The best COD game of the last 5 years IMO. What a slammer. 80s theme, Campaign was great, MP was classic COD, and Zombies was awesome. Too bad we didn't get a true year 2 for this one.
Can we talk about how amazing the Cold War sound track was. Best ever imo. Not to mention the fact that they brought back all of the old Black Ops series tracks in the Battle Pass. Wish MW would do the same thing. Hearing 'Pentagon' from Black Ops 1 hits you right in the feels and gives you nostalgia overload ❤
When cold war came out I was hooked on the multiplayer theme. I blasted it every morning on the way to work, made getting up at the ass crack of dawn bearable. Lol
The fact that I was able to play as Woods & Mason in zombies is what finally won me over. Aside from that, it was definitely one of the best CoD games I've ever played overall since BO2. As you said, I can still see myself playing this several years later. Top tier for me!
@@Sayo79 Same! The Primis and Ultimis crew were memorable, but being able to play as the main campaign characters in Cold War was definitely a plus for me. I just wish they were able to interact with one another, just like previous zombies crews, or at least have voicelines unique between certain duos, much like Blackout from BO4.
@@wrongdoings2934 Yeah seriously! where is the thanos skin and balencia collab? stupid dumb game with no creative mode either, can’t wven play among us or creative! Fortnite is waaaay better than this dumb call of duty zombies, my 6ft 3 bodybuilder ex spec ops older brother told me that black ops has the best zombies, he is the coolest so i have to agree.
@@wrongdoings2934 So am I not allowed to enjoy the game more than previous CoD games simply because I have "low standards" in your eyes? That's a pretty ridiculous claim imo. I don't play CoD much for the same reasons that they all feel the same and lackluster in a lot of ways, but Cold War really hit me differently than others. Sure, it is objectively their worst game due to development issues, but the game had two year support post-launch, which made the game astronomically better than it already was.
I loved this game, and the fact that treyarch did get the short end of the stick and made this game in only a few months is crazy, I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite or one of the best but it’s definitely top 10 for me
Cold War has some of the best post Launch content such as the added perks, tier 5, easter eggs (for outbreak) new maps for outbreak, Patch updates, New Alt ammo, new tacticals and supports, super ee, rage inducer, new guns.
There’s one mission in this game that I adore and believe that it’s one of the best missions ever in CoD. That’s the secret spy mission where you’re in the Russian building and you have to try and get Adler (and I think woods, probably belle). I remember playing this mission and the feeling of playing was amazing. The rest of the campaign is average but this is the diamond in the rough.
Sorry, they do sound really similar but the actor for Adler only motion captured chief for halo 4 to infinite. Steve Downs is still the voice of chief.
Hey Chop, you may not see this but. Your longform content has been wonderful to listen to while doing other things. You've become one of my favorite youtubers. Cheers.
@@Ch0pper you called yourself out as an overweight redditor lmao You knows games can be delayed, right? Oh but you shill for them so they can make money. Also cod 17 cold war is a copy/paste of the last 14 cods, so no, they don’t need that extra time to make the same game they’ve already made.
Nothin but facts in this comment thread 🔥 Good video man! You’re one of the rare UA-camr that can do videos like these without getting annoyed of the voice/audio half way thru 🙏
Cold War is a top 5 CoD for me. And the first CoD I got a platinum trophy on. The campaign was stellar, one of my favorite ever, the Zombies was the first Zombies installment that I really got into, and even the MP was good when reverse boosting.
25:20 I admit I saved Park on my first playthrough. But knowing the ending now, I typically let the timer run out and abandon them both. I consider the ending where you draw the team into an ambush the “good” ending >:)
I really liked how accessible Zombies was. I mean I’m married, I have 2 jobs, I’m a leader in my church. So for me to be able to come home and enjoy a game of zombies without having to grind for hours to figure out how to do everything was great. I loved that I could have fun and kill zombies without being extremely frustrated because “I don’t have time to get better.” It was a lot of fun for me. Maybe they can add a difficulty setting like in BO2 where you have easy for casual players and hard for streamers. Make the Easter Egg on the hard one so it’s more fun to search for.
@@davidn.2555 personally I think lowering the amount of damage zombies do when they attack or making certain things cost less points would be a simple way of implementing an “easy” mode
Funny, I found it annoying having to spend so much time to unlock everything at full power - the difference betweeen first round and max power is insane. Thankfully im in my 20s so I have some free time, but I think that would bother me if my time was more limited.
I’m a total Cold War history buff, it’s arguably my favorite part of 20th century history to explore and learn about, the espionage and fear of all out nuclear war between the two powers, is so exciting to look into, and this game was absolutely a treat for someone like me and is easily my top 5 COD campaigns now.
Its nice to finally see someone with a level headed take on this game, most creators still say or perceive this game as if it was still in the state it was at launch
Bought cold war 2 days ago now, loving it after playing mw2 for the past few months. Found your channel the other day too and watched all these cod reviews. Loving them! I was wondering when the cold war episode was coming and I woke up today to find you had posted it a few hours before (: cheers dude ! Keep up the good work
I actually quite like the out of game progression of Cold War, it gave a good reward for high rounding - the ability to high round that little bit easier next time now that you can upgrade a perk or skill. One thing I will say though, there should be a hardcore option for the next installment; this hardcore mode should start you off with a set default weapon and have all perks set to like level 2 etc etc... Hardcore mode should also be the default for the leaderboards and scoreboards, whereas normal should be for casual fun or players who enjoy the newer features
Yeah being able to unlock stuff as you go along was a really cool idea and gave you something to work towards. Of course it didn’t take long for me to unlock everything but I really liked the zombies mechanics in general, it felt so satisfying to play. Outbreak was hit or miss and I wish the game got more support but the zombies is up there for me as one of my favorites.
I enjoyed the game a lot during its life cycle, my only gripes with it ever was the visual bugs throughout the UI and Friends list etc, that literally never got fixed. The zombies was good but felt barebone and honestly just different than the original black ops Zombie modes. MP was really good aside from the score streak system that just didnt reset upon death. Overall very underrated game and honestly the best game weve had in the past 4 years.
Cold War is, in one word, promising. For a game that was made on a budget, both monetary and time wise, it’s genuinely solid, and gives me high hopes for what they’re cooking for the 2024 release, I genuinely think the next experience is going to be fantastic
I've learned my lesson with being too optimistic with this franchise, but I feel similar. Given the hellish conditions behind this game it came out remarkably good. Treyarch deserves all the time they need for their next one.
I’m back to say: I was so fucking right. Treyarch COOKED SO HARD with bo6 and it’s on track to become my favorite zombies ever and it’s only just launched!! It’s Cold War with development time and player feedback taken into account, it’s…perfect to me. My ONLY issues with the game all lie with the activision meddling. The SBMM sucks ass, and I swear to god that patent with skill based damage has been implemented here, other than that I’m so excited for the coming year.
This was actually my very first cod. I never played as a kid, got into it now as a young adult. In spite of its problems, it’s now one of my all time favorite games ever. I loved the campaign (especially since I didn’t know about the whole BO1 mind twisting stuff), multiplayer I continue to insist is a lot of fun despite it getting so much hate, and zombies was incredible, even if clearly rushed. Treyarch put so much passion into this game and it really shows, despite the time crunch. This one game led me to go back and buy every previous black ops on sale to learn all about zombies as an entire series and have no regrets. I have both mastery camos on Cold War (nearly every weapon including DLC, just 3 more to go) and have almost finished Zombies Dark matter on BO4 and am master prestige 250 there. However after Vangaurd came out (which i dont think is nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be but is still CLEARLY not a great entry) and, while I find it to be casual fun, didn’t quite hit the same marks I mostly stuck with CW. I never bought MW2, it doesn’t look interesting enough, didn’t have the most fun on the trial days, and no zombies. Maybe when its really cheap for a campaign run (i borrowed MW19 to play the campaign and its campaign was also awesome), but I want to avoid being caught up in the COD cycle. I’ll probably keep buying the Treyarch entries and skip the rest.
