Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Reviews
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Gone are the days where Call Of Duty sets the trends, but Black Ops 4 does a great job of keeping up. Choosing which mode to play first every time I launch the game is a struggle, with each being unique and impressive in their own way. Black Ops 4’s individual components may not be groundbreaking, but as a package, it’s one of the most refined Call Of Duty games. Black Ops 4 is a complete and polished package with Treyarch’s deft touch of quality.
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Despite the lack of a campaign and any tonal consistency, Black Ops 4 boasts a thrilling entry into the battle royale space.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the fifteenth iteration of a storied Call of Duty franchise, blends old and new to put itself in the upper echelon of Call of Duty games. Despite its lack of a traditional campaign, the game impresses in plenty of other aspects. The newcomer mode, Blackout, puts a fun and compelling Call of Duty spin on the battle royale genre. Multiplayer's boots find the ground again and take me all the way back to my fondest memories of the original Black Ops. Although it's not historically my favorite type of mode, Zombies really kicks it...
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While some post launch balancing and netcode improvement is in order, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is another strong release from Treyarch.
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Treyarch offers the first Call of Duty without a single-player campaign. Is Black Ops 4 the complete package?
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Each aspect of Black Ops 4 introduces some great new ideas that continue to evolve the series. Active healing in multiplayer gives players more control and, paired with Specialists, it makes for a great tactical experience. The new heist mode is a wonderful palate cleanser, too. Zombies thrives from having more than just two launch maps; the beginner mode is a fantastic way to ease in to the tense action, while Rush keeps the maps feeling fresh. Blackout is the most exciting of the three, though. Instead of bringing some crazy twist to battle royale, Treyarch smartly uses the format...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 gives new life to an aging formula, and its three core modes combine to create one of the most complete FPS packages the series has every known.
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The best Call Of Duty of the generation and while some will bemoan the lack of a story campaign, it’s hard to argue with the quality and quantity of content on offer.
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The lack of campaign is sorely missed in this bold new direction for Call of Duty, but the multiplayer shines like never before.
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Black Ops 4 pulls together three distinct parts to create an incredible and dense whole. The action is tight, the changes are smart and well-executed, and Blackout may be the most exciting thing out this year. This is the best Call of Duty has been in years.
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Fun but familiar, Blops 4 nails established trends but carves out none for itself.
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And that's part of the reason why Black Ops 4 is a truly great game, and arguably the best Call of Duty since Black Ops 2. It simply has more options than many other first-person shooters on the market, and even though it's lacking a campaign, it doesn't feel content deficient at all. Between the multiplayer, Blackout battle royale mode, and Zombies, players will more than get their money's worth with this game, and Treyarch's ambitious plans for post-launch support should ensure that it remains a go-to title for FPS fans for some time to come.
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In years past, the heaving package that is Activision’s blockbuster yearly title has always felt like it had something for everyone, and while the time to kill (how many bullets you’re able to soak up before saying bye bye) for the multiplayer was seemingly getting smaller, making all but the elite struggle, Black Ops 4 has seen big changes, meaning that despite the controversial lack of single player, it’s somehow still got something for everyone.
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Call of Duty is one of the most straightforward franchises in gaming. It gets a new release every year, you’ll pay your money for it, and you’ll know exactly what you’re getting. This year, however, Activision and Treyarch are shaking things up a little bit with Black Ops 4. It’s almost as though they’ve realized that virtually no one cares about the series’ single-player story campaigns anymore, and they’ve gone all-out with their multiplayer focus.
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Blackout is the highlight mode in this year's iteration and zombies mode is fun, but the awful single player content drags down the overall experience.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is fantastic, plain and simple. The concerns over the game not being worth it due to a lack of a single-player campaign seem overblown, when compared to how much effort was put into improving the online modes. This easily feels like one of the most content-filled Call of Duty entries and I can absolutely recommend picking this up, even if you're a since-jaded fan of the first-person shooter series.
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In pruning the campaign from its suite of modes, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has discovered a renewed focus on the nuts and bolts of what most players demand from Activision's undying shooter series. Blackout is a superb addition, in which Treyarch improves upon the battle royale formula, ensuring the gamble in losing single-player ultimately pays off.
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This review is based on extensive hands-on time with the PC version from a review event on site at Treyarch. Further review coverage is based on a PlayStation 4 digital code provided by the publisher. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is available now on the Blizzard App, PlayStation Store, and Xbox Live Marketplace for $59.99. The game is rated M.
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In Blackout, Treyarch has proved the series can still be agile and forward-thinking, while smart changes to Zombies and multiplayer show there's still plenty of life in these old bones.
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Every year, the unceasing refrain that Call of Duty is the same gets repeated like a dogmatic mantra. With Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch takes a big risk in removing a franchise staple – the single-player campaign – and embraces nothing but online multiplayer. The gamble pays off, as the title features more modes, settings, and ways to engage than any game in the series I can recall. The blazing new Blackout mode steals the zeitgeist of the battle royale’s thunder, packaging it in a polished, powerful entry to the burgeoning genre. If you’re willing to eschew single-player...
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Black Ops 3 features an unflinchingly violent campaign with bizarre narrative elements, but it's the great balanced multiplayer that marks this as a solid entry worthy of your time.
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When playing through Black Ops 3, I wondered if there were too many modes in the game. Because it’s stuffed with things to do, it feels like certain parts, mainly the campaign, suffered. Don’t get me wrong, the multiplayer and zombies are still the highlight of this package and they definitely deliver but this is an interesting case of a game having too much content. If you’re only interested in the multiplayer I suppose this isn’t a problem for you, but this issue becomes apparent if you have any interest in multiple game modes. A perfect example of this can...
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