Is Call of Duty: Black Ops III the Best Shooter of 2015?

Hardcore Gamer: Thanks to a three-year development cycle, Treyarch’s shooter is jam-packed with content. After so many games in the series, though, does this content truly measure up?

[mark_parch]

i would say halo 5 multiplayer is better even though i really enjoy zombies but we still have battlefront to see although i wasn't very impressed with the beta

[showtimefolks]

I believe so because of how much content there is in a COD game. Think about it, in this day and age of season passes we get a cod game which is complete experience

Halo 5 was really underwhelming, 343 studios have an all star team of talented developers but I believes that's also their down fall since the too many chefs theory applies here. They even took out a fan favorite split screen option to force you to not only buy a xbox one but also sign up for Xbox live.

Halo had its day but 8ts no longer the IT ip compared to others. Halo 3 was the peak and even in its peak it did 11 to 12 million yet when halo fanboys talk about it, they make it sound like it sold 20 million units

We always blame cod for having short campaigns but what about halo 4 and 5 combined for 8 hours

Also I believe destiny needs to be on this list too, yeh yeh I know the hate for destiny. But 2ith taken king bungie got a lot right. Still all the 3 dlc packs for destiny were originally part of the 60 dollars purchase but activision along with bungie got greedy. People blame activision for many things but did they force bungie yo sign with them? What bungie didn't know who activision really was

Call of duty black ops 3 is the best FPS of 2015 and no star wars battlefront won't top that since it's not even launching with half the content of black ops 3. Star wars will sell because of its name sake and because star war fanbiys will buy a battlefield game re skinned as star wars battlefront

Sales matter
Impact matter
Positive reviews matters
Positive fan feedback matters

And so far people who have played black ops 3 are loving it.

Also Xbox fanboys are hating on black ops 3 because it's no longer being marketed by ms or they don't get the dlc 30 days early. Sour grapes if you ask me

[PreAtaric]

"star war fanbiys will buy a battlefield game re skinned as star wars battlefront"

After playing Battlefield 3, 4, and Bad Company 1 & 2, I really don't understand saying Battlefront is a reskin of Battlefield. They don't feel much alike at all to me, except that the basic structure of Walker Assault was like Rush, but even then Battlefront's gameplay reminded me more of Call of Duty than Battlefield.

Everything else you said I pretty much agree with, though BO3 also has a season pass so it's not "complete" any more than Battlefront is.

[Tobsesan]

Looks like you never played Halo 5. Anyone who has says the MP is just pure awesome. But hey, for you its COD because you only have a ps4 and that is fine.

[jc12]

No. Battlefront is more immersive, fresh, dynamic and exciting.

I'd be willing to be Halo 5's mp is better too, though I haven't played it yet and cant say with any measure of certainty.

[sammarshall102]

Halo 5 has the best gunplay

[TwoForce]

But the Halo 5 have less content to be honest. First off, removed fan favorite split screen was a big mistake, 3 warzone maps and have medicore story of Halo series. What BO3 have ? Campaign with 4 player co op, split screen, multiplayer, Free run, zombie,nightmare mode and dead ops 2. Black ops 3 is by far the most robust package of COD series.

[Tobsesan]

@TwoForce

Are you trolling?

Halo has less content for real? You get constantly new playlist, next week we get Big Team Battles with 4 new free maps and EVERY futur map is free + Forge mode is coming soon = unlimited Maps.

You can go out make custom games with the rules YOU want. Make people walk 4214214% fast jump higher etc. i dont think you can do anything like that on COD. Also you praise 4 player camp and ignore halo 5s. Halo 5 will get support and new content even in 2 years from now, while noone will play COD in 2 month from now because its the same like every year.

[Summons75]

HAHAHA, no...not even close.

[Ricegum]

Halo? Yeah Summons? You love your Halo don't you. I think you'll find a lot of people genuinely prefer Call Of Duty this year though, Treyarch have done a good job. So don't hate it before you've even tried it.

[Summons75]

Actually I wasn't all that impressed with Halo but it definitely is better than Call of Duty. Plus the Battlefront Beta was way better to begin with, Fallout 4 is coming out in a few days.

[sullynathan]

@Summons So Halo is better than COD because Halo is better than COD?

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

The year has not finished. Some more shooters to come.
Fallout 4 can even take the title technically. Battlefront is also incoming.

Halo 5 multiplayer has been more en-joyful so far compare to Black ops 3

[Bass_fisherman]

Yes it is after the crap of these last 5 years i think cod is finaly back on right track. to be fair bo2 was pretty good.

[MasterD919]

Call of Duty and best don't really belong together.

[2pacalypsenow]

In my opinion yes

[quenomamen]

" A campaign that's pretty much Incomprehensible " = shooter of 2015 ?
that it some logic.

[Soldierone]

Because people buy COD for the story.... lol. They have stats that show not even 30 percent of COD buyers finish the campaign....

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

I'm one of the 30 percent! Yay :P

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Guess I'm also part of that percentage. Campaign first and then onto zombies and mp.

