"In my first three hours playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, I sprinted across over half a dozen well-designed maps, gunning down foes and capturing objectives. Its core mechanics are as silky smooth here as they've been over the last 20 years. But in the middle of a match on the snowy, multi-laned map Homestead, I had the epiphany that I was totally on autopilot."
"Anytime I sat down to play Black Ops 7, I couldn't say I was excited to do so. That's not to say I didn't have fun. In typical Call of Duty fashion, there are enough modes and oddities to make this worth the $70 asking price for those still hooked on this annualized series and ready to pump another 1,000 hours into its live service."
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 delivers polished, silky-smooth core shooting mechanics consistent with the franchise's two-decade legacy and offers multiple modes and live-service content. Matches are mechanically satisfying but often induce autopilot play that produces few memorable moments. The single-player campaign continues the Black Ops storyline, following David Mason and his squad as they pursue Raul Menendez while investigating a tech megacorporation called The Guild. Well-designed multiplayer maps and customary bells and whistles provide value for dedicated players, but the overall experience struggles to distinguish itself against strong competitors in 2025.
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