It's more than the mind-f*ck. They always do a mind-f*ck element or theme in every Black Ops, it's the series' identity. They basically copied/pasted every major set piece of BO1, even down to the specific art stylings of the guns of BO 1. It was basically just a remake of Black Ops 1. Not a reboot, a remake. No originality at all, apart from a couple ideas borrowed from Hitman to spice it up. But 99% was just copy/paste. Yes Black Ops 1 is one of the best campaigns in the series. You should have played that. Kinda ruined it for yourself now though, since this is the exact same thing. It's like saying you watched "The Force Awakens" before the actual original Star Wars "A New Hope." Kinda sad that you cheated yourself of getting to watch the real legend the first time.
CW scorestreaks worked for me because they reward you for more than just killing things. Disabling enemy streaks and specialist equipment, and capturing/playing objectives also gets you points that work towards your scorestreaks
You could really feel how the pandemic affected zombies and the campaign, but regardless I really loved Cold War. The events leading up to Cold War were great too; seeing the community come together to do something again was really cool.
I was there Day 1 for Zombies (literally… I finished the WAW campaign on launch day), and I’ll say that THIS game made me a zombies fan. I loved WAW zombies, liked BO 1 a lot, then Tranzit and Die Rise completely killed it for me. I checked back in for Shadows of Evil and thought it was obtuse, frustrating, and confusing. I bought Cold War close to a month ago on sale, booted up Zombies and just couldn’t put it down. Was it easy, sure, but it was what I needed to reignite the zombies fan in me. I loved that Outbreak and Onslaught were cool changes of pace from the round based maps. Also, the progression system gave me that extra incentive to play a lot more, and for once in my life, actually get good at zombies. So much so…. that I took my newfound talents to BO3 and pretty much never looked back. I finally understood the complexity and sense of adventure that BO2 and 3 maps offered. Cold War took me from dying on Round 7 saying “fuck this Beast bullshit” on SOE, to setting up PaP by round 6, then training zombies like a champ for hours. I’ll forever be indebted to Cold War Zombies for making me a believer.
That's awesome to hear and is exactly why Cold War exists. The entire reason why Cold War is the way it is gameplay and easter egg wise is because of the ever increasing complexity of the past titles, which lead to an eventual crash in BO4 where lots of people were just fed up with the unneeded complexity. I love Cold War and I love BO3 for their own reasons entirely so its cool to see someone get back into Zombies through Cold War when they wouldn't have otherwise through high barrier-to-entry games like BO3 or BO4.
I liked the out of game progression system too. It’s smart because it gives players another reason to play zombies along with trying out different different guns to get the zombie camos for it. The fact that you can use the zombies camos in Warzone on Rebirth Island was dope as hell too.
@@Dylan-np4oy What’s funny is that once I played BO3 again I only went back to Cold War once in a blue moon. I feel like zombies always catered to and innovated based on what the Hardcore fans want, and I was gradually became more of an MP guy during that time. Zombies didn’t just feel difficult, but it felt difficult in two different ways simultaneously. The survival element was hard enough for me, but then the game asks you to go on this puzzle solving adventure. I was NOT used to this dynamic when BO3 was fresh, and it was overwhelming. But Cold War had enough forgiving mechanics and level design that I could finally get good at simply surviving. Once the movement/survival stuff became muscle memory, I could focus way more on the tasks at hand, at it all finally clicked. IMO BO3 has the best zombies experience, but Cold War is hands down the best way to introduce Zombies to someone.
Cold War was my first ever CoD game and after watching all of your other in depth reviews I've been eagerly awaiting this one! Wonderful as always sir!
Not a fan of this game, but respect it for what it is and how much time was given for this project and the fact that it had switched hands mid development.
They should bring back the WW2 zombies quest, you have a casual easter egg/main mission that walks you through it, you only get half the story, while having a hardcore easter egg that gives the complete story.
The worst part about Cold Wars campaign is that we didn't get more of it. Its easily my favorite campaign for the current/last generation and it sucks that it ends so fast.
In terms of operators, I think “zombie exclusive” operators would work well. You have a certain selection of operators that you can use in zombies- maybe the four canon crew members at first with certain fun unlockable or purchasable ones coming later (think the zombie from AW or Maxis/Ravenov). This solves the generic operator problem for the maps and storyline (giving us more story and more time with a new crew to hopefully enjoy them like the OGs, but also allows for the use of these operators in Warzone and MP, allowing for a curated zombies experience while keeping the MP and Warzone experience for every player.
29:40 to be fair, when they used subtlety in BO3, everyone said it was confusing lol so I don’t blame them for thinking they need to spell it out to everyone
@@lulchris_ it’s been a serious New York minute since I’ve thought about it, but from what I can remember, you essentially die in the first or second mission and you’re experiencing the rest of the game through a simulation/AI. I remember there was a LOT of subtlety in that story that I never quite figured out all the way, but if you look into it it goes pretty deep.
My favorite COD. I loved the zombie maps and grinding guns in Nuketown. I know Chopper is trying to just focus on the game itself but another perspective is the impact it had on Warzone. I played way more Rebirth Island than Coldwar during the time it was out, and I can say that the Cold War guns were way better than the MW and Vanguard ones. The optics, feel, blueprints, and camos were all the best. Not to mention the collabs they did with operators the Donny Darko, Rocky and Scream were awesome
@@Emuruh. They had good free operators and blueprints that were earned through challenges too so I disagree. Warzone was free and let you use your operators from cold war in it so if you bought a bundle to use in both games its not that bad. Personally I didnt spend a lot of money in the store so I cant say I feel exploited. Plus zombie camos you earned could be used in Warzone as well not just Cold War so even more of an incentive to not have to buy from the store.
This is my absolute favorite MP of the New Gen CODs. Sure, it lacked content at launch and eventually filled that it with mostly remakes of old maps (begrudgingly understandable given the conditions of both production and post-launch support), but it played like a golden age COD. …and yah, the SBMM and disbanding lobbies was annoying, but you could say that about all of the other New Gen CODs, too
Great video! Just one quick thing I noticed though, you said that Treyarch did the campaign but it was actually Raven Software that was the lead developer for the campaign.
If Cold War had an updated engine it would have been a top tier COD. Zombies was very good as was the campaign. Map and weapon variety was good in MP. The engine and game play just felt old in comparison to MW2019. At least we had map voting and dead silence as a perk
Even though I love Cold War and the way it looks visually with its colors, I have to agree with you. I would've loved to see how this game would look fully utilizing IW8 from MW2019 but considering COVID and the 12-18 months they had to make this game it makes sense they couldn't learn an entirely new engine in time. Thats why I'm even more excited for COD 2024 though because its fully on IW9, Treyarch game design with that photo realism tech is gonna look and play great.
