We all know the series has been milked, but compared to the immediate previous games in this series, BO3 is definitely a standout title. All in all it's still fun with a friend, and that's also the only reason I play it, if only to pass the time waiting to find a real match.And yes, -2 for being another COD game. The specialists and movement system keep things varied enough, and the new game modes like Safeguard are more than welcome. +2 for impressing me on this part of the game, and -1 for deliberately putting the best parts of BO3 in $60 DLC.The multiplayer gameplay itself is surprisingly good too, but the unreliability of the servers effectively cancel this out. Diverse maps, great gameplay, complex mechanics that actually require some forethought, and an interesting wrap up to the background storyline to boot. This is the best Zombies experience there is, on par with and built over the original experience in World at War. 2 for including this half-ass throwaway of a campaign.Now for the positives. If you've ever tried to get into it, I pity you. Nonsensical plot, meaningless enemies, nonexistant effort put into this at all. It's obvious that they just included it because they had to. 2 for playability.The single-player campaign is also easily the worst in the series. I once played ten minutes in game for what should have amounted to an hour. Random and frequent lag spikes to 400 ping regardless of your connection speed. Lobbies full of players but never start a match. It's not unusual to be disconnected five times in a row. Let's start with the negatives, that have been ignored in favor of the aforementioned or otherwise blindly glossed over.This game has the worst multiplayer servers in the series, to the point that it's nearly unplayable. I'll admit it's a factor, but that doesn't earn the game an immediate 0. Pick up a copy of my first sci-fi novel, The Last Exodus, which is now in print and online.Most reviews here aren't judging this game on its merits or flaws, but rather because of the series it's in.Which is unfortunate, becauseMost reviews here aren't judging this game on its merits or flaws, but rather because of the series it's in.Which is unfortunate, because Black Ops III deserves criticism, but not just because it's another Call of Duty game. I’ll update this post if I hear more, or if this manages to resolve itself.įollow me on Twitter, on Facebook, and on Tumblr. The game comes out in a little less than a month (November 6th), so there’s certainly time to resolve the problem, but it’s definitely one of the stranger situations I’ve seen with a AAA release in quite some time.īoth statements that were given to me above had already been issued elsewhere, but my attempts to extract further details have been fruitless so far. Call of Duty obviously wants people buying it on Xbox digitally, and Xbox obviously wants the capacity to sell Black Ops III online. Whatever the case, it’s obviously in the best interest of both parties to resolve the issue as soon as possible. I would have thought these kinds of digital distribution deals would be fairly standard at this point, but with how much power the Call of Duty franchise has, maybe they’re in the position to make extra demands. From the statements issued, it would seem Activision may have made some kind of specific demand for digital copies of the game sold in the Xbox Live store, and as a result, Microsoft has taken the game down until they can hammer out a compromise.
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