Apparently, this is one of the lowest-scoring Call of Duty titles ever. Are reviewers and players finally getting tired of this series, or is the game actually worse? Or are they saving the better scores for the PS4/XBONE versions?
Its a combination of both. The series has been going on forever and has starting to get a tad bit stale. It doesn't help that this is the off year when the B team is making the game. People assumed the game would be so much more with a big leap to go alonside the next gen version of the game, when this is console game through and through. (The PC version is **** as well). People tend to forget that it took two years for the first Modern Warefare and we have to wait at least next year for a true jump.
As far as the game being worse guy the Giantbomb quicklook had problems with alot of the changes to the gameplay and game modes compared to Black Ops II. Also the aliens mode isn't as fleshed out as the zombies mode was from last year. The story tales a ton of ques from MW2 and takes away the choices and **** from last year as well.
Battlefield however is a pretty good game this year and the next gen versions actually have a bump of being on par with how the PC version being all this year.
But truthfully I think its the fact that both Battlefield and Call of Duty's clout will go down immensely next year when Titanfall and Destiny enter the playing field. It seems the market can really only sustain two third party shooters alongside a first party one. (Halo Killzone_)
But CHosts made a billion in 24 hours so what do I know.