Opencritic - 88
Metacritic - 87
Gameinformer - 95
Playstation Lifestyle - 90
Ausgamers - 90
Attack of the Fanboy - 90
Truegaming - 90
Hobbyconsoles - 88
Cogconnected - 87
Multiplayer.it - 85
Jeuxvideo - 80
Gamespot Early Impressions-
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Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Review Thread
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Opencritic - 88
Metacritic - 87
Gameinformer - 95
Playstation Lifestyle - 90
Ausgamers - 90
Attack of the Fanboy - 90
Truegaming - 90
Hobbyconsoles - 88
Cogconnected - 87
Multiplayer.it - 85
Jeuxvideo - 80
Gamespot Early Impressions-
Thought so too. Remember when DICE release battlefront 1 without a campaign...the uproar.
lmao is no one making an OT for this game?
Didn't know this was coming out today and I saw a massive line for the midnight release when I drove by gamestop a few hours ago
Didn't know this was coming out today and I saw a massive line for the midnight release when I drove by gamestop a few hours ago
If it was like WW2 or Infinite Warfare, it would definitely hurt it a lot, because those games had pretty mediocre MP modes.
Why though? The CoD campaigns don't take long and they don't have a great deal of replayability. I always figured people justified the purchase based on hours spent in multiplayer.
Are these unusually high scores or do CoD games tend to get scores in the high 80s/low 90s? I was gonna skip this completely based on the 15 minutes I spent with the first multiplayer beta (it seemed more chaotic and hectic than ever before), but now I'm having second thoughts.
Well I'll be. I was expecting lower but I guess at the end of the day it's the MP that most people buy CoD for anyway. I haven't played one since the first MW.
Honestly would get higher reviews without it as it tends to get docked for having an awful campaign.
I'm in the same boat. Found the Beta the be really boring but if it reviews well I might give it another shot. Treyarch knows how to make a good CoD.
Good scores so far at least. IDK why reviews would really would change someones purchase decision in the case of COD. It is Call of duty, you have probably played at least one of them by now, and fundamentals are still there for the most part, which you either like or you don't.
Not too surprised, despite not enjoying the MP beta (it was okay, just boring. I say this as a fairly big CoD fan).
I'll probably get it later down the line for Blackout and to see what's up with zombies.
I'll probably get it later down the line for Blackout and to see what's up with zombies.
I'm intruiged. Was playing COD from the COD2-3 Glory Days until it got uninspired by MW3.
The Blackout mode is what's making the package work. Being able to play COD in a new way really helps the balance of having newly designed Zombies and Standard Multiplayer.
Between this and AC:Oddessy, it seems like our older franchises are maturing and becoming comfortable with their identity
The Blackout mode is what's making the package work. Being able to play COD in a new way really helps the balance of having newly designed Zombies and Standard Multiplayer.
Between this and AC:Oddessy, it seems like our older franchises are maturing and becoming comfortable with their identity
Definitely going to hurt PUBG's at least. I'd say that Fortnite is different enough to still have its own niche.
Ya, I didn't really enjoy BO3 (or any CoD multiplayer since BO2 tbh) but BO1 and 2 are honestly some of my favorite multiplayer experiences, so I guess I could give CoD that one last chance
One last chance
Also I'm moderately interested in checking out the BR mode
Well I guess the fact that they've never hidden the fact it's MP only probably means the body of text can talk about it but otherwise it gets judged on its own merits.
Haven't played since the beta, but I'm glad reviewers are seeing past the campaign stuff. I actually was never into the black ops campaigns, so no loss for me.
They were pretty close on twitch last night but I imagine the actually playerbase on Fortnite is going to be higher. The aesthetic is also probably more approachable for mass market.
Only played less than 2 hours so far (had to go to sleep eventually, it was past 3am already and I have work today), but boy this game feels excellent. The gameplay is just addictive at its core, Blackout is far more polished and balanced than the beta, and the content seems to be a lot despite the lack of a proper campaign. I would have expected lower ratings but I ain't complaining, this game's really fun, definitely a contender multiplayer-wise for the best COD of the generation, with Blackout elevating the package to impressive heights.
God, I always feel like I'm going to skip CoD, but when it comes closer to release I can't help myself.
No idea about the technical aspects but both multiplayer and Blackout run smooth and look pretty good while doing so on the X. Blackout obviously less so but gone are the Minecraft trees and such from the beta. If it isn't 4K it sure is close to it.
I think games are going to be either single player or multiplayer going forwards, I mean most games are that way now.
To be fair they do have a limited single player campaign (just slightly shorter than what BF1 had, for example), Zombies mode is bigger than ever (and it has customizable co-op, bots, etc.), plus Blackout seems to be the best Battle Royale experience out there right now if you read the general consensus (to me it's early to tell but it's good as hell). Overwatch and Rainbow Six: Siege also launched withour proper campaigns but the gameplay was top-tier so it didn't matter a whole lot in the end. If the next FIFA skipped the Career and The Journey and launched with multiplayer only with barely any updates it would get A LOT lower scores than this year for example, but Call Of Duty doubled down since they didn't manage to build the campaign in time this time (or if you want to believe that questionable rumor, the story was too bonkers so Activision nope'd the fuck out on it).
Hopefully they are, if the single player content in your game is mostly throwaway (and with CoD and Battlefield, it generally has been) I'd much, much rather the devs spend their time and resources on the modes that really matter.
What franchises beside Battlefield are so multiplayer focused that they could strip out their single player?