I still love the zombies in this game, I love the savage mechanic and the revamped packapunch, the perks, the only thing I dislike was the maps in round based sadly for me, the first map was the best and most fun
Faxxxx!!!!!!!!! Die Machine was literally the best map on Cold War Zombies!!!🧟♂️, and honestly, I didn’t understand why they didn’t drop round based maps every new season of the game😭😂🙏, which would’ve been basically a New Zombies Map every two months🔥
Definitely. I prefer the more "Arcade-Y" looks and feel of Treyarch Titles. I liked Advanced Warfare because you could bait and troll people with the Boost Pack Flares on the Map, but Treyarch always had the best Cods.
This is factual I mean look at this game despite the pandemic cold war was still a fantastic game, not the best I will add but it was still a great cod the MP was fun, the Zombies felt like classic zombies again and the campaign was still one of my favorites again despite it being built during the pandemic. This is why I'm hella hyped for Black Ops 6 as these devs have now had a full 4 years of development and everything they showed off was some promising stuff that I for one am hella excited for
I have played all of the Black Ops games and this one is my favorite. I got over 2k hours on the game and got dark matter and aether on almost every weapon in the game. I wish this game got more years of updates
36:20 they were probably trying to Trojan horse their hero powers from Bo3 and 4 into Cold War via the stream system. I don’t get Treyarch’s obsession with mimicking Destiny/Overwatch and giving players timed “supers” they can trigger during matches
Fun fact if i recall correctly one of the cod creators is from medal of honor which used the “undercover “ mission first in Behind enemy lines. Where you pose as a German officer and flash stolen credentials to get by
honestly the fact that there are fewer setpieces in the campaign and more opportunities to engage with the characters at your own pace between missions was a huge boon for the campaign imo, it fully accomodates the player that wants to blast through in a sitting and the player who wants to indulge in the character interactions it was probably a happy accident but replaying some of the older campaigns recently has me remembering how tedious it can be sitting around as things happen in front of, to and around you and its not something i can always set my patience aside for personally
29:12 Not sure about all of the possible reasons for the scar. But for two of them Adler says he got the scar in ‘73 or ‘75, so he wouldn’t have had it then. But then again one of the other ones says he got it as a young man. He was born in 37’ so if he got it before he was say 21, then a scar that’s developed like the one he has makes more sense for being over 20 years old as opposed to 6-10 with the other years. Additionally I kinda wish that the KGB insider guy Dmitri Belikov had a different name and that “Bell” was actually the soldier named Belikov, idk just think it would’ve been fun.
Cold War got me back into zombies. The upgrades gave me something to grind for and gradually getting those was pretty fun, it’s something I loved about Extinction. Treyarch should take a page from extinction and give XP bonuses or crystals for using modifiers that make the game harder.
The EEs are my favorite part of Cold War and what puts it so high up for me. These were the first ones I’ve ever been able to do with randoms first try 😅
@@alexbasha0508 no it’s called I got home from doing pre-calculus at school I don’t want to go home and stress over rocket science and watch 4,000 tutorials
This Call of Duty was the most fun I had with CoD since MWR. The Zombies mode had me coming back to grind so much it's a shame we didn't get at least one more map.
Cold war was my first full on black ops game and. 1. The campaign blew me away with characters, story, lore, stakes, and replayability 2. Got me hooked into zombies and dipped my toes into bo3 3. Multiple was meh, but my first time I could really hold my ground and flant my new abilities and looks 4. I actually made friends?!?! 5. Mf this was them on a time cruch and covid constraints?! What will they do not under pressure!
Zombies was dope, the potential of OUTBREAK really opened my mind to the possibilities of a stand alone zombies game. Imagine black ops Cold War zombies X GTA or something of that nature, true open world COD zombies, shit would be dope 🤞
The killstreak system I think isn't really all that unnecessary or confusing. It's just a good way to compensate for the sbmm. In which you might die a lot but even then, you end up with couple of low grade streaks
I think on paper I see where you're coming from, the problem is though is that nothing ever punishes you. After playing some matches of Cold War MP then switching off to another COD's MP you are immediately reminded that you have to go and earn the streak you want rather than its just going to happen either way making it less rewarding when you just randomly get a streak. Its definitely more casual leaning which isn't a bad thing, but it hurts the match by match experience because you get in knowing you're going to get your big streaks 99% of the time and there isn't much that is going to change that.
I love how much of a "lightning in a bottle" situation this was to have the one campaign with the most amount of writing end up being the one with the most potential for worldbuilding; the cold war scenario and the espionage, backstabbing, moles, all this has so much potential and I fear they'd squander it all if this was a regular campaign just being made like all the other cods with just shooting gallery missions with no real weight
The fact that the odds were damn near completely stacked against Treyarch with this game (not being their game and having to clean up the mess that SHG and Raven made, global pandemic and having to work from home, limited development time) and it still ended up being a fun game, shows you how dedicated this team is to making games. Meanwhile, the developers who actually did have the time and man power can't fucking get it right and fuck up at almost every turn, embarrassing themselves in the process.
I’ve always been a fan of the black ops series, but I didn’t start playing Cold War until near the end of its support. Due to the launch of black ops 6, I finally played through the campaign to get caught up and immediately understood where the comparisons to Black Ops 1 came from. The first thing you see is darkness, followed by the light of Mason’s cigar replicating the original Black Ops opening. It was a very simple interaction, but it immediately brought me back in time and gave me a lot of confidence for the rest of the game. I also very much so agree that attachments feel unimportant to changing gameplay and the multiplayer is practically Black Ops 2 remastered, though the latter I was and am all for due to many great maps being brought back (Rush, I mean you). I also really enjoyed and had fun with the large amount of multiplayer game-modes, although I found the rotations frustrating on occasion.
mw3 was my favorite multiplayer, could fast reload and fast aim down sights with rpg, and if they had flak jacket a direct hit would still kill. recent cod games launchers are trash
The fact that this game was developed during a deadly pandemic from their houses and it came out better than Modern Warfare II, Vanguard & Modern Warfare III is insane to me! Those actors & developers deserve so much credit. Black Ops Cold War is the BEST modern Call of Duty game!
You must be joking. MW III kicks this game's ass. Cold War is only "good" if you've never played Black Ops 1...because it's literally just Black Ops 1.
I love cold war, favorite cod since bo2. I just love treyarch cods though. Main issue I had with CW was the free streak system. Other than that it's a top tier cod.
I was just so disgusted by the lack of empathy the CoD community’s showing when this game first release, everyone was calling this game a scam, the fact that it’s on the old engine got it a lotta hate, ppl are saying Treyarch has fallen, and constantly comparing it to MW19 to shit on the game, I know it’s a fact that MW19 is more complete and overall “better” in a technical point of view, but that’s because IW have all the time they need and wasn’t pulled away to assist other projects like Treyarch did, Treyarch was brought on board to so many projects along with their own game development, it’s a miracle this game even came out, and in that whole year as well you just constantly heard ppl saying they’re waiting for IW to bring them the next MW, saying that they’re the only competent devs of CoD, I always get so triggered by these comments, ppl who say these things have no idea what they’re talking about, these statement, I’m getting a little radical here, but they are simply wrong, it’s not a matter of opinion or preference when your opinions are just wrong, and just to be clear I’m not an IW hater at all, I not saying they’re incompetent devs, I actively enjoy MWII and am excited for the upcoming season, I enjoyed MW19 when it’s around as well, I’m just so sick of Treyarch getting so many unreasonable criticism, I feel like the whole thing is just wrong
I really enjoyed the theming and style of the campaign, baring a silent protagonist which I will forever despise and argue against. The side quests were fun and the story was solid
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The way they put nacht on die machine was so good. And it reminds me of how in bo2 on Tranzit, Nacht was just there and when I played it with my friends for the first time and one of them mentioned it and the rest of us were just like “okay 😐” cause it felt so cut and pasted in. With firebase Z i feel like there should’ve been a time limit on the orda boss fight. Me, who is just a casual zombies player who likes to so easter eggs, and my friend, who sucks at the game, did the easter egg first try.
