Call of Duty: Black Ops III

 PlayStation 4
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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2841 Ratings

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  1. Proletaryo
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    Buying a $60 game where the main selling point is actually the multiplayer mode and the connection just lags on and on making the game unplayable! It did not fulfill the objective of the game, zero very deserved!
  2. StealthWraith
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    game is a joke, treyarch sold out. campaign is easily one of the worst story wise, you feel no connection to any of the characters, and you lose interest for them and the story quick. its called black ops 3 but it has no connection to the last two not only that but it doesnt even feel like a COD game its not a modern military shooter you cant relate to anything in the campaign its allgame is a joke, treyarch sold out. campaign is easily one of the worst story wise, you feel no connection to any of the characters, and you lose interest for them and the story quick. its called black ops 3 but it has no connection to the last two not only that but it doesnt even feel like a COD game its not a modern military shooter you cant relate to anything in the campaign its all futuristic crap it felt very close to crysis 2

    MP stick to mw1 mw2 mw3 BO1 and BO2, this one continues the crap from the last 2 CODs more futuristic big complex maps and non relateable futuristic weapons. what the hell is this specialist crap as well the character themes are a blatant rip off of destiny emo looking females with hoodies and robots thats not COD.

    ive been playing MP for awhile and only been seeing the same 3-4 maps and was wondering why well b/c no one was voting for the others until i got in a game with a map i haven seen it was a big multi level map and the game was slow paced and took to the limit to finished now i knew why all the matches i ve been playing took place on the same 3-4 maps aquarium, fringe, havac and redwood

    the MP sucks compared to the CODs of last gen noone asked for these changes that have been made and the changes we wanted havent been addressed like lag, we dont want futuristic maps or weapons b/c we dont relate to those things and COD should be a military shooter ill go play halo or crysis or even killzone if i want futurist themes. we dont want big ass complex maps b/c the fast pace action is gone and its difficult to spot enemies with all this **** in my line of sight. and we dont want emo looking charters or robots we want normal looking military personal

    activision has been killing COD for the last 3 years what was once one of the best franchise scoring high 80s and mid 90s on here year after year has now gotten to low 80s and high 70s all b/c they went to the future scify route with robots, double jump, laser guns, and character models that are ripped off from destiny and crysis , no one wants that crap from COD we have halo and many more scify FPS out there get your **** together activision treyarch, sledgehammer and infinty ward i dont want to see this crap again next year go back to the modern era or even 90s 80s and 70s    … Expand
  3. adrenilinmatt
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Absolutely shockingly terrible. Will they ever stop making the same garbage again and again? At least halo I'd trying something new. I suggest you buy halo 5 for multiplayer this time folks . This is atrocious.
  4. Stoneslammer
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    If you smeared this game with horse **** you couldn't make it any ****ier. Hit detection is the worst in any game Ive played and if you love getting shot while behind a wall or rock then you will love this. Bunch of loud 12 year olds yelling profanities on the mic and jumping all over damn place to avoid bullets. I can shoot a guy a point black in the face with my gun actually touching hisIf you smeared this game with horse **** you couldn't make it any ****ier. Hit detection is the worst in any game Ive played and if you love getting shot while behind a wall or rock then you will love this. Bunch of loud 12 year olds yelling profanities on the mic and jumping all over damn place to avoid bullets. I can shoot a guy a point black in the face with my gun actually touching his head and he fine but one shot at my ankle and im dead. Kotick and ActiBliz outdone themselves on making the biggest steaming pile of excrement Ive played and I been playing video games since PONG. Someone please put this franchise out of our misery. ****can Kotick and put him in a dingy in the fricken arctic ocean while at it that guy is a cancer on gaming.… Expand
  5. Riskyreview
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    This should absolutely not have been called Black ops 3 because it barely has anything in common with the previous instalments!

    This is a review of the campaign and in short do not buy this for the campaign! The first and worst thing they did was to focus on co-op instead of singleplayer so instead of getting the same good old CoD campaign you get what is basically MP maps with some    This should absolutely not have been called Black ops 3 because it barely has anything in common with the previous instalments!

