Call
of Duty: Black Ops III takes
place in 2065, 40 years after the events of Black Ops II, in a
world facing upheaval from climate
change and new
technologies. In response to the drone assaults of Black Ops 2,
several
countries around the world have developed high-tech air defenses that
render conventional air forces virtually useless. As such, most of the
warfare between countries is done by covert operatives fighting behind
enemy lines. Military
technology has
progressed to the point where robotics play a major role in
combat, and both fully robotic humanoid drones and cyborg supersoldiers have
been developed to
fight in the battlefield. As a result, there is speculation and fear
about an eventual robotic takeover. The game follows a team of black
ops soldiers, like
previous installments in the Black
Ops series.[4]
The
campaign stars Christopher
Meloni as Commander
John Taylor, Katee
Sackhoff as Sarah
Hall, Sean Douglas as Jacob Hendricks, Rachel
Kimsey as Rachel
Kane, and Tony
Amendola as Dr.
Yousef Salim. Ben
Browder and Abby
Brammell respectively
voice the male and female versions of the Player character. Other
characters include Ary Katz as Peter Maretti, Rey Gallegos as Sebastian
Diaz, Lynn
Chen as Goh Xiulan,
and Robert
Picardo as
Sebastian Krueger. Seattle
Seahawks running
back Marshawn
Lynch makes a cameo
as a villain.[5][6]
Included
in the game is the "Nightmares" campaign mode, which is a retelling of
the main campaign with the plot changed to incorporate zombies and
other supernatural beings. In this campaign, the lethal Virus 61-15 is
released in various cities around the world, turning whoever it infects
into zombies. In response, the governments of the world seal off the
worst infected areas into Quarantine Zones and form the Deadkillers,
cybernetic soldiers trained to exterminate zombies.

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