Then I got caught with a variation of the 'Queued for Download error' that has been the bane of many new PS5 owners. When it came time to download Cold War, the first thing the game did was try desperately to direct me to the PS4 version, downloading that in its entirety and leaving no room for the PS5 version. But I was so giddy with the new system that I had already locked up most of the 700 or so GB of actual hard drive space in the SSD with other downloads.

My PS5 arrived on launch day and my review code for Cold War not long after that. It's just all the hassle around getting to that action that ends up detracting from the experience. The core game is classic Call of Duty-big action and quick gunfights.

A challenge that took an entire week and complete system reset to overcome but also a challenge that would seem like foreshadowing for some of the issues that would eventually follow. It was a challenge to even get Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War loaded onto my shiny new PS5 at launch.

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