![]() The worst part of the game is in the skies over Egypt, a fighter jet attack sequence screams at me to pull up, pull up, pull up for God’s sake. There are at least three of those slow-mo breach-and-clear sequences, each one more rote than the last. There are turret sequences that don’t care if you shoot anything as long as you watch the explosions. ![]() The weather effects are much less successful when they start to interact with the game, though-a terrible sequence in Singapore, walking slowly through high waves for no reason, comes to mind as a complete waste of time.Īnd Blops 3 isn’t completely immune to the series’ established bad habits. Weather events like monsoons and sandstorms are powerful and dangerous, even if they usually just amount to flashy backcloth. Blops 3’s locations feel distinct, interesting, and lived-in. ![]() It mostly allows you to pace yourself, and it’s nice to have a minute to admire the scenery. Though Blops 3 is built out of tightly controlled corridors, as always, I didn’t have any problems with failing a mission because I took a wrong turn. Is it a Russian robot? Is the robot angry because it misses Russia? The bad guys don’t get a lot of screentime, so I’m not sure.Įach Black Ops game has gotten more loosely scripted and started to back away from its most egregious errors-mainly, going mental if the player takes a step out of line. Now there’s a robot beating you to death with your own arms. The details are unimportant and sparse: there’s a new Cold War (with Russia?) going on and a mission in Ethiopia (?) went completely pear-shaped. The story follows a special forces soldier as he-or, in a first for Call of Duty campaigns, she-gets the ever-loving crap kicked out of them by an angry robot. Someday, Call of Duty might be more than a brash no-brainer entertainer-but this is not that day. Blops 3 has an ambitious single-player campaign that takes some wild chances which it mostly almost manages to land, and it’s easy to recommend as a loud, dumb action movie-ish experience. These are the things that make Call of Duty the giant that it is. It features wild set-pieces, good actors, and guns that feel great. Call of Duty is not made by rookie developers, though, so let’s establish a few givens: This is a gorgeous game.
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