13 Nov 2020
13 Nov 2020 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
13 Nov 2020 - PlayStation 4
13 Nov 2020 - PlayStation 5
13 Nov 2020 - Xbox One
13 Nov 2020 - Xbox Series X|S
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
The iconic Black Ops series is back with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - the direct sequel to the original and fan-favorite Call of Duty: Black Ops. Black Ops Cold War will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s. Nothing is ever as it seems in a gripping single-player Campaign, where players will come face-to-face with historical figures and hard truths, as they battle around the globe through iconic locales like East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, Soviet KGB headquarters and more. Beyond the Campaign, players will bring a Cold War arsenal of weapons and equipment into the next generation of Multiplayer and Zombies experiences. Welcome to the brink. Welcome to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
As elite operatives, you will follow the trail of a shadowy figure named Perseus who is on a mission to destabilize the global balance of power and change the course of history. Descend into the dark center of this global conspiracy alongside iconic characters Woods, Mason and Hudson and a new cast of operatives attempting to stop a plot decades in the making.
Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
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Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Korean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Arabic | ✓ | ✓ | |
Chinese (Traditional) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Polish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Portuguese (Brazil) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Russian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
German | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
French | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Italian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Yes, it's still an adrenaline fuelled adventure and it has some exciting gameplay sequences like the infiltration in the KGB Lubyanka headquarter building which feels like it has never been done for in other COD games. I absolutely loved that, definitely the highlight of the whole campaign in my books. The 80s music in some of the mission was also a pleasant surprise which really puts us to live through the fantasy of that time period.
Another new thing that Black Ops Cold War does is adding downtime between missions. After you complete a few missions, you go back to the safehouse, and there you can start a chat with the new team members. It's a nice break of pace and you'll get more insights about who these new cast of characters are and some banter with the returning Mason and Woods. Later in the game, they give you a choice of what to talk about and that will affect the ending of the game. In that safehouse you can select your missions and find clues and solve puzzles and those puzzles may also affect your ending. There's a also a cute mini arcade where you can play old atari games.
The campaign is good but doesn't hold up to the original. The voice acting for the returning characters is great but it was better back then. What's mind boggling tho although this is a "next gen game" graphics wise it doesn't look better than the 2019 modern warfare which is a ps4 game. Zombies is an amazing experience however. There are new changes to zombies system which isn't enough space to talk about on here however these new additions and the cross-progression make for a better overall Zombies experience which hardcore fans would adore to try.
Multiplayer is a bit rocky however. In some matches, where I am against normal human beings like myself, the game is fun. But on most of the matches where due to the skill-based matchmaking I feel like I am against god-tier pro players who play the game 24/7. So there needs to be a balance when it comes to that. Also I love the fact there are some maps from black ops 2. Truly a nostalgia trip as black ops 2 will be the best cod game to me ever.