This review contains spoilers
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War's story is a fun premise, with very little quality execution.
Mason is a watered down, boring, unrecognizable version of his BO1 self. Bell is quite literally a shell character. the dialogue trees and "choices" add nothing interesting to the story. and the ending is half assed and not that satisfying; ending with the bad guy getting away, and dying off screen of cancer.
the best part of the story by far, is part of the last mission, where you have to dive into the mind of Bell, and see their brain fall apart under false memories and stress. but again, this falls short under the lack of character that Bell has.
Cold War's gameplay is enough to hold you over, but nothing too spectacular. the choke points can be really fun and engaging to push through, and the gameplay within Bell's mind is very engaging.
but there is little to nothing amazing about it. it lacks the non stop stress BO1 has, the expectations of a hero that MWIII has, and the slow resource management that MWII has.
story gets a 2/5 - while it has it's moments, this story in total is very forgettable. i'd say it's worth it for the level within Bell's mind, but it's a very small part of it.
gameplay gets a 4/5 - pretty fun, but little to nothing that got me to go "woah!"
3/5 - this ends up being another case similar to MWII and MWIII where they have really cool experimental parts, but i wish the whole game was that part.
Mason is a watered down, boring, unrecognizable version of his BO1 self. Bell is quite literally a shell character. the dialogue trees and "choices" add nothing interesting to the story. and the ending is half assed and not that satisfying; ending with the bad guy getting away, and dying off screen of cancer.
the best part of the story by far, is part of the last mission, where you have to dive into the mind of Bell, and see their brain fall apart under false memories and stress. but again, this falls short under the lack of character that Bell has.
Cold War's gameplay is enough to hold you over, but nothing too spectacular. the choke points can be really fun and engaging to push through, and the gameplay within Bell's mind is very engaging.
but there is little to nothing amazing about it. it lacks the non stop stress BO1 has, the expectations of a hero that MWIII has, and the slow resource management that MWII has.
story gets a 2/5 - while it has it's moments, this story in total is very forgettable. i'd say it's worth it for the level within Bell's mind, but it's a very small part of it.
gameplay gets a 4/5 - pretty fun, but little to nothing that got me to go "woah!"
3/5 - this ends up being another case similar to MWII and MWIII where they have really cool experimental parts, but i wish the whole game was that part.