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  1. Nov 6, 2015
    2
    The saddest part about this game isn't that its another re-skin of previous franchises.
    The saddest part about it isn't that the story is almost identical to Advanced Warfare, and that the gameplay is Titanfall's retarded cousin.
    The saddest part is that we all believed this one would be different. We thought we were going to get something genuinely special.

    We were wrong.
  2. Nov 6, 2015
    0
    I want my money back, this is the worst history I even see in COD history. Poor multiplayer, so much bugs and poor texture, I am comeback to Battlefield.
  3. Mar 8, 2016
    2
    This call of duty could of been something different with the parkour system and the promising campaign but like every other call of duty game it is a **** flop, critics are paid to give good reviews, same gameplay, **** campaign but my problem with the game is that the developers talked about the "brand new and innovative parkour mechanic but the parkour mechanic is ripped straight out ofThis call of duty could of been something different with the parkour system and the promising campaign but like every other call of duty game it is a **** flop, critics are paid to give good reviews, same gameplay, **** campaign but my problem with the game is that the developers talked about the "brand new and innovative parkour mechanic but the parkour mechanic is ripped straight out of titanfall and like I said befor the **** campaign is **** but the voice acting is like just causes voice acting, its like you get shia labeouf and megan fox to voice every character. Call of Duty is a dying franchise, the next cod needs time and effort put into it in order to bring back its audience but until then the Call of Duty franchise is just a joke Expand
  4. Feb 21, 2016
    4
    Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 is the definition of Activision and Treyarch being LAZY!! The gameplay in BO3 copies off Titanfall and Destiny, which is a good formula, but when we play we're just thinking: "I've ran across a wall in other games, I've used a jet-pack to boost around in other games" It's just plain lazy! The campaign is confusing as hell and makes absolutely no sense. The onlyCall Of Duty Black Ops 3 is the definition of Activision and Treyarch being LAZY!! The gameplay in BO3 copies off Titanfall and Destiny, which is a good formula, but when we play we're just thinking: "I've ran across a wall in other games, I've used a jet-pack to boost around in other games" It's just plain lazy! The campaign is confusing as hell and makes absolutely no sense. The only thing that saves this game from getting a 3 or 2 is the excellent Zombies mode, that lives up to the hype. Stop being greedy Activision, didn't you make enough money milking Destiny!? F@# Activision, don't buy this mess. Expand
  5. Apr 12, 2016
    0
    by far the worst first person shooter i have ever seen. The developers of this game managed to take everything i hated about advanced warfare and make it even worse.
  6. Apr 20, 2016
    0
    garbage super trash mega bad very bad day game. I played world at zombies ops warfare 6 when I was only an age and this is a disgrace to everything ive ever known about the world it made me kill my potted plant.
  7. Feb 1, 2016
    1
    Campaign is a stale borefest riddled with horrendous voice acting, a confusing and poorly-explained plot, and utterly infuriating AI that spam grenades from sunrise to sunset.

    Zombies is more of the same, and there's only ONE map. Lord knows Treyarch is going to shake you down for another 50 bucks via the season pass so you can get what is almost a complete experience there.
    Campaign is a stale borefest riddled with horrendous voice acting, a confusing and poorly-explained plot, and utterly infuriating AI that spam grenades from sunrise to sunset.

    Zombies is more of the same, and there's only ONE map. Lord knows Treyarch is going to shake you down for another 50 bucks via the season pass so you can get what is almost a complete experience there.

    Multiplayer is an absolute **** with short TTK's and ludicrously out-of-control parkour movement mechanics combining into a **** of acrobatic instakill **** Killstreak diversity has been trimmed down instead of expanded, the guns all perform the same giving players little incentive to try different ones, specialist abilities only add to the imbalance since they recharge automatically and charges carry over through death, the maps are generally poor in layout and design, and the spawn system is absolutely completely broken, with enemies spawning in droves right in front of your eyes.

    This game isn't even worth being put in the bargain bin. It belongs in the city landfill with the rest of humanity's refuse. It's so bad that it's actually insulting to anyone who paid full price for a copy.
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  8. Jan 14, 2016
    0
    Now, I know it's a popular opinion, making this somewhat boring. So I'll simply get to the point: this game and series are failed prodigies, to say the least.

    The multiplayer is broken, thanks to instant kills, not allowing any real skills. The single player is broken, thanks to boring and representative game-play that never shifts or gets even slightly interesting. And the story isn't
    Now, I know it's a popular opinion, making this somewhat boring. So I'll simply get to the point: this game and series are failed prodigies, to say the least.

    The multiplayer is broken, thanks to instant kills, not allowing any real skills. The single player is broken, thanks to boring and representative game-play that never shifts or gets even slightly interesting. And the story isn't even worth mentioning, either.

    And and all, a **** stupid ass excuse for a game. Feel some shame, you fanboy/fangirl morons!
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  9. Jan 15, 2016
    0
    I was absolutely astonished & amazed at just how bad this game was.

    First of all, the Performance: Immediately from the first few moments of the campaign you will notice the game struggles to reach 30fps you will get 20-45 fps across the campaign. Considering the resolution is barely any more than 720p the frame rate a joke. AW didn't hit 1080p on XBO but still had a better resolution
    I was absolutely astonished & amazed at just how bad this game was.

    First of all, the Performance: Immediately from the first few moments of the campaign you will notice the game struggles to reach 30fps you will get 20-45 fps across the campaign. Considering the resolution is barely any more than 720p the frame rate a joke. AW didn't hit 1080p on XBO but still had a better resolution and a consistent 60fps.

    Now lots of games on consoles are still stuck at 30fps, that's fine, but BO3 clearly aims for 60 and fails to reach it at any point in the campaign. I wish it just stuck with 30fps, it would of maybe been able to stick with it.

    The framerate constantly dropping from 45 to 20 up and down gives you a massive headache, more so when all the games cut scenes are locked at 30, when it is smooth & you go to open a door & your character interacts with it, its noticeable and really does hurt your eyes.

    Graphics: Looks notably worse than AW, clearly the developers don’t understand XBO hardware or architecture due to just how bad this game looks with the performance it brings. You can't blame the PS4 or XBO when AW looked so much better at a higher framerate and resolution.

    The campaign story is taken right out of an old terrible B-movie script; It's shameful it's set in the same universe as black ops 2 which had a far better story in comparison. The story barely references the previous 2 games and instead goes on about AI and machines taking over, so that leads to gameplay.

    Gameplay: Terrible AI, no stealth segments, boring enemies to fight, fighting robots reminded me of Star Trek Elite force fighting Species 8472, easy-to-kill enemies that charge for you and you easily kill before they get close then explode in visually terrible effects.

    You may have noticed I’ve tried to break up my review here in bits but they keep leaking into each other, every bad thing about this game makes something else bad worse.

    Split screen: I played a good long session with a friend via split screen one night, it was on a 1366x768 TV and even on that I could tell the game was more blurry then my other games, the kill feed, you know the text on the hud that says who was killed by who and by what, yea, could not even read that, it was so pixelated I couldn't even make out my own gamertag.

    Multiplayer: Thankfully the only good part of the game is that multiplayer sticks to 60fps, but it's at a cost of looking even worse than the campaign & it’s still at a low resolution, I wouldn't even call it a positive as we all expect a cod game to be 60fps anyway.

    I really didn't play the multiplayer enough to compare to previous cods all that much, thankfully lots more review here have done, all I can say is, after mine and my friends session on BO3, the next week we had a session on AW and it was far more fun, more fluid, better looking & just better all around.

    Long story short, it's a failure, they could not get it to run at an acceptable level, It's broken, the fact they shipped this game in its current state is an insult to consumers.

