Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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3.7

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  1. aca2497
    Jun 23, 2023
    10
    I love the games with ultra complete zombie mode and amazing campaign and amazing multiplayer best Call of Duty Zombie
  2. Perdizerguy
    Jun 1, 2023
    8
    i played this game in 2022, i'm a sucker for futuristic sci-fi stuff. the story wasn't really strong.
  3. hileger
    Dec 3, 2022
    8
    Неплохой ганплэй , сюжет как и во всех кал оф дутых впервые стрельба хоть как то напрягает (в хорошом смысле ) хоть и картонные враги урон наносят дай жожа поэтому приходиться двигаться в этом плюс игры
  4. ALKWSZYZ
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
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  5. TaYLaNSMiT
    Mar 23, 2021
    10
    After reading this games negative reviews I'm pretty sure no one who rated it anything lower than a 7 bothered finishing school
  6. MrIslamic
    Feb 5, 2021
    8
    Since this review is made in 2021, the multiplayer is completely dead and the story is complete garbage. But the zombies, on pc, with all the mods... Makes the game a masterpiece within the series. Buy this game for the zombies and just forget everything else.
  7. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    10
    Very good a change from the other cod games with wall running and and charecters who have special moves which is new to the cod games and i hope they add that to another cod game soon.
  8. egorushka2008
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    В этой игре плохо все,но зато есть фразачка.РЕЗУЛЬТАТ ПОЕЗД СДЕЛАЛ БУМ,если вы не русский то советую поставить просто Божественную русскую озвучку(шутка) ведь эта игра ПРОСТО восхитительная.
  9. pasquozzo
    Nov 10, 2020
    9
    for my, uno dei più bei call of duty di sicuro bellisimo il fatto di poter scaricare mappe bonus e tutti i pregi che il gioco si merita

    peccato per il prezzo che ormai tutti i call of duty hanno
  10. NintendoFan9501
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    This is one of my favourite cods, it is very fun, but can be very infuriating at the same time.
  11. SoggyBread4199
    Feb 13, 2020
    8
    Black Ops III has a decent campaign, a great multiplayer and an amazing zombies mode that's easily the best out of all of them. I'd give campaign a 7/10, multiplayer an 8/10 and zombies a 9/10.
  12. twinklyten
    Jan 25, 2020
    8
    Mechanically inferior to black ops 4 but the enjoyable although bad campaign and quality offline ai award it a similar score
  13. C4rn4ge
    Aug 22, 2019
    8
    Best COD with advanced movement. Only negativ point for me are the MTX and the campaign was mediocre. Didn´t play zombies.
  14. nobodyshot
    Oct 27, 2018
    10
    best game of the game