    This is a review of the campaign and in short do not buy this for the campaign!

    The first and worst thing they did was to focus on co-op instead of singleplayer so instead of getting the same good old CoD campaign you get what is basically MP maps with some cutscenes!

    There are no choices in this one because it's focused on co-op.

    There are no flashbacks to interesting wars.

    You create your own generic character so you don't play as someone interesting this is also a result of their focus on co-op.

    The action is boring also because it was designed for co-op.

    Everything just feels so bad and not at all what I was expecting from Treyarch.

    Co-op is ruining gaming some people don't want to play games with others they just want to play a fun singleplayer game.

    STOP PUTTING CO-OP IN EVERYTHING IT DOESN'T WORK!    … Expand
  6. ignore78
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Coming out from call of duty advanced warfare with hyper hype for the NEW black ops 3. Is this a joke? it must be. I am playing the multiplayer and i cant understand, WHY is it black bars on the sides when playing splitscreen. Ghosts and advanced warfare did not have this problem. Isnt black ops 3 a new game? it looks like a ps3 game when playing split screen. And the pixels cant beComing out from call of duty advanced warfare with hyper hype for the NEW black ops 3. Is this a joke? it must be. I am playing the multiplayer and i cant understand, WHY is it black bars on the sides when playing splitscreen. Ghosts and advanced warfare did not have this problem. Isnt black ops 3 a new game? it looks like a ps3 game when playing split screen. And the pixels cant be 1080p,it must be 720p in split screen. The enemies is so small its terrible. And the movement of the analog stick is nothing near advanced warfere. That game was perfect. If i set the sensitivity low, then i cant turn around. If i set it higher it is stil slow but the aiming is terrible compare to AW. And the guns sounds like nails. High gunshots with no base to the sound. It is so flat. And the vibration in the controller is a joke when shooting. I want to feeeel when iam shooting. if they want it small, just go with nothing at all. And the suppressor, it did nothing except for hiding my shoot on the radar.… Expand
  7. RebelRebel
    Feb 14, 2016
    0
    Hands down the worst COD game in the series the campaign is full of crap it really made me sick i couldnt even finish the game it was beyoooond garbage like one of the worst games i've ever played , the online mode is also full of **** i dont know why they dont stop this annoying series they release a new game like every year , please stop this mess and stop wasting people's time and money
  8. J_Cigs
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    if you're still buying into this franchise after numerous titles the past 6 years then youll love the stale taste of the game mechanics.

    the best thing i can say about this game is that its at least treyarch but the thing that needs to come back is the extensive gore from world at war. limbs falling off and sorts
  9. Feniks
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    Worst Call of Duty ever. Graphics are outdated, online server/connection problems and lag. Campers, only like 30 weapons, limited perks, limited game mods and this future setting. Enough already!
  10. Ozwald
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Poorly written mess of a campaign, lack of variety with the zombies mode offering, poorly balanced multiplayer with higher level players being given way too much advantage. Servers are also a complete mess causing disconnections, resets and flat out console crashes often. The zombie campaign is awful too, if you're going to add something at least make it half way decent.

    Another year,    Poorly written mess of a campaign, lack of variety with the zombies mode offering, poorly balanced multiplayer with higher level players being given way too much advantage. Servers are also a complete mess causing disconnections, resets and flat out console crashes often. The zombie campaign is awful too, if you're going to add something at least make it half way decent.

    Another year, another failure from Activision.    … Expand
  11. kk84
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    worst call of duty ever! graphic is bad the gameplay sucks the story is like the worst ever and the future thing they are leading this game into is ruin the game! i miss the old world war games! modern warfare where a so much better game now its the worst shooter i have ever played!
  12. Andre19926
    Nov 7, 2015
    0
    Simply take the futuristic schema of Black ops 2, add the jetpacks of Advanced Warfare, then you add the same recycled trash storyline that Call of Duty uses for its games the last four to three years, and ta-da... Black Ops 3
  13. watchoutch02
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    What a garbage arcade game.