    Don't waste your money, buy AW again if you traded it in or buy the season pass, you will have far more fun, or get the old ps3/xb360 out go back onto black ops 2, it's a much better game & looks better at 1080p!
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  10. Nov 13, 2015
    2
    Haven't played the campaign, just some multiplayer. I've liked just about all of the COD games but this one is boring. First of all the graphics are TERRIBLE! I mean we're talking original Xbox bad. Everything looks muddled and bleh. I think Xbox One owners deserve much better graphics than this mess.
    Also, the maps are really boring and grab your tent because once again there's
    Haven't played the campaign, just some multiplayer. I've liked just about all of the COD games but this one is boring. First of all the graphics are TERRIBLE! I mean we're talking original Xbox bad. Everything looks muddled and bleh. I think Xbox One owners deserve much better graphics than this mess.
    Also, the maps are really boring and grab your tent because once again there's plenty of camping. The weapons have a cheap feel and sound to them too. After about a half hour of playing this I was bored and couldn't wait to go back to playing Advanced Warfare.
    Personally I don't see why some reviewers are bashing Advanced Warfare and praising this trash. AW finally breathed some life into a franchise that was getting stale. It has great graphics, good sized maps and plenty of fast, fluid action and some new and interesting weapons. Who doesn't love being able to boost slam or rabbit punch for a kill once in awhile?! Better than the same old same old. People that complain about the Exo suits and flying around are a bunch of whiners that couldn't get past the fact that they couldn't camp on most of the maps.
    If AW and Black Ops III were amusement rides then AW would be a roller coaster and Black Ops III would be a merry go round. Personally I like roller coasters..
    My advice is stay away from this one.
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  11. Nov 6, 2015
    3
    The story seems non existent and nothing to do at all with the first two, campaign gameplay mechanics awful as well be prepared to take a a crap load of robotic armies. They also added a select your own genre and face with hardly any difference in the faces. Multiplayer is also the same as any other COD game offers nothing really new. Final verdict save your money or buy something elseThe story seems non existent and nothing to do at all with the first two, campaign gameplay mechanics awful as well be prepared to take a a crap load of robotic armies. They also added a select your own genre and face with hardly any difference in the faces. Multiplayer is also the same as any other COD game offers nothing really new. Final verdict save your money or buy something else seriously this is the worst COD game iv ever played. Expand
  12. Nov 6, 2015
    4
    One of the WORST Campaigns in COD or even GAMING HISTORY, Graphics, story and Campaign are NOWHERE near up to Advanced Warfare's GOLD standard ! The 900p shows! . Its really is about time that GAME DEVELOPERS GAVE GAMERS NEXT GEN GRAPHICS AND BANG FOR THEIR BUCK and thankfully i can take this back and get a refund !!!! Buildings feel and look lived in in multi player though andOne of the WORST Campaigns in COD or even GAMING HISTORY, Graphics, story and Campaign are NOWHERE near up to Advanced Warfare's GOLD standard ! The 900p shows! . Its really is about time that GAME DEVELOPERS GAVE GAMERS NEXT GEN GRAPHICS AND BANG FOR THEIR BUCK and thankfully i can take this back and get a refund !!!! Buildings feel and look lived in in multi player though and their is attention to detail but GUNS FEEL LIKE THEIR IS NO WEIGHT TO THEM and many feel TINNY & care packages are WAY too OP and if UNLIKE ME YOU LIKE BEING CAMPED ON FROM THE CORNER OF A ROOM OR MAP THAN MAYBE YOU"LL LOVE THIS GAME...... A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT ESPECIALLY THE WEAK and VERY LAME AND NOT TO FORGET LAST GEN CAMPAIGN !!!!!! SAD BUT TRUE. Expand
  13. Dec 4, 2015
    0
    I am dealing with realizing I just paid $43 for this game. I'm normally a big CoD fan. This may be the end of me buying these titles. Nothing innovative. Nothing even remotely realistic or interesting about this game. Too bad it's a digital download because I would like to throw this title across the room into a wall. Worst gunplay I've experienced in a long time. Maps are lame andI am dealing with realizing I just paid $43 for this game. I'm normally a big CoD fan. This may be the end of me buying these titles. Nothing innovative. Nothing even remotely realistic or interesting about this game. Too bad it's a digital download because I would like to throw this title across the room into a wall. Worst gunplay I've experienced in a long time. Maps are lame and camping is king in this offering. I like to run and gun. That's why I usually buy CoD titles but this is just awful. Don't buy this if you have the money. Go take your mom out for dinner or something. Expand
  14. Nov 16, 2015
    2
    Basically just a copy of Titanfall, Halo, Destiny and advanced warfare. The game controls a lot like Titanfall and Destiny, but seems like it's trying to eat it's lunch on Halo's and Advanced warfare table. It tries way to hard to be "futuristic" and all this. There's really nothing else to really say about it, to be honest. It follows a linear plot, just like the other COD games and isBasically just a copy of Titanfall, Halo, Destiny and advanced warfare. The game controls a lot like Titanfall and Destiny, but seems like it's trying to eat it's lunch on Halo's and Advanced warfare table. It tries way to hard to be "futuristic" and all this. There's really nothing else to really say about it, to be honest. It follows a linear plot, just like the other COD games and is super boring, like the other COD games.
    Let me just say this, if you played Titanfall or Destiny or any of the other games I mentioned you will have the same experience because it's basically the same game with a different wallpaper over it.
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  15. Nov 11, 2015
    4
    So after the campaign(though no one plays COD campaigns) ummmm 2/10. Had nothing to do with BLOPS 1/2 and the ending was like a bad acid trip. Never became intrigued with any of the characters. Very generic, 90% scripted. Multiplayer 5/10. Addictive, yes. However there were no huge variations between the past 6 installments, I do however enjoy the new movements. Zombies though never mySo after the campaign(though no one plays COD campaigns) ummmm 2/10. Had nothing to do with BLOPS 1/2 and the ending was like a bad acid trip. Never became intrigued with any of the characters. Very generic, 90% scripted. Multiplayer 5/10. Addictive, yes. However there were no huge variations between the past 6 installments, I do however enjoy the new movements. Zombies though never my thing in prior Treyarch COD games are interesting(7/10). Overall however I give it a 4/10. Fun at times, but just a generic shooter with one or two new additions. Activision.... Please for the love of gaming.... Mix things up a bit and take us to WW2 or something different. Not a Titanfall clone. Expand
  16. Nov 24, 2015
    2
    The multiplayer on this game is terrible. Movement in Advanced Warfare felt solid and real, even when you were exo jumping. Everyone in Blops3 seems to float around. They basically tried to rip off the movement in Titanfall and failed spectacularly. In addition, the maps encourage horrendous amounts of camping, it takes forever to earn score streaks, the specialists add almost nothing toThe multiplayer on this game is terrible. Movement in Advanced Warfare felt solid and real, even when you were exo jumping. Everyone in Blops3 seems to float around. They basically tried to rip off the movement in Titanfall and failed spectacularly. In addition, the maps encourage horrendous amounts of camping, it takes forever to earn score streaks, the specialists add almost nothing to gameplay, and the lag has cost me more kills than I care to count. I'm going back to Advanced Warfare for my online combat fix. Hopefully Sledgehammer Games will start making more COD games, because this is the last time a Treyarch game gets my money. SO glad I didn't buy the season pass. Expand
  17. Nov 15, 2015
    1
    Ripping of destiny and titanfall the movement is plain boring zombies is crap muktiplayer is dominated by players with special move when in call of duty did players have special powers trayarch have failed IW failed and even sledge hammer bringing out sloopy and this is more **** into the pile
  18. Feb 3, 2016
    1
    The only reason this trash game gets a one is because of the great amount of content. It doesn't get the other nine points because pretty much all of this content is trash and doesn't work. Campaign... Oh my gosh I couldn't even finish the first mission. It isn't even related to David and Alex Mason, and the specialists and characters are made for eight-year-old boys. The game should beThe only reason this trash game gets a one is because of the great amount of content. It doesn't get the other nine points because pretty much all of this content is trash and doesn't work. Campaign... Oh my gosh I couldn't even finish the first mission. It isn't even related to David and Alex Mason, and the specialists and characters are made for eight-year-old boys. The game should be rated M: 8-12. The voiceovers in the multiplayer make me want to puke in disgust. I don't appreciate bad language, but even I know that even the cusswords in this game are used in a corny way. Multiplayer really is genuinely broken. I have yet to play a second match that works seamlessly. Whoever the idiot is that came up with lag compensation needs to be fired, but even then, other games that have it are at least playable. Activision is too dumb and money-focused to realize that no one has liked any of their games since they implemented it, with the exception of BO2 (which I love, but admit that it still doesn't work right). If you like instant deaths and no hit-markers, BUY. There seem to be only 5% to 10% of players that are not affected by it, and they are always the ones going 27-4. I am a very good COD player and I literally CAN NOT get my KD above .85. Zombies is impossible by yourself, and even with help, you have to play flawlessly to beat it... Waaaaay too hard. With all this said, I have one last thing to say: "SOLD!" Because I no longer own this game and will be occupying myself with Battlefield 4, a quality, functional game. Expand
  19. Jan 2, 2016
    4
    The campaign is sorely lacking and disappointing. This game has no connection to the story of black ops 1 & 2. The multiplayer is atrocious with every match lagging and host disconnecting and hackers flooding you offline if you get them on any kind of win streak. Overall if they fix these servers The game can be fun but from What I have seen, this generation of Call of Duty games goesThe campaign is sorely lacking and disappointing. This game has no connection to the story of black ops 1 & 2. The multiplayer is atrocious with every match lagging and host disconnecting and hackers flooding you offline if you get them on any kind of win streak. Overall if they fix these servers The game can be fun but from What I have seen, this generation of Call of Duty games goes to the PS4 gamers because they don't have as many issues on that version of the game. I am not a fan boy of PS4 and I am very disappointed that Xbox dropped the ball with the Early DLC access and the Better multi - player experience. Please fix your servers on Xbox One and Please Microsoft do something quick.. You guys are the best and had the best system in the 360.. Expand
  20. Mar 1, 2016
    2
    this has happened 4 times now, but often when i go to load my next mission the "disconnected from black ops server" pops up, motherF*#@er i'm not F*$%in online.
    Then I have to do the last mission i just finished, all over again. I'm playing this for the first time on Legendary I've already destroyed 2 controllers over this.
  21. Apr 4, 2016
    0
    I have been a huge fan of COD for years. Ever since COD 2 I would feel like I am going into a real battle with real bullets flying at me. Shooting real guns and throwing real grenades. Now all this futuristic stuff is really wearing on me. What has happened to this franchise. I bought this game on release and haven't put more than 10 hrs into it. The multiplayer is so bad. "SpecialI have been a huge fan of COD for years. Ever since COD 2 I would feel like I am going into a real battle with real bullets flying at me. Shooting real guns and throwing real grenades. Now all this futuristic stuff is really wearing on me. What has happened to this franchise. I bought this game on release and haven't put more than 10 hrs into it. The multiplayer is so bad. "Special abilities" WTAF. Wall running? Gay! I am so disappointed and as I can see here so are most people. Please release a WWII or a Vietnam game. What ever happened to camouflage. Claymore mines. Sniping in the grass or in a tree. If I want a futuristic game I would play Halo or Destiny. I cannot believe I paid $100 for this game and I never play it. My friends do not even try to convince me to play it because they do not play it. I can't even sell it because I got the digital copy. I feel like I have been hosed thinking it would be another BLACK OPS which it didn't even come close. Mark my words. The next company that comes out with a WWII or Vietnam game will be on top. Now I have been a fan of zombies since the beginning and the remake of Der Riese is amazing. The Shadows of Evil really blew so hard. It made me want to quit playing zombies. I mean there is soooo much to do to even open the pack a punch. Why not get some fan based help with these games. Treyarch has fallen off. It is going to be tough to come back from this one. I wish the Developers would at least read the reviews and work on making a fun and exciting game that gets your heart pumping like it used to be. Can't wait for Battlefield 5 and I used to be strictly COD but I have turned to a more realistic game that makes me feel like I am really there. Futuristic is really played out. Please help us. We need a good game. Expand
  22. Nov 8, 2015
    4
    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.
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  23. Nov 10, 2015
    0
    WOW THIS GAME IS BORING! it doesn't even feel like cod, makes AW feel even better, and BADASS, this game is watered down cartoon crap, even the cursing IS hella corny. this is insanly boring, AW s&d so much more intense, and it looks like everone is back to camping... AW for life, **** this boring game.
  24. Nov 9, 2015
    3
    Platform : Xbox one

    Basically a reskin of Black Ops 2 with one or two extra's. Once you have played the baffling campaign you get to access nightmares, which is a campaign with zombie enemies. A nice touch. I give it one point for this. I also give it one point for zombies, always fun. The last point goes for having up to 4 players on campaign. But everything else is pretty dire.
    Platform : Xbox one

    Basically a reskin of Black Ops 2 with one or two extra's. Once you have played the baffling campaign you get to access nightmares, which is a campaign with zombie enemies. A nice touch. I give it one point for this. I also give it one point for zombies, always fun. The last point goes for having up to 4 players on campaign. But everything else is pretty dire. Incredibly bad net code. Lags like nothing on the box. I have 60mb fibre broadband with open NAT. Black ops sets you to moderate if the port it wants isn't available. Matching is a nightmare with frequent disconnects from the main menu! Campaign AI is awful, The whole game is a mishmash of borrowed ideas on a tired formula with a poor engine. I mean 6vs6 in team deathmatch?? Battlefield is 32 a side and 50 times larger maps.

