- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Nov 5, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 680 Ratings
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Positive: 167 out of 680
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Mixed: 51 out of 680
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Negative: 462 out of 680
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Nov 6, 2021And 2021's best shooter is finally here! Good job Sledgehammer Games! Better than last two cod's.
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Nov 6, 2021Way better than last year's cod and obviously better shooter than battlefail2042. Would recommend to old and new cod fans!
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Nov 6, 2021Everyone already knows that battlefield 2042 will be just empty and soulless game. Cod 2021 actually has solid campaign and way better graphics. Easily one of the best cod games in years.
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Nov 7, 2021Multiplayer is so awesome!!!! I love this game. Thank you for creating such a masterpiece.
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Nov 6, 2021It's not perfect, but it's million times better than whatever battleflop2042 is trying to do, they don't even have campaign and multiplayer feels empty and boring. CoD is actually trying to do things right this time. Gun sounds are great, nice graphics, solid campaign.
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Jan 16, 2022
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Dec 27, 2021
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Jan 2, 2022
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Nov 8, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 8, 2021Good job Sledgehammer Games, seriously. Very fun story (campaign) and amazing multiplayer. Zombies are meh.
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Nov 6, 2021One of the best Call of Duty's in very long time. Just ignore negative reviews, these are just BF fanboys who can't deal with the fact, that all BF has is buggy multiplayer and COD is actually delivering solid single player experience.
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Nov 6, 2021So far it's been fun game, haven't finished campaign yet, but it's cool. Also tried multiplayer, everything seems to work fine. No game breaking bugs yet. Nice.
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Nov 6, 2021I haven't been fan of cod games in years, because they have been simply awful, but this one seems to be actually solid. I'm glad things are finally turning around for cod.
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Nov 8, 2021Haven't had so much fun with cod in years, almost gave up on this series. Easily best shooter of 2021.
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Nov 6, 2021Battlefield is trying to do their regular woke trash, just like they did in Battlefield V.
Vanguard is actually pretty cool, would recommend! -
Nov 6, 2021Most of these haters don't even know what they want. In fact i'm pretty sure, most of them don't even like cod games in general. They would hate even, if it was most perfect cod ever. Is Vanguard most perfect cod ever? Hell no. Is it awful tho? Far from it. Better than last two.
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Nov 8, 2021Best shooter of November 2021 is here, what's with the negativity? Halo comes too of course, but that's for December. There's no other shooters (that would be worth playing).
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Nov 9, 2021Battlefield2042 has 22 guns and people are hyping it up like it would be some next coming of shooters lmao. Vanguard - best shooter of 2021.
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Nov 6, 2021So typical. Woke Battlefield fans trying to hate cod, but this time they have no ammo left. All they got is buggy multiplayer, while cod delivers solid campaign. It's over for bf.
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Nov 6, 2021A very good game, smooth and dynamic. Best COD from mw3 time. NICE shooter for everyone
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Nov 6, 2021Well, so far COD: Vanguard is best shooter of 2021, that much i know, that much i can tell you. Will Halo be good? Who knows. But new COD is solid. Moving the wheels.
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Nov 6, 2021Solid cod game over a long time, finally something different. Trailers made it look like trash, but i can already tell this one is going to be popular.
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Nov 6, 2021Only people who complain about this game, seem to be either salty bf fans or people with same argument "there's new cod every year". I mean, so what? If it's fun and well made, then what's the issue? This one is very solid, both single player and multiplayer. BF doesn't even have single player and multiplayer seems to be absolute fail.
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Nov 8, 2021One of the best CoD games in years, i can already tell this game is going to be legendary. Hell yea.
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Nov 8, 2021Surprisingly fun cod, gonna play this for months to come. Why the hate? They finally do something right and people still complain, pathetic.
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Nov 7, 2021So good game, with good graphic, animations, but zombie mod is weak, but we need to wait, the game is good. Campaign is so funny, multiplayer too. Recommend to Sledgehammer fans (I like their games :D)
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Nov 6, 2021
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Nov 6, 2021I mean, sure, zombie mode is meh, but if you are actually OG player, you would know that COD was never meant to be zombie game. Zombies are just fun bonus mode. If you want to play actual zombie games, play Days Gone or Resident Evil 2 Remake. Anyway, other than that, game is solid.