[Lenns]

Then the same applies for Halo 5

[ProgressiveLiberal]

Both campaign were bad, but Halo suffers more from it. People actually buy Halo for the story, as that is not the case for CoD.

[sammarshall102]

The campaign in Halo 5 is great, it's the story that some love and other's don't

[Volkama]

Literally just tried the PC version for the first time 5 minutes ago. First time and last time, it is utter cack.

Movement feels like a Titanfall pilot doing his best to keep up on crutches.

[paddy95]

Best shooter ever IMO!

[LA_Zeo]

Can't say yet Rainbow Six hasn't been released but it's the front runner for FPS of the year. But, as far as best this generation, as far as consoles, BF4 is still the best FPS to play.

[New-Breed]

No.

[Luthiens1]

Its tough to call between halo & cod for me, both really are great. Wish I could play them both at the same time. Then theres battlefront, I loved the beta. Content wise its cod but halo gameplay is so tight, having 3 top shooters to play this christmas is truly special. imo

[raggy-rocket]

I personally find Halo 5 and Battlefront's gameplay fresher, whereas the beta for blops 3 felt a bit too familiar. I gave it a pass, but the reason they don't change CoD's gameplay much is it's so loved. You know what they say, if it ain't broke...

[LA_Zeo]

Battlefront won't be better then BF Hardline

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

PS4 fans will say CoD due to a lack of options.

[PreAtaric]

If that's so, why did Advanced Warfare on XB1 sell more than double what Titanfall and TMCC sold?

[twiggytree12]

*crickets*

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

Rekt

[Germany7]

Ouch, rekt.

[sammarshall102]

Sales = quality now?

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

@Sam

He didn't say that.

[jetlian]

no one knows what tf or mcc sold but im sure your wrong. halo 60 million before mcc and sits 65 million before halo 5. so unless older halo games sold in that time mcc at or around 5 million.

TF is harder to peg but should be 3-4 million by now. codaw didnt sell good on xbox which is why ms let them go

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

I don't recall TMCC sales being released.

[Mike04]

And he just got pwned....cricket***

[Relientk77]

For me it is

I'll be playing this for a long time, just like Black Ops 2

[paddy95]

This feels like an enhanced blO2 for me. AW was good but this feels so much better.

[TwoForce]

It''s been a long time for us to play Great COD game. I think the answer is yes. I will buy BLack Ops 3, but i have to buy US version. Because i live different place, and my game store said that they have to wait US version come out.

[generic-user-name]

I hated Advanced Warfare but I got BLOPs3 because I always loved Treyarch's unique MP modes (gun game, sticks and stones etc), but BLOPs3 takes the cake, I expected it to be better than AW but it's just SO MUCH BETTER.

I think the specialist system is great, picking unique characters with unique abilities was a great idea and gives it a slight MOBA hero type feel and as more people unlock more specialists you see more and more variety coming into MP matches. The maneuverability is much improved over AW too, wall running really opens up the maps (the maps are great too btw) in new ways.

The campaign seems pretty dull so far but for the first time you can play 4 player co-op in it which makes it a lot more fun.

And of course then you have zombies, which could be its own separate game and there's even another mode I haven't tried yet and the fun free running courses which feel like Mirror's Edge X MGS VR missions or something.

I'm very pleased with Blops3, I know it's cool to hate on COD but it deserves any high score it has been getting.

[Ricdog]

Best of 2015? Arguably the best shooter of this generation!!! Blew BF4 out of the water (and I've been a BF fan for years). BO3 is my first COD game since the first Black Ops, and man how the series has changed. Feels so much better and I loved the new addition of powers and weapons. Making each online character have unique abilities also was an excellent step forward.

I played a bit of BLOPS2, Ghosts, AW...but I never owned them. They were all definitely not as good as a the previous games, and appeared to have lost the "magic" that made COD the undisputed king of the previous generation. But this game feels like a true evolution since the original Black Ops. It isn't perfect, campaign was alright, but somehow Black Ops 3 is the type of game that is so fun that feels like an absolute masterpiece despite its shortcomings. With Black Ops 3, Treyarch once again shows enough brilliance to remind the world why COD is one of the best shooter series of all time, and will hopefully continue to be so.

Black Ops 3 is not the best COD ever, that honor goes to World at War. With COD2 and COD4 tied for close second. Black ops 3 ties with the original Black Ops in third place. And MW2 and BLOPS2 fight for 4th and 5th.

p.s. I have not played Halo 5 yet. But I hear its an excellent game, so hopefully I get the chance to soon.

[ScaReCrow90]

Define best?
If best is based on sales then probably COD.
If best is based on gameplay it may be based on preference.
If its best on content then maybe cod

In the end it is a question answered only by opinions.
I already know I prefer halo...cod is way to generic for me.

[NovaCorps]

well its better than halo 5 thats for sure
only fanboys of halo cant accept the facts

[JamesBondage]

not according to most of the reviews i read on steam on release day, the beta was ok, but nothing new or improved

[nosferatuzodd]

Cod 9.1 halo 9.0 case closed and that is from bias ign