    I think its time to either hang up your pistols on this franchise, or at least come up with a new build from the ground up. The playability of this game is hampered by lag at every juncture. In fact 64 player Battlefield 4 has less lag than 6v6 game on cod, even with multiple nationalities. If you are English, one American or Frenchie in the lobby and its jerk of duty. Once you train yourself to aim a half inch ahead you don't do to bad, except where you die then a guy appears afterwards.

    I haven't bought a COD since Black Ops 2 on the 360. I thought I'd give it another go. I cannot express how thoroughly disappointed I am with this wasted opportunity.

    I cannot recommend this title. Keep playing battlefield 4 or Modern warfare 2. This game is a turgid bag of poorly executed borrowed ideas and offers a poor gaming experience.
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  25. Nov 7, 2015
    1
    I feel that Black Ops 2 was the more superior game, and that Modern Warfare 2 is still the pinnacle of the series, followed by CoD4 and Black Ops 1. If the developers wanted to make fans happy they should get back to basics but they are clearly too concerned with streamlining and upgrading. After playing it for a few hours I don't think I’ll go back again, every inch of the game reeked ofI feel that Black Ops 2 was the more superior game, and that Modern Warfare 2 is still the pinnacle of the series, followed by CoD4 and Black Ops 1. If the developers wanted to make fans happy they should get back to basics but they are clearly too concerned with streamlining and upgrading. After playing it for a few hours I don't think I’ll go back again, every inch of the game reeked of mediocrity. The guns have no oomph and feel plastic, the maps are garish and just not very well-designed, lag-compensation is still an issue, and while the movement is fast I am not a fan of futuristic boost-jumping. On the plus side, the customization is good, but that doesn’t make up for a game that still pales massively to the original games. CoD has lost its way and it just comes across as being desperate to satisfy teenagers with dwindling attention spans. Expand
  26. Nov 7, 2015
    0
    Call of Duty is dead. Basically they have taken a fun arcade style shooter and turned it into a bad version of halo and titanfall combined. Not only that the but controls are clunky as all hell. I have played over 500 hours of COD and usually have a 2.5-3 KD per game, I am extremely lucky if I get 1 KD playing this sack of trash.

    DO NOT BUY

    Also 60 bucks for a map pack? **** you treyarch.
  27. Nov 6, 2015
    0
    I had the opportunity to play the beta while it was going on, so based on that I preordered the game. I fired it up and went to the campaign (to get it out of the way first). The story is so close to Advanced Warfare that it isn't funny, the movement is 3 steps back from AW (no double jump or boost dodge), and the gunplay is bad. By the time I switched to multiplayer, I had used a sniperI had the opportunity to play the beta while it was going on, so based on that I preordered the game. I fired it up and went to the campaign (to get it out of the way first). The story is so close to Advanced Warfare that it isn't funny, the movement is 3 steps back from AW (no double jump or boost dodge), and the gunplay is bad. By the time I switched to multiplayer, I had used a sniper rifle/pistol combo because all the other guns got me killed (it's like shooting them with a paintball gun while they have rocket launchers with 150% accuracy). The multiplayer pulled a 180 from the beta and now it's similar to Ghosts (1 bullet to kill) with far worse spawn zones. You spawn and the enemy players will be within line of sight almost immediately (at a bit of a distance though) and usually where you can't see them but they can see you. I have played all of the CoD games since the first one on the PC and this has now confirmed that I will never buy another CoD again.

    TLDR:
    Don't buy this game
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  28. Nov 8, 2015
    1
    Lags a lot and zombies isn't fun anymore. I would avoid this and probably buy something else like battlefront or fallout 4 instead. Worst Black ops game ever.
  29. Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Once again another reskin as all the reviews in here say. Holy crap. I see how like 3 reskins might be fun but I dont know how 6 are. seriously. This is ripping people off and being lazy to the max. Murica.
  30. Nov 12, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the idea behind Call of Duty Black Ops III is exciting to say the least, the game itself doesn't live up to the hype. There are far too many bugs to be considered a release-ready game. The campaign is unclear at times and took seven or more tries for every mission due to the game crashing or breaking mid-mission. Furthermore the online servers randomly drop players from your party and display more "unable to connect" error messages than MW3 did. Finally the game brought nothing new or exciting to the Call of Duty franchise other than wall-running. The zombie maps are narrow and zombies in general has lost the tense, thrilling, adrenaline packed adventure it once brought. I'm sure many bugs will be fixed over time, but the game in general isn't worth the frustration it will bring. Expand
  31. Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Well they finally did it. They created a COD worse than Ghosts. I have sadly watched this once brilliant game series fall from the height of brilliance with games like COD4, MW2 and WAW to the pits of utter despair!

    Every year I plan on never buying another COD since its decline after MW3, Blops 2 was the major turning point when the series started to show it's cracks. Game breaking lag
    Well they finally did it. They created a COD worse than Ghosts. I have sadly watched this once brilliant game series fall from the height of brilliance with games like COD4, MW2 and WAW to the pits of utter despair!

    Every year I plan on never buying another COD since its decline after MW3, Blops 2 was the major turning point when the series started to show it's cracks. Game breaking lag appeared alomng with maps that stop any type of tactical gameplay and a lack of decent guns in any of the new games. The pic 10 system hindered the game and AW introduced the awful exo suit abbilitioes that have created a frustrating mess.

    Black Ops 3 has further shat on the COD franchise with unimaginative maps, boring weapons, horrific wall running and exo abilities and again more of the horrific game breaking lag. It is a disgrace that in 2015 on fibre connections we still have to suffer this lag brought on by p2p hosting. A game that requires such speed and precision real;lty should have dedicated servers!

    The maps (if you get to see anything beyond Combine which is constantly voted) are as dull as the maps in Ghosts. Confusing empty spaces with a million ways into a room or to view a flag or checkpoint so you need to have 360 vision to protect your self from the many bizarre angles you can be attacked from, meaning you need either 1. extreme luck to do well, 2. Everyone else needs to be lagging or 3. Camp in a corner with ghost on and a silenced weapon.

    The long, often high scoring, skillful games I used to play on mw2 have been replaced by chaotic panic battles that require no skill at all. It's quite sad to know many will never be able to achieve any of the higher killstreaks due to the impossibility of getting more than 2-3 kills in a row.

    Even getting a UAV requires around 6 kills??? Which in mw2 would give you a harrior jet!

    The game is a joke, murky visuals mean you can not spot anyone and they often spawn in behind you leading to cheap deaths. I feel ripped off buying into this franchise again. £50.00 wasted and actually made me want AW back and that was a poor game.

    So buy this if you like playing one map only, enjoy lag, don't like choice in weapons and like the idea of having to get 6 kills just for a UAV.

    Worst COD in the history of COD and an insult to the players who made this franchise popular.

    RIP COD and **** YOU David Vonderhaar for ripping us all of with a rushed, unfineshed mess!
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  32. Nov 6, 2015
    4
    This game is terrible. There is literally nothing you can't do in this game that you can't have more fun doing in some other game. Nothing. The textures are absolutely terrible, it all looks fake and plastic compared to just about every other game in the industry right now. TTK is way to fast, Advanced Movements are a failed concept. This game is horrible. Stay away.
  33. Nov 7, 2015
    0
    I have been a COD player since the beginning and with Ghost I was let down, AW I went well that's not much better and then with BO3 I had hoped they would turn it around, but it shows they just don't learn from their mistakes.

    For a next gen console game, the graphics is nothing to rave about and the gameplay seems to have taken a massive step backwards. There is not one redeeming
    I have been a COD player since the beginning and with Ghost I was let down, AW I went well that's not much better and then with BO3 I had hoped they would turn it around, but it shows they just don't learn from their mistakes.

    For a next gen console game, the graphics is nothing to rave about and the gameplay seems to have taken a massive step backwards. There is not one redeeming feature about this game and is just a total waste and surely another nail in the coffin of a once great franchise
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  34. Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Advanced Warfare 2 at best... just because the previous black ops game were good dosent mean this one is good, same formula streals shooting and campers...
  35. Nov 6, 2015
    2
    Xbone review. So dissappointed with this game and kicking my self that I cant trade it in coz I got digital download. The multiplayer is so meh! basically advanced warfare 2, if u liked that u may like this but personally I hated it. The campaign so far is ok but nothing special. Zombies is BROKEN, had similar problems with Bops 2 but this time its far far worse. Takes forever toXbone review. So dissappointed with this game and kicking my self that I cant trade it in coz I got digital download. The multiplayer is so meh! basically advanced warfare 2, if u liked that u may like this but personally I hated it. The campaign so far is ok but nothing special. Zombies is BROKEN, had similar problems with Bops 2 but this time its far far worse. Takes forever to connect to a game with other people if your lucky enough. So glad I didnt get season pass. IF they fix the servers and connectability issues for zombies I may up my score a little. Fallout 4 here I come. Expand
  36. Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Well, is not a bad game, even I enjoy it more than the past 4 titles, but in my case I play all CoD games, and yes, is still as repetitive as other games, for some one who never play any COD, the title is perfect for you, even if the game is bland and repetitive, it's exactly the past game but with more content and a very bizarre campaign, the multiplayer is solid like ever, and theWell, is not a bad game, even I enjoy it more than the past 4 titles, but in my case I play all CoD games, and yes, is still as repetitive as other games, for some one who never play any COD, the title is perfect for you, even if the game is bland and repetitive, it's exactly the past game but with more content and a very bizarre campaign, the multiplayer is solid like ever, and the graphics doesn't look better than the previous title but still are not bad, the mechanics are enjoyable but the game isn't any replayable for me Expand
  37. Nov 8, 2015
    2
    I decided to not purchase this game because I was disappointed when I purchased the previous two installments (Ghosts and AW). I got this game from Redbox for 6 bucks for a three day rental period and that is 6 bucks too much for this game. Before anyone thinks I suck at this game they should know that I have a 1.4 KD ratio. This game doesn't feel like Call of Duty or Black Ops for thatI decided to not purchase this game because I was disappointed when I purchased the previous two installments (Ghosts and AW). I got this game from Redbox for 6 bucks for a three day rental period and that is 6 bucks too much for this game. Before anyone thinks I suck at this game they should know that I have a 1.4 KD ratio. This game doesn't feel like Call of Duty or Black Ops for that matter. I didn't bother with the Campaign but the only redeeming quality of this game is the Zombies mode but the draw back is it only has one map. I guess they want us to pony up 20 bucks for DLC. I'm going back to Halo and forget this terrible game. Expand
  38. Nov 8, 2015
    0
    I bought CoD: BO3. and greatly upset! very bad Russian localization language! no graphics at all! the game is full of **** return my money!
    never will buy Call of Duty!!!
  39. Nov 13, 2015
    3
    3/10 nothing new the wamm slide jump **** is stupid. Match making is camp based. Invites work maybe 40pct of the time
    Worst cod ive played blaze it 420
  40. Nov 8, 2015
    4
    Worst Call of Duty to date. The game brings nothing new and even that I am big call of duty fan I have to say that I will be sticking to halo 5 multiplayer.

