>>718488683
The general sentiment seems to be that bo3 is peak zombies, but yeah, I liked bo2 more as well. BO3 had that oversaturated look, all the futuristic weapons were absolutely retarded, the story leaned into being a convoluted time travel mess, mmo raid tier bossfights after you've done the easter egg at round 40 made even less people complete the maps, and inserting fucking microtransactions into the mode was the ultimate nigger move. Really the only redeeming qualities of bo3 were great map designs and official mod support, and the latter is the only reason it's still remember as THE zombies game.
Also, Shadows of Evil was an awful map to start the game off. I like it now, but when I first saw the new crew and the tone shift, along with things like bo3 weapons and gobblegums, all I could think of was "ew, what the fuck, this is the zombies I liked".