Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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5.3

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  1. CloseTalker
    Nov 19, 2017
    7
    I bought this game mostly for Zombies, and I think they've done an excellent job with it. I was super happy when Zombie Chronicles came out, but the maps are updated to include BO3 features (Gobblegum, new weapons) which I think is a small mistake. I wanted to relive old memories and challenge my old records, but it is only a minor complaint.

    I can't say much about the campaign as I've    I bought this game mostly for Zombies, and I think they've done an excellent job with it. I was super happy when Zombie Chronicles came out, but the maps are updated to include BO3 features (Gobblegum, new weapons) which I think is a small mistake. I wanted to relive old memories and challenge my old records, but it is only a minor complaint.

    I can't say much about the campaign as I've only played a little of it. I am a child of Goldeneye, so I don't really enjoy linear levels, cutscenes, regenerating health, or (especially) markers telling you where to go.

    I'm not much of an online multiplayer guy, so I can't comment on that.    … Expand
  2. guns4hands22
    Mar 23, 2017
    7
    This game can be fun at times and improvements have been made bun I just found bo3 to fall flat in certain ways. Campaign was just bad. That's all I can say about campaign. Multiplayer as always with treyarch was fun and zombies is a slight improvement,
  3. Haloman259
    Jan 25, 2021
    7
    People who give this game a 0-1 is just stupid. "Gets worse every year" is not an excuse. This game is probably one of the best COD games of all time. You may see that mine is a 7, however, for which is because there is a few things to talk about how it's not amazing.

    - Microtransactions This is really what brings multiplayer down a bit. If they didn't add Ranged Weapons and sticked to    People who give this game a 0-1 is just stupid. "Gets worse every year" is not an excuse. This game is probably one of the best COD games of all time. You may see that mine is a 7, however, for which is because there is a few things to talk about how it's not amazing.

    - Microtransactions
    This is really what brings multiplayer down a bit. If they didn't add Ranged Weapons and sticked to Melee Weapons in supply drops, that would've been fine. Not to mention Zombies has microtransactions (with Liquid Divinium). The two modes have pay-to-win elements. In Multiplayer, it's the ranged weapons (melee weapons are just a reskin of the Combat Knife). In Zombies, it's gobblegum like Perk-a-holic, shopping free, and Power Vacuum.

    -Campaign
    If you are not a story person (kind of like me), this mode is fine. For the people who are, this game is a nightmare. The important plot points are in that super-duper fast scrolling text. This mode would be fine if the story wasn't bad.