    Don't waste your money on this game.
  41. Nov 7, 2015
    2
    The Black ops series is my favorite multiplayer experience COD has ever offered. I cannot explain how disappointed I am in this game. This game fees like a titanfall rip off except I can't summon a Titan. At the very best yu could say this game is a sequel to AW and that's not a good thing either lol. Unlike Sony fans at least we have Halo 5 which is amazing and we can still pick upThe Black ops series is my favorite multiplayer experience COD has ever offered. I cannot explain how disappointed I am in this game. This game fees like a titanfall rip off except I can't summon a Titan. At the very best yu could say this game is a sequel to AW and that's not a good thing either lol. Unlike Sony fans at least we have Halo 5 which is amazing and we can still pick up battlefront!!! Let's not allow these guys to recycle this **** anymore guys don't buy Expand
  42. Nov 8, 2015
    3
    this game is fun and interesting and all but it sucks that you cant make a game that all consoles are treated equal forcing people to upgrade to get equal quality. microsoft has to know that same people just dont have it and if they want to keep a customer they need to fix this . everybody would like to enjoy the same game play.. this game freezes up my xbox to the point where i have tothis game is fun and interesting and all but it sucks that you cant make a game that all consoles are treated equal forcing people to upgrade to get equal quality. microsoft has to know that same people just dont have it and if they want to keep a customer they need to fix this . everybody would like to enjoy the same game play.. this game freezes up my xbox to the point where i have to turn it off and reboot the whole system. i have only had the game one day. shouldnt have to do all that. i dont have a problem with bo 1 and 2 but 3 goes in and it freezes at the main menu. and also cant play zombies online totally SUCKS!!! Expand
  43. Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Unfortunately there is nothing new or interesting to see in this latest installment of Modern Warfare. The series has been bogged down with poor design choices and copy pasted content for years and this is just another culmination of that lack of effort money grabbing mentality.
  44. Dec 2, 2015
    2
    Complete honest review. Read before purchasing.

    "Fine" but extremely disappointing. The campaign leaves a lot to be desired, but we all know we haven't had a good Call of Duty Campaign since Modern Warfare 1 and 2. Let's go ahead and jump right to what everyone wants to know. Online multi-player. How is it? Imagine taking League of Legends, Titanfall, and Advanced Warfare, and
    Complete honest review. Read before purchasing.

    "Fine" but extremely disappointing. The campaign leaves a lot to be desired, but we all know we haven't had a good Call of Duty Campaign since Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

    Let's go ahead and jump right to what everyone wants to know. Online multi-player. How is it?

    Imagine taking League of Legends, Titanfall, and Advanced Warfare, and throwing them all together. That's what this is? They introduce what's called "Specialists" and you have to choose one of them, then you choose your class. At the loading screen it shows you all the specialists of your team and the other team, sort of like the heroes/champions from league of legends. Each specialist has one special ability that is usable 2-4 times throughout a match, based on time and how well you're doing with kills/scoring. Much like a titan. Things like, gravity daggers, exploding crossbow, burst of energy, grenade launcher. Etc.

    At the end of every round the "Winners Circle" is shown, showing the top 3 players from the winning team, and the number one player has unlockable "taunts" where they say something super lame like "One shot, one kill. They never saw it coming." or "Go back to bootcamp!" and it is just an extra annoying tid-bit that wastes more time before getting back to the lobby for the next round. Not to mention it agitates me more that I have to listen to some stupid taunt from the guy who kicked my trash.

    Then there's my personal least favorite part of all. Boosters. Yes. You've got boosters. They're not exo-suit kind of things they just... are. Human enhancement etc. But you have a very limited jetpack boost (extremely similar height as a double jump in advanced warfare) and then you have a sliding boost to propel you forward in a prone position. These are the two most effective ways for evading enemies. And it's really. really. annoying. You have someone in your sights and start shooting and all the sudden they propel themselves 20 feet forward on the ground. Imagine dolphin diving in black ops 1 with rocket boosters on your feet. Or they take off through the air and shoot you down. All-in-all I think this is the absolute worst addition (as I thought the exo-suits were in Advanced Warfare) in this game. HOWEVER there isn't a crazy motion blur effect on all edges of the screen as there was in Advanced Warfare so that's a welcome improvement.

    While the boosters are limited, it's not too bad as your feet stay on the ground quite a bit, but the boosters refill quite quickly, so you have plenty of juice to jump around, slide around, and all around go wherever you want. Except... not everywhere you want. You still can only go where you could normally go on your feet, or.. sortof. For instance, if there's a rock formation with a few trees on top creating two paths, you can't boost over the rock and get to the other side of the path, even though your character is clearly high enough.. just some invisible wall stops you.

    The launch day has not been without it's bugs. Several times I've been searching for a game and it just stops searching. Completely. Nothing's happening. It's just sitting there. NOT searching. I have to back out and search again to find something. (Yes my NAT type is Open) Drops in games. Glitching (not the ability by the specialist called glitching, but actual glitching) of getting stuck on a wall etc. And talking about the pre-order bonus mixup Activision has found themselves in is a whole other story.

    Long-story-short. My copy will be going on Ebay tomorrow for some 12 year old kids mom to buy him at the same price I bought it for, while maybe I'll pick it up in a couple months for quite a bit cheaper. This advanced warfare 2 is not at all what I wanted in the next Call of Duty game, and while the game is "Fine" overall, it certainly isn't "Good" or by any means "Great" I think Black ops 2 was GREAT, as well as the first two modern warfares, and I thought black ops 1 was decent, and Advanced Warfare was rubbish. Of course the sales will be through the roof and Activision and Treyarch will consider this game a complete success, but me, as well as I assume many other players out there like me, long for the days of Call of Duty 2, 4, MW2, and Black Ops 2. Call of Duty needs to keep our feet on the ground, moving at a normal pace. No boosters, no exo-suits, no sliding, flying, or wall-running.

    If you're a die-hard Call of Duty fan you'll most likely have a "fine" time maybe even a "good" time but this won't keep you and your friends up for hours playing into wee-hours of the morning watching kill-cams and having a blast. You'll move on to something else soon.
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  45. Dec 9, 2015
    0
    This game is the definition of cancer. There is no redeeming factors of this game. All of the guns are complete **** the wall running is just pointless, NO DEDICATED SERVERS, campaign and zombies is a joke. Do yourself a favor and save your money on another game.
  46. Dec 25, 2015
    2
    The multiplayer on this game is very disappointing. Stolen mechanics from Titanfall and Destiny. The maps encourage EXTREME camping and it takes forever to earn score streaks (500 just for UAV). The specialists (super) abilities belong in Destiny nod COD. End match (winners circle and taunts) add extra next match load times and cheesiness to the game. If you like to run and gun, you willThe multiplayer on this game is very disappointing. Stolen mechanics from Titanfall and Destiny. The maps encourage EXTREME camping and it takes forever to earn score streaks (500 just for UAV). The specialists (super) abilities belong in Destiny nod COD. End match (winners circle and taunts) add extra next match load times and cheesiness to the game. If you like to run and gun, you will be very disappointed in this game as you will be shot in the back over and over by all the campers. Black Ops III caters to campers without a doubt!

    Also, zombies isn't anything to write home about. The developers removed grief mode (competitive-team) and left us with less maps and content. Can't explain how disappointed me and my friends are with this failure of a game.

    If you like shooters and haven't played Destiny yet, pick up The Taken King; money much better spent!
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  47. Mar 30, 2016
    0
    I absolutely hated the Double Jump idiocy of Advanced warfare. t they brought it back again in the next COD is mind blowing . Are they trying to destroy this franchise deliberately?.
  48. Feb 18, 2016
    0
    Overall,the game just seems lazy to me,the mechanics are the exact same from advanced warfare.Although the spawns are seriously screwed up.Only thing new is the specialists and additions to zombies,specialists are nice but i'd rather make my own character and choose a ability which I believe would have been far better.Zombies has a true ranking system and you can now edit your weapons youOverall,the game just seems lazy to me,the mechanics are the exact same from advanced warfare.Although the spawns are seriously screwed up.Only thing new is the specialists and additions to zombies,specialists are nice but i'd rather make my own character and choose a ability which I believe would have been far better.Zombies has a true ranking system and you can now edit your weapons you use.Other then that everything is the same yet somehow worse then advanced warfare.And the campaigns in call of duty are continuing to get worse as the games go by which I simply cannot stand.

    Note:I have no idea why the critics put this game at 81,at best this game is more around a 2-6
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  49. Dec 29, 2015
    1
    Why do people continue to defend this game series every year? The Call of Duty franchise has drifted out into realms that it just wasn't created for. the game has gone from one of the all time greatest World War 2 simulation games in 2003 to a mess of "modern" game mechanics that just DO NOT FIT. Why bring "boost jumping" and robots into a franchise known for its war scenarios?

