Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

I've never owned any other COD games (nor do I play FPS games much in general, for that matter), but Black Ops III is absolutely [i]fantastic[/i]. Multiplayer, zombies, and campaign are all three incredibly well-crafted modes, each with hours upon hours of replayability. The movement mechanics and abilities are fun and fast-paced, great weapon selections create different styles of play, and there is a wide array of interesting, unique environments across all three modes. There are so many challenges in this game which makes it great for completionists, but it's also a perfect game for more chill play in multiplayer or zombies as well. Even after unlocking Dark Matter and Prestige Master in multiplayer (several years ago on Xbox), completing every zombies Easter Egg, and earning Personal Decorator in the campaign, I [i]still[/i] find myself wanting to play this game more. I really can't overstate how much fun Black Ops III is, even as someone who rarely plays this type of game, so I'd absolutely recommend it to anyone who thinks there's even a chance they might enjoy it.

Ok, i love the game, it is great, but there is 1 problem... >The hackers< they are annoying

I am having a blast with this game. Is the story cheesy? Yeah. But the game play is totally my style. The sliding, the fast shooting, the over the top characters. Playing with bots in multiplayer is addicting is def gonna help my FPS skills.

This game is peak, man said i can run across a wall with a 1911 and then whip out a flamethrower and burn my man who i met 5 seconds ago still. Cold game.

best game ever. devs need to come back to this game and sort out the cheaters and mod menus, the game was way more fun when i didnt have billy the badass using a mod menu because his aim without it cant even put a dying child out its misery . as of writing this its still a fun game even zombies has some really detailed maps which are cool to check out.

if's fun when you don't have mekkaoui from fox news florida in your ear micromanaging how to do all the easter eggs because he's played this game religiously since he was 14 and cannot possibly understand the idea of people having fun without running through a series of arbitrary checklists first also its got steam workshop zombies maps so play weed house and super mario

Epic gold game with zombies! sucks sometimes with multiplayer online that I have too start all over again when I originally started bo3 in 2017 on my playstation to get my stuff back as usual. :/

The campaign sucks worst in Call of Duty history. The multiplayer is good, and the zombies mode is amazing, especially with Steam Workshop mods. What really sucks is that many weapons are locked behind supply drops. Overall, it’s a good game, but honestly, everyone just plays it for the Steam Workshop zombies maps.

[h1] This game was once a massive hit, and it still actually is.[/h1] Call of Duty: Black Ops III was a game that had it's peak for a very long time until it got abandoned by its playerbase... If we are talking about the Multiplayer. You had a very advanced arcade 'n shoot mechanic that worked flawlessly and was satisfying each time you used it to kill the opposite player, the graphics were really ahead of its time back in 2015, literally beating Battlefield 4 at that time and the overall gameplay was just a blast. A lot of clips were made and legends were born that year... until... everything just came to an end. Now when you try to boot up the game on its own, trying to hope to get a match, you would literally risk yourself getting DDosed and even hacked on your System by another player and the only way you would be able to bypass this problem is through a tool called "T7", which did work but the hassle needing to get a specific software just to keep playing this game and STILL getting cheaters almost each round was basically just not worth it anymore. So if you want to get this game to play the regular multiplayer, I would not only say that it's not worth it but also it's advised that you don't do that. The devs and the publishers literally just abandoned this game like they would nowadays almost each year. [h2]So why is it that I'm giving this game a thumbs up?[/h2] The answer is very simple, [b]Zombies[/b]. They have left us with a very huge gift that made this game still be an absolute hit, and that is Steam Workshop support! You read it right, this game literally has [b]Workshop support[/b] that you can use to simply download any modded content and play it as much as you want and the best thing is that it can also work on Linux! (As a proud steam deck user myself, this is indeed a welcoming surprise) From all the Zombies that I have experienced in the series, this by far is the best that you can still get, especially because of the workshop support. The gameplay is just smooth, the vanilla content for zombies is also massive, the graphics make things pop up even in today's standard and most importantly, the game is just very well optimized. As I mentioned above, you could literally play this game on the steam deck with around 50-60 FPS on intense waves if you wanted to. And with being able to do modded stuff, if you would be out on a trip for weeks your content could be enough for even MONTHS. [h2] Is the campaign also worth it?[/h2] People also asked about the singleplayer and what I thought of it myself, and I must say, it wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. The story itself was actually good and you could have a good time through it, of course it was getting a bit confusing, especially on later scenarios, but if you would follow the plot, it can still be a pleasing trip. Compared to previous Black Ops titles though, this felt least fleshed out on the main character. The main plot of the story however can still go deep and can come with it's own meaning towards the player, in fact when I played the series myself, I actually felt closest to this game's story telling than the others. If you already got the game for the Zombies, I think you should also at least try out the campaign too.