    The rest of the game is pretty good.    … Expand
  4. Artyfonseca
    Apr 24, 2018
    7
    This game was ok, For me the most decent game of all the Futuristic COD's out there.
    The Campaign was meh for me, It was kind of hard to understand and it didn't tie in with the campaigns of BO1 and BO2.
    The Multiplayer was ok, The Maps were good and I don't think the Specialists in this game was bad but for me It just felt like Advanced Warfare 2. The Zombies was amazing, I loved    This game was ok, For me the most decent game of all the Futuristic COD's out there.
    The Campaign was meh for me, It was kind of hard to understand and it didn't tie in with the campaigns of BO1 and BO2.
    The Multiplayer was ok, The Maps were good and I don't think the Specialists in this game was bad but for me It just felt like Advanced Warfare 2.
    The Zombies was amazing, I loved Shadows of Evil, I kind of liked the Giant, But I loved every other Zombies Map and I loved Zombies Chronicles but I feel like they shouldn't have made it $29.99 just to play OG Maps. I find this game to be ok but my least favorite in the Black Ops Trilogy    … Expand
  5. superpyro296
    Sep 11, 2018
    7
    En général, le jeu est bon...Je ne comprends pas la moyenne de 4,8/10. Mon évaluation porte surtout sur la campagne qui à mon avis est assez longue (il y a 11 missions mais elles m'ont semblées assez développées). Le point faible du jeu est l'histoire à mon avis. Je n'ai jamais vraiment embarqué dans l'histoire et aucun des personnages n'est vraiment attachant. L'ambiance du jeu est assezEn général, le jeu est bon...Je ne comprends pas la moyenne de 4,8/10. Mon évaluation porte surtout sur la campagne qui à mon avis est assez longue (il y a 11 missions mais elles m'ont semblées assez développées). Le point faible du jeu est l'histoire à mon avis. Je n'ai jamais vraiment embarqué dans l'histoire et aucun des personnages n'est vraiment attachant. L'ambiance du jeu est assez futuriste mais il manque un petit quelque chose au jeu....qui fait en sorte qu'on oubliera facilement la campagne et qu'on ne développera pas de mémoires fortes reliées à ce jeu. Voilà pourquoi je donne un 7/10 à ce jeu....J'ajouterais que le mode Zombie est plaisant et je suis ambivalent pour le multiplayer (je préfère nettement Overwatch)… Expand
  6. Eliloq
    Oct 27, 2020
    7
    No es una verga, no es el mejor cod, es decente, lindo graficamente, historia mediocre, divertido, balanceado, variado, aunque el modo via libre es un poco innecesario.
  7. Diegex
    May 31, 2019
    7
    The Campaing is butt **** the multiplayer is acceptable and little fun sometimes, zombies are good.
  8. GottiDK
    Oct 23, 2020
    7
    I have never played the Black Ops Series, nor even knew what it was about, until now. With the new Black Ops Cold War launching soon as of this writing, and with Black Ops 3 in my library (I got it for free as part of Playstation Plus), my experience with the Black Ops series could begin. I watched walkthroughs of the first two games, to get an understanding of the story, and I liked themI have never played the Black Ops Series, nor even knew what it was about, until now. With the new Black Ops Cold War launching soon as of this writing, and with Black Ops 3 in my library (I got it for free as part of Playstation Plus), my experience with the Black Ops series could begin. I watched walkthroughs of the first two games, to get an understanding of the story, and I liked them both.

    But with Black Ops 3 taking place in 2065, I was really skeptical about this. What I like about the first Black Ops game, was its setting in the 1960’s with “real life” locations. So of course, a game with robots in a futuristic world…. It isn’t my favorite thing to play.

    But I actually quite enjoyed it. Of course if I didn’t get it for free, I wouldn’t have played it. But I am glad that I got to play it.

    The story is okay, sometimes it was perfect, and sometimes it was boring. But I really liked, that it was about the negative things about the future of mechanical and digital things. It is quite scary if robots in real life goes rogue, or prosthesis is mechanical things connected to your brain. That was a positive thing about the story. The characters are not that interesting compared to the prior games. I also think there is a lack of mention or present of previous characters. I am really missing the connection why this is the third installment. Personally this game could have been named something else and I wouldn’t be against it.

    The gameplay is the highlight of this game. It is fast paced, but still you can enjoy the beautifully surroundings at a slower pace. The shooting is fast paced and… fun. Normally I just want to enjoy the narrative, but when the story was at the boring stages, the shooting helped me to enjoy the game. The wall climbing and jumping are also okay fun in the beginning. But strangely I could not figure out to equip them in the story. So I completed the game without the use of these mechanical equipment.

    I have only played a few matches in online. As always Call of Duty is a perfect online experience with different modes and places. But with the present of wall running and super jumps I did not enjoy it as much as other online Call of Duty games. Personally I can’t figure out the super jumps in online matches, so I prefer a natural gun battle in Deathmatch.

