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  1. 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.
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  2. Feb 27, 2019
    9
    Black Ops III is excellent and fun and incredible. The Multiplayer is super fun and the gameplay loop is intoxicating. The advanced movement can get tired but the rest of the game far outweighs these sparse moments. Zombies is awesome and tells interesting stories. The campaign hits no stellar notes, and floats along sometimes forgettably, which to this day baffles me beyond reason. (I,Black Ops III is excellent and fun and incredible. The Multiplayer is super fun and the gameplay loop is intoxicating. The advanced movement can get tired but the rest of the game far outweighs these sparse moments. Zombies is awesome and tells interesting stories. The campaign hits no stellar notes, and floats along sometimes forgettably, which to this day baffles me beyond reason. (I, frankly, **** loved BO1's campaign and BO2's was cool) Where the BO1 and 2 level of Campaign storytelling went, I'll never understand. The rest of this title is fantastic though, and plays like a universal truth. Expand
  3. May 31, 2019
    7
    The Campaing is butt **** the multiplayer is acceptable and little fun sometimes, zombies are good.
  4. Feb 1, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game offers a nice and different campaign, the best zombie maps issued so far and a decent multiplayer.
    I strongly recommend it after playing it for 3 years
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  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Oct 24, 2020
    5
    - Campaign: 1/10
    - Zombies: 9/10
    - Multiplayer: 3/10

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  8. Oct 31, 2019
    6
    Понравилась только из-за зомби режима. Сюжет очень тупой, проходить за 5 часов, а сетевой режим с прыжками быстро надоедает.
  9. Nov 4, 2019
    8
    BO3 is pretty sweet and it's not cause their are double jumps that this game is bad it just makes the game more fast pace and gives you more offensive or defensive tactics. It has nice maps and a nice gun range the campaign actually has a good plot with an intriguing evil. It has a wide range of guns the zombies is really nice offering different mechanics from casual zombies. Overall IBO3 is pretty sweet and it's not cause their are double jumps that this game is bad it just makes the game more fast pace and gives you more offensive or defensive tactics. It has nice maps and a nice gun range the campaign actually has a good plot with an intriguing evil. It has a wide range of guns the zombies is really nice offering different mechanics from casual zombies. Overall I find that this is a very fun game it's nice and offers many hours of enjoyment now I won't give it a 10 as even though it's good it doesn't have really anything that innovates on the series and it could have offered more than it did. Expand
  10. Mar 31, 2020
    8
    Call of Duty: Black Ops III è un buon fps arena con idee di gameplay interessanti, rovinato solo dalla scarsa attenzione al volere della community di CoD, che da tempo ormai aveva espresso il desiderio di tornare ad una ambientazione moderna. La storia è molto divertente se giocata con gli amici. La sezione zombie è davvero fantastica e molto divertente da giocare insieme ad altre persone,Call of Duty: Black Ops III è un buon fps arena con idee di gameplay interessanti, rovinato solo dalla scarsa attenzione al volere della community di CoD, che da tempo ormai aveva espresso il desiderio di tornare ad una ambientazione moderna. La storia è molto divertente se giocata con gli amici. La sezione zombie è davvero fantastica e molto divertente da giocare insieme ad altre persone, inoltre la storia dei quattro primis è coinvolgente e molto ben curata, per questo è riuscita ad appassionare migliaia di persone. Anche solo le mappe zombie potevano essere vendute come gioco assestante. Infine bo3 non è il miglior cod ma sicuramente vale il prezzo dell'acquisto. Expand
  11. Nov 9, 2019
    8
    I played this game like crazy and i still enjoy it! I love this game a lot because of how much stuff there is to do. Though micro transactions are a pain in this game.
  12. 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.
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  13. Jan 2, 2021
    5
    Not that bad but its PAY 2 WIN so much supply drop guns but still best in the ps4 era after ghosts
  14. Aug 31, 2020
    6
    Better than Black Ops II but still not all thad great. Guns fell boring, maps are boring and movment is a worse version of Titanfall
  15. 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
  16. Jun 3, 2020
    10
    Best game ever!!! For real! This game is the most addictive game I have ever played and I bet a huge amount of people agree with me! Thank God they made this game and I wish the online server live forever!
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Apr 16, 2020
    8
    This game is quite strange we could say, it follows the typical Call of Duty formula, with a Campaign, a Multiplayer, and a 3rd Gamemode, in this case, Zombies, so I'm going to review them separately, but let's first start with the more technical stuff shall we:

    The gameplay here is great, it all runs smoothly for all platforms, the gunplay is good, the graphics are great as well, even
    This game is quite strange we could say, it follows the typical Call of Duty formula, with a Campaign, a Multiplayer, and a 3rd Gamemode, in this case, Zombies, so I'm going to review them separately, but let's first start with the more technical stuff shall we:

    The gameplay here is great, it all runs smoothly for all platforms, the gunplay is good, the graphics are great as well, even five years later the game looks pretty good, and the soundtrack is also great, the only technically bad thing about this game is the AI, which, well, has never been too good let's be honest.

    Campaign:
    Oh boy where to even start? The campaign, while being fun to play, is an absolute mess, the story makes zero sense, it f*cks with your brain for the purpose of f*cking with your brain, no deep storytelling or anything, just a plain mess, and the characters are SOOOOOO forgetable, the plot was interesting at least but the way they excecuted it was absolutely terrible, and has the recognition of Worst CoD campaign ever for that reason. 4/10

    Multiplayer:
    I have some very mixed feelings for multiplayer, as a game it is good, it is well designed, but what about the other stuff? The map design in most maps are pretty good for the jetpack+wall run movement which already took a point away for me, but the visual design for almost every single map is just, way too colorful and with barely any sort of destroyed things around, and doesn't give those WAR atmosphere feeling, taking away the immersion, it feels more like, there are some exceptions of course. The personalization in this game is pretty decent, even though most gear looks... Weird and goofy, but here's where we approach to the thing that takes the most points away, and that, or those are, the infamous Supply Drops, oh my god, when we talk about look crate systems, the worsg one is obviously Black Ops 4, Black Ops 3 is basically Black Ops 4 but a little less aggressive for the player, the weapons are extremely rare and are hidden between THOUSANDS of emotes, emblems, camos, gear, andnother useless sh*t nobody really wants, and while some of those guns absolutely suck, others are way too OP like the MSMC, or well... XMC. Overall, the multiplayer is Fine, I guess, it's mehh. 6/10

    So I already talked about this game in a rather negative point of view, so why do I give this entire game an 8/10? Here's where I spent most of my over-a-thousand-hours of gameplay, and by most I mean... MOST, like 75% or 80%.

    Zombies:
    While the campaign was terrible and the multiplayer was rather mediocre, the Zombies mode is what you could even call a MASTERPIECE, every single thing about the Zombies mode is GOOD, not solid or decent, but GOOD or better than good (except the revelations easter egg steps), there's not a single bad map, Zetsubō no Shima had a pretty rough launch but redeemed itself with patches and updates, turned into one of the best maps of all time, just like the rest of the Black Ops 3 maps, Revelations was a huge nostalgia boner but it was easily the worst of the maps since it brought NOTHING new, Zetsubou no Shima, as I said, turned from trash to great, Shadows of Evil is arguebly the best free map, The Giant is the definition of a PERFECT remaster, and Gorod Krovi and Der Eisendrache turned into fan favourites and INSTANT CLASSICS, and the same goes for the easter eggs, the map design in most maps is perfect for high rounds, and the gobblegums are a great addition for Easter Egg hunt, that made it easier and more enjoyable, the maps also tell players that being lazy is gonna bring DEATH to them, because most of the wonderweapon builds are quite the puzzles, and that effort is rewarded with AMAZING wonderweapons, the only exceptions of buldable WWs are: Raygun MK3 (Gorod Krovi), Apothicon Servant (Revelations), Thunder Gun (Revelations), Ragnarok Spikes (Revelations), Wunderwaffe (The Giant). The Easter Eggs are also amazing with the exception of Revelations, which was disappointing for a finale to BO3Z, but the rest are great, the bossfights were fun as hell, especially the GK boss and the DE boss, and so is the Lore behind them, including Revelations, which is a perfect buildup for the Black Ops 4 plot. But that is not it, oh no it is not it, the Characters are, unlike the campaign, extremely memorable and iconic, AL OF THEM, especially the primis crew of course, and that's still not it, the final DLC for BO3 was a 30€ DLC pack that contained 8 REMASTERED MAPS, 30€ was at first a conteoversial price, but the controversy didn't last long because The Giant costs 5€, 5 x 8 = 40, we got a price lower than the value of that DLC pack, and did it pay off? Absolutely, the remasters were perfect, and you could even say that they were better than the original maps because of the BO3 engine, which felt like it was literally made for Zombies. 10/10
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  20. Apr 20, 2020
    10
    Whole 3 year wonder for me! So many features of this game made this the best game I've ever played and able to stick to.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Oct 2, 2021
    0
    horrible campaign - totally stupid future setting with wall runs and stuff but a suprinsingly bad control - something i definetly not think of when i play an cod - zombie mode only a cash grab with only 1 good map and thats the 1 for free - multiplayer i will not judge because i didnt play it much
  24. 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.
  25. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Looking back at my youth, I really enjoyed playing Call of Duty with my friends. I loved the original Black Ops campaign and I loved the multiplayer experience of Black Ops II despite some matchmaking issues.