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Nov 9, 2021Pretty sure it wins some game of the year awards for cutscenes, maybe even music. Very well done campaign. Fun multiplayer, zombies are trash tho.
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Nov 6, 2021Pretty good COD this time. I didn't like cold war at all, but this one is pretty nice. Would recommend.
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Nov 9, 2021Haven't seen so well done cutscenes in a long time, specially in call of duty, what the hell. Good work.
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Nov 9, 2021One of the best graphics of 2021, idk what battlefield is doing, because they should learn from Vanguard. This is complete product. 16 very good maps, over 30 guns, single player (battlefield doesn't even have that, what a joke), fun multiplayer, very, very, very few bugs.
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Nov 7, 2021
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Nov 9, 2021What a great cod! Amazing, well done single player and even better multiplayer, highly recommending.
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Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 6, 2021Easily one of the best Cod's of all time. Some woke battlefield fans trying to hate it, but real cod fans wont care about that. Good game.
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Nov 7, 2021Absolutely amazing Call of Duty finally! I don't even care, if they make more these. I absolutely don't care about MW2, because that future stuff is just pointless. World War II theme is most interesting without any question. Anything futuristic is just waste of time.
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Nov 9, 2021Just ignore the haters, none of them even bought it, they just saw two clips on youtube and noticed that it has women and to them that means woke. Just ignore these losers and enjoy this amazing game, because good CoD games are rare enough already, this is the good one.
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Nov 6, 2021Очень увлекательный многопользовательский и сюжетный режим. Хорошая графика, работает плавно.
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Nov 7, 2021One of the better COD games in a long time. Basically no bugs, runs well, good graphics, solid story, fun multiplayer, what else do you want? Obviously Battleflop2042 fanboys are extremely salty because Vanguard is popular, but that's just how it is now. They just have to deal with the fact that COD is overall better game. People are absolutely enjoying COD as of right now on youtube.
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Nov 8, 2021Better than Cold War? Yes, in pretty much every way possible. This is something else, would recommend!
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Nov 7, 2021Finally solid and well made cod game. This game has so much content compared to cold war. More of this please and less of whatever cold war was supposed to be. Good job, whoever worked on this!
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Nov 8, 2021
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Nov 8, 2021
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Nov 9, 2021Good game, I don't understand why you can criticize it, excellent attention to detail
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Nov 7, 2021I wanted to hate this game! I expected to!
I was so dirty when I couldn't cancel my pre-order as I was disappointed with the beta.. Yet against my better judgement, here I am giving this a 9.
Perhaps Zombies needs a bit more work but everything else has far more polish that I anticipated.. -
Nov 6, 2021Is it awful? nope, is it absolutely amazing? nope. It's somewhere in between, but rather good, than bad. It has way more positive things, like smooth fun multiplayer, solid single player, solid graphics, sound is good.
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Nov 6, 2021What a nice and fun game. I'm almost speechless. I would have never expected this from Call of Duty. I haven't liked any of them since 2013 or so, but i was bored, so i bought Vanguard and i'm honestly surprised. Gunplay feels great, multiplayer is fast and chaotic (in a good way), nice graphics and sound. Played first couple missions of single player as well, seems fun.
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Nov 6, 2021Holy crap this is one of the best experience in a call of duty game in a while. To all those looking at this you won’t regret getting this game since it’s amazing. Campaign and multiplayer are fantastic!!!!
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Nov 6, 2021Well made Call of Duty over many, many years. Zombies are disappointing, maybe they can make them better with some updates, but everything else is amazing.
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Nov 6, 2021Beautiful graphics and extremely well made cutscenes in single player, very fun. Multiplayer is okay, but you wont get anything better anyway in 2021, because Battlefield will be absolute fail. There's a chance that Halo will be good, but that's for next month.
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Nov 7, 2021Fun and chaotic multiplayer, short, but still solid campaign, actually good graphics, zombies are bad, but they can update it. Overall i'm glad i bought it, great game and possibly best shooter of 2021, unless Halo does something.
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Nov 8, 2021Solid single player/amazing multiplayer. CoD Vanguard is possible GOTY 2021, not even joking. So much more content than BF2024, better graphics than BF2024.
