{"id":37147,"date":"2015-11-06T08:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=37147"},"modified":"2015-11-06T09:43:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:43:45","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-iiis-coolest-bit-is-also-the-lamest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/11\/06\/call-of-duty-black-ops-iiis-coolest-bit-is-also-the-lamest\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s coolest bit is also the lamest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Call of Duty: Black Ops III, you can choose to play either a male character portrayed by Ben Browder<\/a>, or a female operative voiced and mo-capped by Abby Brammell<\/a>. Hey, that’s neat, right? For the first time in Activision’s blockbuster shooter franchise, you can choose the gender of your main character in the campaign. If you decide to take a female through the weird and linear Black Ops III story, all the cinematics will show Abby Brammell being tough and badass because in 2065, cyber-enhanced super soldiers are all pretty much equally deadly.<\/p>\n

How weak is it then that Call of Duty: Black Ops III goes through the trouble of offering a female main character, and then opts to refer to the player character as “Player” in the game? Throughout the tale of inter-connected consciousness and paranoid fantasy that Treyarch weaves, you are only ever Player. You don’t even get a call-sign like “Soap” or “Noob.” Christopher Meloni<\/a> chews virtual scenery as John Talyor, and as bland as that name is, at least his character gets a name. They couldn’t even jazz it up by going with the more street-savvy “Playa” giving you some identity. Player please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Call of Duty: Black Ops III, you can choose to play either a male character portrayed by Ben Browder, or a female operative voiced and mo-capped by Abby Brammell. Hey, that’s neat, right? For the first time in Activision’s blockbuster shooter franchise, you can choose the gender of your main character in the campaign. 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