    Call of Duty Black Ops 3 is a surprisingly good game. I prefer the more realistic Call of Duty game without the futuristic, however I did enjoy this. Comparing the prior games in the series, I prefer them over this because of the realism. It has an okay story with fun high paced gameplay and beautiful surroundings.    … Expand
  9. TrukfitSteezy
    Mar 6, 2022
    7
    Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of Zombies & I basically exclusively played Zombies on this game. The original zombie map kind of sucked, but the mods were dope as hell and provided a lot of fun.
  10. Parsa2079
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    The first Call of Duty game that I played in PS4. The gameplay was ok with a great graphics but the story didn't work out for me.
  11. AbuAyoub
    May 9, 2020
    7
    I think it is a pretty decent game. It had a nice campaign with some weird stuff going on, but it was enjoyable.

    I think this is one of the better variants of the CoD franchise.

    Haven’ tried multiplayer though.
  12. lesiuML
    Feb 5, 2022
    7
    Really good camping although the ending is too long. Few really nice plots but some characters are completely dull. There are also few epic scenes especially in ww2 surreal mison. Overall it was a fresh and nice experience.
  13. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  14. SquidoOn60Fps
    Mar 22, 2021
    7
    Multiplayer is great. No doubt. The movement is very smooth and the shooting feels very smooth as well. The maps are alright, but they could be better. The weapons are pretty average for a Black Ops game, but there are some unique additions as well (there is a full-auto nail gun!). Multiplayer 8/10.

    Campaign is bad. Not horrible, but bad. The missions feel like im playing through a    Multiplayer is great. No doubt. The movement is very smooth and the shooting feels very smooth as well. The maps are alright, but they could be better. The weapons are pretty average for a Black Ops game, but there are some unique additions as well (there is a full-auto nail gun!). Multiplayer 8/10.

    Campaign is bad. Not horrible, but bad. The missions feel like im playing through a fever dream from space. The story makes 0 sense and has no connection to Bo1 and Bo2. The voice acting is poor, and it doesn't help that none of the events or things in the story are explained, its like they just expect you to know what is going on. Train go boom. Campaign 2/10.

    Zombies is mediocre. There really isn't much to say about it. It is relatively underwhelming. Also what the heck is it with gobblegums? Zombies 5/10.

    Overall, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 3 is a underwhelming game for Zombies fans, a really bad game for Campaign fans, and a pretty great game for Multiplayer fans. My general rating of Call of Duty®: Black Ops 3 is a 7/10.    … Expand
  15. mikesgold2K
    Mar 1, 2021
    7
    Dość ciekawy pomysł na kampanię, jednak bez większego polotu. Boli też fakt oderwania od dziedzictwa serii Black Ops. Multiplayer jest dalej dynamiczny lecz i on szybko się nudzi
  16. Mitch2611
    Feb 6, 2021
    7
    Overall, not a bad game, but not great. The campaign starts off interesting, but gets confusing. The multiplayer is decent, but there's nothing really special about it and most of the maps are poorly designed. The zombies is solid, but again, not the best.
  17. grimreapersims
    Jan 18, 2022
    7
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  18. JaDm
    May 31, 2022
    7
    It's interesting to go through once. All as always, shooter movie. Made with quality.
  19. tututdyure
    Jan 2, 2022
    7
    Well this game are good. I like it. About the story and the gameplay are stunning me. But I think COD Black Ops 1 is more better than this one. But overall okay.
  20. chernandez31
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    One of the best post-golden age COD’s. Still solid to this day. The bad campaign held it back though.
  21. ArekSuzme
    Oct 4, 2022
    7
    Maybe not the best but I still think it's underrated. Great game with a lot of twists. The ending was confusing but also pretty good. It's much better then a lot of COD games for me. Definitely underrated as hell.
  22. trinovatic
    Nov 27, 2022
    7
    No me he jugado todos los COD, ni todos los BO, pero este juego me gusto muchísimo ngl.
  23. Young__fool
    Feb 10, 2023
    7
    I think CoD black op 3 is an okay game. The campaign is vefry confusing and the story is probably the most complicated story in call of duty history. But the gameplay that the campaign has to offer is pretty good and i liked the DNI mechanics. The multiplayer is okay as well and i like the fast paced shooting with wallrunning and all that stuff. But what i don't like is the skill-basedI think CoD black op 3 is an okay game. The campaign is vefry confusing and the story is probably the most complicated story in call of duty history. But the gameplay that the campaign has to offer is pretty good and i liked the DNI mechanics. The multiplayer is okay as well and i like the fast paced shooting with wallrunning and all that stuff. But what i don't like is the skill-based matchmaking and the multiplayer just doesen't feel like pure call of duty magic that the MW trilogy is known for. But i must say that i have really enjoyed the zombies mode. It's just pure fun and the lore is also fairly interesting.
    Overall from the more casual gamer perspective i like the game but from the call of duty fan perspective i don't like it that much.    … Expand
  24. RiSSSen
    Dec 7, 2022
    7
    Too lazy to describe, so I'll just write my assessment about this project
    Xd
  25. Magneto2534
    Apr 12, 2023
    7
    another COD I have good memories with but its a pretty standard cod all things considered with the unique characters not really being as unique as you'd think. the maps are pretty good in this one and the zombies mode is pretty cool but overall this is nothing too crazy but not bad.
  26. pwogram09
    Jan 25, 2023
    7
    meh it was fine it was better than ghost but that's not really a compliment to be honest there's a lot of positives but there's also a lot of negatives so it's really just meh
  27. philsom
    Jun 15, 2023
    7
    Multiplayer and gameplay is way better than the other futuristic ones and actually pretty good, had a lot of fun getting the prestiges. Story is decent but could be better, still good to have a story mode to play.
  28. robinzvak
    Dec 27, 2015
    6
    Campaing is sh*t. Zombies bored. Multiplayer CoD trademark still not changed.(you love it or you hate it) One point down for very expensive Season Pass. I remember times, when maps will be free, include in patch.
  29. ronswanson
    Nov 8, 2015
    6
    Campaign - Its Call of Duty, you know what to expect. Not much else to say. Heavily scripted, linear and unnecessarily conducive story. 4/10

