
Immediately, the game becomes more intriguing–and a bit confusing.Ĭall of Duty's take on "snog, marry, avoid" adds a sense of depth to the game. You gather evidence with certain approaches you can also choose to capture, free, or kill him. It feels as overblown and ridiculous as the action movies of the decade it’s portraying.īut at the end of the chase, the narrative arc stops being dictated you have the last say in what happens to Javadi. Yet despite being a Black Ops task, this isn’t a methodical, “ Clean House”-style mission Cold War initially sets a B-movie tone for the game as every terrorist in Europe appears on the rooftops of the Dutch capital, and you tear them to shreds. It couldn’t be more 80s if you tried: you kick off your first assignment in a neon-lit, smoke-filled bar filled with women with Joan Jett hairstyles and men in figure-hugging outfits.Īfter picking your weapon of choice from the back of a car, you storm the house of your standard CoD classic baddie: a Middle-Eastern terrorist called Qasim Javadi.

It all kicks off with an establishing shot that’s simple, but effective: New Year, 1981, in Amsterdam.

Unlike its predecessor, Cold War is no soft reset the game’s events take place between Black Ops and Black Ops 2.
