Call of Duty: Black Ops III vs Call of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is an FPS game from Treyarch (2015) while Call of Duty: Warzone is an FPS game from Treyarch (2020).
Quick answer: Call of Duty: Warzone has the higher Metacritic, 80 to 73.
Call of Duty: Warzone
What each one is
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is filed under FPS. In contrast, Call of Duty: Warzone under FPS.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Call of Duty: Warzone was a free-to-play battle royale first-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and Infinity Ward and published by Activision as part of the Call of Duty video game series. It was released on March 10, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) and was subsequently connected to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) and Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021), but did not require purchase of any of the aforementioned titles. Warzone allowed online multiplayer combat among 150 players and featured both cross-platform play and cross-platform progression between the three aforementioned titles.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Campaign Forty years after the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops II , the world is in the midst of a Third Cold War between the Winslow Accord (WA) and the Common Defense Pact (CDP). On October 27, 2065, the Player ( Ben Browder / Abby Brammell ) and their partner Jacob Hendricks (Sean Douglas) of WA Black Ops are deployed to Ethiopia to rescue the Egyptian Prime Minister and other hostages from the CDP-aligned Nile River Coalition (NRC). The extraction… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical response Reception According to review aggregator Metacritic , Call of Duty: Black Ops III received "generally favorable" critic reviews for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and "mixed or average" critic reviews for PC. GameSpot awarded it a score of 7 out of 10, saying, " Black Ops III doesn't offer anything remarkable to the series, but does just enough to maintain the Call of Duty status quo. The franchise, however slowly, continues its inexorable… (Wikipedia)
Plot
Warzone 's story is intertwined with the seasonal narratives of Modern Warfare , Black Ops Cold War and Vanguard . Verdansk is used as a common setting across various multiplayer maps in Modern Warfare , while Rebirth Island is inspired by locations and stories in previous Black Ops games. Caldera and Fortune's Keep complement Vanguard 's seasonal story. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Call of Duty: Warzone received "generally favorable" reviews from critics across all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic . OpenCritic determined that 78% of critics recommended the game. GameSpot gave the game a 7/10 rating, summarizing with: " Warzone is a great sophomore attempt at a battle royale from Call of Duty , which finally manages to carve out its own identity with interesting spins on the existing formula. (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Call of Duty: Warzone | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.5/10 | — |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (85%, 232,717) | — |
| Critic aggregate | 73/100 | 80/100 |
| Price | $59.99 | Unknown |
| Install size | 100 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | playable | Untested |
| Released | 2015 | 2020 |
| Developer | Treyarch | Treyarch |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III vs Call of Duty: Warzone, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIFPS gameCall of Duty: WarzoneFPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIZombies, FPS, ShooterCall of Duty: WarzoneNo descriptive tagsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIMetacritic 73Call of Duty: Warzone ✓Metacritic 80Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Call of Duty: Black Ops III232,717 reviews · 10 add-ons · 100 GBCall of Duty: Warzone—Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Call of Duty: Black Ops III$59.99Call of Duty: WarzoneUnknownRead live from Steam and subject to change.
Call of Duty: Warzone takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Call of Duty: Warzone (Metacritic 80)
Where they differ
MultiplayerZombiesFPSShooterActionFirst-Person
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Call of Duty: Black Ops III is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Call of Duty: Warzone is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Call of Duty: Warzone | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 6970 @ 1GB | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz | — |
| Minimum RAM | 6 GB | — |
| Install size | 100 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Call of Duty: Black Ops III · Call of Duty: Warzone.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Call of Duty: Black Ops III and 0 for Call of Duty: Warzone. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Call of Duty: Warzone in scope?
Call of Duty: Black Ops III has drawn 232,717 Steam reviews, ships 10 add-ons and installs in 100 GB. Call of Duty: Warzone lists little scope data.
Is Call of Duty: Black Ops III or Call of Duty: Warzone better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, Call of Duty: Black Ops III or Call of Duty: Warzone?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Call of Duty: Black Ops III or Call of Duty: Warzone?
Call of Duty: Warzone has the higher Metacritic, 80 to 73. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.