Online does not work for M1 mac and newer, after reading around on reddit and other forums it seem Aspyr (the company who runs the launcher) know about the issue and have not done anything about it. Campaign and Zombies still work but the game is stuck in offline mode only

I went into Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 expecting just another high-octane, brain-cell-evaporating FPS thrill ride. What I did not expect was to have my entire worldview recalibrated and to suddenly start treating my sleepy desk job at the Department of Veterans Affairs like a covert blacksite operation in Kandahar. This game has transformed me. No longer do I simply clock in. Oh no. I infiltrate the building under the guise of “Greg from HR.” I’ve started referring to my office as Echo Base, and I exclusively communicate with my coworkers using military-grade acronyms and dead drops (i.e. hiding Post-it notes under staplers labeled “CONFIDENTIAL”). Each morning, I make aggressive eye contact with the office printer like it’s a suspicious package. I’ve worn tactical sunglasses inside for three weeks straight. My supervisor asked me to stop saying “permission to engage” every time I want to respond to an email. Lunch? That’s a recon mission. I use the vending machine as a cover to gather intel on Brenda from Accounting (who I’m 87% sure is part of a rival faction known only as "The Compliance Unit"). Sometimes I’ll just yell “ENEMY UAV INBOUND!” if someone walks past my desk too fast. After one particularly intense multiplayer session, I went full MKUltra and convinced myself that my outdated VA database software was secretly CIA-issue mind control tech. I started typing reports in binary just in case someone was monitoring my keystrokes. (They weren’t. IT is deeply concerned.) Thanks to Black Ops 3, I now live a double life. On the surface: mild-mannered federal employee ensuring timely benefits for veterans. Beneath the surface: rogue operative, caffeine-addicted warlord of the breakroom, and part-time interrogator of malfunctioning Keurig machines. Highly recommend for anyone looking to turn their 9-to-5 into a full-blown Tom Clancy hallucination. Just be warned: HR does not take kindly to being called "Command." Mission status: Compromised. But the coffee’s hot and the WiFi’s secured. Over and out.

cool game but suffers from an obnoxious stuttering issue / microstutter issue that persists even past community patches

My wife took the kids mid game bro but its aight ive been on the down low with her third sister twice removed who maybe my cuzin idk, thats a can of worms for another day. game run good i like the jiggle fissex and have jorked it many times. thank you for putting the max to my cli and i shall bid you a good day maddam/sir/mr/ms/mrs/based. 115

the only reason to buy this game in 2025 is zombies the multiplayer is full of cheater that activision does nothing about i love this game but the player base makes it impossible to enjoy you get lag switched constantly and cant even finish most matches

still one of the best cod 100% with mods,custom map makes the game fun but i play offline bc if you go online there's always going to be hackers and cheaters but i recommend it . say safe

A good Black Ops III Zombies Game Highly recommended. Has A lot of Steam workshop custom zombies map you can play. A good Zombies game. Highly recommended.

This game is awesome just like most of the series! The campaign seems cool, but I haven't finished it because I absolutely love the Zombies game mode!

