I wholeheartedly expected it so it didn’t hit quite as hard as the original Black Ops.Īll in all, it’s a serviceable and more grounded return to the Black Ops formula that hits a lot of great heights, all the while forming a compelling connective tissue between it and the Modern Warfare games with a crossover that’ll catch many off-guard.Īlthough you’ll certainly serve time as Mason during the game’s campaign, the majority of it will be spent playing as a character codenamed ‘Bell’. Being a Black Ops title, the final act sees the screw turn with a somewhat derivative, mindfuck plot twist that only the sci-fi subsect of Call of Duty can get away with. Armed with one of America’s once-secret, eleventh-hour nukes, his threats to frame the United States for a Cold War catastrophe acts as a brilliant catalyst for a standard, punchy six to eight hour Call of Duty single-player campaign. The plot starts explosively, kicking an intercontinental manhunt into effect as your team hunts down the game’s big bad, a Soviet spy named Perseus. Of course, the 80s context sees the introduction of new faces, from the scar-faced, Robert Redford-like Adler, who serves as the Hannibal of your covert A-Team, to real-world historical figures who don’t always enjoy a flattering spotlight in this political powder keg of a plot. They’re similarly nuanced and share the same ticks except, just as Barry Sloane took over the mantle of Captain Price, none of the big players returned to voice their roles. Although we’re not entirely through sampling the game’s multiplayer suite -Toby’s thoughts on the multiplayer will follow in the coming days-we have paid a visit to big hair 80s, where greed and conflict drove the decade into some particularly dark places.Īlthough Cold War sees the return of popular characters like Mason, Woods, and Hudson, it ultimately feels like an alternate-universe version of them. Along with being a mouthful of a title, the game’s campaign sees the return of familiar faces as they’re injected into a new context. Just as last year’s Modern Warfare served as a soft reboot for Captain John Price’s exploits through current day counter-terrorism, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War fulfils a similar purpose.
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