    Multiplayer and Zombies offering is quite frankly more of the same, but the amount of content in here is admirable. Gameplay and pick 10 works pretty much the same. Wall running is unnecessary. Special weapons are cool, never overpowered or    Campaign - Its Call of Duty, you know what to expect. Not much else to say. Heavily scripted, linear and unnecessarily conducive story. 4/10

    Multiplayer and Zombies offering is quite frankly more of the same, but the amount of content in here is admirable. Gameplay and pick 10 works pretty much the same. Wall running is unnecessary. Special weapons are cool, never overpowered or distracting. The large cluttered maps are well designed, but often there will be entire sections of the map where nothing is happening and simply don't work on some game modes, such as Free For All and Gun game and even traditional TDM. There is a lack of small maps. Domination is the MP mode that gets the most tlc treatment from Treyarch. For what might be the most content packed COD game ever made, the quality just isn't there. Unless you plan on spending all your time on Zombies and certain MP modes like Domination, this isn't worth your time.    … Expand
  30. jflyin123
    Nov 7, 2015
    6
    Well it's better than Ghosts and AW but let's be honest the bar was set pretty low on those. Multiplayer is still a laggy mess and the spawns are horrible as usual. Tired of this futuristic bs cod needs to go back to it's roots imo.
    Pretty standard over the top action campaign but the voice acting is horrible and ruins the experience for me.
    Zombies is more difficult but probably the    Well it's better than Ghosts and AW but let's be honest the bar was set pretty low on those. Multiplayer is still a laggy mess and the spawns are horrible as usual. Tired of this futuristic bs cod needs to go back to it's roots imo.
    Pretty standard over the top action campaign but the voice acting is horrible and ruins the experience for me.

    Zombies is more difficult but probably the best part about a treyarch cod as always no complaints here.

    bottom line if you are buying the game for zombies i say it's worth it otherwise wait till you can get it cheaper    … Expand
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#51 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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Metascore
81

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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