This review contains spoilers
In this installment COD makes you play as one of it's most bloodthirsty, emotionless, unforgiving protagonists in the entire series: a CIA operator.
In all seriousness, while the Bell twist is rather well done, it still feels a little too similar to the "what are the numbers mason???" twist from the first Black Ops. I can see what they were trying to do here, but I don't think it worked entirely. I actually enjoyed the dialogue options and multiple endings, actually made you feel like more of a person in the world instead of a passive observer, and it's pretty amazing for Treyarch to add an actual new mechanic into these games literally 20 years down the line. The Zombies storyline as well feels like it's trying to emulate the past Black Ops games without really getting why they were so popular to begin with. The design of the maps has improved, but the setting and environment isn't differentiated from the campaign enough, it doesn't really FEEL like the Nazi Zombies we know.
This game had a lot riding on it coming after MW19 and while it is a genuinely good game, there's too much holding it back to reach the heights this series has in the past.
In all seriousness, while the Bell twist is rather well done, it still feels a little too similar to the "what are the numbers mason???" twist from the first Black Ops. I can see what they were trying to do here, but I don't think it worked entirely. I actually enjoyed the dialogue options and multiple endings, actually made you feel like more of a person in the world instead of a passive observer, and it's pretty amazing for Treyarch to add an actual new mechanic into these games literally 20 years down the line. The Zombies storyline as well feels like it's trying to emulate the past Black Ops games without really getting why they were so popular to begin with. The design of the maps has improved, but the setting and environment isn't differentiated from the campaign enough, it doesn't really FEEL like the Nazi Zombies we know.
This game had a lot riding on it coming after MW19 and while it is a genuinely good game, there's too much holding it back to reach the heights this series has in the past.