Call of Duty Black Ops - Cold War Review (PS4)

By having yearly iterations every video game series risks not just to go stale, but also to oversaturate its audience. It’s a lesson learned by Ubisoft, but Activision seems stubborn to keep Call of Duty coming back year after year. Despite some vocal criticisms, things will not change, as long as from a financial perspective this business model proves to be a success again and again. Still, more than ever this year’s Black Ops seems a step back compared to last year’s Modern Warfare, despite the few highlight moments.

A big part of the hype created around Call of Duty remains multiplayer, the best evidence being the single-player campaign, which during the years got shorter and shorter, limiting more and more the player freedom to deliver an almost cinematic experience. On the other hand, the adrenaline-packed, very fast multiplayer can conquer the attention span of the audience until the next iteration is announced and the hype train leaves the station. This recip...