If you manage to find a working compressed version (usually a "repack"), the performance takes a hit in specific areas:
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PC – Is "Highly Compressed" Worth It?
"Highly compressed" repacks claim to shrink massive games into tiny installers. While some legitimate repackers exist, "extreme" compression for a modern title like often leads to: Corrupted Data:
Official "highly compressed" versions of (often advertised as 10GB–20GB downloads) are fake and dangerous . Modern AAA games like Cold War rely on massive texture, audio, and model assets that cannot be compressed to such small sizes without destroying the game.