Between AI calling cards, one of the most controversial campaigns in the series’ history, the stiff competition offered by Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6, and Game Pass potentially haemorrhaging sales as it did last year, it’s safe to say that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn’t faring well.
Within the first week of launch, it already faces historically low peak player counts and plummeting user review scores, taking Modern Warfare 3’s crown for the worst-reviewed mainline Call of Duty yet.
Users slam everything from the “predatory” business model to the “skibidi toilet”-esque campaign, condemning it as a “complete failure” and the “worst CoD” to date.
“What was once the best and most immersive war game on any console, has turned into a cash grab AI and skins focused nightmare,” Rowey710 said.
“Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a catastrophic failure of a campaign, stapled to a decent multiplayer mode,” AdrixStrifeNeo wrote. “This ‘sequel’ is a soulless, always-online, co-op-enforced mess that actively punishes solo players with no pause function, no AI support, and aggressive AFK timers.”
Things aren’t much better on Steam, either, with Black Ops 7 sitting at a ‘Mixed’ user review score as many complain that the studio is “out of touch with what players want”, chastising the “AI generated slop” on offer. “Buying this game was quite literally the worst use of money I have ever [made] in my 22 years of being alive,” september said.
Given how most of the criticism centres on the campaign, it’s hard to imagine Black Ops 7 clawing its way out of this hole, no matter how good the post-launch support might be. Time will tell; for now, it is by far the worst-reviewed entry in the series.
- Released
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November 14, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs
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