    I can
    Why do people continue to defend this game series every year? The Call of Duty franchise has drifted out into realms that it just wasn't created for. the game has gone from one of the all time greatest World War 2 simulation games in 2003 to a mess of "modern" game mechanics that just DO NOT FIT. Why bring "boost jumping" and robots into a franchise known for its war scenarios?

    I can understand the decision from a developers point of view, seeing the success of other games in the shooter genre such as Halo and Destiny but this does not mean one has to jump on the bandwagon and rip off every other game just to get a slice of the action. We have a "sci-fi" shooter in Halo, we have a "class based" shooter in Destiny and a "futuristic" shooter in Titanfall. We currently have no modern war games of this generation anymore cause every developer just wants to copy what has been successful for other franchises. IT JUST DOES NOT WORK. Let other developers work on what their games are good for and stick to your own. You wouldn't put peanut butter and jelly on a steak dinner would you?

    About the game play: Campaign is... Campaign... Is there a campaign? An awful story about robot invasion and humans being turned into cybermorphs? THIS IS NOT A GOOD STORY ARCH. Movies have tried it and most are absolutely terrible. We don't want this s**t in a war game.
    Zombies is just another lazy attempt at a survival based game. Sure, it is fun, for a bout 10 minutes, until you understand the maps and what is required. Then its just tedious repeating the same thing over and over.
    So, multiplayer. The reason people buy Call of Duty. Is it good? Absolutely not. The arsenal of weapon available for multiplayer is about as unbalanced as it gets. Do the stats shown actually mean anything? An SMG with 3 points in damage, 6 in accuracy and 4 in fire rate is a better choice than an assault rifle with 8, 10 and 6 respectively. Won't even mention shotguns. That's an article in itself.
    The classes are probably the only thing that is done well in this game but to be honest, it isn't hard to get that achievement. Replacing many perks from the previous Call of Duty games and abilities from other games can make a nice change but do they belong in a Call of Duty game? No. A bow with explosive arrows.. Hello Gears of Wars Torque Bow. Slam into the ground with a shockwave.. Hello Destinys Titan. Hell, there's even a class that looks EXACTLY like the titan from Destiny... Become invisible for a brief moment.. Hello Destinys Hunter... Boost jump, Hello Halo and Destiny... Sliding and wall running.. Hello Titanfall. The flamethrower is probably the most unique class and weapon in the list.
    To top off this mess of a game this time of year is all the little kiddies that now plague the game. Does this belong in a game review? Probably not but it a topic that comes up a lot with modern games. The game is certified 18 for a reason. Yet for Christmas, parents feel to need to go out and buy their loved little ones this "violent" game. The the lobbies get plagued with pre-pubescent kids talking s**t.

    A single review isn't going to make but really, why do these games do so well. It is obvious that a majority of players hate the way this franchise is going, yet they still release s**t game after s**t game. Why? It's easy money for them. Stick "Call of Duty" in front of a dead fly and people will buy it
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  50. Jan 11, 2016
    2
    A true disappointment. Sold my copy yesterday after I repeatedly failed to force myself to enjoy anything this game has to offer. The Call of Duty franchise surely cannot go on for much longer getting away with churning out the same game year-in year-out. I only bought this Call of Duty for the Zombies as I've just given up on the hope that anything different might come from theA true disappointment. Sold my copy yesterday after I repeatedly failed to force myself to enjoy anything this game has to offer. The Call of Duty franchise surely cannot go on for much longer getting away with churning out the same game year-in year-out. I only bought this Call of Duty for the Zombies as I've just given up on the hope that anything different might come from the Multiplayer or Campaign than from previous titles. And even then, The Zombies was a huge disappointment. This will be the last CoD I buy and I'm sure I won't be the only one who does so. Expand
  51. Jan 30, 2016
    1
    The game Its self is ok when you start it but then the lag switching gets way out of control and they do a horrible job at handling it. This really messes up your kd and score per min and makes the game bad and un-enjoyable this problem really needs to be addressed or else the game will continue to be bad and un-enjoyable.
  52. Feb 10, 2016
    0
    This is one of the worst call of duty ever. I don't understand how the critics rate it 8/10? The franchise is going backward, gone are the days when $1b sales were expected. Now the company probably doesn't even make $100m, thus sales figures are not public anymore. It's sad how the game is going down the drain.
  53. Feb 11, 2016
    3
    I only sighed up here to make this games score go down and to show my hatred for it. Otherwise I would not need to do this and just play the game if it was good. I first started on the multiplayer because I like to be with others and be social. The multiplayer was so bad that I uninstalled it from my Xbox and did not want to progress through the game. What pisses me off is that a brokenI only sighed up here to make this games score go down and to show my hatred for it. Otherwise I would not need to do this and just play the game if it was good. I first started on the multiplayer because I like to be with others and be social. The multiplayer was so bad that I uninstalled it from my Xbox and did not want to progress through the game. What pisses me off is that a broken game can be sold for $60. Let me explain, every time I move in this game the frame rate shifts and goes down and its not lag because this happens all the time to when I just got this game. Most of my other games only lag on occasions and no where near as bad as this. So ya, its literally almost unplayable for me. What makes it worse is that the game tries too hard to be edgy and not true to itself. For an example people can jet up literally 20 feet over you while you try to shoot them on ground and then kill you. They ripped off a good game like Titanfall with their **** wall run version. On Titanfall, wall jumping it is smooth and feels like you are actually running on walls. On Blackops3 you are literally walking on the walls slowly with a clunky feeling while other players can make you an easy target. The worst part of all is when players slide on the ground to kill you. It happens so fast that it is literally imposable for me to kill them. Overall If they got rid of the edgy Faze/Optic look alike perks in the game and not sell an unpatched broken game then it might have been a good game. Their is good to this game as well like the visuals and the overall style of the game. It sadly doesn't help it when it's unplayable. The kill streaks have some good to them but the new ones that they added in just for this game are ridiculously overpowered and look stupid, for an example, these stupid rolling explosive spike balls and these fire fly traps that pop out bugs. Oh and the showing of the top three players dancing at the end of a match is unneeded. In conclusion I have learned that it is not a good idea to use the download method of buying games on my Xbox because then you cant refund this $ 60 waste Expand
  54. Feb 13, 2016
    0
    I played all through caimpain on realistic. At the VERY END, the game crashed, and I had to **** COMPLETLEY RESTART THE LEVEL, THAT TOOK ME 4 HOURS. **** THIS GAME, I'M DONE.
  55. Feb 16, 2016
    4
    Online multiplayer is sad. Spawn killing constantly. Shotguns are over powered. Cartoonish weapon selections. Just sad. I was really disappointed. The biggest problem is the spawn killing. There are times when I watch people spawn and then I kill them and vice versa. It is almost like the game was too fast for them to handle or they have not established a proper spawn system.
  56. Feb 27, 2016
    0
    This is one of the worst call of duty ever. The campaign is crap. The multiplayer is **** and the zombie mod is a huge disappointment.
    The saddest part about this game isn't that its another re-skin of previous franchises.
    The saddest part about it isn't that the story is almost identical to Advanced Warfare, and that the gameplay is Titanfall's retarded cousin. The saddest part is that
    This is one of the worst call of duty ever. The campaign is crap. The multiplayer is **** and the zombie mod is a huge disappointment.
    The saddest part about this game isn't that its another re-skin of previous franchises.
    The saddest part about it isn't that the story is almost identical to Advanced Warfare, and that the gameplay is Titanfall's retarded cousin.
    The saddest part is that we all believed this one would be different. We thought we were going to get something genuinely special.
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  57. Apr 1, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have been a massive fan of the black ops franchise since bo1 came out it was amazing and then multiple years later bo3 (AKA disappointment) this game is the worst game I've ever played I rated this one because of the zombies that is the best thing about this stupid game campaign dosent even line up with the main reason story line I would through this across my room wipe my butt with it and snap it go buy a better game this is a total disappointment Expand
  58. Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Yet another poor CoD. Multiplayer is just impossible to get into a game.
    Don't belive the hype, Halo 5 is much better than this croc of sh**
    Do not buy!
  59. Nov 7, 2015
    0
    Zombies is decent, I actually really liked the multiplayer until it got stale! But campaign sucks. Bad story. Want a good story and campaign in FPS? Play Halo, NOT COD.,
  60. Nov 8, 2015
    1
    Call of Titanfall Destiny ops 3... Another reskin, another year of using other games ideas. Utter borefest! How do people play this same tripe all year round??? Put down the call of duty blinkers and try something else!!
  61. Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Figured after the failure that was AW, I'd give this one a shot, see if the devs would actually fix some of the mistakes of the past few years. Boy was I disappointed. Picked up this junk at midnight and now, 12 hours later, traded it in today for Halo 5, a respectable first person shooter.

    This game is garbage, what are they trying to be Titanfall? Advanced Warfare was one step in
    Figured after the failure that was AW, I'd give this one a shot, see if the devs would actually fix some of the mistakes of the past few years. Boy was I disappointed. Picked up this junk at midnight and now, 12 hours later, traded it in today for Halo 5, a respectable first person shooter.

    This game is garbage, what are they trying to be Titanfall? Advanced Warfare was one step in the wrong direction and now this is three more. Anyone that gives this game anything higher than a 5 is either paid to do so, or an annoying 15 year old fan boy. The last decent CoD was MW2 and it's all been downhill from there...Treyarch almost hitting rock bottom here. I'm sure Infinity Ward will next year though.

    The only redeeming quality is zombies, and even that is just rehashing old CoD's.

    Regarding multiplayer, how are you supposed to attract new people if it's the same old schlubs that do nothing but play this all day just instantly killing them? At least with Halo, you can live past the first shot and change your strategy, at least get some kills. With this game, the people that have been playing it all day every day for 6-7 years always destroy everyone. Just not fun. This is the last time I'll be throwing $ toward the CoD franchise. Back in the days of MW2, it was extremely fun, but these last 3-4 years, it's been nothing short of pathetic.

