
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics, Multiplayer
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A Must Have!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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A great game! Very well done and has lots of extra features like zombies and a huge multiplayer experience. A must have for Xbox Series X. 4K is amazing and ray tracing makes it look more realistic than ever! Great story and good music :)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Zombies
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good game
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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It’s a good game, I bought it the day it came out. However there’s a current issue on the series x that involves it. On multiplayer (idk about zombies because I don’t want to risk it) the game will crash the Xbox Series X. It has happened to me about 6 times an hour. I stopped playing multiplayer because I found out that some XSX weren’t turning back on. Someone’s XSX had been broken for over 10 days and it’s not turning back on. Overall the campaign is fun and I really enjoyed it. Of the few rounds of zombies I have played, it’s quite fun as well. I definitely recommend this game, however if you have the XSX I would wait to play multiplayer until a patch is in place to stop the crashing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Graphics, Multiplayer
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Xbox
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
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A solid campaign multiplayer is good as well outstanding graphics storyline in the campaign was pretty good as well all in all a good solid entry in the call of duty series
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Graphics
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
FatboyHDo2
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Take forever to install and i have 1gig internet connection when you start the game take to long to log in to site everytime xbox one x first 2 or 4 time starting gsamr is freeze and crash i think it is still configure to the xbow setup after it works great i like tat they add campaign back to the game not like Ops 4 campaign is good and Zombie is good Excellent graphics multi play is a little hard maps are large a lot of camping
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics
Cons mentioned:
Bugs
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Nuketown 24/7 option is awesome! Great graphics. Some bugs with split screen co up but they’re working on them. Lots of fun to play!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great game so far. Can’t wait for Warzone Update
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Love the campaign, zombies is a blast, and the multiplayer is solid (although I’d say the multiplayer is the weakest part)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Campaign, Graphics
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good, but more of the same.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Same old Call of Duty but still a great release. I really enjoy the Cold War theme. My biggest complaint would be that all the different multiplayer modes kind of waters down everything. The studio has to spread its resources thin. On the other hand, it’s one of the best gameplay COD’s ever. The campaign is one of the best and great looking, graphically. Cold War is definitely not a disappointment and definitely worth picking up.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics
Cons mentioned:
Bugs
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Great game, buggy mess
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Visually this is a great game on the Xbox Series X. The ray traced lighting and shadows look amazing. And the standardized 60fps at 4K (or better if you have a better display) the series is known for remains.
Now to the bad. I purchased the disc version and being on data capped internet by COMCAST, only 256MB installs from the disc.
The game requires 160GB in downloads and patches currently JUST to play the campaign, or any part of the game in it's current and buggy state on Xbox Series X (and likely Xbox One).
Also after just played through the first Vietnam mission and after returning to the Safe House I found one of the annoying game breaking bugs. So in the Safe House at that point you get access to a computer terminal that you can check details on your missions, operatives, etc. Well to exit the terminal you have to shutdown the computer. Little did I know this would ACTUALLY shut down my Xbox Series X. Apparently from user reviews and complaints this is a fairly common problem (mine was marginally funny), but it's unknown when and if these console powering off bugs will be fixed. So while I would love to give this game a high score, the bugs are pretty atmosphere breaking.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics, Multiplayer
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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The story and graphics are amazing on this cod. Ive never been a fan if zombies but mp is great.