While Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War strives for realistic warfare scenarios, occasionally details can slip through the cracks. Fans have noticed issues with guns, skins, and even maps throughout the game where developers have made minor mistakes. Overall, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has accomplished its goal of being a realistic title, but one new detail was noticed by a particularly observant fan.
When developing a title as immersive as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, developers often use the Internet for research. This information can occasionally be accurate, but if a developer is not careful, it can pull false information. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War might take place in an alternate universe, but that doesn't mean it needs to be founded on bad ideas.
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Posted to Reddit by DerNjco is an interesting image from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. On Apocalypse, there is a massive pile of Euro notes scattered about. They are the correct color, pattern, and overall design, which convinced many fans that nothing was amiss. Upon closer inspection, Reddit user DerNjco noticed that the notes had the word "Specimen" printed across them, a common feature of false money meant to distinguish it from real Euro notes. Upon further research, the player also discovered that the texture image used was the first result in Google images and the same image found on Wikipedia.
In movies with real money involved, it is common practice to mark the bills to prevent theft from the movie set. While this is not a complaint, some fans wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War would mark digital bills.
While some fans are concerned about the money's design, other players point out that in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War era, the Euro did not exist. While having marked currency is strange enough, it's even stranger to see a Euro at all in a game set in the 1980s.
While this is a minor detail, some fans have decided that it is an oversight on the developer's research. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has several minor mistakes, and the closer fans look at the title, the more cracks become evident to the observant community. Despite this, other fans argue that players are overthinking things and should just sit back and enjoy the game for what it is.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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