Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here's my review after playing the Black Ops Cold War open alpha; a collection of good and bad thoughts, opinions, and concerns for Treyarch's upcoming release. We'll touch on the graphics, movement, scorestreaks, minor complaints, and will of course revisit the topic of SBMM. Overall, not very impressive to me, but it does remedy some of MW's most glaring problems. What I really need to get a full picture of the game is to experience the PC beta and hear more about their plans for progression, like permanent mastery challenges and prestige.
More about CW SBMM in the previous video: youtube.com/watch?v=fm4fJd5oAgw
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - It's an alpha bro!
0:59 - What I played
1:26 - Visual bugs, bad graphics, textures, motion blur
4:31 - Clunky movement?
5:12 - New scorestreak system
7:53 - Other minor stuff: health bars
8:14 - Grenade throw time
8:40 - Names through walls / short names
9:03 - UAV & streak noise
9:29 - Short thoughts about weapon / wildcard balance
10:58 - Low HP streaks
11:48 - SBMM
12:56 - Pro players feeling it?
15:53 - Supporting the complaints despite not feeling it
17:21 - Still need to see progression, levelling / prestige, challenges
18:16 - Wrap-up
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Here's my review after playing the Black Ops Cold War open alpha; a collection of good and bad thoughts, opinions, and concerns for Treyarch's upcoming release. We'll touch on the graphics, movement, scorestreaks, minor complaints, and will of course revisit the topic of SBMM. Overall, not very impressive to me, but it does remedy some of MW's most glaring problems. What I really need to get a full picture of the game is to experience the PC beta and hear more about their plans for progression, like permanent mastery challenges and prestige.
More about CW SBMM in the previous video: youtube.com/watch?v=fm4fJd5oAgw
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - It's an alpha bro!
0:59 - What I played
1:26 - Visual bugs, bad graphics, textures, motion blur
4:31 - Clunky movement?
5:12 - New scorestreak system
7:53 - Other minor stuff: health bars
8:14 - Grenade throw time
8:40 - Names through walls / short names
9:03 - UAV & streak noise
9:29 - Short thoughts about weapon / wildcard balance
10:58 - Low HP streaks
11:48 - SBMM
12:56 - Pro players feeling it?
15:53 - Supporting the complaints despite not feeling it
17:21 - Still need to see progression, levelling / prestige, challenges
18:16 - Wrap-up
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S0ur Twitter: twitter.com/S0urPatchAdults
S0ur Discord Server: discord.gg/URWFF58
Website: s0urpatchadults.com
