Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Teaser - Know Your History!

Finally, it’s that time of year when the Call of Duty community eagerly rubs its hands after wearing out their excitement of the current title, setting their gaze to the future while the rest of the gaming community also checks it out. That’s right, as you’ve probably seen in the reveal streams of content creators decoding the cypher, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is on its way and a teaser trailer is live right now!

So there's a tonne to dig into here. 

First off, that name is quite a mouthful - I wish they had shortened it to just "Call of Duty: Cold War" but I guess the addition of 'Black Ops' should add some legitimate reference to past titles. Anyways, back to business - we're winding back the clock as Treyarch is taking us back to the most climactic and turbulent state of the Western world post-World Wars. It's definitely a unique angle on the controversial and hushed up part of history, as both sides of Russia and USA aren't too frivolous with the details. 

The story looks to hijack the life of KBG defector Yuri Bezmenov, an actual person, who spread the news of the Soviet Union's deception in arguably, its last stand before falling. As he narrates this trailer, it's undisputedly epic and looks like a seriously good history lesson. 

A New Look at Russia vs USA?

Personally, as a Call of Duty enthusiast, I've played almost all the campaigns in the series. It's safe to say that Call of Duty is probably as American as, let's say, Transformers. Harping on that, many of the campaigns have relied on an anti-Russian/anti-Soviet Union storyline where American soldiers take down a Russian terrorist of some form, as continued in Modern Warfare. 

Accordingly, Modern Warfare, the most recent title, has been banned in Russia due to accusations of 're-writing history'. The same had happened to Modern Warfare 2 - remember 'No Russian'? 

As a fan, I'm hoping for a more balanced storyline where we get to view the Russian side of things more to offer a balanced narrative and avoid the same typical story. Reminds me of why I hardly liked that boxing film of "Creed II", where the Russian boxer offered so much more character than the American, but the film stuck to portraying the American as the only one with a soul. 

If Treyarch can strike a balance here, this could be a fantastic game for the campaign. Otherwise, gameplay for potentially other components of the game will be releasing August 26th!

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