For context, I've gone out of my way to avoid CoD titles the last few years since the last modern MW dropped in 2019/2020. Being old enough to remember the glory days of CoD on the Xbox 360 and PC, modern CoD has drifted away from its intense, modern military aesthetic, and turned into a more graphically detailed Fortnite.

However playing Cold War, (after copping it on sale for $20) this game brings back that old-school MW feel and def feel both nostalgic and fun to play. Zombies is back, and better than ever with more modes and co-op content. Multiplayer feels fluid and snappy on PC, with either keyboard and mouse or controller inputs.

The campaign is enjoyable as well, taking place during the era of the Cold War (hence the title) and spans from the late-stages of the Vietnam war, to the neon lit 1980's. Campaign missions also offer fluid game-play, from stealth mechanics to all out assault on enemy NPC's.

Optimization on PC is smooth. I'm running a past-it's-prime GTX 1070 coupled with a Ryzen 5600x and it runs great at 1440p, with most settings on high and textures on ultra.

My only critique is the price tag is too steep for this being a 5-year old CoD "side" entry, in spite of my feelings about it playing better than a mainline title. I feel like a 39.99 price is better. I picked this up on sale, and if it currently is while you're reading this, I think it's worth the buy. Godspeed and have fun!

Can't join my friends lobby due odd error Activision at the finest

I decided not to refund because I want to play the campaign. I got it on discount.

Do not buy this game. It has a glitch where if you set texture size above medium, the textures unload, you get a massive 2 second freeze, then get potato textures that slowly load in again. And this bug does not happen infrequently either. It happens all the time. Every 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The game in its current state is unplayable. Also, the performance is completely inconsistent too. One minute you have 200+ fps, then suddenly it dips to 48. Completely unplayable. The full price Activision is asking for this game is a complete scam.

No FSR/DLSS support at all. It's like abandonware.