Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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  1. AgentVenom117
    Feb 21, 2016
    3
    Very disappointing,after black ops 1 and 2 I was expecting an awesome next gen experience instead I got a terrible,boring and predictable story mode,an over complex zombie mode and a multiplayer more unbalanced than destiny's.I can at least appreciate it's great visuals and fairly smooth game play.
  2. loveling
    May 12, 2016
    3
    I do not want to talk about this, but Call of Duty is repeated too much and had declined in recent years, but the plot is good, only 4.6 points is intended for the plot, the rest is not worth mentioning because too boring for the future war .
  3. BoatyMcBoatFace
    May 17, 2016
    3
    Pros: Very good graphics and physics, mediocre addictiveness

    Cons: Terrible Campaign, Terrible creativity to guns, not creative with maps.

    I wouldn't get this game if I were you.
  4. arandoski200
    Aug 31, 2016
    3
    Black Ops 3 is a game with a terrible single player. Medicore zombie mode, i dont even know what to do, what are rituals again? A decent multiplayer however the experience is ruined by lag. Yh a 4 is what this game deserves.
  5. therandomuser
    Sep 11, 2016
    3
    **** just **** call of duty black ops 3 isn't worth £40 no its worth £5. i hate all this wall running (from titanfall) or the special abilities (basically the supers from destiny) and the campaign makes no sense its was so stupid. the only reason this game is a 3/10 is because zombies, treyarch should just make a call of duty zombie game, but then i guess call of duty cant get people to**** just **** call of duty black ops 3 isn't worth £40 no its worth £5. i hate all this wall running (from titanfall) or the special abilities (basically the supers from destiny) and the campaign makes no sense its was so stupid. the only reason this game is a 3/10 is because zombies, treyarch should just make a call of duty zombie game, but then i guess call of duty cant get people to buy their dlc or season pass. in the end call of duty should follow assassins creed and take a break if you want to buy a good shooter halo 5, titanfall, destiny or battlefield 4 is where you should put your money… Expand
  6. Jeanjj14
    Dec 12, 2016
    3
    Okay this game is not a Call of Duty title, i mean:
    -Multiplayer sucks, double jump, wallruning and specialists are **** additions to the franchise, really feels like a bad game, with all the strange camos and guns really feels awkward in gameplay, ruins all the the experience, i mean THIS GAME IS NOT A WAR GAME ANYMORE, now it's a **** futuristic collored ****
    Nothing against futuristic    Okay this game is not a Call of Duty title, i mean:
    -Multiplayer sucks, double jump, wallruning and specialists are **** additions to the franchise, really feels like a bad game, with all the strange camos and guns really feels awkward in gameplay, ruins all the the experience, i mean THIS GAME IS NOT A WAR GAME ANYMORE, now it's a **** futuristic collored ****
    Nothing against futuristic games, but this is not well executed.
    -Zombie is the only thing that really stands up in this game, awsome gameplay and easter eggs, classic zombies black ops with a few changes, ok there is only one map, but the size is **** giant, really cool.
    -Campaing doesn't add anything new, so I rather not to talk about it, classic campaing, no cool carachters, like Cap. Price, it's a regular campaing.
    I MEAN, **** THIS $60 ****    … Expand
  7. DanBenevenuto
    Mar 2, 2017
    3
    In my mind, Black Ops Franchise had to be ended in the first game, and BO3 shows it. The game just have nice graphics and offers you many classes to play, but, it doesn't offers a lot of fun. The online mode has few players, and this game became so Pay to Win since BO2. They got and add wall ride of titanfall, warface's dash into the ground, the gameplay of this game is a little confuse.In my mind, Black Ops Franchise had to be ended in the first game, and BO3 shows it. The game just have nice graphics and offers you many classes to play, but, it doesn't offers a lot of fun. The online mode has few players, and this game became so Pay to Win since BO2. They got and add wall ride of titanfall, warface's dash into the ground, the gameplay of this game is a little confuse. It all boils down, BO3 like BO2, isn't a good game if you are looking for fun, I recommended you to play just the first game of BO franchise.… Expand
  8. DaikaijuGojira
    Mar 20, 2017
    3
    I am a fan of CoD: BO 1&2, that being said, 3 left a bad taste in my mouth. The realism of combat which the first two excelled at was totally lost with 3. Running across walls? Booster jet packs? I can't even.
  9. spacebear1
    May 29, 2018
    3
    Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a massive disappointment. The gameplay is fine and the multiplayer is okay too but it's nothing new. I personally hate the zombies mode on this game. The story is really dumb and generic. The graphics look fine but the game is an overall letdown.
  10. rp1polska
    Aug 6, 2019
    3
    Looks nice. Plot is so random it wasn’t even fun to play. I uninstalled it after like a few hours. I enjoyed playing Modern Warfare 2, it’s a pity.
  11. SirSoil
    Feb 28, 2020
    3
    Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 is a fun multiplayer shooter, with a great variety of characters and customization but it’s single player campaign is worthless and the zombie mode needs some fixes. The online and local multiplayer are fun there is a variety of modes and such, the rewarding system is very unique and it does it’s job well. The campaign in the other hand is very disappointing, it’sCall Of Duty Black Ops 3 is a fun multiplayer shooter, with a great variety of characters and customization but it’s single player campaign is worthless and the zombie mode needs some fixes. The online and local multiplayer are fun there is a variety of modes and such, the rewarding system is very unique and it does it’s job well. The campaign in the other hand is very disappointing, it’s really lame the story in particular, the gameplay is just whatever no interesting moments just shoot and kill. The zombie mode is just too big, it’s confusing and it gets really frustrating at times playing with friends could also be either a blessing or a curse. Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 is Overall really disappointing since the multiplayer is really damn good, but sadly the other modes do there job but fail at some points, also gotta pay extra money for more maps for zombies since there isn’t a lot yay. (Medicore 2/5) Play It If Your A Fan Of The Series… Expand
  12. Mateuszitaliano
    Oct 3, 2020
    3
    laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggylaggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy laggy… Expand
  13. Dexterwait
    Jun 2, 2022
    3
    What a piece of utter garbage The campaign makes fuc$@ll sense
    And is poorly written
    Literally had to google it 3 to 4 times to understand what the hell was going on The multiplayer is fun initially but quickly turns sour when you get deeper into it.The maps are probably the only innovative thing in the multiplayer as the whole idea of jumping around like super mario is way too over the    What a piece of utter garbage The campaign makes fuc$@ll sense
    And is poorly written

    Literally had to google it 3 to 4 times to understand what the hell was going on

    The multiplayer is fun initially but quickly turns sour when you get deeper into it.The maps are probably the only innovative thing in the multiplayer as the whole idea of jumping around like super mario is way too over the top for COD.It was interesting to see in Advanced warfare but i think it should have stayed in advanced warfare and not move into a future title.The whole wall running idea and double jumping isn't call of duty nor its future.

    The zombies is wayy too boring, 1 map on launch ???
    Utterly unacceptable Rather buy something else
    This review of mine is written in retrospect    … Expand
  14. Marijuana_Guy
    Feb 25, 2021
    3
    It earns 3 points purely for Zombies which at least this time around, they gave us the option to buy the maps directly instead of buying 200 dollar DLC packs. There was 0 thought put into Multiplayer, It's Pay to win garbage since every DLC weapon beats every other weapon in any range with exception to 1-shot Snipers and shotguns, which is pretty much 4 weapons in total. The XMC(an SMG)It earns 3 points purely for Zombies which at least this time around, they gave us the option to buy the maps directly instead of buying 200 dollar DLC packs. There was 0 thought put into Multiplayer, It's Pay to win garbage since every DLC weapon beats every other weapon in any range with exception to 1-shot Snipers and shotguns, which is pretty much 4 weapons in total. The XMC(an SMG) for example beats every single SMG in the entire game and every single Assault Rifle from any range both in damage, range and accuracy since the weapon has 0 recoil.

    The campaign is ridiculous garbage with absolutely no substance in storytelling. The opening is really immersive but they decided it would be a great idea to **** it all up by making you play through the rest of the game in a completely nonsensical virtual simulator.

    Zombies carries this entire game on it's back. It's extremely fun, with many new innovations (some way better than others) and there is an immense amount of content per map. There's almost always something to do if you've gotten tired of just slaughtering the same nameless zombies over and over again.

