Much of the game's story is widely interpreted as a "dying dream" or a digital reconstruction of past events experienced by a dying soldier. This lead to it being known as one of the most confusing campaigns in the series. The Legacy of "Black Ops"
The most recent entry focuses on a paramilitary group with ties to the CIA during the early 1990s.
While the Black Ops III entry is often criticized for not directly continuing the story of previous characters like Alex Mason or Frank Woods, it explores themes of and the ethics of human augmentation.
The campaign follows a team of elite Black Ops soldiers equipped with , which allow them to communicate with machines and each other at the speed of thought.
The plot kicks off with the investigation of a "Coalescence Corporation" site where a mysterious disaster occurred.