One of the worst Call of Duty games!
It’s sad to see when the mighty have fallen. Black Ops 1 was a damn near perfect CoD experience, while Black Ops 2 was fun, albeit widely absurd and nonsensical. Where were we to go from here? The OG Modern Warfare trilogy wrapped things up in a more-or-less satisfying conclusion. Surely Black Ops could pull off the same feats. How wrong I was… Not only did this not end on a high note, I dare say it was dead on arrival. Black Ops 3, was a freaking bore.
By this point, the formula was admittedly starting to feel fatigued and stale. I’m always open to fresh ideas that can breathe new life into a series—but this? I don’t even know what it was trying to be. Black Ops 1 was a Cold War-era thriller. Black Ops 2 was a fun, albeit unbalanced, entry that couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be historical or sci-fi. Still, both were straightforward, engaging, and easy to follow. Then came Black Ops 3, where they went full sci-fi. Not my favorite direction, but hey – I figured I’d give it a shot.
I would like to talk about the story, but I honestly couldn’t follow it in any meaningful way. This narrative is convoluted, confusing, bloated, and worst of all – BORING! Never in my life did a 6-hour campaign overstay its welcome so insultingly. I couldn’t tell you a single character by name, a quote, or any sort of plot device. Something about a “frozen forest”? – I mean who even cares? I seriously have never been THIS bored with a CoD game ever – and I played Ghosts in its entirety…
The presentation, on the other hand, is phenomenal. At this point, having a mainstream, triple-A game look good should be expected. I’m not really going to touch on the multiplayer – by now, we all know what that brings to the table. Also, I just had zero interest in playing it. As for the campaign? This game is the dictionary definition of dull, slow, and an absolute slog to get through. Do yourself a favor—chuck it into the Frozen Forest where it belongs, and go play the first two instead. “Imagine yourself in a frozen forest” Frozen forest? Yeah – because that’s exactly how it feels playing this: cold, lifeless, and like it’s never going to end.
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Verdict: 4/10
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