    Also, There is absolutely no anti-cheat of any kind. Every other lobby you will always find people going invisible using cheats etc. Hit detection is also tied directly to your connection so the entire multiplayer is entirely based on luck, Unless you have 24/7 pixel-perfect internet.    … Expand
  15. codfaaan
    Jan 23, 2021
    3
    Call of duty black ops 3 è una semplice presa per il culo,la campagna è semplicemente un'agonia da giocare con poca innovazione,pessimo level design, personaggi poco approfonditi e trama poco interessante. il multiplayer invece è ancora peggio con quei cazzo di supersalti ed armi sbilanciate e poi , non dimentichiamo le micro-transazioni ma non di oggetti cosmetici ma di armi quindi seCall of duty black ops 3 è una semplice presa per il culo,la campagna è semplicemente un'agonia da giocare con poca innovazione,pessimo level design, personaggi poco approfonditi e trama poco interessante. il multiplayer invece è ancora peggio con quei cazzo di supersalti ed armi sbilanciate e poi , non dimentichiamo le micro-transazioni ma non di oggetti cosmetici ma di armi quindi se shoppi sei avvantaggiato in gioco e ciò rende il sistema pay to win.
    lo zombi è fatto bene, peccato che anche li ci siano microtransazioni che lo rovinino e che ci sia una, UNA fottuta mappa gratis.
    quindi in poche parole sto gioco è merda!    … Expand
  16. ShevaWall
    Jun 15, 2022
    3
    Не ну если объективно, то кал он как был калом, так и остаётся. Не имею ни малейшего понятия, кто в это играет на серьезных щах
  17. egellon
    Mar 15, 2023
    3
    Bear in mind that this review is coming from campaign-player only which in my opinion did not deliver in this release of CoD game. The plot was boring and gameplay repetitive. I was used to action-packed sequences in CoD campaigns which this games absolutely lacks.
  18. Swagforever
    Aug 11, 2023
    3
    Playing in 2023 - the online feels clunky and has a hacker every few games.
  19. vreynauld
    Mar 6, 2016
    2
    Finally got some time to play some Black Ops 3 and boy am I glad I chose to RedBox this game. People used to complain that these shooters needed more color rather than the overused sepia and orange overtones but I don't think they meant allowing guns and armor to look like cartoons. As I watched people running around with hot pink camo skinned weapons and bright yellow armor withFinally got some time to play some Black Ops 3 and boy am I glad I chose to RedBox this game. People used to complain that these shooters needed more color rather than the overused sepia and orange overtones but I don't think they meant allowing guns and armor to look like cartoons. As I watched people running around with hot pink camo skinned weapons and bright yellow armor with bandoleers saying "BOOM" on them (which would be more at home in Sunset Overdrive than COD), I can just shake my head at what's become of this franchise. It looks more like Splatoon than COD - especially with the newer maps from the first DLC (Splash, specifically) - and that bothers the hell out of me. It's as if they've realized they might as well pander to the pre-teen set despite the M rating (and it also explains why one of the kids in the Cub Scout pack my son is in showed up with a Black Ops 3 painted Pinewood Derby car... he's SEVEN YEARS OLD).

    The game is the same formula as ever and twitchier than it ever has been. Campaign is a joke, yet again. Zombies isn't even that solid of an offering this time around, far more limited than it's ever been in previous Treyarch COD titles. If you're looking for a game where you can run around looking like an 80's/early 90's cartoon reject spamming buttons, then this game is for you. If you're looking for a shooter that treats its audience like more than pre-teens, look elsewhere.    … Expand
  20. DemonicGrub
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    This game has some really cool ideas in it. Its got a class system thing where each class has a special ability that works like a killstreak that doesn't reset on death. There are some really cool different classes and playstyles that can come from this. However, the guns are all the same repeated recipe, the maps are incredibly disappointing in their failure to utilize the jetpacks andThis game has some really cool ideas in it. Its got a class system thing where each class has a special ability that works like a killstreak that doesn't reset on death. There are some really cool different classes and playstyles that can come from this. However, the guns are all the same repeated recipe, the maps are incredibly disappointing in their failure to utilize the jetpacks and wall running mechanics. Each map basically just has a couple walls on its border that you can run along to get to the other side, as well as a maybe 1 or 2 good walls in the middle. Oh don't forget the random water zones they throw into some maps, just to demonstrate their new capabilities. Some things about this game are cool, like the perk that lets you see enemy footsteps over the past 5 seconds, but then you have the glitches, On the one well designed map, there is a non-wall spot, where they drew in a wall, and just outright forgot to code it in as well. So you walk in and you can see out of it and shoot out of it, and no one has any idea where you are until the killcam. Then you have the walls that aren't properly drawn in, which will at some point block your fully charged frag grenade, and it will kill you. Then you have the matchmaking and connectivity, which outright suck. Between the constant disconnects, the insane lag, and the obnoxious glitching it causes, it can be nearly impossible to play sometimes. One final thing, is that after about an hour of playing it on the PS3, your PS3 will overheat and freeze. You will have to force it to turn off, and it will need an hour to cool down. This is honestly the worst recycling of the cod series i have yet to see, and it really does go to show you that Activision is completely incapable of creating anything new without screwing up absolutely everything else. You still want to buy it, good luck to you, and have fun waiting for 15 minutes to find a game that doesn't drop you right away.… Expand
  21. Colinator
    Jun 4, 2016
    2
    This could be classified as the most mentally disabled review on metacritic to date. If people can give this game 8/10s or up, this world is doomed. This game is the worst COD to date. Critics being paid to give amazing reviews doesn't help at all. Overall, I'm never buying another call of duty ever again.
  22. EDVERSiTY
    Dec 24, 2015
    2
    It's Call of Duty.

    It still has the same problems as Call of Duty games before it, with hit detection issues, stale gameplay that is still unchanged at the core, and players cheaper than McDonald's value meals or Chinese counterfeits of iPads and iPhones. You have a game that also tries to be Destiny for the sake of adding something new (which is purely intended to steal from    It's Call of Duty.

    It still has the same problems as Call of Duty games before it, with hit detection issues, stale gameplay that is still unchanged at the core, and players cheaper than McDonald's value meals or Chinese counterfeits of iPads and iPhones.

    You have a game that also tries to be Destiny for the sake of adding something new (which is purely intended to steal from Destiny's user base), with jetpack-like abilities and super moves that don't work in a game like Call of Duty because you die so much faster in Call of Duty than you do in Destiny, whereas in Destiny, there is a massive difference in damage between a regular weapon and a super move that it feels as though it is properly and deservingly named -- "Super."

    This game gets a two out of ten for its once-typical-and-now-rare Call of Duty satisfaction moments in multiplayer.    … Expand
  23. Multitude
    Jul 1, 2018
    2
    Really boring game with no innovation at all. I didn't even finish the campaign and multiplayer is unimaginative and stale. I went back to playing Titan Fall 2, which is everything CoD once stood for and a lot more.
  24. Knives
    Nov 18, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game just destroyed the name Black Ops for the Call of Duty series. All it is, is just Advanced Warfare under a new name. Don't get me wrong, if you like flying and sliding around then yeah the game is for you. To me, i hate it. I'm one of those guys who gets the thrill out of going out and using my blade and tomahawk, that's all really. Both Black ops 1&2 had the stick and stones mode where i could just do that, but for some reason, that doesn't exist on black ops 3 now. Knifing is exceptionally hard to do in the game let alone going around tomahawking. The weapons will kill you instantly within 2-5 shots which at least in black ops 1&2 you had some time to react. The 6th sense perk is just down right retarded since its just basically a constant UAV, which honestly i don't know why they even have a UAV in the game since 6th sense just points you in the right direction just about every time...The spawning in the game is horrible, well if you play free for all that is, don't really know know much about any of the other matches in the game, but as far as free for all, where ever you spawn, spawns another player just 20 yards away from you if not spawns you next to a player on the map for a free kill or another death....On another note, camping has earned itself to a new level of stupidity as now when you play free for all, some players if not all will just camp a very likely spawn point or corner to win the game very easily, and they can very well get away with it, since the weapons are all basically overpowered. Hardcore mode is exactly what it sounds like, but with the weapons overpowered, everything in the arsenal is a one hit kill. Might as well call it one in the chamber on steroids.