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  15. SuperkenGaming
    Jul 10, 2018
    8
    Call of Duty Black Ops III
    Probably the most complete game in the series
    We all play call of duty games for different reasons, and all of those reasons are present in black ops 3, theres zombies mode for the gamer girls and teenage boys with 14 different maps to get your wave mode on, theres multiplayer with its jetpacks and sliding and wall climbing with all of the classic modes, pretty    Call of Duty Black Ops III
    Probably the most complete game in the series
    We all play call of duty games for different reasons, and all of those reasons are present in black ops 3, theres zombies mode for the gamer girls and teenage boys with 14 different maps to get your wave mode on, theres multiplayer with its jetpacks and sliding and wall climbing with all of the classic modes, pretty decent maps, but theres a destiny like addition with these moves you can pull of tht recharge as you play through the match, and there are multiple different moves for you to choose from to change strategies fo different match types.. I don’t really have much to say about the multiplayer because its not really what I play for, its fun, its addictive. But im here for the campaign which is where this special move is pulled from…
    And I was pleasantly surprised with what we get here with black ops 3..
    This isn’t my favorite campaign in the series, but I feel this campaign is by far the coolest.. it doesn’t even feel like a call of duty campaign, this could’ve easily been a standalone ip as it tells the story of man vs machine, and this campaign is a hefty 10 hours long give or take depending on the difficulty, I played half of the campaign on easy and half of it on hard..
    And this campaign does so many cool things..
    at the beginning of the store a robot just rips you apart so you spend the rest of the game as an augmented human, but of course the agments and the dni is being messed with, controlling the minds of your comrads, you spend the game trying to get to the bottom of this…
    With these augments youre able to do crazy things, each mission you cn choose if you want moves for control, chaos, or combat.. I played mostly with chaos as I felt there was an equal balance of attacks I could use against humans as well as robots, also It allows you to unleash these fireflied that eat the humans in your wy and you get to sing the fireflies song while they do that..
    but there are multiple ways you can playthrough this campaign thanks to these controls, such as hackig everything and taking control watch dogs style if youd like…
    the first half of the campaign I felt to be pretty soulless though..
    I felt like I was really just going through the motions.. but as the story goes on things just get weirder and weirder an I would have to stop myself to remind myself that this is indeed a call of duty game..
    and a war vs robots.. they play with illusions and memories here, its nice to see that the team was let of the leash and allowed to be free, and they crated something truly unique..
    Though this campaign does suffer pacing problems and annoyances if you are playing on higher difficulties..
    Checkpoints can be infuriating at times and theres this giant wall of garbage in the final chapter that I just couldn’t take anymore on hard because of its infinite spawning drones and robots.. this mission felt completely unbalanced for the difficulty, its jus just not fun or fair to have infinite drones that can kill you in 1 or 2 his while youre trying to weaken a larger enemy yards away to get in one rocket shot at a time with no progress being saved while you do this.. on top of that friendly fire is on and your team mates will run in front of you instantly failing the mission..
    I just didn’t have the patience AFTER CHIPPING away at this mission for what was at least an hour…
    though this was the only section of the game that I found to be unfair and unbalanced..
    I didn’t necessarily have fun with this campaign, but I ultimately appreciate it for trying new things
    showing players that call of duty is its buttery smooth shooting more than its military focus don’t get me wrong, this is still a military based campaign.. but its so far in the background that you hardly notice, I wouldn’t mind if call of duty contined to let one of its teams play around with its campaigns like it did here and actually step away from military a but, I dubt that would happen, but with this game I see the possibility..
    I give Call of Duty Black Ops 3
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  16. DrDRA
    Jun 3, 2018
    10
    Внезапно обнаружил что мой обзор на Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 написан абсолютно глупо, коротко и отчасти бездарно.
    К Black Ops 3 можно относится очень вариативно, так как мнений по этой игре скопилось очень много. Мое личное мнение будет немного субъективно.
    Сингл был пройден мной на старте. Могу сказать сразу, не ждите очевидной связи между Black Ops 2 и 3, но она все же есть. Вначале    Внезапно обнаружил что мой обзор на Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 написан абсолютно глупо, коротко и отчасти бездарно.
    К Black Ops 3 можно относится очень вариативно, так как мнений по этой игре скопилось очень много. Мое личное мнение будет немного субъективно.
    Сингл был пройден мной на старте. Могу сказать сразу, не ждите очевидной связи между Black Ops 2 и 3, но она все же есть. Вначале ваc сразу кидает в гущу событий пост-фактум, нет прописанного лора или в принципе хоть какого-то намека на начало конфликта, только маленькая часть предыстории касательно противо-воздушных орудий. Однако вот такой медленный старт сюжета превращается быстро, даже внезапно в один из лучших сюжетов в истории Call of Duty. Это один из лучших кибер-панков, который я наблюдал, сопоставимый с Экспериментами Ллейн по степени проработки. Да, сюжет мне омрачила исключительно русская озвучка, но после просмотра прохождения на английском, я понял, это реально один из лучших сюжетов в колде. + боссы, вы не ослышались, в этой игре есть подобие боссов и полноценный кооп, как в World at War, мое почтение Treyarch, вы смогли.
    Графически эта игра лучше чем недавно вышедшая WWII. Отдельно я хочу отметить катсцены и локацию, которая просто сносит башню - Frozen Forest. Не буду спойлерить, эта локация шедевр, ее нужно пережить и прочувствовать.
    Мультиплеер - параша как и в любой колде и я даже не собираюсь его оценивать, единственное что хочу отметить, можно забавно троллить игроков подпрыгивая и самоубиваясь с помощью ракетницы, попутно убивая врага. Выглядит это действительно забавно, особенно когда это киллкам последнего убийства в раунде.
    Давайте подводить итоги. Трейарч забожили в своей серии WaW-BO-BO2-BO3 и BO3 это квинтэссенция Call of Duty, да я субъективен, я люблю качественный и мощный киберпанк. 1010    … Expand
  17. KingJailson
    May 30, 2018
    8
    Esse cod não é grande coisa mas é bom, a campanha é um unico ponto fraco do jogo, nada ver comparado com outros black ops, o multiplayer é legal, o zombies é bom, mas seria uma coisa que ia estragar a versão pc, que é sua mal otimização, que cagou o jogo
  18. WarBear0003
    Feb 28, 2018
    9
    The game includes a lot of content. Campaign was a typical COD campaign and was quite good. What I liked was that you could play the campaign with 3 other people. Multiplayer is fast paced and very fun. I don't see a lot of hackers so that's good. But some of the weapons are too overpowered. Especially the ones you get from crates. I'm ok with the futuristic setting but I know some peopleThe game includes a lot of content. Campaign was a typical COD campaign and was quite good. What I liked was that you could play the campaign with 3 other people. Multiplayer is fast paced and very fun. I don't see a lot of hackers so that's good. But some of the weapons are too overpowered. Especially the ones you get from crates. I'm ok with the futuristic setting but I know some people don't like it. Zombie mode is great fun and puzzling. Overall it's a great game with a lot of fun content. It's totally worth the price.… Expand
  19. LightPoth
    Jan 23, 2018
    8
    I only scored this an 8 only because of the Zombies Mode. Black Ops 3 Zombies is a blast with all DLC's and with Chronicles to experience its a treat to all Zombies veterans and beginners.
  20. MLGBoost
    Jun 1, 2017
    9
    This is a recent review for the game as of 2017. I purchased this game because of mostly zombies and dlc 5. The zombies is amazing and the multiplayer is great, don't let people tell you its bed when it really is being over criticized. Correctly, this game has performance issues, not major though. The experience must be tried if you never have played a current COD. Campaign is eh and theThis is a recent review for the game as of 2017. I purchased this game because of mostly zombies and dlc 5. The zombies is amazing and the multiplayer is great, don't let people tell you its bed when it really is being over criticized. Correctly, this game has performance issues, not major though. The experience must be tried if you never have played a current COD. Campaign is eh and the graphics are amazing for a COD game. Not worth 50$ but still should be fine if you catch a sale. Movement is amazing and freely flowing. The only problem with this game is the campaign. The story seems repetitive and boring.… Expand
  21. YoloSwag4Doge
    Jul 13, 2016
    9
    It's true that the regurgitated CoD releases year after year can get rather tiresome, but I've got to give major props to this installment. Treyark has really become their own and I find their CoD installments have much better quality and ingenuity in general than Activision's. I've noticed that Activision has been adopting a lot of Treyark originals like Zombies, enhanced abilities andIt's true that the regurgitated CoD releases year after year can get rather tiresome, but I've got to give major props to this installment. Treyark has really become their own and I find their CoD installments have much better quality and ingenuity in general than Activision's. I've noticed that Activision has been adopting a lot of Treyark originals like Zombies, enhanced abilities and futuristic weaponry over the years.

