Other times, including in some lobby menus, there is graphical pop-ins (a sure sign you’re on a regular hard drive and not PS5’s blazing fast solid state drive). Related Content – Sony PS5 Complete Guide – A Total Resource On PlayStation 5 These performance hiccups are downright awful to experience while caught in a firefight online against other player or trying to survive the hoards of Nazi zombies. From my time playing various modes, I noticed significantly more frame rate dips and even the occasional screen tearing. Hand in hand with graphics, the performance on PS4 also sees a dip, and it’s arguably a bigger detriment to the Cold War experience on Sony’s previous console. Though Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is undeniably visually softer on PS4, it still retains much of the series iconic spectacle and bombast. Everything is still perfectly legible, but sharpness and viewing distance is lost (if you’re near-sighted like me). A perfect analogy would be putting on your previous old pair of glasses. Immediately upon entering the game on my PS4 Pro, I noticed everything looked a smidge blurrier and fuzzier around the edges. It comes as no surprise that Cold War PS4’s most apparent difference from its upgraded sibling is in the visuals department. So how is the last-generation take on the latest CoD? How is the gap between the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game and is it as bad as 2013’s Ghosts? Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PS4 Review Black Ops Cold War On PS4 Sees Noticeable Visual and Performance Decline However, like Call of Duty: Ghosts at the start of last generation with the PlayStation 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was tasked with releasing on both last and next-gen platforms. That would be all fine and easy if the game had only been released on consoles for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War arrives at the start of a brand new console generation. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PS4 Review.

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