    However, Black Ops III was a major let-down in many aspects. Firstly, the campaign really sucked. It was not only incredibly boring and too futuristic for me, but also quite
    Looking back at my youth, I really enjoyed playing Call of Duty with my friends. I loved the original Black Ops campaign and I loved the multiplayer experience of Black Ops II despite some matchmaking issues.

    However, Black Ops III was a major let-down in many aspects. Firstly, the campaign really sucked. It was not only incredibly boring and too futuristic for me, but also quite broken. The multiplayer was also very unbalanced and most of the time it was more frustrating than actually enjoyable. Not even the zombie mode could redeem this game, but it was not terrible.

    Not a good game, but also not the worst Call of Duty around, trust me. There's just no point in playing this today, as there are CoDs with better campaigns and way superior competitive modes.
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  26. Sep 24, 2020
    8
    This game is very good but i do not like the jetpacks and the anti gravity gameplay
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The campaign is really bad. Multiplayer was a blast to play and never got boring. The main reason to buy this game in my opinion is for the zombies mode. It might be complicated at first, but as soon as you learn the maps, the mode becomes a masterpiece. You can also do the Easter eggs if you want a fairly decent story of our 4 heroes and you don't really need to play the other black opsThe campaign is really bad. Multiplayer was a blast to play and never got boring. The main reason to buy this game in my opinion is for the zombies mode. It might be complicated at first, but as soon as you learn the maps, the mode becomes a masterpiece. You can also do the Easter eggs if you want a fairly decent story of our 4 heroes and you don't really need to play the other black ops zonbies to understand the story. Expand
  28. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This is the worst COD game. Muddled and confused story, terrible maps in multiplayer and no fan favourites in campaign mode to play as. Very weak link to the previous games and feels more like a standalone game. Quit disappointed with it as I expect better from Treyarch
  29. Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Just really not an enjoyable game. This sci-fi stuff is really just too repetitive and unappealing. I play the games only for the story, but unfortunately the story is very boring.
  30. Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Black ops 3 is a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I found the campaign mode to be extremely boring, uninteresting, and uneventful. On the other hand, the multiplayer is extremely fun, and hours have been had playing with friends. The zombies mode itself is a mixed bag as well. I found that the only new map that was truly good in all aspects was Der Eisendrache. Gorod Krovi was decent asBlack ops 3 is a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I found the campaign mode to be extremely boring, uninteresting, and uneventful. On the other hand, the multiplayer is extremely fun, and hours have been had playing with friends. The zombies mode itself is a mixed bag as well. I found that the only new map that was truly good in all aspects was Der Eisendrache. Gorod Krovi was decent as well, but it just didn't have the zombies feel and gameplay I look for when I play zombies. This isn't a bad game; countless hours of fun can easily be had with it. However, it's a big downgrade from black ops 1 and black ops 2. Expand
  31. Jun 30, 2020
    8
    apesar de ser futurista não tem como negar que o jogo é muito bom e bem feito
  32. Jun 29, 2020
    6
    The solo campaign is absolutely trash, but this game hepled me to survive loneliness in France when I was 2000 km from my family, so I can say that I really liked the online.
  33. Jul 2, 2020
    10
    Favorite game of all time. I love everything about it. Amazing multiplayer and amazing zombies storyline. The looks and aesthetic of this game is fantastic
  34. Aug 31, 2020
    10
    this game is my favourite cod game for me since I started playing cod at ghosts. I have been playing the game for over 3 years due to the fact the Cod games released after were good and the more recent ones are just terrible but bo3 I have been playing the whole time since it released. I have learned to become great at Cod by playing this game and eventually I got a 2+ kd, nuclears, andthis game is my favourite cod game for me since I started playing cod at ghosts. I have been playing the game for over 3 years due to the fact the Cod games released after were good and the more recent ones are just terrible but bo3 I have been playing the whole time since it released. I have learned to become great at Cod by playing this game and eventually I got a 2+ kd, nuclears, and 100+ kills. Now any cod game I play I always do great at them because of this game Expand