    I also played MW2 because it was free with ps plus. Still nowhere near a battlefield game but it's 100 times better than BO3
  14. wegie125
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    This was the first game I bought for the ps4 and it was just absolute garbage. I could not believe that they ruined a series that was doing so well. I loved the last two black ops games and figured they couldn't screw this up but they did. They did so much wrong. Adding robots, dumb awful killstreaks, pay to win, even the zombies was straight trash. This call of duty they tried too hard toThis was the first game I bought for the ps4 and it was just absolute garbage. I could not believe that they ruined a series that was doing so well. I loved the last two black ops games and figured they couldn't screw this up but they did. They did so much wrong. Adding robots, dumb awful killstreaks, pay to win, even the zombies was straight trash. This call of duty they tried too hard to make a game that added a lot of complex and futuristic features that just ended up being awful. I'm hoping they learn from this mistake of a game. The loot boxes were just awful too, why should you have to pay for guns!? Why do games continue to do this!?? I'm just so disappointed by this game. Hopefully they learn, hopefully… Expand
  15. Turbodowg
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Cod is on a slow slippery slope to oblivion if they keep releasing these god awful games! If I'm honest, after Ghosts I didn't think they would have enough fans left to continue. Then AW surely would be the nail in the coffin, but nope, the young often noobish new generation who have heard the stories from us veterans about COD 4, WAW and MW2 keep on buying this junk in the hope they willCod is on a slow slippery slope to oblivion if they keep releasing these god awful games! If I'm honest, after Ghosts I didn't think they would have enough fans left to continue. Then AW surely would be the nail in the coffin, but nope, the young often noobish new generation who have heard the stories from us veterans about COD 4, WAW and MW2 keep on buying this junk in the hope they will be an accepted part of the once golden COD community.

    Unfortunatly for them, the skilled commuity has retired now. All that is left are squeeky kids jumping around and wildly shooting on badly designed maps in the hopes they can be legendary twitch streamers! But the game has little to offer and little to achieve. The pure skill and almost autistic map knowledge required to be a beast in the older cods no longer means anything. Just grab a gun, jump like and idiot, run across a wall and get maybe two kills if you don't suffer the still present game breaking lag!

    I honestly wish we still had MW2, and they just made new maps and weapons, I'd probably even pay microtransactions on that game (gasp!). But no, each year we are treated to a whole new pile of festering turd that in no way improves over the last. It just builds on the stupid game style that has now changed COD from been and intelligent twitch shooter to an ADHD simulator (believe me I have it I know!).