    That's on the multiplayer side, now....Zombies...awesome, the one thing that the Black ops series has to offer. This time around, yeah they made it a lot harder to do, but with such a story line to go along with it and some obstacles and missions that you have to overcome to get out or unlock the pack a punch, its worth it. The only thing i don't like is that i usually like to play with my little brother in zombies and when you only play with 2, you can't pick up the tools you need without 4 people in the game. i don't know if that's just a bug or what, but thats really the only issue about it.

    The story is decent in my opinion, not to bad. As far as everything else. graphics are great and black ops 3 is just another call of duty game that will always sell for awaiting gamers in the gaming world.

    Yeah it would seem that all I am doing is venting about how much i despise black ops 3, but hey thats what were all doing here for right?    … Expand
  25. latedave
    Nov 18, 2015
    2
    The problem with this game is twofold. Firstly the formula is starting to get very stale, I struggle to notice any real differences with Advanced Warfare other than a few tweaks and a reskin. Sure the 'powers' of specialists idea is nice to lean towards different modes but if you look at the online % everyones playing team deathmatch anyway and the silence on chat tells its own story.The problem with this game is twofold. Firstly the formula is starting to get very stale, I struggle to notice any real differences with Advanced Warfare other than a few tweaks and a reskin. Sure the 'powers' of specialists idea is nice to lean towards different modes but if you look at the online % everyones playing team deathmatch anyway and the silence on chat tells its own story. Maybe it needs to go back to a cleaner time, WW2 again, up the player count and encourage people to play some of the other modes.

    I like the new revamped zombie mode but it just screams cash-in to have one map. The campaign is dreadful, somehow quite a good concept became one of the most boring COD campaigns I've ever had to play through and it feels a real backward step, particularly after Ghosts which tried to do something interesting. Shame it only gets good once you've completed it.

    The saving grace is the return 4 player casual co-op but the investment now into the loadouts, skillsets and tweaks means I'll struggle to persuade mates it's still fun for a blast which is a shame because wall running etc are filled with possibilities and the kill time is now so low it's very hard to play a casual fun game.

    Generally it feels like to me COD's lost its way a bit, the element of 'fun' seems crushed under a desire to overwhelm the player with a mass of options and unlocks and each year it seems to become less of a fun game to play and more of a training ritual. This year just seems to have dropped a few more notches than the last iterations.    … Expand
  26. user1111
    Nov 21, 2015
    2
    Good game... in theory. Horrible matchmaking for online play- expect to wait at least half an hour before you get a match that plays the whole way through. Laggy online play with not enough fps to support the "boost" or thrusters of 12 people flying around on all surfaces of the map. "Revamped" zombies means if you liked the older versions of zombie- don't bother. Gave it 2/10 just forGood game... in theory. Horrible matchmaking for online play- expect to wait at least half an hour before you get a match that plays the whole way through. Laggy online play with not enough fps to support the "boost" or thrusters of 12 people flying around on all surfaces of the map. "Revamped" zombies means if you liked the older versions of zombie- don't bother. Gave it 2/10 just for the fact that it was fun for the 2 matches of multiplier that actually worked right of the 5 hours I tried to play it. Very happy I borrowed my buddies before wasting money on this piece of crap.… Expand
  27. Kemerion
    Nov 22, 2015
    2
    CoD Black Ops 3 is just about flying and jumping with high speed and running on some walls while shooting from all directions. In my opion the worst Call of Duty ever. A pleasure for cheaters and hyper active children on pc.
  28. MrRedMarsmallow
    Nov 23, 2015
    2
    Black Ops 3, while very innovative for a Call of Duty, is a massive disappointment multiplayer-wise. The fact that the game glorifies camping, has a very unbalanced weapon system, an unbalanced Specialist system, and an unbalanced ranking system. In other words, multiplayer in this game is a joke. Shotguns are extremely underrated, submachine guns (as is the usual with Treyarch) are greatBlack Ops 3, while very innovative for a Call of Duty, is a massive disappointment multiplayer-wise. The fact that the game glorifies camping, has a very unbalanced weapon system, an unbalanced Specialist system, and an unbalanced ranking system. In other words, multiplayer in this game is a joke. Shotguns are extremely underrated, submachine guns (as is the usual with Treyarch) are great at hip firing, extremely accurate, and have little-to-no recoil, throwing the balance way off, i.e. it would take two headshots with a shotgun to kill someone about 2 meters away, and only two body shots from a submachine gun to kill someone from about 3 meters away. The fact that melee is a two-hit kill unless you use the Combat Knife is interesting, but not in the style of Call of Duty and a pretty gutsy feature from Treyarch. So would I recommend Call of Duty: Black Ops 3? No, honestly Call of Duty stopped being interesting after the second Black Ops game. For now, just go play Fallout 4, I'm not sure why everyone isn't anyways...… Expand
  29. Xbox1Guy
    Nov 27, 2015
    2
    I stopped buying the Call Of Duty after AW. This one seemed promising but it's just the same game play and nothing special to it. People who buy this game are probably noobs to the Call Of Duty world. I don't have the game but I can tell its trash.
  30. Vergan56
    Dec 8, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Call of duty games are usually GREAT!! The story mode and online! However online gaming for this is not good at all, all the juming around. COD Ghost was much better… Expand
  31. CheezStic
    Dec 20, 2015
    2
    This installment of the declining Call of Duty franchise is yet another proof that CoD is becoming a lackluster and repetitive chore. Having spent one month playing it, it's already all to obvious that the game lacks originality (borrows abused mechanics(parkour, "specialists")), has awful spawns, has not been able to balance weapons (yet again), and has not at all improved on the series.This installment of the declining Call of Duty franchise is yet another proof that CoD is becoming a lackluster and repetitive chore. Having spent one month playing it, it's already all to obvious that the game lacks originality (borrows abused mechanics(parkour, "specialists")), has awful spawns, has not been able to balance weapons (yet again), and has not at all improved on the series. The last CoD that my friends and I genuinely enjoyed was Black Ops 2, as it provided original, chaotic, and ingenious gameplay with NEW mechanics, an ENGAGING story, and ORIGINAL design. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. Same Expansion strategy, exploiting the dullards who still play these games. As a CoD, BO3 continues a franchise with the same repetitive gameplay from 3 years ago, and if you enjoy dull gameplay, go ahead and purchase this game. However if you are looking for an actual good FPS, might as well bide your time… Expand
  32. Sparkyte
    Jan 11, 2016
    2
    I have to say the Graphics are incredibly stunning!

    That's just it. The gameplay is mediocre if not a sloppy second of many better titles. For the beginning player it puts someone into an incredibly abyssmal position if they're not familiar with the control scape. Kill streaks whether or not they provide give a significant imbalance to the multiplayer gameplay experience. This game    I have to say the Graphics are incredibly stunning!

    That's just it. The gameplay is mediocre if not a sloppy second of many better titles. For the beginning player it puts someone into an incredibly abyssmal position if they're not familiar with the control scape. Kill streaks whether or not they provide give a significant imbalance to the multiplayer gameplay experience.