    While the CoD multiplayer is essentially just more of the same, the campaign is very well done. You won't find the notorious CoD element of endlessly spawning enemies that basically force you to always be charging through gun fire in order to advance. Instead BO3 offers well designed levels with engaging fire fight environments and some rather neat extras. The super human jumping, running and special abilities are very well done and I personally find it much more fun than Advanced Warfare's titanfall mechanics.

    All in all, anyone who's bored silly of the CoD experience isn't going to find anything exceptional in BO3. But to anyone who's still got a bit of the CoD spirit in them, I highly recommend BO3 for the overall improved combat, characters and level design. Also the the game is well optimized and runs at steady frame rate.

    (As a side note I found a couple of the voice actors a bit lacking in their performance, but for the most part the voice acting is quite good).    … Expand
  22. mintlo
    Apr 13, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I picked up the game a few months after its release and had a difficult time adjusting to the new game mechanics of thrusting but after getting better at it I enjoy the new challenges with attacking and defending given the new physics. I'm only talking about the multiplayer portion as I haven't tried the story mode or zombies mode, they don't really interest me as I prefer the challenge of playing against human opponents. After purchasing the game I saw there was a brief sale offering only the multiplayer portion of the game and I wish that I would have had this purchase option from the get go. There is a limited player base for PC and I wish they would offer the multiplayer only so as to increase the player base or perfect cross platform play so PC players could play against Xbox and/or Playstation players. Another issue I have is that instead of showing how many players are active in the BO3 they show a percentage of total players active in a particular game mode.
    Another issue of contention is scarcity of special one-shot kill weapons that can only be obtained by crates. I think I know why they chose to do this-scarcity increases demand which caused people to either purchase COD points or play longer in order to be able to get more crates. However, it is very frustrating to continually play and get killed by the over powered special weapons meanwhile continually striking out on receiving the special weapons. I'm not going to purchase COD points - I feel that micro transactions such as these are unethical and the creators of the game should be ashamed of themselves. You are taking advantage of peoples addictive behavior in order to deprive them of money and enrich yourselves in the process. Maybe that's a metaphor for the capitalist paradigm we live in and it's certainly a first world problem. You know this has got me thinking. I'm going to sell everything I own and join the peace corp. Thanks for helping wake me up economic inequalities in the world Treyarch.    … Expand
  23. lasn
    Mar 4, 2016
    8
    The game had a bad launch, but it was fixed pretty fast (for me atleast). I think that is the reason for the low user score. 2.7 out of 10 is absolutely too low. Game is alot of fun.