@@FlyinggMushroom BO3 was better BO4 was better and especially WW2 (After the mp revamp) was waaay better (not if it comes to Zombies ofcourse- talking about MP in this case). BUT - Coldwar had by far the best campaign out of these. I give you that
I loved scorestreaks, I was toxic af and ran interceptors, UAV , CUAV. Waited for someone to either try to use their interceptors or waited for chopper gunners/major kill streaks.
Honestly this kind of random, but if Vanguard never would’ve came out, & Black Ops ColdWar would’ve lasted two years as a game, ColdWar would’ve been so much better, because we all know for a fact that Vanguard was a flop and was not really a good game, & like I said if ColdWar lasted for two years they could’ve done so much more with it!!! But is MW2 better then ColdWar IDK???🤔, But IK for a fact MW2 isa Tuff GAME🤩😎🔥
@@mash2481 I mean hey if u like it you allowed to have your own opinion🙏, don’t get me wrong I thought the game was Fun ash at 1st, then the last time I played it was January 5th, 2022 and I realized, what did I spend my money on!!!, Because to me it just seemed like a complete waste of $60💰🤣😂👌
For me, Cold War was my first experience with Call of Duty, so i got to experience it without any expectations from previous games. I remember finishing the campaign and thinking it was a masterpiece, and I hold it in high regard to this day. Beacause of the campaign, for a month or two i was like "you gotta wash the dishes" "we got a job to do" "i have to go and shit" "we got a job to do". The zombies really left a huge impact on me, and I think Cold War really opened it to a new generation and a new audience (myself included) beacause of its simpler easter eggs and storyline. I made a lot of memories playing zombies, just staying up until 1 am playing Mauer der Toten or Outbreak with my dad freaking out because we didn't craft the uranium correctly or because we died right at the boss fight. Personally, Mauer der Toten is for me THE zombies map. It was my first easter egg and my first and only round 100(i got downed like 40 times) and it has a special place in my heart. I think that Cold War remarks itself in the fact that it was a succes against all odds with being developed in the pandemic and in my opinion it sets the golden standard for a modern Call of Duty. It's such a shame that Vanguard came after it and it's what made me stop being interested in Call of Duty.
I haven’t seen anyone write this but there is another reason why people are reminded of bo1 when playing the campaign besides brainwashed main character and the “Cold War” setting. Both main characters have the information needed to find the location of the main villain. Mason knows what the numbers mean and where to go to stop dragovich and stop Nova 6 from being released, and belle knows the location of Perseus and the nuclear warhead. For anyone who ever reads this comment if I got anything wrong, please feel free to correct me as I haven’t played bo1 in about 5 years and the Cold War campaign I rushed through a bit
Just bought Cold War yesterday Upgrading from black ops 4 Only thing I hate is SBMM , takes longer to find matches , feels a bit isolating to keep playing with new people everytime
Awesome video Only difference in opinion I have is, that treyarch should go back to old gunsmithing. I like being able to see what my gun looks like, different attachments, maybe 7 max.
One thing that urks me is that Cold War Zombies just feels like it has no style. The UI and the way the story is presented to you especially just doesnt feel very unique. Everything is in basic text and characters just talk at you with whats happening.
The best COD game of the last 5 years IMO. What a slammer. 80s theme, Campaign was great, MP was classic COD, and Zombies was awesome. Too bad we didn't get a true year 2 for this one.
*last 10 years
@@EnterTheSoundscape bro has never played bo3 or bo2 or bo4💀
@@WyaSlay Yeah I have, Cold War is better than all of those.
@@EnterTheSoundscape In terms of Zombies and Campaign, I can see Cold War being up there, but MP-wise, yeah, that thing isn't even better than BO4.
@@EnterTheSoundscape cold war is not better than any of them 💀🤡
Can we talk about how amazing the Cold War sound track was. Best ever imo. Not to mention the fact that they brought back all of the old Black Ops series tracks in the Battle Pass. Wish MW would do the same thing. Hearing 'Pentagon' from Black Ops 1 hits you right in the feels and gives you nostalgia overload ❤
Jack Wall man, Jack Wall
When Adrenaline starts i get a boner
I fuckin wish that a bunch of the BO1 soundtrack was locked behind the now unavailable battle pass
Definitely, that distinct first track still plays in my mind every time I think of this title. I’m humming it as I’m writing this comment lol
When cold war came out I was hooked on the multiplayer theme. I blasted it every morning on the way to work, made getting up at the ass crack of dawn bearable. Lol
The fact that I was able to play as Woods & Mason in zombies is what finally won me over. Aside from that, it was definitely one of the best CoD games I've ever played overall since BO2. As you said, I can still see myself playing this several years later. Top tier for me!
@@Sayo79 Same! The Primis and Ultimis crew were memorable, but being able to play as the main campaign characters in Cold War was definitely a plus for me. I just wish they were able to interact with one another, just like previous zombies crews, or at least have voicelines unique between certain duos, much like Blackout from BO4.
@@Sayo79 Couldn't have said it any better myself. So many missed opportunities!
raise your standards bro , cold war is treyarchs worst cod by far no hate , love treyarch still but cold war won’t it
@@wrongdoings2934 Yeah seriously! where is the thanos skin and balencia collab? stupid dumb game with no creative mode either, can’t wven play among us or creative! Fortnite is waaaay better than this dumb call of duty zombies, my 6ft 3 bodybuilder ex spec ops older brother told me that black ops has the best zombies, he is the coolest so i have to agree.
@@wrongdoings2934 So am I not allowed to enjoy the game more than previous CoD games simply because I have "low standards" in your eyes? That's a pretty ridiculous claim imo. I don't play CoD much for the same reasons that they all feel the same and lackluster in a lot of ways, but Cold War really hit me differently than others. Sure, it is objectively their worst game due to development issues, but the game had two year support post-launch, which made the game astronomically better than it already was.
I loved this game, and the fact that treyarch did get the short end of the stick and made this game in only a few months is crazy, I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite or one of the best but it’s definitely top 10 for me
stop using that cop out , i’d rather play no game than get a sub par game that i’ll eventually not play cus it’s so mid
@@wrongdoings2934 nah
@@derslatt to each is own
@@wrongdoings2934 I think it's a fair copout. Treyarch did well with what they have, screw activision for making them have so little.
@@thatcooldudeisawesome876 if they put out a game on the same level as cw again with the time they have now the franchise is lost for sure
Cold War has some of the best post Launch content such as the added perks, tier 5, easter eggs (for outbreak) new maps for outbreak, Patch updates, New Alt ammo, new tacticals and supports, super ee, rage inducer, new guns.
Wait they added alt ammos for guns????
@@Jefftarnish yeah shutter blast
New maps for outbreak? Ooohh you mean the multiplayer maps that were used as zombies maps.
They really not only salvaged the game post launch, but made it one of the best.
@@grantwheeler5034kinda like battlefield 4 did. Started as the worst game in the series and got fixed so much its not considered the best
There’s one mission in this game that I adore and believe that it’s one of the best missions ever in CoD. That’s the secret spy mission where you’re in the Russian building and you have to try and get Adler (and I think woods, probably belle). I remember playing this mission and the feeling of playing was amazing. The rest of the campaign is average but this is the diamond in the rough.