  35. Jul 28, 2020
    6
    okay let me get this over with the campain and the muitplayer is **** but when you talk about zombies Masterpiece it is so fun to play with friends! i think its the best zombies mode in the whole call of duty zombies games and the maps in zombies and made out of love and care and when you buy the game you get shadows of evil for free and its hard to understand but when you learn how tookay let me get this over with the campain and the muitplayer is **** but when you talk about zombies Masterpiece it is so fun to play with friends! i think its the best zombies mode in the whole call of duty zombies games and the maps in zombies and made out of love and care and when you buy the game you get shadows of evil for free and its hard to understand but when you learn how to play the map its Great! and stuff shadows has so much content in it and its really fun to play with friends zombies is really what saves this game for me so this game is a 6/10 all because of zombies if you love zombies BUY THIS GAME Expand
  36. Aug 16, 2020
    8
    لعبة لشركة يبدو أنها صنعت لعبة لا أنكر أنها جيدة لكن لا أستطيع القول أنها وصلت إلى مستوى التوقعات
  37. Sep 2, 2020
    2
    This game plays OK, its unfortunate that the story is so unbelievably confusing.
  38. 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
  39. Nov 8, 2021
    8
    + Озвучка и сам перевод настолько ущербный, будто его делали через Гугл переводчик, причем без знаков восклицая или вопроса в нужных местах. Зато они научились делать отличную тактильную отдачу от стрельбы. Голливуд на этот раз сконцентрировали в самом конце, экстаз на час, это прямо уровень. Жалко, что по остальной игре уровни не так красивы. Но скучно не будет, игра содержит прямо+ Озвучка и сам перевод настолько ущербный, будто его делали через Гугл переводчик, причем без знаков восклицая или вопроса в нужных местах. Зато они научились делать отличную тактильную отдачу от стрельбы. Голливуд на этот раз сконцентрировали в самом конце, экстаз на час, это прямо уровень. Жалко, что по остальной игре уровни не так красивы. Но скучно не будет, игра содержит прямо порядочно интересных боссов, которые заставят по потерь даже на среднем уровне сложности.
    - стрельба на 9
    - сюжет 8
    - красивый Голливуд 9
    - перевод 6
    - удобство прокачки 8
    Итого 8 (или 8.5 если играть на инглише)
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  40. Oct 1, 2020
    10
    I love Black Ops 3. I know I'm most likely in the minority, but I feel the boost jumping and wall running was a good feature in this game. It increased the skill gap. Made it so more competitive players such as myself would easily be better than the people who have not mastered the mechanics.
  41. 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
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  42. 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.
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  43. 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.
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  44. 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
  45. 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!
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  46. 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.
  47. Mar 1, 2021
    10
    best call of duty game ever and maybe the best video game ever even though this game is old it is amazing the online is so good story mode is so fun and zombies is the best i recommend buying this call of duty instead of the new ones it so good and it is fun.
  48. 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.
  49. May 25, 2021
    10
    I liked it, my opinion is that it was fun to play through, yes the campaign was weird and hard to follow, but fun to play through just for game play, but the story sucked.
  50. May 5, 2021
    8
    This game, everybody hates it but I loved the multi-player, story and if your a zombie fan then I feel this is one of the best cods for zombies in my opinion
  51. Nov 13, 2021
    4
    One of the worst parts of the Call of Duty series, if you watch the campaign. I can't say anything about multiplayer, but everything is terrible in the campaign. We probably can't wait for a good Call of Duty with a playable campaign.
  52. Jan 18, 2022
    7
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  53. May 31, 2022
    7