    So I have to say this really is the final time I will ever pay for a COD game again. I'm done. This is the final insult to the community who built this game up to glory and have been shat on for their promotion of a once legendary franchise. RIP cod. Burn in Hell Blops3!    … Expand
  16. WarriorZ
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    This is just like advanced warfare (blops3 adds nothing but repeat the mediocre fails of advanced warfare) , please activision, treyarch enought with the futuristic sh*t bring back the world war games.
  17. OptimusGlx
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Cod blops3 is advanced warfare 2 plain and simple, if you hated advanced warfare you will hate blops3.
    Right now with cod released the fight for the best fps of the market is between halo 5 and star wars battlefront.
  18. Ozy
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Hi we are the team behind COD! We have dedicated our thousands of hours to just sell you the same game every year!!!! You have been falling for the same crap for 15 years now - god bless you all!!! So here's the all new but exactly the same game as last year COD Black Ops 111, But now with wall climbing activities!!!! Yipeee.... So now you can continue to run around a map and shoot shootHi we are the team behind COD! We have dedicated our thousands of hours to just sell you the same game every year!!!! You have been falling for the same crap for 15 years now - god bless you all!!! So here's the all new but exactly the same game as last year COD Black Ops 111, But now with wall climbing activities!!!! Yipeee.... So now you can continue to run around a map and shoot shoot shoot - like you did last time and the time before that too - and actually 15 times before that as well. Go get your 33 kills tigaaa!!!… Expand
  19. Tornado130
    Dec 19, 2015
    0
    There is skill based matchmaking, that is very bad. Do not buy this game because there is skill based matchmade which means you will have to sweat alot.
  20. Taipan_19
    Jan 15, 2016
    0
    I hated this campaign. It made no sense at all and I found myself so annoyed at the story at the halfway point I wanted to cry and chuck a fit but instead I sucked it up and tried to care about the characters at which I failed to do. A total waste of time and effort. (Multiplayer is decent.)
  21. masterchief247
    Nov 7, 2015
    0
    Same recycled garbage. Don't get caught in the trap. I rented it thankfully, and after about 30 minutes, realized I had been fooled. Please save your money in purchasing, and rent it from Redbox first. You'll thank me.
  22. ps4misery
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Doesn't bring anything new to the table. Still the same fast (albeit slower than AW) based non-skill based run'n'gun shooter that it has been for years
  23. Bernadet
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I have never been more disgusted with a game in my life, this game is a total cash grab its full of micro transactions and it lags its terrible worst COD ever.
  24. ashermadan
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    I don't usually write reviews here but Call of Duty suffers from a lot of stutters on consoles. I initially thought it was a problem with my Xbox One because I'm a Preview member but it's not. I also experience odd frame rate drops on the PlayStation 4 version. The game relies on a steady frame rate to maintain the optimal gameplay experience. Why can't this Call of Duty do that? I justI don't usually write reviews here but Call of Duty suffers from a lot of stutters on consoles. I initially thought it was a problem with my Xbox One because I'm a Preview member but it's not. I also experience odd frame rate drops on the PlayStation 4 version. The game relies on a steady frame rate to maintain the optimal gameplay experience. Why can't this Call of Duty do that? I just don't understand. I was thinking about trying out the Windows version but according to reports on forums and elsewhere, it's just completely broken. What is going on here?… Expand
  25. HiegSeil
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    A post-modern piece of trash - MGSV with its cut chapter 3 and diluted chapter 2 is a far better investment, even if it's a different genre. I guess Activision can rely on taking money from the ninõs rata year upon year, much like EA sports.
  26. lordofthepit75
    Dec 24, 2015
    0
    Multiplayer is broken! Deaths happen way too fast and reward cheaters. This game is the worst ever please just remake black ops 1 and 2 and sell us an exact copy on ps4. This game is awful! Campaign mode is only thing decent!
  27. JAX85
    Feb 27, 2016
    0
    very poor story! i only love single player offline story mode. and this game has very poor story. the campaign is worst call of duty campaign. damn this game with this story!!!! i love MWF
  28. hobieone
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Cod with the same old repetitive gameplay. this time they failed to offer anything new. the classes are all from either destiny or titan fall just re skinned and renamed. and class ability works worse than they do on the games they are originally from. the maps are a mess. they are either too small for the number of players on them which results in being able to blinding shoot the gunCod with the same old repetitive gameplay. this time they failed to offer anything new. the classes are all from either destiny or titan fall just re skinned and renamed. and class ability works worse than they do on the games they are originally from. the maps are a mess. they are either too small for the number of players on them which results in being able to blinding shoot the gun and get kills in the 2 second before your respawn. the larger maps with choke points are basically older maps that have ben modified. supposed to to promote team play play and give it a more tactical feel it doesn't people just run and gun in that too. it suffers from a lot of the same issues as others pointed out with the new need for speed. mainly the repetitive same old game play as previous releases and reskinned rehashed content from previous versions or in this case two other games as well. I wish I could get some of the activision money that was paid to reviewers for the goods reviews the game doesn't deserve.… Expand
  29. knife4life21
    Nov 7, 2015
    0
    Lags really badly on PC. PS4 is at fault for seeing PC as a threat, and sabotaging it on PC. GG Treyarch. Everything else about it is great except for the ass multiplayer which has been bad since Black Ops 2. 10/10 Zombies, 8/10 Campaign, and 6/10 Multiplayer. 0/10 effort in PC version.
  30. Donderpants
    Dec 13, 2015
    0
    Just another half done, poorly executed, generic game.
    And with this being a "Major" release for PS4 and Xbox One, it's a wonder people are surprised I spend more time on Wii U.
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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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