The campaign is great!!!
Agreed, I really liked that mission and the red door one. Rest of the campaign was solid but not anything special
I think a lot of people missed that Alder is voiced by Master Chief
Sorry, they do sound really similar but the actor for Adler only motion captured chief for halo 4 to infinite. Steve Downs is still the voice of chief.
Hey Chop, you may not see this but. Your longform content has been wonderful to listen to while doing other things. You've become one of my favorite youtubers. Cheers.
Same. I listen to this at work instead of watching it
Thanks so much
Same ur vids help me get through my 8 hour shift
@@Ch0pper you called yourself out as an overweight redditor lmao
You knows games can be delayed, right? Oh but you shill for them so they can make money. Also cod 17 cold war is a copy/paste of the last 14 cods, so no, they don’t need that extra time to make the same game they’ve already made.
Nothin but facts in this comment thread 🔥
Good video man! You’re one of the rare UA-camr that can do videos like these without getting annoyed of the voice/audio half way thru 🙏
Cold War is a top 5 CoD for me. And the first CoD I got a platinum trophy on. The campaign was stellar, one of my favorite ever, the Zombies was the first Zombies installment that I really got into, and even the MP was good when reverse boosting.
Top 10 fs. Idk bout top 5
@@aidanmonroe17 it's his opinion, not yours.
@@Lembobwaii and he’s giving his opinion dickhead
@Aidan Monroe "for me" but for me I rank it in top 10 to
It would probably be number 7 in my category. My top 5 are Black Ops trilogy, MW2, and MW19. Cold War is behind WW2 and in front of Cod 4.
25:20 I admit I saved Park on my first playthrough.
But knowing the ending now, I typically let the timer run out and abandon them both.
I consider the ending where you draw the team into an ambush the “good” ending >:)
Didn’t expect to see you here!
I really liked how accessible Zombies was. I mean I’m married, I have 2 jobs, I’m a leader in my church. So for me to be able to come home and enjoy a game of zombies without having to grind for hours to figure out how to do everything was great. I loved that I could have fun and kill zombies without being extremely frustrated because “I don’t have time to get better.” It was a lot of fun for me. Maybe they can add a difficulty setting like in BO2 where you have easy for casual players and hard for streamers. Make the Easter Egg on the hard one so it’s more fun to search for.
That would require more dev time.
@@davidn.2555 personally I think lowering the amount of damage zombies do when they attack or making certain things cost less points would be a simple way of implementing an “easy” mode
@@erobbiep4778 Yeah, but to his point, CW is already the easy mode. Now they have to create a hard mode.
@David N. There Is a hard mode in zombies where u can make more zombies spawn and make faster and do more damage
Funny, I found it annoying having to spend so much time to unlock everything at full power - the difference betweeen first round and max power is insane. Thankfully im in my 20s so I have some free time, but I think that would bother me if my time was more limited.
I’m a total Cold War history buff, it’s arguably my favorite part of 20th century history to explore and learn about, the espionage and fear of all out nuclear war between the two powers, is so exciting to look into, and this game was absolutely a treat for someone like me and is easily my top 5 COD campaigns now.
Criminally underrated game. Genuinely my favourite COD since Black Ops 1.
This is my favorite zombies since BO3 and favorite campaign since BO2
Its nice to finally see someone with a level headed take on this game, most creators still say or perceive this game as if it was still in the state it was at launch
Bought cold war 2 days ago now, loving it after playing mw2 for the past few months. Found your channel the other day too and watched all these cod reviews. Loving them! I was wondering when the cold war episode was coming and I woke up today to find you had posted it a few hours before (: cheers dude ! Keep up the good work
I actually quite like the out of game progression of Cold War, it gave a good reward for high rounding - the ability to high round that little bit easier next time now that you can upgrade a perk or skill. One thing I will say though, there should be a hardcore option for the next installment; this hardcore mode should start you off with a set default weapon and have all perks set to like level 2 etc etc... Hardcore mode should also be the default for the leaderboards and scoreboards, whereas normal should be for casual fun or players who enjoy the newer features
Yeah being able to unlock stuff as you go along was a really cool idea and gave you something to work towards. Of course it didn’t take long for me to unlock everything but I really liked the zombies mechanics in general, it felt so satisfying to play. Outbreak was hit or miss and I wish the game got more support but the zombies is up there for me as one of my favorites.
Agreed i rwn out of stuff to do 24 hrs after launch and just didnt have any reason to play the game anymore. It kinda sucked
I enjoyed the game a lot during its life cycle, my only gripes with it ever was the visual bugs throughout the UI and Friends list etc, that literally never got fixed. The zombies was good but felt barebone and honestly just different than the original black ops Zombie modes. MP was really good aside from the score streak system that just didnt reset upon death. Overall very underrated game and honestly the best game weve had in the past 4 years.
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Cold War is, in one word, promising. For a game that was made on a budget, both monetary and time wise, it’s genuinely solid, and gives me high hopes for what they’re cooking for the 2024 release, I genuinely think the next experience is going to be fantastic
I've learned my lesson with being too optimistic with this franchise, but I feel similar. Given the hellish conditions behind this game it came out remarkably good. Treyarch deserves all the time they need for their next one.
@@winlover37 black ops 6 is going to be the best call of duty ever released.. oh buddy OH buddy
I’m back to say: I was so fucking right. Treyarch COOKED SO HARD with bo6 and it’s on track to become my favorite zombies ever and it’s only just launched!! It’s Cold War with development time and player feedback taken into account, it’s…perfect to me.
My ONLY issues with the game all lie with the activision meddling. The SBMM sucks ass, and I swear to god that patent with skill based damage has been implemented here, other than that I’m so excited for the coming year.
I think the reason the emblem editor doesn't exist anymore is because they want to sell you them instead and not for any other reason
I think Activision is also a little scared
Yeah, there’s zero technical issues that could have held it back.
This was actually my very first cod. I never played as a kid, got into it now as a young adult. In spite of its problems, it’s now one of my all time favorite games ever. I loved the campaign (especially since I didn’t know about the whole BO1 mind twisting stuff), multiplayer I continue to insist is a lot of fun despite it getting so much hate, and zombies was incredible, even if clearly rushed. Treyarch put so much passion into this game and it really shows, despite the time crunch. This one game led me to go back and buy every previous black ops on sale to learn all about zombies as an entire series and have no regrets. I have both mastery camos on Cold War (nearly every weapon including DLC, just 3 more to go) and have almost finished Zombies Dark matter on BO4 and am master prestige 250 there.
However after Vangaurd came out (which i dont think is nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be but is still CLEARLY not a great entry) and, while I find it to be casual fun, didn’t quite hit the same marks I mostly stuck with CW. I never bought MW2, it doesn’t look interesting enough, didn’t have the most fun on the trial days, and no zombies. Maybe when its really cheap for a campaign run (i borrowed MW19 to play the campaign and its campaign was also awesome), but I want to avoid being caught up in the COD cycle. I’ll probably keep buying the Treyarch entries and skip the rest.
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@@modskillslebon stay mad
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It's more than the mind-f*ck. They always do a mind-f*ck element or theme in every Black Ops, it's the series' identity. They basically copied/pasted every major set piece of BO1, even down to the specific art stylings of the guns of BO 1. It was basically just a remake of Black Ops 1. Not a reboot, a remake. No originality at all, apart from a couple ideas borrowed from Hitman to spice it up. But 99% was just copy/paste. Yes Black Ops 1 is one of the best campaigns in the series. You should have played that. Kinda ruined it for yourself now though, since this is the exact same thing. It's like saying you watched "The Force Awakens" before the actual original Star Wars "A New Hope." Kinda sad that you cheated yourself of getting to watch the real legend the first time.