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Nov 9, 2021This is most hilarious CoD launch of all time lmao. There's CoD hating Youtubers getting nervous breakdowns because people apparently like Vanguard and are having fun. This is just amazing.
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Nov 7, 2021Easily best shooter of 2021, but there's hardly any competition anyway. Maybe Halo will be nice, who knows. Battlefield will be just another Cyberpunk, it's very obvious from gameplay already and it was confirmed it has only 20 guns, what a joke. Anyway, Vanguard is great.
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Nov 7, 2021If you've never liked COD, this game isn't going to change your mind, but if you have been a fan of the series since 2007 such as myself, its the culmination of everything they've done so far. Yeah, its not based in realism, but if I wanted realism I would join the Marine Corps.
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Nov 6, 2021Big thank you to Sledgehammer Games for making so fun and enjoyable campaign. I wasn't sold by trailers, but i watched some youtube videos of other people playing it and having fun, that was enough for me to buy it.
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Nov 6, 2021I have a feeling lots of people will miss out on this game, but it's their loss i guess. Good stuff. But who knows maybe it will gain more popularity when people actually care to try this game.
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Nov 7, 2021Battlefield fanboys can whine as much as they want, but that doesn't change anything. This is a good game. Deal with it lol.
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Nov 6, 2021Fun, fast-paced game that doesn't disappoint, well zombies do, but i never cared for them tbh.
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Nov 7, 2021Let's be real here, November 2021 best shooter is here! Everyone already knows Battlebug2042 will be just another flop, it's basically a meme at this point.
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Nov 9, 2021Story is about 6 hours long, very good graphics, basically no bugs, very fun. If you are hating it, you are just delusional and wanna hate just to get attention.
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Nov 8, 2021What else can i say? Finally solid cod game. About time! Multiplayer is fast and chaotic, that's the way i like it, story is nice too.
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Nov 9, 2021Campaign is short (as always), but extremely fun, multiplayer has some issues (hackers), but that's just the way it is sometimes, hopefully it gets fixed, but other than that i have nothing bad to say.
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Nov 6, 2021Lmao tasteless and brainless BF fanboys trying to hate and complain as usual, while BF2042 will be absolute flop and isn't even comparable to Vanguard. Vanguard is not perfect, but BF2042 looks like absolute joke compared to it. BF2042 doesn't even have single-player, all it has is just empty and lifeless multiplayer that gets old extremely fast. End of discussion.
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Nov 6, 2021
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Nov 7, 2021This game has no actual agendas. The main problem is that these losers who "review" here call everything "woke" that has women in it. Pathetic, but nobody really cares about these haters anyway. People are having fun with the game, many saying it's one of the best Call of Duty games in years and i agree 100%.
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Nov 7, 2021I mean, nobody cares about these losers who give this amazing game 0/10 or 1/10. They very clearly don't even have this game. So my advice would be, just ignore them. But overall it's surprisingly fun COD.
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Nov 9, 2021Well, just to give quick reality check, from now on, women will be included in every war themed video game ever. This is the future of video games. So either deal with it or find a new hobby. This is one of the best CoD's of all time btw.
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Nov 6, 2021One of the best cod's in years, i'm not even joking. Single Player has lots of fun missions, multiplayer is very fun, would recommend.
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Nov 6, 2021Not perfect, yet very fun and enjoyable cod experience. Would for sure recommend.
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Nov 6, 2021Way better than expected, i'm not sure if they need to get new marketing team or something, but this game is actually good.
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Nov 8, 2021Seems like some people wanna act like Women didn't exist in 1940s, oh well. Anyway, great game, would highly recommend!
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Nov 7, 2021
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Nov 6, 2021Seems like for some losers it's enough to call any video game woke, just cause one of the (multiple) playable characters is female. That's how far our society has fallen in 2021. Jesus christ. Great game by the way, most people seem to enjoy it.
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Nov 8, 2021
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Nov 7, 2021
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Nov 8, 2021Okay, by any means, it's not perfect Call of Duty! That out of the way, it's actually very decent, surprisingly decent even. I feel like marketing team didn't do very good job, because this is way better than all the promo.
