Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Reviews
Treyarch and Raven Software once again demonstrate their mastery by developing new installments in their beloved series. It's true that this time around there aren't many major new features, but everything it does include is extremely fun.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a tale of two games. On one hand, it features a brilliant multiplayer suite, excellent gun customization, and the kind of visceral gunplay that reminds players why the series remains a global force. Zombies is solid as ever, and the overall gameplay experience is smooth, visually appealing, and mechanically refined.On the other hand, the campaign — a pillar of the Black Ops legacy — is one of the weakest the franchise has seen in years. Its forced co-op structure undermines its potential, and its story lacks the clarity and emotional resonance that defined earlier entries.In the end, this year’s Call of Duty delivers incredible highs and frustrating lows. Fans who come for the competitive modes will find plenty to love, but those looking for a strong narrative experience may walk away disappointed.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 tries to innovate with a co-op open world campaign and psychological elements but fails in almost every narrative aspect. The story is disjointed, relying heavily on hallucinations and aimless twists that disrespect the franchise’s legacy. The multiplayer is more solid, bringing some welcome improvements over BO6, with good maps and the return of fan-favorite mechanics. Zombies mode also stands out, offering a robust and fun experience. Still, it feels like an annual release that could have been just an expansion, especially with a weak campaign, aggressive monetization, and a lack of truly new content.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is, essentially, a game of dualities. Rarely has the series presented such a stark contrast between clear successes and such glaring mistakes. In my opinion, this is one of the worst installments in the franchise in years. If not the worst.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 delivers solid multiplayer and a decent Zombies mode, but its campaign is a messy, Warzone-influenced experiment that fails to land. Despite some attempts to innovate, the game lacks meaningful change and feels almost identical to Black Ops 6. Overall, this year's entry feels creatively stagnant, despite its large amount of content, and I find it hard to recommend it for that reason.
Once again, as a package, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 provides plenty of throwaway fun and multilayer mayhem.
I confess I expected less from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Recent titles have alternated between highs and lows, but the new FPS managed to maintain the overall quality seen in last year's game. The biggest criticism is the campaign, which is, at the very least, controversial: not only does it force the player to go online and play cooperatively, but it also has a sometimes inconsistent storyline. In terms of Multiplayer and Zombies, we have fun and well-produced options. The former benefits from the futuristic setting, receiving interesting and timely updates. The latter remains addictive and varied, full of surprises for shootouts against the undead. Therefore, even if it's not revolutionary and still lacks information about Warzone, we have here a competent shooter, especially for those who are already fans of the franchise.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Despite all sorts of memes, some of which are generally misleading, Black Ops 7 is a good installment in the saga. The experience is generally positive and fun, despite a few flaws and a certain lack of real depth. The most significant new development is undoubtedly the single-player campaign, which is experimental and, conceptually, seems like a decent starting point for further development, albeit plagued by a few uncertainties and questionable technical choices. The competitive multiplayer and zombies modes, while not revolutionized, still offer significant new features as well as a significant amount of content.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is recommended because it's a solid game that focuses on what it does best: fast-paced action, precise gunplay, and modes that work. The multiplayer and Zombies modes hold up the experience strongly, but the campaign mode falls far behind due to some nonsensical decisions. Still, if shooting, upgrading weapons, and playing with friends is your thing, it offers hours and hours of uncomplicated gameplay.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
This year marks the 20th consecutive annual release of Call of Duty, and it only seems to be getting worse. This may be the result of Activision getting Treyarch and Raven Software to put out back-to-back games, but regardless, the game really speaks for itself. Familiar characters and interesting actors are basically the only real reason to arm yourself with this new entry, but honestly, I’d just wait for the Black Friday sale…next year.
"The weakest campaign in the series" Black Ops 7 delivers a lackluster experience that fails to maintain the series' identity. The shift to cooperative gameplay hasn't addressed the design issues, and the reliance on Warzone systems has left combat soulless. The story is disjointed, the missions are repetitive, the visuals are mediocre, and the audio falls far short of Call of Duty's usual standards. The result is a lackluster campaign that reflects a compressed production and an unclear direction for the future.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Despite its weak coop campaign, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 delivers a solid multiplayer experience and an extremely fun and challenging Zombies mode, evolving the gameplay foundation left by Black Ops 6 by introducing improvements that had long been on the community’s wish list
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Strong multiplayer props up an otherwise poor showing from Call of Duty this year. The combat and movement is a good as ever, but a woefully dire co-op campaign drags the experience to one of the lowest points in years, and is only mildly mitigated by the End Game extraction mode that has some good to it, albeit marred by not being the main focus of the release of Black Ops 7.
Black Ops 7 feels like a big mix of ideas, and most of them actually land. The campaign doesn’t hit the emotional highs of older games, but the movement tools and co-op moments kept things fun. Multiplayer and Zombies do most of the heavy lifting, and they’re strong enough to pull you in night after night. It’s the kind of Call of Duty that keeps you bouncing between modes because each one scratches a different itch.
This year’s Call of Duty installment is definitely not something that will be remembered in the history of games or shooters. It’s a release that won’t attract new players and likely won’t keep the old ones around for long, as it offers nothing truly new. The dreadful campaign only reinforces what could politely be called a very mediocre game.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Black Ops 7 feels like an evolution of last year’s unsurprisingly named Black Ops 6. For all of its obvious flaws, there is a real sense of anger and rage for Black Ops 7 in the gaming community. This often comes part and parcel for newly released Call of Duty games. I am enjoying the mechanics and the bones of what is a mostly good Call of Duty game.
There is something fundamentally unsettled about Black Ops 7 – not just in its mechanics, but in its identity. The game feels caught between two impulses: the need to reassure its long-time audience and the pressure to modernise a formula that is clearly ageing. The result is an experience that functions efficiently but rarely inspires, driven more by market logic than by a coherent creative direction. This is a transitional entry in the truest sense, yet not in a constructive way. Rather than using this phase to redefine itself, the series exposes its own fatigue: ideas are present, but fragmented; ambition exists, but it is constrained by structural conservatism. What remains is a product that plays it safe so often that it forgets how to be bold. More importantly, Black Ops 7 reflects a broader identity crisis within the franchise. For the first time in years, it no longer feels like a reference point for the genre, but like a follower – a highly polished one, certainly, but one increasingly disconnected from the innovative spirit that once defined it. Without a decisive creative shift, the risk is not simply a decline in quality, but a slow erosion of meaning. And when a franchise begins to lose that, commercial success becomes secondary. Because what keeps a series alive over time is not repetition, but its ability to evolve without losing its soul. Right now, Black Ops seems to be struggling to find that balance again.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has great Zombies and nostalgic maps, but that doesn't excuse the tonally confused campaign, weak writing and technical issues that make it one of the more disappointing entries in the franchise.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is, unfortunately, a wasted opportunity and unrealized potential, adding nothing truly new to an otherwise legendary franchise. While the multiplayer remains solid, the campaign and story are so poorly executed that they come off as a parody of the series’ own legacy.
Review in Unknown | Read full review
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is arguably the richest Call of Duty ever in terms of content, delivering an incredibly fun and robust multiplayer experience from day one. However, it falls short of excellence due to a mediocre, disjointed campaign and some noticeable technical compromises stemming from its cross-gen development. A great package, but held back by its flaws.
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