CW scorestreaks worked for me because they reward you for more than just killing things. Disabling enemy streaks and specialist equipment, and capturing/playing objectives also gets you points that work towards your scorestreaks
Yeah, COD has a problem with people not playing objective and it helps a lot
You could really feel how the pandemic affected zombies and the campaign, but regardless I really loved Cold War. The events leading up to Cold War were great too; seeing the community come together to do something again was really cool.
I was there Day 1 for Zombies (literally… I finished the WAW campaign on launch day), and I’ll say that THIS game made me a zombies fan. I loved WAW zombies, liked BO 1 a lot, then Tranzit and Die Rise completely killed it for me. I checked back in for Shadows of Evil and thought it was obtuse, frustrating, and confusing. I bought Cold War close to a month ago on sale, booted up Zombies and just couldn’t put it down. Was it easy, sure, but it was what I needed to reignite the zombies fan in me. I loved that Outbreak and Onslaught were cool changes of pace from the round based maps. Also, the progression system gave me that extra incentive to play a lot more, and for once in my life, actually get good at zombies. So much so…. that I took my newfound talents to BO3 and pretty much never looked back. I finally understood the complexity and sense of adventure that BO2 and 3 maps offered. Cold War took me from dying on Round 7 saying “fuck this Beast bullshit” on SOE, to setting up PaP by round 6, then training zombies like a champ for hours. I’ll forever be indebted to Cold War Zombies for making me a believer.
See I’m on the opposite side of the fan base I feel like zombies was best when it was complex but I completely understand why u feel like that
That's awesome to hear and is exactly why Cold War exists. The entire reason why Cold War is the way it is gameplay and easter egg wise is because of the ever increasing complexity of the past titles, which lead to an eventual crash in BO4 where lots of people were just fed up with the unneeded complexity. I love Cold War and I love BO3 for their own reasons entirely so its cool to see someone get back into Zombies through Cold War when they wouldn't have otherwise through high barrier-to-entry games like BO3 or BO4.
I liked the out of game progression system too. It’s smart because it gives players another reason to play zombies along with trying out different different guns to get the zombie camos for it. The fact that you can use the zombies camos in Warzone on Rebirth Island was dope as hell too.
Shadows of Evil is one of the greatest maps ever.
@@Dylan-np4oy What’s funny is that once I played BO3 again I only went back to Cold War once in a blue moon. I feel like zombies always catered to and innovated based on what the Hardcore fans want, and I was gradually became more of an MP guy during that time. Zombies didn’t just feel difficult, but it felt difficult in two different ways simultaneously. The survival element was hard enough for me, but then the game asks you to go on this puzzle solving adventure. I was NOT used to this dynamic when BO3 was fresh, and it was overwhelming. But Cold War had enough forgiving mechanics and level design that I could finally get good at simply surviving. Once the movement/survival stuff became muscle memory, I could focus way more on the tasks at hand, at it all finally clicked. IMO BO3 has the best zombies experience, but Cold War is hands down the best way to introduce Zombies to someone.
Cold War was my first ever CoD game and after watching all of your other in depth reviews I've been eagerly awaiting this one! Wonderful as always sir!
Not a fan of this game, but respect it for what it is and how much time was given for this project and the fact that it had switched hands mid development.
I’d like to know, what puts you off on this game? Visuals, story, time period?
@@AceShadowbloodcivic Coming from MW19, the game felt really clunky. Animations, sound and general movement/aiming felt like a huge downgrade.
@@AceShadowbloodcivic unoriginallity, campaign characters in zombies, zombies in general
They should bring back the WW2 zombies quest, you have a casual easter egg/main mission that walks you through it, you only get half the story, while having a hardcore easter egg that gives the complete story.
The worst part about Cold Wars campaign is that we didn't get more of it. Its easily my favorite campaign for the current/last generation and it sucks that it ends so fast.
In terms of operators, I think “zombie exclusive” operators would work well. You have a certain selection of operators that you can use in zombies- maybe the four canon crew members at first with certain fun unlockable or purchasable ones coming later (think the zombie from AW or Maxis/Ravenov). This solves the generic operator problem for the maps and storyline (giving us more story and more time with a new crew to hopefully enjoy them like the OGs, but also allows for the use of these operators in Warzone and MP, allowing for a curated zombies experience while keeping the MP and Warzone experience for every player.
Cold war feels more like a real COD game then any thing released since black ops 4.
I watched this entire video and hardly noticed it was over an hour. Instant sub.
Respect for chopper keeping us well informed on dental health products
29:40 to be fair, when they used subtlety in BO3, everyone said it was confusing lol so I don’t blame them for thinking they need to spell it out to everyone
I never fully understood the twist in black ops 3. I know that Taylor was being controlled but can you explain the twist in that game?
@@lulchris_ it’s been a serious New York minute since I’ve thought about it, but from what I can remember, you essentially die in the first or second mission and you’re experiencing the rest of the game through a simulation/AI. I remember there was a LOT of subtlety in that story that I never quite figured out all the way, but if you look into it it goes pretty deep.
My favorite COD. I loved the zombie maps and grinding guns in Nuketown. I know Chopper is trying to just focus on the game itself but another perspective is the impact it had on Warzone. I played way more Rebirth Island than Coldwar during the time it was out, and I can say that the Cold War guns were way better than the MW and Vanguard ones. The optics, feel, blueprints, and camos were all the best. Not to mention the collabs they did with operators the Donny Darko, Rocky and Scream were awesome
cold war good because it is a €60 game that sells pop culture bundles for €25 a piece? cod players deserve to get exploited
@@Emuruh. Ouch.
@@Emuruh. They had good free operators and blueprints that were earned through challenges too so I disagree. Warzone was free and let you use your operators from cold war in it so if you bought a bundle to use in both games its not that bad. Personally I didnt spend a lot of money in the store so I cant say I feel exploited. Plus zombie camos you earned could be used in Warzone as well not just Cold War so even more of an incentive to not have to buy from the store.
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12:05 the fact I was listening to this while working the dental care aisle in cvs is wild
That’s trippy😂
This is my absolute favorite MP of the New Gen CODs. Sure, it lacked content at launch and eventually filled that it with mostly remakes of old maps (begrudgingly understandable given the conditions of both production and post-launch support), but it played like a golden age COD. …and yah, the SBMM and disbanding lobbies was annoying, but you could say that about all of the other New Gen CODs, too
Great video!
Just one quick thing I noticed though, you said that Treyarch did the campaign but it was actually Raven Software that was the lead developer for the campaign.
If Cold War had an updated engine it would have been a top tier COD. Zombies was very good as was the campaign. Map and weapon variety was good in MP. The engine and game play just felt old in comparison to MW2019. At least we had map voting and dead silence as a perk
Yeah it felt a bit dated compared to mw19 but honestly after a few matches I didn’t notice anymore. It was a lot faster and the map flow was good
Even though I love Cold War and the way it looks visually with its colors, I have to agree with you. I would've loved to see how this game would look fully utilizing IW8 from MW2019 but considering COVID and the 12-18 months they had to make this game it makes sense they couldn't learn an entirely new engine in time. Thats why I'm even more excited for COD 2024 though because its fully on IW9, Treyarch game design with that photo realism tech is gonna look and play great.