    This game is a perfect example too much and being so little at the same time.    … Expand
  33. getrwuegyweh
    Feb 27, 2016
    2
    Such a giant let down. When I pre-ordered black ops 3, i hoped it would be the first good COD since bo2, but no, was equally as bad as advanced warfare. Far too futuristic with jetpack and not being able to get a clean shot due to people jumping around and running on walls. Even the campaign is woeful. Half the time it doesn't let you progress and its just a poorly made game. The only goodSuch a giant let down. When I pre-ordered black ops 3, i hoped it would be the first good COD since bo2, but no, was equally as bad as advanced warfare. Far too futuristic with jetpack and not being able to get a clean shot due to people jumping around and running on walls. Even the campaign is woeful. Half the time it doesn't let you progress and its just a poorly made game. The only good thing about this game is the zombies mode, which still isn't as good as black ops 2.… Expand
  34. Justina
    Feb 27, 2016
    2
    This game has slowly morphed into a halo like experience... Basically lots of jumping around, unrealistic game play and upgrades to everything. Frankly after 5 min of playing it's pretty boring, and repetitive. The team needs to dial down all the nonesense they've added for kids that have ADD. I actually did not want this new version, but got it for Christmas because my 9 year oldThis game has slowly morphed into a halo like experience... Basically lots of jumping around, unrealistic game play and upgrades to everything. Frankly after 5 min of playing it's pretty boring, and repetitive. The team needs to dial down all the nonesense they've added for kids that have ADD. I actually did not want this new version, but got it for Christmas because my 9 year old thought it would be great... He doesn't seem to mind it too much...… Expand
  35. yeezus_christ
    Mar 19, 2016
    2
    Man oh man. Trey Arc does it again. They've just about killed the franchise with this entry of the series. Holy. **** I can't even begin to describe how unoriginal this game is. If you need to play it to see for yourself, be my guest.
  36. ZeroByDivide
    Nov 5, 2016
    2
    I would rather pet many doggies than play this game! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
  37. CasualGamer12
    May 10, 2016
    2
    The graphics are amazing. The storyline is thin and not engaging, characters are forgetable. Bonus mode is extremely lame: zombies spawn right next to you/behind you. The multiplayer is meant only for those jacked up on Monster energy drink with the reflexes of a hummingbird, even then, it's: spawn, run around, shoot some people, die, get angry about lag/spawn system/player balance/suspectThe graphics are amazing. The storyline is thin and not engaging, characters are forgetable. Bonus mode is extremely lame: zombies spawn right next to you/behind you. The multiplayer is meant only for those jacked up on Monster energy drink with the reflexes of a hummingbird, even then, it's: spawn, run around, shoot some people, die, get angry about lag/spawn system/player balance/suspect behavior. I've enjoyed video games all my life and this one has been the biggest waste of money with close to zero enjoyment. Playing with a friend does make it bearable and somewhat fun, other that that, I may be done with the entire franchise because you can only put so much lipstick on the same old pig for so long.… Expand
  38. ARBrad
    May 18, 2016
    2
    Black Ops I and II were great. The Modern Warfare trilogy was good. This? Is garbage. Usually Black Ops games are unique compared to other installments (AW, Ghosts, WaW, etc). But it just felt like an extension of Advanced Warfare. Over complicated zombies mode, an online community bogged down with 12 year olds (not the games fault, but still a major down point). Honestly not worth the money.
  39. koolaidman486
    Aug 1, 2016
    2
    Black Ops 3... What a train wreck. This review will cover multiplayer only because the campaign is the most laughable story mode in all of AAA shooters and I don't play zombies. This review will cover the game as of August 1, 2016. To start out with the good;
    -The movement system is extremely crisp and almost always perfectly responsive
    -Most of the maps range from decent to good, with a    Black Ops 3... What a train wreck. This review will cover multiplayer only because the campaign is the most laughable story mode in all of AAA shooters and I don't play zombies. This review will cover the game as of August 1, 2016. To start out with the good;
    -The movement system is extremely crisp and almost always perfectly responsive
    -Most of the maps range from decent to good, with a few exceptions.
    -The graphics, while not pushing the PS4 or X Box One's limitations aren't as bad as NBA 2K/Live 16.
    There however is a lot of bad to outweigh the good;
    -The netcode and hit detection is not only inconsistent but they are bad at BEST.
    -The game has gone pay to win, in a $60 ($100 if you buy bundled with season pass) with a double barrel sniper that has only one downside when compared with the one that isn't random chance to get, being that it doesn't take an actual scope. Along with the fact that Treyarch is nerfing (reducing in power) all of the non-random chance weapons while buffing (increasing in power) the ones that you basically have to pay between $50 and $200 for.
    -Treyarch does not know how to balance a video game, they buff things that don't need to be buffed and nerf things that ruin the variety of the game not often enough and too little.
    Overall, I put this at the absolute bottom of any Call of Duty that has come out since CoD4, and I can wholeheartedly say that as a person who own and has prestiged at least once in every single CoD since 4 excluding MW3. Let's hope that Infinite Warfare can save this series.    … Expand
  40. iamevilhomer
    May 20, 2017
    2
    Cod games are the worst. I used to say that it was the same trash every year but I'm changing that now. It's worse every year lol. It really is.......
  41. fapid
    Aug 9, 2016
    2
    black ops 3 is 2015's call of duty cash cow. it is a below average game filled to the brim with mechanics that take skill out of the equation such as lag, extensive aim assist and stupidly fast ttk. it is a video from a legendary franchise that is aimed towards children, which isn't a bad thing, but when the goal is to sell those children supply drops, this is actually illegal.

    supply    black ops 3 is 2015's call of duty cash cow. it is a below average game filled to the brim with mechanics that take skill out of the equation such as lag, extensive aim assist and stupidly fast ttk. it is a video from a legendary franchise that is aimed towards children, which isn't a bad thing, but when the goal is to sell those children supply drops, this is actually illegal.

    supply drops are the worst part of this game. they are filled with **** such as obstructive reticules and ****ty skins like inferno, or a stupid clown camo. the camos and "taunts" in these boxes prove that the game is aimed towards kids, because otherwise why would gingerbread man skin and the dab emote exist? but by far the worst part are the **** pay to win guns in the supply drops.

    to get a rare supply drop takes on average, 10 games. a game lasts 15 minutes, so one supply drop is 150 minutes of gameplay. this is absurdly long, since the drop rate for weapons is 0.3 percent. out of 615 supply drop items, 5 were weapons, and 2 were the iron jim. on average, you have to spend $81 or spend 2 and a half days game time to receive a single weapon, which makes gambling a major pressure.

    overall - **** illegal / 10

    next, campaign. campaign is ok. its an above average shooter story. I would rate it as slightly worse than halo 4's, but better than ghosts. the reason that the campaign doesn't redeem the game is that it is impossible to fail, even if you are **** it is so damn easy. there is one section where your in a jet and you literally don't have to do anything to shoot down other jets other than pressing rt every now and then, its insulting that such a legendary franchise would dumb down so much in the name of profit.

    campaign - easy/10

    zombies is the only good part of this game, but the inclusion of easter eggs massively take away from the fun of the wave defence. if you don't do the easter egg parts, you die. that's it. its almost impossible get far without the easter eggs. but if you do the easter eggs, you have to kite a crawler around for half an hour, which literally noboby likes. its also gets increadably repetitive doing the easter egg over and over for 30 minutes every time just to have a fun wave defence game.

    zombies - appeals to autistic people / 10

    multiplayer is not fun. it is designed spesificly to entise little kids to start playing the game by making massive noobs feel like badass by introducing lag to randomise kills. imagine it like this. if little billy, a 10 year old, comes up against Segway steve, a 20 year old badass in a game of basket ball first to 10 points, steve will get 8 points and billy only 4, but if we introduce a coin flip when they score (the coin flip symbolising lag in cod), on average, billy will score 2, but steve will score 4, therefore halfing the perceived skill gap. now, statistical outliers are possible, so it could be that all 4 of billy's points are legit, but only 3 of steve's are, so then in that situation, billy just won a game against a total badass and is now hooked on basketball. replace cod with basketball and points with kills and the coin flip with lag, and this analogy works with call of duty.

    multiplayer - 6th grade / 10    … Expand
  42. saundaun
    Sep 19, 2016
    2
    This game has good graphics and has cool costumes. Playing multiplayer is horrible, i will legit shoot people 8 times on hardcore and get the hit markers and die in 1 shot. I also shoot people at least three times b4 i die. but yet I die. The aim assist is god awful, i miss everytime i use it so i turned it off.Ii hav'nt played a full game of zombies in 3 months because it lags outThis game has good graphics and has cool costumes. Playing multiplayer is horrible, i will legit shoot people 8 times on hardcore and get the hit markers and die in 1 shot. I also shoot people at least three times b4 i die. but yet I die. The aim assist is god awful, i miss everytime i use it so i turned it off.Ii hav'nt played a full game of zombies in 3 months because it lags out everytime. but if i play online by my self it works great. They insist on coming out with maps just for campers to, wich bothers the **** out of me.… Expand
  43. Rgc
    Jul 4, 2017
    2
    I do not know how but I let my friends take me to buy the call of duty and play with them online, I never played a cod since last generation I had the wii. This video game is good but when you look at the saga, the company and above all the community sucks.
    A campaign mode that gives pity, play the first missions and then gave me the vomit. No depth or interesting argument.
    An online    I do not know how but I let my friends take me to buy the call of duty and play with them online, I never played a cod since last generation I had the wii. This video game is good but when you look at the saga, the company and above all the community sucks.
    A campaign mode that gives pity, play the first missions and then gave me the vomit. No depth or interesting argument.
    An online mode that at first you can have fun but after a while you go despairing with the campers and the connection that sucks. In addition to repeating the same formula that has been doing Activision for a decade.
    The only redeemable is the mode of the zombies that is the only thing that can convince you to buy the game.
    In conclusion the video game is the same old **** The only one who could understand that buy this videogame is someone who has never played a cod.    … Expand
  44. Vizantiyec
    Jul 16, 2018
    2
    Registered on Metacritic just for this review - CoD Black Ops 3 IMHO worst campaign ever! Don't waste your time!
  45. 613th
    Jul 23, 2021
    2
    I am not a hater of the CoD series, but this is the worst part I have ever played.

    it is looks like Just Cause 4 or Warface or something. Graphic, the interface and the whole decoration looks terribly, something between a mobile game and a browser shooter. About the gameplay and game modes - i deleted the game after completing half of the plot. There is no campaign at all. There are    I am not a hater of the CoD series, but this is the worst part I have ever played.

    it is looks like Just Cause 4 or Warface or something. Graphic, the interface and the whole decoration looks terribly, something between a mobile game and a browser shooter.

