Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 300 reviews sampled · 1084 total reviews in window · weighted 240 up / 13 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

• 50
  The Jimquisition

  trust 84CreatorNov 7, 2015

  “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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  GameMAG

  trust 78Oct 16, 2018

  “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a great and very important multiplayer return for the series, which was surprised us by the variety of modes and the general fun of the gameplay. It's like three games in one, and they're very good.”

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• 60
  Slant Magazine

  trust 77Nov 14, 2015

  “The game is filled to the brim with content, most of it disappointingly or needlessly executed.”

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• 80
  Gadgets 360

  trust 76Nov 6, 2015

  “The online experience was a mixed bag, but Black Ops 3 is perhaps the most comprehensive Call of Duty game we've played in years. Buoyed by fantastic visuals and a steady frame rate, it's a gorgeous game that is fun to play. Whether you're a veteran of the series or a newcomer, there's more than enough content to warrant checking out Black Ops 3.”

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• 80
  PLAY Zine

  trust 75Dec 8, 2015

  “Treyarch didn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Ton of content and a pretty polished CoD experience. Campaign could be better, but it’s the multiplayer that really counts, and this time around, it delivers.”

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  Paste Magazine

  trust 74Nov 10, 2015

  “As fun as popping zombies in beautiful environments is, it's not enough to save Black Ops 3 from being just a miserable little disappointment, a cobbled together version of Deus Ex and Syndicate that can't do right by its pop sci-fi leanings or the series' run & gun entertainment. As someone who's always been an apologist for the series, it makes me a little sad to see that Call of Duty might finally be the creatively bankrupt game everyone believes it to be, unsalvageable even by the grace of Christopher Meloni himself.”

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  L

  LaPS4

  trust 72Nov 5, 2015

  “Black Ops 3 is three great games in one. The formula is enhanced to maintain the leadership in FPS. This Call of Duty has a few new ideas to feel surprisingly good, such as the co-op mode or the Specialists. The Campaign wants to provoke but it's too pretentious. The Multiplayer mode proves again that it is the king. And the Zombies mode gets the importance that fans were demanding. But overall, everything in this game is more conservative and cautious than we would expect from the wonderful Treyarch Studios. ”

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  Cubed3

  trust 70Nov 20, 2015

  “Treyarch has shoehorned an almost overwhelming amount of content into Black Ops III, with two sizable co-op capable campaigns, a gothic horror-flavoured zombie mode and an e-sports-driven multiplayer component that should keep fans of the franchise occupied for quite some time. Constantly getting humiliated at the hands of superior players has never been so much fun (note to self: get good!).”

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• 60
  Pure Xbox

  trust 70Nov 10, 2015

  “Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the most content-filled game in the entire series. While that would normally be a good thing, the problem is that none of the content is particularly interesting. From the underwhelming campaign to the disappointing multiplayer, there isn't much to really recommend playing over last year's game. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is just okay, but being just okay isn't enough to keep players entertained when there are so many better offerings available from the same series.”

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  Push Square

  trust 69Nov 9, 2015

  “While Ghosts may have bitten the bullet, Black Ops III reloads the franchise into a new, brighter era.”

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  LevelUp

  trust 69Nov 11, 2015

  “This was meant to be the Call of Duty that revolutionized the way in which we approach the campaign, but what we received instead was some sort of experiment that did not fulfill its goal. The zombie and multiplayer modes are, without a doubt, the strongest elements Call of Duty: Black Ops III has to offer.”

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  ZTGD

  trust 68Nov 18, 2015

  “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 feels like a progression of the series as opposed to the advancement past entries from Treyarch delivered. Still it is hard to argue with how much is packed into this release, and I found myself exploring it all over and over again. The sheer amount of content makes up for the lack of innovation in some areas, and while I don't think it stands out as much as Advanced Warfare, it still keeps me playing a series I never thought I would care about year in, and year out.”

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1. Update 30 - Patch Notes

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2. Update 29 - Patch Notes

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3. Update 28 - Patch Notes

   May 23, 2018
4. Update 27 - Patch Notes

   May 1, 2018
5. Update 26.1 - Patch Notes

   Mar 15, 2018
6. Update 26.1 - Patch Notes

   Mar 15, 2018
7. Update 26 - Patch Notes

   Mar 6, 2018
8. Update 26 - Patch Notes

   Mar 6, 2018significant · resets scoring window
9. Update 25 - Patch Notes

   Dec 11, 2017
10. Update 25 - Patch Notes

    Dec 11, 2017significant · resets scoring window
11. Update 24.1 - Patch Notes

    Sep 7, 2017
12. Update 24.1 - Patch Notes

    Sep 7, 2017
13. Update 24 - Patch Notes

    Aug 15, 2017
14. Update 24 - Patch Notes

    Aug 15, 2017significant · resets scoring window
15. Update 23 - Patch Notes

    Jul 11, 2017
16. Update 23 - Patch Notes

    Jul 11, 2017significant · resets scoring window
17. Update 22.1 - Patch Notes

    Jun 14, 2017
18. Update 22.1 - Patch Notes

    Jun 14, 2017
19. Update 22 - Patch Notes

    Jun 6, 2017
20. Update 22 - Patch Notes

    Jun 6, 2017
21. Update 21 - Patch Notes

    May 23, 2017
22. Update 21 - Patch Notes

    May 23, 2017significant · resets scoring window
23. Update 20 - Patch Notes

    Mar 16, 2017
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    Mar 16, 2017
25. Update 19 - Patch Notes

    Feb 8, 2017
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    Feb 8, 2017
27. Patch Notes 12/20/16

    Dec 20, 2016
28. Patch Notes 12/20/16

    Dec 20, 2016
29. Update 18 - Patch Notes

    Dec 14, 2016
30. Update 18 - Patch Notes

    Dec 14, 2016significant · resets scoring window
31. Update 17 - Patch Notes

    Oct 17, 2016significant · resets scoring window
32. Update 17 - Patch Notes

    Oct 17, 2016significant · resets scoring window
33. Minor Mod Tools Update

    Oct 7, 2016
34. Minor Mod Tools Update

    Oct 7, 2016
35. Update 15.2 / DLC4 Salvation - Patch Notes

    Oct 6, 2016
36. Update 15.2 / DLC4 Salvation - Patch Notes

    Oct 6, 2016significant · resets scoring window
37. Update 15.1 / Mod Tools Open Beta - Patch Notes

    Sep 27, 2016
38. Update 15.1 / Mod Tools Open Beta - Patch Notes

    Sep 27, 2016significant · resets scoring window
39. Update 15 - Patch Notes

    Sep 13, 2016
40. Update 15 - Patch Notes

    Sep 13, 2016significant · resets scoring window

…and 30 earlier patch announcements.