I never played Zombies before Cold War. Now, I only load it to play Outbreak. I'm so excited for 2.0!
I still love the zombies in this game, I love the savage mechanic and the revamped packapunch, the perks, the only thing I dislike was the maps in round based sadly for me, the first map was the best and most fun
Faxxxx!!!!!!!!! Die Machine was literally the best map on Cold War Zombies!!!🧟♂️, and honestly, I didn’t understand why they didn’t drop round based maps every new season of the game😭😂🙏, which would’ve been basically a New Zombies Map every two months🔥
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mauer der toten easter egg is exactly the difficulty level I want to have when attempting a solo easter egg run.
Great job!
I hear they are making a dificukty level where that eill be the modern dificulty and they will have a clasic mode more like traditional zombies
Treyarch will always be the best cod devs. They’ve just kept being fucked over.
Definitely. I prefer the more "Arcade-Y" looks and feel of Treyarch Titles. I liked Advanced Warfare because you could bait and troll people with the Boost Pack Flares on the Map, but Treyarch always had the best Cods.
Cod is an arcade shooter. Treyarch understands that@@justinlast2lastharder749
This is factual I mean look at this game despite the pandemic cold war was still a fantastic game, not the best I will add but it was still a great cod the MP was fun, the Zombies felt like classic zombies again and the campaign was still one of my favorites again despite it being built during the pandemic. This is why I'm hella hyped for Black Ops 6 as these devs have now had a full 4 years of development and everything they showed off was some promising stuff that I for one am hella excited for
Cold war multiplayer was so much better than Vanguard & MWII. It was actually fun
I still have trauma from M82+Tundra loadout players
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I have played all of the Black Ops games and this one is my favorite. I got over 2k hours on the game and got dark matter and aether on almost every weapon in the game. I wish this game got more years of updates
Bro the launchers in multi are so miserable for that camo grind 😭😭😭
This game is shit
Is that Geoff Ramsey in the Colgate ad doing a bad accent? That's precious and I love it, if that's the case
Adler low key was an amazing character. Perfect beside mason and woods
36:20 they were probably trying to Trojan horse their hero powers from Bo3 and 4 into Cold War via the stream system.
I don’t get Treyarch’s obsession with mimicking Destiny/Overwatch and giving players timed “supers” they can trigger during matches
10 bucks at my local videogame store what a steal.
Mac&Cheese: What did I ever do to you?
CoD: You caught a stray
Fun fact if i recall correctly one of the cod creators is from medal of honor which used the “undercover “ mission first in Behind enemy lines. Where you pose as a German officer and flash stolen credentials to get by
I have Cold War in a special place in my heart got me through 2021
It made pandemic bearable 🙏🏽
honestly the fact that there are fewer setpieces in the campaign and more opportunities to engage with the characters at your own pace between missions was a huge boon for the campaign imo, it fully accomodates the player that wants to blast through in a sitting and the player who wants to indulge in the character interactions
it was probably a happy accident but replaying some of the older campaigns recently has me remembering how tedious it can be sitting around as things happen in front of, to and around you and its not something i can always set my patience aside for personally
I love your videos thanks for the amazing content hope to see you soon!
29:12 Not sure about all of the possible reasons for the scar. But for two of them Adler says he got the scar in ‘73 or ‘75, so he wouldn’t have had it then. But then again one of the other ones says he got it as a young man. He was born in 37’ so if he got it before he was say 21, then a scar that’s developed like the one he has makes more sense for being over 20 years old as opposed to 6-10 with the other years.
Additionally I kinda wish that the KGB insider guy Dmitri Belikov had a different name and that “Bell” was actually the soldier named Belikov, idk just think it would’ve been fun.
Cold War got me back into zombies. The upgrades gave me something to grind for and gradually getting those was pretty fun, it’s something I loved about Extinction. Treyarch should take a page from extinction and give XP bonuses or crystals for using modifiers that make the game harder.
I will come back later to watch this its 1 am and i got work at 11
i loved this game, played it all during covid and got me through some hard times
I played with my testicles during covid
Man alone that Vtol,naplam strike and air petrol sounds is unbelievable scary
The EEs are my favorite part of Cold War and what puts it so high up for me. These were the first ones I’ve ever been able to do with randoms first try 😅
Because it’s literally holding your hand… way too easy.
@@alexbasha0508 no it’s called I got home from doing pre-calculus at school I don’t want to go home and stress over rocket science and watch 4,000 tutorials
This Call of Duty was the most fun I had with CoD since MWR. The Zombies mode had me coming back to grind so much it's a shame we didn't get at least one more map.
the vibes from this game are immaculate
Cold war was my first full on black ops game and.
1. The campaign blew me away with characters, story, lore, stakes, and replayability
2. Got me hooked into zombies and dipped my toes into bo3
3. Multiple was meh, but my first time I could really hold my ground and flant my new abilities and looks
4. I actually made friends?!?!
5. Mf this was them on a time cruch and covid constraints?! What will they do not under pressure!
I honestly like this game a lot. I feel that it would’ve been 200x better if didn’t happen and they actually had more time to work on it
Since you are reviewing every call of duty can you do a short review of cod mobile
Cold War is the only modern game I played still
Community: "What'd you see Ch0pper?"
Ch0pper: "Salad, salad and more fucking salad."
Zombies was dope, the potential of OUTBREAK really opened my mind to the possibilities of a stand alone zombies game. Imagine black ops Cold War zombies X GTA or something of that nature, true open world COD zombies, shit would be dope 🤞
Another thing I loved that this game introduced is no perk limit
The killstreak system I think isn't really all that unnecessary or confusing. It's just a good way to compensate for the sbmm. In which you might die a lot but even then, you end up with couple of low grade streaks
I think on paper I see where you're coming from, the problem is though is that nothing ever punishes you. After playing some matches of Cold War MP then switching off to another COD's MP you are immediately reminded that you have to go and earn the streak you want rather than its just going to happen either way making it less rewarding when you just randomly get a streak. Its definitely more casual leaning which isn't a bad thing, but it hurts the match by match experience because you get in knowing you're going to get your big streaks 99% of the time and there isn't much that is going to change that.
@@Ermac43 that is true 👍
@@Ermac43 this isnt true, its hard to get the big streaks if you die constantly because the multiplier keeps resetting.
Treyarch is the best developer when it comes to pace and gameplay an I like how they keep it arcade instead of going for realism
Bro predicted BO6 a year before BO6 😭
I love how much of a "lightning in a bottle" situation this was to have the one campaign with the most amount of writing end up being the one with the most potential for worldbuilding; the cold war scenario and the espionage, backstabbing, moles, all this has so much potential and I fear they'd squander it all if this was a regular campaign just being made like all the other cods with just shooting gallery missions with no real weight
The fact that the odds were damn near completely stacked against Treyarch with this game (not being their game and having to clean up the mess that SHG and Raven made, global pandemic and having to work from home, limited development time) and it still ended up being a fun game, shows you how dedicated this team is to making games.
Meanwhile, the developers who actually did have the time and man power can't fucking get it right and fuck up at almost every turn, embarrassing themselves in the process.
I’ve always been a fan of the black ops series, but I didn’t start playing Cold War until near the end of its support. Due to the launch of black ops 6, I finally played through the campaign to get caught up and immediately understood where the comparisons to Black Ops 1 came from. The first thing you see is darkness, followed by the light of Mason’s cigar replicating the original Black Ops opening. It was a very simple interaction, but it immediately brought me back in time and gave me a lot of confidence for the rest of the game.