    Welp, onward and forward to Halo, an actual good and competitive game for this holiday season.
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  62. Nov 9, 2015
    0
    COD has not been worth a damn since MW2. Blops 1 is the best COD in my opinion. Play style is terrible now. Maps are small and cluttered. Every COD has been the same since Ghosts!
  63. Nov 14, 2015
    4
    Black Ops 3 is a mess. It lacks focus, and gameplay suffers from a myriad of problems. This is the worst COD since Black Ops 2. Two things are absolutely certain: 1) Blops3 horrible P2P connections are inexcusable; 2) COD games need brand new game engines. Fans placed developer Treyarch on a pedestal. Despite all Blops3’s flaws, fans are giving it a free pass because they hate AdvancedBlack Ops 3 is a mess. It lacks focus, and gameplay suffers from a myriad of problems. This is the worst COD since Black Ops 2. Two things are absolutely certain: 1) Blops3 horrible P2P connections are inexcusable; 2) COD games need brand new game engines. Fans placed developer Treyarch on a pedestal. Despite all Blops3’s flaws, fans are giving it a free pass because they hate Advanced Warfare and Ghosts so much.

    The positive reactions are mindboggling since Blops3 is the least innovative COD in years. Treyarch didn’t bring anything new to the table, instead it copy/pasted concepts from every other popular franchise. This is Destiny Titanops, not COD. Blops3 is a lazy attempt to appease fans, but in true form, COD fans are lapping it up. This says a lot about the community—the bar for excellence is really, really low. As a result, I don’t take the franchise seriously anymore. It’s cotton candy gaming at its finest.

    Let’s talk about the positives first. The campaign supports 4 player co-op. The campaign is boring slog. Levels are large, but bland. The difficulty is artificial since enemies are bullet sponges and enemy variety is limited. Players can use abilities during the campaign to make life easier, and balancing these out among other players can keep things interesting. The main character is customizable, but the impact on the story is negligible. Now that Fallout 4 is out, I’m not putting any more time into the campaign. COD’s campaigns are nothing special. However, players must complete to the campaign to unlock an additional zombie mode.

    The Shadows of Evil zombie mode will definitely appeal to zombie fans. However, its core is the same as Black Ops 2, so I can’t say the game is worth purchasing just for that. Although the mode is OK, Extinction in Ghosts is the best co-op COD offered in years. Zombies are cliché, but Treyarch would rather pander than offer something new. For players who need a zombie fix, pick up Dying Light. It supports 4 player co-op in a massive open world, and DLC will drop early next year.

    I would talk about my beefs against the laughably unbalanced specialist classes, but Black Ops 3 has far bigger problems.

    Graphically, Black Ops 3 is a step backwards. All evidence indicates the engine lags behind its predecessor, Advanced Warfare. Blops3 suffers from severe frame rate drops and stuttering. It struggles to hit 900p and usually remains below that mark. Texture popins and aliasing are quite extreme. On the flipside, Blops3 is bright and cartoonish, and that’s something Treyarch fans enjoy.

    These problems obstruct multiplayer in a big way. Distant enemies are impossible to spot. Players blend into corners and can easily camp around objects. This problem isn’t as severe on Playstation 4 because it pushes out denser textures, so resolution and clarity are better. If players congregate or enough scorestreaks drop, frames slow to a crawl. These problems do not exist in Advanced Warfare. Even Ghosts performance is better overall, despite its bland graphics. Basically, Blops3 is the worst performing COD on Xbox One.

    The lag is absolutely horrendous. Lobbies do not filter players’ connections. So players with top notch connections will be paired against “red bars” and vice versa. Hit detection is wildly inconsistent. Players experience huge swings in K/D’s because of this. Weapon stats are useless since players are fighting piss poor connections more than each other. “Teleporting” is another problem. Players on both teams skip around and disappear. One player saved gameplay footage and counted 2 second delays at certain points during a match. That’s freaking huge. Activision is being a cheap **** for not providing full-time dedicated servers. Recently released Halo 5 provides an infinitely better multiplayer experience because it uses a new game engine and dedicated servers. I experience none of the above problems in Halo, so that’s where I’m putting my time.

    The “arena” mode in Blops3 multiplayer is a joke. Connections are just as **** as regular mp. Players vote on the abilities/perks/streaks they want removed from matches. Yet, players can’t choose game modes. This voting system is juvenile. Competitive games level the playing field by starting everyone with the same loadouts. The voting system panders to tryhards by allowing them to remove abilities they can’t go up against. No thanks.

    Black Ops 3 reveals that the community only wants more of the crap Ghosts and Advanced Warfare pushed COD away from. Both of those games were decent, but fans lacked the skillset and insight to judge them fairly. So now we’re left with the headglitching, boring, laggy, campfest COD outsiders mock. Blops3 is rotten at its core. And just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s good. McDonald’s was popular for decades, but its toxic reign is coming to an end. We can only hope the same happens to COD, because only then might we see the series truly evolve.
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  64. Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Absolute abomination of a game. There is no innovation, and most ideas are ripped straight out of previous games. The campaign is laughably bad !! The multi-player maps are uninspired. On top of that, there are tons of glitches. Quit buying this and play some better games. Click on my name to see the games that are actually worth playing. Quit giving these incompetent lazy devs your money.
  65. Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Although I don't have the issues that people have with launching the game (maybe because I updated nvidia drivers before playing), I did have a lot of frame rate issues, glitches and bugs. Game breaking glitches where I was forced to restart the game a couple times to pass a point.
    I'm not a cod fanboy by any means but I actually really enjoyed CoD: Advanced warfare from 2014. CoD 4 being
    Although I don't have the issues that people have with launching the game (maybe because I updated nvidia drivers before playing), I did have a lot of frame rate issues, glitches and bugs. Game breaking glitches where I was forced to restart the game a couple times to pass a point.
    I'm not a cod fanboy by any means but I actually really enjoyed CoD: Advanced warfare from 2014. CoD 4 being my favorite cod of all.
    The graphics are pretty good, I connect my PC to my TV and it outputs at 1080p. It looked very good on the 60" tv.

    Now the bad:
    This games single player is extremely boring, the story is a total mess and does not make sense. Almost everything that happens, has already been done countless of times in almost every other cod I have played.
    Not only did I have to shut off the game after 2 hours due to massive boredom, but I had to suffer constant game breaking glitches and bugs.
    The people that are saying that this is worse than the batman release are wrong. Like I said I could run the game on my pc without crashing to desktop, the only massive problem is the optimization (but its playable unlike batman).

    What made me realize this game was actually aimed at 7-12 year olds was the script. The elite special forces characters constantly calling rounds "BULLETS" and Rifles "GUNS". That is the biggest sin you can commit in the military and you'd get punishment saying those words. Although most general gamers probably don't care, someone who has served actually gets ticked off hearing that. Especially from supposed special forces types. I can barely live with female special forces operatives but hey is 2015 so I'll let it pass personally. Although realistically it will never happen because the military lets females skip the fireman carry test as an example.

    Mulitplayer is the same as always, a bunch of rehashed garbage and nothing original. Definitely do not recommend this game. Save your money and buy something in my USERNAME
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  66. Nov 13, 2015
    2
    The games been out a week now so through it would only be fair to give a "follow up" view. Has my view changed? no. I could be childish and state how much this game steals from Destiny and Titanfall but that would just be beating a dead horse.
    This week, the game has received 2 update. Both of which have done nothing noticeable. Servers are still terrible, lagg is unbearable and 4 out of
    The games been out a week now so through it would only be fair to give a "follow up" view. Has my view changed? no. I could be childish and state how much this game steals from Destiny and Titanfall but that would just be beating a dead horse.
    This week, the game has received 2 update. Both of which have done nothing noticeable. Servers are still terrible, lagg is unbearable and 4 out of 6 matches I've tried joining since the dashboard update have glitched out and the map never loaded. For companies such as Treyarch and Activision, I would have though these issues would be addressed immediately. Bad map design has plagued this game terribly. Every map just feels the same lay out which a center linear path and 2 outer linear paths which different textures and vehicles scattered around. Just lazy map design as a whole.
    The campaign is what everyone seems to criticizing the most it seems and I can't disagree. The story doesn't make sense, doesn't follow its predecessors in any way which questions the title of this game. I always play Call of Duty games on veteran mode for the challenge. However, this game felt like I was playing it on rookie. Explains the realistic mode.
    Zombies is the only mode that I actually enjoy. The new map is large, tricky and one heck of a puzzle for those who try to solve without walkthroughs. I still think the decision to call the old "der reise" map "Giant" after quoting on release they would be "a classic from World at War" and a "new map exclusive to hardened edition buyers".
    Overall, is this game a good game? No. Is it worth buying? Not until the servers get fixed.
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  67. Nov 7, 2015
    3
    As a long time COD fan I join the ranks of those disappointed in this release. The Destiny and Titan Fall influences fall flat and make the game behave like your uncle with a personality disorder. The gimmicky hoodies, the destiny like voice over, and even the soundtrack just don't fit this franchise. The walking on walls just serves no real purpose and makes for awkward map design (curvedAs a long time COD fan I join the ranks of those disappointed in this release. The Destiny and Titan Fall influences fall flat and make the game behave like your uncle with a personality disorder. The gimmicky hoodies, the destiny like voice over, and even the soundtrack just don't fit this franchise. The walking on walls just serves no real purpose and makes for awkward map design (curved sonic metal sheets in the wood anyone?). Some of the maps are actually quite promising as long as the color blind guy didn't design them.
    I clocked 8 days of game play for aw3 - you won't be seeing for that 8 hours from me in bo3.
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  68. 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
  69. Dec 23, 2015
    4
    I gave this a 4 because the only thing I really enjoyed about this was the zombies. Other than that this game was crap. Like every Call of Duty now of days, it is a re-skin of the old ones. The story is the same as Advanced Warfare. The multiplayer is like years before. And the exo suits THE EXO SUITS. They basically ruined the game for me. If they took these out then I would give thisI gave this a 4 because the only thing I really enjoyed about this was the zombies. Other than that this game was crap. Like every Call of Duty now of days, it is a re-skin of the old ones. The story is the same as Advanced Warfare. The multiplayer is like years before. And the exo suits THE EXO SUITS. They basically ruined the game for me. If they took these out then I would give this game a higher rating. Expand
  70. 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.
  71. Aug 15, 2016
    3
    I borrowed this game from my brother so I can play the campaign, thinking that it will be decent. But why does it suck?