    It's interesting to go through once. All as always, shooter movie. Made with quality.
  54. May 19, 2022
    2
    Худшая Call of Duty в которую я играл, багованый, тупой кусок дерьма с тупым сюжетом. Играл на пс 5
  55. Nov 8, 2021
    8
    take it from 9 year old growing on cod games
    the game is fun with friends if y alone (just like me) i recommnd to play zombie with random
    multiplayer is not bod or meh is like good cuz of packages is so op like bruh
    campaign dont play it only if y a trophy hunter
    (tip : if y getting the game get all the zombie maps because they are dope )
  56. 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.
  57. Nov 23, 2021
    10
    Great game in terms of quality, but it does not reach cold war, but it is a great game. Do not play, you have lost
  58. Dec 26, 2021
    9
    بعد از مدرن ۲۰۱۹ بهترین کالاف نسل هشتم هست‌ش کمپین بازی زیادی داستان گنگ و پیچده‌ای داشت ولی در کل کمپین خوبی بود بهترین مپ های زامبی و محتوا زامبی کل سری رو داشت که حیف زمان انتشار ناشر بازی از سیاست مصخرف سیزن پس استفاده کرد برا انتشار محتوا و همه بازیکن ها بع محتوا بیشتر دسترسی نداشت و مولتی بشدت برا زمان خودش جذاب و خوب بودبعد از مدرن ۲۰۱۹ بهترین کالاف نسل هشتم هست‌ش کمپین بازی زیادی داستان گنگ و پیچده‌ای داشت ولی در کل کمپین خوبی بود بهترین مپ های زامبی و محتوا زامبی کل سری رو داشت که حیف زمان انتشار ناشر بازی از سیاست مصخرف سیزن پس استفاده کرد برا انتشار محتوا و همه بازیکن ها بع محتوا بیشتر دسترسی نداشت و مولتی بشدت برا زمان خودش جذاب و خوب بود
  59. 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
  60. Feb 14, 2022
    6
    However, there is also little to say about this game.The plot is small, boring and uninteresting characters, a strange zombie mode, and the game itself is strange according to the plot and the gameplay
  61. 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
  62. 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.
  63. Jul 9, 2023
    8
    El black ops definitivo, el juego con más variedad de mapas de zombies de todos, incluye mapas de black ops 1 y 2 más los propios de este juego, haciendo así la versión definitiva para jugar zombies, la cantidad de horas que le metí fue insana. Eso si estos mapas están disponibles por medio de dlc por lo cual los tienes que comprar aparte del juego base.
  64. Jun 27, 2023
    5
    Call of duty mi oynuyoruz yoksa star wars mı oynuyoruz babacım.xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  65. May 23, 2022
    5
    Imo Campaing is trash,it's the worst in the Black Ops series.Multiplayer is mediocre,maps are basic and it's pay to win because there are loot boxes that can give you OP weapons.So either yo grind to to get loot boxes and hope you get lucky to get the weapon you want,or you use your moms credit card to buy loot boxes.I also hate the way weapons feel.The only good thing is zombies becauseImo Campaing is trash,it's the worst in the Black Ops series.Multiplayer is mediocre,maps are basic and it's pay to win because there are loot boxes that can give you OP weapons.So either yo grind to to get loot boxes and hope you get lucky to get the weapon you want,or you use your moms credit card to buy loot boxes.I also hate the way weapons feel.The only good thing is zombies because imo it's the best zombies experience ever,first off all you can play many og maps with zombies chronicles,you get all the WaW maps(except for der rise but you can just buy the giant)most bo1 maps except for call of the dead and five,you also get origins.i've would have liked to see more bo2 maps but tbh most bo2 victis maps are trah except for buried,if you play on PC you can mod a lot of maps but this a review for ps4 so you most people will read this are people who play on ps4 and you can't add mods into ps4.If you don't like the OG maps you can just play the maps for bo3 which are vey great,i didn't like zetsubou no shima but it was still fun.Overall i think the game is not very good,the campaign as i said is trah,multiplayer is mediocre imo.The only good thing about this game is zombies,you can get zombies chronicles and bo3 for just 60 which imo is a very good deal,you don't even have to buy the dlc's because the zombies map that already comes with the game shadows of evil is very good,i will give it a 5,if you want a good campaign don't buy it it's trash,if you like multiplayer it's mediocre you are better off just buying cod mw2019and if you like zombies absolutely buy it,it's the best zombies ever. Expand
  66. Jul 29, 2022
    10
    this damn hate must be because of the multiplayer because it's not possible, the game is amazing has a very fun zombies mode and the campaign too. the game where ACTIVISION finally realized that It was high time to change the graphics engine!

