Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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  • Summary: In Black Ops 3, Treyarch introduces a new momentum-based chained-movement system which enables players to fluidly move through the environment with finesse, using controlled thrust jumps, slides, wall runs and mantling abilities in a myriad of combinations, all while continuously keepingIn Black Ops 3, Treyarch introduces a new momentum-based chained-movement system which enables players to fluidly move through the environment with finesse, using controlled thrust jumps, slides, wall runs and mantling abilities in a myriad of combinations, all while continuously keeping full control over their weapon. Maps are designed from the ground-up for the new movement system, enabling players to be successful with traditional movement, as well as with advanced tactics and maneuvers.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. GamingTrend
    Nov 5, 2015
    100
    How would I describe it in a single word? Fantastic! If this is the kind of work a three-year development cycle can give a AAA game, then I don’t want to see Black Ops 4 until 2018, and counting down the days to it’s release.
  2. Hobby Consolas
    Nov 5, 2015
    91
    The biggest, if not best, Call of Duty game yet. Black Ops 3 offers great multiplayer (with perfect balance in maps and weapons) and an ambitious campaign -sometimes confusing- with coop mode for 4 players. Zombies, Free Run mode, Nightmare mode and Dead Ops Arcade complete this experience, which seems too familiar for veteran players.
  3. Meristation
    Nov 5, 2015
    90
    Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 offers the most complete and mature campaign we've seen to date, delivers a seamless multiplayer, and brings back the funny Zombies Mode, which this year comes with a lot of secrets and mysteries to uncover.
  4. The Escapist
    Nov 5, 2015
    80
    Black Ops III has upped its game, giving exciting updates to the fan-favorite Zombies and the classic multiplayer, but the single player doesn't measure up to the same standard.
  5. Games Master UK
    Jan 3, 2016
    80
    The campaign is a letdown, but Black Ops III offers so much you can ignore it and still have a blast. [Christmas 2015, p.66]
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  6. Softpedia
    Nov 10, 2015
    80
    It’s hard to imagine what else they could have done to make this a great multiplayer game, but that’s not in dispute. Treyarch still knows how to make things happen. As for the single-player experience, I doubt that many people will remember it by the time the next game is released.
  7. The Jimquisition
    Nov 7, 2015
    50
    If you’d like to play a limp amalgamation of Deus Ex, Crysis, and BioShock with a multiplayer mode you’ve been able to play eight times in as many years, then Call of Duty: Black Ops III is definitely for you. For the rest of you, it’s just another condom of a game to be spunked into and thrown in the trash.

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  1. Positive: 241 out of 681
  2. Mixed: 182 out of 681
  3. Negative: 258 out of 681
  1. ps4lover
    Nov 6, 2015
    10
    this game is awesome. i don't understand why COD haters gave this awful score is 0 or 1. what the hell wrong with them ? graphic look great..this game is awesome. i don't understand why COD haters gave this awful score is 0 or 1. what the hell wrong with them ? graphic look great.. campigan mode is fun to play.. great job Treyarch… Expand
  2. Eclipsing_u
    Nov 25, 2015
    10
    Anyone giving this game a zero is obviously the guy at the bottom of the leader board ............ im smiling i like the guy who sucksAnyone giving this game a zero is obviously the guy at the bottom of the leader board ............ im smiling i like the guy who sucks .....................… Expand
  4. denizenX
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    For sheer bang for your buck, Call of Duty has always delivered and Black Ops 3 does this in spades with a plethora of content that equates toFor sheer bang for your buck, Call of Duty has always delivered and Black Ops 3 does this in spades with a plethora of content that equates to three games in one. For this alone, it deserves high praise. My main gripe with it (once again) is with its campaign. Yes, things are different however it is as linear and predictable as its previous brothers and sisters, leaving me craving a shooter with a well driven story. The rest however, is absolutely amazing, polished, clever and will keep your thumbs numb long after your Xmas turkey hangover has set in. For myself, the return of Zombies alone is worth the fee as it is easily the best installation of the Treyarch adaptation and was the very first thing I played. As for multiplayer.. Well, you know the drill.. If you can stomach the filthy 16 year old racial slurs, it is as expected. Sheer shooter brilliance.

    I would have scored this a 9 or 10 if the campaign wasn't so cartoon-esque and predictable but as a package, this game is a no-brainer. Well done Treyarch, you have once again infuriated girlfriends around the world.    … Expand
  5. TheWaffle
    Nov 7, 2015
    6
    It's ok, but probably my last buy in the franchise. The inspired moments that made Modern Warfare and Black Ops I so good are long gone, andIt's ok, but probably my last buy in the franchise. The inspired moments that made Modern Warfare and Black Ops I so good are long gone, and in lieu of programming better AI Activision seems to just throw three times as many baddies at you and leave them just as dumb as ever. For all the graphical improvements, the graphics on your cybernetic powers are glaringly bad.

    This really feels like the bare bones of CoD, like a very generic FPS. The sequences have gone completely over the top to the point that they're now completely stale. There's no volume control, every sequence is you against fifty guys with drones flying in and total chaos. You're supposed to be breaking out of a rebel prison and a terrorist safehouse, yet both are stocked with over a hundred soldiers and fifty robots. Like Ghosts the storyline is kind of empty, at least so far, and the main character's voice acting is terribad.

    The multiplayer is lacking in depth. The timed power ups aren't terribly well implemented and the pvp just doesn't feel like realistic CoD shootouts. It feels like a knock-off of Titanfall, complete with wall running.    … Expand
  6. splitpolygon
    Nov 7, 2015
    4
    I can barley withstand Campaign. Same tricks different models.
    Online still doesn't have dedicated servers, laggy and the future garbage is    I can barley withstand Campaign. Same tricks different models.
    Online still doesn't have dedicated servers, laggy and the future garbage is done with me.
    This will be the last call of duty i purchase.    … Expand
  7. Colinator
    Jun 4, 2016
    2
    This could be classified as the most mentally disabled review on metacritic to date. If people can give this game 8/10s or up, this world isThis could be classified as the most mentally disabled review on metacritic to date. If people can give this game 8/10s or up, this world is doomed. This game is the worst COD to date. Critics being paid to give amazing reviews doesn't help at all. Overall, I'm never buying another call of duty ever again.… Expand
  8. Liliana
    May 22, 2016
    0
    I don't like it because enemies are so tiny. It's very difficult to see. Enemies are so tiny. Sometime I can see only head. They are so tinyI don't like it because enemies are so tiny. It's very difficult to see. Enemies are so tiny. Sometime I can see only head. They are so tiny that they don't have a strong character which is boring. I want to see enemies with strong characters big. It's even more difficult to see from flash.

    Places end up really fast. I want to spend time and shoot enemies at one place more.

    I don't like multiplayer game. One shot enemy die, one shot killed.

    Too many guns, bombs flying around. I want quiet, stealth, guerrilla type of games.    … Expand

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