    It's Advanced Warfare 2.0... literally. You are probably saying, who gets Call of Duty for their campaign? Well, I do because Multiplayer is mostly trash. I love their storylines... most of them suck sadly... like this one. The plot twist can be seen in the
    I borrowed this game from my brother so I can play the campaign, thinking that it will be decent. But why does it suck?

    It's Advanced Warfare 2.0... literally.

    You are probably saying, who gets Call of Duty for their campaign? Well, I do because Multiplayer is mostly trash. I love their storylines... most of them suck sadly... like this one.

    The plot twist can be seen in the beginning of the campaign, horrible backstory, and it doesn't even fall in line with Black Ops 1 or 2 storyline. Treyarch should have renamed this a different name other than Black Ops 3... but let's face it, they are greedy for money and they knew having Black Ops in the title would sell more copies.

    Exo Boosts? Where the hell is this feature in the campaign? It was not even in any of the 11 campaign missions that you played, but why is this ability in multiplayer though? Did they add it in at the last minute? The only Exo ability you have is wall running like in Titanfall.

    Multiplayer? Horrible, everyone just jumps around like fish out of water just like in Advanced Warfare. And then, they are back at their greedy money aspect by adding COD Points to the game to buy in-game horrible skins for your weapons. Like why spend money are on a crap game? By buying these COD Points, you are just letting Activision know to implement this crap in other titles.

    The only great thing about this game is the graphics and detail of characters. Other than that, Black Ops 3 is not worth the $60 or even $40 dollars to spend on this game. Thank God I did not spend any money on this game.
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  72. Jul 29, 2016
    4
    Call of duty: Black Ops 3 is yet another installment upon the almost endless COD series. This is a completely unbiased review as i like COD, and battlefield just the same, so lets begin. First things first; the campaign is the WORST COD campaign of all time. The Plot is stupid, concluded, melodramatic, hard to follow, and just down right boring. The "characters" are so poorly written, andCall of duty: Black Ops 3 is yet another installment upon the almost endless COD series. This is a completely unbiased review as i like COD, and battlefield just the same, so lets begin. First things first; the campaign is the WORST COD campaign of all time. The Plot is stupid, concluded, melodramatic, hard to follow, and just down right boring. The "characters" are so poorly written, and don't effect the plot whatsoever. Your "buddy Boy" Hendricks is the worst sidekick in FPS history. Overall, The Campaign is the worst part of the entire game. Don't play it. Zombies are back, but is much more sophisticated than Black Ops 2. with a improved leveling, stat, and gun system. However we have more uninteresting characters, 1 map, and boring online game play. Multiplayer is the only reason i gave this review a 4. Much better than AW's awful Multiplayer, but much worse than black ops 2's. Again We have an OP gun in every class, Like the VMP, KN44, 205 Brecci, P-06, and Dingo. The specialist system is a small breath of fresh air, but like the guns, its crystal clear some abilities and weapons are better than others. The Supply Drop system is back, and is a little better than AW's. We have Supply drop only weapons with a little bit better drop rates, but still its frustrating and an annoyance However all the small silver linings make a unpolished and difficult multiplayer experience. Overall a lack luster COD, and another disappointment from treyarch. Expand
  73. Nov 30, 2015
    3
    Treyarch have developed some of my favorite entries in the call of duty franchise,However their latest installment is without question the least enjoyable of the series that use the modified Id Tech 3 IW Engine (so not including COD 1,FH,2,3).The Campaign story is more like 10hr drug induced fantasy,The first level is your run of the mill COD style opening,But then as the"Story"(if you canTreyarch have developed some of my favorite entries in the call of duty franchise,However their latest installment is without question the least enjoyable of the series that use the modified Id Tech 3 IW Engine (so not including COD 1,FH,2,3).The Campaign story is more like 10hr drug induced fantasy,The first level is your run of the mill COD style opening,But then as the"Story"(if you can call it that) starts to unravel Itself through the first half of the campaign whats supposed to be reality or fantasy is so blurred your left not knowing whats going on.The actual gameplay isn't terrible but its just going through the motions,and a couple of times it saved a checkpoint while in middle of firefight with the Juggernaut type guy which was annoying.As for the multiplayer its pretty much the same as usual,good for a blast but nothing inventive enough to take it to the next level the series needs. Expand
  74. Jul 22, 2016
    0
    Pior Call of duty comprei essa porcaria em promoção e foi meu maior arrependimento em anos, eu nunca imaginei que poderia ser feito um jogo pior que o advanced warfare.
    Campanha ridicula sem historia sem personagens uma total perda de tempo.
    Multiplayer é com certeza o pior que ja joguei instant kill o tempo inteiro esses estupidos pulos e wallride ainda pra completar nao vale nem o
    Pior Call of duty comprei essa porcaria em promoção e foi meu maior arrependimento em anos, eu nunca imaginei que poderia ser feito um jogo pior que o advanced warfare.
    Campanha ridicula sem historia sem personagens uma total perda de tempo.
    Multiplayer é com certeza o pior que ja joguei instant kill o tempo inteiro esses estupidos pulos e wallride ainda pra completar nao vale nem o tempo perdido pra jogar isso.
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  75. Jun 30, 2016
    0
    One of the worst and most repititive and recycled franchises come with another **** installment, featuring:
    -tiny maps
    -no aiming required
    -no depth
    -**** campaign
    -recycled mp
    -supply drops
    -overpriced dlc map packs
  76. Jul 18, 2016
    3
    this is the worst cod i ever played it so bad the only good thing is zombies and freerun the rest is trash it dosent feel like a black ops the campaign is the worst story in cod history i want my money back infinte warfare is even better than bo3 multiplayer sucks the supply drops are horrible it was the worst shooter of 2015 not fun its boring as hell it is a rip off of titanfall last genthis is the worst cod i ever played it so bad the only good thing is zombies and freerun the rest is trash it dosent feel like a black ops the campaign is the worst story in cod history i want my money back infinte warfare is even better than bo3 multiplayer sucks the supply drops are horrible it was the worst shooter of 2015 not fun its boring as hell it is a rip off of titanfall last gen version is trash activison and treyarch where lazy in conclusion bo3 is the worst cod nvm advance warfare is but bo3 is 2nd worst hopefully cod 2018 is waw 2 instead of bo4 Expand
  77. Jul 27, 2016
    4
    okay the campaign is the worst one in cod history multiplayer is boring and shadows of evil is the worst cod zombies map i played and treyarch does not save cod i though ghosts and aw where even better this is the worst cod i played treyarch is not the best cod devolper i think infinte warfare will even be better
  78. Kmo
    Apr 1, 2016
    3
    Better graphics, but, boring. Nothing new here. Just a faster way to get spawn killed by overpowered weapons and spam.... Wish I didn't buy it because now it's just taking up space in my game cloud because I've uninstalled it. What a waste of money.
  79. Sep 30, 2016
    3
    Futuristic shooter that has some fun aspects, but mostly leaves you dazed, confused, and wondering where that single shot came from that killed you. Had high hopes for this game but the TTK is just entirely too fast. Players regardless of skill can win any gun fight provided they get the first shot/hit on their opponent. Having the time to kill extremely too high means it is almostFuturistic shooter that has some fun aspects, but mostly leaves you dazed, confused, and wondering where that single shot came from that killed you. Had high hopes for this game but the TTK is just entirely too fast. Players regardless of skill can win any gun fight provided they get the first shot/hit on their opponent. Having the time to kill extremely too high means it is almost impossible to win a gun fight against more than 2 other players. 30 percent of the game are 1 shot kills, even if shot in the ankle. The other 70 percent are 2 shot kills. This means that you can never duck behind cover, or run around a corner, if you are seen and shot, you are dead. Isn't it amazing that in this super futuristic shooter, we have special highly advanced weapons, killer robots, killer drones, nanotechnology, etc... but no body armor that makes our heroes able to absorb more than a single shot. pretty lame. Again we also see a COD game that is very flat. See that hill, you can't climb it. Want to back into a corner and hide, the corner is too shallow. How about that barricade, can you crouch behind it? Nope, that is out of bounds. The perk system is also very poor in this game. Save your money and don't but this. Expand
  80. Feb 10, 2016
    4
    This game is by far my least favorite Call of Duty. Having played all since Modern Warfare, I had never loathed one like I do this game. Never have I played a Call of Duty game and have failed to have fun so often. My favorite weapons are the assault rifles in Call of Duty, and this is the first game I've played where they are unusable. SMGs completely destroy them in far too manyThis game is by far my least favorite Call of Duty. Having played all since Modern Warfare, I had never loathed one like I do this game. Never have I played a Call of Duty game and have failed to have fun so often. My favorite weapons are the assault rifles in Call of Duty, and this is the first game I've played where they are unusable. SMGs completely destroy them in far too many situations. And on top of that, there are less ARs in this game than in any previous Black Ops game. Using SMGs all day long gets very repetitive and makes the game all the more bland. The maps are all mediocre, no classics here like Firing Range, Raid, of Standoff. The campaign is the worst to date with a lame story and incredibly boring gameplay with minimal level design. Expand
  81. Jul 26, 2016
    3
    This game does not live up to the black ops franchise, when playing Black Ops 3, I don't feel the fun that games are suppose to bring, and the new futuristic setting surely doesn't make it any better. With the small amounts of weapons to choose from, if you want more you must pay god knows how much more(via crates), and the game mechanics just isn't smooth, for example, I am personally notThis game does not live up to the black ops franchise, when playing Black Ops 3, I don't feel the fun that games are suppose to bring, and the new futuristic setting surely doesn't make it any better. With the small amounts of weapons to choose from, if you want more you must pay god knows how much more(via crates), and the game mechanics just isn't smooth, for example, I am personally not a fan of the jump in the air float for 2 seconds to be shot movements and how the campaign besides its bad plot is just a run and gun. If you would like some new fresh content feel free to pay an extra 60 dollars. Overall this game is just bad and has nothing to do with the original black ops. Expand
  82. May 27, 2016
    0
    So boring.
    Everything is just just scope and shoot.Just aim and shoot,shoot, shoot.
    Boring!! Enemies are so far away. They are so tiny. Very difficult to see. Flash from guns and many action going on the screen which it makes more difficult to see. There are no cool characters. Even if there are, enemies are too far which would not make a strong character and boring. I hate the
    So boring.
    Everything is just just scope and shoot.Just aim and shoot,shoot, shoot.
    Boring!!
    Enemies are so far away. They are so tiny. Very difficult to see. Flash from guns and many action going on the screen which it makes more difficult to see. There are no cool characters. Even if there are, enemies are too far which would not make a strong character and boring.

