Zombie Chronicles has to be the most pleasant surprise for me this year!
I haven’t actively played a Call of Duty since Modern Warfare 2 but the Zombies Chronicles DLC intrigued me and I recently picked it up. I have been having a blast with it. It’s B-movie dumb and just pure adrenaline fueled fun with no pretenses at being anything more sophisticated. I have probably spent the most time in the Nacht der Untoten map which originally dates back to 2008 and is probably the most straightforward of the bunch but is improved with all of the recent mechanics like random gun crates, bobblegums, and random perks.
Zombie Chronicles really suits my tastes of late which emphasize co-op multiplayer horde modes (I spend a lot of time with Killing Floor 2 and would happily jump back in Titanfall 2 if they ever release the Frontier Defense horde mode again). As I get older I find much more satisfying and positive multiplayer experiences working as a team towards a shared objective against an AI and while I still play PVP I don’t have the time to improve alongside the core fanbase of most games.
If you told me a year ago that Zombie Chronicles DLC for Black Ops III would’ve been one of the most fun videogame experiences of 2017 for me I would have looked at you incredulously and considered you touched.