#CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS III ZOMBIES CHRONICLES REVIEW SOFTWARE#
In Black Ops 3, the subject is transhumanism, the idea of augmenting people to be better, more powerful killing machines, and what they give up as software wired into soldiers’ brains provides them with the ability to hack and control machines - and potentially, to be hacked and controlled themselves. With Black Ops 2, Treyarch took its branch of the Call of Duty franchise into the near future, concerning itself with the implications of robotics and automated warfare. It’s not all bad - Call of Duty is nothing if not a highly polished set of core mechanics - but it is an unfortunate and misguided step backward for the series. Instead of attempting to advance the franchise in clever but logical ways, it flails around, throwing everything it can at players to keep them interested. It’s disappointing, then, that Black Ops 3 abandons all the forward progress of Treyarch’s last effort. It added refreshing variety to Call of Duty’s blockbuster gameplay formula, including exciting, new elements for what had become a best-in-class but annually-expensive multiplayer mode. It told a subversive tale of unforeseen consequences and the cost of conflict, with a branching plot that not only required players to make tough choices, but which adapted to their failures and successes. Then Treyarch dropped Black Ops 2 - a game filled with good ideas and earnest, interesting attempts to advance the series into exciting new territory.
Prior to its release, repetitive annual releases felt like they were slowly crushing Call of Duty to death. When Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 came out, developer Treyarch seemed like it might be the long-running first-person shooter franchise’s savior.
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