I was playing Gunfight with my kids the other day in split-screen and we realized that there’s a pretty atrocious bug. Adding to that post, something I hadn’t realized at the time, is that split-screen is actually much worse than I at first realized.I wrote a whole thing about this which you can read here. It’s honestly become somewhat insulting at this point to all Call Of Duty gamers who enjoy playing couch co-op or modes like the excellent 2v2 Gunfight locally. Split-screen is a major issue in Black Ops games in general, and is absolute garbage once again in Cold War.I wish I could make a playlist out of both games’ best maps, but Activision has divided its live-service Call Of Duty franchise into separate entries each year instead of just one game, ever-evolving, with new campaigns and multiplayer options a la Destiny 2. Map design is hit and miss across both games.I also like that we have map voting again. I really like Cold War’s soundtrack, which includes some fun synth tracks.That’s neither here nor there as far as I’m concerned. You can’t open or burst through doors in Cold War either. Cold War doesn’t have gun mounting, which may lead to less camping. The latter is more colorful, which is nice, but its aging engine shows. Graphically, Modern Warfare’s multiplayer is leaps and bounds better than Cold War.Cold War, even after some improvements, still feels floaty and its guns sound tinny by comparison. In a game largely about running around and shooting other players, this is paramount. The sound effects of guns being fired, the oomph you feel when they’re fired, all contribute to a more satisfying gunplay experience. But I do prefer Modern Warfare overall for a variety of reasons. There will be those who prefer Cold War over Modern Warfare and vice versa, and far be it from me to say one is objectively better than the other. They are simply nothing alike, for better or worse. Where the two games- Modern Warfare and Cold War-wildly diverge is in multiplayer. It even includes at least one crossover character from the Modern Warfare universe, as these two franchises grow ever closer. Is the campaign as good as Modern Warfare 2019’s? I think so, actually. I enjoy getting through a campaign in just a few sittings. Par for the course when it comes to this franchise, which is fine by me. Maybe 7 or 8 hours depending on your skill level, how much time you spend searching for evidence and exploring and the difficulty setting you select. Hopefully we see much more of this in future Call Of Duty games. These aren’t simply puzzles like you might find in an Uncharted game, either. Suffice to say, I absolutely loved solving these and their addition to the campaign makes it that much better. To get a sense of these puzzles, check out my guides here and here. These puzzles are actually quite good, and can’t simply be looked up online to solve. The campaign isn’t long, but you’ll likely have to play some missions more than once to gather evidence which is used in a pair of puzzles that are required to complete in order to complete the side missions the correct way. Familiar faces like Frank Woods and Alex Mason return to the fold, and you’ll play some missions as Mason though these are side-missions. The campaign’s story focuses largely on your boss, Russell Adler, and his pursuit of Soviet spy Perseus. The final act is Black Ops at its weirdest and most inventive. And it turns out you’re quite the enigma. You play as a couple different characters depending on the mission, but primarily you’re a character whose gender, backstory and so forth you create yourself. It’s a solid, exciting campaign with some interesting twists and turns, a trippy ending(s) and some cool puzzles to solve. I really enjoyed the Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War campaign. Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Credit: Treyarch
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