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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Lo único entretenido es el dlc de mapas de zombies, todo lo demás es aburrido a más no poder
  4. 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 !!!
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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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  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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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  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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?.
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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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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]