    About the gameplay and game modes - i deleted the game after completing half of the plot. There is no campaign at all. There are only some separated missions with the same, absolutely empty, characters. I think that all features and the main setting of this part are bad for many players too.
    Online mode was turned off after one try, and it was not because of my bad skill.
    The zombie mode not so bad as the whole other game, so the game has my 2 only for this mode.

    If you are in doubt, my advice - go by.    … Expand
  46. IsaiahW
    Sep 2, 2020
    2
    This game plays OK, its unfortunate that the story is so unbelievably confusing.
  47. badyagiz
    Mar 12, 2021
    2
    One of the most boring game ever. Don't waste your money and time. Story is boring, gameplay is good, graphics are average. Not worth playing and the Servers are down so you can't play online.
  48. Sain4k
    May 19, 2022
    2
    Худшая Call of Duty в которую я играл, багованый, тупой кусок дерьма с тупым сюжетом. Играл на пс 5
  49. Bulba2555
    Jul 6, 2023
    2
    Here Treyarch made a complete diarrhea. The plot is incredibly bad. Terrible graphics, disgusting weapon physics, everything is very bad there. I don't know why some people like this part. But it's really terrible.
  50. partyintheback
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    The campaign is one of the worst Call of Duty campaigns. Very short and worse than average. Multiplayer is buggy and I keep getting dropped out of matches. Very laggy. If you liked previous Black Ops, don't buy this one. Black Ops 1 and 2 were better across the board.
  51. Abeofgradas77
    Nov 8, 2015
    1
    the same crap it is every year. I can't give it a 0, they worked 2 years on it, plus the wall running and some of the campaign elements are a bit different. But it is mostly the same garbage. I wanted to like this game, BO2 wasn't half bad, but alas, this game was a repetitive, boring, disappointment.
  52. leaveit
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Single player uses the storyline from Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008), but the characters are basically nonexistent. Multiplayer uses the gameplay from Crysis (2007) and Titanfall (2014). Zombie portion is based on Zombie Panic! (2004) or Killing Floor (2007), I guess, which in turn were based on CS Zombies. Netcode still based on id Tech 3 (i.e. Quake 3 Arena - 1999). Marketing based on everySingle player uses the storyline from Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008), but the characters are basically nonexistent. Multiplayer uses the gameplay from Crysis (2007) and Titanfall (2014). Zombie portion is based on Zombie Panic! (2004) or Killing Floor (2007), I guess, which in turn were based on CS Zombies. Netcode still based on id Tech 3 (i.e. Quake 3 Arena - 1999). Marketing based on every CoD release since Modern Warfare. Now you know everything about the game. Given a 1/10 instead of a 0/10 because some artists and coders theoretically put some effort into generating the assets and UI for the game respectively.… Expand
  53. vizard00
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Activision Killed COD afer firing Respawn Studio , i cant imagine how this franchise would be now if Activision stayed away from the dev teams ... i give it 1 for the name . RIP COD 4
  54. fortigas
    Nov 18, 2015
    1
    This game can be easily a DLC for Advance Warfare, they dont add near to nothing new, really bored, only played 1 hours, dam waste money, may be the zombies mode can save this crap but not enough at least for me, may be for not high demand users, but well.
  55. stivfox
    Dec 23, 2015
    1
    I mean WOW. How hard is it to fix the god damn servers. No you know what **** the players.
    Lets make the players buy ****ing cod points instead and give us a ton of money and maybe after 1-10 years we will fix the servers.
    When it comes to the actual game its well made as the other black ops. With a fun gameplay, solid campaign and fun zombie mode. The game itself i would rate a    I mean WOW. How hard is it to fix the god damn servers. No you know what **** the players.
    Lets make the players buy ****ing cod points instead and give us a ton of money and maybe after 1-10 years we will fix the servers.

