call of duty black ops cold war split screen

I’d hoped for much more of the Tinker, Tailor… deal, which promises to reinvent the franchise entirely, but – at the very least – what we do get is enthralling.Īs with previous Black Ops titles, player choice, evidence gathering, and side-missions form an important distraction. A nerve-jangling creep through East Germany and a Hitman-style mission within the KGB offer new takes on the typical CoD experience, even if these cool moments are rudely interrupted by the bombastic set-pieces that are the franchise’s trademark. The highlight is a handful of spy missions, featuring all the stealth, secret meetings, code-words, and betrayals expected of the genre. Goyer of The Dark Knight trilogy, Cold War‘s tale of mystery AND mayhem is highly engaging, if utterly fanciful. Reagan here is a mere NPC, and is about as reverential as the Spitting Image puppet in Genesis’ Land of Confusion video. Black Ops Cold War – for all of its real-life news footage and chin-stroking pontification – might as well be set in fucking Narnia, such is its loose grip on history. But ultimately, Reagan’s (fleeting) appearance is no more damaging to us than any knuckle-headed movie about political furor.

With world leaders such as Reagan, Thatcher, and Brezhnev in power, it was easy for the people – particularly minorities and the working class – to feel that life was dangling by a thread, utter destruction at the hands of both the right-wing media and aggressive, warring world leaders.Īs such, it is understandable that some audiences might find distaste at Reagan’s inclusion in Cold War, as his party of war criminals gets its hands dirty in the name of freedom. Those of an age will remember the utter terror of the 1980’s Cold War era, where daily obliteration felt a mere button push away.

Presented for your consideration: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which raised eyebrows with its much-hyped inclusion of the staunchly conservative 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.

Call of duty black ops cold war split screen