How many endings does Cold War have?

Obviously there are SPOILERS coming up so don't read on if you don't want to know what happens in the Black Ops Cold War ending. There are three main Black Ops Sold War ending variations, built around a good/bad choice, as well as a slightly less rewarding bad ending.
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What is the true ending of Cold War?

CoD: Cold War good ending

After Adler comes clean about Bell being one of Perseus' trusted allies, you're presented with the choice to lie or tell the truth about where Perseus plans to activate the nukes. If you tell the truth, you'll lead the team to the Solovetsky Islands in the USSR.
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How to get all the endings in Cold War?

Here's how players can unlock each of them.
  1. Good Ending: Select "Truth" when speaking with Alder during the Identity Crisis mission. ...
  2. Bad Ending: Select "Lie" when speaking with Alder during the Identity Crisis mission. ...
  3. Other Bad Ending: Select "Lie" when speaking with Alder during the Identity Crisis mission.
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Should I side with Adler or Perseus?

Given the gravity of this news, the game gives you a choice, do you tell Adler where Perseus is actually hiding, or lie and mislead him as payback for what he did to you? If you decide to tell Adler the truth, you automatically get the good ending after doing one last mission: The Final Countdown.
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Is Adler a bad guy?

Special Officer Russell Adler is the deuteragonist to antagonist featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He is a CIA agent charged with stopping the mysterious Soviet agent codenamed Perseus. Adler is described as "America's monster" with a "dark charisma".
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's Multiple Endings Explained

Why did Adler shoot Bell?

Bell didn't radio Soviet troops to ambush Adler's group. On March 15, at Duga, Bell revealed to Adler they lied and remained loyal to Perseus. Angry, Adler executed Bell leaving their body for Perseus to find as the team left the facility with disappointment.
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What happens if you betray Adler?

To get the bad ending you'll have to chose Duga for the final mission location. If you didn't use the radio (as outlined above) then Adler and the team will understand you've betrayed them and shoot you on the spot. You'll get the bad ending in terms of Europe being nuked but die in the process and see nothing else.
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Do you lie to Adler or tell the truth?

To achieve the 'good' ending, you need to tell the truth about Solovetsky when Adler asks you where Perseus is. From here, you'll be tasked with invading the monastery where Perseus is going to broadcast the nuclear detonation signal from.
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What happens if you lie to Adler about Perseus?

Ashes to Ashes

If you've chosen to lie to Adler and side with Perseus, Adler will help you up from the table and you'll have a few moments before exfil begins. If you've also unlocked the back area of the Safehouse, you can set up an ambush for Adler, but you have only a few moments to do so.
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What happens if you don't listen to Adler in Break on Through?

If "Bell" continues to disobey Adler, they follow the path to the left once more. After arriving at the rope bridge, they will hallucinate, seeing either Lazar or Park at the bridge, who will cross it and then disappear. Across the bridge, "Bell" will encounter another split in the road.
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Will there be a COD Cold War 2?

Upon release, Black Ops Cold War received generally favorable reviews from critics, and became the best-selling title of 2020 in the United States. A sequel, titled Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is scheduled for release on October 25, 2024.
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What happens to Adler after Cold War?

After Vietnam, Adler disappeared from CIA records but continued to be affiliated with a number of clandestine operations.
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Did the Cold War ever officially end?

In late 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed and 15 newly independent nations were born from its corpse, including a Russia with a democratically elected, anticommunist leader. The Cold War had come to an end.
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Is Perseus real in Cold War?

According to historian John Earl Haynes and academic Harvey Klehr, although Perseus never really existed, some aspects of his character were based on or coincide with the American Soviet spy and physicist Theodore Hall.
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How to get the ambush ending in Cold War?

Ending: Ashes to Ashes - Ambush

If you choose to lie to Adler at the end of Identity Crisis, and you use the radio in the locked section of the Safehouse immediately afterwards, you'll set up a Perseus ambush for Adler's team.
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Should I disobey Adler?

Adler will tell you to go to the right once you reach the ruins, so disobey him and go left instead. You'll find more enemies, so take them out and continue to the bridge once again. Unfortunately, both pathways across the bridge have been blocked, so you'll have to take the zipline to the canyon floor.
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Who died at the end of Black Ops: Cold War?

If Bell fails to tip off Perseus, things in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ending play out pretty much the same as they do in the Bad Ending. However, the difference is that instead of Bell killing Adler and his team, Adler kills Bell.
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Can you catch Perseus in Cold War?

If Bell decides to betray the USSR, side with Adler and tell them that Perseus is located in Solovetsky, the CIA will launch a final assault to stop the detonation of the nukes, they will successfully stop Perseus' plan, but Perseus will successfully evade capture.
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Is Adler a Soviet spy?

Adler was identified by Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet spy and resigned from the Treasury Department in 1950.
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Which ending is canon in COD Cold War?

Considering one ending involves the protagonist destroying Europe, it is easy to say the canon ending has Bell siding with Adler and stopping Perseus's plan. The last moment of this ending has Adler draw a gun on Bell while Bell raises their weapon at the same time.
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Do choices matter in Cold War?

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's choices work so well because they don't just have an impact on the narrative, the player's emotions, or the game's actual mechanics and structure, but all of the above simultaneously.
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Was Bell brainwashed in the Cold War?

Originally the right-hand of Perseus, they were brainwashed by the CIA into helping them stop Perseus and his spy network before presumably being eliminated by Russell Adler.
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What is the good ending in Cold War?

It's easy enough to trigger Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War's good ending. During the interrogation sequences with Adler, you just need to tell the truth and reveal that Persues is at the Solovetsky Monastery. From there, you and your team will assault the Monastery in pursuit of Perseus.
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