    THE GAME I PLAYED THE MOST ON PS4 was just this one
  67. 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.
  68. Nov 27, 2022
    7
    No me he jugado todos los COD, ni todos los BO, pero este juego me gusto muchísimo ngl.
  69. 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.
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  70. Oct 7, 2022
    8
    This was a time where the COD developers spent more time for endless activities over a story. The story for this game I liked but it is not worth it. The main attraction is zombies and multiplayer. The advanced movement is a lot more refined in this game allowing for a lot of fluidity.
  71. Oct 20, 2022
    6
    This is not that bad, beautiful graphics, truly payable, lot of new and cool stuffs, snipers are good and not too hard to play with. Nothing else to say, this game is cool!
  72. Nov 9, 2022
    8
    Multiplayer war sehr gut wenn auch am pc sehr schwitzig, Story solide und der Zombie Modus 10/10
  73. Nov 30, 2022
    4
    The only fun thing about this game was the zombies and the only reason I come back to it sometimes.
  74. Dec 6, 2022
    4
    Okay zombies is great... Rest of it is awful, why do you keep exo suits.... loot boxes are so stupid for weapons it legit makes the game pay to win
  75. Jun 26, 2023
    6
    Not as good as Black Ops 1 and 2. Story is not very engaging and acting is not as good. Graphics are good and gameplay is alright, but definitely a decline in enjoyability for this one.
  76. Dec 7, 2022
    7
    Too lazy to describe, so I'll just write my assessment about this project
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  77. 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.
  78. Apr 27, 2023
    6
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  79. 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
  80. Feb 10, 2023
    8
    The campaign holds this game back heavily. It is so boring but the rest of the game is so good. The multiplayer is really fun. The movement had never been done better and wall running around your friends has never been more fun. The zombies is also by far the strongest it had been. It is very consistend with every map being a masterpiece in its own right.
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. Jul 10, 2023
    4
    It's not as fun as the 1st and 2nd games, I just found the graphics and gameplay mechanics good, but it's a game far below my expectations.
  84. Aug 11, 2023
    3
    Playing in 2023 - the online feels clunky and has a hacker every few games.
  85. Aug 20, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juego hermoso,los mejores zombies de la saga,que buen juego hecho por Activision,xbox gana y los piperros lloran. Expand
  86. Aug 29, 2023
    4
    the campaign was a pain in the ass, the multiplayer its ok and Shadow Of Evil is the worst zombie map
  87. Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!
  88. Sep 2, 2023
    10
    God what can I say well first off I have put well over 1000 hours into this game the zombie mode is a master piece the story is ok though and the multiple player is really good.
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 87
  2. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. 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.
  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]