Well, I have very mixed feelings about this review.

Nostalgia:
I played the game on my Xbox 360 back in the day, so going back to this game took me back to the good old days.
But the game is now 14 years old, and since the price hasn't changed, I'm not giving this game an ‘It's a classic’ rating.

The story:
It really is the one and only.
I think it was the beginning of a great story that got killed in seconds with bo2.
Every level feels right, it's brutal, it's cool, it's a badass fighting army with a really good story behind it.


Gameplay:
The gameplay feels very dynamic and depending on what difficulty you play, you will absolutely get destroyed or fly through it.
This game also has some of the best COD single player levels out there, with Guns you don't see in other FPS games. (HKG11, spectre etc)

Functionality:
Well there are bugs that date back to 2014 and Activiton didn't give a damn.
-You have a Flashlight in any level? Then be prepared that every character is pitch black with no texture.
- Bringing this Game to start normaly is a pain in the arse, and tbh I don't know how I fixed my problems.
It wasn't because of Direct X, it wasn't because of compatibility mode for Win7 and it wasn't because of the game files. My computer has way more than the recommended specs and the OS doesn't matter for this problem either (Win11 and Win10 have the same issues)
- Then there are bugs with damage, enemie spawns etc etc the list for this game goes on and on and these were there 10 years ago on Win7 machines so no its and old game excuse.

Multiplayer:
Everyone knows this game has serious security issues, so I would recommend only playing in private lobbies or on servers you trust.
But even if you avoid the gaping security issues, you can't hide the fact that this game is dead.
So the multiplayer should not be a reason to buy this game.


Price:
Everyone knows that the older a game is, the more you lower its price.
Well, the Call of Duty guys certainly don't know that rule.
And no, this game is not worth 40 or 20 dollars. It's worth 10 at most, not because it's bad, no, because it's old and can't keep up with newer games. For ♥♥♥♥ sake RDR2 is only $20 and that game won over 175 Game of the Year Awards.

But it's not just the main game that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ expensive, the DLCs also cost 14 dollars each.
And what do you get for that?
4 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ online maps that nobody plays anymore and a zombie map.
But why is that important?
Just don't buy them, right?
Well, if you want to play the game 100% through, you have to grind through zombie mode to get anything done.
At full price, you pay $96 for this game and all the DLCs.
A 14 year old game that relies on its player base for its main content.
Crazy, Activision is unique in its way.

Let's come to the end:
Was this game a hit back then? Yes
Did nostalgia hit hard? Yes
Is the game worth the price? No

The price and how poorly the game runs are the only reasons for this poor rating, it kinda breaks my heart.
If they fixed the issues from back then and made the extra content available for free it would be a 10/10 rating, but like this? No

Charging as much as they do for this game that is barely functional is disgusting practice and horribly anti-consumer.

Zombies and singleplayer works okay, if you don't mind trial-and-erroring your way through a menagerie of various different bugs. Buuuut multiplayer, even for a simple private match, is pretty much entirely broken.

Endless "downloading game settings", getting kicked back to the menu and told to pay for maps that are part of the base game, connecting to servers being endless and never actually going through, it's a complete travesty.

If you're going to have the audacity to charge 30GBP outside of a sale for this game, at least make it work semi-competently.

It's very blatant that the lack of function for the old COD games is to drive people to play their new slopgames and it really sucks because this franchise died in the early 2010s from my point of view and a large part of me yearns for that in an age where modern FPS games have been overrun with hero shooters and BR games. Shame.

My all time favorite COD. So much nostalgia I come back for the zombies