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Nov 7, 2021Absolutely fun and entertaining cod game, both multiplayer and single player. Zombies is....ehh. But overall nice.
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Nov 6, 2021Good single player - Check!
Fun Chaotic Multiplayer - Check!
Zombies (not best, but still) - Check!
Good Graphics - Check!
Runs well? - Check!
Feels like 2021 game? - Check!
Battlefield fanboys trying to hate good cod game? - Check! -
Nov 9, 2021Really solid CoD, possibly my third favorite after Modern Warfare (2007) and Modern Warfare 2 (2009). Good 4-6 hour story (depends if you take your time or just rush), fun multiplayer that has some spawning issues that need to be fixed.
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Nov 6, 2021It's hilarious to look at some cod fanboys right now, they don't know how to react even. They are like "is it even okay to like cod even if it's good?". They clearly know that it's good, but i guess it takes time. I'm having fun with the game rn. Anyone who wants to miss out, good for you.
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Nov 6, 2021Just ignore the haters, they write same bs every year, even if it's not justified. This one is actually good shooter, idk what else to say.
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Nov 9, 2021Just ignore the haters, these guy have zero idea what they are talking about. Half of them are hating just to hate. I can literally feel BF fanboys salt right now, because they know that BF2042 is buggy and lacks content and they just can't stand the fact that Vanguard turned out to be that good.
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Nov 6, 2021It's not revolutionary, but what is anyway these days? At least it's not another cyberbug2077, but instead here's actually playable fun game. There ya go.
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Nov 15, 2021Vanguard will be the best COD of all time..................................
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Nov 7, 2021Call of Duty Vanguard is better than MW and CW
-Fun Multiplayer
-Good gunplay
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Nov 7, 2021I have played MW, ColdWar and now Vanguard. Personally, I wasn't a big fan of Coldwar because the mutiplayer was unplayable for me. SBMM was too strong. I've been playing for 15 hours now and the game is good. The engine is smooth, the graphics are good, and the overall gameplay is good. The opposing team is mixed with good but also bad players, feels like mw2.
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Nov 6, 2021Beautiful graphics, game runs smooth, fun story missions, what else could i ask honestly.
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Nov 22, 2021
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Nov 21, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021Awesome game! Spectacular campaign as expected. Good job Sledgehammer Games!
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Dec 12, 2021
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Feb 16, 2022Great game! much fun! playing it every day! it has its bits and pieces, but overall it's great.
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Nov 29, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021I'm gonna give it an 8 because I love the multiplayer. It's surprisingly lots of fun...but having to level guns all the way to 70 is a bit ridiculous and unnecessary. 50 to 55 is a good max. We dont need 20 different scopes Activision! The zombies mode for right now is absolutely terrible and painfully boring. Hopefully it improves drastically by season 1
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Nov 9, 2021Can't believe i'm even saying this about Call of Duty, but this game i seriously fun. It's nothing extremely new or groundbreaking, but it still managed to be way better than my expectations. Marketing was absolute trash for this game, so i wasn't even waiting for it, but i wanted to pass time until GTA Trilogy comes out, so i bought it and it's good.
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Nov 11, 2021Excellent game! Strong campaign. Far from historic, but fun nonetheless. Great immersion, amazing visuals, good gameplay dynamics. I am especially astonished at the quality of the cutscenes. So much effort went to create them. They look next level.
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Nov 13, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021Great game-- I was waiting for a WW2 style game on IW's engine! Sledgehammer has been known to take feedback seriously and apply it.
Awards & Rankings
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Game World Navigator MagazineDec 15, 2021It’s hard to name a single thing about this game that’s worth your time. [Issue#257, p.54]
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Dec 2, 2021Call of Duty: Vanguard maintains the usual high level of production of the Call of Duty series, with an excellent cinematic narrative that allows players to have an audio-visual experience of being in the battlefield. The online content is also excellent, the new zombie mode has many good parts, but the thin content makes it difficult to retain players for a long time. Overall, it is still a popular FPS worth trying.
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Nov 28, 2021With Vanguard, Call of Duty returns to the roots of the series: World War II. The solo campaign is entertaining but short, and the multiplayer is exactly as expected: full of action and adrenalin. However, the few novelties are not spectacular enough to lift it above mediocrity.