Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War review

Unlike the previous title in the Black Ops series, the Cold War brings the single player campaign back and I can only be very happy. I understand and know that this campaign is no longer a focus of their game development, but multiplayer. This is where the money, the season and other mini-transactions come in that make Activision big bucks.

However, by offering a single-player campaign, the game can also appeal to casual players, and once the campaign is over, they can also try out the multiplayer mode.

The cold war is heating up

In this new title you play with Bell and, along with American teammates from other titles, Woods and Mason, but also with us as Adler, Park or Sims, your mission is to stop Perseus, a Soviet agent who is reactivating after about 12-13 years of silence. So, you have missions in different places around the world where you try to find out what Perseus is doing, destabilizing his spy network, etc.

Things start off normally, then, in the classic Black Ops style, get more confused towards the end. You have minor ailments and an end to the story, which can vary depending on the choices you make. It’s an interesting campaign, but it feels too close to the narrative and theme of the first Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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In terms of missions, they are varied: both as a location and as a game. You will have insane missions with explosions, chases and extreme situations, but also more silent stealth, respecting the idea of ​​Black Ops. During the game you have the opportunity to try out different types of weapons and see how they work.

With the action set in the 1980s, you have the era of that time, whether it’s Berlin, Moscow or other places. I particularly liked the American pop music inserts and the mission to Russia was very nice, where you wake up in a model city built on the image of an American city and while the bullets fly, you hear the specific pop music of the 80s .

As for the duration of the campaign, it is short. I finished it in almost half a day. I wish it were more, but I’m glad it did, as the previous Black Ops didn’t have a campaign at all.

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Graphics and ray tracing

I ran the game on one of my recently updated systems, which consisted of a Ryzen 5 5600x processor, Asus Prime x570-P motherboard, 16GB of HyperX Predator 3200MHz RAM, and an Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti video card. Under these conditions, the game ran smoothly and I had over 60 FPS at Ultra graphics settings (ultra ray tracing + dlss quality) with a resolution of 3440 x 1400 in most situations and indoors, I even hit 115 FPS.

Whether you activate the ray path or not, the game looks great. The characters are very well done, as are their animations. The pistols are also of excellent workmanship and the attention to detail is excellent. Finally, as I said above, the variety of locations is good and not only gives you the ability to play differently, but also to see images that you would otherwise have missed.

Going back to ray tracing, here you have the opportunity to see what this technology can do and feel that there are many maps created specifically to show you reflections and shadows. You will play missions in abandoned and dark places, where you will have the opportunity to see how lights and shadows behave, but also in areas like Berlin, where you can see how light reacts to rain, neon and light. other light sources. It would be a shame to buy the game and enter multiplayer with all settings down, without feeling the visual beauty of the Cold War.

I haven’t tried any other game modes, but I’ll be switching to Zombies and Multiplayer modes after I’m done writing this review. I had the opportunity to experience a few hours of beta multiplayer gameplay and I liked what I saw. I seem to offer a fun and “addicting” game like Modern Warfare, but it also brings some changes that I like, like a slightly longer kill time.

Overall, Call of Duty Black Ops The Cold War I I wouldn’t say is a revelation like the first Black Ops, but it’s a title worth adding to the collection. If you’re a shooter fan and haven’t played Call of Duty in a long time, it’s worth a try.