    When it comes to the actual game its well made as the other black ops. With a fun gameplay, solid campaign and fun zombie mode. The game itself i would rate a solid 7.5 out of 10. There are some stuff that I dont like when it comes to the game but im to lazy to write it down.    … Expand
  56. himynameisart
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    this game sucks ass! it's the same as the last 3, you people are sheep and buy the same game every damn year with no improvements at all! No story and what everyone care about is online mode which guess what?!? is EXACTLY the same thing every year.
  57. inaneHELLRAISER
    Dec 9, 2015
    1
    Multiplayer is the same old garbage that it always is, campaign is boring, and zombies ships with 1 map and has another locked behind a paywall. unacceptable. this series is a plague on the gaming industry. Stop supporting this series and the underhanded practices that it promotes.
  58. lilant135
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    By far the worst duty in years. doesn't come close to mw2. ITs a causals game so it will sell fine. But there is soo much wrong with this game. BUt hey you can throw bees at your enemies. lol this game is a joke. do not buy it unless your a casual gamer
  59. Glitchy97
    Dec 21, 2016
    1
    Just terrible, I bought this for a third of the price thank god, but I still feel ripped off.
    The campaign feels like they found a crazy person on the street, gave him lsd and wrote down everything he said, made it into a **** rushed story and put some guns in it. I mean seriously wtf was that campaign? I was happy to finish it so I didn't have to endure anymore torment, and from start to    Just terrible, I bought this for a third of the price thank god, but I still feel ripped off.
    The campaign feels like they found a crazy person on the street, gave him lsd and wrote down everything he said, made it into a **** rushed story and put some guns in it. I mean seriously wtf was that campaign? I was happy to finish it so I didn't have to endure anymore torment, and from start to finish I understood about 10% of what was happening.
    Multiplayer is the same it is every year. That is to say terrible. Regularly dropped in to games with about 10 seconds left, not to mention the laggy servers. Gameplay has gotten way too fast paced, not sure why they make it faster every year, probably to make up for the lack of exhilaration and fun. They added in some useless gimmicks this year though, they were fun to unlock but once I realized they were all **** and copied off of Overwatch they just got boring. Maps are pretty bad aswell apart from a few, good to see they're still milking Nuketown, can't wait for BO4 and nuketown 2090. Also whats with all the **** player customizations? Is the aim of the game now to look the most like a candy covered clown?
    Seriously they need to skip a few years and just come out with an actual game instead of a rehash of the last game every year. Maybe find out what they want to be, a serious fps? Or an arcade shooter? This is neither, its closer to an arcade shooter but done terribly.
    I hope people stop buying these so they make a decent game one day.    … Expand
  60. melonboy
    Nov 23, 2015
    1
    Call of Duty black ops 3 is nothing special.
    Just like all of the other new call of duty's its a joke, there are no original features and it sticks to the original idea of call of duty (if you don't know the first call of duty was made to be a rip off of medal of honor) and it still rip off's things from other games. call of duty is a **** video game and people need to face facts
  61. VadimZe
    Jan 12, 2016
    1
    Абсолютно отвратительная игра, сингл слишком урезанный, локализация отвратная, в онлайне лаги постоянные и одна и та же карта "Combine" выпадает. Лучшее разочарование 2015 года.
  62. Teamflasher
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    It is for me still the same COD game. Nothing is improved. Examples are: Fast pace, jumping around, dodging bullets if it's like the movie "Wanted". I don't like it. Mistake purchase of the year!
  63. B-I-G-DEVIL
    May 10, 2016
    1
    Played every console CoD game and this is the first I gave up on the campaign. What a terrible story and the mutiplayer looks like a Trevor Philips dream... messed up
  64. Xsat
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    It seems to be a good game, but I live in Chile and the lag (ping spikes to 400) makes impossible to play it. Already used wireless connection, wired connection, port forwarding and it's impossible to play. USD $109 to the thrash...
  65. sherlockhomes
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    a total disgrace. no campaign. only single player for zombies. the worst is it keeps freezing up constantly on my ps3. activision should have known how bad it was on the ps3 and not even released this game. maybe it plays ok on ps4 but it is total crap on ps3. this may be the last game i ever buy it is so bad
  66. IPintheForest
    Jan 17, 2016
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag lag… Expand
  67. brosl0l
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    This game is awful in graphics and the other technic apparts and story mode is really bad another American soldiers that kill everyone . The only good part are the zombies but they can bore you if you play to much . Don't BUY this game without any discount and I will play it only if Activison pay me for it . Because with all money that they have the don't fix the **** game and who buy itThis game is awful in graphics and the other technic apparts and story mode is really bad another American soldiers that kill everyone . The only good part are the zombies but they can bore you if you play to much . Don't BUY this game without any discount and I will play it only if Activison pay me for it . Because with all money that they have the don't fix the **** game and who buy it are kids and youtubers that pay them for play this crap .… Expand
  68. Birakon
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    Terrible. The only redeeming factor of this game is zombies. The entire rest of the game is a blatant ripoff of Titanfall. I honestly thought I was playing titanfall for a while until I realized you can't drop a Titan from the sky. Bad game. Rent it for zombies because zombies is fun, but you might as well go buy titanfall for 5 dollars because if you're not interested in zombies, it's theTerrible. The only redeeming factor of this game is zombies. The entire rest of the game is a blatant ripoff of Titanfall. I honestly thought I was playing titanfall for a while until I realized you can't drop a Titan from the sky. Bad game. Rent it for zombies because zombies is fun, but you might as well go buy titanfall for 5 dollars because if you're not interested in zombies, it's the same thing.… Expand
  69. metadubrev2
    Nov 22, 2015
    1
    quite simply the worst campaign i have ever played in my life. i can't even finish it. ok the multiplayer is fun so might be worth it to you for that alone but just more of the same but will wall running and boost that makes gameplay super frenetic. if you want to play a campaign though don't get this game. long cut scenes, long loads but worst is boring gameplay. just empty mags intoquite simply the worst campaign i have ever played in my life. i can't even finish it. ok the multiplayer is fun so might be worth it to you for that alone but just more of the same but will wall running and boost that makes gameplay super frenetic. if you want to play a campaign though don't get this game. long cut scenes, long loads but worst is boring gameplay. just empty mags into enemies without personality at long range you can barely see. super boring. also had a game bug where a door would not open and had to restart the mission. long loads and time between custom multiplayer games too and have found bugs where certain hardpoint spots the enemies won't spawn or come til the next hardpoint. overall a horrible value and a horrible game… Expand
  70. Stinky_Winky
    Nov 7, 2015
    1
    Shouldn't really be called Black Ops. It has very little to do with previous Black Ops games. The A.I is worse than normal. I think the reason for this is because in the past the enemies have been human enemies, so they don't want to get hit, so they take cover etc. But with the this the enemies are robots, so they don't fear your bullets. As a result, they just run straight at you. It isShouldn't really be called Black Ops. It has very little to do with previous Black Ops games. The A.I is worse than normal. I think the reason for this is because in the past the enemies have been human enemies, so they don't want to get hit, so they take cover etc. But with the this the enemies are robots, so they don't fear your bullets. As a result, they just run straight at you. It is a serious case of Whack A Mole. Then run directly at you and you shoot them. Then they only need a few shots to kill them. So they aren't scary or anything at all. After so many future warfare settings, they have clearly totally run out of ideas. This adds nothing new at all and is just so run of the mill cliche futuristic warfare. You've seen and done it a million times over now. The settings aren't even anything special. It doesn't really matter what part of the world you are in it is all samey. Nothing stands out at all. Bland, bland, bland. The story is just plain dull too. As a result, you don't care about the characters at all, they are just empty vessels. Multiplayer is more of the same. If you already own a COD game, you pretty much already have the game. It is the same copy and paste job that has gone on for years. I never did like the futuristic setting. It isn't something i can recognize or relate to. With old WW2 and Modern Warfare settings, i can recognize and relate to them as they were real. WW2 really happened, Modern Warfare was based on Iraq and Afghanistan, which are still ongoing. You can recognize and relate to them. This made them cool and interesting. We need to go back to WW2 or Modern Warfare and leave futuristic warfare behind.… Expand
  71. Jakeass
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    This feels like nothing more than a sequel to Modern Warfare 3 and Ghosts. Very difficult for my middle aged eyes to see the enemy's with this graphics. Thoroughly enjoyed Advanced Warfare but really bummed I purchased this game for $60. Luckily I didn't pay for the DLC's.
  72. CODFANBOY2015
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    This game should have been better.

    I loved BO II so I thought I would support this next release, but sadly this didn't wow me or really have anything good about it to make it stand out.

    MP was very poor in optimization, SP was short and the content overall was there but wasn't really hiding the very poor Matchmaking and FPS lock.
  73. XeloGaming
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    I would like to note how all the reviews above 8 are usually 12 year old fanboys who cannot spell. The grammar is awful just read this **** Go buy fallout 4 **** game of the year compared to this garbage! Call of Duty Crap Ops 3 is a babysitter for all the little children out there. I am a PC Gamer and when it stutters on PC then **** is awful, Activision I hope one day these kids willI would like to note how all the reviews above 8 are usually 12 year old fanboys who cannot spell. The grammar is awful just read this **** Go buy fallout 4 **** game of the year compared to this garbage! Call of Duty Crap Ops 3 is a babysitter for all the little children out there. I am a PC Gamer and when it stutters on PC then **** is awful, Activision I hope one day these kids will wake up and realize how dumb and retarded this franchise has become.… Expand
  74. Gragwag
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    So, I went out today got a ps4. It came with Black Ops 3. I was excited as I hadnt even played on a ps4 before, let alone the new Black Ops 3!
    All looked great, very slick presentation, nice bit of kit.
    Then I put Black Ops in and took off my socks, just to save them from being being blown off! Well, I need not hve bothered. In fact, while I have no doubt i will enjoy many my ps4 in the    So, I went out today got a ps4. It came with Black Ops 3. I was excited as I hadnt even played on a ps4 before, let alone the new Black Ops 3!
    All looked great, very slick presentation, nice bit of kit.
    Then I put Black Ops in and took off my socks, just to save them from being being blown off!
    Well, I need not hve bothered. In fact, while I have no doubt i will enjoy many my ps4 in the future, I need not bother buying it that either.
    Black ops 2, mw on the ps3 are better. Graphics dont make a good game, and the graphics are good!, but still, there not great.
    It quite literally had me climbing the walls in discussed at the lack of realism, I felt trapped somewhere on the road to halo. WTF running along walls! For as long as want!
    Anyway i could go on, but overall i feel that the COD cash cow has been flogged to death, either go back and make a good, realistic war game, or go away!
    I was a PS4 virgin and I got taken advantage of by an old friend, I hope my next game delivers something to restore my faith i the ps4    … Expand
  75. QUAZZIMODO619
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    This series yet again reaches into the future to clutch at cool gadgets and technology hoping to add variety to the gameplay. Again, the series fails. The setting is extremely bland and no crisis can be felt throughout. The weapons look extremely bad and poorly designed in terms of real weapon engineering. Furthermore, the game had me bored right from start to the abrupt finish I gave itThis series yet again reaches into the future to clutch at cool gadgets and technology hoping to add variety to the gameplay. Again, the series fails. The setting is extremely bland and no crisis can be felt throughout. The weapons look extremely bad and poorly designed in terms of real weapon engineering. Furthermore, the game had me bored right from start to the abrupt finish I gave it after I uninstalled the game and requested a refund after the first mission and one multiplayer match. (I played about 2 hours of multiplayer in the beta and the game felt exactly the same on release.) Terrible game, dying series with developers and publishers not knowing what made the first games so great. Realistic weapons and clothing, over the top stories and cool set pieces that don't require robotic limbs. Example: Laying in a field with a patrol walking right past you in MW was more fun than the last 3 COD games combined.… Expand
  76. Antonos_1
    Nov 8, 2015
    1
    Не покупайте это говно движок не меняется 12 лет блять отличий от CoD 1 до CoD bo 3 нет изменений .
    Плюс 1 это серия Black Ops
  77. ntuer
    Nov 8, 2015
    1
    Encountering one glitch, you game over once. And this **** game made me die dozens of times, which drove me insane. The starting CG has tons of bugs. When you finally enter the campaign, everytime you are going to shoot someone, there is a glitch, and you are dead. That's it.
  78. InkedUpJohnny
    Nov 9, 2015
    1
    So in this version you can light people on fire. With your mind. THE SHARK HAS BEEN JUMPED. Also worst voice acting/directing/writing in campaign ever. We went from Kevin Spacey being awesome to this lump of **** Come on. SOOOOOOO bummed I bought the Digital super edition. $100 wasted. That's the last time, COD. Totally disappointed. Apparently I'm not alone, either - the peopleSo in this version you can light people on fire. With your mind. THE SHARK HAS BEEN JUMPED. Also worst voice acting/directing/writing in campaign ever. We went from Kevin Spacey being awesome to this lump of **** Come on. SOOOOOOO bummed I bought the Digital super edition. $100 wasted. That's the last time, COD. Totally disappointed. Apparently I'm not alone, either - the people have spoken.… Expand
  79. Pajkula87
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    I literally signed up just to bash this **** of the game. I played it, died inside and played CoD World at war to revive! Activision used to create good games , used to have soul, story. This.... is **** in people's mouth!
  80. UnBiasedps4Rev
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Mediocre game at best. COD has been the same stuff for years now.
    - Boring campaign
    - Horrible multiplayer
    Zombies is great but not enough to make this game good.
  81. revyou
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    The most full, in-depth and detailed review that I can possibly do: Wolfstein 3D with better graphics and... no, that's pretty much it. Shame that once you have played 1 CoD (since WaW or MW2), you have played them all.
  82. jeffv
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    Campaign from what I could stomach to play is not very fun or creative.

