Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Reviews
All the fun of Zombies is not enough to spare Black Ops 7 from being the worst game in the franchise, and the only saving grace is that it might serve as a cautionary tale about complacency when managing popular franchises.
Black Ops 7 attempts to redefine the series' historical formula with a more cohesive ecosystem, based on advanced mobility, shared progression and intertwined modes: not everything is uniform, the flaws are different, but the global result is ambitious, rich, alive.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 certainly aimed for an easy victory, but this year's competition is fierce. While it offers abundant content and diverse experiences, excelling at player retention through extensive progression, quantity isn't everything, and its shortcomings are significant. The campaign is poor, the endgame is dull, and the multiplayer mode is conventional. It lacks soul and authenticity. Only the Zombies mode is noteworthy, significantly raising the bar. Overall, it's an average Call of Duty game that will struggle to maintain interest until next year.
Review in French | Read full review
This should have been Call of Duty's year to step up, especially given Battlefield's resurgence and the success of ARC Raiders. Instead, it limps in last with an experience that barely even feels like a worthwhile expansion.
If Modern Warfare 3 fumbled its campaign directly after Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops 7 completely drops the ball following Black Ops 6. This tactic of rushing out direct sequels isn’t working for Call of Duty. Now all that’s left to ponder is where the franchise goes next after wearing out and devaluing its flagship Modern Warfare and Black Ops series this generation, like Marge Simpson’s tattered Chanel suit.
Black Ops 7 delivers fun in Zombies and online modes, but feels distant from the series in identity and gameplay. The campaign is modest, with bold design choices that often miss the mark or feel frustrating. Overall, it's a decent entry just not up to the expectations set by the game's marketing.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Black Ops 7 takes the series into 2035 with high-tech gear, drones and fast, explosive combat. Its biggest swing is a co-op focused campaign built around hallucination-driven missions that constantly twist environments and tone. Zombies returns to classic round-based action with multiple modes, while multiplayer keeps the sharp, fast Black Ops feel, now boosted by futuristic abilities and expanded movement. It's a bolder, less traditional entry that leans heavily into co-op and high-energy action rather than classic grounded storytelling.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 attempts to compensate for its excessive continuity with an immense amount of content. It has the best multiplayer in the series in years, and Final Objective is a fantastic addition with the potential to be memorable. However, its terrible campaign and its desire to refine the usual formula make it a notable game, but not an excellent one.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Review – With co-op campaign, zombies, refined maps and classic gunplay, does the new Black Ops live up to the legacy?
Review in Turkish | Read full review
However, as a fan, I recognize there have been some low points in this series, but those cycles are typically ended with awesome new innovative ideas. I hope Call of Duty 2026 is like a defibrillator and not only gives the series a second wind, but also revitalizes my love and enthusiasm for this franchise that I have been playing since I was 5 years old.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a robust package with technically solid execution and impressive content. The multiplayer remains addictive with fantastic maps, and Zombies strikes a perfect balance between tradition and innovation. However, it plays it safe with one of the franchise's weakest campaigns and a lackluster Endgame mode that fails to stand out.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Fortunately, the pure multiplayer part of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 remains fun, even though the problems it has had for over a decade continue.
Review in Greek | Read full review
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” Charlie Chaplin’s words capture Black Ops 7 in a single stroke. The campaign disappoints when viewed as a traditional Call of Duty experience, but if you set your expectations aside and view it simply as a co-op experience, it goes down a bit easier. Meanwhile, its multiplayer endures, drawing players back with reliable run-and-gun pacing and solid gunplay.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a refinement of what's already to be expected, crisp gunplay and fun multiplayer content. Outside of that, it loses its luster. The campaign alone singlehandedly sours the experience, with the narrative going so far off the rails that it unintentionally becomes a parody of a different game.
It's a household name, it's "The Standard in FPS," and it's something that's so globally enjoyed it's almost celebrated. Every year a new Call of Duty feels like a mini holiday to the core audience who are dedicated fans, and they know a lot of us will continue to buy it. Is that necessarily bad? No, not really. Can it be better? Absolutely. Black Ops 7 is still a very fun and new content-filled game even if it's like the others in some ways, and each year I'll always end up right back where I started. Playing Call of Duty. Looking at BO7 from the outside in, to a veteran, knowing we will at the bare minimum have a year of content, whether through season updates, newly added weapons (or returning), or holiday/special events, this era of COD is honestly far more content packaged in the end. Don't get me wrong, nothing will ever come close to Black Ops 2 or MW2, but there truly is more to unpack here than just the cover.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a strange, mixed experience. The campaign is a complete mess. Not the fun kind of messy, but the kind that makes you ask how many meetings were skipped or how many analytics dashboards were misunderstood. But the rest of the package is not like that. Multiplayer movement and gunfeel continue to be top tier. The wall jump adds a fresh twist. The reward shower keeps you locked in. Zombies is pure comfort food and Dead Ops 4 is chaotic joy.
A shift away from single-player leaves Call of Duty with its most lopsided and homogenous entry in decades, though what it does offer is consistently good fun when accepted on its own terms.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's robust Multiplayer and Zombies offerings make up for the weaknesses of its co-op campaign.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s campaign is a wild one thanks to the scope of its ambition, but the big swings it takes don't always land, leaving it an uneven step down from last year.
The latest entry in the Call of Duty series gives players more ways to play the campaign than ever, to various degrees of success.