A new Call of Duty is upon us once again. The all-conquering shooter franchise is back with its latest installment Black Ops 3. The title takes us back to the futuristic Black Ops universe that has become developer Treyarch's signature take on the series.
The developer has had three years to put the game together following publisher Activision's decision to expand the Call of Duty development cycle. 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts came courtesy of newcomers Sledgehammer Game while last year's entry, Advanced Warfare, was created by Infinity Ward. Has the extra year lead better the game from Treyarch? Let's look at some of the reviews.
IGN opted to leave out the final score from their review until the Multiplayer servers could be properly tested, but they already posted their impressions of the game's single player campaign.
Reviewer Brian Albert says that the six-hour campaign 'didn't spend enough time making me care about its characters before it tried to cash them in for an emotional payoff.' He did however, praise the new cybernetic power players unlock as they add a level of being replayed to the missions by letting you mix-up your playstyle.
Early impressions from Kotaku's Mike Fahey focused on the amount of content available for a single player alone. Aside from the campaign, Black Ops 3 includes a parkour free-running time trial mode and two flavors of Treyarch's famous zombie mode.
The first, Shadow of Evil, is an entirely new story set in the film-noir setting of Morg City. The second is called Nightmares and is unlocked after completing the single player campaign. It features reimagined versions of the campaign maps with a zombie twist.
'It's brilliant.' Says Fahey of unique twist brought about by Nightmares.
The game currently has a rating of 85 on Metacritic.