    My first COD game. I have over 150 hours played now. Well worth the money.
  24. Jacsam
    Feb 18, 2016
    8
    I do not like multiplayer. I bought the game for the single player experience. I thought the graphics and game play were very good. It also had some interesting weapons. I do not think a game has to reinvent itself every time it comes out. This game is a solid FPS and if you like call of duty then you will enjoy this game.
  25. Kmodo
    Feb 9, 2016
    10
    Black Ops are the only CoD's we play these days due to being the only one with dedicated servers and graphics options you just come to expect on PC e.g. 120fov and not 65fov on MW3 lol.

    Hundreds of hours in previous Black Ops and currently 110hours BO3 so far which is pretty decent for a very casual gamer these days :D It's just a fun game to play, whether have 30mins free over hours    Black Ops are the only CoD's we play these days due to being the only one with dedicated servers and graphics options you just come to expect on PC e.g. 120fov and not 65fov on MW3 lol.

    Hundreds of hours in previous Black Ops and currently 110hours BO3 so far which is pretty decent for a very casual gamer these days :D

    It's just a fun game to play, whether have 30mins free over hours and even though we buy most new games (star wars, r6s etc) this will stay our go to game till the next Black Ops ;D    … Expand
  26. GaryGeneral
    Jan 27, 2016
    10
    Having spent thousands of hours of my life on Multiplayer in various Call of Duty games (and other shooters, sadly), I feel I'm qualified to rate this game. Second best Call of Duty ever- Black ops 1 was top, this is next. The vertical nature is under control (unlike Advanced warfare), the guns are great, maps small and intense. What else could you want? Except more people playing on PC toHaving spent thousands of hours of my life on Multiplayer in various Call of Duty games (and other shooters, sadly), I feel I'm qualified to rate this game. Second best Call of Duty ever- Black ops 1 was top, this is next. The vertical nature is under control (unlike Advanced warfare), the guns are great, maps small and intense. What else could you want? Except more people playing on PC to get more games running (eg no one ever plays gun game???) Dedicated servers and competitive mod will cement this as a serious alternative to CS:GO… Expand
  27. Bobk
    Dec 26, 2015
    8
    I don't know why people hate this game so much. It is another Call Of Duty tittle so not much has changed but it is still way better that Advanced Warfare and it can't be compared to the absolute disater Ghosts. The game offers a lot of content, from guns to perks to specialists. I would give it a third spot in the franchise ,right after Black Ops 2 and COD 4: MW.
  28. Bunnyhunter
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    Best cod with cod4, BO and BO2. very good graphics, run smoothly on my pc all at full settings, no lag (or VERY rarely). The multi is superb. Great zombie and very entertaining campaign.
    some specialist weapons are useless on hardcore, best played in core mod.
    cherry on the cake : mod tools on 2016 with dedi private servers ! This Treyarch guys know how to make a good pc cod, don't be    Best cod with cod4, BO and BO2. very good graphics, run smoothly on my pc all at full settings, no lag (or VERY rarely). The multi is superb. Great zombie and very entertaining campaign.
    some specialist weapons are useless on hardcore, best played in core mod.
    cherry on the cake : mod tools on 2016 with dedi private servers !
    This Treyarch guys know how to make a good pc cod, don't be fooled by this user scoring, watch pc cod youtubers, they are all enjoying it.    … Expand
  29. Pescado
    Nov 23, 2015
    8
    Unlike Starwars Battlefront, it has a campaign. It's not perfect but I found it enjoyable. Zombie mode is fun, and the multiplayer is where it shines.
  30. Shodan92
    Nov 21, 2015
    9
    Best Call of Duty since Moder Warfare 2.

    Campaign is fun to play with friends. Multiplayer is really great.
    I haven't play Zombies yet, but from what I hear it's also fun.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 3, 2015
    60
    A bit better than the Ghosts, but worse than Advanced Warfare – new Call of Duty is awkwardly trying to make some changes in single player, but adding a bunch of technical problems in the same time. Multiplayer it is flawless as usual. [Issue#258]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Nov 30, 2015
    60
    Treyarch should have created one awesome sci-fi campaign instead of three mediocre ones.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Nov 14, 2015
    81
    Treyarch gives us a Call of Duty game that is brimming with content and is sure to provide hundreds of hours of entertainment to its buyers. It’s just a shame that the focus on the quantity of content ended up causing a lack of polish in some areas.
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