    I hate the robots. Very bad character.

    I don't like it when everything are the same. It gets boring.

    I love games like Dead Space 2. Great weapon, cool places, good story, cool monsters and scary.

    Alien:isolation is a great game. I don't want to just shoot, I want to do hide and seek. Do stealth. Run away, escape.

    I don't enjoy shootings and guns. I just want to explorer cool fiction places. I just want to use weapons fro self defense.

    I don't want to go many places. I want to spend time in area more. Swat 4 and Doom 2016 was a good one.
    Call of Duty, it goes to one area to another too quickly.
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  83. Oct 6, 2017
    3
    "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" is a very bad game, very difficult, the multiplayer option is horrible, and the missions are solicitors, I DO NOT LIKE FOR ANYTHING !!!
  84. Jun 11, 2016
    3
    I reviewed this game not too long ago and though I would share my experience with it after spending a little more time playing. The single player is very disappointing, as there is no connection to the other Black Ops titles. The zombies mode isn't bad. I personally did not care for Shadows of Evil too much. I do like that Der Riese (The Giant) was remade however, as it's one of the bestI reviewed this game not too long ago and though I would share my experience with it after spending a little more time playing. The single player is very disappointing, as there is no connection to the other Black Ops titles. The zombies mode isn't bad. I personally did not care for Shadows of Evil too much. I do like that Der Riese (The Giant) was remade however, as it's one of the best zombies maps Treyarch has made over the years. My problem with zombies after Black Ops 1 is that it has gotten far too complicated. What I mean by that is it's drifted too away from what made zombies so unique. The multiplayer is a major letdown as well. Black Ops 2 pushed the futuristic concept without drastically changing the core formula of Call of Duty multiplayer. The multiplayer in this game is just very frustrating and too much like Titanfall. What hampered the experience for me was the people who play take it so seriously. I am a casual gamer who enjoys picking up and playing games like COD for fun. Sadly this game is just too competitive for my liking. I will be sticking with Advanced Warfare or Black Ops 1 instead of playing this piece of garbage they try to pass off as a Call of Duty game. Expand
  85. Jun 19, 2016
    1
    If you have played cod black ops 1and 2, you get the gist right now, with the same multiplayer, same modes and maps. The single player campaign is so confusing, I just cannot give a **** about what is happening. Plus they have already stolen two ideas from two different franchises, but i will leave it to you to find that out.
  86. May 10, 2016
    4
    this game has amazing graphics and the zombies is also amazing but the multiplayer i will not play at all its t similar to AW and i wasnt a big fan of that game really , really happy with the zombies but the sad thing is its never gonna be the way it was in 2008 when it all started
  87. May 22, 2016
    0
    I cannot believe it. I cannot **** believe it. They actually made new weapons, and put them, guess where, in supply drops. The drop rates for these weapons are .8 percent. That's ridiculous. They say its not gambling, because you can earn keys to get the drops in game, and drops usually give you a camo, but the keys take forever to get and the camos are **** 99 percent of the time. No, ImI cannot believe it. I cannot **** believe it. They actually made new weapons, and put them, guess where, in supply drops. The drop rates for these weapons are .8 percent. That's ridiculous. They say its not gambling, because you can earn keys to get the drops in game, and drops usually give you a camo, but the keys take forever to get and the camos are **** 99 percent of the time. No, Im not some angry 12 year old writing this in the heat of the moment after I threw 200 dollars at the supply drops and got **** I have several of the weapons, but the fact is that many, many people have thrown away their money at Treyarchs gambling loophole. Acitvision needs to know that this **** isn't going to be tolerated by the community. Expand
  88. May 29, 2016
    1
    There's no doubt that this is the worst call of duty game ever; it's certainly a candidate for worst game ever. Not quite 'Ride to Hell: Retribution' but pretty close. There's no doubt it's pretty but it's all surface and no substance. An incomprehensible storyline where characters spout the same lines over and over again. Dear god, make it stop with the 'stay with me we'll get throughThere's no doubt that this is the worst call of duty game ever; it's certainly a candidate for worst game ever. Not quite 'Ride to Hell: Retribution' but pretty close. There's no doubt it's pretty but it's all surface and no substance. An incomprehensible storyline where characters spout the same lines over and over again. Dear god, make it stop with the 'stay with me we'll get through this'. Characters are ciphers that you're supposed to care about but don't because they're here then gone. No depth. Lots of explosions, well pretty much nothing but explosions and massive set pieces but no pacing, no variety, just run down the same enemy infested corridors with the same enemies behaving in the same way. The same animation of a VTOL spinning through the air over and over again. One crash: impressive. Two crashes, mmmmm. The same crash repeated over and over again boring as hell. Like watching a compilation of your favourite football team scoring every goal in the season but only five seconds of each. There's no tension, no context, no build up, just wham, bam, thank you ma'am and the balls in the back of the net.

    It's dull and repetitive, with no wit or imagination. In the great 'snog, marry, avoid' game of life this is absolutely an avoid.
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  89. Jun 7, 2016
    1
    Black Ops 3 has many mistakes that keeps the trend going of bad Call of Duty games over recent years. The Campaign is short, the story is complicated and generally not fun. Multiplayer is unbalanced with weapons like the VMP and Vesper dominating and generally damage output can be very annoying in terms of how much you shoot someone. Supply Drops were a mistake especially you can pay forBlack Ops 3 has many mistakes that keeps the trend going of bad Call of Duty games over recent years. The Campaign is short, the story is complicated and generally not fun. Multiplayer is unbalanced with weapons like the VMP and Vesper dominating and generally damage output can be very annoying in terms of how much you shoot someone. Supply Drops were a mistake especially you can pay for them in this game which to me gives it a Pay-To-Win feeling. Zombies is bearable but two things kills it. One is it only takes 3 hits to get down with Juggernog and the red screen after two hits lasts way to long and leaves a lot of opportunity to get down. I'm not afraid of a challenge in zombies but I have had so many dumb downs it can get very annoying. The specialists are a nice touch but some like the Ripper, charge to quickly and are overpowered. Two the game only comes with one Zombies map unlike BO2 that came with at least 3. In this game if you want to play more then Shadows of Evil, you have to buy season pass or buy the DLC's on their own. Also Shadows of Evil is horrible map to start out with because it takes a very long time to learn. The game also has many bugs and exploitable glitches and zombies and multiplier. But I have to say something nice about the game is it has nice graphics. The graphics are crisp and look very nice on Xbox One. Overall I think this game is not very good, I enjoyed it for awhile but then I started seeing problems. I'm not some COD hater that just started playing COD and I'm just bashing it to be part of the bandwagon. I've been a fan Since WaW and it is clear Call Of Duty has fallen from its former grace. Save your money as this game is a massive Cash Grab. Expand
  90. Nov 11, 2016
    1
    terrible just terrible its a broken game that makes no sense it is the equal of trash and thats where it should go dont buy it your wasting your time and money.
  91. Jul 20, 2017
    0
    This is the worst **** game I've ever played in my entire **** life. Holy **** this game is so bad it's not even **** funny. I kid you not, this is the worst **** game ever **** made in the history of anything. **** these idiots who rate this trash ass **** game good, they didn't play **** All they did was play 10 minutes and wrote a review. Isn't it funny how all these big time **** rateThis is the worst **** game I've ever played in my entire **** life. Holy **** this game is so bad it's not even **** funny. I kid you not, this is the worst **** game ever **** made in the history of anything. **** these idiots who rate this trash ass **** game good, they didn't play **** All they did was play 10 minutes and wrote a review. Isn't it funny how all these big time **** rate it good but when you look at the user reviews you can clearly see this game is bull****. **** this game and **** treyarch. Expand
  92. Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Lo único entretenido es el dlc de mapas de zombies, todo lo demás es aburrido a más no poder
  93. Jul 21, 2020
    3
    It's good and bad at the same time. I see what they were going for, but at that point I was tired of all the future **** Why can't it just be like 2007? god damn, and this game wasn't helping at all. I just find this game to be very boring, and also god DAMN! the salty kids on this one just make me want to **** die.
  94. Mar 26, 2023
    0
    This is one of the worst games i have ever played. To begin the campaign is terrible and doesnt even follow in the black ops story. The multiplayer was never fun at all, it was just full of campers with shotguns all of the time because activision thinks its a good idea to have stuff like the haymaker in the game and other automatic shooting shotguns. Zombies is one of the worst zombies ofThis is one of the worst games i have ever played. To begin the campaign is terrible and doesnt even follow in the black ops story. The multiplayer was never fun at all, it was just full of campers with shotguns all of the time because activision thinks its a good idea to have stuff like the haymaker in the game and other automatic shooting shotguns. Zombies is one of the worst zombies of all time and i have never have fun playing it, I am not one of those people blinded by nostalgia with zombies chronices. Even with zopmbies chronicles the game is absolutely trash. I wish i never played or bought this game, all of the maps are terrible, the zombies hit way too fast, you cant survive, it is not fun. I constantly have lagging issues and the game never works properly and never lets me on the servers. All i have now is just a ABC error and i cant get back onto the game so i deleted it and will never touch this terrible game again, if you see this review take all of the information into account and never touch this game, it is not worth your time or effort nor money. Play something else. Expand
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Jan 8, 2016
    80
    A great game despite its flaws. The campaign could be more but still manages to be a great experience if you look past the first few missions. Multiplayer is a blast and makes up for the inadequacies found in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. If you're a fan of Call of Duty, this will appeal to you. While the formula doesn't take risks, it still works.
  2. Dec 16, 2015
    70
    If you play CoD for the campaign, Black Ops III is a low point featuring a confusing and uninteresting story, poor pacing, cheesy dialogue and over-the-top voice acting that results in a story that resembles what the outcome would be if you dropped the cast of Team America: World Police on the set of Inception or Source Code.
  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 8, 2015
    80
    Treyarch may not always hit its targets, but this remains a genuinely fresh take on an old sub-series in an even older franchise. A game as well-oiled as its cyborgian characters. [Christmas 2015, p.60]