    Multi Player which is usually my favorite part is very cartoonish and the maps are meh nothing too thrilling. I was very excited for this release and now I have no idea why.....I wouldnt waste the money.
  83. ron_o_c
    Nov 24, 2015
    1
    Absolute trash. I’ve seen this game before in Black Ops I and II with a little Advance Warfare running on the walls. All the money you have made over the years and still no dedicated servers. Not to mention 3 kill streaks locked in per game instead of per class. 8 total perks/attachments again, really!!! with higher ranked able to use better weapons. Waste of money
  84. Culveys
    Mar 12, 2016
    1
    Giving it a one instead of a zero, only because it isn't unplayable. Story is some is your typical two-man-army-special-operations-advanced-handpicked-elite-super soldier BS with exciting levels like 'Disaster Zone', 'Tries to be stealth' and 'War-torn city centre'. Zombies is milking a dead cow. MP is made for 12-Y-Os who have their parent's money to throw into its 'supply drop' microGiving it a one instead of a zero, only because it isn't unplayable. Story is some is your typical two-man-army-special-operations-advanced-handpicked-elite-super soldier BS with exciting levels like 'Disaster Zone', 'Tries to be stealth' and 'War-torn city centre'. Zombies is milking a dead cow. MP is made for 12-Y-Os who have their parent's money to throw into its 'supply drop' micro transactions. Instead of fixing instant max level modders and numerous map glitches, Treyarch has been making it more difficult to earn in-game currency and reducing drop rates of the most desired items in the supply drops. Typical Activision money grabbing, do not purchase. Gets boring very quickly. Hopefully this is not a trend all future CoD games will embody, but sadly that seems to be the case.… Expand
  85. mjnelson84
    Jan 1, 2016
    1
    long time gamer ... first time reviewer
    I am a huge first person shooter and military style shooter fan... with that being said ... if I wanted to play a non realistic shooter with jet packs on non realistic guns and ballistics ... iwould have bought Halo ...
    The Call of Duty franchise is getting farther and farther away from its roots as a military shooter... Call Of Duty needs to    long time gamer ... first time reviewer
    I am a huge first person shooter and military style shooter fan... with that being said ... if I wanted to play a non realistic shooter with jet packs on non realistic guns and ballistics ... iwould have bought Halo ...
    The Call of Duty franchise is getting farther and farther away from its roots as a military shooter...

    Call Of Duty needs to get back to its roots of a realistic shooter... realistic guns, realistic attributes, realistic characters !
    I will not be purchasing COD again until it does...
    Battlefield and Arma are now my top favorites .... Sorry guys    … Expand
  86. mikehettfield
    Apr 12, 2016
    1
    I don't see how people keeps falling over and over on the same trap, don't waste your money on this crap, and dlc', this game has the industry in the sorry state it's in.
  87. scherk862
    Jan 26, 2016
    1
    This game could be really good but they ruined it! The campaing is the worst ever, but we all know it wouldn't be good, but not this bad.The multiplayer is good, but in Brazil it's really hard to play since we have the worst connection in the history of Call of Duty, at first it was unplayable, but after some updates it started to get better, but now they seem to have abandoned ourThis game could be really good but they ruined it! The campaing is the worst ever, but we all know it wouldn't be good, but not this bad.The multiplayer is good, but in Brazil it's really hard to play since we have the worst connection in the history of Call of Duty, at first it was unplayable, but after some updates it started to get better, but now they seem to have abandoned our servers, thinking 'it's good enough for brazilians to play with 150~130ms ping in EVERY MATCH. The best part of the game is the zombies, it's really good i always have a good time on this mode, but even when every thing is perfect they ruin things. They made only one map in the game, ONE SINGLE MAP, just to make sure that every body will buy the season pass. Im really disappointed with treyarch and activision, they don't care about their fans anymore, the game industry is all about the money nowadays.… Expand
  88. Paenica
    Feb 28, 2016
    1
    The worst game I've played on PS4 so far. It's awful, don't waste your money. I haven't played a Call of Duty game in a while and this game is way too cheesy. The maps are also tiny and there isn't much at all to this game. It's definitely a game for the simple minded. Waste of time. Zombie's is also the biggest joke ever, it isn't scary whatsoever. I think this may be a game for small children.
  89. municxx
    Mar 5, 2016
    1
    Was quite looking forward to this but am quite dissapointed with the campaign, its beautiful graphics but it feels flat and at times feels quite lost. The multiplayer is the same as any other COD.
  90. HL1
    Mar 16, 2016
    1
    I don't play the Campaign, for the last 5 years I have played all the COD titles in Multiplayer. This is a huge disappointment and as far from the Black Ops format as you can image. More like Space Cadets with fixed characters with special 'powers'. The maps are reasonable, but appear flat compared to the brilliant COD AW. Finding full lobbies is difficult sometimes and I've played gamesI don't play the Campaign, for the last 5 years I have played all the COD titles in Multiplayer. This is a huge disappointment and as far from the Black Ops format as you can image. More like Space Cadets with fixed characters with special 'powers'. The maps are reasonable, but appear flat compared to the brilliant COD AW. Finding full lobbies is difficult sometimes and I've played games with only 6 players, I am not surprised that many COD fans are back playing Multiplayer COD AW where full lobbies are always to be found. Unfortunately I coughed up for the map upgrades before playing, unlike previous COD's you cannot go to a specific lobby for the new maps and consequently have to wait game after game to play the new maps you paid good money for. I hate to think that this is the last COD title I will be buying, but if the series continues like this it will be bye bye from me.… Expand
  91. JeanL
    Jun 8, 2016
    1
    I love all the COD games. This one is horrible. The graphics are great but the Multiplayer team deathmatch is terrible. The guns are inconsistent in their killing power. Some people appear to be bulletproof....it just isn't fun to play.
  92. HenryMcDuck
    Feb 6, 2018
    1
    El multijugador, componente principal y el motivo de compra de la mayoría de gente, se sostiene con una calidad que es directamente basura. 8 de cada 10 partidas con un lag que hace el juego injugable, cuando con la misma consola y conexión, cientas de partidas de Battlefield 1 no han dado nunca ningún problema. Siento que he echado mi dinero a la basura, no se puede jugar así. Esto noEl multijugador, componente principal y el motivo de compra de la mayoría de gente, se sostiene con una calidad que es directamente basura. 8 de cada 10 partidas con un lag que hace el juego injugable, cuando con la misma consola y conexión, cientas de partidas de Battlefield 1 no han dado nunca ningún problema. Siento que he echado mi dinero a la basura, no se puede jugar así. Esto no vale lo que cuesta. Además, la pantalla partida tiene menos fluidez que el BO1 de 360, y texturas se quedan en blanco y no aparecen en tu cara. Increíble que esto haya salido así.