I also very much so agree that attachments feel unimportant to changing gameplay and the multiplayer is practically Black Ops 2 remastered, though the latter I was and am all for due to many great maps being brought back (Rush, I mean you). I also really enjoyed and had fun with the large amount of multiplayer game-modes, although I found the rotations frustrating on occasion.
mw3 was my favorite multiplayer, could fast reload and fast aim down sights with rpg, and if they had flak jacket a direct hit would still kill. recent cod games launchers are trash
The fact that this game was developed during a deadly pandemic from their houses and it came out better than Modern Warfare II, Vanguard & Modern Warfare III is insane to me! Those actors & developers deserve so much credit.
Black Ops Cold War is the BEST modern Call of Duty game!
You must be joking. MW III kicks this game's ass. Cold War is only "good" if you've never played Black Ops 1...because it's literally just Black Ops 1.
I love cold war, favorite cod since bo2. I just love treyarch cods though. Main issue I had with CW was the free streak system. Other than that it's a top tier cod.
The BEST COD game. You finally get the option to switch sides.
You could still kinda do it in black ops 2, but this is way better.
Hope to see more.
I was just so disgusted by the lack of empathy the CoD community’s showing when this game first release, everyone was calling this game a scam, the fact that it’s on the old engine got it a lotta hate, ppl are saying Treyarch has fallen, and constantly comparing it to MW19 to shit on the game, I know it’s a fact that MW19 is more complete and overall “better” in a technical point of view, but that’s because IW have all the time they need and wasn’t pulled away to assist other projects like Treyarch did, Treyarch was brought on board to so many projects along with their own game development, it’s a miracle this game even came out, and in that whole year as well you just constantly heard ppl saying they’re waiting for IW to bring them the next MW, saying that they’re the only competent devs of CoD, I always get so triggered by these comments, ppl who say these things have no idea what they’re talking about, these statement, I’m getting a little radical here, but they are simply wrong, it’s not a matter of opinion or preference when your opinions are just wrong, and just to be clear I’m not an IW hater at all, I not saying they’re incompetent devs, I actively enjoy MWII and am excited for the upcoming season, I enjoyed MW19 when it’s around as well, I’m just so sick of Treyarch getting so many unreasonable criticism, I feel like the whole thing is just wrong
I agree
I don’t know if I’d call the ending where you take everyone out the worst ending, I took those betraying SOB out first time 😂
I really enjoyed the theming and style of the campaign, baring a silent protagonist which I will forever despise and argue against. The side quests were fun and the story was solid
The (Supposed) concept of High round:
- A round number that a low percentage of players have achieved, Supposedly representing a Higher level of skill
The (Actual) concept of High round:
- A round number that a low percentage of players have achieved, Due to:
- A higher level of skill
- No game crashes
- No error codes
- No Client connection errors
- No Service provider connection errors
- Quad stacking
- No Badly timed server update
- Sitting in corner
- Spamming GL
- Spamming Field Upgrade
I love the multiplayer in Cold War, it’s so much fun than the rest of the games
The way they put nacht on die machine was so good. And it reminds me of how in bo2 on Tranzit, Nacht was just there and when I played it with my friends for the first time and one of them mentioned it and the rest of us were just like “okay 😐” cause it felt so cut and pasted in. With firebase Z i feel like there should’ve been a time limit on the orda boss fight. Me, who is just a casual zombies player who likes to so easter eggs, and my friend, who sucks at the game, did the easter egg first try.
Cold War was the best COD since Black Ops 2, yes I said that...
I guess you skipped a lot of cods then 😂😂
Nah he's right@ololadin91
@@FlyinggMushroom BO3 was better BO4 was better and especially WW2 (After the mp revamp) was waaay better (not if it comes to Zombies ofcourse- talking about MP in this case).
BUT - Coldwar had by far the best campaign out of these. I give you that
39:07 hearing him talking about sillyness and then
Crouched player: sees an enemy turret
Also the crouched player: throws a molotov to the TURRET
Personally I think out of game progression for zombies gives more longevity in the form of replay ability for late/casual players
The depressing fact that the game's lifespan was extremely short cut. I miss Black Ops 1.
Longer than vanguard at least lol
The campaign and Zombies are Great in this game multiplayer sucks tho
I loved scorestreaks, I was toxic af and ran interceptors, UAV , CUAV. Waited for someone to either try to use their interceptors or waited for chopper gunners/major kill streaks.
Honestly this kind of random, but if Vanguard never would’ve came out, & Black Ops ColdWar would’ve lasted two years as a game, ColdWar would’ve been so much better, because we all know for a fact that Vanguard was a flop and was not really a good game, & like I said if ColdWar lasted for two years they could’ve done so much more with it!!! But is MW2 better then ColdWar IDK???🤔, But IK for a fact MW2 isa Tuff GAME🤩😎🔥
I’m one of the weirdos that liked Vanguard. Lol!
@@mash2481 I mean hey if u like it you allowed to have your own opinion🙏, don’t get me wrong I thought the game was Fun ash at 1st, then the last time I played it was January 5th, 2022 and I realized, what did I spend my money on!!!, Because to me it just seemed like a complete waste of $60💰🤣😂👌
For me, Cold War was my first experience with Call of Duty, so i got to experience it without any expectations from previous games. I remember finishing the campaign and thinking it was a masterpiece, and I hold it in high regard to this day. Beacause of the campaign, for a month or two i was like "you gotta wash the dishes" "we got a job to do" "i have to go and shit" "we got a job to do".
The zombies really left a huge impact on me, and I think Cold War really opened it to a new generation and a new audience (myself included) beacause of its simpler easter eggs and storyline. I made a lot of memories playing zombies, just staying up until 1 am playing Mauer der Toten or Outbreak with my dad freaking out because we didn't craft the uranium correctly or because we died right at the boss fight. Personally, Mauer der Toten is for me THE zombies map. It was my first easter egg and my first and only round 100(i got downed like 40 times) and it has a special place in my heart.
I think that Cold War remarks itself in the fact that it was a succes against all odds with being developed in the pandemic and in my opinion it sets the golden standard for a modern Call of Duty. It's such a shame that Vanguard came after it and it's what made me stop being interested in Call of Duty.
Cold war is absolutely a top 3 cod
I haven’t seen anyone write this but there is another reason why people are reminded of bo1 when playing the campaign besides brainwashed main character and the “Cold War” setting. Both main characters have the information needed to find the location of the main villain. Mason knows what the numbers mean and where to go to stop dragovich and stop Nova 6 from being released, and belle knows the location of Perseus and the nuclear warhead. For anyone who ever reads this comment if I got anything wrong, please feel free to correct me as I haven’t played bo1 in about 5 years and the Cold War campaign I rushed through a bit
I loved that level with the red door, I got the zombies easter egg too 😄
Just bought Cold War yesterday
Upgrading from black ops 4
Only thing I hate is SBMM , takes longer to find matches , feels a bit isolating to keep playing with new people everytime
My biggest complaint is that almost every map crashes on PlayStation or just doesn’t even start to begin with so I can’t even play it half the time
You can say Corona nowadays in your YT video without being censored.
Awesome video
Only difference in opinion I have is, that treyarch should go back to old gunsmithing. I like being able to see what my gun looks like, different attachments, maybe 7 max.
One thing that urks me is that Cold War Zombies just feels like it has no style. The UI and the way the story is presented to you especially just doesnt feel very unique. Everything is in basic text and characters just talk at you with whats happening.
Been waiting for this! thanks so much!!