Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Reviews

Plenty of players feared Black Ops 7 might fall into the same expansion-like pattern that Modern Warfare 3 did after Modern Warfare 2, and for some that concern may feel justified once the campaign’s uneven execution becomes clear. The story has flashes of ambition, but its pacing and structure stop it from reaching the impact it aims for, leaving it feeling more serviceable than essential. Multiplayer steadies the ship with the sharpest and most rewarding action in the package, delivering the consistency and momentum the rest of the game struggles to match. Zombies offers a decent run with enjoyable pockets of tension, yet it also settles into familiar rhythms, creating an overall experience that lands solidly but never pushes the series forward in the way fans hoped.

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.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives in 2025 with big ambitions and even bigger ideas. Set in 2035, the game tries to push the franchise into new territory with psychological horror elements, co-op gameplay, and a brand-new PvE mode. But while some parts of Black Ops 7 hit the mark perfectly, others miss so badly that they feel like they belong in a different game entirely. Our review breaks down what works, what doesn’t, and whether the game’s strong multiplayer and Zombies modes can make u...

Call of Duty's time to innovate is well past due.

It’s pretty staggering just how consistent the Call of Duty franchise has been over the last two decades. A new game every single year, bouncing back and forth between studios and sub-series, it’s remained at the top of the FPS genre for three console generations. But maybe that crown is slipping? Maybe we need to start thinking of them in terms of even and odd-numbered Star Trek movies? Black Ops 7 is not an even number…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 is what we have come to expect from the franchise for better and worse. It just doesn’t do enough to set itself apart and recommend at full price, unless you specifically want the game for zombie mode.

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Black Ops 7 is Call of Duty at its most obnoxious and least enjoyable.

I’d prefer a No Campaign CoD like BO4

An awful campaign and a lack of innovation drag down the most content-stuffed Call Of Duty game to date, with an eye largely locked to past glories.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is jam-packed with things to do and places to see, but a lot of it will feel overly familiar to longtime fans.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is about having fun – in the most hyperactive way possible. The 22nd installment of the Call of Duty series is a companion piece to last year’s Black Ops 6, and while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it kicks it right off its axis with a near five-hour story campaign that is Black Ops 2 meets the “new weird” genre, a larger round-based version of Zombies called Ashes Of The Damned, and a refined approach to multiplayer that is anchored by the best map selecti...

Black Ops 7 is a great Call of Duty game. However, I have a hard time recommending it to anyone who isn't eager for more of the same COD we've been playing for decades. New players and lapsed fans will probably not find this game worth their time.

Between a dire campaign, samey multiplayer, and a pervading sense of stagnation, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is a disappointment and serves as, perhaps, the worst Call of Duty title in years. Save yourself some money and play Battlefield 6 or Arc Raiders instead.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 tries to do a lot of things. It doesn't all come off but the end result is more game to play. The core elements are all there, and even if you think the campaign is an abomination, you still have PvP and zombies that don't stray as far from the course—just like you had every other year.

With stellar gunplay and great maps, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has some of the best multiplayer and zombies action in the series so far. The intriguing new Endgame mode is also a highlight, so it’s a huge shame that the rest of the co-op campaign is a rushed and sloppy mess that drags the overall package down.

Call of Duty has well and truly gone off the deep end. In Black Ops 7, the latest Treyarch effort, any hint of realism the series may have once possessed is gone.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a low point for the series, sacrificing the improvements made in Black Ops 6 for a directionless, boring co-op focus. The campaign fails to balance its conflicting tones while sacrificing the kinetic nature and creativity of previous entries. Multiplayer and Zombies both lean far too heavily on nostalgia, while featuring the noisiest UI in recent Call of Duty releases.

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.

In Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the most mind-bending Black Ops ever. The year is 2035 and the world is on the brink of chaos, ravaged by violent conflict and psychological warfare. David Mason leads an elite JSOC team on a covert mission to the sprawling Mediterranean city of Avalon. While there, they discover a sophisticated plot that won’t just plunge the world into chaos, it will pull them into their own haunting pasts. Squad up or go solo in an innovative Co-Op Campaign that redefines the Black Ops experience. Take on high-stakes challenges across a wide spectrum of environments, from the neon-lit rooftops of Japan to the Mediterranean coast, and even into the deepest corners of the human psyche. Multiplayer explodes out of the gate with 16 electrifying 6v6 maps and two 20v20 maps at launch. From futuristic Tokyo vistas to the frozen, unforgiving wilds of Alaska, every environment is brimming with danger and opportunity. Master a cutting-edge arsenal and outmaneuver your enemies with an evolved Omnimovement system. In Treyarch’s legendary Round-Based Zombies mode, the nightmare begins where reality ends. Trapped in the heart of the Dark Aether, the crew is thrust into a vast, ever-shifting hellscape. This isn’t just survival. It’s a descent into madness.

The latest Black Ops 7 not only pales in comparison to Battlefield 6, but it also doesn't measure up to the previous Call of Duty games.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 a solid package, offering yet more enjoyable zombie antics and fast-paced multiplayer fun across some well-designed maps. Its outrageous campaign will be divisive, however, pitting players against giant plants, grotesque spiders and more during its running time.

If you’re ready for more so soon, Black Ops 7’s multiplayer modes deliver what you’re looking for. It’s the most familiar Call of Duty year-on-year yet – perhaps it should have been an expansion for Black Ops 6 – but you know what you’re in for with more fast and frantic Black Ops action. If you’re ready for something different from COD, you won’t find it here.

Although the Campaign struggles to keep up, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a maximum-impact shooter with co-op twists.

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.

An excellent string of missions that offer variety and flexibility come together to make the best Call of Duty campaign in many, many years. Black Ops 6 is a fantastic return to form for the series, allowing the designers at Raven to delve deep into their bag of tricks and keep you guessing at every turn.

Fans have been eating well in 2025. The Battlefield series is back to its explosive best with Battlefield 6, and ARC Raiders’ mix of tense gunfights and unforgettable moments has produced one of the best multiplayer shooters since Overwatch in 2016.

Based on extensive early access, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a highly ambitious FPS that delivers on its promise to be the biggest Black Ops ever, and it isn't afraid to wear its psy-op weirdness proudly. Multiplayer is fast, frenetic, and polished. Zombies feels like a love letter to Black Ops 2. But the co-op campaign and Endgame mode stretch the definition of Call of Duty a little too far with a bold approach that ends up falling flat.

Despite being the seventh title in the Black Ops franchise, this year's title, co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, sidesteps last year's title and is instead billed as a direct follow-up to a title that launched back on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 centers around the return of the antagonist of that story, Raul Menendez, back once again and threatening to burn the whole world down.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 offers predictable but fun multiplayer, interesting additions to its zombies mode, but a single-player/co-op campaign that’s tedious and too goofy by far.

Treyarch has crafted something special: a sprawling, ambitious, and endlessly replayable shooter that caters to nearly every corner of the Call of Duty fandom. It’s not flawless, and some may scoff at the lack of innovation, but it stands as a staggering achievement in both scale and ambition. Massive and occasionally messy, it’s nonetheless a thrilling ride. Black Ops 7 delivers everything fans could hope for and then some.

The latest entry in the Call of Duty series gives players more ways to play the campaign than ever, to various degrees of success.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is an incredible feat by all teams involved. There has not been a Call of Duty game yet that has the scope of Black Ops 7, or the interconnected social experience it provides. Every facet of the game, whether Zombies, Multiplayer, Endgame, Dead Ops Arcade 4, or campaign, feels like it was crafted passionately. Outstanding gameplay and progression systems back up a packed title; I’ll be playing BO7 for a very long time. Black Ops 7 is the pinnacle of modern Call of ...

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign is incredibly ambitious, focusing on the personal lives of the heroes as they work to stop a grand evil plan. Not every choice lands as well as it could have, but overall, the experience is certainly worth playing, especially in co-op.