    Por otra parte, tiene una cantidad brutal de contenido, al César lo que es del César, horas y horas que agradezco, por eso no se come un 0.    … Expand
  93. Kypo
    Aug 7, 2021
    1
    Ужасно, отвратительно!! Когда пошли титры я плакал что мне хватило сил пройти это.
  94. gamerz4life
    Apr 23, 2023
    1
    Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a game that absolutely never needed to exist. The first two games are great stories that didn’t need a continuation, not that BO3 was a continuation of any sort. In fact, this is a game that should have killed the Call of Duty franchise, but hey when people are willing to buy trash Treyarch and Activison are willing to oblige. For heaven sake they had someCall of Duty: Black Ops III is a game that absolutely never needed to exist. The first two games are great stories that didn’t need a continuation, not that BO3 was a continuation of any sort. In fact, this is a game that should have killed the Call of Duty franchise, but hey when people are willing to buy trash Treyarch and Activison are willing to oblige. For heaven sake they had some other no-name companies come up with an online-only multiplayer so this game could make some extra money on Xbox 360 and PS3.

    I looked long and hard into this wondering whether it was worth buying, whether the campaign was worth it. I found many articles saying what an amazing story this game had. As I’ve now played it, I have to wonder what drugs these people were on. What story? It’s like a computer wrote this story. There are so many story threads here but none of them connect together. It would make you brain dead to try and figure out a cohesive story. What the hell is this story about? Who are we fighting for? Who are we fighting against? Why should I care this guy betrayed us? I never got to know him. The story of the other group would have been more interesting, instead 3/4 of the way through we’re given exposition dumps and weird half-baked WWII and Zombies levels??

    This game is so broken and buggy, Treyarch just threw up the game and turned its back on it. This game hard crashed several times and a few other times froze in the midst of the game where I thought it would crash before continuing. There are no checkpoints, you can’t quit and come back in. When you crash you get to play the entire mission over again, even if you were at the very last stage. My first hard crash made sure the game would never load the correct mission on its own again. If I had to hear about Singapore or the Black Ops site one more time or that damn loading screen video I was going to lose it. There were also mission breaking bugs where you go through thinking everything is okay until you’re near the end and the mission can’t continue, again there’s no checkpoints so you have to start all over and get to witness the moments that were missing the first time, such as a character not talking the entire time and thus isn’t really in the mission despite running around with you. At one point, the game crashed so hard the system thought the disc was a PS4 Format Disc. That was an interesting little surprise I’ve never witnessed in any game ever.

    This is not a game to waste your time with. I only finished because I was playing split-screen LAN and we could laugh about how terrible everything was. But playing in split-screen is one heck of an experience. First you can only play horizontally as though they were convinced you’d play with four people. But the biggest issue is that there are black bars on the sides of the screen. The game doesn’t even take up the whole screen! We had to sit close to the screen to see, everything is so small and cramped. What a disaster of a game. The only thing I can say is that I got this super cheap and it was short, so was our agony.    … Expand
  95. Flashyboy89
    Mar 9, 2020
    1
    BLOPS 3 has the worst Single Player Campaign I have ever played and the multi-player is so un-grounded it’s a joke. No fun at all. The last good COD game I played was BLOPS 1 on PS3.
  96. H4NN1B4L
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    One of the worst parts of the call of duty series ever made, unnecessary futurism and pushing evil AI everywhere, add to that enemies who with one hit of the flasks, deal more than rocket damage and we will have this tragic game that should not wait for its premiere
  97. MozzerRocks
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    The control on this game is so broken it's almost impossible to play. The servers are so bad that some people have laser fast hit connects while others will not be able to hit anyone no matter how early they get the drop. This leads to absolute frustration. I am typically in the top 2 of the winning team consistently in previous COD games and in this one I am usually about 5 for 20. NotThe control on this game is so broken it's almost impossible to play. The servers are so bad that some people have laser fast hit connects while others will not be able to hit anyone no matter how early they get the drop. This leads to absolute frustration. I am typically in the top 2 of the winning team consistently in previous COD games and in this one I am usually about 5 for 20. Not kidding. I know other players from past COD versions are hitting at the same rate which confirms it for me. I have a blazing fast system but even with everything turned down low no dice. It's like I am wearing a magnetic vest with people shooting before I even round a corner and then I walk into their already fired bullet. So broken. Be warned!… Expand
  98. Bosefus123
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    The multiplayer is terrible. It feels like Advanced Warfare with all the flying around, sci-fi gadgets and instant deaths. The maps are big and open and the guns all feel the same. This does not feel like Call of Duty anymore. They even removed the online player count like AW because they know no one is going to be playing this game. Activision and the devs should be ashamed for trying toThe multiplayer is terrible. It feels like Advanced Warfare with all the flying around, sci-fi gadgets and instant deaths. The maps are big and open and the guns all feel the same. This does not feel like Call of Duty anymore. They even removed the online player count like AW because they know no one is going to be playing this game. Activision and the devs should be ashamed for trying to one-up Vince Zampella's Titanfall simply because you were bitter he beat you in court and you had to pay him the millions you initially tried not to after MW2. Even though I'm not a Star Wars fan, I'm going to trade this game in for it.… Expand
  99. cod4isthebest
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Treyarch sucks at making games plain and simple. This 0 is because this game is awful and all you treyarch nerds on youtube gave Titanfall and COD Ghosts **** when they are 100x better than this piece of trash. Slow as **** game that goes backwards from the progress of Titanfall and ****ty hit detection and way too much autoaim that Ghosts engine improved upon. Zombies got worse with aTreyarch sucks at making games plain and simple. This 0 is because this game is awful and all you treyarch nerds on youtube gave Titanfall and COD Ghosts **** when they are 100x better than this piece of trash. Slow as **** game that goes backwards from the progress of Titanfall and ****ty hit detection and way too much autoaim that Ghosts engine improved upon. Zombies got worse with a stupid era and forcing you to buy DLC to play as the old characters.… Expand
  100. kotwr424
    Dec 12, 2015
    0
    Might just be me but has anyone else felt like call of duty hasn't been good since Black ops 2? either way this game was purchased on a drunken battlefront angry moment. This being stated I gave the game a try i think im rank 25 or something in MP. I will say only one game has made me toss my control aside in disgust and that was fight night (my fault), this time its the games fault. SoMight just be me but has anyone else felt like call of duty hasn't been good since Black ops 2? either way this game was purchased on a drunken battlefront angry moment. This being stated I gave the game a try i think im rank 25 or something in MP. I will say only one game has made me toss my control aside in disgust and that was fight night (my fault), this time its the games fault. So much is wrong here and its clear casual gamer are just a cash cow to these developers hey go for MLG good luck beating LoL my friends. I told myself last CoD i buy is Blops 3 for the story watched vids no ineterested now its been a good 14 years CoD but its time I say good bye to you and the mess you've become I have great memories of snapshotting with Kar98ks and Mosin Nagants, banzai charging with bayonets on my Arisaka in WaW and the dogs coming in, the awesomeness that was CoD4 and its great story and MP. The memories oh the memories. I will not miss them cause no matter what you do they're mine and this pile of **** will be forgotten, subpar i'd give it a 7 but for a game that is a AAA title it shouldn't be a 7 you get a 1 and thats me being nice. Maybe i'm just getting to the point where a younger generation has caught up to me but **** I have better things to do than log into this game and waste my time not enjoying myself and being someone else fodder while they wait for there balls to drop. So long Call of Duty its been a love hate affair since MW2 and i wish i could take you out back and shoot you.… Expand
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#51 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#8 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
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#6 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. GameGrin
    Feb 4, 2016
    75
    Underneath the glamour, it feels like just another Call of Duty game - to the delight of existing fans, but the chagrin of players seeking new turf.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    75
    Both the single player and online modes are fun but don’t expect to be blown away. Despite a great story and a couple of very enjoyable missions the campaign as a whole is a tad boring. [13/2015, p.50]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    91
    What we have here is the best Call of Duty single player experience to date. The multiplayer is solid too, though the much-talked re-design has resulted a multiplayer experience that really doesn’t differ all that much from the previous ones. [Nov 2015]
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