It leaves you wondering whether it’s time Call of Duty looked back to the past for inspiration. The result sometimes feels less like a third Black Ops game than Call of Duty: Even More Advanced Warfare. Black Ops 3’s focuses entirely on the sci-fi stuff, loses most of its conspiracy theory trappings and brings augmented super-soldiers in. The second mixed that up with a sci-fi techno-thriller, splitting the action between interleaved, branching past and near-future storylines and bringing bots and drones into the mix.
The first Black Ops bought a very distinctive flavour to Call of Duty one born of conspiracy theory, spy thrillers and darker style of storytelling. In a way, it suffers because of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The only problem is that, as with all all-you-can-eat buffets, some portions are a lot tastier than others, leaving you wondering whether a little more focus might have created something really exceptional.īlack Ops 3 is a solid installment that will please the series’ hardcore fans, but it’s not a mainstream crowd-pleaser in the way that last year’s Advanced Warfare was. It adds enough to the core gameplay to make it feel like more than just another lazy retread, and it’s easily the best-looking CoD to date. This is a mountainous all-you-can-eat buffet of a Call of Duty, its steaming heated trays crammed with game modes, options and hidden features. Oddly for a game so focused on brutality, betrayal, violence, techno-fear and man’s inhumanity to man, generosity is Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s biggest asset.
#CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS III 3 PC#
Available on Xbox One, PS4, PC (PS4 and PC reviewed)
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