All of it seems like a half-assed attempt to just hurry up and finish a campaign in time for the release of the game. They wrote an internet-based novella to go along with the game as a prequel of sorts, and it was dry, drab, and a headache to read through.
#Call of duty black ops iii trailer movie
It made no sense and instead of having a point or introducing the premise of the story (as any trailer for a movie or game should), it literally just took random snippets from the story and haphazardly sewed them into a trailer that made less sense than the short animated trailers that play on those old-school Time Crisis 2 shooter game machines you used to see at the arcade. The storyline looks garbled and complicated (whereas Advanced Warfare’s was silly and simplistic), even after you read and watch all of the supporting material. In fact, they’re even making it four- player co-op because they don’t think something you can play by yourself has any merit anymore. I’ve seen all of the promotional materials that Treyarch has available about Black Ops III’s campaign, and none of it gives an impression that they cared about or spent any major time trying to make the single-player experience enjoyable, let alone a selling point. Every year, they were as well-designed and well-written as a movie trailer for a summer blockbuster every year, the Story mode was a selling point and not something that the developer “just happened” to include in the game. Every year until Ghosts, we got amazing trailers that built hype for the game, especially for the Story mode. The singleplayer in Black Ops III looks to be no different than the bland, boring-as-hell placeholders that have preceded it over the last few years. The “developer exclusive game modes” like Survival, Safeguard, Chaos, Special Ops, and whatever the hell that alien survival thing was called that Ghosts had, have all been boring and grindy ever since Modern Warfare 2. I haven’t had fun in the single-player or story mode in a Call of Duty game since Black Ops II. Activision tries to cater to the general audience, and while that’s understandable when you’re a for-profit company churning out games year after year, it’s starting to show. That’s nothing new, though the secondary game modes (outside of Zombies, of course) have always been given less love than the fan-favorite multiplayer. I feel like Activision has been making a conscious decision not to put any time or thought into the parts of the game that don’t appeal to the masses. The soundtrack was terrible, the gameplay was boring and irritatingly dull (it was a chore to finish the game), the storyline and dialogue were terribly written, and the “acting” from Kevin Spacey (which was so horrendous that I can’t even really call it acting) was more artificial than silicone breast implants. Let me give you an example: I was really excited to play the story on Advanced Warfare, especially since Kevin Spacey was playing the antagonist (I’m a House of Cards fanboy), but it turned out to be garbage. However, I’ve been less than impressed with what Activision has shown us over the last couple of years. Long story short, I usually get reasonably hyped for the single-player part of the game, and the developers usually do a decent job on it. Treyarch and Infinity Ward have hired incredible composers for their games, from Hans Zimmer (of Batman and Inception fame) and Trent Reznor (yes, that Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails), not to mention other incredible artists. I’m also a sucker for a decent musical soundtrack in a game.
The developers also tend to make it worth your while by making it short yet enjoyable, with at least a half-decent storyline and reasonably fun action scenes. I’m actually a fan of the campaigns of past Call of Duty games I always start with the single-player before jumping into multiplayer because I feel it gives me a better feel for the game.
In case you missed it, the Call of Duty Black Ops 3 “Story Trailer” was released recently.
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