Great game and the graphics hold up decently well even today.

it's the definitive call of duty zombies experience, no other game has matched it since in the series

buffer overflow RCE vulnerability, affects all COD games the past several years and not patched

really fun with zombies and sniping in multiplayer is satisfying aff

obviously due to this game being almost a decade old, the multiplayer is not active anymore, but the zombies community has kept this game alive, if you love treyarch zombies, Black ops 1 & 2, then 3 is a must, arguably the best call of duty game for zombies ever created, and the modded zombies community via the community tab and workshop is still very active and is full of creative minds and hard working like minded gamers that make some amazing maps! so fun to play, worth every penny if you're a zombies fan, endless amount of content to be played and explored. must buy for zombies!

Zombies is the only gamemode i play so i dont know if the multiplayer still works (it probably does) but custom zombies is fun. You like shoot the zombies but in differencet maps you downlow, then you win. This is the end of my review. Good Day.

Literally unplayable, matches disconnect everyone 24/7. Also still as unbalanced as ever since 2015.

so many memories with the boys on this game, still exactly as i remember it. amazing game, sadly its a little dead, sucks to see.

I enjoy doing the easter egg for zombies, it gives me a challenge and I love doing challenges.

Unable to play with friends, regardless of Nat type, party settings, steam settings, nothing fixed it. game is also overpriced even when on sale, cannot recommend.

Great game the mods to the game its self I see people still playing this in the future. Ive been playing since I was a little jit

Very fun, all i can say, been playing since its release and everytime ive come back to it its been fun. Specifically the Zombies Mode.

Absolutely one of my Favorite COD games. Especially for Zombies... nothing before or after even compares or comes close, in my opinion!

Dumb game but it is the only COD with steam workshop support so it gets carried

good game juggertits and doubletits are cool also pack-a-tit and the fart box awsomw

I love being able to play modded zombies. For years i watched content creators play the game and I always was jealous of them. Once i was able to get a gaming laptop. I was so happy to finally get the game and test it out. If you are looking for replay able game. Then this is defintely for you!

w game and built in mods if you go to workshop and fun maps chronicles or main maps

Best zombies game of all time imo, only game I have play that has a post napoleonic dystopian world set in liechtenstein with accurate historical easter eggs and lois family guy futa scat map set inside her colon

this is my favorite cod, custom zombies is very easy to load up which makes it peak, honestly i havent tried multiplayer but did back in the day of course but ive heard its a lot of hackers do didnt risk it. ,

best game out there but there modders but you really can't help that but its 5/5 star

The only cod zombies game where you can play steve from minecraft, die to a homer simpson zombie on tanglewood. Truly meta.

Best zombies of all time. Custom mods and that "why did I just get jumpscared by a Shrek boss fight" energy. Currently building a save system like it's BO6 because Treyarch didn’t. 🔧

one of if not best cod zombies game ever. super modable and mod freindly love it.

Very fun NEED cleanopsT7 to play multiplayer safely but the zombies are just fine without it 10/10 game

Still the best in terms of zombies and multiplayer. That campaign tho... eh.

multiplayer work for me now great zombies love everything about zombies its amazing you should buy black ops 3 worth your money 8/10 this the only call of duty that has workshop

goated game and goated modding community

one of if not the best cod oat, definetly give it a try if you havent already, dont let the fact that the game is 10 years old fool you.

This is a top 5 cod game, even tho campaign was bad, still a very solid game. This game gets glazed for zombies and i glaze it too, but multiplayer needs more players. Again, best zombies and thank you modders for making mods and giving us new maps (or remade maps from other cod zombie titles).

Kind of insane how a game that's been out for 10 years has had a well known bug that makes multiplayer inaccessible for at least 9 of those, and it still costs $60. My favorite part so far of having this game was waiting over half an hour for it to download just to have to uninstall it and reinstall it to a different place in my computer for it to function the way it should have from the start.

This is overall a great game. The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that a lot is locked behind loot boxes and in-game purchases. If you're playing for the campaign or multiplayer, it's not all that worth it in my opinion but if you're playing for Zombies, you won't regret buying this game. There's really only a few minor problems with the overall experience and if you play on Linux - fear not because it runs EXTREMELY well. Solid 9/10 game.

Legendary game best Zombies Experience this is the Definitive way to play if you love Zombies

BEST ZOMBIES EVER. I played since the xbox one and bought the game for pc cuz its just so good