Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here are my thoughts after playing both PS4 and PC weeks of the Black Ops Cold War beta; a review of the good and bad, opinions, and concerns for Treyarch's upcoming release. We'll touch on some alpha changes, the movement, weapon stats & balance, scorestreaks, the new Fireteam Dirty Bomb mode, and more. Overall, I do prefer the base multiplayer over Modern Warfare thanks to some of the reversions, but that isn't high praise, and there are certainly several frustrating issues. Also, since I play games in a dumb way where the gameplay is secondary to the grind, I still need to hear more about their plans for progression, like permanent mastery challenges and prestige.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Some changes since alpha
1:01 - Sliding / jumping acceleration burst
2:32 - Improvements over MW
3:03 - Actual weapon stats, finally
3:54 - Balance
4:54 - Steps back from MW's detail
5:35 - Player visibility & names
6:12 - Scorestreak system
10:07 - Fireteam: Dirty Bomb
13:01 - Challenges & progression?
13:47 - Zombies
14:39 - SBMM?
16:08 - Flaky connection issues?
16:44 - Wrap-up
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Here are my thoughts after playing both PS4 and PC weeks of the Black Ops Cold War beta; a review of the good and bad, opinions, and concerns for Treyarch's upcoming release. We'll touch on some alpha changes, the movement, weapon stats & balance, scorestreaks, the new Fireteam Dirty Bomb mode, and more. Overall, I do prefer the base multiplayer over Modern Warfare thanks to some of the reversions, but that isn't high praise, and there are certainly several frustrating issues. Also, since I play games in a dumb way where the gameplay is secondary to the grind, I still need to hear more about their plans for progression, like permanent mastery challenges and prestige.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Some changes since alpha
1:01 - Sliding / jumping acceleration burst
2:32 - Improvements over MW
3:03 - Actual weapon stats, finally
3:54 - Balance
4:54 - Steps back from MW's detail
5:35 - Player visibility & names
6:12 - Scorestreak system
10:07 - Fireteam: Dirty Bomb
13:01 - Challenges & progression?
13:47 - Zombies
14:39 - SBMM?
16:08 - Flaky connection issues?
16:44 - Wrap-up
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S0ur Twitter: twitter.com/S0urPatchAdults
S0ur Discord Server: discord.gg/URWFF58
Website: s0urpatchadults.com
